The video should have this lofi version of Animal Crossing theme song, but for some reason, it’s not included (IG Story’s policy, perhaps?) Anyway! You can check this Spotify link for the song here:
I had this idea of drawing my character on Animal Crossing.
From this:
To this:
Ah, youth. I used to eat three bags of chips and drink milk directly from the jug while typing my final papers furiously — and got myself stayed awake with black coffee and cigarettes.
“Amuse” is too far-fetched. “Stressed out” and THE NEED TO MAKE OUR ISLAND ✨PERFECT✨ is all-time high.
I’m okay with the fruits and the woods. I’m NOT okay with the wasps. NOT OKAY, FILBERT. NOT OKAY.
My favorite is the snow-version. There is this jingle-thingy going on. Also, 11 PM version is my jam.
Dude. The kids on the game be like, “oh, Tom Nook is taking all our hard-earned money” and us the geriatric millennials be like, “WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD. AT LEAST I HAVE FULL OWNERSHIP OF MY OWN HOUSE 🥲”
Whatever floats. You can get a neat amount of money just by shelling seashells? I’m sold (refer to the comment by geriatric millennials pls)
Our lives are not fake. What fake is some politicians and self-proclaimed “world leaders” decided to throw hissy fit and attacking other countries under the pretence of “peace” which costing civilians’ livelihood and safety. I mean if you reeeeeally have to wage a fight with other so-called leaders, just pick a place and settle things with a game of UNO or Jenga and see who’s better in concentration and focus for goodness sake.
Living in the city means that stargazing is a luxury.
And it’s quite sad to know that the only way to achieve it is through a game.
But for now, it will do.
Tarantulas, man. When you are looking for them, they rarely appear. Then they just popped in out of nowhere.
(And yes, this is from weeks ago. I just remembered it now.)
I wrote about this on my work’s weekly update a couple of weeks ago, and I’m thinking I can blog about it here too.
In Animal Crossing game, there is a character named Brewster, a green pigeon, who’s running a café titled “The Roost”. This character and the café were finally introduced to Animal Crossing: New Horizons (we have a lot of Animal Crossing games out there) on its major update back in early November 2021.
There is this… reward-system in Animal Crossing called “Nook Miles”. When you finished a task, you will be rewarded some amount of Nook Miles — and you can use Nook Miles to buy decorations or visit treasure/resources islands on the game. One of the tasks is: “Break time at The Roost” — meaning that you go to The Roost and order a cup of coffee from Brewster.
One day, I played this game before bedtime, and since I got pressed with time (I have to finish digging dinosaur fossils and get them assessed so I can sell it for a nice sum of money at the store, and the store closed at 10 PM) I ran around the island to collect everything and cleaning out every fallen tree branch or pulled some wild weeds on the island.
“It’s just a game…”
Yes, and I found myself exhausted when I finished selling the dinosaur fossils. I decided to go to The Roost and to get my digital cup of coffee.
This is not making any sense, yes, I know, and nothing makes any sense, so please bear with me 🥲
(I once refused to have my character swimming in the ocean during last year’s winter because “IT’S SNOWING OUT THERE! IT’S COLD!” regardless of the fact that it’s a game.)
When I visited The Roost, I just realized how calm and chill the environment is. It’s really quiet, with only Brewster around (sometimes you can find other villagers on the café too, but not always,) and some instrumental piano song plays softly.
I sat down, ordered a cup of coffee (200 bells per cup), and enjoyed it.
Then it hits me.
I can have my own The Roost time. I can take a break between shifts, between my daily activities, to… I don’t know, a cup of tea, a cup of coffee, a cup of hot chocolate, even a tall glass of cold water. Just for a minute or two; not thinking about stuff.
This is a marathon, not a sprint.
And I hope, you have your The Roost time too. To sit down, take a minute to breathe, and know that you are doing really really well.
🪴 coriander in pho 