Last Sunday was quite busy, and so I didn't have enough energy to make a post. Unfortunately, that means there's quite a bit to mention this week. I'm gonna go chronological, for once!
First of all, we went on a temple trip two weeks ago, and it was kinda crazy and embarrassing to realize I hadn't gone to the temple in a long time. Long time as in we last went in August or September? I never got a new recommend in Oregon, thus how I can calculate when I last went, as the most recent recommend had been from Alabama and it expired last September.
Anyway, it was nice to be back, especially in a temple I was familiar with. Turned out we picked a bad day, though, as we ended up waiting there for about 2 hours to get our service done.
At one point, Beka showed up! Turns out it was her stake that was there. The embarrassing part is that I had left my glasses in the locker, so when she waved at me I couldn't even recognize her. My sis whispered to me that it was her and I was like "OHMYGOSHI'MSOSORRYBEKA". I'm glad she figured out that it was just because I'm pretty blind and laughed it off, but still!
One of WFAM's main characters is Guinn, who came from pretty much the first story I'd started to write and talk about on this blog. I used to be pretty proud of that story, honestly, even though I never came up with a proper title for it. I know better now.
Much. Better.
Anyway, at some point during school that week, I'd been having the hardest time concentrating, so I gave up and let myself have a small break by reading works I had a copy of in Google Drive, and I ended up reading through Guinn's story. Yeah, I was very disappointed with my past self.
But later, when I came home, I realized something I wish I'd realized earlier: WFAM Guinn's kinda felt like she hasn't gotten as much attention as the other protagonist, Cami- so why not use elements from her first story as inspiration?!
I started going again through her story and writing down ideas I derived from events in it. I was surprised by how muh I was able to pull out. Yes, Past Me kinda sucked, but she was also mildly clever, interesting, and impressive. That was the same sort of thing I thought when I reread all the forum a few months ago. I was like "How'd I even come up with this?!" So see? It is indeed a good idea to keep around your older stuff, because you never know how much it'll help with your current or future work.
I've still got some more brainstorming to do regarding Guinn's old and new stories, but I've definitely got some ideas I can work with already.
(Sidenote: I'd said I would go chronological this time, but it just fits better here to say I finally finished another chapter of VH! I just need to do the alternates for the next chapter and write the final chap and I'm done! Craziez!)
I watched some more Soul Eater after not watching for months, and my dad watched for part of it. He was so confused and unimpressed.
I had in my memos for quite a while to look up songs from the Vocaloid Maika, and I finally did. Turns out she's pretty cool! I'm defs a fan now. *flashes a grin* I'm glad I decided to expand my Vocaloid horizons beyond the most well-known ones. Len's still one of my faves, but I actually have heard quite a variety of others and like them too! That's a pretty cool thing about this fandom(?), huh? There's so many characters/voices and people can do so many awesome things with them.
I have reached last Sunday! So it was the day of the Sunday farewell talk for Violet (recall the The Series of Unfortunate Events family?), who's starting her mission. We went to the Sacrament at their ward, and it turned out the people in their ward were... pretty normal. Huh.
So we went to hang out at their house for a few hours afterward, me hanging with Klaus and my sis with Violet. Klaus is quite different, nowadays, from how he was back when he was a homeschooled kid. His interests in TV shows and such are quite surprising, but it think it means I can connect with him on new levels now. I'm kinda proud of him for getting out there and experiencing pop culture more!
After that, we went to the Pomegranates' house! Not their real name, but awfully close. *huehuehue* I hadn't seen two of those brothers in years! And by years I indeed mean years! They barely said anything to us, though, since they had their own friends there, though. (Oh, don't mind me, boys. I haven't seen you in forever, and I know we weren't the closest of friends in the first place, but of course I don't feel completely ignored at all. Oh no, continue being stupid with your friends, I don't mind at allllll.)
I finally watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Yes, finally, 4 or 5 months after its release. Coatrack and Carter were so, so happy when I told them. I indeed liked it more than I thought I would; it was quite well-done. The new main characters were really likable, so points to Disney. I liked the wardrobe, too, which is something I usually don't pay much attention to. I kept staring at Rey's ensemble, trying to figure out how it was done.
I wonder if I mentioned a while ago I planned to donate my hair? Well, THE TIME FINALLY CAME (*dun dun dunnn*)
I did my best to draw how it came out this morning? The thing is the hairstylist straightened my hair to check the cut was okay, so I left it like that for a few days. It was way cute like that, but it's not gonna look like that often.
I truly realized here that the front looks suspiciously like te bangs my friend once had, who was a scene girl? I tried doodling such hair a few times in 7th grade since I actually kinda liked it.
I promise I did my best... But the best profiles I've ever done was for the "Powers" characters (yet another story without a proper title. Sigh.) and never tried drawing myself in that angle. And I was trying to match the style I'd ended up doing for the front view (which is not how I usually draw myself), so it ended up like that. Plus, I don't know that well what the back of my head looks like...? I know, I needed to make my head bigger in that one. It makes me look like I have a small brain.
Since I showered a few hours ago, we finally know what the cut looks like with my natural hair, and it looks just as cute, though a different sort. I hope I draw my real hair soon.
Oh! While the girl cutting my hair had washed it, she mentioned that Prince died that morning. I was like "WAT??" Yet another legend! I'm not going to say I was a huge fan because I honestly knew very few songs from him, but it's still sad. At least I can't mildly blame myself for this because I haven't listened to "Kiss" in a long, long time...
Last thing! My sister got her wisdom teeth surgery done, so she's been recovering over the weekend. It was crazy to see her for the first time after, because she'd suddenly turned into... Quico.
I did a quickie sketch to demonstrate the dramatic change:
She can hardly open her mouth! And she's been in a lot of pain, poor thing. I hope she'll be back to normal within the week...
Okay, I think that's everything! Let's hope I get more drawings done and more writing done too!
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