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# apparently it is news to my mum that I'm bi. This came on the heels of me saying to her that if anyone had known me for a long time and hadn't figured that out, oh boy could they do with their eyes testing. And then she was like, "Well, uhhhh."
I think sometimes she can be selective about what she picks up on? Also I suppose I talk about having crushes on men more because that's just natural to me (and it's a cold day in hell if I don't have a crush on a man, let's be honest). I mean, not that I'm shy about talking about women I fancy, I just don't really do it? I'm really unsure how she missed my raging crush on Alyssa Milano, though. You could've seen that from space, I'm fairly certain.
# I wrote 700 words on my story after not touching it in almost a month, and being worried that I wouldn't be able to get into the flow. Apparently I was wrong about that.
I was thinking about posting another excerpt here, but when it came to it, one bit I was a bit unsure of, and the other bit felt too small. All the rest is spoilery (well, all the bits I want to post are. There are non-spoilery bits, but they're boring?)
# Raphael Sbarge posted the following on his twitter account the other day, and every time I read it, it makes me smile, but also I can't not hear it being read in Kaidan's voice:
# I'm trying to draw even when I don't feel like drawing because of a combination of two things:
1. Neil Gaiman said you should write even when you don't feel like writing, because in the end you won't be able to tell when you wrote what.
(he's right)
2. I saw a post on tumblr about being a better artist, and it said you don't get better at drawing by not drawing.
SO: I have a shitty drawing book (as well as my regular sketchbook), a crappy pose resource, and essentially I'm just making myself draw poses until I get fed up.
So far, I'm awful at hands (no-one is surprised), and the best drawing I did was a dude flicking his hair in a dismissive manner (even the hand looked somewhat OK).
# I got a book called Improve Your German from the library book sale (because language book!*) Every time I catch sight of the title, I laugh, because I'm so far from the point of needing this book right now.
*I have also recently picked up: Complete French (brand new, bargain price); a book of French idioms (booksale); and Teach Yourself Greek (same).
# OK done now.
# apparently it is news to my mum that I'm bi. This came on the heels of me saying to her that if anyone had known me for a long time and hadn't figured that out, oh boy could they do with their eyes testing. And then she was like, "Well, uhhhh."
I think sometimes she can be selective about what she picks up on? Also I suppose I talk about having crushes on men more because that's just natural to me (and it's a cold day in hell if I don't have a crush on a man, let's be honest). I mean, not that I'm shy about talking about women I fancy, I just don't really do it? I'm really unsure how she missed my raging crush on Alyssa Milano, though. You could've seen that from space, I'm fairly certain.
# I wrote 700 words on my story after not touching it in almost a month, and being worried that I wouldn't be able to get into the flow. Apparently I was wrong about that.
I was thinking about posting another excerpt here, but when it came to it, one bit I was a bit unsure of, and the other bit felt too small. All the rest is spoilery (well, all the bits I want to post are. There are non-spoilery bits, but they're boring?)
# Raphael Sbarge posted the following on his twitter account the other day, and every time I read it, it makes me smile, but also I can't not hear it being read in Kaidan's voice:
Roses are red. Bacon is red.
Poems are hard.
Bacon.
# I'm trying to draw even when I don't feel like drawing because of a combination of two things:
1. Neil Gaiman said you should write even when you don't feel like writing, because in the end you won't be able to tell when you wrote what.
(he's right)
2. I saw a post on tumblr about being a better artist, and it said you don't get better at drawing by not drawing.
SO: I have a shitty drawing book (as well as my regular sketchbook), a crappy pose resource, and essentially I'm just making myself draw poses until I get fed up.
So far, I'm awful at hands (no-one is surprised), and the best drawing I did was a dude flicking his hair in a dismissive manner (even the hand looked somewhat OK).
# I got a book called Improve Your German from the library book sale (because language book!*) Every time I catch sight of the title, I laugh, because I'm so far from the point of needing this book right now.
*I have also recently picked up: Complete French (brand new, bargain price); a book of French idioms (booksale); and Teach Yourself Greek (same).
# OK done now.
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:) Seems to be pretty common with people. But in your case I hope she was just surprised and not repulsed or anything?
Neil Gaiman said you should write even when you don't feel like writing, because in the end you won't be able to tell when you wrote what.
Oh, nice. I'll have to tell a friend who is currently agonising over her first novel.
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When I first read that, I was like, "Yeahhhh, right." And then I tried it, and it's totally true. I hope your friend does well with her novel!
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- "you don't get better at drawing by not drawing." that's a very motivating saying, it's perfectly true about a lot of things too. I'm sure you're going to improve in drawing hands if you keep up the practice.
- Woo, language books! :"D
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EXACTLY. I've been telling people this a lot recently.
\o/ hell yeah! this is about a third, possibly now only a quarter of all the language books I own. The ones I listed underneath do not include any bought since the date on the post. WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE SOME KIND OF PROBLEM.
(P.S. I like your icon :) It's Bubblegum Princess, right?)
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(Yes it is :">)
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(Hee! It's a cute picture :) )