I have become notoriously terrible at updating this journal. I'm pretty bad at keeping up multiple blogs and I think the only one to suffer worse than this is like, my LiveJournal, though that doesn't really count since no one cared about that one to begin with. :Va
So let's see...
Anyway, WHAT'S UP? It's 2014! I don't know if that's at all exciting, but with my (former) roommates using the phrase "last year" to refer to a time less than two weeks ago, I haven't quite made the adjustment. I'll get used to it in about eight months.
Since this is my journal, I guess the question is more "what's been up with you, personally". Well, I've still got a job (did I ever mention that I got a job? I did on my art submissions, but I guess if you are exclusive to JUST this journal you wouldn't know), though I also had a nasty case of bronchitis from said job's holiday party, so that could've gone better. I spent New Years Eve in isolation, marathoning Princess Jellyfish again and deciding I hadn't watched The Prince of Egypt in a while so that should totally be watched in celebration of the end of the year. I went to bed after 5am, so go me.
The new year - or, rather, the end of December - has brought about something new for me, though it's nothing as exciting as a new car or trip to Vegas. No, it's instead the fact that the Doctor Who art-making self in me has risen up (again), and if you can't tell from my recent submissions, I am quite an enthusiast for 12 already, I might just ship Clara pretty badly with him (and 11 ugh such cuteness), and in just a general sense, I have been bit really hard by the Capaldi bug.
Oh my God. The Peter Capaldi bug is doing such terrible things to my mental state. 2013 saw my high school self rise up again, claiming fangirlings of a few 2D characters to the point where having a new crush on an actor just didn't seem like it would ever happen again. Oh sure, there was Matt Smith and Chris Hemsworth; oldies but goodies who had plenty of time to flex their photoshoots around. But with Stein and Sycamore claiming bits of my mind and Sasha Nein still clinging tight, it was like 16-year-old Kat had come out to play again. When Capaldi was announced as 12 last August, I went "aw, he's a sweetie", but nothing more.
Then the Christmas special happened, and then there came the rise of photosets and gifs on Tumblr. And of course I had some certain people nudging me along, though it also gave rise to the phrase "do you actually fangirl him or do you just like screwing with us?" "yes". I'm not one to be in denial if I actually do fangirl someone (be they a character or an actor), but that admittance doesn't ease the avalanche of teasing I have been given the past couple weeks. There's a reason "El Husbando" might be a joke I actually make a drawing for.
(Note: My friends are great and we mock each other relentlessly for everything.)
In summary, my 2014 so far has been teasing, working, and coughing. But that's okay. Looking forward to what this year has to bring, seeing as how 2013 was a rather loaded year for me. Mental breakdowns, college graduation, gallbladder surgery, getting an actual job? Yeesh. Bring it on, 2014.
And maybe I'll try keeping this journal up (haha). If nothing else, I'll do my best to not slack off on uploading my art.
