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It's been ages since I posted anything on here. Facebook has seemed to take over everyone's lives and livejournal has become less and less important. But I decided to post on here cuz.. well I dunno. Rather than doing a note on Facebook I suppose.
Anyway, I've been attempting to teach myself to sew. Mostly I email/skype my mom and whine about how I can't figure it out and then she helps me. The dress is coming along but I had to stop and buy an iron to press down some facing. I thought I could fake it and not get an iron but no point being cheap. I want it to look good. I've cut apart a couple old shirts as well to make a new one. But I'm too into the dress right now to care about the shirts. That's an on-the-side project.
I've also been drawing on my tablet. I'm really getting the hang of it and I didn't do any paper/pencil drawing in ages. But the other day I did a doodle at work and touched it up with pens at home and omg... there's nothing like good old fashioned paper drawings. It's just.. I dunno how to describe it.... less work and more fun. Not that it's not fun to draw on the tablet but it requires so much more concentration. Maybe just cuz I'm not as used to it. It just felt *good* somehow to go back to paper.
I'M GOING TO JAPAN! April 28th to May 11th. I love having something to look foward to. Especially when it's related to traveling. I'll be staying with my friend there in her family's little old Japanese house! It's a 40 minute train ride out of Tokyo, so that's not that bad. I'll be able to meet up with my other friend as well. There will be lots of shopping and site-seeing and awesomeness all around.
Anyway, all these hobbies and distractions are mostly cuz I want to forget about boys. I still hurt. 2008 was a mess of emotions and heart breaks. They say it gets easier with time. And I'm sure it will. But I really miss being in love and having a boyfriend. I've been oddly uninterested in guys since Adam and I broke up. I suppose I just need a break from all the intensity of relationships. But it gets lonely. Hence the new hobbies and planning trips!
I also plan on learning how to drive sometime this year. That book is sitting right over there on my bookshelf. I will open it one day and study it. But... maybe after Japan. I have enough studying with Japanese. I don't want to feel like I'm in school or something. Haha, yeah, that's just my excuse. I'm scared to learn how to drive.
Anyway, I've been attempting to teach myself to sew. Mostly I email/skype my mom and whine about how I can't figure it out and then she helps me. The dress is coming along but I had to stop and buy an iron to press down some facing. I thought I could fake it and not get an iron but no point being cheap. I want it to look good. I've cut apart a couple old shirts as well to make a new one. But I'm too into the dress right now to care about the shirts. That's an on-the-side project.
I've also been drawing on my tablet. I'm really getting the hang of it and I didn't do any paper/pencil drawing in ages. But the other day I did a doodle at work and touched it up with pens at home and omg... there's nothing like good old fashioned paper drawings. It's just.. I dunno how to describe it.... less work and more fun. Not that it's not fun to draw on the tablet but it requires so much more concentration. Maybe just cuz I'm not as used to it. It just felt *good* somehow to go back to paper.
I'M GOING TO JAPAN! April 28th to May 11th. I love having something to look foward to. Especially when it's related to traveling. I'll be staying with my friend there in her family's little old Japanese house! It's a 40 minute train ride out of Tokyo, so that's not that bad. I'll be able to meet up with my other friend as well. There will be lots of shopping and site-seeing and awesomeness all around.
Anyway, all these hobbies and distractions are mostly cuz I want to forget about boys. I still hurt. 2008 was a mess of emotions and heart breaks. They say it gets easier with time. And I'm sure it will. But I really miss being in love and having a boyfriend. I've been oddly uninterested in guys since Adam and I broke up. I suppose I just need a break from all the intensity of relationships. But it gets lonely. Hence the new hobbies and planning trips!
I also plan on learning how to drive sometime this year. That book is sitting right over there on my bookshelf. I will open it one day and study it. But... maybe after Japan. I have enough studying with Japanese. I don't want to feel like I'm in school or something. Haha, yeah, that's just my excuse. I'm scared to learn how to drive.