The problem is the computer. Definitely not me. Definitely the computer, see.
See, like. The other day my FB memories came up with something to the effect of, I’d been drawing, or maybe just looking at some of my older stuff, and I’d thought, “Self, if you spent as much time drawing as you do on Twitter, you’d be a hell of an artist,” and then thought, “Nah, don’t be ridiculous.”
And then I thought, “No, seriously, do you KNOW how much time you spend on Twitter? :/”
But so like, ok, let’s say I think of drawing something tonight! That’s great! Go me! It’ll keep me off the comp…wait, all my reference poses, all my random pictures I’ve downloaded to use as sketch references, all of it’s on the computer which means opening the computer to do any of it and then I’ve got a computer in my lap, generally speaking (bc i rarely use the desktop at home), so…well, shit, that didn’t work, did it…
Or oh wait I found some of my good coloring pencils! Except…I didn’t find any of my coloring books (except that one Elfquest compendium which requires EVEN MORE pencils than I’ve got bc omg the amount of green i use, anyway, point is, i think i know where that one is) so all of my coloring pages that I’ve downloaded are…on the computer. Where, in many cases, I need to darken up the images because they’re pencils instead of ink work, and to do that I need to use…the computer…before I print them… so that didn’t work, did it…
Ok ok well wait no but how about that drawing tutorial I bought like A THOUSAND YEARS AGO well first you have to find what company it was with, after which maybe they’ve got an app for the smart tv? or even if they don’t there’s at least the web browser on the tv, sure, so…you’d better…open your computer and look for that…aaaand here we are again, with that not working, did it…
THE WEBCOMIC THING no never mind i still don’t have any alligators for it so even if it wasn’t on my computer, which is it, it’s not the thing, but sort of in theory it could be because even though I’d be using the computer it wouldn’t be social media-ing, you know? Which is really most of what I mean when I say I spent too much time on my computer.
I have other stuff. My knitting, which I mostly forget about. :) (I need to move it up so it’s not buried/is more visible, which will help.) A dream of sewing, but that…requires having somewhere to set up the sewing machine, which is not currently really an option.
I’ve gotten MUCH better about reading! I’ve almost retrained myself to read as a default entertainment thing! I’ve read over thirty books so far this year! (pauses, checks) I’ve read almost thirty books so far this year! (I’m in the middle of the 30th.)
Honestly I’m not absolutely sure what the point of this post is, but then again, I’m not absolutely sure a blog post needs a point, so at this point (heh) I shall stop writing it and go to work. :)