9/13/25

 Feeling absolutely rotten lately.

I'm past my breaking point with school, and one project is to blame. I feel trapped and overwhelmed at the prospect of continuing to work on it...but I don't have much of a choice.

As such, I have no motivation to coordinate fun outfits or do bold makeup. Gal was always my armor to shield me from the awful world around me, but most of the light inside me has been sucked out for the moment. 

I'll try to dress up pretty, because it really does make me feel better, but I'm also frustrated with my body and its limitations when it comes to Japanese fashion. 

I tried on lots of pretty tops the other day, and almost cried in the dressing room; nothing buttons, nothing fits, nothing flatters. All I want to do lately is hide away in big sweaters and boxy pants.

I did impulsively buy this Juicy tracksuit top from Depop. I realized after purchasing that it is a kid's size...so I will probably keep it in the package for awhile before I try it on, out of fear of what I will look like with it on.

I'm extremely busy with work and school, so all of my chores have fallen to the wayside. My room is a dump, most of my clothes are dirty, I'm not cooking for myself...its all I can do right now is take care of me and look after my own best interests, even if that means being easy on myself. 

9/8/25

 I'm on my computer so I thought I might as well post, even though I have no personal pics. Trying to start a better habit for blogging!

I cannot wait for Fall. Summer has been lovely this year, but I'm ready for rain and fog and beautiful trees. I even had a PSL the other day, and I don't even like them very much...

This Fall, a huge boom of mine is neutrals and fairly minimal accessories (minimal for GAL). Between school, work, commuting, co-running a club, Prysmique, and chores around the house...I'm going to be running around like a headless chicken; I'd rather not do so while worrying about all my little shinies falling off and sweating in all my layers.

As for hair, the long personal debate between dyeing or bleaching has been resolved...for now. Sorry, Ray, but I'm sticking to my natural hair for a while!It's expensive and a lot of upkeep, and I don't foresee that much time (or funds) in my schedule. I do feel like my natural color lends itself to the styles I favor. Plus, I plan on buying lots of extensions for fun hairstyles, and I want to keep the color consistent.  

I'm really loving elegant and sexy co*des with a focus on silhouettes including short skirts/shorts/coats/dresses, tall boots, coats/sweaters, and longer relatively flat (again flat FOR GAL) hair with waves or curls. These gal look so mature and stylish! 

(This picture is so cozy)

In the meantime, I'll be busy rotating out my Summer and Fall clothes! Though, I'd better finish studying first.

OOPSIE

"Weekly blog posts".......Oopsie 

Anyways...

Summer was great! Went on lots of fun day trips, vaycayed to Vegas, visited friends & family, and worked a ton at Ulta. 

Vegas: 

Kohi's Bday:

Day trips/misc:

Ulta make:

Blogging consistently is something that I just don't think I'll ever be good at. I get too into my head about making quality posts that I procrastinate before I even start. Like, girl, you know only 4 people read this. 

Its just slightly inconvenient to upload photos to my posts and that kills any motivation my little pea-brain has. I'll probably just make random photo dumps and call it a day. 

FUN FACTS!

I'm back at school for my senior year! It's...interesting, going to a college that is clearly on the verge of near bankruptcy...but that's just my own conspiracy theory. 

I'm going to have more study classes than art classes for the first time ever.

Being a beauty advisor at Ulta is really fun. I thought I would be helping customers more than being at cashwrap, though. I'm thinking of asking to swap to a prestige beauty advisor after a few more months working there. I enjoy interacting and selling more than cashiering. I abuse my employee discount more than I should...

Tetris has TAKEN OVER MY BRAIN. I love it so much that I literally see tetriminos falling when I close my eyes. 

 New Juicy backpack from Ross! It's for kids...but who's counting? 

StationeryPal is my favorite website. All my school supplies are cute and sparkly.

My new nail look AMAZING. I decided to get acrylics right before classes started as a treat to myself, since I've been so nervous about this final year of school.