So, yesterday was my 22nd birthday and it was so awesome. First one of my friends drove me around town and we hung out and did Christmas shopping, then had lunch. He also gave me some rad Korean magic cards for a present. My fiance gave me a new iPod cause I haven't had a music device in like two years, and my roommate gave me the fallout 4 survival guide! Then two more friends had me over for homemade brownies and beer. Best birthday ever.
Hey there :)! When you get this ask, list 5 things that make you happy and pass this on to the last 10 people who reblogged from you!
I actually have two of these omg I didn’t see the first one whoops.
1. Dogs & cats just like in general any animal I’m allowed to pet or touch even reptiles and stingrays. Man if I can pet it I’m a happy happy happy person.
2. Cheesy romance stories I’m a sucker for them. Throw all the Hallmark Christmas romcoms and The Proposal and my tv shows with their trashy children and cute kisses I’m trash.
3. Like intensely dynamic action animation so stuff from like TTGL, FLCL, KLK - that sort of unique style with good action.
4. Kingdom Hearts as much as it stresses me out thinking about this dumb story is the one thing that always really cheers me up.
5. Learning??? I really love learning stuff in school IDK why I just love taking in new information in an environment where I’m not alone to do so. I actually really enjoy school and college tbh as much as it’s costing me but you know.
So even though no one asked it's pretty much time to explain exactly what the hell a pathojay is. Cause it is actually a thing...to me. If you search pathojay on google you pretty much just find me. And some guy named Patrick who is not me.
I'll do my explaining under the cut cause I have no Idea how long this is gunna be.
The thing is. The idea of the pathojay started with, no surprise, a petsite. Of all places, Verpets is a place immensely dedicated to 'sonas. So I bandwagonned right along, and created this little cutie by the name of Comma.
Really, not an exceptionally creative design, what being a standard jaybird in a teeny feather tux but I didn't and dont care.
I had no idea that half my life was going to be guided by this bird. oops.
A thing you may or may not notice is that the pathojay has no eyes. Blind as a bat perhaps, but rather...
She sees the world how she wants to see it. It's never a case of being swayed by another person/bird/whatever. Her world is hers to control.
The pathojay for me became a symbol. a symbol of creation. of creating something, anything, from absolutely nothing. This stared with writing and settings mainly, a sideways glance to how I never use any setting available to me when I write and I'm far more comfortable creating a place that doesn't exist, that's not based anywhere that does.
The symbol of the pathojay moved on to becoming centred in any writing I do. Something from nothing, entirely unaided by the outside worlds.
What becomes scary is that the Pathojay has touched into my life behind the screen. As again, a symbol. Of the same creation, but also of independence. My insistent refusal that I don't actually need the assistance that's thought of me, Almost a revolution in itself, the pathojay has reminded me that I am my own person and I need not be swayed by the movement and insistance of people. Though even I can be one to forget this.