IKEA / Redecorating Project

I'm feeling pretty good today, well, this week in general. I finally ordered the furniture I wanted from IKEA and it's scheduled to be delivered this Saturday. I think I'm also going to order my new mattress soon. I'll aim for it to be delivered on the same day. I'll be busy all weekend and see myself being offline for the most part. Most of the stuff in my room has been stored, trashed, or set aside in the living room for when I hire some junk disposal people. 

Cleaning up my room in preparation for redecorating has done wonders for my mental health. I feel so proud of myself for finally getting rid of a bunch of stuff that has been taking up space in my room and in my mind. I already have plans for the living room when it's cleared out. I think I'm going to order a fancy treadmill and some weights. I live with my brother, so I think he'd also like having a mini-home gym available. I haven't talked about it, but I used to run a lot in college. I didn't do track or anything, but I enjoyed going to the gym and just ... run for a few miles. Treadmills are comfy and I like pushing myself on them. This is kind of dumb, but I would sometimes pretend I was Samus using the Speed Booster ability. It just feels really good to run fast, I like it way more than weight training. 

I'm taking a vacation from work next week, so I'll probably be enjoying my redecorated room and catching up on other life stuff too. 

Drawing

I've finally started to draw again. Slowly, but surely. My mind has been occupied with other things and I haven't had the time to sit down and practice as much as I should be. Thankfully, I've retained what little experience I have. I haven't really set a goal for drawing, but I think I just want to improve and see how far I can go. I would like to start posting my art on the main site, but I need to collect all the pieces I want to show first. I have most of them on my iPad along with doodles that I completely forgot about.

I recently posted some NSFW art on Bluesky. It's a first for me, but I think it's alright for what it is. I haven't practiced working on my line art. It's one of the more difficult aspects of drawing for me. The end results always look like garbage, so I think it's a matter of just practicing the hell out of it for now. Maybe that will be my goal for this year. 

Speaking of Bluesky, a drawing I did of Galleon from GranBlue Fantasy is probably my most-liked post on there. It's really funny, I did that in 20 minutes and I think the horns are uneven, but people really like it? It's just neat when I see people favorite it or whatever, it feels validating. I know I mentioned that I wanted to start this blog to avoid social media, but Bluesky has been very chill. People find me organically and I don't feel that anxiety to post stuff or desire to seem relevant. People on there are very cool. Not all of my friends from the previous site have joined, so it's kinda quiet, but I think it's okay. I'm getting to know new folks on there. 

Paprika, my favorite spice.

It's actually cumin, but let's not get caught up on the technicalities 

Perhaps I'm just imagining things or maybe it's a coincidence, but I see you! I did the same a few months ago on Omega's counterpart. I don't have a clue if you saw it, but if you didn't, I think it's amusing that we're still on a similar wavelength. I want to think that it's deliberate because of a certain privacy setting that was changed ... like, my name is right on it. 

I really miss you, but I don't think I deserve to come back. Maybe Amanda doesn't, at least. You'd have to get to know Amagi.