Personal Digest Saturday: November 30 – December 6

Life news this week:

• Saturday I dropped a package off at the post office and then ate the rest of my Thanksgiving food (except dessert). Wrote a storyboard for my So You Write comic, recorded a video for Letters to an Asexual, and drew and colored my comic and posted it. (A lot crammed in for the last day of the month! So I can still say I did one of each of those every month!) Got my Thanksgiving photos processed and got my blogging done, and then spent some time yapping to Steve while walking. I was impressed that I got so much done.
  
  
• Sunday I did some lollygagging in the morning and then wrote up my goals updates for the internet. Did some reading of old comics and some querying. Did the laundry and trash chores. Worked on a short story and got some more written. Had to do some gruesome research to make sure I get certain details right (there are a few things I do not like about being a writer). Played silly geography games to relax and tried to stay warm.
  
  
• Monday involved editing two letters. In between, I did some maintenance on my chlorine tank, which was unpleasant because I got sprayed with cold water on a cold day. Found out Meggie's cat Steve died. RIP! He had a good life. Did some more query stuff and wrote my comic storyboard for Negative One. Tuned in for a Steven Universe livestream that ended up getting canceled. Too bad! Did some applications and recorded a karaoke song.
  
  
• Tuesday I had a quiet morning at home and found out we got shortlisted on a job in a neighboring district. Then my boss came to pick me up to go to utility training. We had lunch at the Broken Egg and then attended the training together. Got some drawing done in the car. Did some walking when I got home since the day had been a lot of sitting. Wrote back to some e-mails and did more applications.
  
  
• Wednesday I did some data entry and updates for the office. Did some minor chores around the house. Talked to Tony and sent a Polo to Steve. Jeaux came over and we ate at Mandola's, shopped at Publix, watched some silly stuff, and took a walk. I didn't accomplish anything after he left.
  
  
• Thursday I did more data entry and got some walking in. Had a yummy potato for lunch. My last potato! Watched some entertaining videos, sent some applications, made some social plans, and watched a livestream with AJ Michalka and Kimberly Brooks (who played Stevonnie and Jasper on Steven Universe). Wrote that up for my blog too. Heard there was an earthquake in California! My sister actually felt it but they were not in danger--the potential tsunami didn't happen. Went to game night. (Jeaux accidentally slept through it.) I stayed up too late playing silly games.
  
  
• Friday I did some preparation for the shortlisted project and did my upcoming project reports. Did some laundry and finished my comics after work. Got the walking done and watched a few episodes of the new cartoon Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld. So far my favorite part is the soundtrack but we'll see.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I was a wimp about getting on the scale this week because it was cold and I didn't want to shed my giant wearable blankets for long enough to brave it. So my data is a bit incomplete this week. I recorded a high of 114.9 and a low of 113.6.
  
• Nutrition stuff: We had a high protein week every day except Wednesday (eating at an Italian place means lots of carbs!). The nutrient balance was pretty good this week and I got my fruits and veggies in. I am still regularly taking vitamins.
  
• Activity stuff: I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Saturday at 10,051 steps, and my high day was Wednesday at 10,728 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: American Panda by Gloria Chao. I'm on page 209.
  

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails.

 

Stuff drawn:

My monthly writing webcomic, So You Write:

 

#162: Get It Started.

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

 

#1021: meri lin #143: best friends.

Videos Made: 

Letters to an Asexual #120 (when aces are elitist or homophobic) is out. In this video, I share an anonymous person's concern about a blog made to mock non-asexual people and where I think the line is between blowing off steam and being a bigot. I express that asexual people deserve a space to vent but not at the expense of other vulnerable groups, and also what I think people in a targeted majority should do or say if a marginalized minority expresses negative thoughts about them.

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,471 for swankivy (lost 3), 679 for JulieSondra (no change), 16 for v & V Vids (no change), 209 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 802 for swankivy (lost 3), 3,679 for JulieSondra (lost 12--people are still leaving/deleting their accounts in droves). Facebook: 299 friends for swankivy (no change), 643 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 82 followers for Negative One (1 new), 253 followers for So You Write (no change), 101 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,427 (no change). Instagram followers: 280 (1 new). Threads followers: 76 (no change). I just joined Bluesky Social (where people are flocking for a post-Twitter life). Bluesky followers: 231 (12 new).