Personal Digest Saturday - June 6 – June 12

Life news this week:

• Saturday I dragged my feet reading old comics again. Then I did some exercise and cleaned up the house a bit. Did my blogging and some walking and practicing music. Kari came over and we caught up and watched an episode of Bojack Horseman. After she left I finished an edit for my book and worked on memorizing some lyrics.
  
  
• Sunday I was a little aimless in the morning reading old comics and organizing band plans. I practiced music a bunch, did two loads of laundry, and took out the trash. Then I read some old journals for the photo project. I finally made a plan to edit my novel down to the word count I want and was forced to do math to make calculations. (The horror!) I then kicked words out of the book in between practicing music.
  
  
• Monday I did some project research and a meeting. I played DDR and wrote some of a new short story that I'm developing from a very old short story I wrote in 2002. It's going okay. I then worked on my novel edit and band songs, did some voice-over auditions, and coordinated on band stuff.
  
  
• Tuesday I edited a letter at work and went to two meetings. Did some more new work on the short story. Then did some band notes/practice and some novel edits. And did some reading.
  
  
• Wednesday went according to plan. I bothered people and processed a new employee at work, and attended a meeting. Did some DDR and got some voice-over auditions done. Went out with Jeaux and we visited the Box Lunch store so I could buy Steven Universe toys, and I got all the ones I wanted plus two extras! Then we ate at Vallarta's, our favorite Mexican restaurant. Jeaux and I showed each other silly stuff and after he left I submitted a query, worked on music, and edited In Bloom. Today, the book fell below 125k words and I'm amazed.
  
  
• Thursday I had to do a transcript an invite people to teams and process new-guy stuff. I did more music practice and book editing again. I got a positive message about one of my short stories that may turn into an acceptance later. And I got one of my long-awaited toys in the mail. cool. I wrote the storyboard for my comic and played games with my friends (without Meg because she's on a road trip). Got notification that I'm being considered for one of the voice-over roles I auditioned for. Talked to Jeaux on the phone about some silliness he did. I walked, practiced music, and submitted a short story.
  
  
• Friday I did my usual timesheet stuff and project reports. Then I finished my comic early and posted it. I got selected on the voice-over project I was being considered for but I didn't get the role I actually auditioned for. I'll just be doing some background stuff. That's okay, can't win 'em all. Finally I did book editing and music practice.

Interviews, Articles, Mentions:

• Crawfordsville District Public Library has recommended some Pride Month books, including The Invisible Orientation.
  
  
• Instagram user hc_illustrates did an illustration of me for Pride Month. Nice portrait.
  
  
• I'm mentioned in this Publishers Weekly piece about Being Aro.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, and met my protein all seven days! Restaurant Day was at the Mexican restaurant and therefore the beans helped meet the goal when usually restaurant food has too much fat to balance it out. I am still taking my vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do DDR or aerobics every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. Based on my phone's app, my low day was Wednesday at 10,106 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 12,019 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee. I'm on page 192.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Walk Away" by the James Gang.

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1100: dax #157: smart.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,436 for swankivy (2 new), 675 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 214 for Not-So-Giant Women (lost 1), 67 for Tides of Time Band (no change) 9 for Vinyl Impact Band (1 new). Twitter followers: 739 for swankivy (1 new), 3,344 for JulieSondra (lost 2). Facebook: 285 friends for swankivy (no change), 620 likes for JulieSondra (lost 1), 78 followers for Negative One (no change), 241 followers for So You Write (no change), 100 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,409 (no change). Instagram followers: 313 (lost 1). Threads followers: 90 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 469 (2 new).