Author: Lillian Denney

So, hi, a lot has happened in the last few weeks.  For starters, a boy I really liked, who we both had a love at first sight kind of thing happen, was acting strangely around me.  We would talk every day and at some points. He even talked about us getting married.  I was all UwU eyes blushy-faced.  But one day he started pushing me away and so that night I texted him to make sure everything was alright; and what he told me turned my world upside down. 

“I just woke up one day and thought of you as a friend.” 

Okay, first of all, you don’t just go from wanting to marry someone to friend zoning them unless something major happens. Also, we don’t even seem like friends anymore. He doesn’t acknowledge me and when I tried to ask about it I was ignored.  I didn’t understand what I had done.  So yeah, I lost someone really important and now I’m pretty bumbed about it.  

However, fear not, for in my time of need, low and behold someone comes to rescue me from the depths of a dark depressive episode, and here’s a poem I wrote about it.

Bright Eyes

Giggling smiles

Who will help me in this time of despair

Could it be you who is holding out your hand

With your sweet smile and bright eyes

Helping me sleep through the night

Sparks fly when we kiss

Every time you’re gone, you’re missed

I hope to spend more time with you

Our connections are surely true.

I hope you liked that, it definitely is not the best thing I have ever written.  I just had emotions I wanted to release. Sometimes, that is the best thing you can do to not overwhelm yourself.  The depths of despair are a dark place, everything seems hopeless, like you will be stuck there forever; but, if you stay stuck there nothing will get better, you have to dig yourself out of the hole before you become buried with the dead.  

Also, yes, I understand your prince charming isn’t going to come swoop you up and save the day and all your problems just magically go away, I wish it was that easy, believe me.  But no, no one’s gonna come help you if you don’t help yourself.  

You are strong.

You are important.

You are special.

You are unique.

You matter.

In this blog post, I will be reviewing the Nintendo game Pokemon Sword.

This new region of Galar was very controversial; however, I think the game was very well done.  The main issue people had was there not being a national dex of all the Pokemon, but with close to 1,000 monsters and growing I think it is very reasonable to leave out some that do not really fit the region.  Especially since some more ‘mons were added into the game in the DLC’s that unlocked new parts of the region.  Another issue with the dex is they had all the Pokemon appear in the wild and be able to see all of them fully animated, and cutting a few out defiantly cut the time it would take and possible lag of the over world being quite literally overrun with creatures.  There is actually a very logical reason for this to happen now.  With the introduction of Pokemon Let’s Go! Pikachu and Eevee on the switch (and possibly Sun and Moon, I am unaware because I never got a chance to explore these regions as I did not have the 3DS) the creatures appeared as animated 3D models.  With only the few 151 Kanto Pokemon (and even less that appear in the wild) this feature would have been no problem to pull off by the Gamefreak team; however, when that number gets multiplied by 10, you not only run into workload problems but also potential bugs and glitches that this would lead to, so it only made sense that at some point they would decide to limit the number of ‘mons in one place at one time.  

Of course, my opinion on Galar might be a bit biased as It was my first normal Pokemon game since Let’s GO! Eevee was a bit different than how Pokemon games usually work.  Then again I am here to express my opinions, and they are mostly positive, but I will try to be as honest as I can.  For one thing, I loved the story, it was very immersive and never left me bored.  I also really liked Hop’s story arch as it was relatable to be the overlooked little sibling.  The gym leaders where all full of personality and you could really tell what they were all about.  While Marnie was not the most challenging Rival, I really liked her design; however, Team Yell was a bit dumb in my opinion, and really did not pose much of a threat. It did add a bit of depth to the fact many people wanted Marnie to win and would do whatever they could to ensure her victory.  It has been a while since I played the main story, but I think Marnie also gets stronger as the game progresses.  Although I think I managed to have an undefeated run of the main story arch, I still did not feel I was being babied to get to win.  Especially the later battles in the game, they kept me on the edge of my seat, which is exactly what I like to see from this kind of game.

On another note, the music in this game was incredible!  It really added the feeling of being in a battle in a coliseum (or maybe not in Pieres’ case, sorry Pieres.)  It just really added to the emersion of the game and made the right emotions all tie together correctly.  Also on Bede’s note, I thought he was a girl a good way into the game, and apparently, other people had this same confusion, so maybe that could be cleared up a little bit better, or maybe Beder- I’m sorry. 

This is getting kind of long so I will continue my review in next week’s blog… 

Hello, and welcome to my blog.  My name is Lillian or Lily for short.  I am a literary student here at MSA.   I also really enjoy drawing, playing basketball, and playing video games, I am especially good at Fortnite.  I play basketball at BHS and my position is a Center, also called a post.  My favorite singer is Melanie Martinez.  

I have always enjoyed being creative, since a young age I would make little stories; of course with not the best spelling.  In third grade, I started making little books with notebook paper and bad illustrations, it actually caught on and a bunch of other kids started doing it too, although they never admitted I started it as I was not well-liked. 

I have struggled with bullying all my life and was often criticized for being different.  I hope to find acceptance here and be able to be myself.  I have already made a few blossoming relationships that I hope will continue to grow and blossom.  

I’m starting to make stickers soon with the artwork I have done, when I have a place set up to sell them I will link a site on one of my blogs hopefully as long as the school doesn’t block it lol.  My stickers will feature my own characters as well as Pokemon, cats, little sayings, and whatnot.  The ones that are animals I will donate a percentage of every sticker I sell to animal shelters.  I hope you will check them out as I think it could be really cool!  

Another interesting thing is I am writing a book, its a lot harder then I thought it would be.  I sometimes go months without the motivation to work on it.  The book’s title is “Not Alone.”  I will input the description of the book here for those who may be interested in it.

     “Ashley is on a walk through the woods.  She soon finds herself lost and without any way of contact with the outside world.  This is when she stumbles upon what appears to be an abandoned house.  Could it have a phone?  Ashley soon figures out she is not alone, can she get out in time?”

I do not know when this big project will be finished.  Even after I finish the writing process I still have to go through the process of publication; which can be long and difficult, but it is something I want to do, so I will do it.