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Because I need to energize my mood, I started decorating my living room with holiday lights. I know it seems early to most, but I find it less overwhelming in the early weeks of November. I spent the whole day rearranging my items....and I'm not even near to being done. I hope to get most of my displays set up before this weekend (not counting the tree). Just like last year, my decorations will be a mish mash of random things-- nothing fashionable, just old items I accumulated over the years. Bern was quite happy to see some of our lights going up. We talked about how much we adore incandescent lights. It felt like our living room expanded when we switched them on.

Aside from my usual house tasks and errands, I finished my phantom and my succubus drawing, basically my prompts from my personal Drawtober. I'm not sure how long I'll last with my Drawtober prompts. It's not even that I don't want to draw them, I just don't want to draw spooky- prompts during the two last remaining months of the year.  This is just how I personally like to vibe with my seasons. No offense to anyone who doesn't feel the same way.


I intend the 'phantom' boy to be my OC character, loosely inspired by Erik from the Phantom of the Opera. So yes, he's part of my vampire boy/ witch girl/zombie bride gang. He's pretty much room mates with the Vampire character I drew last month, lives in a basement with sound proofed walls, a great synth player, and is selective with his people-interaction (for instance, he's only comfortable with his vampire friend)...he is trying his best to break out of his shell. OLuckily, he got his outgoing vampire friend to help him with that. Once you get to know him, he loves getting into deep conversations that will make you think about the universe. As for the succubus girl, I'm not sure if I want her to be part of my monster critters-gang universe.

Despite falling out of October's spookiness, I had fun drawing these last prompts.

Phantom of the Opera
 
Bern and I finally got around to watching One Piece Red . We only watched it because we just wanted some canon hints to Shanks' backstory. Keep in mind that we're pretty far behind in the manga reading, so learning a little bit of Shanks' backstory was a revelation for us. I thought the movie was enjoyable, I liked it, but I didn't love it. It's a good thing that the lead antagonist isn't canon to the series. The power-scaling of the One Piece series would be completely off.

And that was my week. I just have to make sure my ADHD doesn't get a hold of me, doing the best I can to hydrate, exercise, and snack on time. I have to remind myself to stretch more often! spinning kuromi Turns out I'm seeing a friend this weekend, I think my energy will be there.

Little goals for myself for the remaining of this month:
 
Complete my holiday decorations
Extend my exercise routines; remember to stretch
Clean/ reorganize the fridge
Move on to a different drawing project

 

I don't have much else to say but to just make sure you give this site a free click, if you haven't yet. Also if you're able to, be sure to check out your local community if they're in need of anything, (canned drives/ medical masks/ other essential needs)...or if you're in need anything (it's okay to ask for help). You can even check out the bulletins at your local public library!  Talk to your neighbors (obviously don't, if they're unkind). Stay safe & be healthy.
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My parents are about 380 miles away, which means they're just one little phone call away. Seems like my mom is doing okay...she's still trying to convince Bern and I to move back to our hometown, which is probably not going to happen for awhile, whether or not Bern and I want to make it happen. My sister just got off the phone with her from a separate call, according to Connie, our mom has been feeling a bit lonely. She also tried convincing my sister to move back in (objectively, she probably needs to move back temporarily because her rent has been kind of costly). My sister is superstitious and she thinks there's a ghost in her old bedroom. These were my mom's exact words to her, "She's not here anymore, you can come back now".  I'm not much of a believer, but I think my mom should just hang talismans around, just so my sister feels better about returning home.

I'm sure my brother and my sister-law took our mom out to brunch, I feel like they're good about this kind of stuff.
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Other than that, as usual, I've been bottling my feelings all related to the Western hegemony. I'm not going to get into details, but if you're broke like me and you want to start to 'do something about it', I found a link that gets funding through a click that goes towards Palestinians-- so try to incorporate this into your routine. I believe they take one click per day? I also did a bit of social media- cleaning. I've already filtered out keywords pertaining of reality tv celebrities and their exes since March 2020.  ..I'm still trying to find the nicest way to re-explain to Connie that I don't want to hear about them every time she sends me a video clip involving them. I certainly do not want to purchase any of their products. It's hard to get into a lot of guilty pleasure entertainment when my mind is somewhere else. I even blocked a few of my favorite artists, and it's not personal-- what's the point of having your voice get heard if they're not going to use it? The goal is to make sure that they become aware because saving people's lives is a priority.

Anyway, I'll end my post with this drawing I did for a couple weeks ago:

 
boy bear and girl bunny

I've been going through some random Asian bridal pics through Pinterest. So many great poses for drawing inspiration.

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