shopping for cameras while eating dinner I happen to see the new Starbucks x Lomo Automat- “I am about to do something stupid.” I’m not even a Starbucks drinker, the camera is just- Aesthetic. And it uses instax mini! So- (Justifying it in my head.)

Blueberry lemon cake, commission for @aamaryllis.bsky.social #ffxiv

I started sketching for mermay…. I will draw. (I started with my airbrush because I was coloring most recently and then realized - wait. That not my usual brush.)

Anyways, take some hamsters. (Both boys now have clean habitats.)

My queue of things I wanna draw has been growing by the day, but the amount of things I’ve drawn this week is- Pretty much Zero.

Every time I see Bun Ejinn I sit there going “this isn’t my daughter. Who are you!?” I miss being a lizard already…

Playing as Viera- I keep getting distracted by legs. Like I legs. So this is distracting. But I do intend to go back to Au Ra before Evercold.

I guess I’m buying out the vending machine of all its gushers….

I lie in bed. Stare at ceiling and realize- I work tomorrow I still haven’t unpacked from fanfest. But I did do the msq, and alliance raid so- priorities I guess.

Said last night I’d Fantasia Neoma into a Viera once I finished msq- And I’m out for lunch rn, but I’m already trying to decide if i go with the same Viera look ive done in the past, or if I actually try and keep her more Neo like in this temporary appearance change.

The messy art of everything I had made for fanfest. The first two are of the stickers I had passed out during the sticker trades, and the other two were for a keychain I had made for my friends/FC mates I was going with!

Waking up alone in my bedroom felt really weird today. Why is this the thing that hits me the hardest!?

And officially home

I’m in my home county… I think. Weird how half of what’s considered “Sacramento” is in yolo county. So I don’t know right now if I’m in Sacramento county, or yolo, but I’m in an area considered Sacramento.

Still on the bus for another two-ish hours but- Currently in Modesto, and it’s like- “Finally. A part of California I recognize again.”

My NorCal ass boarding metro link the first time: “this is just like amtrack except in a city I guess- oooh car layout is different” Me now on my second Metrolink ride, watching the door to the outside slide open on every bump with a worker trying to hold it: “nah, this is exactly like amtrack.”

I have departed from friends! It’s time to make my way back north!

Changing clothes and packing- “I’m just gonna wear the fanfest shirt two days in a row…. I don’t wanna leave….” But actually this shirt smells like sweat (did I sweat last night?) so I guess it’s the glass animals shirt.

We went to go to Cha2Cha but- Line too long. And we’re socialized out. So beard papa instead, and I got merch of my daughter!

Fanfest may be over, but I’ve got one more day here! (I can procrastinate my 10 hour bus ride just a it longer….)

I had one bottle of soju today On a mostly empty stomach Things I have drunkenly said: “… so that’s why I don’t pay my speeding ticket” said very matter of factly to my bedmate, who had absolutely no context on what I was saying - to be fair, I also had no context.

I will always pray for bow mage to return, but putting mandatory jumps back in bards rotation will always make me happy. Sincerely the bard who’s been playing rdm since 3.0

I stare at the departure board in confusion wondering “wtf does this mean” because this certainly ain’t my bus.

Alright, my journey to fanfest begins! Starting with the 10 hour overnight bus ride to LA.

Lying on the floor, done with packing- “did I forget anything? I 100% forgot something. Shit what did I forget.” I don’t think I’ve forgotten anything, BUT THE THOUGHT IS THERE

Cutting own bangs for fanfest has greatly reminded me why I stopped cutting my own bangs. It’s fine. It’ll grow out. Just can’t wait to hear my usual customers comments. (Some of which are hair dressers.)

Today I learned you can burn olive oil.

Was gifted Dave’s insanity, which is an extract based hot sauce - apparently 180000 scoville. Extract based sauces are hot, but taste like shit. And this one is- isn’t? I like it. It’s sweet on the front end - back end is Smokey and more inline with what I expected.

My new name according to customers I have spoken to over the phone is “Diana” Sounds nothing like my actual name except the “ana” part I guess.

Me at work rn: “mother fucker… you have wet tail. You have wet tail. You have wet tail-“ WHY DO MY SYRIANS KEEP COMING IN WITH WET TAIL THAT ONLY SHOWS AFTER IVE RECEIVED THEM. we only have like a 1 in 3 survivor rate, and that’s with us going to the vet immediately. I’m- I’m so done.

My bedroom light flashbanging me at full brightness at 5am is unfortunately a working strategy for waking me up. Doesn’t change the fact I don’t wanna be up this early.

Been having a panic drawing eyes recently, and had a “well it’s not like I ever draw eyes consistently anyways” thought. But then I looked at some of my art and- More consistent than I thought I was. Featuring some some of my green haired girls. (Not all.)

My goal today: game What I did: game, but wrong game So I think I will count this as half success

I JUST WANNA SEE OLLY!!!

They hold hands when going down the runway!!!!! (I wanted Haruki and Luca to match, but I also wanted it to fit the “spring” theme so….. bunny girl outfits I guess.)

One of my dnd party members makes spinach artichoke dip every week and it’s so good, but …. Goddamn my lactose intolerance…..

Unfortunately for me, my window sticker is not blocking out the lighting from outdoors.

I want to be at home drawing, but I am suffering at work instead.

Hana can pull off Luca’s style… surprisingly well.

Sleeping in a full sized bed for once, but not aloud to stretch out my legs because the dog and cat have stolen that right from me. Take this stick figure drawn with my finger. This is how I’m sleeping I guess.

I go to draw- iPad dead I charge it Pencil dead …. I go to read yuri.

I’m looking at buying inexpensive knee high boots to wear at fan fest, since knee high boots are a constant across all my characters but- The problem is I used to work at a boot store. And I see 40 dollar boots and I’m like “oh god, what’s wrong with these.” How did I survive before. Gotta revert.

Writing smut not of my OC’s, but my OC’s parents. Which I guess they are my OC’s too but- Idk, the only story/lore/whatever they have is a name, and some smut now.

A (semi intentionally) bad photo of my stickers for #FanFestWolTrade ! I feel a little bad only getting stickers of my lil dummy, and not my other girls but… I did what felt I had time for. I look forward to trading stickers with everyone at fanfest!

Being insane and cooking pasta in a skillet because my sauce pan has disappeared into the void somewhere…

I got notification that my stickers for fanfest are shipping and now my brain is like “but did you draw the scales.”

Trying to tell the cat distribution system no. I can’t take in a second cat, much as I want one. But I did feed him.

Had a weird hankering for nostalgia and listening to Eiffel 65 - And this is how I found out ‘Vigola Di Dance All Night’ has an English version. Their whole self titled third album has an English version! I listened to the Italian version as a kid. So this is different!

Plotting out design doodles and it’s - It’s turned into “what characters is Neoma most fond of…????”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCA!!!!! AHHHHHHH I got her. Now to pray I can get the Σ Desire cards- At least for Mikoto and Luca. And maybe Juri.