Just Create July 13

[silvercat17]

It's another Saturday. What are you up to? What have you accomplished this week?

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[roselightfairy]

I forced myself to block out some time and took a diagnostic GRE test, and I’m actually really happy with my baseline scores! There’s certainly room for improvement, but I feel a lot more confident even though my brain is fried.

[althea_valara]

That's great! Go you!

[roselightfairy]

Thank you! :)

[silvercat17]

Argh, I thought I already said good job!

Great job!

[roselightfairy]

You know, I thought you had too? Either way, I appreciate it! :)

[althea_valara]

Finished my doily! May need to block it again but for now it's done.

I found two testers for one of my knitting patterns, yay! But boo, one of the testers said there were errors in the pattern but there isn't. I can see why she thought there was an error, and I gently explained why she was wrong. I'm going to add a bit more description to that area of the pattern so others don't make the same mistake.

Today I am placing hair on my latest amigurumi. It's a secret project so I can't share pictures. Once I finish the hair I start on the clothes.

[silvercat17]

Looks good!

[ryl]

That is neat! If I ever finish my cross-stitch piece I might give that a try. I'll give me an excuse to finally use my mom's antique steel hooks.

[silvercat17]

I got more designs up on my Redbubble shop (https://www.redbubble.com/people/argentwhiskers/shop?asc=u) and worked on my binder of arm and core exercises (which I need to actually do consistently, but one step at a time). And last night I finally made meatballs.

It's been really hot and I haven't felt like doing much

[silvercat17]

But I got a massive post written that's been on my to-do list for weeks! It's a how-to for dreamwidth and I'll be adding it to the sticky post.

[juzo_kun]

I'm loving the sleepy kitty design! :)

[ryl]

I finally started chipping away at the backlog of my review blog. Got two new reviews posted this week and tonight I'm going to work on my current neverending overly complicated cross-stitch piece.

[silvercat17]

Why is there always a backlog?! (I've got a list of blog posts I want to do...)

[roselightfairy]

a backblog? ;)
(sorry)

[silvercat17]

Nice.

I think a backblog would be something else, something sexier.

[ryl]

*slow clap*

I approve this pun.

[roselightfairy]

Heeeee, thank you ;)

[silvercat17]

I should post on eBay, but I think I'm going to fix my squeaky chair first/instead.

[silvercat17]

And I've already injured myself. (Part of it had gotten worn sharp. It's filed down now)

[silvercat17]

I have fixed my chair! It now longer squeaks disruptively loud. There's still a small squeak, which I'm pretty sure is wood, because there's a spot where it had split and been repaired. Once I can get into the cabinet where the greases are, I'll put some Murphy's oil on it and see if it helps.

[lonespark]

Whoa I completely missed this post before.

I did some more stuff with art commissions. The learning curve continues to be steep.

I applied for a job!!!

Then I asked for fic prompts on twitter, with the idea that I would write small things, but the first one didn't end up very small. I'm trying to spend no more than two hours on the actual writing part, but I keep getting carried away, or having my brain stall and having to restart many times.

I also created a secret identity to post some other fic and got very appreciative comments, which is cool but also kind of a weird position to be in.

[silvercat17]

That's why I'm afraid of asking for prompts - my brain tends to either blank out or start writing an huge novel that may be a series.

Yay for jobs!

[lonespark]

Mmm, yeah.
And I don't actually need more ideas. But it's like, writing something that will definitely be appreciated by other people is a boost.