🍃A Leafy Pile of Drawings and Ramblings🍃

I entered a Pokémon-themed art fight this month, that just now came to an end. It was a very thrilling experience, and I hope to do more of them in the future! I ended up making 11 pieces in total, and you wanna take a peak at them, just click on the tag below!

Yesterday, I started my first ever nuzlocke! I even created a new switch account so I wouldn’t have to delete my current save. I usually take forever deciding on nicknames, so I decided to nickname my Pokémon after brand names. Since I went with Scorbunny in my first Sword run, I decided to give Sobble a chance. I named him Dasani and loved him instantly. By the time I made it to the Wild Area, I had caught 2 more Pokémon—Chex the Skwovee and Planter the Seedot. Then I made the absolute STUPID mistake of taking on a Trapinch in a Pokémon Den. I went in with Dasani, who was only lvl. 11 at the time. The Trapinch ended up being lvl. 18 and she totally destroyed him. Poor lad didn’t even make it to the first gym. :’( I did end up catching the Trapinch, and I named her Twitter—because she cancelled Dasani. ...This nuzlocke may be a little harder than I anticipated.

After years of dreaming of it, I’ve decided to take the jump this year and make a Mystery Dungeon comic! My goal is to have it up and running sometime this May, although it could be pushed back a bit later if I’m behind. ^^’ EDIT: Welp. Thanks to COVID, I’m about a month behind on this. Not sure when I’ll be getting to this. EDIT 2: Ok, I’m gonna get this comic up and running sometime early July! I’ve got the cover and 5 pages finished.

Current mood: My stylus is dying, and I can’t find another battery for it. I’ve been working on this one comic panel for about an hour, and I don’t really like what I’ve done so far. Tonight is okn’t.

Alright. It’s been an insane past 2 months, but I’m gonna try to keep this brief because my tired butt does not have the energy to go into a lot of detail right now. I’m preeeettttyyy sure my cousin and her boyfriend tried to set me up with said boyfriend’s cousin. I didn’t think anything of it the first time we met—I just assumed he was along with my cousin and her boyfriend for the ride. Next thing I know, I’m getting all sorts of messages from this guy in Messenger. After a bit of convo, I hesitantly agreed to hang out after church with all of them the next week. At least I assumed it would be all of us hanging out—and I’m pretty sure HE thought we’d all be hanging too. But then, my cousin and her boyfriend straight up DITCHED us. They stuck around for like 2 minutes before moseying on off, staring and giggling at us from a distance. Let me tell you, that was THE most awkward night of my life. We barely even knew each other, and we were struggling to get a decent conversation going. People kept walking by and shooting us confused or smug looks…and I just wanted to die. x’) He still messages me, though, and things have gotten a little less awkward. At one point, I felt like I had to tell him that I wasn’t interested in pursuing anything romantic, which I absolutely DREADED doing. But it went over, ok? Much better than I was expecting. I agreed to video chat this Thursday, and I’m not gonna lie, I’m REALLY nervous about it. We haven’t really been able to find much common ground—at least when it comes to hobbies/interests. And if I’m not gushing about cute things, cartoons, video games, or stupid stuff I found on the internet—I don’t bring that much to the conversation table. 😬

Today, I said my final goodbye to the best dog I’ve ever known. I’ve had Pepper just one month shy of 14 years—which is more years I’ve lived with him than without….I don’t want to accept that he’s gone. Nothing’s ever hurt like this.

I am a little better now. I found one of Pepper’s collars—it now sits on my nightstand. I’ve been sleeping a lot better since putting it there, so I think I will keep it there. I’ve been looking through a lot of photos that I have of him, and they honestly have helped more than anything else so far. I’m going to leave some here for easy access.

July 2021 was not a good time. I’m hopeful that August will be better.

I drew this tiger a while back, and I’m just now remembering to post him!

Ok. I have these tiny, little easels and canvases and they are. So. Cute. Look at them! They’re so small! I’ve got 2 more easels, but I’m all out of tiny canvases. The good news is that they’re super cheap, so it shouldn’t be that hard to flood my room with them! >:D