life update / ramblings post! there's nothing important in here I just feel like talking sorry
there were local elections in our whole state last Sunday, and I volunteered to help out with that for the first time! I was super anxious at first cause I get easily overwhelmed by complicated things but the actual thing wasn't difficult at all ... instead, despite being tired as heck, I had loads of fun!! my team was great. one of them was my childhood friend, another was another childhood friend's dad. which is good cause I'm very bad at dealing with people I don't know, but those two are very cool people. my childhood friend was wearing a fancy suit, but he evoked no sense of authority for me because I know for a fact he'd lose to me in a Pokémon battle ... anyway. a bunch of funny situations / quotes from that day include
- "I've been doing this for ten years now. every time something went wrong. if something goes wrong today too, I might have to admit it's my fault"
- "[claps hands] alright guys, we're doing something wrong. the other groups are all done counting already, we need to optimise our process!!" - we realise a few minutes later that we had more than double the voters. of course we'd take longer
- "please put the yellow ... the paper. I mean, the paper in the ... the yellow paper in the. the thing. the ... uhm," (- "take your time")
- (looking at our ridiculously long queue of voters) "why are the other lines so much shorter?" - "they all came to vote cause they wanna see us. once we change shifts, nobody's gonna come anymore. no point if we're not there"
- "can someone hang up signs for the potentially confused?" - "sorry I'm one of the potentially confused"
- "why are they all coming to you first? they need to come to ME. stop smiling, you look too approachable. start frowning at them when they come in"
- (when we need to call the city but can't get through, no matter how many times we try) "well, I'm not used to competency from this city anyway." - followed by understanding and slightly miserable laughter from everyone else
I kinda wanna draw some of these as BanDori or argnv characters, pff. there'll be a run-off vote in two weeks and I'm actually really looking forward to that one now! the actual work was pretty boring, but the time passes quickly with the right people. I'm still very fuwa fuwa about it haha
in other news, my parents fulfilled a lifelong dream of theirs and bought a camper! in fact, I'm typing this post from the car as we go get it from its previous owners. they live really close to my university, coincidentally. not that it matters much, my uni has pretty much given up on online classes and not much is happening ...
also, I applied for a part-time job at a small jewelry store and unfortunately didn't get it, but they were SO NICE ABOUT IT. everyone in that store is always so genuinely friendly it makes me wanna work there even more ... people intimidate me, but I think I'd have fit right in there ... sighs ...
aaand lastly, Bushimo posted the live report for IGNITION! and because I'm both a Gyro oshi and a masochist, I'll definitely translate the whole thing. I'm hoping to get it done tonight, but no promises, it's a long one. for myself and the fellow folks who couldn't watch the live, it's the most detailed thing we have, so I've gotta! already did my fair share of crying about Ren saying he wants to stand on the same stage as Nayuta and Nayuta replying with the LR Fes being just a stepping stone ... and saying he's gonna steal the world away from "that man" (his father) ... Nayuta-kun ......
//e: OH OH ONE MORE THING!! MY STARRY LINE LIM EDITION & GYRO LN JUST GOT SHIPPED AAAA
and yeah that's about it! sorry for the long & ultimately useless post, but sometimes it's easier to write things out like this than use Twitter, and I feel most comfortable in this community. (sorry ... my constant bothering you comes from my love ... that doesn't really make it any less annoying, huh ... one day I'll shut up. but. not today.)
