Museums are important, so they definitely deserve a day celebrating them. The holiday started in 1977, and is coordinated by the International Council of Museums or ICOM. Every year has a theme. Last year's was Museums and Contested Histories: Saying the Unspeakable in Museums. This year it's Hyperconnected Museums: New Approaches, New Publics.
Today's been roughly the same temp as yesterday, which has been nice. Not very sunny, though. Saw a rabbit in the backyard. Apparently, they've taken over that area. We see them every so often. They're big and fat looking, which is good to see. There's a big black cat that likes to roam the backyard, and I think it caught a baby rabbit at one point. It was sad to watch, but that was the only time I've seen it happen. It's good to see that they're not attacked often. I got up late again, but I'm trying to be kind to myself and not get upset about it. I just try to get what I can done. I also have some sort of cold, so it's understandable that my body would need extra sleep.
Went through the first German lesson in the last section in Duolingo. The theme was business. I found it interesting that 'ware' (pronounced as: varuh) means merchandise or product. It makes sense that English carried that for words like warehouse or housewares. So, merchandise house or house products. I find the roots interesting. There was one part of the lesson that was a little difficult at first. It was a different way of thinking about a certain thing. I think I only missed 2 or 3 altogether today, which isn't bad. The next lesson is on more future tenses. After that, it'll be sports. I don't think they've covered sports yet in prior levels.
Read more of the manga, Hajimete no Aku or My First Devil. Jiro has an invention that heats up a room. The problem is it increases the heat over time. It also was made to make the enemy to take off their armor. So, everyone started taking off their clothes. He couldn't turn it off, because it was too hot. The next invention was one where they switched souls. A fellow male student, Kimura, wanted to look like his brother before going out on a date with someone he met online. He had used his brother's pic for his profile. Pochi, the talking dog, was with them next to the machine, and they were about to wait for his brother, when the machine accidentally turned on. Jiro ended up in Pochi, Kimura was in Jiro, and Pochi was in Kimura. Then, Jiro's sister broke the machine, so they were stuck like that. Hits to the head, apparently, switched them back, but it was the classic cliche of switching bodies. They also played Mahjong at one point. Jiro didn't really understand it, but won anyways. They were playing the game with penalties. Whoever lost had to do whatever the winner told them to. They were thinking he'd ask for something really evil and/or perverted. (He isn't perverted, but Kyouko always thinks he is.) He just asked for another round, because he thought it was fun.
Didn't do much for cleaning today. Just the cat stuff and laundry, mainly. With this cold, I really didn't want to bother with dusting today.
Finished watching Mystic Whispers on Netflix. It was ok. The last episodes weren't as great as the first couple. It was still entertaining. I'm thinking of starting The Rain next. I think it's Danish. I probably should be watching the ones I've already started beforehand, but I'm tempted by it.
Youtube:
Gintama:
Charlotte: The song really fits, but the dub of the anime in the last few seconds isn't great. Might be because I'm used to the sub version and like the original VA's voices.
Woke up at around the time I wanted to. Yay! Hadn't for the last couple of days because of the heat. It's a lot cooler today, which has been nice.
I've been thinking about that lunch we had on Sunday with someone Dad knew and her daughter. I might be thinking more about it because of the meeting tonight. I think the daughter might have been a truscum. (Side note: I'm not calling them 'scum'. This is actually the word used for someone like this. There isn't a good alternative.) Truscums are also referred to as transmedicalists. (I could use this instead, I suppose...) They believe that in order to be trans you must have dysphoria, and must be transitioning in some way medically. There's an added layer to it, too. They use terms like 'transtrender' and 'appropriating transness' often. They try to exclude non-binary people, too. They're essentially gatekeepers. They might use similar terms and rhetoric that TERFs do. A TERF is a Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Not really feminists, but they take up that banner. There was a comic posted on one of the trans pages I follow on fb that illustrate what a transmedicalist really is in much more detail. Apparently, they are mostly on Tumblr, but there's a small minority offline.
Anyways, towards the beginning of that lunch, she said she hated the 'transtrenders' and how some people think being trans is cool. She seemed to also think some genders were 'fake'. Then, she said they don't realize that in order to be trans, you must have been bullied in school. I spoke up, saying that I didn't know what I was and tried my best to fit in with the girls. So, I wasn't bullied because of it. That seemed to stop her in her tracks for a moment. She seemed excited to talk about gender dysphoria. I thought it would be cool to talk to another enby (she's genderfluid) about it, but I wasn't ecstatic about it. Then, she went into a lot more detail than I expected, especially while we were eating. Things like wondering what it'd be like to have a penis...She kind of threw me off when she told me not to get a 'man bun'. First, it threw me off because I'm not a guy. Secondly, telling me not to is a bit odd. It's not like I said I liked that look. Plus, even if I did, she couldn't stop me from doing it. Her mom might have been enby as well from the emails she sent to my dad. However, both the mom and daughter looked really feminine. While I get the daughter is genderfluid...it was odd. Dad said the daughter had a totally different look in the past. Something was off about the whole thing. I couldn't place it at the time. It still feels like there was more to it. If she is a transmedicalist, it's even weirder for an enby to be one. I have read that some believe that genderfluid and agender people are 'real' trans people, and they're not enby. Especially if they're transitioning medically. They feel that genderfluid and agender people make sense, and the others don't. (Sounds bizarre to me...) Ok, if you don't understand something, it must automatically not be real? So, as an example, languages you don't 'get' aren't real? It's really messed up thinking. As is how TERFs think. Maybe transmedicalist are really TERFs in disguise trying to tear the trans community apart? There are gatekeepers in the ace community, too. TERFs have issues with aces and aros, as well. Apparently, they're the ones pushing the 'queer is a slur and people shouldn't reclaim it for themselves' thing, too. Like, the person's identity is offensive to them. They really have their tentacles in a lot of things. She didn't really post much on her fb page, but I thought it'd be best to block her. I don't want to associate with someone like that.
Managed to write a little more of Alliance 3. It's been a while, and I'm glad I was able to get to it. I reworded some things for the cookbook. Also, wanted to change my 'source list' to a bibliography, but realized I don't really have enough info for most of them to make a proper one. I'm kind of a stickler to not doing a half-baked looking bibliography. So, I'll leave it as a 'source list'. At least it'll be there. I also started looking at the layout/template of some of the cookbooks I have. I don't think mine's all that different compared to the ones without pics. I'll look at a few more next time. There's one more thing I want to make sure of, too. After that, I'll start formatting it for both the ebook and print versions. I probably should come up with a title before I do that...Then, I'll look through pics I've taken of what I've made from that album, and pick one for the front cover. Unsure if I'll pick another one for the back cover of the print version, or just have a black background.
Finished the German lesson from yesterday, as well as the math one. Got halfway through the banking one. There was only one part to the math one. It was really simple. The banking one has been a bit odd, but there's only 2 parts to it. I'm close to the next checkpoint/section on the trek, which I just realized is the last one. After finishing that, I'll go back through it all and level them out. There are 5 levels to each lesson. I'm running through it after finishing the first level at the moment. They started that leveling system when I was about halfway to where I am now. If it had started out like that, I might have leveled them out fully as I went through it.
Managed to get some cleaning done, too. I vacuumed my bedroom's ceiling. I don't think I've done that before. I might have used the swiffer a little at the edges in the past, though. It was a real upper body workout. (Arms are still hurting.) The only spot I didn't get to was the center. I was a little weary of vacuuming it, because it's a popcorn ceiling. I thought I'd knock off all those little pieces, but I didn't. I didn't think the ceiling was cleaner until I turned out my overhead light and turned on a lamp. The cobwebs were completely gone. It seems like a cleaner and whiter color now, too. I also windexed my mirror. It's not a full length, but it is big. It's on top of my dresser, so in order to clean it well I have to get on top of my chair. I'm too short otherwise...It had been a long time since I last cleaned it. There might have been some dust on it while I used the windex. That might be why it seemed blurrier after wiping it off. It seems better now. Certainly better than before I cleaned it. Next, I'll dust the furniture/wood, desktop computer, printer, and miscellaneous other things. That might take a while, and I forgot about getting Endust. It still can be done without it. Just won't be as nice smelling and seemingly as clean. After that, I'll finally get to vacuuming my floor.
Read more of Bokke-san. I think the style reminds me of En Passant or Anagle Mole? It's weird that it seems so familiar. It's an odd style. Apparently Hino is a cat bokke or cat G-d. They refer to them as G-ds, because there isn't really a being like them and it's easier. It explains why he sprouts cat ears and paws when he transforms. These cat bokke, in the past, were known to leap over valleys, and slash mountains with their claws. That's cool. They met an ice-based bokke that explained more of what Hino is. He attacked them first, though. He found a book at the library that was all about the bokke. The pic for the cat one was naked, but facing away and hunched over. One of the weirdest poses in the book. They haven't shown Hino with a tail yet, but the one in the pic had one.
Watched more of Mystic Whispers last night. There are only a couple more episodes left, so only one more ghost they'll help. From the preview, it seems like it's a ghost of someone that one of the main characters knew. Of course, they'll have a more personal one for last.
Watched more of Black Clover. They ended up saving the kidnapped kids in the mountain, but the crazy scientist that wants to study Asta's body started attacking them. She's annoying.
Also, watched more of the 2nd of Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan. There was a lot of English in this one. Not said, but written down. It surprised me. The first part with that was Kusuo's brother planned a birthday game for him. Every clue was in English. It wasn't broken up and the grammar was correct. That's a bit rare with anime. I know that his brother lives in England, but it still was surprising. His birthday present to Kusuo was fireworks that read out: Happy Birthday, Kusuo! The next part with quite a bit of English was when Kusuo's father was critiquing a mangaka's idea for another manga. Every speech bubble was in English. So weird.
Watched another episode of One Piece, too. They showed a bit of what happened with the other crew members. They were told to go to a nearby island when they were being attacked on the water by 2 enemies. I wonder how the crew at Dressrosa will meet up with the ones on another island, if their ship is at that other island as well. Maybe the previous king will give them a temporary ship. However, the navigator, Nami, is with the group that went to the island. I guess we'll see. Kaido showed himself, too. He had a business relationship with Doflamingo aka Joker. He's apparently always trying to kill himself. Even the marines have tried to kill him numerous times. He didn't know yet about Joker's defeat. It should be interesting to see his reaction. He looks a lot more powerful.
Today was slightly warmer than yesterday. Around the mid-60s. A lot sunnier, too. This weekend looks like it'll be sunny and a nice temp. Low to mid-70s. Not bad. I skipped my after dinner walk yesterday. Mainly because I was too focused on something, and had dinner late because of it. It was rainy off and on, too. With the way I'm feeling, I don't think I'll do it tonight, either.
My gut pain was a lot worse today. It seemed to rebel physically, too. Going to the bathroom more often (which has excruciatingly more painful than usual), burping more often, and the lower part of my belly bloated up. Fun. Something's definitely up with it today. The pain's like I swallowed hot coals, hot poker was shoved up my butt, abdomen was slit open, my intestines had tiny cuts, salt rubbed into those wounds, and then acid poured slowly over it. Difficult to do much with that sort of pain. More than just a 'stomachache' or bathroom issue. It's not usually this bad. Maybe it was triggered by the sudden change with having a schedule this week? Don't know. Things like that can upset it. I've been told I don't need to call my gastro or primary or go to the Urgent Care/ER, unless it's this bad for several days. Or, I've got a high fever and have been throwing up along with this for a few days. So, I'm kind of stuck this way. However, I also don't trust both my gastro and primary...More signs that I'm flaring again, at least. According to them, they wouldn't be able to do much if it was 'just' a flare anyways.
For the pain, I recently took some Tylenol, but that really doesn't help much with this sort of pain. It's the only painkiller I can have, though. Most of the other over-the-counter stuff, if not all of them, can make the inflammation worse. There's also a higher chance they'll make me bleed internally more than it would if I didn't have colitis. The heavier prescription-type painkillers can be difficult to get, and they can cause issues, too. So, gastros tend to shy away from that. They also don't want addicts to misuse them, which makes it harder for people who need it. I should probably be monitoring my temp, too. I'm usually lazy about that.
Managed to do almost everything I wanted to today, but for about half the time I planned. That's ok. Especially since the rest of the week stuck to it so well. With this post, I would have already gone over my usual amount of posts per month. That's great! I'm sticking to it well.
I'm thinking every Friday I'll share at least a couple of amv's. It'll be like a little extra treat. I haven't looked for many lately, but I do have more than the last time I shared them. Youtube seems to work better now that I have a stronger internet connection, which will make it easier to share vids. I'm still surprised Blogger has a search option for vids, but not all of them are available that way.
Wrote a little more of Alliance 3, and finished the alphabetized source list for the cookbook. Finished the present tense German lesson on Duolingo, as well as the body parts one. The body parts one was really easy for me. The word for brain is a little difficult to pronounce even thought it looks simple, which is 'gehir'. It's like the 'hir' part is trilled somehow. Also, the word for fat made me laugh, which is 'dick'. They harped on it, too. It was used so often, I think they knew it would be a funny one for English speakers. I sometimes forget that in words with 'kn' the k is not silent. It's like a kuh. Same with words with 'pf'. The p isn't silent either.
Read more of the manga Hajimete no Aku or My First Devil. It has been better than I expected. The romance between the two main characters is actually cute and not overly done. That's rare. The downside is they're cousins. I don't like the incest angle. Jiro (one of the main characters) says he's evil, but he seems to be a very good and just person instead. He seems to be more of a good guy than the actual 'good' guys in the story. The only thing 'evil' about him is his insistence that he'll eventually modify Kyouko's (other main character) body, and even with that I'm not entirely sure he's serious.
With cleaning, it was much like I did on Monday. Doing miscellaneous things like laundry, the cats' stuff, etc. I skipped drawing for the day. I think that was ok, considering I did manage to post the last batch of character heads/busts from Alliance to dA and Instagram last night. Many people have already liked them on Instagram. Had one person ask me for tips to improve in drawing, which I was surprised by. I'm not that great. I'm still figuring stuff out for my own art. I think I'm improving, though. Maybe they could see that. I think next will be Tzvi, Antonio, and Doina. They should be fun to do, too.
Watched more of Mystic Whispers on Netflix last night. This time it was about a ghost who worked as a maid to an abusive mother. The maid spoke neither English nor Chinese, but Indonesian. They had a hard time translating what she was saying. The mother would beat up her son, and if anything was out of place, her maid. They tried to portray her as being mentally ill. Specifically, manic depressive. It was a very poor portrayal. It was more like she had dissociative identity disorder (DID), which is also known as multiple personality disorder. Also, after a month of treatment, she was suddenly 'normal'. It doesn't work like that...It takes a while to see what treatment works, and then improve on it. A month isn't realistic. Plus, the quip that there wouldn't be mental illness if people just enjoyed the beauty of life more, was somewhat insulting. You can be severely mentally ill and enjoy the beauty around you. In fact, for some, that can be a symptom to enjoy it too much. So much wrong! Also, was her son still with her during that month? That doesn't seem safe in reality. The rest of this series has been great.
Watched more of One Piece last night. Luffy's new 4th Gear form looked hilarious at first. In case people don't know, Luffy ate the rubber (or gum-gum) devil fruit as a kid. So, he's essentially made of rubber and most of his attacks are based on him stretching. However, he can control the elasticity, hardness, and other elements. It's interesting. With each 'Gear' form he messes with his body internally. He can manipulate his bones more, blood, organs, heat, speed, etc. It takes a lot out of him with each 'Gear', and it can be fatal. Anyways, with this one he turned into a giant hardened bouncing black rubber ball. He barely has feet in this form, and he can 'fly' by bouncing through the air. He's much faster and can stretch, seemingly, infinitely in this form. The look is kind of ridiculous, but what he can do with it is cool. Doflamingo seems to not be a match for it. This guy just keeps going. It'd be great to see how he is finally defeated.
It has been a lot cooler today. In the mid-50s. It's raining, too. The rest of the forecast this week looks really warm. Hopefully, it won't get too warm.
Yesterday, I got to my after dinner walk finally! Yay! Not only that, but I did the whole thing, instead of stopping halfway like last time. Did it in the half hour I planned. Pretty much exactly. According to My Fitness Pal, I was going at a very brisk pace. People usually tell me I go too fast when they see me on my walks. Most of the time I want to see how fast I can go. I don't care if they think it's too fast. I go faster without a jacket and really blare my music from my mp3 player. That walk felt really good. It was the perfect temp, too. I'm hoping I can get one in today, even though it might still be raining.
I've been mostly keeping up with my schedule this week, and I feel so much better overall. My eyes aren't straining as much, I'm getting things done, I have more of a day, feel more tired by the end (helps a little more with my sleep), and more. However, my gut's starting to act up even more. I don't think it likes this. I normally have the pain, but it has gotten worse. I'm going to try and power through it.
It's almost the weekend where I plan to sleep more and my schedule will be a lot more lax/flexible. I can 'recover' then. I planned out what I could do on Shabbat. Sometimes I refrain from so many things that I don't know what to do or get easily bored. I figured out how to get around that, but still go easy on myself. I can do more things than I thought. I'll try to have my own services, and that includes Havdalah. I normally skip that. I'll also go over the parsha or Torah portion and look up commentary on it.
I've kept up with blogging this week, too. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to. The stronger internet connection certainly helps. It'll be interesting to see if I could really do it every day but Shabbat.
Wrote more of Alliance 3. Rewrote the dedication/preface for the cookbook. It's a lot better now. Oddly, the updated version came to me last night, as I was trying to sleep. It was annoying, but I'm glad I wrote it down. I also started putting the sources in alphabetical order in another Word document. (I had just jotted them down in Notepad earlier.) I almost forgot to put my mom as one...That would have been sad to leave her name out of it. After I finish putting them in order, I'll look at other templates. I'm going through this stuff faster than I thought I would. I think a lot of people will want it when it's published. Especially the many people that knew her. No pressure, right?
Finished the German animal lesson on Duolingo last night. Got through about half of another present tense lesson. It's a longer one than the animal lesson. So, it's not bad. I didn't miss one until the last part I went through today. That was good, too. I'll finish that tomorrow.
It has been a while since I last read the manga, Helck. It's getting really intense at the moment. I keep thinking I'm close to the end, but there are 45 more chapters and they usually have extra half chapters thrown in. There must be another big arc or something. This manga was lighthearted and full of humor towards the beginning, but it has become darker and more serious. Occasionally, the humor's still there but it seems to be less and less frequent. Reminds me of what happened to Gintama in many ways. It's still good, just different. It'd be cool if they made an anime adaptation of Helck. I think it's the type of series that would be enhanced by seeing it in motion. It probably would be popular, too.
I dusted the wood in my bathroom this time. Ran out of Endust, but luckily the towel I was using had enough of it soaked in that I got to everything in there. Even if it hadn't, I would have continued to wipe things down. At least, I would have gotten the dust off either way. Maybe not as well and clean as with Endust, but close. Managed to start dusting the walls and windows in my bedroom. It was really gross. It has been a very long time. It was so much dust that when I opened my window, I could see it coming out in plumes. Similar to smoke coming off of the Swiffer wand. I didn't realize there was that much. I haven't made it very far into that room, either. Probably not very healthy.
Finished drawing and inking Rakesh. I'm not exactly happy with it, but I think if I had continued to mess with it, it would have gotten worse. I drew a better design of him in the past. Same with Nico. Oh well. I'll post Ravel, Nico, and Rakesh on dA and Instagram either later or tomorrow. With them, I've drawn 15 characters so far. It's interesting to see them all together on one page. I might post the whole page to dA when it's completely filled. That'd be interesting to see. Not sure about Instagram, since it's weird about pics that are a certain size. I have roughly 4 more spaces for heads. So many! I might color the heads in when I'm done with all of the ones I can remember.
Watched another couple of episodes of Mystic Whispers on Netflix last night. This time it was about a ghost that was addicted to his smartphone. It seemed sadder than the previous one.
Watched a few more episodes of One Piece last night. Since I skip the opening and recap of most episodes (I'll only watch the opening once if it's new), each one is roughly 18 minutes. Not long. Plus, there hasn't been that many anime shows that have interested me this season. Why not catch up some more on this one in the meantime? They teased the viewers with the idea of killing off Law. I hated that, but I knew he must have figured out a way to survive. Bellamy is apparently dead now. He begged Luffy to fight him, and with a single punch, Luffy defeated him. That whole fight pissed off Luffy even more. They're close to beating Doflamingo now. Yay! He wants to kill everyone by slowly shrinking the wire 'birdcage' he set up over the entire island nation of Dressrosa. The wires are slicing through the outskirts of the country as they close in. People who are in the way of it, would be sliced instantly. It hasn't sliced people up yet, though. Hopefully, it won't. That's pretty evil and ruthless. He seems to be the biggest and baddest villain so far. Makes me wonder what the next one will be like.
It's been a while since I've had an empanada. I love the beef ones and peach ones. I think I saw empanadas as a dessert on Azteca's menu last time I was there. So, at least I know one place has them locally.
It's warmer today than what was in the forecast. It got up to 80 degrees. I think it was about the same yesterday. We're not normally that warm this time of year. I was going to go for a walk after dinner yesterday, but I think it took me so long to figure out dinner that I just skipped it. Hopefully, I can do it tonight. Maybe I should think about dinner sooner, too.
Managed to get everything but that walk done yesterday. So far, I've gotten everything on my 'schedule' done today. It really feels like a full day this way. I get an actual morning, which I didn't feel like I was getting before. I think Rosie's a little upset I'm not stopping to pet her as often...She has been biting, meowing, tripping me, and trying to scratch my pant leg more often. It's annoying.
Wrote a lot more of Alliance 3 today. My computer didn't slow down like yesterday when I wrote. In fact, even the internet connection has been more stable. Yay! A3 is up to 108 pages now. In normal book form that'd be roughly 216 pages. That's a lot. Finally got to the next chapter. The previous one ended up being over 20 pages, which is longer than my usual. Still trying to decide if I want to split that one up. I'm getting a pretty steady stream of ideas for A3 now. I did hit a block a couple of weeks ago, and wasn't sure where I wanted to take the story. The new ideas aren't what I expected, but have taken it to an interesting turn. Not sure how long this sequel will be. Feels like I just got into it. I don't want it to be too long, though.
Finished the generalized editing of the cookbook today. It's now a page shorter, at 102 pages. I'm all good with making it a little shorter. Next, I'll get the sources together. Then, I might look at other cookbook designs to make sure I like my current one. Eventually, I'll redo the preface/prologue. After that, I'll be formatting it for both the ebook and print versions. Still have quite a lot to do with this one. I still think it'll be ready to be published before A3.
The lesson today in Duolingo for German was on abstract objects. Did better than I expected in this one. I think I might have missed 2 this time. Not bad. Next time it'll be on animals. I've liked the previous animal lessons, so that should be fun. I'm thinking of listening to the Rammstein CDs that I got and used to listen to as a teen. I thought the band was cool and still do. Their songs are still being used in some epic amv's (anime music videos). It might be interesting to pick out the German that I know now. I used to think their song Ich Will meant 'I will', but it's really 'I want'. A bit different. There are a couple of other bands I've heard of that I can look more into. Might look around Germany in Google Maps or other map apps during the weekends. It'd be cool to look around there. I could even cook German food if I wanted to. As well as watch their news somehow. With all this it'll feel like I really am in Germany. I know it won't really be the same, though.
Read more of the manga, Alive. It's a very interesting series. Taisuke's (main character) group is getting closer to where Katsumata's group, or their adversaries, are. The reporters found Taisuke's group and are trying to hide their identities. They claim that they love to go to scenes where strange incidents have occurred. Like the police station that was blasted full of holes, and there was only one survivor. I'm really not liking Hirose. He's the main character's 'friend'. The one who used to get bullied and Taisuke would defend and fight them off. He's now with Katsumata and kidnapped Megumi who is also a close friend of both of them. Although, Hirose apparently wants his relationship with her to be 'more'. Megumi's the only one with Katsumata's group that doesn't have powers. At least, not yet. Not sure if she will. Katsumata's group is going to search for a 'heart'. Even the other members of the group don't know what that really means. They just know they have to have a certain amount of members, so they've been collecting them.
Managed to clean my bathroom counter. That included things like the soap dish that was building up crud, my q-tip holder (a ceramic bowl) that had a layer of thick dust, etc. It really needed to be done. Even though it wasn't that long ago since I last cleaned that stuff. Yesterday, I did miscellaneous things for the 'cleaning' part of the day. Things like washing Rosie's big water bowl and giving her some fresh water, laundry stuff, and more. I might finally get to dusting and vacuuming my bedroom soon, if I keep this up. Haven't done either of those in a very long time. I also will eventually get to looking under my bed. It has been much longer since I went through that stuff. I remember cramming a bunch of stuff under there. I know tissues sometimes make their way in there, too. I'm a little scared to look...Since I don't really know. There could be hair, but I'm more nervous about finding bugs. I don't think there are any, but I occasionally see tiny black bugs near my bed. It's been a while since I've seen them. It still scares me a bit. I think most of the stuff I'll find I'll want to toss.
Finished drawing Nico's head. I experimented a bit with the shape of his eyes. I'm still unsure what my style for my characters' eyes really is. This seemed better than the previous ones, though. He has the shortest and straightest haircut so far, so I didn't have to spend much time on that. I'll ink him tomorrow. I'll probably draw Rakesh, too. His design is a bit 'different' in my head. His eyes have no pupils. So, that alone makes him unique compared to the others.
Last night I watched more of the Singaporean drama, Mystic Whispers, on Netflix. It's funny, cute, and dark all at the same time. The 2 episodes (they're only a half hour each) I watched were about a ghost that had been overweight since she was a child. She was constantly trying to diet. Her dieting got more severe and she exercised intensely after falling for a coworker. Nothing worked, though. She eventually gave up one night and started binging on whatever was in sight. That's how she died. Before she went insane with the dieting she actually looked cute. She was very heavy-set, but it somehow suited her. She tried to possess Xiao Yun and lose weight as a ghost that way. She said she'd only leave Xiao alone when she lost any amount of weight. Xiao is one of the main characters. She can hear ghosts. That's why she tries to drown them out all the time with her music blaring in her noise-canceling headphones. Ji En is the other main character. He's a mortician and an exorcist (probably a fake one). Every time Xiao and Ji hold hands they can see the ghosts. Ji created a device for them in order to clearly listen to them, and they help them move on. They tried to get her to lose weight. The other side of this is Xiao is already very skinny. In fact, there's a running thing with Ji making fun of her being like bamboo. Apparently when the ghost possessed her she weighed as much as the ghost did...Her physique never changed, though. Nothing worked. At the end, she found out that the coworker she loved felt the same way about her. He thought she was adorable. That helped her move on. It was a sad yet good one.
Watched more of One Piece last night, too. This arc has been really stretching. I'm still going through the Doflamingo one. I think it's close to the end of that arc. They've taken out most of the family's executives. There are only 3, including Doflamingo himself, of them left. They've also already rescued the Tontatta's princess, Mansherry. Law's not doing too well, but I still think he has something up his sleeve. I hope he doesn't die. I like him a lot. I have a feeling Mansherry will heal him. I won't mention his main injury, but he'll need her help. It's pretty brutal. He's normally the one to heal people. But, his ability is surgical. Hers is different. Plus, he probably can't perform surgery on himself, especially right now.
