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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:

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.