book+ Throne of Fire- Rick Riordan
quest+ getting rid of a bunch more stuff
upper+ making serious progress
downer+ still tons to get through
attire+ pajama shorts and a red tank
drink+ milk
i've had a pretty productive week i suppose, though most of the productivity happened this last weekend. for one thing i'm making pretty good progress working through all my music. i think i mentioned a while back that reorganized my music putting it all on my external drive, that's meant that i have to re-listen to it all to get rid of duplicate songs, or ones i just hate. xD i'm proud to say i've made it halfway through D. yay! that's a big deal as the letter C and Depeche Mode took me like 3 weeks.the rest of what's on my i pod will take me through J and i think i can do that this week. yay music!
let's see, Friday i spent time with Jenni, we watched Beastly and took care of getting me applied for college and financial aid. even if i don't get accepted for fall courses, it feels good to be finally doing something about it, so i'm grateful for Jenni's help. Friday i also sewed the gown FaithAnn wore to the saturday meet pretty much from beginning to end. all the sewing (except for the stomach panel and straps) was done Friday, but the pieces were cut out in advance. as mom indicated, this is the silhouette i want for my (a few years from now) wedding dress. the details will change, and yeah, it won't be in red, but i like the look of this shape. i figured i'd try it out and if i could successfully do it at doll scale it wouldn't be a herculean task for mom to do for me. xD parts of FaithAnn's version are skewed a bit, but overall we're pleased with it.. even if it's tricky to sit in. xD
the Saturday meetup with mom was fun, the food was good and the conversation was amusing. i was able to help someone choose her next doll, based on playing with the ones i took, so i even felt pretty useful. xD toward the end i did get a message asking if i was gonna head to the comic shop, i'd forgotten that our Pathfinder games have been bumped up to weekly. oops. i did make it to the shop within plenty of time as the 40k game the others were playing hadn't finished yet. the game was fun and i'm satisfied that my character's build works like i wanted it to, i took out a monster with 130hp almost entirely on my own, then landed the killing blow on another of the same in the next round, and stayed alive much longer against it solo than anyone else would have been able to, and then i managed to not-die when i should have via skill use. so yay!
Sunday i completed four paintings, a themed piece i decided to to when i had painting day with Moose a while back. one painting capturing a moment in time from each season arranged together to make a whole year in cycle. i worked for the first time with my extensive glitter options, and i think i've discovered how it works best in a painting and how it just makes a mess. xD i'm pleased with the end result though, so that's what matters, i guess.
this is how all of them fit together, no flash for accuracy in color depiction.
spring: flowers on a hill
autumn: sunset and turning leaves
summer: fireworks!
winter: snow. this one's more imagination than experience xD
..these are detail shots of them with flash so the glitter is more apparent. gotta say the bluebonnet-ish part of spring gave me the most trouble, but i like how it tuned out.
the only other thing is we're not gonna go after Migma after all since her order period ends on the 23rd and we can't possibly raise $1600 in two weeks, much less that on top of rent and bills. Kyu's unwilling to commit to a layaway when we don't know ahead of time if we'll be able to make the payments, especially since there's a good chance that the tattoo shop will be closing soon. they're having difficulties with the building's owner and things just really don't look good for lease renewal.
well, that and Britney tomorrow. yay! xD totally excited about that!
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