There are two rather different directions that I can take today's post. I could take it rather seriously and look at a deeper meaning for this sticker. With the spiky turtle, his hiding inside the shell, and the phrase "don't look at me" it can easily be seen as a representation of mental health or depression. It's an easy association and something I can really look into despite my inability to find the creator for it. It's a subject that most of us can relate to in some way, whether or not you've ever received help. Our need to protect ourselves is always important discussion to have, which this sticker is endeavoring to do. Or... I can be a little silly with it.
Here and now I want to make a confession, something my friends have known about me for a while but for those who don't I think this will explain a fair amount about me. I don't get video games. Any of it, on any level, I just don't understand them. I never got into the Gameboy as a kid, epically failed at the PlayStation games my brother owned, and could never get pass easy on Guitar Hero in college. My friends and family will convince me to play games with them just so they can laugh at how bad I am. Trust me, it's quite something to be taunted by a three year old because he demolished his eighteen year old cousin at a racing game. I have very little hand eye coordination and my reaction time is pretty non-existent, which generally doesn't help with this particular activity. I honestly don't have anything against video games, I just suck at them and choose to limit my humiliation. When I saw this sticker walking home on Penn one night, I thought it was kind of funny. It's not every day you see a Bowser like turtle on the street. Yes I do know who Bowser is; I have a rather odd relationship with Mario. I'm not bad at Mario Party actually, since that relies more on random luck than skill, but I die so fast in the regular game that the other players generally stop resurrecting me after the fifth fall. So I was a little surprised to see during my attempts to research that there is in fact a different spiky turtle that this sticker is using from the game. This particular sticker is apparently the spiny turtle, the one you can't jump on and need to utilize other turtles to get rid of (or at least so I've been told). Obviously it still works as an idea but I think it's a little less epic. Hopefully you enjoy the sticker and had a little fun with the post. I know things have been a bit serious the last couple of posts, so I felt I needed a chuckle even if it’s at myself. In other news I have uploaded a couple more photos to the Society 6 page since it’s the start of a new month. Check it out and again let me know if there’s anything you really want to see on there.
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Maggie Ondrey
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