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So today marks the last day of me being 23 (at least until 8:20 pm tomorrow). Yay. Suppose I should kinda post an update on how my personal/creative endeavors are going.
First and foremost, come Friday I will be embarking on my first multi-day leisure trip. I'm not going very far from home, and it's likely only gonna be for the weekend (assuming my work doesn't give me time off for next Monday, which from the looks of things they probably won't). But I'm pretty proud of myself for summoning the gumption to fill out a time-off request form and hand it in. My original plan was to not try requesting time off, but the more I think about that, the more I think I was just being a scaredy-cat. Eventually, I came to the conclusion "What's the worst that could happen, they're gonna hand it back to me with a 'Request denied' type thing?" and filled it out and handed it in with the right timing, so aside from staff number issues, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't let me off for one Monday. Either way, I'm still looking forward to my trip. May or may not post about it when I come back, IDK.
Next, I made the half-impulse decision to sign up for a big bang. At first I lowkey regretted my decision because I didn't know if I could pull of 12K words in 2 months. But a) the bang hasn't started yet, so I still have time to get shit done; b) one of the drafts I had lingering for a while is perfect for the event, so I'm just gonna repurpose and expand on that; and c) the server for the bang is full of super-supportive people, and they're gonna have semi-weekly writing seshes for everyone on the writing end of the bang (which is obvs what I'm doing). So with a little extra exec-function boosting juice (aka. coffee or tea, whichever's more convenient at the time), I should hopefully get through it scot-free. You will see my finished fic on here, of course, but the end of the bang's still a while off, so just hold on.
In terms of other creative endeavors, I am currently on my fifth? sixth? i don't know anymore... attempt at knitting a Sticky Fingers (JoJo) amigurumi to complement the Moody Blues one I made last year. Yet for some reason, I cannot get used to knitting it in a way that doesn't result in a bunch of gaps from loose stitches showing up in my work. I don't know if it's because I'm using joined needles as opposed to actual DPN's, or if it's because my yarn is being a dick. But hey, at least the unsuccessful attempts will make for good stuffing.
I also have more plans to go to cons! I know for sure I'm going to another online con this summer. I went to one last summer and it was pretty fun, and the one I have my eyes on is run by one of the people who ran a panel there, so hopefully that should indicate good quality for this one. I may or may not also try to go to an IRL local one, although apparently the ones in my area are a) essentially over-glorified dealer's rooms, and b) run by shitty people (at least, one of them is). So the jury's still out on whether or not I go to that one, although a bitch needs some IRL nerd interaction, so I might go anyway just to see if I can potentially make friends. But as stated earlier, I'm still going to the online one. Might post more details as that one looms closer, so people know where to find me then.
Finally, I'm hoping to get a tattoo over the summer. I've narrowed down the design (a black cat), the location (my calf), and the artist (one of two really good local traditional artists in my area -- whichever one I pick will depend on whose books open first). All that's left is to wait for a book opening, and then a good date and timeslot that won't interfere with anything else on my agenda.
So that's all for now with regards to my 24-year-old goals. Will I attain them? Only time will tell, but I should be able to. See y'all on the flip side.
First and foremost, come Friday I will be embarking on my first multi-day leisure trip. I'm not going very far from home, and it's likely only gonna be for the weekend (assuming my work doesn't give me time off for next Monday, which from the looks of things they probably won't). But I'm pretty proud of myself for summoning the gumption to fill out a time-off request form and hand it in. My original plan was to not try requesting time off, but the more I think about that, the more I think I was just being a scaredy-cat. Eventually, I came to the conclusion "What's the worst that could happen, they're gonna hand it back to me with a 'Request denied' type thing?" and filled it out and handed it in with the right timing, so aside from staff number issues, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't let me off for one Monday. Either way, I'm still looking forward to my trip. May or may not post about it when I come back, IDK.
Next, I made the half-impulse decision to sign up for a big bang. At first I lowkey regretted my decision because I didn't know if I could pull of 12K words in 2 months. But a) the bang hasn't started yet, so I still have time to get shit done; b) one of the drafts I had lingering for a while is perfect for the event, so I'm just gonna repurpose and expand on that; and c) the server for the bang is full of super-supportive people, and they're gonna have semi-weekly writing seshes for everyone on the writing end of the bang (which is obvs what I'm doing). So with a little extra exec-function boosting juice (aka. coffee or tea, whichever's more convenient at the time), I should hopefully get through it scot-free. You will see my finished fic on here, of course, but the end of the bang's still a while off, so just hold on.
In terms of other creative endeavors, I am currently on my fifth? sixth? i don't know anymore... attempt at knitting a Sticky Fingers (JoJo) amigurumi to complement the Moody Blues one I made last year. Yet for some reason, I cannot get used to knitting it in a way that doesn't result in a bunch of gaps from loose stitches showing up in my work. I don't know if it's because I'm using joined needles as opposed to actual DPN's, or if it's because my yarn is being a dick. But hey, at least the unsuccessful attempts will make for good stuffing.
I also have more plans to go to cons! I know for sure I'm going to another online con this summer. I went to one last summer and it was pretty fun, and the one I have my eyes on is run by one of the people who ran a panel there, so hopefully that should indicate good quality for this one. I may or may not also try to go to an IRL local one, although apparently the ones in my area are a) essentially over-glorified dealer's rooms, and b) run by shitty people (at least, one of them is). So the jury's still out on whether or not I go to that one, although a bitch needs some IRL nerd interaction, so I might go anyway just to see if I can potentially make friends. But as stated earlier, I'm still going to the online one. Might post more details as that one looms closer, so people know where to find me then.
Finally, I'm hoping to get a tattoo over the summer. I've narrowed down the design (a black cat), the location (my calf), and the artist (one of two really good local traditional artists in my area -- whichever one I pick will depend on whose books open first). All that's left is to wait for a book opening, and then a good date and timeslot that won't interfere with anything else on my agenda.
So that's all for now with regards to my 24-year-old goals. Will I attain them? Only time will tell, but I should be able to. See y'all on the flip side.
