Personal Digest Saturday: November 29 – December 5

Life news this week:

• Saturday I got up kinda late and worked on various projects, including blogging, learning new songs, and filming a video. I processed the video and posted it, worked on my So You Write script, and played DDR. Then worked on the comics and the photo log. Sent a Polo to my sister. Practiced music, sketched out my comic, and submitted a short story. Packed for Sarasota and practiced music more. Had a really bad day with my foot sadly.
  
  
• Sunday I got up later than I meant to, which left me not much time to finish breakfast and I had to bring my coffee with me to go to band practice. Dad and I made a practice list which made the practice go much more smoothly so we didn't have to dither about what song to do next. We'll do that in the future too. We had a really good practice and almost all our songs were prepared. Dad and I ate at Ford's and when I got home I did laundry and took out trash. I found out my friend Michael, whom I affectionately called Pirate Mike, has passed away, so that derailed the rest of my night. Kari came over to distract-slash-comfort me, which was very nice of her. Finally then I finished So You Write and posted it. I didn't bother to try concentrating on anything else.
  
  
• Monday I filed some stuff at work and sent reminders to people. Walked to the post office, did a Polo, did some aerobics, napped, did dishes, and read old journals. Did another Polo for my sister and did more laundry. Got the 2002 photo log done. Posted my goals update on my blogs.
  
  
• Tuesday I had some proposal meetings and project meetings. I also did some research. Then I did some dish washing, listened to a new episode of a show I'm in that released (but I'm not in the episode), and chatted with one of my friends who wants to do some Christmas duets on his YouTube. Cute! Did some reading. Put away laundry, did some Polos, and got annoyed because I got minor rumbles from my ear and I thought that whole thing was over with, but I guess there are some residual things going on. Hopefully it will not have a resurgence to what it was last month.
  
  
• Wednesday I got to do some editing on a letter and went to a meeting. Did some DDR and sent in a query. Went out with Jeaux and ate at Mandola's, grocery shopped, and showed each other silly stuff. Jeaux helped repair my DDR pad again when one of the buttons was working unpredictably.
  
  
• Thursday I went to the post office early. Later I edited a proposal and we submitted it after a meeting. I sent some Polos and wrote my comic and played silly games. Went to game night with pals, and my friend Kari brought my brownies. Then I drew the comic, submitted a short story, and got too tired to do anything else.
  
  
• Friday I did my usual reports at work. After, I did the rest of my drawings in between listening to news and music. Talked about Steven Universe merchandise with an online contact. Posted my comic, played DDR, and sent a Polo to Steve.

New Reviews:

• Jia Yi gave The Invisible Orientation a one-star review on Goodreads (in French). (Based on the translation, it seems the reader believed some sensitive discussions I included comparing aromantic and heterosexual experience were absurd because "aromantic and heterosexual people have NOTHING in common"--and that it was transphobic of me to include the term "transromantic," which was coined by trans people for trans people's use to express that they're only interested in other trans people.)

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I again only got on the scale a couple times this week so I have incomplete data. High number was 118.7 pounds and low number was 118.0.
  
  
• Nutrition stuff: I only met my protein goals 2 days out of 7--I guess it's partly because of having desserts in my house. I did still get all my fruits and veggies too. And I'm still taking my vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics or DDR every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. My low day was Tuesday at 10,222 steps, and my high day was Wednesday at 16,278 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm on page 76.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit. 

Stuff drawn:

 

My monthly writing webcomic, So You Write: #173: not about me.

 

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One: #1073: ivy #347: a real talent.

Videos Made: 

Letters to an Asexual #131 ("I'll change you!") is out. In this video, an anonymous contributor shares an anecdote about a drunk friend threatening to "seduce" them because they don't believe asexuality is real. I respond.

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,434 for swankivy (lost 4), 677 for JulieSondra (no change), 16 for v & V Vids (no change), 215 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 756 for swankivy (lost 1), 3,443 for JulieSondra (lost 3). Facebook: 291 friends for swankivy (no change), 628 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 246 followers for So You Write (lost 1), 103 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,418 (no change). Instagram followers: 295 (no change). Threads followers: 81 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 419 (2 new).