Personal Digest Saturday: August 19 – August 25

Life news this week:

• Saturday I worked on some logistics for my band's upcoming show (dealing with food trucks! fun!) and got my blogging done before Meghan and Adam came over. The three of us went to my mom's house and picked up the victrola she owned (which will now be at my house!). Then we all went to Ahi and enjoyed some Japanese and Thai food. Then we went home and took naps. Adam left to allow us some girl time, so we got pizza, hung out, and made some blondies while talking about life.
  
  
• Sunday Meg and I had some breakfast and chilled until early afternoon. She headed out and I spent the day on my laundry and trash chores and did some Poloing and music practice. Also recorded a karaoke song.
  
  
• Monday we had a technical proposal package due and it was turned in in plenty of time, plus a regular letter. Also had some meetings and utility tracking. Then did Polos, music practice, and games online with the pals.
  
  
• Tuesday I worked on utilities, a report, and some teaming invitations. Wrote some e-mails, paid my mom's bills, answered some messages, updated our band flyer, and worked on a set list.
  
  
• Wednesday I worked on a report and data entry at work. Finished my set list, booked the food truck, finished the flyer, and finalized a bunch of stuff. Did Polos and music practice. Jeaux came over and took me to Noble Crust where I had a fantastic fake meatball sandwich! We did our grocery shopping, watched What We Do in the Shadows, and caught up on life events and silly internet happenings.
  
  
• Thursday I finished data entry and helped one of the engineers with utility stuff. I wrote my webcomic and got all the frames drawn early in between practicing music. I had a couple naps throughout the day. Guess I'm tired.
  
  
• Friday was timesheets, reports, and more reports. I processed my webcomic in between practicing music. Made some cool cue cards for the set list.

Interviews, Articles, Mentions:

• The website Anime Feminist explored a queerplatonic relationship I'm unfamiliar with in an anime, and referenced my book to give context to what a queerplatonic relationship is.

New Reviews:

• Panagiotl gave The Invisible Orientation a five-star review on Goodreads.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I'm seeing very slight high days and low days but overall there is no pattern and to be honest I think I really need to try to change that soon. Effectively this is in maintenance mode but I'd really like to go down a size and I'm not really doing anything to make that happen. Nothing drastic, but I'm disappointed about this for right now. High weight: 123.1. Low weight: 120.8.
  
• Nutrition stuff: This was pretty good except for not eating enough greens. Still consistently taking the vitamins.
  
• Activity stuff: I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Saturday at 10,117 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 16,089 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: None.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors. I'm on page 88.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "El Condor Pasa" by Simon and Garfunkel.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0954: "Disappointed." 

Videos Made:

None.

New photos:

At Ahi with Adam and Meggie

Social Media Counts: 

YouTube subscribers: 5,438 for swankivy (lost 4), 674 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 187 for Not-So-Giant Women (2 new), 71 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 855 for swankivy (lost 2), 3,878 for JulieSondra (2 new). Facebook: 296 friends for swankivy (no change), 646 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 82 followers for Negative One (no change), 244 likes for So You Write (no change), 97 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,432 (no change). Instagram followers: 257 (1 new).

Personal Digest Saturday: August 12 – August 18

Life news this week:

• Saturday I went to Mom's house and cleaned out all her food, along with cleaning out the rest of her clothes drawers and taking some stuff back with me to donate. I moved some stuff out of the way and cleaned off her victrola so I can pick it up next week. Then I took a nap, had a long phone call with Yasmin, finished my blogging, ate macaroni, and goofed off updating my collection sites.
  
  
• Sunday I got a little "dolled" up to go see the Barbie movie with Jeaux. It was decent; liked it, didn't love it. We ate at Vallarta's and then at home I did laundry, took a nap, and practiced music. Kari came over in the evening and we got pizza, caught up, and watched the Steven Universe movie. After she left I took out the trash and went to bed.
  
  
• Monday I got two letters out and did project research. Practiced music some more and folded laundry. Played online games with my friends, worked on the plans for the next Not-So-Giant Women recording, and caught up on news.
  
  
• Tuesday I had a doctor's appointment in the morning and a meeting when I got back. Then I worked on a spreadsheet for my boss and made some Polos and took a nap. Took some photos of my jacket collection.
  
  
• Wednesday a power outage had borked my computer so morning was a slow start. I worked on project research. Later I took more jacket pictures and did some walking and worked on a flyer for the band. Jeaux came and we went to Five Guys, went shopping, and came home to watch What We Do in the Shadows and took a walk.
  
  
• Thursday I did some updates at work. Practiced music some more and drew comics. Read a bunch of old e-mails. Shared my band flyer with the band members and got feedback. Finished drawing the comic but didn't finish processing it before going to sleep.
  
  
• Friday I worked on reports and a utility submittal. Finished processing and posting my comic. Got some more music practice in and walking done. Met up with Daria online and recorded two more episodes for our podcast: "That Will Be All" and "The New Crystal Gems."

New Reviews:

• Gabriela Lux Horne gave The Invisible Orientation an unrated review on Goodreads.
  
• Brenna Henning gave The Invisible Orientation a three-star review on Goodreads.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: Still not much movement over here! High weight: 122.3. Low weight: 120.8.
  
• Nutrition stuff: Fruits and veggies could have been better this week, but I did okay on balancing nutrients. Still consistently taking the vitamins.
  
• Activity stuff: I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Sunday at 10,313 steps, and my high day was Thursday at 20,858 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: None.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors. I'm on page 74.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Drops of Jupiter" by Train.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0953: "Didn't Stop Her." 

Videos Made:

None.

New photos:

Outfit to go see Barbie

Outfit to go see Barbie

Updated Jacket & Sweater Collection

Updated jacket collection with Mr. Universe jacket

Social Media Counts: 

YouTube subscribers: 5,442 for swankivy (no change), 675 for JulieSondra (lost 2), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 185 for Not-So-Giant Women (2 new), 71 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 857 for swankivy (lost 1), 3,876 for JulieSondra (no change). Facebook: 296 friends for swankivy (no change), 646 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 82 followers for Negative One (no change), 244 likes for So You Write (no change), 97 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (1 new). Tumblr followers: 2,432 (lost 1). Instagram followers: 256 (no change).

Personal Digest Saturday: August 5 – August 11

Life news this week:

• Saturday I did some planning for my podcast, got some walking in, and got my blogging done. Also got some photos processed. Then after watching some videos, I recorded my podcast with Daria about the episodes "Gem Heist" and "The Zoo." Everything went fine!
  
  
• Sunday I was supposed to see Kari but her car had trouble again so I spent the day doing laundry, putting out trash, and doing an awful lot of preparation for work stuff on Monday. (We had some larger-than-average letters going out so I figured I'd rather work Sunday than be in a time crunch Monday.) Also got to water my newly tree-mounted orchid and recorded a karaoke song.
  
  
• Monday was busy getting four letters out (two of which were the large ones). Also had to gather data before a short-notice meeting. Managed to get some data researched too and did some Polos before taking a nap. Then went to game night and ate more crap while watching crap.
  
  
• Tuesday I worked on crash data and building forms. Also did some music practice with my band songs to refresh my memory of the lyrics. Did some Poloing and worked on an episode of the podcast.
  
  
• Wednesday I worked on team-building, data analysis, and reports. Cleaned up around the house a bit. After work Jeaux ran me by my mom's house to pick up her cable and internet equipment. Also picked up her roommate's keys and took out the trash. Then we ate at Bob Evans and did our grocery shopping and caught up on What We Do in the Shadows.
  
  
• Thursday I did more reports and caught up on downloading records. Did more Polos and podcast processing. Texted with my sister. Scheduled an extra bug man visit because I was concerned about possibly having termites. (Spoiler: It was not termites. But also a weird influx of other bugs.) I got interviewed on a sex-and-relationships podcast which will air next month. And I ate a lot of ice cream.
  
  
• Friday I worked on timesheets and reports. Made doctor's appointment for next week, had the pest control in, worked on my comic, and took my mom's cable equipment to a Spectrum store. (They aren't charging me for her overdue bill! Nice!) Finished my processing of the podcast and posted it, and also posted my comic and got my steps in.

New Reviews:

• Allie Ryan gave The Invisible Orientation an unrated review on Goodreads.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: Still not much movement over here! I think I'm done eating all the snacks left here by my family though, so it will be easier to go back to my usual. High weight: 122.2. Low weight: 120.8.
  
• Nutrition stuff: I really haven't felt like smoothies lately so I am not getting my green vegetables in reliably. High sugar and high carbs this week. Still consistently taking the vitamins.
  
• Activity stuff: I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Friday at 10,064 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 17,514 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: None.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors. I'm on page 74.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0952: "Who Deserves Her." 

Videos Made:

Not-So-Giant Women Episode 64: Keystone Motel is out. Join Daria and Ivy as they watch and talk about "Keystone Motel" and cover such topics as being the bystander in a couple's argument, learning more about Ruby and Sapphire, the couple's heat and cold powers, Sapphire's future vision and floating powers, Ruby's gauntlet, the Keystone State jokes, Greg's knowledge of Ruby and Sapphire, how Fusion components can talk to each other before they fall apart, why Steven would feel like Ruby and Sapphire's argument was his fault, discussion of whether Ruby or Sapphire was the more reasonable one, whether Garnet actually does eat, Sapphire's eye, and typical breakfasts in different countries.

New photos:

I didn't post any new faves, but the complete July–August California Family Visit Album is up for all the extra ones that weren't up last week!

Social Media Counts: 

YouTube subscribers: 5,442 for swankivy (2 new), 677 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 183 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new), 71 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 858 for swankivy (lost 3), 3,876 for JulieSondra (lost 3). Facebook: 296 friends for swankivy (no change), 646 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 82 followers for Negative One (no change), 244 likes for So You Write (no change), 96 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (1 new). Tumblr followers: 2,433 (1 new). Instagram followers: 256 (1 new).

Personal Digest Saturday: July 29 – August 4

Life news this week:

• Saturday I played some Jackbox games with my family in the morning and made banana bread with my sister later. They went out to hang out with some of P's friends for a grilling adventure and I stayed home. Did some chores and a karaoke song and blogging. When they came home we watched some more Steven Universe together ("Your Mother and Mine" through "A Single Pale Rose"), and discussed the show's Big Episode a bit before bed.
  
  
• Sunday I hung out with my sis in the morning having coffee and breakfast, and then I had to finish packing for our trip to Sarasota. P made me a grilled cheese sandwich before we left! Love it. We drove out to Sarasota and had boba with my dad before heading to his house for swimming and hanging out. I got to chat with Yusuke a little and walked around the house during a break listening to Meggie's Polos. Later we went out to dinner at Madfish Grill, came back to play games, and stayed the night.
  
  
• Monday I had the day off at work. Dad made almond flour banana pancakes for us before we headed out to meet his friend Jimmy and go out on a boat. It was a small boat and there was a slight delay because of the weather (which sucked since it was hot), but we had a good time once out on the water. We rode around a while, got off to swim at one point, and later Yusuke even did a little fishing with Jimmy. (He caught a small grouper and threw it back.) When we got back I couldn't find anything I wanted at the sandwich place so I ate some leftover food. We then went back home to my place and had a stir-fry dinner, followed by games with friends (Ash just hung out and didn't play, but P did!) and we even managed to watch Steven Universe after (from "Now We're Only Falling Apart" to "Reunited"). Very frustrating place to stop, haha.
  
  
• Tuesday was a work day and it was fine--got a bunch of communication squared away, data entry almost done, and got some downloads completed for the records. My sister and her husband did some errands while I stayed with my nephew and he amused himself (and kept playing Steven Universe music in the other room, which I enjoy of course). They came back with some dry ice and played with it in the bathtub while I made dinner in celebration of their anniversary. I made some vegan scalloped potatoes and my sister roasted some chickpeas to toss into a salad, which we had with Hawaiian rolls. Yum. Finally we finished the OG Steven Universe ("Legs From Here to Homeworld" through "Change Your Mind"), and chatted about it, and then I washed dishes and we all went to bed.
  
  
• Wednesday I did my usual research projects while my family went to my dad's for part of the day for swimming and hanging out. I dealt with some lawyer paperwork as the probate case is getting started and I have business. Also got a chance to chat with Tony when he came to do my lawn. After work, Jeaux took me to GrillSmith, we did a small shopping trip, and then my family came home and we watched the Steven Universe movie all together. After everyone else retired I updated my sis on the lawyer stuff.
  
  
• Thursday began with Coffee Talk as we have been, and then I had some communications to handle at work and some document updates to handle. My sister and her husband briefly stopped at Mom's house to see if her car still starts (it does!) and picked up some toys my mom had at the house that had been for Ash. They brought home a biscuit lunch, which was delicious. I had to do more work after that. They went to an arcade that they said was very fun. Then just the grownups went out to a comedy performance and I watched Ash. We had a nice pizza night and then even got some donuts. Mostly it was just messing around with silly videos, playing card games, drawing, and looking at books. I drew a little of my comic. Then the parents returned and we got to chat a little before bed.
  
  
• Friday morning was mostly geared toward my family getting packed. My sis did some laundry and repotted a plant for me and taught me how to water an orchid she adhered to a tree outside. They did a lot of packing up and were very thorough about cleaning up! Great houseguests. They left and hours later they arrived safely back in California. I have a lot of leftover food though. Work involved gathering some info for my boss and working on a utility project and preparing reports. I then had to finish comics and get my walking done. Everything went okay but I was tired early and went to bed.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: Incomplete stats while my family is here again. I've been eating a lot of weird hangout food but for some reason there's been no real change all week. Which is good considering. High weight: 120.7. Low weight: 120.2.
  
• Nutrition stuff: This week I had a pretty low protein situation. And a high sugar situation. It's okay once in a while but I'm looking forward to getting a more balanced situation . . . once I eat the leftover food my family left, anyway. Still consistently taking the vitamins.
  
• Activity stuff: I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Friday at 10,028 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 10,666 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: None.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors. I'm on page 56.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Behind Blue Eyes" by the Who.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic So You Write Issue 146: "Precious Babies." 

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0951: "A Bad Thing to Be." 

Videos Made:

None.

New photos:

We got boba together when we visited Sarasota:

Then it was time for swimming at Dad's:

Then some dinner adventures:

We went off to a boat ride, but Connie didn't want to join us:

Boat pics!

Cooked dinner for P & Y's anniversary:

Ash squished his bread. :)

And I babysat so they could go out to a comedy club. We got donuts.

Social Media Counts: 

YouTube subscribers: 5,440 for swankivy (no change), 677 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 182 for Not-So-Giant Women (lost 1), 71 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 861 for swankivy (lost 1), 3,879 for JulieSondra (lost 8). Facebook: 296 friends for swankivy (no change), 646 likes for JulieSondra (lost 1), 82 followers for Negative One (no change), 244 likes for So You Write (no change), 95 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,432 (lost 1). Instagram followers: 255 (no change).