Hey, folks. It's been a while!
...And there are a few new AMA threads. I'll get to those once I'm done here.
Anyway.
Four months is a long time! Yikes! I think it's been four. Sorry about that. No particular reason for it, either, just me stuck in a bad headspace and then I didn't log in to anywhere for a while. Insert generic mental health stuff here, and so on. It wasn't anything dramatic, before anyone worries. It was literally just feeling drained, and then drained, and then
oops I haven't logged onto things for a month, well great, now it's awkward, let's not think about it and I still feel drained and not up to it. Yaaay.
Since it's been four months (dear lord), I figured it would be good to dust off this thread again. Especially as there seems to be new (for me) faces that have already become awesome parts of the community.
So, for those who don't know me. Hi! I'm Elbbsas. I joined Wintreath in mid-2016, lurked for a long time, then stopped lurking at some point? Must've done. Wouldn't be much point of me typing this if I didn't stop lurking at some point. I'm a Eurasian Kiwi (New Zealander). Twenty-two years of age, with a BA majoring in English and Philosophy (plus a graduate certificate in Information Design, heck yeah). She/her pronouns but I'm not that fussed about it, and generally find it fun to see what people assume before they're informed. I am asexual aromantic, but I only figured that out last September (y'all, quantifying a lack of something's hard).
I have an inability to shut the hell up (as should be obvious from how long this is) and a habit of cracking what some may call "bad" puns. Now, I could force a pun into here to demonstrate, but it's more fun to jump on an opportunity for a pun in the wild rather than artificially make one for myself. I adore writing (I have a few threads and posts in the Halls of Art and Writing, plus from 2018-2019 I successfully wrote 730 poems, with dubious quality) and reading, and complaining about published books that are not written well. They are many. They are legion. I'm also lacking in serious-ness. "Sophisticated as Hell," perhaps, but it's never good to self-describe oneself as a positive attribute, otherwise others may think you an ass.
As for my standard three questions:
- My username comes from one of those text posts about "making your [insert genre] name," and then I did it incorrectly. I liked the way it looked and I started using it.
- My favourite colour has shifted from blues to oranges. Funny enough, I used to eat lots of oranges as a kid and now I do not. Irony's fun.
- My most far-fetched goal in life remains getting a work onto TVTropes, because that would still be pretty cool. Alas, writing is hard.
...Right, that should be everyone caught up.
Onto new stuff. The first thing is that I bought myself a black ring. For those who don't know (which is... likely everyone unless you're in a specific lifestyle or done a fair chunk of research? IDK), a black ring worn on the right hand's middle finger is a symbol for the Ace (asexual) community. I've uh, I'm not brave enough to wear it in front of my family, but. Well. I've found it comforting? I didn't think it would be as good for my head as it has been. So. Yeah, it's nice. I wanted to share. Might post in The Pride about it? Dunno. Still figuring it out.
The second thing is fucking weird and it's a mix of stupid, really funny, and sucky for me. It also may be gross to some, so, duck out if needed.
Covid-19 made me paranoid, I noticed I was getting random allergic reactions to something, one thing led to another, and surprise! It turns out I have
dermatographia. Essentially, it's a skin condition in which light irritation of the skin causes extensive hives and itches. Or, to put it in simple terms: If I scratch "HI" on my arm it'll get extremely itchy then the letters will pop outta my arm. The condition's also known as "skin writing."
The funny part is that I genuinely don't know how long I've had it. The symptoms are extremely unambiguous, so like... you'd think I'd notice it the second it happened. Thing is, I wear long everything and without glasses I have very bad eyesight, and also I'm not an observant person. I have extensive proof that my observation skills suck royally. But like -- it's a very noticeable allergic reaction to scratches, pressure, and heat, so the fact that I didn't notice it is funny to me. Until I actually observed the hecking raised scratch marks on my leg, I didn't think that "hey, maybe my skin being itchy is something I should consciously think about."
Since the symptoms are, as mentioned,
really unambiguous, I haven't gone to a doctor to get it checked out yet (I will at some point because information is good and I'd like to have medication options available to me, because while it's the dumbest skin condition in the world, it also makes me want to rip my skin off. Fun!). There's also a good chance that it'll go away on its own at some point according to Google, which would be great. As fun a party trick it is (when I don't go to parties) I'd rather not have it in my life.
(But it is a pretty fun party trick. Sue me, my family's full of science-minded nerds. My sibling and I looked at the Wikipedia page and were sent to giggles about how it's diagnosed by drawing on the patient with a tongue depressor. It's
intrinsically funny).
Right! I think that's it. Bleh, look at how much text I threw out. Yuck. I'm glad to be back, though.
Ask me anything. =D
