Stuff I did today: went to yoga class at the Y, spent a few hours squinting grumpily at my website turning plugins on and off in search of why the LJ crosspost plugin was deleting and recreating changed posts on LJ instead of editing them. This took much longer than it ought to have, as my database quit responding a few times. Everything seems to be working now but I’m kind of… leery.
Then I turned off my net for three hours and spent that time drawing one panel of the next page of Rita. That, too, had its setbacks – I lost a chunk of work on the figures when Illustrator crashed at one point, then I got lost in playing with pattern fills for a carpet. I decided I needed a break a few minutes before the net turned back on, and ended up sitting in the chair for a few hours with the iPad.
Ever since ECCC I’ve kinda been wanting to kick back during the evening with a video game. Except I find my interest in actually playing one is nil. Too much work or something. Maybe I should try watching some video on it. Probably not gonna watch the second half of “Holy Mountain” though. (Last week when Nick came over, we went to Scarecrow and rented that. It’s… an experience. Chock full of Jodorowsky’s obvious Catholic Issues, and of Serious Mystickawockal Rituals. I have never seen a man’s poop turned into gold before. We gave up halfway through because I was just full of surreal visuals; we crawled into bed and did NOT do anything, because the lingering taste of that movie made sex pretty much impossible. The DVD is still in the 360.)
I’ve been feeling a strong urge for the horrible frosting-covered cookies at Safeway for two nights in a row now. I think I’m going to give in tonight. Must not eat them all in one sitting – I’ve also been noticing the texture of my belly starting to change. I think because yoga is starting to slowly build some core strength. I’ve also been having aches travel up and down my spine, as the muscles there start getting more of a workout.
I also poked at the timeline for Rita a little more. I think I’m going to take a decade or so off of Rita1’s age when I make a second printing of book 1, and if I put that anatomical diagram of her into the final collection; some things need to happen SLIGHTLY faster.
Also today did not contain me abruptly dropping dead. Huzzah! No, I’m not planning to make a habit of noting that down.