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OT Ho is a Happy Ho
16 years ago
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Kyoo no tema wa kore desu....
This is full of Random Happy!!!
I'm busier than I've been in a long, long time; I'm losing a lot of sleep, I'm about to start week 2 of working 14 days solid, and I'm so happy I could just about explode.
I'm thrilled to death to finally have a job, and even thrilled-er to get me some overtime. The folks at work now know that when any OT is being offered, get to Kwan! There was a time, years ago, when I was in a more enjoyable job & more fortunate place in life, when I lived for OT. Well, the OT Ho is back! Gimme that OT! I want it all! I got bills, I got needs, I got no life! OT OT OT!
I am having the time of my life with the art trade pics.
antihero started the ball rolling, and I'm so grateful to him for that. What a shot in the arm this has been for me artistically! I get home from an 11-hour day, feeling tired & beat down, but oddly enough I don't want to sleep; I want to work on that picture. I have an idea & just can't sleep unless I at least sketch it out, or I can't wait to see what it looks like colored, or I feel like I'm on a roll & why not finish it up & start on that other one before my eyelids clamp themselves shut & my body forces me to stop.
An hour later I wake up from nodding off, there's a crick in my neck, my big black marker is bleeding into my blanket, my sketches are at my feet, one of my substandard art pens has dried out (good riddance), my cheap-crappy pencil leads are spilled all over the floor, my dog is busily snuffling at every-single-one of them (just because every other lead has just been lead, that next piece of lead might be food!) and she's walking all over my sketches...but boy do feel refreshed mentally.
I'm enjoying drawing again, people! Arts are fun! ^____^
Commissions are a thing of the past. And I couldn't be happier about it! The reasons are many, but the most pertinent one is that I simply do not have the temperament for it. All you commissioners out there have my admiration (and my sympathy ^_~). Don't get me wrong, some of my commissions have been a real blast. But I'm enjoying every single one of these art trades, so much so that I'm doing more than expected in a few of them, just for shits & giggles, and because why not? I want to keep that enthusiasm I feel every time I grab my clipboard. I don't want art to become a chore for me again. Fuck commissions---give me the art swaps!
In-between work & drawing & sleep & dog, I've got my weekly D&D group (sneak attack!) and the local furries (I love you, guys -- even though about half of you don't deserve it ^_~). Check it out---I can has a sort-of social life!
It's officially fall in Tucson now. In just 2 weeks' time I've gone from sleeping with the a/c on to keeping the window shut so I don't wake up freezing. What a huge change in temperature! I can leave plastic in the car without it melting now. How remarkable--I can stand in the sun without sweating through my jeans. I miss my camera-shy lizards, but I'm willing to give them up for a while in exchange for bearable temperatures.
My parents are actually okay with it that NO I will NOT be going home for the holidays. No guilt-trip, no under-handed 'surprising' me with an unasked-for plane ticket that can't be refunded. What a relief. I'll miss them something awful, especially on Thanksgiving, but I just can't afford the time off. Or the loss of time-a-half for working a holiday, whooohooo!
My aged spazzhund Maddie seems to be in another upswing of health & activity. Maddie's happy now right now, so I'm happy. A big part of her happy is a massive end-joint that my roomie gave her. It was twice the size of her head when she started on it. She's never had a bone that huge before & she simply adores it. At first I had to take it away from her to force her to take a break. Maddie's learned to pace herself, and is making remarkably good progress for a dull-toothed arthritic old dog. She's actually getting some muscle tone back. Next week things may change, who knows; it's been about a year of many close calls & false alarms followed by surprisingly hardy bouncings back. I'm just enjoying my dog while I can.
After I type this, it's off to the laundromat & then home to crash. Tomorrow is OT (whoohoo!) and a furmeet (whoohoo!). If you've managed to get this far, I owe you a hug & I hope your day has a little happy in it, too.
Art Swap list:
1. antihero
2.
dopr5
3.
xxmangexx
4.
jsrffreakv
5.
ahkmedren
6.
lilifox
7.
kristynlioness
8.
alzubra
9.
nivek_rayne
10.iconlavander:
I'm busier than I've been in a long, long time; I'm losing a lot of sleep, I'm about to start week 2 of working 14 days solid, and I'm so happy I could just about explode.
I'm thrilled to death to finally have a job, and even thrilled-er to get me some overtime. The folks at work now know that when any OT is being offered, get to Kwan! There was a time, years ago, when I was in a more enjoyable job & more fortunate place in life, when I lived for OT. Well, the OT Ho is back! Gimme that OT! I want it all! I got bills, I got needs, I got no life! OT OT OT!
I am having the time of my life with the art trade pics.
antihero started the ball rolling, and I'm so grateful to him for that. What a shot in the arm this has been for me artistically! I get home from an 11-hour day, feeling tired & beat down, but oddly enough I don't want to sleep; I want to work on that picture. I have an idea & just can't sleep unless I at least sketch it out, or I can't wait to see what it looks like colored, or I feel like I'm on a roll & why not finish it up & start on that other one before my eyelids clamp themselves shut & my body forces me to stop. An hour later I wake up from nodding off, there's a crick in my neck, my big black marker is bleeding into my blanket, my sketches are at my feet, one of my substandard art pens has dried out (good riddance), my cheap-crappy pencil leads are spilled all over the floor, my dog is busily snuffling at every-single-one of them (just because every other lead has just been lead, that next piece of lead might be food!) and she's walking all over my sketches...but boy do feel refreshed mentally.
I'm enjoying drawing again, people! Arts are fun! ^____^
Commissions are a thing of the past. And I couldn't be happier about it! The reasons are many, but the most pertinent one is that I simply do not have the temperament for it. All you commissioners out there have my admiration (and my sympathy ^_~). Don't get me wrong, some of my commissions have been a real blast. But I'm enjoying every single one of these art trades, so much so that I'm doing more than expected in a few of them, just for shits & giggles, and because why not? I want to keep that enthusiasm I feel every time I grab my clipboard. I don't want art to become a chore for me again. Fuck commissions---give me the art swaps!
In-between work & drawing & sleep & dog, I've got my weekly D&D group (sneak attack!) and the local furries (I love you, guys -- even though about half of you don't deserve it ^_~). Check it out---I can has a sort-of social life!
It's officially fall in Tucson now. In just 2 weeks' time I've gone from sleeping with the a/c on to keeping the window shut so I don't wake up freezing. What a huge change in temperature! I can leave plastic in the car without it melting now. How remarkable--I can stand in the sun without sweating through my jeans. I miss my camera-shy lizards, but I'm willing to give them up for a while in exchange for bearable temperatures.
My parents are actually okay with it that NO I will NOT be going home for the holidays. No guilt-trip, no under-handed 'surprising' me with an unasked-for plane ticket that can't be refunded. What a relief. I'll miss them something awful, especially on Thanksgiving, but I just can't afford the time off. Or the loss of time-a-half for working a holiday, whooohooo!
My aged spazzhund Maddie seems to be in another upswing of health & activity. Maddie's happy now right now, so I'm happy. A big part of her happy is a massive end-joint that my roomie gave her. It was twice the size of her head when she started on it. She's never had a bone that huge before & she simply adores it. At first I had to take it away from her to force her to take a break. Maddie's learned to pace herself, and is making remarkably good progress for a dull-toothed arthritic old dog. She's actually getting some muscle tone back. Next week things may change, who knows; it's been about a year of many close calls & false alarms followed by surprisingly hardy bouncings back. I'm just enjoying my dog while I can.
After I type this, it's off to the laundromat & then home to crash. Tomorrow is OT (whoohoo!) and a furmeet (whoohoo!). If you've managed to get this far, I owe you a hug & I hope your day has a little happy in it, too.
Art Swap list:
1.
antihero2.
dopr5 3.
xxmangexx4.
jsrffreakv5.
ahkmedren6.
lilifox7.
kristynlioness8.
alzubra9.
nivek_rayne10.iconlavander:
Congrats on the work, again.
The heat.... ugh >.<
And art is fun!
Why do you think I hate doing commisions too? ^.^
Epic win.
I mean, as a non-artist it makes me feel like a guy at a lesbian makeout party, but. As long as you're having fun. ;)