iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 13/10/2026

I don't think "no luck" exists, but luck does, and I suffer from extremes. Quiet life one day I hope but right now it's fun. Plus I have to travel again soon and that's going to be a hell of an experience, one way or another.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 13/10/2026

Once I have that contract everything should hopefully be smooth sailing from there. I hate having nothing to do but look at job listings and juggling laptops since my new one just bit the dust a couple days ago (CPU/main board failure) but it is what it is. Thankfully warranty but, y'know.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 13/10/2026

Looking for interim gigs while waiting on my work contract right now, and holy shit this is the worst job market I've ever seen. My wonderful dad is helping me with the search too but he's saying it's worse than the GFC, which is saying a lot. Here's hoping that contract gets in soon.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 02/10/2026

Visiting more family, picking up a physical copy of a degree I have, and confronting someone who I'm not particularly a fan of. That's going to be fun. On the plus side, at least it's only a week long and I'm not sleeping on the floor (if you know why I'm saying this). To the future.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 02/10/2026

Happy October. No major updates. Visited graves, accepted the uncomfortable and just hoping for the best. Life is exhausting me to the core and I'm reaching my limits but I gotta keep pushing, otherwise it all falls apart. I have another trip at months' end I'm not thrilled about, either.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 23/09/2026

Postal service woes. Dealing with it and I have a trip this weekend I'm taking. It's late. I need to sleep. I hope my package gets delivered. I kinda need what's in it.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 24/08/2026

Excuse the crappy skin application, it's being replaced soon. Laptop crashed earlier tonight while booting a game, and I just can't be arsed to deal with an overheating dying machine right now. So, Steam Deck it is. Sucks for what I'm trying to do but I'll manage. Still waiting on new job, btw.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 17/08/2026

More and more reasons to try out P5R/P5 when I have some extra money.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 13/08/2026

Oh god, my brother had one of these back in high school because said school mandated every student have a MacBook. Still remember the weird peeling bottoms on them.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 06/08/2026

reminds me a bit of when I came out as a lesbian in high school and weeded out a few people I thought were friends better to keep the people you want around than people "with exceptions"

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 06/08/2026

the dudes complaining about it will forever be the problematic ones and you can't change my mind

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 06/08/2026

Acquiring this Steam Deck has given me too much power. Slight flashing lights warning in case you can't handle VHS artifacting.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 02/08/2026

gosh you look so pretty!

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 30/07/2026

I'm really lonely here, but I know that's only temporary. Things will improve. I just have to wait at this point.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 25/07/2026

Acquiring a Steam Deck within the next week and a half or so. Excited for it, if not just to have a device that isn't choking itself regularly to play games on. Primarily going to be pushing through my backlog on it; I consider 1st person games other than RPGs a m&k only experience for me.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 12/07/2026

It's been a long month or so. I have closure with something coming in two weeks or so. I think I have some final loose ends to tie up before my (hopeful) final goodbye to this place I'm currently in. Still about 6-8 months out for moving though. Hope it's sooner, if not for myself.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 10/07/2026

Looking really good!

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 09/07/2026

I find frogs on my evening walks most nights when it's humid in this area I'm staying in. This one looks like he just woke up from a nap. What an esteemed gentleman.

A small frog who looks like he just woke up from a nap.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 27/06/2026

New medication, new haircut. Feel like a new woman today. Last night I found a frog as well, and I'm very happy. Some good things in this very shaky/unsure time in my life.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 20/06/2026

Might invest in a cheap emulation handheld as something to do in downtime since I'm going to be doing a lot of admin the next couple of months. Better question is what do I want/how cheap can I get something decent, lol.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 18/06/2026

Things are looking a little more stable. Won't be much new photography from me outside of uploading old shots soon-ish.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 10/06/2026

I am in the most convoluted, fucked timeline I could've been thrown into. If you know my circumstances right now, you know why I'm saying this. Needless to say I'm over it all. Just need to survive until January.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 08/06/2026

Tonight involves 9 hours of flying, followed by 4 hours of layovers, then another 1.5 hours of flying. Then another 1.5 hours of flying on Friday. Always sad to leave but I know every time it's temporary.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 01/06/2026

Forgot to post my third dan clear, week before Dojo ended. We start over again on the 6th. I likely won't be doing anything until the 14th, especially given I'm sick right now. Back to the.. grind? Shoutout to Leisureland 1's 3rd machine P1 drum for being an absolute champ.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 29/05/2026

Think I remember running an SH67 years ago as a main PC. What a fun little box, kinda miss it now. For an overkill XP box though, that's pretty neat.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 27/05/2026

Slight profile refresh. In other news, got a flip phone for some photography and aesthetic things. May start sharing some photos here if I'm feeling it soon, depending. Need to also give the 1200D a little more love as well. Still in a bad wave of mental health, I'll write more on it later.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 10/05/2026

I'll keep pushing until the bitter end but eventually the willpower and spite will run out. For today, we keep going. I can't promise tomorrow.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 10/05/2026

But if my mental health falls apart, nobody can save me. That's something I need to accept; I'm truly alone in my own struggles; and while people can and do extend hands, the extent and how long they're willing to vary by person. People can and will get sick of you eventually is a lesson I learned.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 10/05/2026

Supposedly I'm settling down in a new country at the end of the year if everything goes well. It's an odd position to be in, having the opportunity I do. But I guess after the last 5 or so years, it's a small consolation given the copious levels of shit I've been subject to.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 10/05/2026

Could never truly say what would happen in the off-case something happens to me. I've made my mark on the world and plenty of people, be it in small or large ways. It's an uncertainty in where things will end up since life isn't predictable. I've been thrown numerous curves this past year alone.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 10/05/2026

Mental health is well and truly in the toilet. Will keep pretending everything is okay until it fully collapses. Nature of my life and situation; if the wrong block gets pulled out, the tower falls. But I push on, because what else can someone like me do? Push forward, keep going, no other choice.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 18/04/2026

Cursed 2nd Dan clear. -1% soul hurts me. I could've had gold. Last play on official maibachi (blues I borrowed from my girlfriend) until I pick up my new custom ones tomorrow.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 04/04/2026

For the ones who do post photography , what's a good way to just share it on the internet? Been wanting to get my foot in the door with some of my urban/environmental shots I've taken during my travels and don't know where to start. I got a jank camera and a good camera. It's a life.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 04/04/2026

Appointments.. on Easter? It's more likely than you think. Then another one Friday. Appointment, appointment, appointment. So tired, both physically and mentally. Keeping it going though.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 28/03/2026

think my game tastes changed again. turning into the average woman gaming with my new-found interests in horror and calm games. what the fuck has my life turned into

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 28/03/2026

Rootie is the true soul of this post

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 14/03/2026

For those interested in adding me on Donder Hiroba for whatever reason, here you go. Unapologetically 1st dan and probably won't go much further than that for now. I'm a chronic Taiko no Tatsujin player and I'm not sorry.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 08/03/2026

Ah yes.. because I already verified *and* have a domain attached to the account, which isn't enough. Guess I'm too baby-faced. I'll take it as a compliment but I'm still going to be annoyed. Gonna have to try again when I'm sleep deprived because only the despair of a mid 20s woman can do this, ig.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 02/03/2026

Made it back to Melbourne in one piece. Two months to handle medical and vibe before I fly out again

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 26/02/2026

Made it to Sydney in one piece. 3 days and then Melbourne until May. I'm so fucking tired. Travelling is getting harder for me energy-wise.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 20/02/2026

Would be neat to drop in on you streaming again sometime.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 15/02/2026

New Taiko PB today on the one oni song I'm not butts at. Twice a week I keep my sanity with this when I'm alone. Sucks but what can you do.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 07/02/2026

I just saw snow for the first time in 4+ years. What a nice sight. It made my day.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 06/02/2026

Got a bit sick last night, and given it's supposed to rain today and snow tonight, not the worst idea to stay in. I'm not sleeping well either, so I'll use it as an opportunity.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 05/02/2026

Visa and flight booked. Biggest headaches are done. Something's up with my mental health, appetite, and my approach to everything. Maybe I'll take a walk today, think.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 04/02/2026

so sleepy, coffee is friend. tonight's dinner might be small or nothing. I ate a reasonable lunch so it's okay. maybe I get cheap discount food?

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 02/02/2026

oh uh, bonus nighttime shot from a main road. if you know where this is, neat. still alive. tomorrow is a new day.

Street shot from a sidewalk, before a pedestrian crossing. The shot focuses the distance and buildings in a night-time shot.

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Brooke @cafemilk.moe · 02/02/2026

need to down this coffee first beforehand. managing to keep busy but damn, i really need a gaming device for when i'm travelling. maybe a steam deck or something else when finances align but there's so many other things i need to afford, medically and otherwise. okay that's all, have a good night.

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