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secondlinaNow, i'm the type of person that has a very specific type of concentration abilities. Much as if it was a pokemon, i'll call it a "rock" type, in the sense that my ability to concentrate is kinda like a giant boulder blocking the road. Try to move it, it remains whole. Chisel away at it and it crumbles. The general point of this metaphor is that "big" stressful events don't seem to really get to me. Prior to major exams during university I kinda just shrugged, rolled over and took a nap. However, a large amount of small annoyances will make it impossible for me to concentrate and potentially drive me insane.
Yesterday was a big pile of small annoyances.
First off, getting to work. The subway kept having elongated stops because some twat though it would be hilarious to play with the emergency stop. Annoyance 1. This was followed by a longer walk then I had hoped, in deep slush where I got splashed by cars a lot. Annoyance 2. Get into work. Get annoyed by specific hated coworker for being wet. Annoyance 3. Get criticized for wearing the same clothing as yesterday despite the fact that said coworker is aware that all my clothing is in bags due to exterminators poisoning my apartment during the day. Annoyance 4. Notice and scratch several bedbug bites. Annoyance 5. Then big burly men come in and start building walls in the office. Yes. The management wishes to install more walls, to compress fun and sound no doubt, and the construction dudes absolutely have to do it during the day while we are trying to work. So the whole day was punctuated by the sound of hammers, saws, and other loud construction sounds that basically made it impossible to even answer the phone or talk to each other. This is annoyance 6 to 23.
To boot, for some reason, yesterday's clients seem to have eaten annoyance for breakfast and had this compelling need to spew it all in emails all day because yesterday goes on record for the largest amount of stupid questions I ever received in an angry, stupid tone. Annoyance 23 to 100. I eventually left early, since there was nothing I really could do to help these clients and the jumper saw was in use dangerously close to my desk. On the way home, ladidah, guess what, the subway is still on break. MORE WALKING YAY. I get home and splashed and try to go buy food and hopefully get change for laundry. I got some nice food at the grocery store, but getting the cashier to give me my change (5$) in quarters was like asking a monkey to preform open heart surgery. I asked 10 times and seeing that the line of clients was getting longer and that the cashier's response was "But.... buuutttt.....I can give you only 5$...." to every way I formulated the sentence I just gave up and went home.
There, huzzah, the apartment spells like poison! This is actually the good news of the day. It means Bedbugs are on the run. I opened all the windows so that I would be able to breathe and proceeded to wear my coat indoors. Link was smarter then me and had left for D&D for the night. I also tried to wash our bedsheets and all so we could sleep in the bed tonight. Some chick downstairs decided she was the queen of the washer-dryer and made it very hard for me to complete laundry (she kept pulling out my stuff to put hers). I was finally able to close the windows and make the bed.
This morning, I seem to still have bedbug bites, but since these bites are suppose to flare up 24-48h after you receive them, i'm not going to read too much into it.
And there you have it, my craptastic day. I probably should have drawn a comic about it, but by the time all these little annoyances piled on, I had the thinking ability of a drunk hummingbird and didn't really want to sit still and draw. Plus I think re-drawing kinda falls under the category of re-living it. And I don't want that.
I really should start drawing some joke comics again. Haven't put one up in a while.
Oh and in case you're all wondering, the construction goes on until Friday. Woo.
I did doodle. I doodled this :
- Isa
Yesterday was a big pile of small annoyances.
First off, getting to work. The subway kept having elongated stops because some twat though it would be hilarious to play with the emergency stop. Annoyance 1. This was followed by a longer walk then I had hoped, in deep slush where I got splashed by cars a lot. Annoyance 2. Get into work. Get annoyed by specific hated coworker for being wet. Annoyance 3. Get criticized for wearing the same clothing as yesterday despite the fact that said coworker is aware that all my clothing is in bags due to exterminators poisoning my apartment during the day. Annoyance 4. Notice and scratch several bedbug bites. Annoyance 5. Then big burly men come in and start building walls in the office. Yes. The management wishes to install more walls, to compress fun and sound no doubt, and the construction dudes absolutely have to do it during the day while we are trying to work. So the whole day was punctuated by the sound of hammers, saws, and other loud construction sounds that basically made it impossible to even answer the phone or talk to each other. This is annoyance 6 to 23.
To boot, for some reason, yesterday's clients seem to have eaten annoyance for breakfast and had this compelling need to spew it all in emails all day because yesterday goes on record for the largest amount of stupid questions I ever received in an angry, stupid tone. Annoyance 23 to 100. I eventually left early, since there was nothing I really could do to help these clients and the jumper saw was in use dangerously close to my desk. On the way home, ladidah, guess what, the subway is still on break. MORE WALKING YAY. I get home and splashed and try to go buy food and hopefully get change for laundry. I got some nice food at the grocery store, but getting the cashier to give me my change (5$) in quarters was like asking a monkey to preform open heart surgery. I asked 10 times and seeing that the line of clients was getting longer and that the cashier's response was "But.... buuutttt.....I can give you only 5$...." to every way I formulated the sentence I just gave up and went home.
There, huzzah, the apartment spells like poison! This is actually the good news of the day. It means Bedbugs are on the run. I opened all the windows so that I would be able to breathe and proceeded to wear my coat indoors. Link was smarter then me and had left for D&D for the night. I also tried to wash our bedsheets and all so we could sleep in the bed tonight. Some chick downstairs decided she was the queen of the washer-dryer and made it very hard for me to complete laundry (she kept pulling out my stuff to put hers). I was finally able to close the windows and make the bed.
This morning, I seem to still have bedbug bites, but since these bites are suppose to flare up 24-48h after you receive them, i'm not going to read too much into it.
And there you have it, my craptastic day. I probably should have drawn a comic about it, but by the time all these little annoyances piled on, I had the thinking ability of a drunk hummingbird and didn't really want to sit still and draw. Plus I think re-drawing kinda falls under the category of re-living it. And I don't want that.
I really should start drawing some joke comics again. Haven't put one up in a while.
Oh and in case you're all wondering, the construction goes on until Friday. Woo.
I did doodle. I doodled this :
- Isa
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Date: 2011-01-12 03:11 pm (UTC)Seriously, five dollars in quarters...? Epic failure. >>;
I continue to hope this issue with the bug extermination gets done soon. ~_~
Aww, Katara/Toph BFF's. :D
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Date: 2011-01-12 03:37 pm (UTC)I want to draw more Katara/Top BFF stuff. Because I love them as Bffs. "You're a stinky, sweaty genius!"
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Date: 2011-01-12 03:38 pm (UTC)I was really angry at that girl, because pulling out stuff basically meant the 1.50$ I put in didn't get used fully. >:(
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Date: 2011-01-12 03:27 pm (UTC)Man, I wish my lines looked half as good as yours. Everything looks SO SOFT I WANT TO TOUCH IT ALL
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Date: 2011-01-12 03:41 pm (UTC)A lot of people tell me they want to poke my art. :D
I remember once, I did a mural with palstic paint (making stuff pop out and look full to boot) and a little girl walked up to it, looked hesitant and touched it. Then she squealed because it was "wet not soft!" That was hilarious.
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Date: 2011-01-12 04:25 pm (UTC)At least the exterminators came and so hopefully the bedbug situation will be resolved. However there is the whole sucking in noxious gases thing...
And why is it the maintenance guys always have to come in and do things when you are trying to work?! True, we've never had full on construction going on, but I dunno if you remember the whole 'paint the ceiling to cover the water stain' incident I wrote about before. I was sick as a dog for a day and a half because of it...
But yay for cute sketches!! Let Ruffnut club annoying people over the head with her club, I say!
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:56 pm (UTC)Her or Toph. Toph could kick lots of ass for me...
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Date: 2011-01-12 07:43 pm (UTC)I love all your drawlings they look amazing. I've started teaching myself Inking, and when I finish I'll show you first since you helped me out so much.
Using the pen tool is really difficult for me, so it might take some getting used to, but doing layers seems easy enough :-)
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Date: 2011-01-13 03:57 pm (UTC)Don't worry about not being that good at photoshop right away. I usually ink by hand, so I still suck balls at inking on the computer. It takes a while to master.
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Date: 2011-01-13 04:20 pm (UTC)I tried to ink it then scan it, but I don't know if its my scanner or what because it's always grey and looks pixelated . . :-(
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Date: 2011-01-13 04:32 pm (UTC)If it helps - internet images are 72 dpi, which is bad quality to work with in coloring. Most scanners are set on 72dpi per default.
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Date: 2011-01-13 03:57 pm (UTC)That does make me feel better.
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Date: 2011-01-12 09:54 pm (UTC)I'm the same way when it comes to little annoyances. When they pile on, it can really mess with your head.
Laundry Bitches are the worst! Back when I had to use the dorm laundromat, I had to camp out in the laundry room with my DS or a book and guard my clothes like a hawk because of them!
At least your bad day inspired some great therapeutic art. The bird people are my favorite.
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Date: 2011-01-13 03:58 pm (UTC)*is repressing memories*
The bird people are a whole lot of fun. There's also a Wren girl who lives in a tree and refuses to come down.
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Date: 2011-01-14 06:40 am (UTC)**runs into the corner to cry**
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