I fully forgot what day of the week this was, in the context of blogging. I’ve been working on a puzzle my mom gave me for a few weeks, and I’m more than halfway through it now. I’m not a puzzler, and for as satisfying as it can be to get more pieces that fit together, I don’t think I would put myself under this much stress as a hobby in the future. No, the simple, constant existential stress of creativity is much more my jam.
This week, I got to my 100th day of Duolingo for Japanese! It’s pretty cool to hit a milestone. Learning a new language is fun, too. My biggest issue with the conversational process so far for me has been that they don’t have an area that tells me grammar rules. Like, what’s the rule for when adjectives use na? At this point, though, my bigger concern is that I don’t have Japanese speaking or writing in my life, and I want to improve my listening comprehension speed. I should probably be watching anime with subs, or find a Japanese radio station, so I can hear the language spoken more fluently.
I started this week finishing up that Brooke character sketch, did a trio piece with her, Castel, and Renee, did some drawing with no under-drawing, and got started on a complex sitting pose for Brooke. I just finished up that last sketch, and it didn’t turn out like I wanted, so those reds and blues are the best it’ll look to me. I want to spend more time with Brooke next week. She’s a vampire, which means she’s a great vehicle to talk about feeling overly cautious and responsible about desire. When you hate the idea of selfishness and don’t think you necessarily deserve things you want, wanting something from someone else is a grave sin. But we all need others to live, right?
Life in the Gutters 