December 13. 2004 04:09

Working, waiting

Computers are the doom of mankind. Along with TV. I took my work home again today, so I could continue it a bit more, but instead I started toying with my computer and stayed there for hours -_- Sigh. They take all your time without you even noticing it! They lure you into doing "just this" and then you'll be there all day! I need to get more willpower to tear myself away from doing pointless things with the computer when I should be working.

Now I've finished another page of the children's manga, though. That makes two for today ^_^ Only 2 more to go. At this point I really wish I had chosen markers after all, it's so boring to wait for the paper to dry all the time. First I have to let it soak a bit so I can tape it on the board, then I have to wait for it to try so I can ink it, and then I have to wait for the ink to dry before I can start colouring... And usually I have to have wait a bit every now and then during the colouring, too, because I can't start another colour next to the one I just painted before it's dry. And now I'm waiting for the whole thing to dry before I can cut it off the board and start another. But waiting for the soaked paper to dry is the worst, it takes about an hour... That's why I took the thing home, here I can do something else while I wait.

When I was waiting for this paper to dry at school, I went for a 35 minute bike ride. I investigated a bit on how much calories I spent biking downtown and back this weekend and was surprised at how much riding a bike takes energy O_o So I thought I'd do some more today so I could have a Chu-hi in the evening ^_^ Though I didn't have that Chu-hi after all, I was able to have a Chocobanana roll instead and I was very happy ^-^ But someone had tipped my bike over while I was at school again, so now the handle is again so loose I can't ride it... I tried coming home with it but when I got to the last intersection it finally got so loose that I couldn't steer O_o I need to go ask if Ken-san would have that screwdriver again...

The other thing I did while I waited was to finally write a bunch of cards to send to people... But I finished then just after the post office had closed, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow before I can post them. And I didn't have enough cards for everyone, so I'll have to go get some more. But it's fun, I like picking suitable cards for everyone ^_^ During these months here, I've run into a few very good cards that are just perfect for the receivers ^_^

That flea market yesterday at Myorenji was so tiny compared to the ones at Toji. There were only a handful of people there. There was not much stuff to look through, but the good thing was that it was all very cheap. The good side of a tiny market ^_^ I found a nice handbag and an Evangelion card wallet for 50 yen each and one obi for 100 yen. Then I also got a mahjong set, that too for only 100 yen. I've wanted a mahjong set ever since I tried playing it. The images on the pieces are really pretty, but the backside is a horrible bright green... But since it was so cheap, I thought I might take it anyway. I have no idea how I'm going to get it to Finland, though, it must weight about 5 kilos all by itself... And think they'll notice if I try to smuggle it to the airplane in my pocket ^_^;;

You know, if I were to have something anime themed for my wedding waltz, it'd have to be Yuuki no waltz from the second Card Captor Sakura movie. I've decided it now ^_^ It's a really pretty waltz, not distinguishable anime and easy to dance to, and it's connected to one of the sweetest love stories. I just love the second Sakura movie. But I'll have to cut the "second start" off from the end, it doesn't really sound right when you're supposed to dance to it... And by the way, this is not to say that I'd be deciding on my wedding waltz already or that it'd be coming up soon (O_o), it's just a thing I've been thinking about. (I think every girl thinks about these things sometimes...) My sisted had an old gramophone waltz for her wedding and my friends have had Star Wars and Lord of the Rings themed weddings, and I kinda want to have something special, too. My special is just something a bit different... I've also been thinking about what kind of a wedding dress I want, but about that I'm not so sure yet. I just know I want it to be white and have "volume" ^_^ (I'd actually love to wear wings, too, but that'd be too silly... I don't want a wedding that's too weird.)

Listening to Card Captor Sakura soundtracks, I really want to do some Tsubasa fan art. The style is just so great, I want to imitate it. And I think the coloured images are done with Copic markers, or at least they look like it, which makes it even more tempting to try and make one. I wanna go for it! (I just have to get an idea of what I'll make :P)

Another page finished. This is probably the latest hour I've written an entry at, but I really want to get this manga finished... Dion already finished his yesterday night, pulled an all-nighter and got it done, and I kinda want to follow his lead. I'm so sick of all this work already! Why can't it be over?! I was all happy doing no work yesterday but it came back at me today when I realized there's still so much left. I hate things that drag more than anything. (Like that one particular web project that's still hanging over me...) They make me anxious and stressed and I keep thinking about how much I still have to spend with them.

Aargh! Now I spilled the rinsing water on the tatami! This is what I don't like about tatami, they don't go with water. Aaa, it's even on my futon... I hope it dries out clean or I'll be in trouble... Oh yeah, that reminds me, I got rid of the "flower" branch Mum gave me this morning. It's been looking fresh for surprisingly long, even now there was just one fruit that had gone bad. But I thought it was time to replace it with some christmas flowers. (I haven't got the christmas flowers yet, though :P)

Sigh, even taking this damn tape off takes forever. I wanted to at least ink another page today, but I'm starting to feel so sleepy I'm not sure if I can make it, even with the power of coke. Maybe I'll try and do it tomorrow morning... But if I won't have this finished by Wednesday when we'll go see Howl's Moving Castle I'm gonna be so pissed! (That's the newest Miyazaki film, if you're wondering, and it's in the theaters right now. And "we" is me and Dion. He wanted to join me when I said I wanna go see some movie.)

Dion sure is a weird guy. It's hard to tell what his "real character" is. Half of the time he has this sort of a "fuck you" attitude going on, but half of the time we have some good conversations and he seems all intelligent and a great guy to hang with. It's like he talks big but doesn't act to it. Like, he talks all the time about how he came here to get drunk, but he's never been drinking with us other exchange students. Maybe it's just his way of dealing with the hard world, being obnoxious towards it when he feels uneasy :P But the thing is, I can't figure out how he really feels about things. Today he complimented on my new hair, saying it's really pretty, but I can't be exactly sure if he really meant that or if that was a kind of a joke ^_^; Well, it's nice to have someone compliment your hair anyway, so it's okay.

There, another page taped to the board. Now'd be the one hour wait. If it were any earlier, I'd wait and continue, but I think now I'll go to bed. In the morning it'll be nice and dry. (I just hope I can get up early enought to do anything in the morning.) Besides, the music has been asking to be stopped for a while already and I don't really want to listen to anything else, and working without music would surely make me sleep :P

Once again I mess with the dates and mark this on (technically) yesterday, in case I happen to write something tomorrow. (Same goes for the previous entry, by the way.) It's so difficult when I can't just use dates according to my sleeping rhythm :P Oh, that'd probably make a nice scifi idea.