LIFE UPDATE 9-18-11
oh LJ I would apologize but I'm afraid tumblr is just so much better than you!
Buuut a lot can change in a month or so's time, y'know? LJ's pace (read:slow) makes keeping track of life easier at least.
So all that's going on as of right now:
Living sitch:
So while I was looking for a place throughout August, one of my old highschool buddies came into my work and said he'd just gotten settled in a house with another one of our hs friends and her boyfriend. My kneejerk reaction: "do you guys have an extra room?". Sure enough! So that's where I am, currently in a bedroom with my cat in a cute little place about 15 min. from work, nestled adorably in a canyon. I like it here so far, I get along with the roomies, there's food and the location's not too bad!
Love:
wehh Erika visited for a week in mid-late August and everything went even better than expected ♥ I ...just feel so comfortable and happy with this person, it's completely new and astounding to me. I'm flying out to visit her in early Oct., we've managed to work it out so that with our work/school/finances we can still see each other at least once per season/3months. Fuck you too, distance, we got this.
Work:
Stressful and I'm chugging along, but it's only going to get worse. Here comes the holidays and more pressure. Escape where?
Health:
Started a new diet! Sorta. More like I'm just cutting back on sugar a great deal and in place drinking LOTS of water (like a gallon a day), and eating lots of Vitamin A and antioxidant-heavy snacks (learning to like spinach is tough, lemme tell ya). But it's working! my skin is looking better than it has in yeeeears, combined with the oil cleansing method. I'm trying to get back in the swing of my physical therapy exercises for my spine, too, but regrettably slipped in my routine a lot while moving. Mental health is... improved? Still stressed as fuck but my mood drops have gone down considerably. Really glad for that.
Fandom:
Oh Basara I cannot ever quit you, but gotta say, Tiger and Bunny has had me surprisingly excited, too. Season finale was last night and I was literally sweating bullets all day at work, anxiously wanting to get home and watch it. Everything is homo and western-style story pacing and "shocking" twists etc. and there really is something for everybody. Episode 24 even triggered some unexpected personal and emotional discovery about myself, weird. If you can get hulu, WATCH IT! if not, tiger-and-bunny has raw and subbed episodes available I believe.
Art:
I don't have a working tablet. Scanner is currently unavailable in storage. I want to draw fanart but I'm only drawing fanart. And not necessarily good fanart too. I miss having the energy to do anything ambitious with art. But I've kinda given up on anything beyond doodling anymore. Oh, well. Once I finally invest in a tablet again I think I'll at least be attempting to keep my abilities sharp :o
Cosplay:
Similar boat as art. I'm just not excited to work on anything new, I'm kinda realizing I just don't like making costumes and I have little space or capacity to produce as much as I have in the past couple years. I'm gonna finish up Kotetsu and fix up Masamunes and stuff but beyond that I'm not making any solid or ambitious plans for 2012? In fact, as it is right now, Fanime is my only con for some time. I practically forgot to go to NDK this year and don't really regret missing it much. The only excitement I get about cosplay is the opportunities to do groups with talented friends, but that's not enough excuse for me to throw a lot of money and stress at new costumes and out-of-state cons at the moment. Am I growing up or in a slump? hard to say. C'est la vie!
So that's that, LJ. tl;dr life isn't too bad right now, room for improvement but who's isn't?