leene_chan | Rain....

Another entry today! Somehow, I felt in the mood to write again...

What did I do today? I painted a doll head to sell. I've been having trouble painting lately (I repainted Yuka and am not at all happy with how she turned out, I wonder if I should do her over?) and wanted to see if I could get my "groove" back. ^_^;;.....Well, for once I decided to not emulate anyone else's style and just do what I felt comfortable with. I tried blending soft brown at the lower corners of the eyes instead of leaving them white or giving the whole lower lid a strong outline. I like the way the eyes came out. I'd feel fine about selling the head--I'm not ashamed of it or anything. I'll probably have Kristen put it on eBay tomorrow. I hope it sells! ^_^ I used a Volks prerooted gold A-type head. The hair is a lovely yellow-orange color (I left it long) and I painted the eyes in blue-gray.

Armed with one of Kristen's old Japanese-English dictionaries, I started reading volume 2 of the Persona 1 manga and have been looking up and writing down any word I don't know. ^_^;;....I learned a lot of new words today! I hope I can remember them! I had a good enough understanding of the text in order to do a translation--I guess I'm not as bad as I thought, but there's still no end in sight as far as I can see. How much is enough? I guess it's like in "The Secrets of Mariko"--Mariko says that learning shamisen is one of the best hobbies you can have, because you can never master it. Maybe Japanese can be my shamisen? Uh....I can think of a lot of things that can be my shamisen! ^____^ That's a relief. After all, if you master everything you've set out to learn, you'll probably fall down dead. ^_^ No need to live, right?

I didn't mean that to sound nihilistic *_*! For some reason, a lot of people throughout the course of my life have accused me of being nihilistic. I just don't see it. If I fall into a nihilistic mood I'm usually either tired or being lazy. And that's all I have to say about that!

Mom bought this weird, pre-cooked pot roast tonight for dinner. There wasn't enough for me and Kristen, so I made us sandwiches. I think we got the better end of the deal.

It's become warm all of a sudden! I don't think I like it. It feels....moldy. Is this Indian summer?