MS Paint Mondays 50 (and 51)

Good Morning Readers! Hope you are all having a wonderful, Wednesday..? Yes, yes, I know it isn't Monday, but here in Costa Rica, both Monday and Tuesday were Virgin de Los Angeles day(s), or holidays dedicated to visit the Virgin Mary in Cartago, so MS Paint Monday this week has been pushed back until today, so with that said let's bounce to the beat of MS PAINT MO--ERM... WEDNESDAY!!!!!

--Thoughts of the day--

* In these times where people here take a pilgrimage to visit the Virgin Mary at an old church to reflect on themselves and truly ask for and remember what is important for them and their lives as well as the lives of their loved ones. 

* So often we meet someone who rubs us the wrong way and we just actively avoid them, or we express love and compassion for trivialities over things that actually matter. Basically people have a lot of their views and priorities skewed and this is a time we try and get that straightened out.

* What's sad is these revelations we have during times like this usually fizzle out until the next big holiday, like Christmas or New Years, only to continue on like this, it honestly is the little things we do and feel that we sometimes don't even realize we do it.

With all that said the first (yes, I making this a 2 paint week, since I started late) paint is titled "DD" for Douglas David, which was a co-worker who shamelessly flirted with our friend in the office to almost "rapey" standards and she didn't see it, we couldn't stand him and therefore reduced to avoiding him and giving him elementary school annoyance tactics in order to push him away, which honestly made us less mature than he. So this is an example of a person whom by avoiding I may have made them worse. People should attribute respect and even positive qualities towards all folks, making an effort to be friendly, even if someone doesn't rub you the right way. How is anyone supposed to grow, if you never even share a moment, conversation?

For paint numero dos, we have the quaintly named "Frank Sinatra.... lol". Yes, I actually added 3 dots and a lol to the title because I thought my pun was THAT hilarious, I am aware I am lame, but I am even lamer to have drawn this simply because the company bought us hot-dogs for lunch. As you can see, the aptly named sausage is singing "Love N' Mayo" which is a reference to the real Fran Sinatra's classic, "Love and Marriage", and yes even though this is a silly doodle with no deeper meaning, I thought it served as a good example at how easily we are able to thrust out powerful words in order to describe the mundane. Take Pizza for example, I really like pizza, a whole freaking lot, but I always tell Pizza that I love it, I am guilty of slightly killing the impact of the word love. The definition of love is so much broader than just a great affection for, and the fact that I can so effortlessly use it to describe a consumable over a person in my life speaks volumes of our own priorities in life... or maybe I am just overthinking it all, hmm, you tell me.

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.

Much Love, Wachi

"Maturity" Today: The Pokemon.Go Trigger

Good evening Readers, hope you are all doing well this fine Friday, and that you are able to wind down however you all like with your favorite activities. Whether it be watching a movie, hanging with friends, gaming, reading a good book, or following the latest fad, in this case, becoming a Pokemon master!!!

So with that, I'd like to bring up tonight's topic, the sudden maturity that has risen from the latest trend to overtake the world; I of course am referring to Pokemon.Go. Now as with other popular fads, Pokemon.Go has established a huge active fan base of all ages, mainly of those of us in our late to mid 20's who experienced Pokemon from its beginnings, and has therefore over-taken the social spaces with pictures, posts, and memes. The sudden resurgence of  Pokemon with its original fans has just as quickly created a wave of "mature" folks who have apologetically taken to social media to attack and belittle those re-living their childhood with this app. 

As this has occurred for a few weeks now, I have come to really think about what it means to be mature, what truly defines a mature person, and does allowing time for your inner child to come out and play completely invalidate your possibility to be a mature individual yourself? Well let's first take a look at what aren't factors of maturity...

1. Age: Contrary to what many tend to think, a person's age does not correlate to their level of maturity. Just as there can be a whiny 40 year old, who incites problems with others, or gives others petty punishments like silent treatments or name calling. There can be young people who forgive and forget, and act calmly and rationally when experiencing pressure. Never assume that just because someone is an adult they are automatically mature, just like you should never discredit someone's opinion simply because they are younger than you as that doesn't necessarily mean they are immature fools by default.

2. Social Status: Another misconception that I see tossed around is people's success or social status being used as a way to measure an individual's maturity. Now, there are many successful individuals who are indeed very mature and well-like in their respective fields because of it. However, there are many CEO's, managers, field specialists, etc whom just because they are good at their job, doesn't mean that they are good at life, so to speak.  Just because you are well off in a business sense doesn't mean you can handle things maturely; I myself have had a couple of bosses, who despite their numerous certifications, where very petty and obnoxious when put under pressure.

3. Education: This goes hand in hand with social status, just because someone has a Master's degree or a PhD doesn't necessarily mean that they are more mature than someone who only has a high school diploma. Higher education has never been the equivalent of mental maturity. I can use myself as an example for that, I was way more immature during middle school compared to some elementary school counterparts, just as when I went to High School I found many of my classmates to be more mature than college and university goers, even some I have met this day in age.

4. Appearance: This should be common sense, Like the age old saying goes, "never judge a book by its cover." Just as with social success and education being mistaken for maturity, physical appearance should never be used as a measure for how mature someone is or isn't. Someone in a clean suit and tie isn't guaranteed to be more mature than a man on the street in rags. They may carry themselves a certain way on the outside, that sadly doesn't always reflect how people are on the inside.

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So taking all that into account, look at how we are treating the player base of this new trend, as immature jerks, however, the same people calling out immaturity, are the same who take those weird snapchat dog-face selfies, or play mindless games like candy crush, feeling a sense of mature superiority, because it's something that was popular for KIDS. But I say to you, this is more than just a game, this is a social experience, where we go back to our childhoods, a stage in life where we always looked into tomorrow's next adventures, wide-eyed and loving it! So instead of nostalgically reminiscing about innocent days' past, they are reliving it in their current life whilst dealing with all their responsibilities. This app, has also helped many people get out of their homes and explore places outside of their routine as well as meet people with whom they may have never socialized with. To many this experience is more than just fun, it's become a source of therapy and exercise, becoming that small step into a brighter life! But the lack of compassion in this day makes people get this attitude of almost disgust at seeing others relive their childhoods in such a way. To think other's joy could cause someone so much internal turmoil that they chalk it up to be immature behavior, because to them, being mature means being a slave to your office and never having any fun, and to be perfectly honest, that's not so much maturity, as it is just sad.

Seriously, just this Monday, I was walking by the park by my house, and saw this magnificent scene;

<-- A typically semi-empty park, is now almost always filled with people sharing their Pokemon stories and catching tips. At one point in time is was dangerous to walk this park after 9-10pm, now everyone looks out for each other and keeps an eye out for rare Pokemon, and when they do they don't keep it to themselves, they announce it for all to hear and work together to get to the needed destination safely. 

Any how, as I was saying before, earlier this week, after seeing the above scene I got home only to hear a rumbling of feet coming towards my house, the rumble soon was drowned out by a chant, a repetitive mantra perfuming the air, it was one word, "Dragonite!!" I knew then that one fo the rarest mons was close to my home, and I knew I had to burst out the door and join this Pokemon master mob to victory, after jogging for a kilometer with the mob, hatching an egg and getting a Machop to join my cause along the way, and that's when I saw him, DRAGONITE!!!

<-- I reaped the rewards of that last minute lastly hunt, and got an invaluable Pokemon for my collection. After everyone caught their dragon comrade, we all walked back to the well lit part of town together making sure everyone was back safe before I head back home. This type of interaction is not immaturity, it's a beautiful return to the simpler days of playing outside, and that is something I fully support.

Whether you like Pokemon or not, you  need to be able to see the wonderful effect that this is having on us as a people, excluding the idiots who walk into oncoming traffic or off the edge of a dock, as they ruin it for everyone. 

Just like not all cops are racists, and not all Muslims are terrorists, not all Pokemon masters are immature dicks. Mature people don't generalize after-all haha. Just some food for thought. 

In the end, this should have been a "Wachi Rant" seeing as it was pretty sloppy, but in the end I just wanted to say my peace. If you want to be the mature person, make peace not war, be open for communication, respect other's opinions, find joy in other people's happiness. (I mean so long as they aren't psycho killers whom are happy about having just spilled an innocent person's blood, that happiness you can be against, no judgment there), and last but not least, mature people do not judge others, people who judge are essentially playing God, and that air of arrogance or superiority should not be confused for being more or less mature. 

As always, Much Love,

Wachi

MS Paint Mondays 48

What's up Readerlings!! Gah! I'm sorry I have been gone for a month, but fear not for clumsy doodled MS Paints are returning to your weekly scheduled, especially since I am now done and over with ITIL!! So with that brief intro let's roll right to it and commence MS PAINT MONDAY!!!

--Thoughts of the day--

* Life is rough, and we as people only make it rougher on ourselves and each other. How many times do we plan something out only to feel like we have reached a dead end only because it didn't go exactly as we planned it?

* Let's say you want to travel somewhere, and you plan it all out, but you hit an obstacle, perhaps you have to pay an extra travel tax, or renew a document, but you can't get it through a call or a specific person, you have to think outside the box, and therefore you feel like it's not possible to travel after all. (Now I am not referring to huge situation altering circumstances, of course things like that happen and plans therefore can change, no, I am referring to small inconveniences, where you can still get things done if you really wanted to.)

* Now a days everything that happens seems to be fueled by hate according to social media at least. Where everyone feels entitled to things and therefore whines, complains, or creates some false victimizing narrative as to why things didn't work out the way they did, without enjoying the journey despite it not leading to your desired route. Life teaches lessons for us, even if they aren't the ones we wish to learn.

Well I'm done being a Preachy Pedro, this MS paint is titled "Dr. Rana" or Doctor Frog, and basically this character was made for a girl I had a crush on who loved frogs and medicine unfortunately she didn't very much like me haha, at the time I thought we really clicked, but she was only interested in my doodles and not in me getting close to her on any level. At first I was hurt, but then learned you can't make anyone feel a certain way, a very obvious lesson of course, unless you are a con man or something, but it is one that I had to learn the hard way. Sometimes we make and do things for a certain result only to not achieve it, and perhaps the result we wanted can't even be achieved by our known means, or we can achieve a similar result that we have yet to see or realize. Basically don't give up, remember what you want, and if you really want it, you will find a way to make it.

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.

Much Love, Wachi

I was on TV A Fourth Time

Random Life Update!!

***I Was on TV... A Fourth Time***

Aye Readers, sorry I have been so inconsistent on here, but a lot has happened within this month. First and foremost, I was asked to be on TV a fourth time and was filmed, alas due to the champion's league they never released it, but it was there and I was in it, thankfully I do have a couple of pictures from the day should any of you be curious.

This time filming took place on a farm, so naturally before filming started I got acquainted with the locals, goats are friendly, at least the baby ones were :)
<-- These two avian ruffians however were not as friendly as the little goat, they ran that turf and I knew I had to watch myself around them.


The last name we were filming was the Campos family and their origins in Costa Rican ancestry, their story wasn't all that interesting I must say, but then again I had a boss with the last name Campos and he was pretty boring too, sooo maybe it all makes sense lol.

<-- Here is the typical onset selfie that these life update posts have become so accustomed to sharing, it was nice getting to meet new cast mates for this experience, even if it didn't get any attention due to the soccer matches it is still a fun experience.

Last but not least, dwn a ways from the farm where we filmed there was some thick woods and a river, where they decided to film more scenes. It all went well with the exception of when we started back up and out of the woods to get back to the farm, I felt a sharp sting on my arm and fund I had an allergic reaction to something in those woods. With this new mutation I thought we could put a spin on the Campos origin story of them being lizard men, but the director wasn't having it. lol

ere is the mutation in case anyone is curious;

 <--- Armformer! More than meets the eye!
Armformer, swelling bigger than my thigh!
The woods are dangerous to walk with skin exposed the Plantcepticons!! *AHEM* anyways that's that for the tv spot but it's not all for my life update, becauuuuse...

***I Am Now ITIL Certified***

Yes, you read that right my readers, those of ou who may have been following me for the past few months kno that the thing that took up a lot of my time was studying for the ITIL certification exam, well I just wanted to say I fially took it and I passed the darn thing freeing myself from the shackles it created, and having that burden on my back means that blog updates should begin to be more frequent and concise


Well with all that said and done, I will end this brief life update, stay tuned because there is more to come, and soon! :)

Much Love,

Wachi

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MS Paint Mondays 46 and 47

Heyooo Reader's sorry for my sloppiness after just getting back into the swing of things, work life has not been kind as far as giving me free time but I am back and on a Monday no doubt to grace you all with another inspirational piece of mediocrity which is birthed from my imagination into MS Paint... That said, let's all vomit out some doodles as we return to MS PAINT MONDAY!!!!

--Thoughts of the day--

* Soooo, not to toot my own horn, but it was my birthday over the weekend, so I am now a year older, and hopefully wiser, that said I realize as time passes I become more disinterested in my birthday, however it doesn't mean I don't appreciate others' love and attention on that day.

* It makes me think of not all the characters I have created throughout my life, just as I get older my mind adds more madness and brings it to life in the form of doodles, so just like my real life friends, and family, my creations also celebrate with me...

*... No, not in a multiple personality type way, I am crazy but not like that, anyhow, it's more of an Alice in Wonderland type deal where they are always with me during different parts of my life as they are all born through inspiration brought about by life itself... Yes, LIFE!! Not drugs, I get that too often.

* Anyhow, I am now 26, and thought to myself that no matter how hectic life gets, our inner selves, in this case my lame doodles, should never be shut out, but instead allowed to flourish, so that no matter how old we get, we will never forget every little piece of ourselves and how we made it to this day, this MS Paint Monday!

With all that said let's bring in the first of this week's Ms Paints (yes I am posting 2 today) I bring you "Death of Mustardy", now though odd this does have to do with my thoughts, as Mustardy, as well as all the above depicted characters were from a comic I made back in high school titled, "Alien Teke Taku's Earthly Dining" which was a comic were food was sentient but humans didn't mind they both ate and served it, Mustardy was a mustard bottle that was murdered after risking it's like to Alien Teke Taku, just how we sometimes risk parts of ourselves for change. Whether the change be for our better or not we may not always know, but it is a good reflection to have whenever we react overly negative or positive to an alien concept that is introduced in our lives, will we change with it, or keep our ground?

Now as far as the second paint comes in, it is simply and quite explicitly titled "Me, a Giraffe, and some Pickles..." Now if I may be honest when I doodled this I did so mindlessly, this has no real meaning, yet at the same time it just might. A Giraffe, tall and in formal attire, and a pickle sour, moist, and with 2 mini pickles... Could this be how my subconscious perceives growing up? I mean there I am all mopey in the corner waiting for some food, looking away from both creatures, could it be that I see career goals as too high to be bothered with and a family life as something that I don't want to chew on? Sometimes doodles can really make one think eh? I for one don't know if any of this is how I feel, but it's fun to speculate. :)

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.

Much Love, Wachi

MS Paint Mondays 45

Good Morning readers! Hope you are all having a wonderful start to your week, and if not, be like me and fake it til you make it. Anyhow, I am working to getting back on track with my Monday scheduled MS Paint Mondays, and so with that let's get it on with number 45!

--Thoughts of the day--

* I don't know about you all but I am in the mood to not restart with ITIL training trying to get a certification out of sheer desperation of our manager, but that is what I need to do, and that sort of desperation in this corporate level reminds me of Giovanni from Team Rocket. Oh come on I can't be the only one...

* Think about it, big boss, needs all his underlings to get one thing that inexplicably keeps escaping their grasp, and everything someone is close  or manages to grab it, the game changes and we need to start again. Now just like Team Rocket, the corporation I work for will still remain strong if we can't all capture Pikachu, erm, I mean ITIL, but its obsession with getting us all certified will never be pleased until we do, spawning unnecessary seasons of the same show and... and... wait what was I talking about?

* It all just becomes quite tiresome and repetitive and one doesn't feel like one has got the time to continue doing the same thing over and over again, but then again even if there were more hours in a day, I doubt I'd want to spent them doing ITIL lolol.

Anyways let's get on with this week's MS Paint, which I have called "Team Time" whichin case you don't remember MS Paint Mondays #34, where I displayed my Pokemanz parody paint, these 3 were part of the same comic, again making fun of Team Rocket, and they had a spanish speaking Rattata. I even made them a motto just like Team Ropcekt from the anime, and it went something like this *AHEM*

Team time´s Motto.

Molly: Prepare for time!

Mark: And make it Lime!

Molly: To TIK to TOK with indignation!

Mark: To tell the time of every nation!

Molly: The east coast´s daylight savings puts them an hour ahead!

Mark: What she said may not Rhyme, but at least it had to do with time!

Molly: Mmmmolly-lly-lly-lly!

Mark: Mmmark-ark-ark!

Molly: Team time is ticking with enourmous power!

Mark: We´ll kill you all, if you don´t know the hour!

Rattata: Son las-- (and then whatever time it may be) 

Sooo yeah that's my paint this week, and my message is basically don't get discouragesd if life makes you feel like you are wasting your time, do what you set out to, and keep growing, eventually, if you stay your course, you will check everything off your list as it were, even in catching that pesky Pikachu lol.

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.

Much Love, Wachi

MS Paint Mondays 44

Readers! I'm failing at my consistency and for that I am sorry, life is taking too many twists and turns at the moment, but I have made a responsibility to you and I am a week and 2 days behind, if you were my pets and this was me feeding you, you'd all be dead and or dying, and for that I am sorry, but fear not MS Paint Monday (Wednesday actually...) is here!!!

--Thoughts of the day--

* So this week and well this month of May so far actually has been hectic for me, a lot of internal job changes, urgent trainings, life choices, new friends, and tough calls have been raining down upon me, and I have unfortunately loosened the grasp of my blog because of it.

* Now I'm not saying that when life starts kicking you down you shouldn't work towards keeping it under control, but this blog is therapeutic in a way, and when we are faced with stress we should always remember to make time for the simpler things. Such as MS Paint Mondays.

* Just like anything else we must strike a balance, even when it seems impossible to, and I know what that is like, sometimes work/life balance just doesn't seem achievable at some points of my life, but if I don't make an effort to find a way to give myself some me time to vent, then I'll start saying "screw it!" at my job, which is something I can't afford to do right now.

So with all that in mind, I bring you another old school comic I used to do in my youth, "Tamagotchi Trio" which were my parody of  those infamous digital pets we all know and some love of the same name, Tamagotchi. The relevance being that just like we must nurture ourselves even if we feel like we don't have the time, we must also remember to feed our tamagotchis, lest their own fecal matter be their death, just like stress can be yours. Reflect on your life.

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.

Much Love, Wachi

MS Paint Mondays 43

Readers! What's that up in the sky? Is it a bird? A plane? Huh? what do you mean you are indoors and can't see the sky at the moment?? Well run to the window!! RUUUN!!!! Ugh, forget about it, it's gone now. Anyhow, we are back for SUPER MS Paint Monday!!

--Thoughts of the day--

* So I am pretty hype this week, Captain America: Civil War releases and I am excited, already got tickets to go watch it on Sunday, and I will be off the web avoiding spoilers in the meantime lol.

* Not only this but the new Hearthstone expansion is out this week (tomorrow in fact) and despite me disliking a couple of the nerfs made, I am pretty hype to see how the pirate meta has evolved, and if not, I have also been running raptor rogue as of late (I may make a decklist later if people care).

* So overall my thought process has also gone to a slightly more somber space, in what is Costa Rica's situation as of late, with a slew of national holidays having passed in the last few weeks, I come to realize that unlike superheroes, our country isn't very super at all. All these wars we fought for our independence to grow and be better, and we are still in 3rd world status, and that's out own damn fault.

* In the end I feel that change has to come from one's self and bravery, but this isn't just speaking up, go, go on your own way, become who you want to, and come back and just do! Just do what will help others, don't ask, don't fill out forms, just do it. Like Panama with their metro station, they didn't want it, but they made it anyways and now everyone loves it. Basically be the hero that other's don't want, or necessarily deserve, that is super.

*AHEM* Anyways, before this turns into a Wachi's rants I will move along with this week's MS Paint, "Losa Brigade!" Now, the Losa Brigade is a team of supers I created back in early high school and so seeing as super heroes are the in thing, I thought I'd draw them again, fun fact, I first drew them during a mindless doodle session induced by having one of our teachers put on the movie "Bring it on", basically seeing, the cheerleaders all in the same uniforms doing cool flips, inspired my subconscious to create these misshapen heroes in matching uniforms. (Coolest origin story ever, I know.)

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.

Much Love, Wachi

MS Paint Mondays 36 (and 37)

Readers, it's Tuesday and a week later, and I'm sorryyyyy!!! I am still part of the living, lol. These past couple of weeks have been incredibly hectic with meetings, mails, forms, and trainings, and I just needed a break from all things computer. But we are back, it's MS Paint Mon--er TUESDAY!!!!

--Thoughts of the day--

* So I currently find myself amidst mandatory ITIL training, various customer e-mails, meetings, and a form for one of my future plans is longer than Goku's journey down Snake Way, seriously, like 12 pages long, and I need to write a letter of recommendation about myself. *Ahem* 

* Anyhow, due to the fact that I have been so pre-occupied, I began to think back, to a simpler time, a time where I would come to work and be able to finish by lunch time, and it wasn't due to a lack of work either, but I was doing much simpler tasks, something that I begin to miss from day to day.

* However, I am incredibly thankful for my past 2 promotions, they have helped me learn so much, and given me plenty of opportunities, and way less daily tasks to do compared to my start, however these tasks, are lengthy and cluttered with twists and turns. Then again unlike the simple tasks, the harder ones give you authority to push others to move their processes to your needs, since no one will listen to a simple peon about escalations.

* It's truly an interesting balance, but is authority and power something worth giving up our peace of mind for? 

That said, this week's paints (yes with an 's' we plural this week ya'll) are based on a simpler time, from when I still failed quality exams, but others from my group passed them in perfection. Specifically these 2, who were in my training and eventually began dating, then it didn't last but that's not the point, it's a time celebrating when one would be recognized for their achievements, something that appears to happen way less the higher up the corporate ladder you get. Oh and I call this paint "Kat and Osvaldo´s double 100!"

Continuing on with the simpler life, I give you this paint from the 2010 world cup, during that time we had a screen in the middle where we could watch the games and make bets on them should we chose, in this paint, simply titled "My Conscience and Me World Cup" my conscience, Tusky, a mouthless, bunny eared boar (his origin is a story for another day) is pummeling me with a ball, for taking to partake in the beats and losing quite a bit, despite his warnings before hand. lol. Ah, the simpler inner struggles.

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.

Much Love, Wachi

Wachi's Nonsense: The Curious (Frangipani) Caterpillar

Ohhh, readers!!! Have you all ever had a simple encounter in life? An encounter others would consider trivial, meaningless, or even disregard it as encounter at all? If so, don't you find those can sometimes be the most enriching? That is to say, the simplest of events in ones life can sometimes be a key to a much larger mental door, yes, a door you didn't even know was there because most of the time we leave that key there as many others wouldn't have found it particularly interesting... this, this is the story of that "key";

<-- This here is my key of the day... it all started 25 or so minutes ago from the posting of this blog; you see, a friend of mine and I, we ran into this funkadelic caterpillar on the way to get some breakfast and we couldn't help but theorize what it was doing so far down the sidewalk. So using the scientific method I hypothesized that it is either A. Rebelling against its momma caterpillar/moth and proving to her that he can make it in the big city.
B. Is going to a bug rave which explains the sweet yellow rings.
Or
C. He has no brain and is therefore only mindlessly wandering... a theory I quickly discredited as I watched the overly popular science documentary titled "A Bug's Life". 

Anyhow, by the end of it we ended up getting a leafy twig and helped escort Ramon (it's what I just now have decided to name him) to the nearest patch of green where his mother probably gave him an ear(antenna?)ful about how he cowardly came back home without being able to survive the city, completely disbelieving his tale of how 2 giants and their teleporting twig bringing him back against his will, as most mothers would. 

Ahhh, how blessed we are to have met such a deep and curious little critter. To think, maybe we were fated to meet in order for each of us to understand just how many layers there are to this world we share. 

I hope you, like Ramon, can find that special patch of soil that are your dreams in order to sprout your metaphorical moth wings and reach a new plane of existence known simply as your dreams ♥

Much Love,
Wachi

Never be afraid to be bananas

MS Paint Monday 18

♫MS Paint, back again, MS Paint, tell a friend! MS Paint MS Paint MS Paint mah mah mah Mah-onday!!♪

♫I've painted a monster, cause nobody wants to. See Monday no more they want Paint, I'm chopped liver... *ahem*♪

--Thoughts of the day--

* Sometimes you have to come back to something, not necessarily relive the past, but sometimes you need to humble yourself and take a step back, maybe even start a new.

* As a somewhat lazy individual this is hard for me to do, since who likes starting again from zero... However sometimes starting over, is more beneficial in the long ride, as it could eventually become something you love, rather than staying in your current comfort zone and live in an unhappy routine.

* Though there are times where maybe if you push through the undesirable times you may reach a better point too, *sigh* life can get pretty complicated when trying to know how to move forward, either hitting reset or continue as it were... Oh Mondays how you torment my mind with the simplest of things. :P

That said, this week I decided to re-make or start over with my 3rd MS Paint Monday creation, I give you "Pin stripe Goblin lvl 2" which is a lankier, slightly more detailed version of my previous attempt, now to some this may be better to others it may be worse, that doesn't necessarily matter in this week's point, what matters is how YOU feel about it, you personally, how you feel about any re-do's or changes you make in life. 

As always, I hope this exercise helps you ease that weekly case of the Mondays and inspires you to start creating new things, and really help expand the creative construct that is your brain! I encourage you to share/send me your own MS Paint Monday creations, if I get enough I plan to do an MS Paint showcase at the end of every week so we can enjoy each other's styles and imaginations.


Much Love, Wachi