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I suppose now’s a good time to say that I’m learning to draw. This is a couple weeks old, but I studied this crab claw and tried to draw it! I think it came out rather well! Tell me what you think!

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Birthdays

I've endured a lot of hardship this last year. I've lost my mother, 7 kittens, and a dog. But my mom left me one last lesson before she passed. "Celebrate while you're here"  

There are some people who don't celebrate their birthdays. Maybe there is some trauma surrounding it. Maybe you don't like it when people pay attention to you. Maybe you don't like being gifted things without the expectation of reciprocation.  Maybe you just don't give it any importance.

  But I want to ask everyone who does that a question. What does "not celebrating" give you? The satisfaction of not rocking the boat? Of not troubling anyone? Of not bringing up a sordid past? I used to do the same thing. My birthday was just another day except I maybe got a pizza. But when my mother passed, I had an epiphany.

  A birthday isn't something for you to celebrate. It is for other people to celebrate YOU. It's not something someone does out of obligation, but of their own free will. Because they want to. They want to celebrate the fact that YOU are here, YOU mean something to people, and YOU matter to them. I know it's not easy, to put yourself out there. But I encourage you all, PLEASE, let people celebrate you while you're here. Because one day, the person people might want to celebrate most might not be here. My mother didn't make a big deal of her birthdays. She was a mom for whom the greatest gift of all was having her children close. I put on the happiest face I could for her as she was slowly torn away from me, and I still wish I could do more.

If you don’t want a party? That’s fine. If you don’t want a big party? ABSOLUTELY FINE. I certainly don’t. Celebrate however you’re comfortable. Let people say happy birthday, let people give you a small gift if they want to. Don’t let the “just another day” mentality drag you down. Because it’s not just another day. It’s a day with you in it. And that’s worth celebrating.  

So, to anyone reading this. Those who like their birthdays, those who don't, and everyone in between. I want you to know. I will celebrate your birthday. I will celebrate EVERYONE'S birthday. Maybe not all huge, but I will always pour my heart and soul into showing you I care, and I'm glad you're in my life. I will take every opportunity I can to celebrate what I've got in life every chance I get. Birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentine's Day, Fourth of July, I DO NOT CARE.

Because my life, and the people in it, are precious. And that means you too.

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Dooms Plays CTR! 3: Burning Rubber Part Dos

In this episode, Dooms conducts cleanup on the second world, and argues with the chat about whether or not CTR is better than Mario Kart. Sony mocks him all the while! Also, we're up to 7 ragequits! See if you can guess how high we'll go!

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Dooms Plays Kingdom Hearts! 3: Traversing the Town

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In this episode, Dooms and Sony rejoice as the tutorial is finally over! Now it's time for an entirely scripted sequence of running through doors in Nomura's poor attempt at comedy! Yay?

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Dooms vs! KING-DOM HEARTS

The Dooms is playing Battle Chef Brigade tonight! C’mon in and break a dish!