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I got 13 questions from my birthday post. https://noise.cash/post/lv93w0nj Thanks for your well-wishes and the fun questions. The 3 most interesting questions will have these newly minted rainbow bois, in no specific order. Give this girl a few moments to sort out the questions. I'm aiming to give them on Saturday max.

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Politics in the Philippines has been ugly ever since. I have never experienced a relatively peaceful one since it’s either scandalous or too “festive”. And I see more and more PH Politics posts here on Noise. I may have to unfollow some friends after all this mess end or if necessary, block ‘em. Oh well, here’s an uncooked double battered chicken 🍗. Iz my birthday, don’t rain on my parade.

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The urge to stare at the wall all day is so strong but I still have a "feast" to prepare. I am both making and not making progress. I want to sleep LOL. The new rainbow boi NFTs have been minted (just waiting for the images to show up) and approx 30 mins left for your questions. Iz gonna be a loooooong long night. A glass of rosé, please.

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-- No More Questions, please -- Good morning from my side of the world!! It's my birthday today! YEY! Help me celebrate by asking me questions. I have the time in the world so please, indulge me. I will compile the most interesting ones and those I am comfortable answering, and answer them on read.cash in an article! THE MOST INTERESTING QUESTIONS WILL HAVE my newly (to be) minted NFTs of the infamous rainbow boi, Orpheo. Here's his previous NFT https://simpleledger.info/#token/4439d5918d14bc678ca70b7bf376e8bd1be9703ff4d0585d6098bbd67514260b It's 10:20 AM as of posting time and will close at 3:20 PM, JST (GMT+9). You have 5 hours, ASK AWAY!

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Good morning from my side the world. The beginning of October has been so slow and hasn’t been very kind to me. High stress levels and I feel like I’m about to breakdown again for the nth time. I try to take it all in but I won’t let it consume me. So excuse me while I play tag with my demons for a bit. Let’s see which mofo breaks down first. Be kind to me, to you, to others.

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I guess my wish for my birthday is to be able to watch Free! Swimming Club’s movie on that day in the theater. I wanna see my shark boi, Rin, so bad.

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Crypt-OC-tober #1 #cryptoctober21 [Crypt-OC] Where did the cutie from last time go? Hahaha This is my crypt-OC if ArtPark had a token. Pfft, so cheezy, I know. Technically, we do have an SLP token that we distribute for fun but if it had a face, this cutie would be it. Next up will hopefully be a full body drawing for the introduction. How’s your #artober or #cryptoctober21 o #inktober, everyone? Wanna join us in ArtPark’s Crypt-OC-tober? Click za link https://noise.cash/post/lj0jp205

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Conceptualizing for #cryptoctober21 Day 1 If you know me or my art style, you’d know that this is waaaaay out of my comfort zone! Pretty bois are my thing and it’s been forever since I drawn a cutie pie but hey, that’s what Crypt-OC-tober is for. How is your #Artober so far? Which #Artober challenge are eyeing at? If you haven’t known already, ArtPark is also hosting it’s first Artober called Crypt-OC-tober. Check the link for details https://noise.cash/post/lj0jp205 #ArtParkWeekly

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I was so intensely excited for October to come and now I’m down with colds and an effed up throat. I don’t mind the cool weather but I hope this winter allergies calm down soon. It ain’t even winter yet.

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Sakura Micron are still the pens for me. Even the esspensive Copic pens cannot compete. However, despite the name and brand, they don’t sell it here in Japan. Anyone who knows any place or anyone who sells Microns that ships internationally and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? (I’m looking at you Amazon.)

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When you live for the cold weather but your return gift is winter allergies. Uugghh 🤧

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WARNING: TOO MUCH RED! ArtPark: Meet the Artist #meettheartistartpark My app crashed a lot of times while making this, that’s why it took this long to finish this one. But behold! Here I am wearing my favorite Gojou shirt in my throne of papers and memories. I don’t know if I’m oversharing or not but I feel like I wrote a lot 😝 And pffft, I put Oct 3 instead of 7.It should be Oct 7 wtf. Anyhooo, questions will be answered in 5 business days, Thank Yew. 😂 For better quality, click here https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmbQrPq5TjXWP6MzvvPg7Un1mkSoS5M2FjySbk7rAQhsxr #ArtParkWeekly

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Good morning from my side of the world. Okay people, it’s time to sing that song. September is ending. More importantly, October is coming to town. ArtPark’s Crypt-OC-tober + birthmonth + Autumn + cool weather + longer nights. Aahh what else could I ask for! How’s your -ber month going so far?

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Get yourself a guy/girl that understands your obsession. I’m not one to gush about my partner online but I was waiting outside the convenience store when my husbando literally came flying to me, excited to tell me “I found something amazing you’ll like inside”. I told him “Gojou?”. “No” he said “JJK?”. No “Free?”. He was nodding like a puppy and said “Yeah and there’s Rin, Makoto, Haru and some other guys in the back.” Bless this man’s heart. He wasn’t even finished with his errand. It was unfortunate that what he wanted to show me was not collection worthy but it’s always the little things that matter. Little special things.

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The 100-year-old life 百歳の人生, *Hyakusai no jinsei,* The 100-year-old life. I woke up today ready to go to work until an emergency came up and I had to take the day off. Taking a cup of coffee as I check my journal for any agenda needing my attention, I noticed that it'll be my birthday next week. Then, it got me thinking of my age. I always say it’s just a number, right? … right? It’s just s number until I think of how many years I need to go to work, how many meals I have to eat, how many steps I need to walk, how many stages in life I have to go through, how many years I need to live. Will I have the willpower, financial capacity, and physical power to do keep living until I don't? It’s been said that with the advancement of medical science, people will be living for up to 100 years old. In Japan, statistics show that there are more elder people than the working-age group. What we pay now in pension premiums is being paid to current pensionaries. As part of the working-age group, we worry that when it’s our time to enjoy the fruits of our labor, there would be even more elder people than working people that the government won’t have enough funding to pay us by that time. Even in the rest of the world, even though the worldwide life expectancy is at 70-80 years old, we see a surge of elder people living past 90. https://www.worlddata.info/life-expectancy.php https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/living-to-one-hundred-life-expectancy/ That got me thinking, would you really rely on medical science, caregiving facilities, and healthy living, just to live up to a 100-years-old? My short answer is No unless I'm a 100 year-older kicking ass. Being called "centenarian" sounds cool until you can't stand on your own, walk on your own, eat on your own, or care for yourself. But with a longer life comes a longer working/career life. At least in Japan, I read on the news that there are talks for companies to rehire retired employees as temp staff or part-time employees. https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-must-abolish-mandatory-retirement2 Truth be told, I'm not someone to keep a job for too long; the maximum would be 2 years. One, because I always end up in a job that I don't connect with but I can't just let go and two, I'm a coward who's always second-guessing whenever I had the chance to go for the job that I wanna do. With that and all, I don't see myself ever be staying in a company for the longest of time. I haven't even talked about getting old itself. Deciding to throw away the life I know and uproot myself to Japan, I'm also on the duty to keep in touch with my mother. She is a lovely, lively 50s-year-old woman but every time we video call, she would complain about the minor, maybe major, pains in her body. How she might be menopausing, how her neck aches when she sleeps on a hard surface or how she needs to replace her glasses and her dentures. It's annoying to hear them all the time but it's natural and comes with age. THAT is getting old. My 50s-year-old mother is still on the younger side of life but from now on, it will be agonizing years of slowly noticing the aches she's feeling, the changes in her body. The time will come that I will experience these things. I'm a girl scout and likes to overprepare but also there are times that I like to let nature weave its own thread. なるようになる, Naru you ni naru, Whatever will be, will be or in my religious mother's words, in God's will. The stairwell of life we have today is until around 80 steps, others are given the chance to go up until 100 steps. For what purpose? To just see life flow in front of them? To see the world around them evolve? Or to just see how long humans can go? I don't really see for myself a reason to be living this long. I'll see how long life will take me but I have told my family and my husbando that if ever I got a disease with a 50-50 chance of surviving, I'd like to stop at that and take my chance. I don't want to be a crippling old hag bedridden in her 80s. By that time, I think I may have lived my life just the way I wanted. As many would say, I'd like *to end on a high note.* This article turned out to be half-objective, half-philosophical than I wanted it to be. Honestly, I just wanna indulge myself and the thoughts inside my head when I woke up today. I did not mean to offend any beliefs or lifestyle but if you did, I apologize but please enlighten me of your thoughts, too. Let's be clear though. I am not saying old people should stay... old. I have known older people who live their lives as if they're still in their twenties. Let people live how they want to live. It just got me thinking if given a choice, would I press "continue" if I was prompted with the question, "Do you want to go to the next stage in life?". **Lead image by** **Tiago Muraro** **on** **Unsplash** https://unsplash.com/@tiago?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText https://unsplash.com/s/photos/old-people?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText https://unsplash.com/photos/pwMds57bapI?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink I'm **crimsonowl**, an *artist in progress* trying to make a living out of art, an NFT artist-creator, a crypto blogger talking about anime. art and everything in between - *just a Random girl in the blockchain*. Article 15, September 27, 2021 - Creativity is contagious, pass it on. Albert Einstein

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ArtPark presents【Crypt-OC-tober】 ArtPark is hosting the first Inktober-inspired art activity on Noise.cash. If you haven’t known already, Inktober is created by Jake Parker on 2009 to “improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habit”. It has been enjoyed by millions on artists and over time, artists and art groups developed their own version of Inktober, not only limiting to ink as a medium. Here at Noise, we are giving Inktober a little crypto-spin and call it Crypt-OC-tober. Also, inspired by OCtober Prompts on Tumblr (https://oc-tober-prompts.tumblr.com/) and our own #ArtParkWeekly, we made this a weekly endeavor, giving artists a couple of days to conceptualize before the next prompt. 【 Goal 】 The goal of Crypt-OC-tober is to be able to create your own original character inspired by the Bitcoin Cash or make an entirely fictional token-based original character, by the end of October; exercise your creativity through conceptualizing and thinking outside the box with your OCs in the center of these prompts. Most importantly, make something awesome and that you will love. Enjoy the process! 【 Mechanics 】 1. It’s okay to skip a day or two. No pressure, No sweat! 2. Use hashtags #cryptoctober21 and #ArtParkWeekly 3. Watermark, watermark, WATERMARK. Do not steal people’s work. 4. Let loose and have fun!

@crimsonowlkk

Went to the game center yesterday and all UFO cranes are either JJK or KNY! The otaku in me switched on and it took all of my will to stop myself from spending all of my fortune for these figures. But just look at these swag and smug Gojou and Nanami! Yaaaas, Nanami, you know you’re fine. Yaaaas, Gojou, vogue!!

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Ongoing‼️【Meet the artist: ArtPark Edition】 List of participants: Prompt post: https://noise.cash/post/lq0w8mx7 First of all, please kind use to correct hashtag when posting for this prompt #meettheartistartpark so as not avoid confusion. This is still an ongoing prompt until ♪when September ends♪. But in this post, we will be listing the artist who had posted their piece. If you has posted yours after this post, hit me up in the comments, bruh! @Ozzyy : https://noise.cash/post/1w67nnkp @Ajer09 : https://noise.cash/post/lj0m2q99 @crazyan03 : https://noise.cash/post/19r3j98m @straykat : https://noise.cash/post/1v9pmvwx @Yhani : https://noise.cash/post/l6p4wv60 @EAMM : https://noise.cash/post/1zmgmx3z @leannnwithdoublen : https://noise.cash/post/lv9p5xnx If you are an artist and you saw your name in this list, it means you have previously joined #ArtParkWeekly activities. We invite you to do this prompt so we can get to know you more! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRKHj0OfHFJV-dRXX3ki64s-qZLbaQ9alXBNeuXS1KyWMPAp8URmkefUSg5OUwIIAbtdlC1HBK4i41K/pubhtml

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Some people just don’t give content creators enough credit, while some people just take it lightly just coz they post influencer-ishly, make videos, write articles/blogs, take photos and the likes. Well, okay, scratch that, in this digital age, MAYBE we are all content creators. I, for one, write blogs since ‘17 in other crypto-blogging sites but today, I challenged myself to organically create my article. What does that mean? All materials in my recent article are produced by myself. I literally bought it, created it, owned it, took pictures and edited it all. Have a read if you like. https://read.cash/@crimsonowlkk/my-stamp-collection-how-to-make-your-own-8f03f011#comment-cd4027d6

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My stamp collection + how to make your own I've always had a thing for arts and crafts, such as crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery, stationery collecting, papercraft, and a couple of years ago, I discovered the art of "rubber stamp making". I got to know about it when I started doing penpals. They would send me letters decorated with stamps they made themselves. The cherry on top was my discovery of a Taiwanese washi tape and stamp maker, Chamil Garden, that is so popular in the crafts community that as soon as they open for orders every new collection, they would sell out a few hours later. https://www.instagram.com/chamilgarden/?hl=en So, as someone easily influenced by the "limited quantity" phenomena, I couldn't help but bite into the hype. I do not preach nor promote impulsive buying by all means. At that time, I had the means to afford them so I was able to collect them despite the price tag (but frankly, the bitchy high shipping fee made it expensive. The stamp itself wasn't that pricey.) It goes without saying that I was so in love with Chamil Garden that when I was organizing my collection for this article, it was all just Chamil Garden stamps. After I show you my small collection, I'll show you how I made one on my own. First up is this collection, EP 6 - Flower season A and B. This is the very first collection I bought during their fast-paced order situation. I know what you're thinking. "It looks the same". https://www.instagram.com/p/BVKNfbvFy01/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Well, it IS a flower collection, and if you stack them like what I did in the lead image (check above). I'm not sure if they still sell this but it is also a good stamp for your journals. Make borders with them or just randomly stamp them around. Next up is this Postmark2 - pace L and R set. Again, another set of random stamps you can stack or use when you're decorating your journal page. https://www.instagram.com/p/BX5QzvKFgPM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link It may seem limited in terms of usage due to the very uncommon design, however, as journaling is very different from one person to another, how stamps like these are used depends entirely on its owner. Personally, I just randomly stamp them and let the paper accept them. If it didn't turn out well, we live tomorrow for a new page. Lastly, my favorite of the Chamil Garden bunch. The 2 on the left are called Tea Time and on the right are pieces from different sets I saw and bought faster than the speed of light since they are the last stock. As these are old but very popular collections and already phased out, it took me some months to find a reseller that has them. Luckily, I did find them at a local art and craft store and on a US-based reseller and now they stay in my own collection forever. Now, it's time to show you how I made one. Not to sound so conceited but in terms of arts and crafts, I usually can do pretty much most of it once I put my mind to it. As I said in the intro above, I am quite fond of what encompasses the arts and crafts universe, you can almost call me "Jack of Trades" of arts and crafts. I’m the kind of girl who likes what I like and I like stuff that’s yet to reach the market, perhaps the target customers are way lesser than the profit. And also, let's be honest, as much as there are unique, one-of-a-kind brands, the arts and crafts industry is saturated. Sometimes, I couldn't find a good stamp that fits my taste so as they say, "If it's not in the market, make your own!". So, how did I make them? Here's what you will need. A rubber stamp block, Exacto knife/design knife, tracing paper, design of choice, kneading (moldable) eraser/a small soft brush. In Japan, there are rubber stamp-making kits so I am sure that if you google it, you can find one near you. Even Daiso or 100-yen-stores have them, albeit not in a kit. Let's get down to what you really came for. The steps! **Design/Template.** If you have never made one, find a simple design. You also practice with simple shapes like circles, squares, and triangles. Also, if this is your first time using an Exacto knife, you have to practice to keep a steady hand. I will keep saying this in the rest of the article but in rubber stamp making, you can always subtract but you can never add. So, find a relatively simple design and draw it on paper (preferably, tracing paper but a normal paper will do. You just have to draw harder.) **Transfer design to the rubber stamp.** Once you have decided on your design, take your rubber stamp, place it on the side to be carved (in my case, the green side), and rub the design on it. If you are using tracing paper, you don't need to rub hard since the design will transfer easily in the stamp. I used printing paper so I scratched the back of the design with scissors to transfer, as shown in the image above. **Time to carve the sh*t out!** Okay, that was intense but again, be extra careful. Knives hurt more than your unfaithful boyfriends. What I did it hold the knife at a slight angle and started to carve from the outside of the design, going towards the inside of it. I recommend going deep when carving the outside since, in the end, your will cut them out but when carving in the inside, just insert the tip of the Exacto knife and CAREFULLY carve out. You can always reference Youtube or Google on how to properly carve because I am less likely to properly follow steps (ironic for a Libra, I know). 3.5. I always get lost and forget where I had just carved so if this happens to you, what I do is stretch the rubber stamp a little bit, and the areas where you just cut will show. Just like the image above. **Cut out the excess**. When you finished carving the design, cut out now the excess of the stamp area (the green side for me), first. After that, you can cut out the rest of the rubber stamp block. I like to do this step because I always put my stamps on a wooden block so it has a handle. If you do not want to put it in a wooden block, you can cut out enough so you can hold it without staining ink on your hands. **Clean up your little stamp**. I didn't understand the need to do this step so at first, I just skipped it entirely. When I tried my newly made stamp, it was outright dirty. Why? Because there are still tiny rubber pieces in the crevises of your design and you need to take it out. So, get a kneaded eraser which is what I used but if you don't have it, you can use a smooth brush and swipe them out. **You're done!** Once you are satisfied with your stamp, go ahead and try it! Here's mine. If you haven't noticed it yet, it is an owl's eye. It took me a total of 2 hours to make this one. It's been some years since the last time I made a rubber stamp and it felt like riding a bike when I did it again. Of course, I had fun making this one despite the errors. Now that I have shown you how to make one, I would also like to show you the rubber stamps I had made in the past. When I used to do penpals, I always stamp them on my letters to add a little oomph for my friends across the globe. As I am still doing journals, these stamps are my go-to for decor. As I said it's been years since I last made one and I almost forgot the feeling of being super focused on what you're doing and you just realized you're done. I have a relatively short attention span but with rubber stamp making, it's almost like meditation. The lack of rush and the need to take my time just loosens the tight know in me and I feel relaxed. It could also be a good business if you ask me but I don't have the time, money and patience, yet. Would you like to try making your own rubber stamp? Let me know if you did. All materials and images are produced by me, unless stated otherwise. I'm **crimsonowl**, an *artist in progress* trying to make a living out of art, an NFT artist-creator, a crypto blogger talking about anime. art and everything in between - *just a Random girl in the blockchain*. Article 14, September 25, 2021 - Creativity is contagious, pass it on. Albert Einstein

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I know there are scientific explanations on how the world works but just taking it in its face value, the world is just so… amazing. I noised 2 days ago about Autumnal equinox day and how nighttime will be longer. I forgot to mention that sunrise will also be later. So today, I woke up at 5 am and I was bewildered that it’s so dark it might have been raining. But no, the sun just hasn’t risen. I love this little changes and just it makes me feel so alive, so human. Good morning from my side of the world. (yea, let’s normalize “noise” as a verb like how we normalized “tweet”)

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Good morning from my side of the world! Today is my most favorite holiday of Japan, Autumnal Equinox day or 秋分のひ, Shuubun no hi. So what happens in this day? Just like the Vernal Equinox in spring, it is when the daylight and nighttime has roughly the same amount of time. However after today, instead of longer daylight, we switch to longer nighttime and slower slipping into the long cold winter months. But why it’s my favorite holiday? One, imagine having a holiday just becoz daylight and nighttime are equal? Certainly didn’t have that in the Philippines. Two, bcoz it’s officially my favorite season, my birth season! It’s chilly enough so I can wear my favorite cardigans, too!

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Today is the most beautiful full moon of Autumn! (Sorry for the low ass quality photo) お月見, Otsukimi or Moon-viewing, is a traditional festival in the Mid Autumn in Japan. It is enjoyed by just sitting on the porch, looking at the full moon and eating a variation of mochis such as Tsukimi Dango. It has been long believed that when you look at the moon closely, you will see rabbits pounding on mochi. That's why people in Japan often associate rabbits, moon and mochi together. How's the full moon in your side of the world?

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If you are on whichever Telegram groups for SmartBCH tokens, bring your popcorn 🍿

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Anime says you can cook if you can finely chop cabbage. So, I can cook now?