Not as much as I expected. Even with the shampoo and conditioner I bought to maintain the color the total was what I thought it was going to run just for the cut & color (which was 3 different processes in reality and took, including the cut, 3 hours).
The other title for this post was going to be: Scraps of Life, You got new hair! Only it’s not new HAIR as much as new color and style. So, in case I never manage to get it looking like this again, here is proof that it looks good in the hands of a stylist.
From the Front, MySpace style
Close up to show red streaks, straight and curled style
Spectrum pointed out that my hair actually matches the ring I’m wearing in the second picture, which makes my hair color (unofficially) smokey quartz with garnet highlights. 
My only fear is that the red is going to blend in too well, I actually intend for it to be noticeable.
Several blog posts are brewing inside my head but they’re not ready to leave, yet. Among them are a Dragon*Con report, a health update, and others. We’ll see if any are ready to go tomorrow. Until then, I ink and I work and I write and I sleep. There ya go.
And I have no clue what to write about. Lots of stuff happened today (no work from the doctor’s, of course) but nothing it writeable. And I don’t care that that’s not a word.
Oh, and I got bored and cut my hair.
Too bad a portion of my living comes from them. That portion being a bit of a bane right now. I sorta misread a tax-related thing and made a tiny mistake, but it’s okay, the damage is certainly not irreprable, just kinda wigged me out at first. That sorta killed my productivity for the night. I started on an article and I’ll just have to press on through tomorrow night because it’s early to bed for me.
Comics for the week are done and uploaded, that was tonight’s goal. The next two nights will be spent wrapping up my eHow articles for the month leaving me Friday-Monday to get the print submission done on time. Sounds doable right now, let’s hope that doesn’t change. Maybe I’ll get lucky and have some time Thursday for inking the remaining 6 pages (one of which still needs pencils but at least has panels and letters). Dashing off…
Been working hard to get this week’s comics done and while that _is_ done for the week, I’m nowhere but titles on my articles and the Barony website is still unupdated. Drat. Well, tomorrow night, if Mom is able to rest peacefully, I might get some stuff done (she’s having the -scopic surgery on her knee to repair her meniscus which she tore a couple months back) while over there. Just treading water, folks, nothing bad or anything, just really really busy.
Seriously, that 3-day weekend really screwed me up! I didn’t even bother writing out a new to-do list this weekend because there was so much left from last time I just didn’t see the point. I was so tired that I managed to sleep through 2 hours of alarm blaring and 4 phone calls from the office on Wednesday morning (enough to where Mom came to my apartment to make sure I wasn’t dead. I woke up and called the office just after she’d left… sigh… still getting teased about that one). And this weekend is first ever Con (Wrath of…) and I think I should be a bit more excited. Must be the exhaustion. Oh, and I haven’t blogged in a week. Granted, the articles and comics all got done, but that seems like _all_ I’ve been getting done lately. I could use a break but there really isn’t one in sight for the next month or so but, well, a girl can hope.
Another busy week but not exactly busy enough. The to-do list only saw 50% completion.
Comic: 4 out of 4
Articles: 3 out of 3
House: 1 out of 4
Websites: 0 out of 6
Book: 1 out of 1
Exercise: 4 out of 7 days
Obviously the website work is the red-headed step child of all of my tasks, but it’s also the one with the most flexible deadlines (or none at all) so I suppose it’s understandable. And the house stuff is not the usual stuff, it’s more special once in a while things that I want to get to but life won’t stop if I don’t.
I have to say, I’m really looking forward to next weekend. Last year Memorial Day was incredibly productive for me and I’m hoping to repeat that sort of success. Technically my to-do list’s period ends on Saturday so it won’t really affect the 18 items once again facing me. But next week? Next week should rock!
Looking at the to-do list I started the week with is a bit depressing, to be honest. I was able to cross off almost half of what I _did_ get done last night and this morning. Sigh…
Tasks accomplished 8.6 of 17 (some lines have multiple parts, hence the .6)
*Comics 4 out of 4
*Articles 1.6 out of 3
*House 0 out of 4
*Websites 2 out of 5
*Book 1 out of 1
Exercise (not included in to-do list count) 3 out of 7 days
Granted, I still have time today to complete a few more bits of the article list but technically I made that list on Sunday of last weekend, so the week is already up. Time to transcribe what’s left to this week’s list along with the new goals and hope that I manage to juggle things better this time around.
Away from the numbers it looks a little different. I spent quality time with my boyfriend and Mom, accomplished my first w-t-f update schedule with Random Acts…, made a boatload of banners to prepare for advertising said strip, scripted an entire month of RA strips, fought with the comicpress themes for several days, and managed to renew talks on a new opportunity for the webcomic. So what if i did pretty much nothing on the household chores? All in all, I think it counts as a success.
I don’t want to jinx it by making any sort of public announcement, but I’m really jazzed about a potential opportunity with the comic that is on the horizon. A lot of work to do before it actually happens but even the possibility it just too cool right now!
Anyway, crazy busy at work and home both. My to-do list is very light on the red cross-outs that show progress on the mammoth list. Sigh… But it’s okay, I still have two more days (both pretty busy themselves) before the week is truly over, and a third if I count Sunday. GOtta get that list whittled down and get ahead on some projects before I drown in the cluttered apartment and the stack of things to do.
Not sure what was really going on but I just couldn’t get with it, today. I fought sleep constantly. Granted, I think it had a lot to do with the fact that I wasn’t able to shower this morning. Apparently there has been a water main leak during the day, yesterday, that resulted in decreased water pressure to the complex. So things ran slow, but they still ran. Except there wasn’t enough pressure to power the shower and I had to substitute a bath this morning. Dude. I think there’s seriously something to my theory that kinetic energy from the rushing water of a shower jet translates to an energetic day.
Ended up taking a “late lunch” at 4:15 and coming home early to sleep for a couple of hours. Usually naps just make things worse but I had no choice. And, surprisingly, today it worked just right. I got up at 7:30pm (had to check to make sure it was still night and not the next morning), finished up tomorrows comic and then started on Thursdays. I really need to build up that buffer!
Spec asked me to come over for dinner tomorrow night–he’s gonna cook for me! Better get some more beauty rest so I’m not all sleepy and cranky after work
The move was a success. He is now officially a resident of Florida. And there was much rejoicing. At least by us
Been catching up a bit and then working on the script, it was a light night all in all but I’m shooting for 60 pages by the time I head for bed. We shall see how successful I am.
So this morning on the way to work I heard Mariah Carey’s new single: Touch My Body. Which, you know, I’ve heard before and all, but I never actually listened to many of the words. Seriously, folks?
First funny is hearing her mention that if there’s a camera in the room she better not find herself on YouTube. Dude. That’s just, wow… but then there’s that really lilting tagline ‘I will hunt you down.’ Not kidding, folks, she makes that line so oh so sweet and innocent when really it’s on the verge of psycho. Wow. Just wow.
See? That’s better than simply reporting on how many pages I got written on the script (several) or the article I finished and the time I spent on the stationery bike. Figured I’d shake it up a bit.
I got my article done after dinner last night and then pretty much ignored the computer. I needed a break. Spectrum was in town for the evening (a bit of back and forth now because of the move) so we chilled on the couch watching TV. Now, tonight, what I thought would be an hour of detail inking on tomorrow’s comic ended up being a bit more than 2 hours before I could scan and upload it.
I really like the fact that I’m adding detailed backgrounds and I totally love my double-line style (things look so wrong without it, now, and will glare at me if I miss a section) but wow is it taking more time! But, you know, that’s just the way it goes, I guess. I don’t think I’d be happy if I went back to not using it, but I’ve got to get faster at it or something. As it stands now I still have no buffer built up for May’s increase. Oh well, I will prevail.
Now I have a dilemma: do I work on the script (which has gone untouched since this weekend), start another strip (get a smidge ahead on next week), start my next eHow article (I already have some of the beads and materials out from the last one) or read one of the books that came in? Decisions, decisions. I think the script is winning only because it’s had the least amount of time-spent this week. And I can start one of the books before I go to bed. Deal.
And I have a new wish-list item: a print gocco machine. I love the idea of being able to do little screen prints for cards and things and I really want to revamp some of the greeting cards I designed a few years back. One line I might actually be able to consign to a local shop that carries similar merchandise and that would be very, very cool, indeed. Plus, you know, it’s a new toy and I’m all about that.
But seriously, it is a business-related purchase. Which reminds me, I really should set up an Etsy store for those etched necklaces and stuff like that (Palmie reminded me of that a couple weeks ago and I really don’t know why I didn’t think of it before for those) and this that could a) help clear out my craft room as I use up materials and b) get some more income coming in. Right now I think it’d be cool to be able to go down to 4 days at work, even if it meant two half-days instead of one full day off per. It’s a thought, anyway.
Didn’t get one today, of any sort, but that’s okay. I need to figure out a way to wake up on time not just Monday mornings but ALSO on Tuesday. You’d think the alarm clock would be enough but, well, those who know me know better.
Still waiting for some sort of inspiration to hit for my last article this month. I have a couple of days, still, before it’s due but nothing’s really grabbing me yet. Got two finalized tonight and one more just needing visuals and a final edit. That’ll be tomorrow night’s project. Maybe I’ll dream of something creative.
So, uh, I didn’t exactly forget I had a blog or anything (like that’s possible) I just got really sidetracked by everything going on and the impromptu week-long hiatus that sometimes happens apparently turned into a month-long one. Sigh… stuff happens, huh?
So! Anyway! Spectrum came to town for a week, didn’t find a job yet but is looking to be a permanent resident in T-town in a month and a little bit. Whee! I have a new favorite game: Killer Bunnies. I got sick, again, and am still getting over Bronchitis 2. Had an appointment with Dr Z today and I’m Vitamin D deficient so need to be on supplements and my thyroid is getting uppity so we have to watch it and I’m walking a tightrope towards insulin resistance so guess whose going to have to lose weight whether I want to or not? Yup, me! Sigh… I’ll make a deal with my body: it gets it’s energy levels up and I’ll be happy to work out again. Simple, honest.
Random Acts… is still updating Tuesday and Thursday but wait! there’s more! I’m just a few weeks away from an actual anniversary on that and it’s going to see changes: both to the website (going to get a new template and a bit of polish, mostly behind the scenes, but it’ll be there) and the update schedule. I’m going to go 3x a week! (Hopefully I can build up a bit of a buffer before that happens, but we shall see!) I’m also going to see if I can get some more traffic to the site. I’ve found that I have about 8 readers. Which is cool. But I’d like more, so I’m going to work on that.
eHow writing is still perking right along, keeping me very busy, and much of what has kept me distracted, those deadlines being what keeps me from spending more time on this blog for the most part but the benefits are worth it. At least so far. As long as they stay that way things will be good
Trying to get back in the blogging groove!
That was a bit too close for my liking but my articles are submitted. Tomorrow I sleep in… then get started on the next 4, next week’s comics, and cleaning the apartment. What rest?
Whoops! Got a little caught up in everything last week and sorta forgot to post. Or, at least, I’d remember only after I’d shut out the lights and was almost asleep and there was no way I was getting back up to blog. One of these days when they get those cybernetic implants perfected, one of these days…
Anyway, too much going on. I got ahead on the comic only to get “behind” again, finished up the January articles but didn’t get ahead on February. Finally finished the packet materials for Vegas only to have to leave the actual assembly until arrival because to do otherwise would have taken probably 5 boxes for it all. Silly negative space!
Had my nails done tonight in prep for Vegas. Horrid experience. It was the college guy not the usual girl and he was just way too in a hurry. I have three fingers that are bleeding a couple more that are way more sore than they should be. It was just sloppy. Then the language barrier prevented me from getting what I really wanted as far as art went and the explosions of rhinestones on my index nails was just too much. I had to dissolve/pry them off when I got home because I couldn’t even leave them on one evening–it was just too blingy for my taste. So tomorrow I will go someplace else after work for a polish change. Screw the art, it was probably not the best idea anyway.
And that’s that!
There was a wait at the nail place (totally worth it and the two people ahead of me decided it wasn’t, lol) and then I went ahead and tackled the grocery shopping, then home to clean out the fridge to make room for the new stuff, tidy up the apartment as best I could without going bonkers and I’m done I tell ya! It’s not perfect, but it’ll do. Spectrum’s arriving around 5pm tomorrow so I wouldn’t expect any updates until he leaves on Monday, lol. I’m going to be mostly avoiding the computer for more amusing pastimes.
last night and this one–way too busy to blog, even. I’m getting what needs to be done, done, but it’s a fight along with trying to get rid of the blasted sniffles! Who ever heard of getting a head cold AFTER battling full-on bronchitis??? Try to be more talkative tomorrow night if the to-do list doesn’t get the best of me!
