GalbanKnight

I know I've been gone a while. Honestly, I was working a lot. That's the biggest reason, but definitely not the complete truth. The other part is that I've been spending nearly every Saturday with some friends and my brother playing GURPs (a role playing game similar to D&D). On Sundays I don't really have an excuse other than laziness, though. I've been stressed over an upcoming OP4 test that, assuming I get the job, will start my new pay off at $12/hr. However, again, that's assuming I pass the test for the promotion. And then if I get it, I'll have to train and add more stress to my already stressful routine. The positive in the outcome, aside for much, much more money will be that I can pay my car off faster. I just have to pass the test and survive two weeks of training, first...

In any case, I've also done a little bit of drawing again, this time using Flash Animation. I still had the old book, and it allowed a trial period, so I figured "why not?" It's tough, since I don't remember a lot of what they taught in college, but I'm determined to re-learn it. After all, I'll need it for things like animations when I start making games, which is what I want to do. 

That said, I just went and bought a drawing tablet. It was expensive, but I'm hoping I get it soon so I can start using it and getting comfortable enough to attempt some art. I particularly want to find some tutorials on shadowing and coloring things digitally. Maybe they'll have something for CG coloring that I can follow. I already have SAI all ready to begin my art, and there's plenty of references I can find to figure out my own style. Hopefully it'll be fun and not as stressful as my job. That would be nice, to have something to come home to and relax. Sometimes I miss my hobbies...

Well, anyway, I did buy the tablet. That's all I got unless you want to hear about my boring, dull job, and I'm positive you don't! That, and I didn't sleep much, so don't expect me to jump up even if someone does ask! Haha!

...What it's like to be so happy! Recently, I've gotten out of a very bad situation that was depressing me. Dragging my feet along the flow of life was just making it so much worse, and in the end, I think I was broken... Because I don't care. 

It's like my switch that tells my brain "I care" just busted. Just like that... It was literally like a switch went off, and then I didn't care-- I was happy again. 

I've actually been watching anime again (One Piece) without getting fidgety or having to pause it every 10-30 minutes. I'm showing interest in manga again, too! To top that off, I've been laughing at art online again ( <-- her 2P! stuff has been cheering me up a lot. Check it out if you love Hetalia and you like to laugh. Recently, she's also sketched and colored some pokemon fanart of the eeveelutions).

All in all, it's been a good week since Saturday! Feels so good to be happy again!

I'm still alive. I've been spending all my time at work (yaaaay...). That said, no I'm not dead; I'm 100% alive.

Too much has really happened to go into a lot of detail, but aside from my job, I have apartment stuff going on. I get to be a big girl now! I can't say I love my job, but it's a job, and it helps me pay utilities, rent, and internet. Thus, I can't complain about it.

I actually love it because I can just walk out if I want. Go for a walk without permission or enjoy a trip with friends. I just have to finish unpacking (I've been saying I'm going to do that for about a month!) <---- me in the unpacking part of moving...

The thought of unpacking makes me cringe. I'm a bit of a scaredy-cat when it comes to unpacking now because I found a black widow outside the apartment (right next to my leg where I was sitting... Yeah. I freaked out) and several brown recluses inside the house. In fact, today I found one when I pulled out my clipboard. That was too close... I beat it to death, and then had to get BACK into bed. Being scared did NOT help my dizzies at all, but at least now I can draw while I have to stay in bed. And I can keep my computer right here so that I can spend more time posting on different sites, such as tumblr and DeviantArt. Now if only I could get chat to work!

Being sick, tomorrow I have to go to the doctor to get checked out. I've been seriously sick lately. Had to completely miss Saturday and only got to work four hours on Sunday. So that sucks. I won't get paid much, but everyone was getting sent home sick, so I wonder if it's some sort of bug going around where I work at...? As long as I don't get it back, it's fine, I think. Regardless, I need to get a note from the doctor for work. As long as I don't pay money to hear "you have a sinus infection" again. Because I know... I've had it for the last four years. Believe me; I know.

I'm going to try to write a one-shot story Monday and Tuesday while I'm here recovering from bleh-ness. In the meantime, I'll be (hopefully) writing and drawing a lot. Two of my goals are to write about Odin's "children" and that one-shot I mentioned. I'm recycling an old character to play around with him using Norse mythology. It might be fun!

As for Odin's "children," I really miss Teo and Kaiden, mostly. Kaiden and Virginia are too cute, Teo is just... My wolfie baby, Daan is the one I've been dreaming stories about, and a new character has appeared in my dreams! Actually, two, if you count one very gossipy character!

Teo is just begging to be drawn, so I'm going to go grab all five of my Hetalia manga and study them!