Happy Birthday to Me! · 2:20pm Aug 21st, 2018
So, yeah, have some nonsense below where I just indulge myself because it's my birthday I do what I want.
Okay, first off, here's some trivia that I think would be relevant for this site:
Turns out, it's also Cathy Weseluck's birthday today. So why not draw Spike? 
And then here's 24 stories of my life because I'm 24 and sometimes life gets crazy:
1. One of my earliest memories is being a little two-year-old in my diaper, wearing Mom’s high heels and watching as Mom waltzed in with her camera to take a picture of me. Another one is when I was crying on Santa’s lap, and poor Santa was trying to cheer me up with a Mickey Mouse coloring book.
2. According to my Mom, my reaction to my new baby sister, Artsy Notes, coming home was to run up and say, “Baby, oh, baby!”
3. During a summer trip when I was four, we went to Northern Montana/Canada (the only time I’ve been to another country). The standout moments from that trip was getting stuck in the middle of a cattle drive, driving under a waterfall, swimming in a pool with my cousins, riding a boat at the USA-Canada border, and visiting my dad’s weird mountain man cousin (that last one I was holding a teddy bear, and stuffed it into my jacket so it didn’t fall into the campfire).
4. During December when I was about five, I was getting impatient for Christmas to come. So, I took my toys, wrapped them up in little plastic baggies, and put them under the tree for an early “Christmas”. My mom took a picture of my little holiday.
5. When we first moved from House #1, Dad abruptly cancelled a deal on a house we were looking at because he had a bad feeling about it… which left us having to bunk with our cousins for three weeks until our parents found a new house (with space for horses, because, you know… we had horses). I remember eating chocolate cereal and playing in the irrigation ditch right next to their house.
6. One time, I got to eat lunch with the school principal. Let’s just say that I had home lunch that day, and I threw a fit because everyone else got cool cards to get school lunch, why couldn’t I have one? Looking back, I clearly got the better deal that day, since the principal happened to show up and calmed me down with offering to eat lunch with me.
7. For some reason, when I was at age 6-7, I thought braces were really cool and I wanted a set. Fast forward to age 12, and I got my wish… and while I still thought they looked cool, I realized that they were not the most comfortable thing.
8. The biggest family vacation happened over my eighth birthday, and we got to visit Yellowstone (getting a picture with Old Faithful was a dream come true), the site of Custer’s Last Stand, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Mountain, and Chimney Rock (which we jokingly called Pencil Rock) over the course of ten days. I got a little woodcarving present (a spool with the image of a bearded guy), was given my favorite teddy bear, Blueberry (my grandma and sister got him), and went onstage at a Wild West show where I was publicly handed a can of beans. And at the end of it all, when we finally returned home… we discovered we left the lights on. Oops.
9. So, when my other sister Marshmallow Wings was a baby, I once snuck into my parents’ room to hold her, and then I dropped her. Thankfully, there was a bed pad on the floor and while Baby Marshy woke up, she didn’t cry and was just confused.
10. Our neighbor’s cat had kittens in our storage room. Despite about half of us being allergic, we all fell in love with the kittens and named them Spitfire, Sweetie, and Tabby. They were technically our neighbor’s, but we still regarded those cats as honorary members of our family.
11. When we had a dog named Buddy, I was once in the bathroom when I heard him barking outside. Curious about why, but with no stepstool in sight, I decided to lean on the towel rack under the window to get a look outside. It broke from right under me and I tumbled to the floor with a cut on my chin. That cut needed stitches, and I was too embarrassed to go to church with a little “stitches goatee”. I at least named them to make it more fun—I only remember “Phony” though.
12. There was this one time when I was baking cookies, and there was less flour in the bin than the recipe called for. I decided to use what I had in the dough and baked anyway, despite the dough still being soupy. They all melted into puddle, dripping off the sheet into the bottom of the oven. Mom made me take them out, and then she pulled extra flour out of the pantry (I felt dumb for not thinking of that) to add to the cookie dough.
13. First day of seventh grade, absolutely awful. Let me tell you, if you had to deal with following a schedule you got, and then finding out halfway through the day that the school administration changed your schedule without bothering to tell you or your parents before school started… you might develop some trust issues and paranoia about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And to add salt to the wound, I missed the bus home. At least my brother saw me running and called Mom to pick me up.
14. And after seventh grade, we moved to House #3 (our current home). Funny thing, people at my new school treated me a lot better than those at my former schools, and actually enjoyed my weirdness. I was even voted “Most Likely to be Remembered” in ninth grade.
15. My first year of Girls’ Camp (church thing), I had to share a tent with several other girls, and they were trying to be all hushed as I tried to sleep… until they suddenly started screaming and woke me up. Turns out, there was a raccoon at our tent door.
16. During our annual Family Campout, at a lake near St. George, members of my family (including my dad and sister Artsy Notes) witnessed a stranger accidentally backed their truck right into the lake when trying to get their boat. My grandpa towed the truck out before it sunk completely, and I remember watching water pouring out of the doors. It was a good thing the driver got out before it went too far, so no one got hurt (but the guy had to get a new truck).
17. On our way to Disneyland one year, we ended up getting stuck in traffic, and we were right behind a truck full of bees. Good reason to keep the windows rolled up (in case you were wondering, yes, we had a lot of fun at Disneyland).
18. When on a pioneer trek (activity for LDS youth to understand what the pioneers went through better), because I had to go to the bathroom really badly, I got to go out ahead to the porta-potties a mile away with a buddy, and thus, got to skip out on a really bad mudhole in the middle of the road and just watch everyone else trudge through it from the sidelines. I also had my own problems when my sunscreen in my bucket leaked and soaked my clothes. At least sleeping under the stars is cool.
19. With how close we live to the mountains, a visit from wild critters is pretty much a guarantee. One morning, a fox was harassing our chickens (and trying to find a way into the coop), and I got so mad that I grabbed a walking stick, ran out of the house, and chased the fox off. I’ve also encountered deer prancing around in civilization a few times (one in a parking lot, one at the road leading out of town, some in the field behind my house, and most recently, one at my grandparent’s neighborhood). And of course, there’s always the looming threat of stinkin’ raccoons that could kill our chickens (and have done so in gruesome ways).
20. At a family reunion, we heard a small explosion coming from the highway just down the hill. When me and some cousins went over to the park fence to investigate, we saw that it was a semi with its wheels on fire. We just watched until the firefighters showed up to put it out before getting back to reunion activities.
21. In high school, as I sat and listened to the teacher in class while also chatting a little with a friend, suddenly, an orange was flung from outside and nailed me on the shoulder. The entire class paused as the teacher processed what just happened, and I stared at the fruit before bursting out into laughter. The teacher was impressed with how well I took it, though she made me throw it away because the orange was probably no good (it was kind of green).
22. Another Girls’ Camp incident was when one of the other girls was giving a lesson on purifying water, which was interrupted by nature in action right next to us. We paused the lesson just to watch a weasel kill a ground squirrel and then run off with it. It was really cool, though some girls were freaked out.
23. The river behind our house flooded over all the way to our backyard (there’s a field in between), and so we had to send our horses to our uncle’s house. And then one of them killed a calf like a dog would kill an animal. So we had to put him down and get a new one. And then that new one turned out to be pregnant, and we had to prepare for a baby horse. And then the new colt went a week without a name before my brother (who was on a mission in Brazil) pitched in with the name Shiloh. It was a wacky turn of events, let me tell you.
24. We’ve had two years in a row that a firework tipped over, each at a different aunt’s house. The first one lit a field on fire (which we put out quick thanks to a nearby hose), and the other shot right at us (and hit my cousin on the elbow; don’t worry, he was fine). We had rocks to keep them from tipping over this year… only for a box of rockets to fly everywhere instead of straight up because of those rocks. Grandma had a rocket whiz by her elbow and a couple others hit the neighbor’s house.
And finally, we shall have a little Q & A. Feel free to ask me about any other funny stories of my life, my headcanons, any ideas I have for stories, crazy things about my OCs, what kinds of things inspire me and get my gears going, etc. I dunno, I just want to talk today.
Okay, here's to a good day!
Happy birthday! And wow, you have had a wacky life indeed. Here's to more enjoyably interesting times in the future.
Oh, cool life facts and happy birthday! Many blessings, and nice art! :D By the way, do you do art requests?
Enjoy yourself today! What are your headcannons, ships and OTPS?
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Nah, I stopped doing requests after getting overworked by request monkeys and my desire to do my own stuff.
As for the questions of headcanons and what I like... well, to be honest, I don't know where to start with the headcanons, so you'll have to name something specific to give me a launching point.
As for ships, my OTP is CheesePie, hands down. Followed by QuibbleDash, Soarinjack, CocoShill, and various ones involving OCs (there was SugarFavor, but I feel like I'll get flak for going against the canon SugarMac (which is so bland and one-sided it frustrates me) so I don't do anything). I don't have much of a unifying theme for my ships--if I like a ship, I like it.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Sounds like Raccoons should be part of the animal mafia!
My question is: Did you go on a mission, and if so where?
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Goshdarn that animal mafia.
No, I haven't been on a mission. Being autistic (which means it's hard for me to communicate IRL), I didn't think I was suited for one.
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Thank you guys! I've had a nice day; made cake with my cousin and got my own own printer/scanner.
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Yeah, that makes sense.
Oops, looks like I'm a bit late to the party. Best wishes!
Here's a question for ya: what is your headcanon on how typical earth pony magic works?
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I consider earth pony magic to be a magic of cultivation. Not just crops; it can cultivate the economy, new forms of art and even joy. And also the strength thing.
Happy (late) birthday!!!!
May I ask, what's your favorite cereal? Just curious :p
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That's a tough one. I do enjoy corn flakes/squares, fruit-flavored cereals, cereal with marshmallows, chocolate/peanut butter cereals, and Cookie Crisp. I'm not so much a fan of cinnamon flavors, frosted cereals, cereal with actual fruit in them, and most bland cereal.