My Favorite Things Summer 2019

A new video just went live on the channel!

This time we got another Fave things video!

This was a really fun one to work on, I think this is probably the smoothest production a video has had for a while, which is a relief because the Shenmue video kind of killed me.

Next couple of days for me are going to be preparing for anime expo, I have a 14 hour flight tuesday which I'm not looking forward to, but the con itself should be a lot fun. It can be kind of stressful, as i'm going to be trying to catch up with a bunch of different people/ getting some time out to enjoy the con/ doing work for AX, but I really enjoyed the experience last year and can’t wait to do it again. If your there and you see me, come say hi, and be sure to mention your a patron, cause I always like to hang out with patrons. 

Lastly, this is a little hard to talk about, and im not even sure I should, but I've been thinking about Etika a lot, in regaurds to what recently happened, and Id like to talk about it a little here rather then a larger public forum. (Gonna talk about some mental health/ suicide stuff now, so if your sensitive to that, proceed with caution). 

If you're not familiar Etika was a streamer/ youtuber who recently took his own life. He uploaded a video talking about his struggles with mental health/ pressures of social media before hand, and I’ve been thinking about that a lot (the video is very hard to watch, I wouldn’t recommend it if your in a bad place). I don't think I can add anything to the discussion that hasn't already been said, but I guess I just wanted to say is how sorry I am to see his passing, and that I feel like discussions of mental health need to be less of a taboo. 

I’ve had my own struggles with that stuff , and Im doing a lot better now, but I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that if you are struggling with depression/ anxiety/ trauma, you deserve to move past it/ reach a place where it isnt ruining your daily life, and sometimes the only way is to get help, either by disclosing your issues to someone close to you or seeing a licensed therapist. I’ve done both and it lead me out of some really dark times. Theres no shame in needing some help, I really believe struggling with this stuff shows only your capacity for emotion, and not your weakness to it. 

Stay well everybody, and thanks again for the continued support <3

John/ Super Eyepatch Wolf

Playing:

Cadence of Hyrule

Dragon Quest 11

Travis Strikes Again

(And I might go download Samurai Showdown after this)

Watching:

Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba

Malcom in the Middle

Reading:

Road Side Picnic

Baki

Crowded (comic)

The IDW Sonic Comic (don’t judge me the arts really good)