It’s getting close to Tuesday, and I need everything done by Monday. I always seem to do this to myself.
Thank you to the person that took that color poll! Yellow Ochre is actually one of my favorite colors, it’s like a toned down mustard-y hue. In some instances it may come across as grayed out and unflattering but I’ve always found it to be an appealing, earthy color. Despite it being a favorite there’s a reason it was in that poll, I haven’t used it extensively in a very long time. Though, as I write this, I am realizing I only have one tube of it and it’s running low, ha. But, I know it’s possible to mix something close to it even if it’s not the pure version. We’ll see :).
I have an ambitious but feasible goal that can be achieved if I do a consistent amount of work spread across a certain period of time. Some days I am extremely productive and others I accomplish absolutely nothing and lose momentum. However, I have now reached the stage where it borders on self sabotage. For whatever reason I’ve been sleeping a lot more and questioning what I’ve made so far.
But, as a really lovely reprieve, my Out on the Town class met for the final time today via zoom. And… we played Cards Against Humanity! And it was incredible fun. I feel like we all learned a little more about each other, hehe.
And, something I can feel mostly good about is finally settling the hospital bill I kept forgetting about. The car accident was October 9th and my foolish self let that statement go for this long. I got rear ended on my way to the gym (I know, hard to believe I went to the gym). The person behind me was rear ended which caused them to hit me, and the person who ran into us both clearly had a very old hooptie that seemed to just give out. The folks were really sweet, including the person whose old car got absolutely destroyed. I think we all ended up being okay but it was cut and dry and the hospital was conveniently around the block. I drove myself over and visited urgent care for the first time in my life. Had a good cry and obviously had whiplash, they gave me some pain meds, and after a few months my neck was back to normal. I was one step away from having this bill taken care of months ago but allowed it to get away from me which isn’t okay. But hey, it’s done now. One less thing to worry about. My car is still beat up though, ahh. Also, that was a long tangent? Moving on!
For the rest of tonight I’m going to try and get a decent chunk done on these paintings, like usual, and start maybe one or two more small works on paper. But what do I actually wanna do? I wanna play video games and read. I started playing Astral Chain and I already really love it. I’m also tempted to ruin my life with Animal Crossing but I’m a few days away from freedom. However, I have another big task after thesis is over, and that’s packing up for New Jersey. I’ll need to order boxes and start putting things away, then organize for some kind of moving truck situation to come and pick up my things. sigh
For now… work, work, work and eat, eat, eat. (I ordered some Nashville hot chicken and got DANG is it good motivation to race to the finish)
P.S. This is something I came across yesterday, really great selection of music. The Turkish set they have is fantastic too. There’s a jazz piece in this video that sounds so much like what Yoko Kanno would eventually do for things like Cowboy Bebop and you just… you can’t go wrong with Funk and Soul from anywhere. I think so, at least.