Personal Digest Saturday: September 18 – September 24

Life news this week:

• Saturday was concert day! Aaaaand it got rained out! I was sad. I got up and got ready for the concert and had a hearty breakfast in preparation of the energy I would spend, and then the outdoor concert got canceled because of the weather and Jeaux was already at my house so we went out and got some stuff done and got some pizza. And watched an episode of What We Do In the Shadows. He ended up hanging out a while. After he left I worked on my blogging, updating my sites, catching up on Polos, and trying to overcome the pedometer freeze that made my step counter lie to me about how little I'd walked that day.
  
  
• Sunday I got up super late. Don't know why. Caught up on more Polos for my sister and Meg, and ate a lot. Got more walking in and answered an e-mail. Took pictures of collections. Did my trash and laundry. Argued with people on Reddit. Watched Rebecca Sugar's Instagram concert for a Trevor Project fundraiser in honor of Bisexual Awareness Week. Worked on some edits for my new short story.
  
  
• Monday I got up for work and didn't have to do any letters, but I did have to work on a proposal and had some struggles with getting my edits incorporated into the main document. My step counter malfunctioned again and hadn't been counting like all day so I have no idea how much walking I actually did. Played games with my friends--we found a new game we like too. After that I opened my new necklace that I won on eBay and had to spend over an hour untangling it because shipping tangled it up. (But I did it!) Sent out a query. Was really tense for some reason.
  
  
• Tuesday I got up early for a meeting that got moved, and mostly just had a bunch of finalization on a proposal that was due and some preparation for another letter. (Turned out some of the scrambling that happened that day was because of a misconception that it was due today, when it is due next week.) Took more collection photos and did a query. Updated my merch spreadsheet.
  
  
• Wednesday I did some wrangling of reports and an upcoming proposal. Plus I had to go to a negotiation meeting. But at least I wrapped up the data entry work order that dragged out for a while. After work I did a query and updated some website comments. Then Jeaux and I ate at McAlister's and watched Colbert and more Hilda. I looked at Tumblr and updated my spreadsheet with autographed cards, which bumped the dollars up significantly.
  
  
• Thursday I had technical difficulties at work so I was only able to do about three hours' worth of work (and only because I was offered a workaround for not being able to get into my work computer). It was some kind of outage for the software we use for remote access, not my computer's fault. I did some writing stuff and another query and updated more autographed cards stuff. Then I talked to Victor on the phone and got a lot of comic drawings done.
  
  
• Friday I got up late again and stayed up to date on what was going on with Meggie and her procedure. She did well and is feeling good! Yay! I was a little preoccupied about it. I worked on reports, a meeting, timesheets, an upcoming letter, and an upcoming proposal. Then after work I talked to Meggie while drawing. I didn't get enough time for walking and that is disappointing.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: Incorporated some more vegetable stuff into my diet but also ate a lot of high-fat stuff like nuts, cheese, and avocado, so I'm not sure it was the best week. High weight: 114.6. Low weight: 112.4.
  
• Nutrition stuff: I seem to have been gravitating toward quick and easy food and eating a lot of fake fish. A lot of bread and cheese. A lot of granola bars. It's not great, though the first half of the week I ate up all my spinach in smoothies so that at least was a good choice.
  
• Activity stuff: It was hard to tell if I missed my goal on two days when my pedometer didn't work right, but I know surely that Friday I did not make my goal so I will assume that was my lowest day. My low day was Friday at 8,503, and my high day was Thursday at 14,576 steps.

Books Read:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week. 

• Currently reading: Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello. I'm on page 165.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Let It Be" by the Beatles.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0854: "Getting Long." 

New videos:

None.

New photos:

Just some collection photos!

SU Keychains

SU Necklaces

SU Bracelets

SU Lanyards

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,310 for swankivy (lost 1), 670 for JulieSondra (1 new), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 131 for Not-So-Giant Women (lost 2). Twitter followers: 930 for swankivy (lost 2), 2,062 for JulieSondra (4 new). Facebook: 297 friends for swankivy (lost one, I don't know who dropped me), 632 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 80 followers for Negative One (1 new), 230 likes for So You Write (no change), 86 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,450 (lost 3). Instagram followers: 240 (2 new).

Personal Digest Saturday: September 11 – September 17

Life news this week:

• Saturday I made cheese biscuits for my mom and went over to her house to deliver her birthday gifts. She was asleep when I got there but she got up to hang out with me. :) She gave me a bunch of meat and lasagna to give to my friend Victor (and a lasagna for me and for Jeaux!). Hey, whose birthday is it?? Anyway it was great to see her and talk to her. Then she took me home and I did some walking, sending Polos, blogging, and posting on Amino. Long day.
  
  
• Sunday I got up early and went to Sarasota with my dad. The band rehearsed and practiced our beginnings and endings. Then after band practice my dad bought us Panera food and we ate at his place instead of going out. He drove me home and I took a short nap, sent Polo videos, and did my laundry and trash. Got a karaoke song and worked on my short story, and then watched too many clips of TV shows.
  
  
• Monday I had a not-too-stressful time getting a letter out with my coworker. I practiced some music in the evening and then played games with my friends online. Did some writing, then texted with some friends, and fell asleep early.
  
  
• Tuesday was slow at the office. I got up to date with data entry and finishing some stamps. I bought my tickets to go to Cara's wedding next month! In the evening I did more music practice and worked on the short story.
  
  
• Wednesday I spent most of the work day addressing e-mails and gathering plan requests, plus a meeting. Got some writing done. An interview with me was published in Geeks OUT. After work Jeaux and I saw Victor while dropping off his meat from Mom, and we even got to see his house. I finally got to see his fake leg. ("I'm a cyborg," he said.) Then we went to the grocery store and we didn't get to get sandwiches at the place I wanted to go to because they closed before we got there, so we picked up food at Five Guys instead. We watched Colbert and What We Do In the Shadows, and watched some silly reactions to Centaurworld on YouTube. I drank wine and got sleepy and fell asleep on the couch.
  
  
• Thursday I worked on my data entry. Talked to my friend Jeremy about a possible project. Worked on the short story. Victor called at the usual time and I drew pictures and walked around the neighborhood. Got mad about the same old stuff.
  
  
• Friday work was slow so I dove into a proposal that's due a while from now. Filed docs and filled in forms. Finished writing the short story finally. Right now its working title is "Her Experiment." Spent a bunch of time listening to Polos from my sister while putting away laundry. Got my drawings done and the comic posted. Revisited a few of the band songs to make sure I still know all the words to the tricky ones.

Interviews, Articles, Mentions:

• Geeks OUT Interview: Discusses asexual identity discovery and coming out, the pressures of writing a book, the shifting environment surrounding asexuality’s reception in society and media, the evolution of the ace-spectrum community, and media/upcoming projects.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: Despite a continuation of weird eating, my weight is really stable. I want to go back down about 3 pounds. Know what would help with that? Stop with the weird eating. High weight: 113.7. Low weight: 113.1.
  
• Nutrition stuff: Slightly better this week than the previous weeks, but still too much candy and not enough veggies. I did manage to get more smoothies and fruit in this week, but there's been a lot of the bread-and-cheese kind of lazy eating going on, and I ate a bunch of my mom's lasagna.
  
• Activity stuff: No missed goals at all this week! My low day was Saturday at 10,060, and my high day was Thursday at 12,833 steps.

Books Read:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week. 

• Currently reading: Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello. I'm on page 165.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0853: "Now That You're Big." 

New videos:

None.

New photos:

Just some collection photos!

SU journals

SU hair bows

SU Dog Tags

SU pins collection

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,311 for swankivy (1 new), 669 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 133 for Not-So-Giant Women (2 new). Twitter followers: 932 for swankivy (1 new), 2,058 for JulieSondra (no change). Facebook: 298 friends for swankivy (no change), 632 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 79 followers for Negative One (no change), 230 likes for So You Write (no change), 86 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,453 (no change). Instagram followers: 238 (no change).

Personal Digest Saturday: September 4 – September 10

Life news this week:

• Saturday I had friends over! Hasn't been much of that since the beginning of the pandemic. Yasmin and Arthur came over for tacos and living room karaoke. We had a good time and the food was super good. They helped me practice my band music and we all got to catch up and enjoy some cake for Yasmin's cat's birthday. After they left I did some writing, cleaned up a bit, and did my blogging.
  
  
• Sunday I got a late start and had to take my coffee and breakfast with me to Sarasota with my dad. He rented a space at the Music Compound for us to rehearse, which was GREAT! We practiced all our songs and made some final decisions about our set list. Then my dad took me to a restaurant where I got a veggie burger, and we got to have time to talk in the car. It's great. I did my chores when I got home and did some writing.
  
  
• Monday I had the day off for the holiday but I still did a couple hours' worth of work so I wouldn't be too overwhelmed the next day. Spent the day checking out videos of the band practice and doing some writing. In the evening I played games online with my friends and took pictures of calendars.
  
  
• Tuesday I went back to work and dealt with a very tight deadline on a letter. Then after the usual work day was over I had to help put together a proposal that was due the next day so I worked until 9 PM and didn't get to do much else. Exhausting. Didn't have time for writing so I did a short story submission.
  
  
• Wednesday things had calmed back down at work and I got to get some waiting updates done. After work I did more work on the short story and talked to Mom. I redid some blanket laundry that I accidentally left in the dryer but forgot to turn it on, so it was wet. Then Jeaux picked me up for Greek food and grocery shopping. We watched the new episodes of What We Do in the Shadows and saw Colbert and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
  
  
• Thursday I got writing done in the morning. At work I organized some marketing tasks and finished some data entry. After work I talked to Victor on the phone and did some drawings. Took some photos of wall art for my SU collection photos.
  
  
• Friday I ate too many chips. Had a pleasant day making reports and organizing timesheet stuff. After work I got the comic done early and had time for writing, karaoke, and chatting.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I haven't seen a major shift in either direction this week, but I did a lot of weird stuff with my eating this week so I'm surprised. High weight: 113.7. Low weight: 112.4.
  
• Nutrition stuff: What with taco day (and tons of taco leftovers the rest of the week), two restaurant meals (with Dad, with Jeaux), and for some reason a bunch of candy, I did really awful on my diet this week. I ate a bunch of corn chips and cheese and only had spinach a couple times. Also I seem to be really hungry for fake fish lately so I've been eating a lot of that.
  
• Activity stuff: No missed goals at all this week! My low day was Saturday at 10,459, and my high day was Sunday at 18,919 steps.

Books Read:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week. 

• Currently reading: Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello. I'm on page 165.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Under Pressure" by Queen.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0852: "No Words." 

New videos:

None.

New photos:

Yasmin's famous plating

Cake Yasmin made for their cat's birthday

Yasmin, Arthur, me with cake

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,310 for swankivy (1 new), 669 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 131 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change). Twitter followers: 931 for swankivy (no change), 2,058 for JulieSondra (4 new). Facebook: 298 friends for swankivy (no change), 632 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 79 followers for Negative One (lost 1), 230 likes for So You Write (no change), 86 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,453 (1 new). Instagram followers: 238 (no change).

Personal Digest Saturday: August 28 – September 3

Life news this week:

• Saturday I got most things done early--finalized my plans for the podcast, got blogging done, got my walking done, and did my writing. Then I met up with Daria for two cartoon episodes: "Too Far" and the famous "The Answer." We had an epic talk and I was very tired.
  
  
• Sunday I did my usual chores (trash and laundry) and I planned my next So You Write comic. Then I learned "Smoke on the Water" and did it for band and karaoke. Got some more writing done and made some Polos. Got comic photos taken for my collection. Argued with people who should know better.
  
  
• Monday I had a very smooth ride working with my boss on a proposal. After work, I did my walking and drew a comic while playing games with my friends. Afterwards, did some more writing and sleeping, and read some of a new liveblog.
  
  
• Tuesday I sent out a query and worked on my writing comic and posted it. Work was mostly data entry and organization. I did a new video for my asexuality channel and posted an Amino post.
  
  
• Wednesday I had tons of data entry at work and it was a smooth day. Submitted a query. Then Jeaux took me to the store and we picked up Chinese food and watched Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I spent too much money because of planning to have friends over.
  
  
• Thursday the database I use was having errors so I didn't get my work done! Got some other work done. Managed to practice the band songs and make some Polos. Did some writing. Victor called and he got a lot of stuff done since I last talked to him! I got ALL my comic drawings done. Made a survey for my bandmates to vote on a new name for our band!
  
  
• Friday the database was back so I entered data all day. After work I finished the comic and put up my new mini-posters in the kitchen. Tried to memorize song lyrics. Did some writing. Made another survey to help narrow down the band names!

New Reviews:

• C.J. Scarlet gave The Invisible Orientation a five-star review on Goodreads and on Amazon.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I haven't really changed anything important this week, but weight is pretty stable. Hoping to go down a bit from this soon. High weight: 115.1. Low weight: 113.1.
  
• Nutrition stuff: I did okay with vegetables and healthy food but also added in a bunch of stuff I don't need, so I'm thinking I could do a lot better than I did this week. Chinese food was very carby. :)
  
• Activity stuff: I made my step goal every day except Tuesday (and missed it by less than 200 steps so that doesn't really count dangit). My low day was Tuesday at 9,814, and my high day was Wednesday at 15,534 steps.

Books Read:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week. 

• Currently reading: Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello. I'm on page 159.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic So You Write Issue 123: "Flip-Flop." 

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0851: "What Didn't Happen." 

New videos:

Letters to an Asexual #83 is out. In this video, someone consistently conflates asexuality with lack of sexual responsiveness and insists I'm closed to the possibility that asexuality is "unproven." Apparently, anyone who claims to be asexual should understand that it is "objective" and rational for others to assume our presumed abstinence is equally likely to be caused by a disorder, and it isn't open-minded of us to expect to be left alone like straight people are when we say who we're attracted to.

New photos:

Garnet toys!

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,309 for swankivy (lost 5), 669 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 131 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change). Twitter followers: 931 for swankivy (lost 2), 2,054 for JulieSondra (20 new). Facebook: 298 friends for swankivy (no change), 632 likes for JulieSondra (1 new), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 230 likes for So You Write (no change), 86 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,452 (no change). Instagram followers: 238 (no change).