And, we're out of the woods!

Woohoo!

No, seriously, I'm feeling better than I have in a while. (amazingly, no, I don't have my fancy B-Complex supplements yet) It seems as though, every time I sit down to write something, I get pulled away by something else. So, before that happens again, bullet points:

• I had a truly kick-in-the-pants fun time on Sunday, at a special Fresh Meat vs. Corvallis scrimmage. We had team skaters to be our actual jam coach and bench coach, even. They seemed to be giving me the pivot hat a lot, which I figure is probably a sign that they've noticed my improving awareness and communication skillz. I'll take that as a compliment. I felt like my defensive blocking was decently effective, I made some solid offensive blocking moves, and I definitely had some ah-ha moments in the pack where things in my brain clicked in new ways. I'm definitely holding onto that as best I can. I also have some stellar bruises in some highly unusual places. Job well done!
• I have about a billion shoots happening next week. Two evenings of jewelry shooting, and a fashion shoot that'll turn into party photos afterwards. I'd like to plan something more fun-and-experimental soon, but it's a toss-up as to when that'll happen. Still, it's good to be working.
• Through a bizarre twist of fate, one of the two weddings I'm shooting this year will be my ex-boyfriend's (Alpha's) wedding, in about of month or so. I had a meetup with him and his special lady last week to talk details, and it sounds like a modest, laid-back, and fun affair. And, there'll apparently be bellydancing at the reception, heh. She seems like a cool lady, too, so I'm glad that my actually-sane-and-nice-ex is ending up with somebody worthy.
• I'm feeling disconnected from a lot of people, lately. I don't like that. I'm hoping to have some bandwidth to do something about it this month. And more energy to do something about it in the longer term, once my fancy vitamins come in.

And, in conclusion: my pixel art, let me show you it. This will soon be turned into a flyer for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. 8-Bit-Style art takes, um, a long time, but cash money for fun and challenging work? Yes please.