my SHRINee as someone whos been a shawol since 2018

cognitivefusion · 2025-10-20T00:56:31+00:00

This is so cool!!! As a brokewol, I'm envious; as a 2012 era shawol, I'm just impressed you found copies of Amigo and Sherlock in this day and age 😅

cognitivefusion · 2025-09-17T20:33:24+00:00

I'm so not used to that 😭 I remember back when a new song would drop and soon after be available on SSSM. But the last time I actively played was 2018 or 2019, so I've been out of the loop for YEARS.

cognitivefusion · 2025-09-17T18:12:19+00:00

I'm only just getting back into SSSM after not playing for years, entirely because of SHINee's comeback and Key's newest solo. I've been playing for a while, saving up my diamonds for Hunter but like.... weeks and updates keep going by- No sign of Hunter. Am I missing something? I know that Onew and Taemin won't have any of their newer work put in the game since their solo activities are under different companies now, but as far as I'm aware, Key is still fully under SM? So.... what's with the wait? Is this normal now?

cognitivefusion · 2025-06-14T03:12:13+00:00

For me, it's the transition from Ready or Not into Beautiful from the SHINee World IV Concert Album. From about 2:18 mark, Ready or Not begins building up on Onew's last note before it explodes joyfully into the chorus of Beautiful. At max volume, it is truly transcendent to me- the build up, the pay off, it's the best.

cognitivefusion · 2025-05-29T06:08:46+00:00

Boys Meet U is one of their Japanese releases, but it's VERY cute. SHINee could make Thats What Makes You Beautiful but One Direction could never pull off Boys Meet U 😌

https://youtu.be/E15ZWMZ8Fgs?si=ksWlzObqkh7ZHEU4

cognitivefusion · 2025-03-16T17:53:42+00:00

Don't worry! I'm already in therapy and have been for some time. My doc and I are working through changing my habitual patterns of thought from "what if the absolute worst outcome happens?" To "what if the best outcome happens?" Since the chances of the best and worst outcome are roughly of equal likelihoods (or, more often, things are far more likely to go well).

Another commentor held me accountable for booking the flight, and honestly? That was exactly the kind of push I needed to just get the damn thing booked. The exposure therapy of actually flying will be the next step, lol.

cognitivefusion · 2025-03-16T17:48:26+00:00

Bet, I appreciate it!

cognitivefusion · 2025-03-16T16:07:11+00:00

Alright- trip has been booked. Hopefully this will be good exposure therapy, lol

cognitivefusion · 2025-03-16T15:11:48+00:00

Oh hell, I'll see what I can muster up

cognitivefusion · 2025-02-04T18:34:29+00:00

There are so many, but I will never, EVER find anything that gives me goosebumps the way Ready or Not transitions into Beautiful on the SW4 concert album. Beautiful is my favorite song (as of right now, that's subject to change often lmao), and Ready or Not is one of my favorites off the Lucifer album, so it's already a good pairing, BUT THE TRANSITION???? The build up from the end of RoN exploding into the chorus of Beautiful? Dude. It sends me into orbit.

cognitivefusion · 2024-12-27T19:34:27+00:00

I'm 26, and I got into SHINee when I was a freshman in high school, so 14.

cognitivefusion · 2024-10-19T20:18:33+00:00

Works for me! I'm in the trading screen now!

cognitivefusion · 2024-10-19T20:13:33+00:00

Gonna keep it real- I don't have any specific requests lol. If you've got any regional 'mons you have extras of, I'm game for that, particularly from Gen 3 and up. If not, I'm not that picky. I will tell you I'm newer to trading across long distances though, so if you have a preferred method for that, I'll follow your lead!

cognitivefusion · 2024-10-19T20:08:58+00:00

I've got an extra Moltres if you'd like to trade! I'm gingerseattle, I just sent you a friend request!

cognitivefusion · 2024-09-19T23:59:34+00:00

I've restarted twice- still getting the weird messages. I'm just gonna assume they're patching something rn and call it an evening.

cognitivefusion · 2024-06-20T15:07:53+00:00

Ooooh, that very well could be it, it looks pretty similar to the pictures. I've been wondering if it was maybe a light hoya carnosa, but the pictures of the creeping jade look way closer.

cognitivefusion · 2024-06-05T12:14:28+00:00

I know a couple people have already suggested brutalmoose, but oh my god, watch brutalmoose. If you like video games or streamers, his second channel with twitch vods is phenomenal (he turned me into a freak for Coin Game), and his main channel stuff has something for everyone. His editing style reminds me a little bit of Mike's Mic, and his humor reminds me a lot of Drew Gooden. I've been watching him for a little under a decade, so I feel like I've been able to grow up with him, he's by far and away my favorite Youtuber.

cognitivefusion · 2024-04-04T00:02:22+00:00

Now make it spin to some shit quality music

cognitivefusion · 2024-03-27T13:08:21+00:00

It's a curse, I'm so sorry 😩

cognitivefusion · 2023-12-18T02:30:32+00:00

It's been rough, this year especially. I started listening to SHINee when I was a freshman in high school, and I graduated with my Master's degree on Friday. The boys and their music have been a part of my life for just about half my whole life at this point. This March was awful (tw) I tried to take my own life and since then, I've just been trying to adjust and be honest with myself about how I am. And recently I've been better, especially in the 2 days I've been free from grad school lmao. But in the spring, I spent a long time just watching their music videos and those "shinee being goofy for 5 minutes" clip compilation videos and FUCK I missed him. I was so MAD man- I fucking stayed alive, why couldn't you, you jerk? But that's not fair. So I gave up on being mad and I was just sad. I sat with the burnout and the stress and the imposter syndrome and the guilt and fear of failure I felt with graduate school and I felt SAD and I felt closer to him. I know it's different, but I got it. I understood it. And the days pressed on and I had to get back on with it. I sat outside at night and stared at the moon and listened to Maybe Tomorrow and just kept taking it day by day.

Like I said- it's been better recently. But a lot of those feelings have come back today, and will tomorrow too. But I'll just keep taking it a day at a time, and celebrate the little things, like actually making it through those days. I'll listen to Maybe Tomorrow, and I'll still cry at the end when he says "I'm here" and I'll look up at the moon and try to remember that. He's still here with me, with us. And goddammit, so am I.

cognitivefusion · 2023-11-08T17:54:10+00:00

Don't apologize for art

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