Blabbity blabbity blah.I miss pixel art quite a bit, but my free time is limited and rationed out in small portions. I work a life-draining 9-5 (God, I hate being an adult), I have a boyfriend in DC, and we're alternating weekends in each city (I'm in Baltimore) until the summer, when I'm moving in. My sister, whom I currently live with here in the city (not rent-free, mind you, hence the soul-crushing office job) is getting married and moving off to Montana to tend sheep and have bebbies. The sheep part might not be true, but what the hell else do you do in Montana?
But the free time I have, when not absorbed by my newly founded social life (being a couple means that people expect you to do things as couples. It's highly inconvenient when all you want to do is stay in and read a good book while the BF plays Dragon Age) - did I mention I went to four damn weddings this year? FOUR! First was in July, last was just in the beginning of November - where was I? Oh, free time. Hah. What a myth that is.
Anyway, my free time is mostly now spent working on the rough draft of what'll hopefully be a manuscript ready sometime late next year. It's my dream of being able to support myself by writing, and with one friend who quit his day job to become a successful photographer (highly talented guy) and another who has quit his in order to attend culinary skill, I figure yes - now is the time to run after that dream. Thankfully, my dearest is the most supportive Significant Other I could have asked for. He is wonderful, and I love him deeply.
But the point of this is that I miss pixel art. I'm going to try and do a little more of it, it's something that I always found so relaxing. Kind of like knitting, which is probably why I took up knitting with such a fervor. I like creative tasks that, while they may be tedious or repetitive at points, allow one part of my mind to focus while letting other parts roam free. It's almost like artistic meditation. Anyone else feel that?
