Funneh ...
Yeah, so, anyways ... I was going to write this yesterday but I fell asleep at seven-thirty. In the evening. All of an hour and a half after I got home from work. > >; Which is an incredibly atypical bed-time for me, but one which I suspect I may have finally succumbed to following the stress following the stress following the stress of the convention which I attended two weeks ago. *rolls her eyes and laughs* What can I say? I'm obstinate ... and I hate falling asleep for extended periods of time because I inevitably wake up feeling as if I have wasted whatever amount of hours I took as rest. As if somehow I have been wasteful by spending time asleep instead of having spent it upon projects. *laughs again* Yes, I know that I'm insane ... but with 'Expo looming at the end of the month, thus providing me with a plethora of projects with which to occupy myself, somehow I couldn't quite bring me to indulge in a good long nap ... until now. Thanks be to my body for having more sense than my brain. > >; And so, I apologize to the parties that were trying to call me all night long; I was unconscious! XD Last night was a full systems shut-down for me, but at least today I'm finally feeling as if my batteries are fully recharged again.
Yesterday was ... interesting. Our office was hosting the Regional Leadership Mastermind session, an event for which the corporate operating partners and whatnot fly out from International in Texas, and so my co-worker started a campaign to have everyone in a business suit for the day. Not to be the odd one out, I grudgingly complied, and so spent the day imprisoned in a cream-coloured skirt suit. It's rather well-known around the office that this one is rather skirt-shy (I'm a horrible stickler for dressing in mens' shirts, slacks, and vests), and so while I suppose that I was looking a little out of place to everyone around me, I was somewhat surprised, and somewhat more amused by all the attention I received, simply from showing a little bit of leg. Almost every one of my co-workers and agents had some sort of compliment to toss in my direction. XD I guess that there is truth to that old adage about dressing the part ...
So I was feeling strangely pretty until I slipped off to the powder room and discovered a three-inch hole in the butt-seam of my skirt! *> <;* Which of course led me to wonder if that hadn't been the real reason for all the attention I'd seen that morning. *> >;* My co-worker assured me that you could hardly see the thing, but 'shy' is practically my middle name, and so I spent the next thirty minutes walking hither and to with my hands clasped behind me, until I could sneak a moment to dash out to my car, where I knew (because I'd just been to 'Con a week or two ago!) that I still had a few safety pins stashed.
Thank the gods for CosPlay! ^ ^ Though, I had to giggle and admit to myself that, had this happened prior to the convention, I probably would have had a miniature sewing kit somewhere in my satchel instead of just a few pins all the way up in the 'structure, and thusly would have been able to fix the problem entirely, right then and there, instead of simply providing temporary relief. So, yeah ... happy to be a nerd. =)
More notes from work: this week, the front desk received a commission check for Robin Williams. XD And, being the dweeb I am, I showed it to just about everyone I could. ^ ^ It wasn't actually for Robin Williams, of course; the title company that had issued the check had made a mistake, and typo-ed the poor agent's name, which resulted in it's own corresponding couriered catastrophe ... but I took a photocopy of the coverpage and pinned it to the pegboard with a note that I wanted his autograph the next time he was in. Which made people laugh. Which means that I succeeded in bringing a smile to another face. Which makes me a happy pika.
So.
Shard started talking to me again last night, which means that I may begin drawing again soon. That's not to say I haven't been drawing in the meantime, but I see a margin of difference between the sketches I do for costumes and floor plans versus the sketches I do for my storyline. And I'm secretly hoping to make use of my colours again, some time soon ... the few things that I've attempted lately never seem to make it past the inking stage. I can't stand to live in black and white, and it's no more agreeable to me to let my illustrations languish in shades of grey, either. It's saddening to say it, but I've been using my tablet mouse more than I've been using the stylus! > < I've just been so busy, lately ... and yet I miss drawing, I miss writing, I miss creating ... I don't feel like myself unless I'm being productive. Which in my case, typically means illustrative ... but has lately meant constructive. *shrugs* Maybe I'll have time after 'Expo.
Oh! *snaps her fingers* But that does remind me. Note to self: I need to dig out my collection folders and raid my illustrations library for references on the female versions of the Phoenix sen'dhre.
I don't know why I complain that I don't draw enough when I have so many unfinished drawings kicking around already ...
Oy.
Yesterday was ... interesting. Our office was hosting the Regional Leadership Mastermind session, an event for which the corporate operating partners and whatnot fly out from International in Texas, and so my co-worker started a campaign to have everyone in a business suit for the day. Not to be the odd one out, I grudgingly complied, and so spent the day imprisoned in a cream-coloured skirt suit. It's rather well-known around the office that this one is rather skirt-shy (I'm a horrible stickler for dressing in mens' shirts, slacks, and vests), and so while I suppose that I was looking a little out of place to everyone around me, I was somewhat surprised, and somewhat more amused by all the attention I received, simply from showing a little bit of leg. Almost every one of my co-workers and agents had some sort of compliment to toss in my direction. XD I guess that there is truth to that old adage about dressing the part ...
So I was feeling strangely pretty until I slipped off to the powder room and discovered a three-inch hole in the butt-seam of my skirt! *> <;* Which of course led me to wonder if that hadn't been the real reason for all the attention I'd seen that morning. *> >;* My co-worker assured me that you could hardly see the thing, but 'shy' is practically my middle name, and so I spent the next thirty minutes walking hither and to with my hands clasped behind me, until I could sneak a moment to dash out to my car, where I knew (because I'd just been to 'Con a week or two ago!) that I still had a few safety pins stashed.
Thank the gods for CosPlay! ^ ^ Though, I had to giggle and admit to myself that, had this happened prior to the convention, I probably would have had a miniature sewing kit somewhere in my satchel instead of just a few pins all the way up in the 'structure, and thusly would have been able to fix the problem entirely, right then and there, instead of simply providing temporary relief. So, yeah ... happy to be a nerd. =)
More notes from work: this week, the front desk received a commission check for Robin Williams. XD And, being the dweeb I am, I showed it to just about everyone I could. ^ ^ It wasn't actually for Robin Williams, of course; the title company that had issued the check had made a mistake, and typo-ed the poor agent's name, which resulted in it's own corresponding couriered catastrophe ... but I took a photocopy of the coverpage and pinned it to the pegboard with a note that I wanted his autograph the next time he was in. Which made people laugh. Which means that I succeeded in bringing a smile to another face. Which makes me a happy pika.
So.
Shard started talking to me again last night, which means that I may begin drawing again soon. That's not to say I haven't been drawing in the meantime, but I see a margin of difference between the sketches I do for costumes and floor plans versus the sketches I do for my storyline. And I'm secretly hoping to make use of my colours again, some time soon ... the few things that I've attempted lately never seem to make it past the inking stage. I can't stand to live in black and white, and it's no more agreeable to me to let my illustrations languish in shades of grey, either. It's saddening to say it, but I've been using my tablet mouse more than I've been using the stylus! > < I've just been so busy, lately ... and yet I miss drawing, I miss writing, I miss creating ... I don't feel like myself unless I'm being productive. Which in my case, typically means illustrative ... but has lately meant constructive. *shrugs* Maybe I'll have time after 'Expo.
Oh! *snaps her fingers* But that does remind me. Note to self: I need to dig out my collection folders and raid my illustrations library for references on the female versions of the Phoenix sen'dhre.
I don't know why I complain that I don't draw enough when I have so many unfinished drawings kicking around already ...
Oy.