song+ the Take Over (We're Gonna Die Young) -Fall Out Boy & Kesha (mashup)
book+ Inn Boonsboro trilogy -Nora Roberts
quest+ Poke-plush and pokedex challenge projects
upper+ weekend at Mom's
downer+ it's freakin hot
attire+ pajamas
drink+ Dr Pepper
this one's being drafted in advance since i'm headed to Mom's this weekend to help with various house projects. i'm also taking along some things of mine that need working on, as i've noticed i'm most productive when i'm not home. xD it's possibly more than i'll have time to get to, but hey, options are a good thing.
Saturday was Kyu's birthday. i told him his gift this year was a weekend living on his own, he's happy enough with a few days of solitude.
we like living together, but he's said before that having never lived on his own, he enjoys when i spend a few days away and he can pretend. nobody asking him to turn things down, or judging what he chooses to watch. i absolutely judge, so it's a fair assessment, he already mentioned he's planning a marathon weekend of horror and westerns, both of which are things i'm not really very fond of. i don't like being scared, and i just find westerns kinda boring, so he's welcome to binge on them when i'm not around.
part of me is a little sad to be missing game day, but i figure any productivity can happen just as well at mom's, and anyone i could be seeing there are just as likely to show up next weekend too. it's also kinda driving home that the knitting group is switching to Mondays on a trial basis through the end of the year, which means mom and i won't be hitting it up. we've agreed on first and third Saturdays so we can still see each other, and they'll be a different kind of fun, but changing my routine always throws me a little off. i'm sure Super Saturdays will be awesome, but getting used to missing Knit Night will take some time.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Sunday, August 24, 2014
i've got this music in my mind sayin it's gonna be alright
song+ Shake it Off -Taylor Swift -1989
book+ nothing
quest+ Poke-plush and pokedex challenge projects
upper+ seeing people i enjoy spending time with
downer+ trouble with my sewing machine
attire+ black pants, and a Mario Kart tee
drink+ water
still working to overcome last week's sewing issues. this time i plan to take along side projects in case it continues to be uncooperative. i've done some work this week to streamline the creative stuff i need organized to undertake the Pokedex challenge, which i think i first mentioned nearly a year ago. i now have 419 (out of 718) 2.5x3.5 sketch cards cut in watercolor paper, and an empty binder waiting to display them. i just need to buy the card sleeves to hold them and actually get to drawing and painting them. yay progress!
book+ nothing
quest+ Poke-plush and pokedex challenge projects
upper+ seeing people i enjoy spending time with
downer+ trouble with my sewing machine
attire+ black pants, and a Mario Kart tee
drink+ water
still working to overcome last week's sewing issues. this time i plan to take along side projects in case it continues to be uncooperative. i've done some work this week to streamline the creative stuff i need organized to undertake the Pokedex challenge, which i think i first mentioned nearly a year ago. i now have 419 (out of 718) 2.5x3.5 sketch cards cut in watercolor paper, and an empty binder waiting to display them. i just need to buy the card sleeves to hold them and actually get to drawing and painting them. yay progress!
Sunday, August 17, 2014
don't pretend you'd ever forget about me
song+ Take Over, the Break's Over -Fall Out Boy -Infinity On High
book+ nothing
quest+ Poke-plush project
upper+ seeing people i enjoy spending time with
downer+ trouble with my sewing machine
attire+ black leggings, skirt, and Wonder Woman tee
drink+ water
i tried using my sewing machine this morning to work on one of the plushes i've been commissioned to make, the tension is screwy. i don't know yet if it's a problem with the bobbin or if i'll need to mess with knobs and dials to fix things, but it's annoying that i lost a morning's work when the threads slipped loose repeatedly. i've made moderate progress on both in spite of setbacks, but it's still annoying since i'd hoped to be pretty much done with both today, and i'm assuredly not.
i think that maybe i've managed to offset the lingering sleepiness that plagued my mornings the last few weeks, today i was up on my own pretty early, so i can hope the lethargy has passed. this post is hours late because of the sewing machine trouble eating into my blogging time prior to leaving for game day, not because of any sleeping issues.
book+ nothing
quest+ Poke-plush project
upper+ seeing people i enjoy spending time with
downer+ trouble with my sewing machine
attire+ black leggings, skirt, and Wonder Woman tee
drink+ water
i tried using my sewing machine this morning to work on one of the plushes i've been commissioned to make, the tension is screwy. i don't know yet if it's a problem with the bobbin or if i'll need to mess with knobs and dials to fix things, but it's annoying that i lost a morning's work when the threads slipped loose repeatedly. i've made moderate progress on both in spite of setbacks, but it's still annoying since i'd hoped to be pretty much done with both today, and i'm assuredly not.
i think that maybe i've managed to offset the lingering sleepiness that plagued my mornings the last few weeks, today i was up on my own pretty early, so i can hope the lethargy has passed. this post is hours late because of the sewing machine trouble eating into my blogging time prior to leaving for game day, not because of any sleeping issues.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
bear in a jet-pack (please take me back)
song+ 20 Dollar Nose Bleed -Fall Out Boy -Folie A Deux
book+ nothing
quest+ Poke-plush project
upper+ productivity, though not on the projects i meant to work on
downer+ flip flop readjustment period
attire+ black pants and a blue Wonder Woman tee
drink+ pineapple soda
waking up this week has been extra hard for some reason, but i've tried my best. even getting up later than i mean to, it's been a solid month since i slept past noon, so definite progress.
today at game day i hope to get more done preparing my poke-plush patterns. the pattern drafting takes up much less space than the construction, stuffing, and detailing, so it's the part i'm comfortable packing up and taking along for a day's work. some of my patterns are completely experimental at this point, no idea if they'll turn out anything like what i need, others look pretty much foolproof. i should test-sew them soon. i kinda have the feeling that i'll get further with the poke-plushes than i ever did with the pokedex challenge, which is drawing all of them and keeping a sharable record, there are now 718+. the progress i made there was getting like 200(ish) little 3x4 note cards cut from the watercolor paper i was gonna use. nothing got drawn or painted though. xD oops.
book+ nothing
quest+ Poke-plush project
upper+ productivity, though not on the projects i meant to work on
downer+ flip flop readjustment period
attire+ black pants and a blue Wonder Woman tee
drink+ pineapple soda
waking up this week has been extra hard for some reason, but i've tried my best. even getting up later than i mean to, it's been a solid month since i slept past noon, so definite progress.
today at game day i hope to get more done preparing my poke-plush patterns. the pattern drafting takes up much less space than the construction, stuffing, and detailing, so it's the part i'm comfortable packing up and taking along for a day's work. some of my patterns are completely experimental at this point, no idea if they'll turn out anything like what i need, others look pretty much foolproof. i should test-sew them soon. i kinda have the feeling that i'll get further with the poke-plushes than i ever did with the pokedex challenge, which is drawing all of them and keeping a sharable record, there are now 718+. the progress i made there was getting like 200(ish) little 3x4 note cards cut from the watercolor paper i was gonna use. nothing got drawn or painted though. xD oops.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
you talk, i walk, wanna feel the danger
song+ Get Outta My Way -Kylie Minogue -Aphrodite
book+ nothing
quest+ commissioned plush
upper+ great weather lately
downer+ lost a long-time pair of flip flops
attire+ black leggings, denim skirt and a Thor tee
drink+ Dr Pepper
i'm working my way through the testing phase of the pattern i figured out for a plush one of our gaming friends commissioned from me. i also think i'll take along some materials to work on drafting a Psyduck plush at MSD scale, which was something i was specifically asked if i could do. i'm pretty sure i can, but the one i already promised takes priority.
yesterday was the quilting club, which was pleasant but overall uneventful. Jenni and i pretty much decided to do next year's blocks for the fun of sewing them, then give them to Mom since she likes the colorway and we really don't. like it's pretty enough, but it's really not something i'd keep for myself. i like bright colors and interesting visual textures, this is muted neutral tones and tiny florals. some of the scraps should work pretty well for doll stuff, but the blocks themselves i have no interest in retaining.
anyway, after that when i was home again, for a reason i no longer recall Kyu was gonna walk up to the gas station and asked if i wanted to come along. i said sure, and we're not even around the corner of our own apartment when some jerk takes the turn WAY too fast. Kyu had to literally jump about a foot to the left to avoid being hit, which bumped me and i had to scramble to stay upright. my left flip flop didn't survive the trauma, it snapped at the toe strap, with the ends too frayed to sew back together, so they got thrown away and i'm now on to one of my remaining pairs. i haven't worn them in years and my prior strap callouses have gone away. the walk to and from the gas station in them ripped open the tops of both feet, so i'm feeling less than awesome today, but i'll get by. the plan is crafty productivity, we'll see what i actually manage to get done, i guess.
book+ nothing
quest+ commissioned plush
upper+ great weather lately
downer+ lost a long-time pair of flip flops
attire+ black leggings, denim skirt and a Thor tee
drink+ Dr Pepper
i'm working my way through the testing phase of the pattern i figured out for a plush one of our gaming friends commissioned from me. i also think i'll take along some materials to work on drafting a Psyduck plush at MSD scale, which was something i was specifically asked if i could do. i'm pretty sure i can, but the one i already promised takes priority.
yesterday was the quilting club, which was pleasant but overall uneventful. Jenni and i pretty much decided to do next year's blocks for the fun of sewing them, then give them to Mom since she likes the colorway and we really don't. like it's pretty enough, but it's really not something i'd keep for myself. i like bright colors and interesting visual textures, this is muted neutral tones and tiny florals. some of the scraps should work pretty well for doll stuff, but the blocks themselves i have no interest in retaining.
anyway, after that when i was home again, for a reason i no longer recall Kyu was gonna walk up to the gas station and asked if i wanted to come along. i said sure, and we're not even around the corner of our own apartment when some jerk takes the turn WAY too fast. Kyu had to literally jump about a foot to the left to avoid being hit, which bumped me and i had to scramble to stay upright. my left flip flop didn't survive the trauma, it snapped at the toe strap, with the ends too frayed to sew back together, so they got thrown away and i'm now on to one of my remaining pairs. i haven't worn them in years and my prior strap callouses have gone away. the walk to and from the gas station in them ripped open the tops of both feet, so i'm feeling less than awesome today, but i'll get by. the plan is crafty productivity, we'll see what i actually manage to get done, i guess.
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