Weekend Update Has Plans
Jul. 15th, 2017 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonAfter a frustrating week on the Day Job -- no stressful situations, just a ridiculous volume to slog through -- my best laid plans for having a writing session on Friday evening fell by the wayside. Instead we watched the insanity that is Nichijou (a good example of the inherent absurdity of this anime can be seen here). Ten out of the thirty some-odd episodes. It's quite ridiculous and fun. And the opening and ending themes are very catchy!
That said...having a nice relaxing weekend so far, recharging and planning ahead. We'll be heading to London for a few weeks at the end of the month so we're both going through our projects to see what to bring along and what to put behind. I will most likely be working on Secret Next Project during this time, as I won't be bringing my laptop but will be bringing along my tablet and/or Nook. Sure, I'm a little nervous about being away from the Lidwells project for a couple of weeks, but I'll at least have access to it via Dropbox so I can give it a read-through and make notes on things I need to fix/revise
In other news, recently I did a bit of cleaning up and rearranging in Spare Oom, straightened up a few book shelves (and pulled off some titles I can donate), broke down a lot of boxes, and put away things that needed putting away. The access to the closet is a bit wider now, and the guitar stands have been angled to take up less room. Now I just need to get myself back into the habit of playing that keyboard more often instead of using it as a temporary table to put things on! [Come to think of it, I should probably change the batteries in it as well, as I'm sure they're old and on the verge of getting sketchy. Also: do we have a power cord for that thing? I should see if I can find it, or order one from somewhere...]
This ties in with my plan to get back into my other two creative loves: art and music. I still fiddle around a lot on my guitars, but I haven't written many new songs in years. I'd like to try my hand at laying down some new tracks with some cheap mixing software, just for the fun ot it. And for the art, I'm hoping to get back into that as well. It's been far too long since I've done any art of substance other than maybe a few maps and whatnot. I have the supplies and the art pads...I just need to do something with them.
That's in store for the latter half of 2017: time to come back to my love of writing, art, and music, and dedicate more time to them.
That said...having a nice relaxing weekend so far, recharging and planning ahead. We'll be heading to London for a few weeks at the end of the month so we're both going through our projects to see what to bring along and what to put behind. I will most likely be working on Secret Next Project during this time, as I won't be bringing my laptop but will be bringing along my tablet and/or Nook. Sure, I'm a little nervous about being away from the Lidwells project for a couple of weeks, but I'll at least have access to it via Dropbox so I can give it a read-through and make notes on things I need to fix/revise
In other news, recently I did a bit of cleaning up and rearranging in Spare Oom, straightened up a few book shelves (and pulled off some titles I can donate), broke down a lot of boxes, and put away things that needed putting away. The access to the closet is a bit wider now, and the guitar stands have been angled to take up less room. Now I just need to get myself back into the habit of playing that keyboard more often instead of using it as a temporary table to put things on! [Come to think of it, I should probably change the batteries in it as well, as I'm sure they're old and on the verge of getting sketchy. Also: do we have a power cord for that thing? I should see if I can find it, or order one from somewhere...]
This ties in with my plan to get back into my other two creative loves: art and music. I still fiddle around a lot on my guitars, but I haven't written many new songs in years. I'd like to try my hand at laying down some new tracks with some cheap mixing software, just for the fun ot it. And for the art, I'm hoping to get back into that as well. It's been far too long since I've done any art of substance other than maybe a few maps and whatnot. I have the supplies and the art pads...I just need to do something with them.
That's in store for the latter half of 2017: time to come back to my love of writing, art, and music, and dedicate more time to them.
