Personal Digest Saturday - May 30 – June 5

Life news this week:

• Saturday I wore my contact lenses again for the first time in a while since my eye seems to be improving. It's actually better when I wear contacts. I worked on a video for my asexuality channel in the morning and afternoon, and then Jeaux came over and we had pizza and he tried to teach me how to use a video game controller. (It was a remedial class for sure.) Then I made a Polo for Meg, processed my video, got my blogging done, and did some reading.
  
  
• Sunday I got distracted reading old comics. I can have a relaxing day once in a while. I also worked on processing my So You Write comic. I was supposed to hang with Kari but she had some stressful stuff happen so we couldn't hang out. I did laundry and trash chores, did my DDR, and did some extra walking while looking at houses I might be able to move to if I decide not to stay in my current house.
  
  
• Monday was a low-energy day at work. We found out we didn't win a project we'd been shortlisted on. Boo! Spent some of the day updating some data. Worked on my monthly goals post. Wrote a journal entry, walked while practicing music, read some old journals for that log project finally, and worked on my In Bloom edit.
  
  
• Tuesday was another attempted productivity rampage. At work we had FOUR letters due so I was busy, and I also had a utility coordination request. Did some journal reading and finished documenting stuff from my 9th grade journal. Did my DDR exercise, some edits on In Bloom, and worked on band stuff for an upcoming gig we have. Did some voice acting auditions.
  
  
• Wednesday I attacked the utility coordination stuff at work. Sent a Polo to Meg. Did some reading. And also read some more journals from high school. Did a bunch of dishes. Edited my novel. Went out with Jeaux but Mandola's where he had a gift card was closed so we ate at Best NY Pizza. After he left I revamped a query letter and sent it out.
  
  
• Thursday I did some data entry and timesheet stuff and wrangled questions about project numbers, plus had to go to a meeting and compile some contacts. I played DDR and then spent a bunch of time on band stuff. We have to add a bunch of songs because it's a long gig. I wrote my comic storyboard and went to game night. Worked on my novel. Submitted a short story and recorded a karaoke song.
  
  
• Friday was a weird day--had trouble being motivated. I did get my data entry and reports done at work, and slogged through drawing my comic interspersed with practicing old songs to see if I remember the words. Had to rush to get my comic done and was within 10 minutes of missing the deadline! Rarely happens. Then I made a yummy tofu and rice dish with mushrooms and zucchini and ate it after midnight while working on reading and writing.

Interviews, Articles, Mentions:

• The Paper of Montgomery County online has a Pride Month feature that mentions my book.
• Loud in the Margins lists 12 LGBTQ+ Nonfiction Books and my book is recommended.
• An asexual person named TanMan49 made a YouTube video for Pride Month about discovering their orientation and mentions reading my book as a resource. 
• On the aromantic subreddit, a reader discusses Being Aro and appreciates my introduction (with a slight misquote).

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, and met my protein goals five out of seven days. Usually happens if I get restaurant food because of how high-fat and high-carb it usually is, and I had pizza one day and Italian food another. I am still taking my vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do DDR 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 Monday at 10,079 steps, and my high day was Friday at 11,016 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee. I'm on page 156.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar.

Stuff drawn:

My monthly writing webcomic, So You Write:

   

#180: one-page synopsis.

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1099: adele #267: for each other.

Videos Made: 

A new asexuality video is out: A New Asexual Flag? Some thoughts on the new ace flag created by Ashabi of Ace in Grace. (Well,  more my thoughts on people's reactions to it than about the flag itself.)

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,434 for swankivy (3 new), 675 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 215 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 67 for Tides of Time Band (no change) 8 for Vinyl Impact Band (no change). Twitter followers: 738 for swankivy (lost 1), 3,346 for JulieSondra (lost 2). Facebook: 285 friends for swankivy (no change), 621 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: 314 (4 new). Threads followers: 90 (1 new). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 467 (no change).