Updates, illness, art
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reymonkeyWow. So… let’s see. I spent most of last week watching the kids, which has actually been just fine. Really no tears, they’re cute in an other people’s children kind of way, and I firmly deny that I have a biological clock. I still don’t want any. There’s a constant lurking worry that I will do something that results in tears, and then I will be flailing. Highlights of the week include seeing a nice big box turtle we could walk right up to along the edge of a private school driveway, tearing pinecones into bits, playing with grass wands (Even I admit there’s something adorable about the one-and-a-half year old going ‘Leviosa!’), and going to the playground at one school where I split my time between helping Thea reach the high bars and watching Tegwyn pour sand on herself, in her shoes, and in Thea’s shoes. Fortunately these were all easy to dump out shoes (Thea’s were sandals), so I saw no reason to interrupt her.
Unfortunately, Wednesday night I had a scratchy throat, Thursday morning I didn’t feel real fantastic but that morning was the last of kid watching for the week. Thursday afternoon I basically crashed for a couple hours, and woke up feeling worse. Shiri was going to call, and I was really looking forward to that, and we don’t talk often enough. I mean, come on, I’ve known her longer than I’ve known Bridgie. It was a very short conversation, sadly, because I started feeling like someone was stabbing me in the head. I practically crawled upstairs, and almost threw up at the top, then laid there and whimpered. My head was pulsing, I couldn’t stand light, anything touching my head including the pillow was painful, and overall I haven’t felt that awful since the norovirus.
Friday, I don’t remember much of, but in the afternoon I was driven to the doctor because there was no way I could drive, and quickly diagnosed with the sinus infection from hell. The whole weekend is a blur, and the antibiotics are horsepills, but I’m starting to feel coherent again.
I’m supposed to watch the kids again tomorrow, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen. I may have caught this from them somehow, since children are disease-laden germ factories, and if I didn’t catch it from them then I risk giving it to them. I’m at the voice mail stage of working that out. I also had a call when I came home Thursday of someone wanting to arrange a job interview. I’ve made myself call her back repeatedly through the haze of sickness, and reached her once (Friday, she said she’d call me back Monday). It’s Tuesday, I haven’t bothered today since in the three days I’ve called multiple times, she’s only been there once. Nothing is arranged. I still don’t know the company address, even, and the only voice mail they have is a general one that it answered with 45 minutes after they were supposedly open. I’m not feeling confident, but it was an Admin job so I’ll shrug and move on. The jobs I’ve been truly interested in the most have yet to contact me at all. I think I’d really like the SPCA or vet admin jobs.
At the risk of making this even longer, here’s Shiri’s commission, which I ‘finished’ about a week ago. I was reluctant to put it up because I still want to fudge around with the background/grate on the floor, because I feel like the whole thing looks half-assed. That’s a really sad thing when the foreground turned out so amazingly well. If you ignore the background, this may be the best digital work I have ever done. Ever. I’m not someone who usually likes their own work. The image is a scene from one of her Transformer fanfics, which can be found on her DA account. I give you a moment in the fight between Broadcast and Scorponok. Flattery welcome, as always. ;) I would like to point out this is my first attempt at drawing mecha.
I could use good vibes, I am about to turn the age which, according to my parents and Bridgie’s, you can’t trust anyone over, I am jobless and sick. On the other hand, there is shadow puppetry and book illustration in my future, and I have wonderful people around me, and as sucky as finances are we’re not in danger of losing our place or anything. Plus, Hallowe’en! I need to get decorations up. Might cop out and do pirate this year again, because I own so much stuff for that costume. I want a real cutlass some year when there’s more money around, just to add to my sword collection. There’s a gorgeous basket hilt one in an old catalog I’ve got that I still lust after. I wonder what the weighting is like, I’ve never tried one.
I must be getting better if I’m thinking about swordfighting again.
Will catch up on RP threads/posts as my brain lets me, I still have brainjuices leaking out my nose.
Unfortunately, Wednesday night I had a scratchy throat, Thursday morning I didn’t feel real fantastic but that morning was the last of kid watching for the week. Thursday afternoon I basically crashed for a couple hours, and woke up feeling worse. Shiri was going to call, and I was really looking forward to that, and we don’t talk often enough. I mean, come on, I’ve known her longer than I’ve known Bridgie. It was a very short conversation, sadly, because I started feeling like someone was stabbing me in the head. I practically crawled upstairs, and almost threw up at the top, then laid there and whimpered. My head was pulsing, I couldn’t stand light, anything touching my head including the pillow was painful, and overall I haven’t felt that awful since the norovirus.
Friday, I don’t remember much of, but in the afternoon I was driven to the doctor because there was no way I could drive, and quickly diagnosed with the sinus infection from hell. The whole weekend is a blur, and the antibiotics are horsepills, but I’m starting to feel coherent again.
I’m supposed to watch the kids again tomorrow, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen. I may have caught this from them somehow, since children are disease-laden germ factories, and if I didn’t catch it from them then I risk giving it to them. I’m at the voice mail stage of working that out. I also had a call when I came home Thursday of someone wanting to arrange a job interview. I’ve made myself call her back repeatedly through the haze of sickness, and reached her once (Friday, she said she’d call me back Monday). It’s Tuesday, I haven’t bothered today since in the three days I’ve called multiple times, she’s only been there once. Nothing is arranged. I still don’t know the company address, even, and the only voice mail they have is a general one that it answered with 45 minutes after they were supposedly open. I’m not feeling confident, but it was an Admin job so I’ll shrug and move on. The jobs I’ve been truly interested in the most have yet to contact me at all. I think I’d really like the SPCA or vet admin jobs.
At the risk of making this even longer, here’s Shiri’s commission, which I ‘finished’ about a week ago. I was reluctant to put it up because I still want to fudge around with the background/grate on the floor, because I feel like the whole thing looks half-assed. That’s a really sad thing when the foreground turned out so amazingly well. If you ignore the background, this may be the best digital work I have ever done. Ever. I’m not someone who usually likes their own work. The image is a scene from one of her Transformer fanfics, which can be found on her DA account. I give you a moment in the fight between Broadcast and Scorponok. Flattery welcome, as always. ;) I would like to point out this is my first attempt at drawing mecha.
I could use good vibes, I am about to turn the age which, according to my parents and Bridgie’s, you can’t trust anyone over, I am jobless and sick. On the other hand, there is shadow puppetry and book illustration in my future, and I have wonderful people around me, and as sucky as finances are we’re not in danger of losing our place or anything. Plus, Hallowe’en! I need to get decorations up. Might cop out and do pirate this year again, because I own so much stuff for that costume. I want a real cutlass some year when there’s more money around, just to add to my sword collection. There’s a gorgeous basket hilt one in an old catalog I’ve got that I still lust after. I wonder what the weighting is like, I’ve never tried one.
I must be getting better if I’m thinking about swordfighting again.
Will catch up on RP threads/posts as my brain lets me, I still have brainjuices leaking out my nose.
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Date: Oct. 21st, 2008 04:18 pm (UTC)The artwork is amazing. I really like the big yellow crab guy.
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Date: Oct. 23rd, 2008 02:31 pm (UTC)That would be Scorponok... I'm guessing you haven't seen the Transformers movie? I actually drew him based on some CG model they used for the movie, I think. And thank you! I need to get to work on your commission. Being sick derailed everything.
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Date: Oct. 23rd, 2008 02:44 pm (UTC)I haven't seen the movie yet. I put it on my Netflix queue. I wanted to see it in theaters but nobody would see it with me.
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Date: Oct. 27th, 2008 05:36 pm (UTC)Awww... I dragged people out to see it twice, I think. I used to love the cartoon as a kid. I can't get into it the way my friend Shiri does, with the fanfic and all, but seeing the movie definitely fulfilled the inner kid. I'm sure my mother would think it was too violent. ;D
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Date: Oct. 21st, 2008 04:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Oct. 23rd, 2008 02:34 pm (UTC)Thanks! I wish you the same... I didn't know you were actually the same age as me. I can't say that it feels all that earth shatteringly like a marker year, I just wish I didn't have little grey streaks already.
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Date: Oct. 21st, 2008 09:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Oct. 23rd, 2008 02:37 pm (UTC)I'm recovering, and I'm really not stressed about the birthday thing. My dad made a great comment though, when I was telling him about the fender bender before and he was talking about insurnace and said, "Well at least you're not young." I laughed and told him that was an awful thing to say so soon before my birthday and he backtracked, but I was just kind of amused.
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Date: Oct. 24th, 2008 04:01 am (UTC)ART IZ PREETY!! Thanks you so much!!!! =D =D =D
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Date: Oct. 25th, 2008 11:04 pm (UTC)