my_thestral: (dragon)
Dammit, BF's brother with his son are visiting and I can't really write in the evenings - and I just started another piece! it's hard to focus with being interrupted every 3 seconds and with howls of laughter coming from the other side of the room, accompanied by "you've gotta come and see this"... no, I really don't. :P But I know that BF misses hearing his native language and his family, so I'm trying to be less grumpy than usual when my "evening plans" don't happen. But they can't stop me from doodling,can they?! *mwahahahaha*  Sadly. Oh, boy, I really should keep my day job. *giggles madly*

Rose
Date/Time: 23/08/2016 18:50 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] philharmony.livejournal.com
That's really cool. I own about a dozen journals starting from when I was eleven on, and when I reread them I'm more prone to bust into giggles or blush in mortification at my young self than anything else. e.g. "I learned today that Ben was having an ice skating party this weekend. I don't even care that I wasn't invited. I'm being serious, Percy" (the name of my journal) "It may sound like I care, but I really don't. Really."
My mom does these really beautiful watercolor drawings and she sells them at farmer's markets and stuff. I never felt inferior per se, but I've never felt incredibly proud of what I draw. It's easier to just label all my stuff as doodles and then it doesn't matter if they're good or not! I dunno, if you just draw for the fun of it then anything you draw is good because it's fun :) !

P.S. I LOVE little boxes. My parents used to go nuts, because I would just collect fancy little whimsical boxes from wherever and there always ended up being too many of them and my mom would be like "where did you even get this?" and I'd be like, "I dunno, but I put pressed flowers in it and it's pretty..."
Date/Time: 29/08/2016 16:49 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] philharmony.livejournal.com
That family sounded for real insane! I'm not quite sure how you survived.

And boring company meetings are basically asking to be labeled as "doodle time". I graduated as Valedictorian of my High School, and I swear I read Novels and doodled my way through at least 60% of my classes. I even got sent to the Principal's office once for reading in class one too many times (That was the worst, because they stuck me in a room with a desk and a chair and absolutely nothing else for an hour and I was beside myself with boredom).