tired of snow days, kinda
Feb. 10th, 2011 05:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rena_librarianI love snow. I don't love cleaning off my car in the mornings, or missing work. =(
XD Nice.
Damn straight--I am geeky (or "anal" might be a better word) about my personal-appearance routines. I totally pick out my clothes the night before to ensure that I'm properly coordinated (jewelry, nail polish, etc).
Description fits; don't know how the crow plays into that.
Actually I kind of get "opposites attract," but I don't think it'd work for me.
I don't...but that kind of fits. COLORSSSSSSSSSS
The website is just about half-built--I have one last piece of writing to put up, and I'm putting it off because it's epic long and I'm rereading everything as I post it. (I quite enjoyed reading one particular Digimon fanfic that I flat forgot I wrote. I remembered the story as having two chapters, but I thought the events of the first chapter were just split in half between them. Nope. Chapter two was three years later. Totally forgot about everything that had happened in chapter two. Kinda remembered as I was going along.)
Then to tackle art. I think there will be some sorting done; I'm not entirely sure I even want to post anything that's a colored-pencil drawing on paper, but that means I'll have precious little art to post until I, well, make more. On the other hand I could have a "this is really old and sucky don't look" page and then have more emphasis on newer stuff. (I have tinkered around with my colored pencil pics and it wouldn't be impossible to recolor, where the lineart is good, and I may with some of the ones that still mean a lot to me.)
Not sure when the site will actually go live; I have to buy a domain, yet, and frankly we're broke. I had been thinking I'd be able to do it this payday but this damn snow has screwed us out of several days of wages because neither of us can drive on it. Blergh.
On the creative front, I've committed myself to helping research an Animorphs-themed infographic--they've asked people to reread books and take down the number of times different things pop up, and I was rereading some of the end-of-series books anyway because I'm also wanting to write an alternate-ending fanfic. I've also committed to writing a character in a sort of Round-Robin kind of fic, also based on Animorphs--I've gotten fairly involved in the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
animorphs community here and I see these awesome projects being proposed. =D Oh, and they just announced the second fanart/fanfic competition and I'm going to try and enter that, but not sure if the inspiration is striking. (Yet? I don't even know if I'd rather write or draw...) And there's actually one other fanfic idea brewing but it would involve even more rereading and I think I want to get some of this other stuff out of the way before I think about it too much.
Also I've been sketching a lot, at work on my breaks instead of reading. Mostly trying to hash out a new character design--I finally got one I liked--for some original stuff, but the whole thing has a long way to go, so I don't want to say too much. Long story short, I'm taking a character I originally created for RP purposes and since she's the only thing that's really mine I'm having to recreate everything else around her. Not sure how much of the plot I want/will be able to reuse, but not sure yet where else, exactly, she'll make sense. (This also renders my 2008 NaNoWriMo novel--I won, thankyouverymuch--so many pages of wasted effort. But I'm going to try again this year.)
And I was looking at a couple of fanfics I had in-progress (trying to keep everything backed up, considering that the computer-grinding has gotten worse) and am now considering the idea that maybe some of these plotlines needn't be tied to a fandom--ie, it's a good idea by itself and I could probably execute it with all original characters. Needs moar mulling over, though.
TL;DR--going through creative upheaval, which kind of sucks, but is also kind of great considering how long it's been since I've really been creative.
In other news, I found out how one goes about making non-square-based tiled images, and I kind of did a mental facepalm when I read it. Then I proceeded to make myself a tiling desktop wallpaper. =)
Ugh. Just checked the road conditions map of Arkansas, and there's not a single piece in the entire state showing "clear." Epic.
Okay then. Going to bed.
You Are a Skunk |
 You are confident about your place in the world, and you've happily carved out your own niche. You have a strong personality, and you have no desire to lead or follow anyone. You don't think that you are strange, but others tend to think you are a bit eccentric. You are brilliant and a rule breaker. Social graces don't come easily for you. |
XD Nice.
You Are Chic |
 You've always been naturally glamourous. You don't have to work to be chic. You have an eye for fashion, style, and even sometimes gadgets... if they're sleek enough. You aren't superficial. You just enjoy rockin' your own amazing personal look. You're so in to everything chic that you do end up being a bit of a geek about it! |
Damn straight--I am geeky (or "anal" might be a better word) about my personal-appearance routines. I totally pick out my clothes the night before to ensure that I'm properly coordinated (jewelry, nail polish, etc).
You Are a Crow |
 You are highly intelligent and have a lot of mental strength. You value self-reliance, and you work hard every day to improve your life. You believe that life is magical, and you are always looking for new and exciting opportunities. You follow your own path, and the turns you take are often unexpected and inspired. |
Description fits; don't know how the crow plays into that.
Your Love Word is "Friendship" |
 For you, love is steady, rational, and logical. Love usually makes sense. You could only love someone that you admire and relate to. The person you love has to be your friend first. You've never been one to believe in opposites attracting. You tend to fall in love with a person who's complementary to you. You believe that respect, affection, and companionship are the foundations of a good relationship. |
Actually I kind of get "opposites attract," but I don't think it'd work for me.
You Are Drugs |
 Whether you actually do drugs or not doesn't matter... you're one trippy hippie! You're always seeing things from an alternative point of view. The colors are little brighter and bolder for you. You don't live your life with any rules. You embrace freedom and challenge authority. You want to expand your mind and your horizons. You don't mind experimenting a little to find your bliss. |
I don't...but that kind of fits. COLORSSSSSSSSSS
The website is just about half-built--I have one last piece of writing to put up, and I'm putting it off because it's epic long and I'm rereading everything as I post it. (I quite enjoyed reading one particular Digimon fanfic that I flat forgot I wrote. I remembered the story as having two chapters, but I thought the events of the first chapter were just split in half between them. Nope. Chapter two was three years later. Totally forgot about everything that had happened in chapter two. Kinda remembered as I was going along.)
Then to tackle art. I think there will be some sorting done; I'm not entirely sure I even want to post anything that's a colored-pencil drawing on paper, but that means I'll have precious little art to post until I, well, make more. On the other hand I could have a "this is really old and sucky don't look" page and then have more emphasis on newer stuff. (I have tinkered around with my colored pencil pics and it wouldn't be impossible to recolor, where the lineart is good, and I may with some of the ones that still mean a lot to me.)
Not sure when the site will actually go live; I have to buy a domain, yet, and frankly we're broke. I had been thinking I'd be able to do it this payday but this damn snow has screwed us out of several days of wages because neither of us can drive on it. Blergh.
On the creative front, I've committed myself to helping research an Animorphs-themed infographic--they've asked people to reread books and take down the number of times different things pop up, and I was rereading some of the end-of-series books anyway because I'm also wanting to write an alternate-ending fanfic. I've also committed to writing a character in a sort of Round-Robin kind of fic, also based on Animorphs--I've gotten fairly involved in the
animorphs community here and I see these awesome projects being proposed. =D Oh, and they just announced the second fanart/fanfic competition and I'm going to try and enter that, but not sure if the inspiration is striking. (Yet? I don't even know if I'd rather write or draw...) And there's actually one other fanfic idea brewing but it would involve even more rereading and I think I want to get some of this other stuff out of the way before I think about it too much.Also I've been sketching a lot, at work on my breaks instead of reading. Mostly trying to hash out a new character design--I finally got one I liked--for some original stuff, but the whole thing has a long way to go, so I don't want to say too much. Long story short, I'm taking a character I originally created for RP purposes and since she's the only thing that's really mine I'm having to recreate everything else around her. Not sure how much of the plot I want/will be able to reuse, but not sure yet where else, exactly, she'll make sense. (This also renders my 2008 NaNoWriMo novel--I won, thankyouverymuch--so many pages of wasted effort. But I'm going to try again this year.)
And I was looking at a couple of fanfics I had in-progress (trying to keep everything backed up, considering that the computer-grinding has gotten worse) and am now considering the idea that maybe some of these plotlines needn't be tied to a fandom--ie, it's a good idea by itself and I could probably execute it with all original characters. Needs moar mulling over, though.
TL;DR--going through creative upheaval, which kind of sucks, but is also kind of great considering how long it's been since I've really been creative.
In other news, I found out how one goes about making non-square-based tiled images, and I kind of did a mental facepalm when I read it. Then I proceeded to make myself a tiling desktop wallpaper. =)
Ugh. Just checked the road conditions map of Arkansas, and there's not a single piece in the entire state showing "clear." Epic.
Okay then. Going to bed.
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Date: 2011-02-10 09:39 pm (UTC)I can't imagine you have much in the way of plows there? I have a friend that teachers down there now and they have been having a LOT of snow days.
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Date: 2011-02-10 10:24 pm (UTC)When I was younger snow hardly ever lasted more than a day or two--if it did, we had one epic storm and then it would melt off and that would be the only snow we'd really get. In 1994 we had an epic ice storm and the entire state was declared to be in a state of national emergency, took like two weeks to melt. Again in 2009 we had a huge ice storm and most of my area was without power for anywhere from 2 days to 3 weeks. We're in part of some weather cycle that is dumping us with seriously crappy winters and I think it's about time they looked into things like salting the roads/buying another plow. I know we don't need snow clearance on the level of, say, Chicago, but the Road Department seriously needs to put on their big boy undies and realize that their whole "oh we'll kinda plow after it falls" isn't cutting it anymore. GRAH.
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Date: 2011-02-10 10:33 pm (UTC)But one?
Wow.
I'm amazed you guys have been able to leave your house at all with this winter's weather. :P
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Date: 2011-02-11 06:22 am (UTC)And we only need the ROADS to be clear, lol. Most of this stuff has been melting between each storm. This last one has been the longest-sticking, I think.