Thursday Art Walk - Yard Care In The Outback?

In Which I Drew Another Cute Pic!

Blogger is being a bit finicky today, so I'm trying to copy/paste images as opposed to use the tool they built into it.

Also, it's really beginning to alarm me that the underline under my title keeps turning red...

Regardless, I have, in fact, drawn a picture! And it's another Australian mammal! Specifically another marsupial!

It's another wombat - nature's lawnmower/tiller.

"Lawn Care Down Under"; graphite on printer paper; 2021

This is a Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat who has just finished grazing the lawn down to an appropriate height. She's quite satisfied with herself and the enormous meal she's given herself lol!

I should draw more of these odd, large-nosed marsupials. I love how they waddle along, how their butts are both a shield and a weapon, and how they're just so cute! Just... wonderful critters :)

There may not be a drawing next week - I'll be getting my second Moderna shot shortly before then and may be out of commission for a bit.

How are all of y'all doing?

Until next time, then,

Go Enjoy Something!

FC

Talk About Tuesday: Sleepy Days And Sleepless Nights

 

In Which I'm So Sleepy And So Stupid

I need to stop drinking caffeine right before bed lol! In my defense, though, I was trying out that Pepsi Mango, and now I'm in lurv with it.

On the other hand, I didn't get to sleep until 2 or 3AM and woke up for the first time around 6AM when my dad had to go to work. Didn't end up getting up until 9AM because I'm lazy, and didn't get showered until after 11:30AM because.... I'm lazy. What can I say besides that? I just don't like moving around for the most part.

Except I did go for a walk today!

The weather was gorgeous, all sunshine and a balmy 65℉ (18.3℃). There was a strong breeze from the mountains that kept me in my flannel shirt and jeans, despite yesterday having been so hot that I regretted my capris and tee! Amazing what 12 hours can do.

And of course, tomorrow is supposed to be hellishly warm and thunderstorming. While my poor dad goes camping for the first time in maybe 8 years. In a camper he rebuilt by himself. Except for the half-rotten canvases he's been trying to repair...

Poor dude.

Anyway, I've been keeping busy. I'm trying to figure out how to make a two-toned panel, trying to make an oval filet crochet piece, working on old projects. I've been writing more in my wrestling novel, which I had to restart the second part of (again). Been playing more 3DS and Switch Pokemon games (New Pokemon SNAP! especially lol).

My big problem, as I mentioned, is caffeinating too late in the day. My cutoff should be 7PM, but... I've been getting sugared up past 8 lately and I'm suffering for it.

That's on me. I'm being dumb.

I have plans this week that involve finishing up some of the above-mentioned crochet projects, working on some art (maybe physical art this week?), and trying to remind myself that I can only drink herbal tea and water after 7pm.

I'm also going to try to walk 7 miles at least between today and next Tuesday since we've got our treadmill up and running again lol.

I think that'll do it for me. I've been dithering around on this blog since probably 10:30AM and it's 10:30PM now... Am geniuz.

Oh! One last thing - my alarm clock is possessed! Came back upstairs from my morning coffee on Sunday and my clock radio was playing static. I had not turned on my radio. Instead, the alarm light was flickering on/off rapidly and I could not at any point turn the radio off. It's currently still staticky, but I've turned it as low as possible so I can't hear it.  Now I will probably be looking for a new one lol!

RIP alarm clock radio - you've served me well since 2004.

G'night, y'all!

And Enjoy Something!

Thursday Art Walk: The Drip

 

In Which I Practiced Some Art!

I've been very busy the last 9 days!

Okay, that's not 100% the truth. I've been doing a lot of things, but I've also just not been thinking about the blog for the most part.

Exactly 7 days ago, I turned 32. I was busy last Thursday, as you may imagine, but an idea for more weird stuff I could do in a paint program came to mind and I decided to play with it!

That's where The Drip comes from - me playing with colors, layers, and just bein weird as heck :D

"The Drip"; digital; 2021

I won't go into the math I did planning this out (spoilers, it wasn't enough and I should've resized the canvas first!), but I will tell you it was so much fun! Was it frustrating at times? Yes! Was I annoyed when my computer installed updates and ate the original try I took at it? Very, Yes! But I'm glad I tried it!

Obviously there's a lot I'd like to experiment with, here, and you can bet your sweet bippy I'll be doing more of this style in the future, maybe playing with antializing, nearest neighbor, resizing, etc, but for now, I'm just happy it exists. 

I should be back on my nonsense come Tuesday, but for now, I got dinner to eat and pixels to place :)

Go Enjoy Something!

FC

Talk About Tuesday - Where The Heck Was I?!

 

In Which I Explain Myself
Probably Poorly

It's somehow been since the end of April since I last blogged. Yikes! I hope I didn't worry anyone! I promise, there's not really anything wrong.

Time just kinda got away from me.

I've been working on some big projects for family (which is my fault - I am not yet at the stage where I can make clothing patterns on the fly, but I tried it anyway!), playing around with digital art, working on my novel again, and...

not sleeping.

At all.

Kind of.

Let me explain:

Sometimes I go through these cycles where, instead of sleeping like a normal human being, my body does everything in its power to keep me awake for several nights. Sometimes it's triggered by stress - say, the anxiety of getting an inoculation when I'm scared of needles, having to do things by myself instead of with a support buddy, frustration of trying to do paperwork, etc - and sometimes it's just natural.

This time, as you may have guessed by my super specific examples, it was stress. And it was my fault.

In order to get a vaccine for the 'rona, I needed a valid photo ID. I did not have a valid photo ID at the time of my setting up my appointment, and had not realized I'd need it when I signed up. I noticed after I'd confirmed both date & time, and... had to cancel. Then I had to go get my ID, which was an hour of my life wasted at the DMV, five dollars down the drain, and a moment of panic beforehand when I realized I didn't have any recent mail with my name & address on it. Which it turned out I didn't even need for the ID.

Then I had to wait a week for the ID, during which I was panic-making a birthday present that just wouldn't come together dammit. The birthday was missed. By nearly 2 weeks. Because I gave the gift on Sunday the 9th. Oops.

The ID arrived the day after my original appointment, which the system did not cancel when I cancelled it, so I had to call the helpline which... not very helpful the first two times I tried, as robots tend not to be. The third time was the charm and last week I got my first dose of Moderna! The guy at the door complimented my Creature from the Black Lagoon shirt, and I bought myself sushi and dumplings and it was actually a great day!

So you'd think I'd be able to sleep again, right?

Lol no.

Instead, I got to have very mild muscle aches in my left arm and neck for two days (normal! All normal!) and then my body was just so used to not sleeping that I still can't sleep!

In fact, on Sunday I was operating on maybe 5 hours for the last week and that is Not Alright.

So I cut back on caffeine.

Fun fact, caffeine headaches will also not let you sleep.

So I added caffeine back in.

And finally I started feeling sleepy last night...

Except now my room is about 75℉ (23.9℃) and my optimal sleeping temp is in the low 60s (16.7℃)... I was roasting. And my head hurt. And my neck was sore from pressing my head into my pillow to sleep. And then my jerkwad neighbor decided that 5:30AM was a great time to start revving the engine on his crappy Cutlass.

So I woke up pretty cranky.

At 11AM.

I'm a mess, basically, is what I'm saying.

But! There is hope for a nap!

If the New Pokemon Snap doesn't consume me alive lol!

But seriously, on the second day of Moderna soreness, my copy of Snap came in and I. am. addicted!

Even though the underwater level is going to terrify me at some point. And even if there are some really upsetting moments (that poor Corsola! That poor Pyukumuku!!!) so yeah...

Uh...

Posts may be sporadic for a while due to a combination of temporary insomnia and a shiny new game :P

I do want to start posting again, though it'll be tough on Thursday, since it's kinda my birthday that day.

I have plans for Thursday.

They consist of sitting on my ass and eating Thai food.

I'm exciting.

So aside from all that and the surprise hailstorm we had today (which the ducks next door loved, fighting over the hailstones like they were peas from heaven lol), that's pretty much all I have to say!

Sorry for the radio silence, but now you know that I'm half-vaccinated, sleepy, and obsessed with fictional photography?

Anywho, Go Enjoy Something!

FC

PS It's raining on my roof but not the road. The weather is freakin weird, yo.