@Hadassah: Y halo thar. A familiar face! Thanks for the delicious compliments. Yeah I uh. I actually like doing horror/body morphy art and monsters and stuff. It's just not what I usually show people so it's kind of a secret, but accidental rather than intentional.

I don't feel very confident in my attempts (mostly I didn't feel my naturally cute style suited my attempts at not so cute subject matter), so I used to keep them to myself, but I'm making an active effort to improve my self-esteem re: my art. I guess it's especially jarring for people used to seeing my purely cutesy art, hahaha.


@Totalanimefan: Thank you, I'm glad to hear your friend is alright. It's important to do lots of research whenever you alter your diet (and even if you don't, it's good to know what's good for you). But that's a lot of work, so most people don't bother.

Research is hard. That's why I let other people do it. x)

@Totalanimefan: I'm not strictly on the diet yet. We're reducing my carb intake at the moment, helping me crave the stuff from the keto diet more without having me go crazy from sudden changes.

I don't handle change well. I'm also a picky eater (VERY taste/texture sensitive + many allergies). So we've gradually been adjusting my diet for the past couple months. It's been going well so far! I really do feel a lot better, relatively speaking.

@Totalanimefan: I can't eat fish, for one. Shellfish or normal fish. Red, white. Doesn't matter, I get sick all the same. Even the smell makes me dizzy. I'm lactose intolerant, and get stomach troubles if I ingest eggs or honey. I also physically cannot stand the taste/texture of raw or large chunks of tomatoes, asparagus, brussel sprouts, bell peppers, zucchini... Honestly, the list could go on if I included everything that triggered a texture or taste response.

By which I mean, physically gagging and/or spitting out the food on reflex, not just wrinkling my nose and going "bleh". If I force myself to eat something with a taste/texture trigger I'll get violently ill. It's very unpleasant.

I have a delicate sense of smell which makes sneaking food past me very difficult as well. Growing up, my mother would try to sneak foods into my meals to get me 'used to it', and even if it was the tiniest amount I'd always get sick.

Like the Princess and the Pea, but... With food.

@Totalanimefan: Right now I kind of uh. Drink milk anyway? Hehehe. I just measure the amount so it has minimal impact, and my SO keeps an eye on me.

Really, my life is a lot easier and healthier with him to keep an eye on things. <3 I'm really grateful.

Intolerant of onions definitely sucks, they're delicious. I can't eat them when they're raw/crunchy, but I love the taste when added to meat or salads.

I haven't tried lactaid at all. Is it a drink or a pill? My pickiness makes it tough to try new foods. I do have some tablets I can take for emergencies but... To be honest, I've never run across a dairy emergency? x)

@Totalanimefan: Okay this is completely off topic but is your current avatar a cosplay of Helga from Atlantis?

@Totalanimefan: I loved that movie! The art style was so -different-, and the environments and story concept were just so wonderful. I also liked how in the end, what brought the antagonists down was each other. x)

@Totalanimefan: It's perfect and I love it.

@Faenoire: Hey look I drew your avatar technically. :)




I also made a new forum blurb thing so I didn't have too many space squids floating around. They're awfully territorial.