What Was I Saying...?

Did a lot of fretting today and agonizing over the status of the Sky Pirates book. No conclusions. The answer I want is "one of the agents I sent it to wanted it," but that didn't happen, so I have to figure out what the next step really should be.

Three Good Things for Today

• Got the basic poses finished for Blacktigr's commission


• Finished the "Windswept Sandbox Full of Giants" recap posts


• Had some Ben & Jerry's


• Bonus Good Thing: Had some nice kitty cuddles.

Three Goals for Tomorrow

• Finish Blacktigr commish


• Pencils for SJ page 12


• Work on "By Elves Abandoned"/"Fortress of Tears" setting

Gnite world, and have an awesome tomorrow.

-The Gneech

Three Good Things for Today

1. Walked around the lake at Rio with laurie_robey.


2. Got to watch another K-On! ep. <3


3. Art stream. :)


4. BONUS GOOD THING! Another 2 lbs down. :)

(I was originally going to list "beautiful weather," but this one is a bit of a mixed bag because while yeah, it was beautiful, the only reason it was beautiful is because the ecosystem is hosed. February should be crap around here.)

Three Goals for Tomorrow

1. Another art stream to finish page 14.


2. DailyBurn.


3. Write on [secret collab project].

Gnite world, and have an awesome tomorrow. <3

-The Gneech

THIS JUST IN:

1. Otter had delicious tuna for lunch. :d


2. Otter had delicious pineapple for snack. :d


3. Otter is happy.


4. Otter would be happier with 60º and sunshine, but otter will take what he can get.

That is all for now. Further bulletins as events warrant.

-The Gneech

Three Good Things for Today

1. Jewelry-making supplies shopping with laurie_robey


2. Deposited an unexpected (but welcome) check from Starbucks


3. Sent off a bunch of job apps (wish me luck!)


4. Bonus Good Thing! Invite to Overwatch from friends (I ended up declining in order to job hunt, but still grateful for the invite)


5. Bonus Good Thing! Fun playing with the cats, who were super-energetic and adorable today.


6. Bonus Good Thing! More Dreamwidth configuration and friends popping up, as well as some Gneech.com design tweaks.

Three Goals for Tomorrow

1. Print and mail Plotline's badge


2. Rough Housing script work


3. Terinas Tiger commission


4. Bonus! New Years' Eve/Kormath Christmas at the Rathbun House

'sall good. :) Gnite world, and have an awesome tomorrow. <3

-The Gneech

Three Good Things for Today

1. Finished and posted issue five page five


2. Finished a long-overdue commission


3. Nice dinner and walk around Barnes & Noble with lythandra


4. Bonus Good Thing: Agent was "intrigued" by Sky Pirates [1]


5. Bonus Good Thing: Got some recommendations for art streams

Three Goals for Tomorrow

1. Post the commish to art sites


2. Social media management/art posting plan


3. Layouts for issue five page six


4. Stretch Goal: Start next commish

Keep on keepin' on.

-The Gneech

[1] Didn't take on the book, alas, but it's still better than a form rejection!

Three Good Things For Today

1. Found some more friends on Telegram


2. Had a good workout via DailyBurn


3. Picked up Josie & The Pussycats #3


4. Bonus Good Thing: Accepted (and got paid for) a biggish commission


5. Bonus Good Thing: Rewatched Zootopia


6. Bonus Good Thing: Yummy veggie burgers


7. Bonus Good Thing: Haircut thanks to lythandra

Three Goals For Tomorrow

1. Doctor visit and other stuff in VA


2. Pencil Rough Housing issue 5 page 5


3. Night court with AppleJack


4. Bonus Goal: More fursona tweaking

Honestly, I don't know if there will be room for items 3 and 4, but I'm gonna try!

Meanwhile, g'nite world, and have an awesome tomorrow.

-The Gneech

Three Good Things for Today

• Got to hang with jamesbarrett, hantamouse, lythandra, Birdbrain, and Mrs. Birdbrain.


• Skyline Drive at peak autumn change. <3


• Spitony's Pizzas and "Antique Tables Made Daily." XD

Three Goals For Tomorrow

• Ink Lasarion commish (bonus goal: color?)


• Doctor appointment


• Read overdue book ¬.¬

Gnite world, and have an awesome tomorrow. <3

-The Gneech

Three Good Things For Today

1. Got prints and price signs ready for AC


2. Watched Captain Blood and Pirates of the Caribbean w/ lythandra


3. Cart time with AJ

Three Goals For Tomorrow

1. Find/pitch agents, which didn't get done today


2. Organize desk


3. Pack AC merch

Gnite world, have an awesome tomorrow. :)

-TG

Earlier this week I finally started up the Bullet Journal again, after getting knocked entirely off my routine for a month and a half or however long it was. I find a Bullet Journal super-useful for both keeping myself on track to being productive, and for keeping my head screwed on right. To use a Spoon Theory analogy, a Bullet Journal is like having an extra pocket you can stash a few spoons in the night before. ;)

Anyway, all week I've had as a to-do item "Three Good Things" post. But what's been happening is that at night I'm fighting to force myself to go to bed much against my will, which means I don't have a "wind down" routine so much as a "knock myself down" routine... and so the "Good Things" post doesn't happen because it's 2 a.m. and I have been trying to make myself go to bed for hours.

I blame Overwatch. :P But that's for another discussion.

So I decided that today I would simply list a ton of good stuff that's happened to me recently, in no particular order, and with no numerical limit. Most of this is very personal/self-centered stuff rather than any sort of "greater good," but that's okay. Sometimes things that are just good for me, are good enough.

1. The weather has been crazy nice for most of May/June. This sounds trivial, but given the strong correlation between my energy level/mood and sunny days, it's a lot bigger than it may seem. It's weird, I can sometimes wake up and somehow know, just from how bleah I feel, that it's a cloudy day outside.



2. I've been having fun playing Overwatch. This is a little more of a mixed bag because I've also been very frustrated with my computer trying to play Overwatch. The thing crashes five times out of six tries, and I don't currently have the funds to replace it. XD So it can be kind of frustrating to spend 50 minutes rebooting for every 10 minutes playing, but when the computer gets into a long "working" streak, Overwatch is a lot of fun. This leads to my next item...



3. People are being super-generous about helping with the computer problem. A fan who prefers to remain anonymous is upgrading his own computer to a super-high-end model and basically giving me most of his previous one, which is still a giant step up from the one I'm currently using. All I have to provide is a copy of Windows and a video card, and that I can afford to do. ^.^ He's currently talking about handing it off to me at BronyCon, which is July 9-10. Another friend has given me a full license for Team Fortress 2, on the grounds that Overwatch is basically a newer version of that, to play in the meantime. XD



4. Finished issue four! It'll be at AnthroCon! Rough Housing is starting to build up a body of work finally. ^.^



5. AnthroCon is next weekend! I get to see a bunch of my furry pals and do arts and get commissions and stuff!



6. We're moved! We've got the furniture all in place, curtains up and art on the walls. There's still settling in to be done, especially in the office and library because we don't use those rooms as much, but we do at least have the beginnings of a home going on.



7. My heart ablation surgery was a complete success! I haven't had any afib since March, and as of this week, I am off the heart meds. In as much as afib ever gets "cured," this is it.



8. My toe is healing nicely. I did cringe a bit when the doctor said it might need a pin, but then the x-rays came back that the joint was fine and that all I have to do is keep taping it up and wearing this silly shoe-brace-thing for a few more weeks. I'll probably be alternating between it and a regular shoe at AC, particularly for driving and/or if the weather is rainy.



9. This video. Just... this video.
   

So... yeah. Some good stuff has been happening. I'm sure there's more than I've remembered to post here, but I am a lion of little brain and things fall out of it a lot. I'm going to try to be more regular about posting good things on a regular basis, but that requires not fighting to force myself to go to bed. So... we'll see. ;P

-The Gneech

So much good stuff today! :D

Three Good Things For Today

1. Issue four page five done and uploaded to the server and posted to the Patreon page. It's got SO MUCH ROXIE. <3


2. Yummy, yummy pizza! :d


3. I really enjoyed the State of the Union Address, which is something I never thought I'd hear myself say for the first 30+ years of my life.


4. Bonus Good Thing! Had a lot of creative ideas for writing and merchandise, and captured them in my journal.


5. Bonus Good Thing! Had a very nice comment from a reader: "This comic needs more fans. I need to get you more fans." That's an agenda I can get behind! :D


6. Bonus Good Thing! lythandra got a job call today. While it wasn't the right position, the fact that she's getting calls on an almost-daily basis is very heartening for our prospects.


7. Bonus Good Thing! Snow! W00t!


8. Bonus Good Thing! Heard a new song I really dug!
   
   
   I suspect this may be a cover. I will investigate the lineage of the song later.

Alas, it wasn't all awesomeness; axiomaxiom and cargoweasel were informed today that their kitty is almost certainly suffering from terminal cancer. If you're a friend of theirs, please send good thoughts and love their way.

Three Goals For Tomorrow

1. Clean up the bedroom (finally)


2. Make progress on (or dare I think even finish) Karma's commish!


3. See Hitchcock and Truffaut at Alamo

And now, it's bedtime. G'nite world, and have an awesome tomorrow!

-The Gneech