oops, it's been a while! (again...)

Sorry I keep forgetting to post here, and also sorry for never responding to some older comments! I feel like at this point it''d be weird to go back and do so now...

Some Artsy Updates

I signed up for the Book Club Exchange -- it seemed like a cute idea to have everyone explore a mutually new fandom together and I ended up really loving the short story that was chosen for it! Can't wait to see what people come up with for it!

I, uh, didn't end up following through with the Ladies Bingo that I mentioned a few posts ago (which has still been like several months). I started a few things, but... I tend to feel really self-conscious about my writing and drive myself crazy, editing and rewriting and constantly worrying about whether something is good enough to post. With this exchange, though, I'd have a concrete deadline and I think writing something specifically for someone based off a list of prompts they like would be a bit easier than getting overwhelmed with infinite possibilities.

In regards to new artsy-craftsy projects from the past couple of months:

I've gotten really into soft pastels!







Some more needlefelting projects that I think turned out really well:







Also, a Clefairy plushie:






She's inspired by Maqaroon's sock plushie tutorials, which I've loved for over a decade now but only just now actually tried out. I don't really have much experience with sewing, so this was a fun challenge. I also bought a kinda wide assortment of sock colors, so I've been daydreaming about future projects (maybe Vileplume? or some kind of cockatiel? so many options...).

Mild Life Updates

I've kinda gotten obsessed with Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 on the Switch recently! I've never played a Puyo Puyo game before this and the adventure mode is kicking my ass (especially the skill battles and switch matches!), but it's been a lot of fun! I also finally shelled out for a Nintendo Online subscription, lol.

A bit more personal...

I also am, finally, legit going to go in for a mental health evaluation later this week. This combination of extreme, extreme low self-esteem, panic attacks (or whatever they are), perpetual exhaustion, neuroticism (?), etc has been really, significantly interfering with my life... I kinda do hope it goes like that one Tumblr post where just taking a certain vitamin will magically cure everything that's wrong with me and I'll be a functioning human being, but, more realistically, I hope I can at least learn some better coping skills to deal with all of this. I feel like I've been stuck in suspended animation since, like, the beginning of the pandemic (or maybe even before that), and I'm not sure how to break out this loop...

Thanks for listening! I'm gonna go catch up on my reading page, now! (or try to, at least...)