Mikey Melancholy's Morbid Memoir

i guess this is the first post you'll see when you open my diary. ah, you're reading my diary...? what a weirdooo...

i guess i'll introduce myself, and you can decide if you wanna keep reading; my name is mikhail solomon wulfrun. but i like to call myself mikey melancholy on the internet. i think it makes me sound cool. sometimes, people call me skunk. because i have black and white striped hair, not because i stink. btw.

for work, i'm a freelance illustrator. if you wanna help me out with that, just go to my homepage and find my commissions. for hobbies, im much more interesting, depending on who you ask.

i like just about anything horror and metal related. i like other genres of stuff, obviously, but those are my two favourite things, like, ever. i write a lot - well, when i want to. when i feel like writing, it all comes pouring out; when i dont, i cant get a word out. anyway, i also make music. its not great, and most of that is because im too broke to afford any instruments, but maybe you'll like it. who knows.

im also huge on diy. i make half of what i own, and the other half, i find second hand. its awesome. i may show off stuff here, since im starting a digital diary; maybe you'll get to see my cursed creations.

lets see, what else, uhhhh- i have a boyfriend who isnt metal at all, i love cats but cant have any rn, i live in an attic house in the middle of the mountains, and my favourite colour is red. i collect animal bones and dead things in jars. i'm straight-edge, not out of some moral obligation, but because i find drugs boring and i cant stand the taste of alcohol, but i am mildly addicted to dr pepper. my band crush is ricky olson of motionless in white fame. im too broke for piercings, but my dream is to be tatted and pierced to high heaven. i grew up in tattoo studios in lisbon, moved to almada, and have been moving indefinitely since then, but ive always somehow wandered back into my town's alternative scene. this last place is proving to be challenging, though. ugh, rural mountainside.

i dont know what else to say to get you to stay. maybe "i love you". that sounds about right.

P.S.: i'm looking for penpals again! must be into metal (any subgenre, i'm not picky - let's swap music reccomendations!), in europe, queer, and preferably within the 20's-30's age range!

i'm especially looking for a penpal in sweden - i might be moving there sometime when my boyfriend decides to do their master's, and i'd like to make friends in the country before then! regardless, if you want to write, then email me at mikhaildeanbooks@gmail.com and let's swap addresses!

(rises from the grave) I AM ALIVEEEEEUHHH!!!!

ive been with my partner since my birthday and havent had any time to write.... ugh... anyways :D

soo my birthday was fine actually - it was on the 9th, and im 21 now :,) kinda crazy considering i didnt plan on living this long. huh. they just keep on coming, dont they. anyway, i didnt do a lot, i just stayed inside watching metalocalypse all fuckin day, and then at night when the air cooled down, i did some sick corpse paint and i took my boyfriend out to an abandoned house to take some pictures; check them out hehe

after that, we left and went down south to my inlaw's house - not that i wanted to. this place is HELLLLL. but they have very cute cats, which i like, and i get to see some of my old friends. im going out with Santos tomorrow, and Liam after that. today its just rest and beach, though.

i also got my amp back! i had to go to my father's house, but eh... it's fine, just the same as usual. awkward to hit up the house you run away from, you know? but its fine, i played it dumb, got my amp, and even stole a hat while i was there. it's a red ashbury snapback that i missed a lot, and now... it's mine again! MUAHAHAHAH!

my amp is broken... well, it was last time i used it. i have to figure out what's wrong with it. i think it might have just been my cable that got messed up, and if it is, ill just buy a new one, but if not... eh. it's a harley benton amp, im not gonna be too sad if i have to replace it. LOL.

ok, that's all i think. im trying to find a penpal again, im drawing a bunch, and i want to write plenty of new music soon. i have to get a guitar, like, ASAP. and a few small electronics... ahhh someone please comission me so i can afford to make musicccc aahhhh!!!!!!

alright, that's it for now. i have to go back to work and my summer break. im still white as a ghost, but its really nice to be at the beach again. be safe, and i love you!

XOXO, mikey

woohoo!! happy EP release day everyone!!!

ive been putting this one off for ages because ngl, i couldnt be assed to keep mastering it. fuck it. its not perfect, but i really dont care. youre getting mayhem debut ep level quality, otherwise this EP would never see the light of day.

'love in a time of war' is a concept EP, and someday i might tell u the story behind it. for now, did u know i cut out like two tracks from it??? yeah. and 'necromance me' wasnt supposed to be in this EP at all! that was something i recorded at 3 am and i ended up liking it enough to put it in there so. lol.

i think liatow has a much more melancholic vibe than loveletter, and i rlly like it. its funny, you can hear the black metal influences, because i started listening to lifelover while i was writing it... someday i want to have a guitar and proper things to record my own metal music. its a distant dream, but someday i wont be bound by the limitations of digital instruments... sighs......

anyways; if ur interested at all, the album is out NOW on bandcamp, soundcloud, and on youtube. give it a listen if u want :) i love you

XOXO, mikey melancholy

ill be honest, this was a HELL of an impulse project.

well anyway. my homepage code broke. idk what happened, that shit had like, almost zalgo lettering. did that reference just date me? holy shit. im old.

i think all the links are working... i think the formatting is fine... im gonna add some buttons and blinkies and shit now, just to pretty up the place, but yknow..... anyway, my shoulder hurts so bad rn. i was on the pc and standing around all day, which is horrible for my joints. oh, also, im covered in bug bites. IDK what they are. i thought they were spider bites, but now i dont think so anymore...... ughhh they're so itchy, this is HORRIBLE.