"Awww, twenty bucks? I wanted a peanut!" "Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!"

[batskeets]

I took a nap for a couple hours, and it seems to have staved off some of my headache. I've been getting headaches all week, and it's getting pretty tiresome. I wish I knew if it was migraines or whatever else, because it doesn't seem like a stress headache. I haven't felt stressed out at all this week, at least not consciously.

It occurs to me that I should have probably stopped and had a chat with simurgh after class today, because I haven't in a while. I didn't really feel like being around anyone at that point, though. I feel like I've been a pretty shitty friend to people in general, as of late. Maybe it's just the holidays. They always make me moodier than usual.

In other news, I have rediscovered my love for honey-roasted peanuts. PEEEAAANNNUUUUT *_*

So right now, I'm working on a self-portrait thingy in Illustrator, perhaps for the new portfolio I'm hoping to crank out within the next week or so. It's based on the picture that this LJ icon was made from, because apparently, everyone wants to marry my new icon. ::laughs::

It's looking pretty awesome, though, so I'm happy. Sad thing is, so far, she looks a good deal hotter than I do in real life. Bitch. ::asdlkfhasdkfhasdkfl::

It's kind of funny how we ("we," as in human beings) idealize ourselves, and run ourselves down at the same time. On the one hand, it's terribly easy for us to look in the mirror and think that we're too fat, or too skinny, or have a big nose or scrawny arms or whatever. We pick ourselves apart all the time, and physical attributes are just the beginning of that.

And yet, when we see pictures of ourselves, 90% of the time, we *hate* them. Because in our mind's eye, we don't imagine ourselves looking like we do in photographs. It's as if we're saying, "well, I'm pretty damned weird-looking, but I'm not *that* bad." Thing is, I think this happens with mental and emotional aspects as well. So we'll think things like, "I'm not a smart person, but that guy's an *idiot*." We can't really believe the best about ourselves, but we can't quite buy into believing the absolute worst, either.

Anyhoo, I'm just rambling for the sake of rambling, because it's Friday and I'm bored. Back to work. ::pwing!::

Comments

[paris-of-priam.livejournal.com]

...An all syrup super squishie? S..s..such a thing has never been done...

[addwag.livejournal.com]

i think we are all our own worst critics- I have friends tell me about things that bother them which I never even noticed. I hate my body and my face, my nose, my hips whatever, I could go on forever but you get the point

[aniline.livejournal.com]

I meant to comment on fun new user icon action. Yay!! Neat!

[xplo.livejournal.com]

"Explain how."
"Money can be exchanged for goods and services."
"Woohoo!"

XD