Hi! This blog entry will function more as goals & events for the summer, rather than a recollection of the past month! To start though, I'd like to say I ended this semester with a 98% in Algebra and 99% in Sociology >_< Summer break starts today! What do I wish to accomplish these next few months...
I have 3 main goals: Create music, practice Swahili, and start my comic.
First, I want to create a foundation of skill in music. During the school year, its quite hard for me to make time for music in my schedule because its just so much time to master a new(ish) skill! If I can understand my flow better, how to form basic structures for songs, etc, it will become tremendously easier to just Sit Down And Work On Music like I can with visual art or coding.
Secondly, I want to dive more into Swahili. I am aiming for an A2 level, although I don't know if thats pheasible in 3.5 months, so I won't hold myself to that. I just want to be able to express myself more completely. Along with this, I'd like to improve my reading comprehension in Norwegian by reading more articles and books.
Last, I will start my comic "The Windows Have Fogged"! I have done basic outlining and am working on filling in more details. I'd like to get the first chapter out before the end of May. This is my first time hosting a webcomic and I'm honestly more concerned with understanding the comic writing process & getting it done rather than being particularly good. There may be plotholes, it may be boring at parts, the pacing may be bad, the art may be lackluster. I just want to know what its like and finish a longterm project!
I also have some more material goals. I need to make paws for Sylvia before anthrocon - i have a month and a half before I'll leave for my trip. This really should be no problem, I'll just need to find a pattern and get sewing - I already have all the supplies! Speaking of anthrocon, I would also like to take at least 3 more commissions before anthrocon so I can have a bit more spending money. I of course need to upkeep my current skills, like in Norwegian, and keep up with commissions. I'd like to try and go outside more because I know I can become quite cooped up over the summer. I have Mauricio & Brenda I can hang out with - I'll try to make plans with them.
I have some other goals like doing more research and just... learning more. I like learning a lot, it always feels like I'm not doing as much as I could. To keep myself accountable for this, I was thinking of starting a section on my blog for deepdives. Just a place to record whatever I learned that day. It would also be a fun opportunity to experiment with page layouts that fit the topic of discussion.
Dios mio my trip! From mid-June to mid-July I'll be on the east coast again with my best friend Mae! We have quite a few plans this year, I am so so excited. I will go to our friend Cece's birthday, and also a pride event. The main attraction is anthrocon in July, in which I'll also meet my online friend Khepri & get to know some of Mae's other irls! Mae's furry irls and I are going to go hiking and the such, and pretend to be animals in the woods #furry. Me and Mae would also like to work on a memorial for our late friend Claudia, maybe we'll finally get the chance irl to cry about it together. I may have an early birthday party while I'm over there too. Lots of fun stuff, I am so very excited!!!