An Entry?
I guess I should post, now that I said I'm back. I should also catch up with my friends list, but I'll... do that... soon?
Lots of things have happened in the... er, well, two months that I've been pretty much off of LJ.
First off, I'm very much broke right now. My workplace closed at the end of December, and I thought I'd be okay because I worked lots and lots, and I thought I'd find a job soon or something, but there's nothing yet. I've pretty much no money right now except for next month's rent, and Eilia and mom are buying all my groceries for me, and I can't even pay my phone bill right now.
I guess I feel helpless. All the money I'm getting now is practically on charity, or borrowed from Eilia, or whatnot. And there isn't even anything I can do to help, because I don't even have money to budget. Blah.
And it makes me feel restless, because I've nothing to do at home. Well, I mean, I've lots to do, like cooking and cleaning, but then I get bored, and listless, and bleh, and I just end up playing games or watching movies or drawing, all day long.
I do keep applying for jobs, but I've only gotten one interview so far, and while I think it went okay, the person was interviewing a lot of people all through last week and this week, so I don't think I have that big of a chance. Mrph. Mom is trying to help me, but who knows if her place actually has an opening. Maybe I'm not trying hard enough. But it's never been a problem before, so why now when I really need something?
I took security training! I actually shouldn't have. I overestimated how much money I'd have. :\ At the very least, I did enjoy the course and learned a lot? But I don't have the money to take the exam or get the license, so it was a bit of a moot point taking the course. x.x But I will be getting the license once I have money again, and hopefully it'll make jobhunting easier in the future.
I'm feeling okay, though, I guess. Probably because I'm mostly pretending there isn't a problem and just playing lots of games. At least I made progress there, I guess.
I'm pretty far in Skyward Sword. I think? Maybe? I'm in the dungeon of the second flame now. But my goodness, this place terrifies me. I think I really don't like fire or electricity. D: Or ghosts, or zombies, or skeletons, or monsters, or dragons, or... *shot* (Yeah, I don't know why I play games. I'm scared of almost everything in almost every one of them. >.>;;;) At least you don't take damage now from falling into the abyss. Which is good. Because I do it a lot. >.>;
In other Zelda news, I did finally get a 3DS. The Zelda one. Of course. Don't remember if I announced that or not. I was actually starting to think they weren't going to release it here after all, when my brother told me they had it. So I got it. Hurrah! (I actually did properly save up for that one. It was my Chinese New Year money from last year. >.>;) It's very shiny and pretty, and... uh, actually, I'm slightly bored of it now. *coughs* But I had lots of fun before? ;_; Actually, I had lots of fun because I had tons of street passes before. Because, um, y'know, toy store, lots of kids with video games. >.>; But now that I don't have that anymore, it's not nearly as cool.
I'm in Ganon's Tower for OoT now. I'm just... having trouble with the fire seal and... um, one other, but I don't remember which one. But I totally managed to do the Shadow Temple all by myself! ;_; (I've actually never done it. *coughs* I always roped my best friend into doing it for me in the past.) Umm... not too much to say on this front, I guess. It's not like Ocarina of Time is a novelty. XD;
When I got my 3DS, it came with a coupon booklet for EB/Gamespot for January. Eilia and I happened to stop by one, so I took a look at some stuff, because there was one for 50% off of any new PSP games. I was hoping to grab Dissidia 012 (I figured it'd be useful to have it in English, at least), but they didn't have any left, so I got P3P instead! I've been playing that a lot lately. Kind of hanging between really bored and really interested. *coughs* I like the story, but the gameplay kind of bores me. I'm not big on dating sims, and Tartarus gets repetitive. I haven't quite gotten sick of Tartarus yet, though, because it keeps giving me treasure. >.>;;;;;; But I'm so overleveled looking for treasure, I just put everyone on autobattle. But then when I get to a new area, everything's always so high leveled, I'm in constant risk of dying and have to return to entrance every 2-3 floors. Baw.
Playing the male main character story right now, BTW. I wanted to do the female's, but they did suggest the male for new players and such, so, sure. So now I'm trying to decide who to woo! XD Currently debating between Mitsuru and Fuuka, because I have no interest whatsoever in the others. >.>; Probably gonna pick Fuuka? Girl who gets headaches from being on the computer for too long, and asks me about video games? I'm in. XD
Jami and I have also been playing FF14 lots! It's gotten a lot better, and while we were a bit unsure about the most recent patch before it happened, it's been... good so far? Or, well, I'm not sure how satisfied Jami is with it, but I've gotten a whole lot stronger, although I can't really tank anymore. Anyway, we hit level 50, the current cap! =D Finally! We even finally got to do an endgame dungeon with a random pickup party the other night, but, uh, we wiped. Twice. Ahahaha... XD; Ah well. The tank and the healers were all lagging, I think. Basically, there was this ogre boss, and bunches of small ghosties, and whenever the ghosties gathered, they'd do this big giant special attack, and the tank got caught in it. But he claimed he was the first one to get out of the way, and that the healers just didn't heal well enough. And the main healer claimed she was the first one out, of course. (Except they were both lagging, I think, because I was the first one out. *coughs* How do I know this for sure? I was the only one who didn't take damage.) But ah well.
We have endgame equips too now! Although we haven't melded them for extra stats yet, because, uh... neither of us can. Baw. XD; I did spend an exorbitant amount of gil on a pretty hat, though. Jami's much-less-expensive hat is actually kinda better, possibly, but... whatever. Mine's prettier. ;________; Mine's a tricorne! With an eyepatch! :DD But his has a feather. Baw. I want a feather.
Anyway, we're leveling Gladiator (Jami) and Conjurer (me) now. (Our lv 50s are Lancer and Pugilist.) It makes me happy because, hee, I like mainhealing. Except, um. Conjurer nukes so well, I forget to heal at all. But shhhh. >.>; But yeah, Lancer and Pugilist are both... more solo-y classes. Gladiator and Conjurer would be much better for party content, because, hey, you always need a tank and a healer. And, uh, I think I really don't like tanking much, haha. I'm much happier with Jami doing it. XD;; It's like. I'LL KEEP YOU ALIVE, I SWEAR, AS LONG AS THEY STOP HITTING ME. D:
Aside from games, I watched... actually, not that much stuff. But in the last few days, I went and watched what's out so far for Once Upon a Time. I like it so far! And I really like their spunkier version of Snow White. XD Also, Stealthy? Stealthy? XD;;;;;
On a more productive front, I've been... drawing a lot? Actually, just started getting the drawing bug in the past few days. There's one I finished, one I'm not done with yet, and one I haven't started, but I'm not posting the one I finished until I finish the one I haven't started, and I'm not posting the one I haven't finished until I finish it, so, ahaha, nothing to show for it yet. XD;; I know I keep saying I want to draw more, and I want to do a webcomic, but I guess I should really get a move on. ...Although I keep drawing fanart. That's not very webcomic-inducing. But ah well. Any practice is good? At least I'm in a more drawingy mood, now. I've also gotten a little faster at drawing, so hopefully, the more I practice, the faster, and then I can actually keep up with updating a comic without it consuming my life.
I've also been practicing makeup! Eilia suggested me to be a makeup artist, so I'm looking into that. Most important thing right now is practice, I suppose. I looked up lots of info, and lots of tutorial, but my actual practical application isn't that great yet, although I'm not bad, I think. But yeah, this stuff's a lot easier in theory than in practice. It feels like it's all the same, all the same, every time, and it is, but unless you get into the habit, you don't remember to do everything, which is the problem with me right now. I keep forgetting steps, so... need more practice. XD;
I'm discovering makeup is very much just colour theory. Well, I mean, aside from the practical part. But it's practically the same setup most of the time, with the same kinds of things in the same places in the same shapes, just... colour. So I'm practicing now, getting the movements right, getting to know my brushes, figuring out the right shapes. So, hopefully, we'll see. It's a lot different doing it on someone else, though, especially someone new. I tried doing Eilia's makeup the other day, and while it didn't look bad, I think, it didn't really suit her face? Because I'm used to mine, and I know what to do with mine, but not so much hers... So I need to find other people to practice on, so I don't just stare blankly every time I try a new face. And it's not like she's a stranger, even. I see her almost every day! D:
On the bright side, I do find doing makeup is helping with my drawing, and vice versa. Well, I mean, it makes sense anyway, right? To do makeup, I look at faces a lot, and you basically learn to shade and contour them. And drawing lets you practice drawing pretty shapes, and knowing how they should look to be pretty, and generally helps with making lines, blending colours, and all that stuff.
And, uh, that's it so far, I think. I'm sure there are more little things and stuff that I've forgotten, but, eh. I'll probably start reporting them again once I post more often again...
Lots of things have happened in the... er, well, two months that I've been pretty much off of LJ.
First off, I'm very much broke right now. My workplace closed at the end of December, and I thought I'd be okay because I worked lots and lots, and I thought I'd find a job soon or something, but there's nothing yet. I've pretty much no money right now except for next month's rent, and Eilia and mom are buying all my groceries for me, and I can't even pay my phone bill right now.
I guess I feel helpless. All the money I'm getting now is practically on charity, or borrowed from Eilia, or whatnot. And there isn't even anything I can do to help, because I don't even have money to budget. Blah.
And it makes me feel restless, because I've nothing to do at home. Well, I mean, I've lots to do, like cooking and cleaning, but then I get bored, and listless, and bleh, and I just end up playing games or watching movies or drawing, all day long.
I do keep applying for jobs, but I've only gotten one interview so far, and while I think it went okay, the person was interviewing a lot of people all through last week and this week, so I don't think I have that big of a chance. Mrph. Mom is trying to help me, but who knows if her place actually has an opening. Maybe I'm not trying hard enough. But it's never been a problem before, so why now when I really need something?
I took security training! I actually shouldn't have. I overestimated how much money I'd have. :\ At the very least, I did enjoy the course and learned a lot? But I don't have the money to take the exam or get the license, so it was a bit of a moot point taking the course. x.x But I will be getting the license once I have money again, and hopefully it'll make jobhunting easier in the future.
I'm feeling okay, though, I guess. Probably because I'm mostly pretending there isn't a problem and just playing lots of games. At least I made progress there, I guess.
I'm pretty far in Skyward Sword. I think? Maybe? I'm in the dungeon of the second flame now. But my goodness, this place terrifies me. I think I really don't like fire or electricity. D: Or ghosts, or zombies, or skeletons, or monsters, or dragons, or... *shot* (Yeah, I don't know why I play games. I'm scared of almost everything in almost every one of them. >.>;;;) At least you don't take damage now from falling into the abyss. Which is good. Because I do it a lot. >.>;
In other Zelda news, I did finally get a 3DS. The Zelda one. Of course. Don't remember if I announced that or not. I was actually starting to think they weren't going to release it here after all, when my brother told me they had it. So I got it. Hurrah! (I actually did properly save up for that one. It was my Chinese New Year money from last year. >.>;) It's very shiny and pretty, and... uh, actually, I'm slightly bored of it now. *coughs* But I had lots of fun before? ;_; Actually, I had lots of fun because I had tons of street passes before. Because, um, y'know, toy store, lots of kids with video games. >.>; But now that I don't have that anymore, it's not nearly as cool.
I'm in Ganon's Tower for OoT now. I'm just... having trouble with the fire seal and... um, one other, but I don't remember which one. But I totally managed to do the Shadow Temple all by myself! ;_; (I've actually never done it. *coughs* I always roped my best friend into doing it for me in the past.) Umm... not too much to say on this front, I guess. It's not like Ocarina of Time is a novelty. XD;
When I got my 3DS, it came with a coupon booklet for EB/Gamespot for January. Eilia and I happened to stop by one, so I took a look at some stuff, because there was one for 50% off of any new PSP games. I was hoping to grab Dissidia 012 (I figured it'd be useful to have it in English, at least), but they didn't have any left, so I got P3P instead! I've been playing that a lot lately. Kind of hanging between really bored and really interested. *coughs* I like the story, but the gameplay kind of bores me. I'm not big on dating sims, and Tartarus gets repetitive. I haven't quite gotten sick of Tartarus yet, though, because it keeps giving me treasure. >.>;;;;;; But I'm so overleveled looking for treasure, I just put everyone on autobattle. But then when I get to a new area, everything's always so high leveled, I'm in constant risk of dying and have to return to entrance every 2-3 floors. Baw.
Playing the male main character story right now, BTW. I wanted to do the female's, but they did suggest the male for new players and such, so, sure. So now I'm trying to decide who to woo! XD Currently debating between Mitsuru and Fuuka, because I have no interest whatsoever in the others. >.>; Probably gonna pick Fuuka? Girl who gets headaches from being on the computer for too long, and asks me about video games? I'm in. XD
Jami and I have also been playing FF14 lots! It's gotten a lot better, and while we were a bit unsure about the most recent patch before it happened, it's been... good so far? Or, well, I'm not sure how satisfied Jami is with it, but I've gotten a whole lot stronger, although I can't really tank anymore. Anyway, we hit level 50, the current cap! =D Finally! We even finally got to do an endgame dungeon with a random pickup party the other night, but, uh, we wiped. Twice. Ahahaha... XD; Ah well. The tank and the healers were all lagging, I think. Basically, there was this ogre boss, and bunches of small ghosties, and whenever the ghosties gathered, they'd do this big giant special attack, and the tank got caught in it. But he claimed he was the first one to get out of the way, and that the healers just didn't heal well enough. And the main healer claimed she was the first one out, of course. (Except they were both lagging, I think, because I was the first one out. *coughs* How do I know this for sure? I was the only one who didn't take damage.) But ah well.
We have endgame equips too now! Although we haven't melded them for extra stats yet, because, uh... neither of us can. Baw. XD; I did spend an exorbitant amount of gil on a pretty hat, though. Jami's much-less-expensive hat is actually kinda better, possibly, but... whatever. Mine's prettier. ;________; Mine's a tricorne! With an eyepatch! :DD But his has a feather. Baw. I want a feather.
Anyway, we're leveling Gladiator (Jami) and Conjurer (me) now. (Our lv 50s are Lancer and Pugilist.) It makes me happy because, hee, I like mainhealing. Except, um. Conjurer nukes so well, I forget to heal at all. But shhhh. >.>; But yeah, Lancer and Pugilist are both... more solo-y classes. Gladiator and Conjurer would be much better for party content, because, hey, you always need a tank and a healer. And, uh, I think I really don't like tanking much, haha. I'm much happier with Jami doing it. XD;; It's like. I'LL KEEP YOU ALIVE, I SWEAR, AS LONG AS THEY STOP HITTING ME. D:
Aside from games, I watched... actually, not that much stuff. But in the last few days, I went and watched what's out so far for Once Upon a Time. I like it so far! And I really like their spunkier version of Snow White. XD Also, Stealthy? Stealthy? XD;;;;;
On a more productive front, I've been... drawing a lot? Actually, just started getting the drawing bug in the past few days. There's one I finished, one I'm not done with yet, and one I haven't started, but I'm not posting the one I finished until I finish the one I haven't started, and I'm not posting the one I haven't finished until I finish it, so, ahaha, nothing to show for it yet. XD;; I know I keep saying I want to draw more, and I want to do a webcomic, but I guess I should really get a move on. ...Although I keep drawing fanart. That's not very webcomic-inducing. But ah well. Any practice is good? At least I'm in a more drawingy mood, now. I've also gotten a little faster at drawing, so hopefully, the more I practice, the faster, and then I can actually keep up with updating a comic without it consuming my life.
I've also been practicing makeup! Eilia suggested me to be a makeup artist, so I'm looking into that. Most important thing right now is practice, I suppose. I looked up lots of info, and lots of tutorial, but my actual practical application isn't that great yet, although I'm not bad, I think. But yeah, this stuff's a lot easier in theory than in practice. It feels like it's all the same, all the same, every time, and it is, but unless you get into the habit, you don't remember to do everything, which is the problem with me right now. I keep forgetting steps, so... need more practice. XD;
I'm discovering makeup is very much just colour theory. Well, I mean, aside from the practical part. But it's practically the same setup most of the time, with the same kinds of things in the same places in the same shapes, just... colour. So I'm practicing now, getting the movements right, getting to know my brushes, figuring out the right shapes. So, hopefully, we'll see. It's a lot different doing it on someone else, though, especially someone new. I tried doing Eilia's makeup the other day, and while it didn't look bad, I think, it didn't really suit her face? Because I'm used to mine, and I know what to do with mine, but not so much hers... So I need to find other people to practice on, so I don't just stare blankly every time I try a new face. And it's not like she's a stranger, even. I see her almost every day! D:
On the bright side, I do find doing makeup is helping with my drawing, and vice versa. Well, I mean, it makes sense anyway, right? To do makeup, I look at faces a lot, and you basically learn to shade and contour them. And drawing lets you practice drawing pretty shapes, and knowing how they should look to be pretty, and generally helps with making lines, blending colours, and all that stuff.
And, uh, that's it so far, I think. I'm sure there are more little things and stuff that I've forgotten, but, eh. I'll probably start reporting them again once I post more often again...