I've actually been simultaneously working on/neglecting several personal projects on top of going to Aikido 3 days a week, Kickball once a week, and traveling on weekends. Sigh.
The next big accomplishment will almost certainly be the completion of my new website. I got very close to having a new one up when I decided that I didn't like the theme enough and chose to enter the world of third-party WordPress themes. It's a big, scary world but I found my match, bought it, and am in the process of re-building with a new, sexier theme. My plan is to finish by June 1. Website, Business Card, and a few ancillary freelance projects. If all goes according to plan. I'm not really giving myself an option. I HAVE to get this shit done because I have some other projects (learning French, my new art series [detailed below], P90X2) that have to begin in June. Lots of ideas brewing. If I don't tackle them in 2s and 3s, I'll never accomplish anything.
In a last-ditch effort to continue with the Costume Design major I have neglected since college, I've recently taken on an assistant design job with one of my college costume teachers. A sort of surrealist/abstract play about the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. It's called A Fierce Longing. Until I began this process, I hadn't heard of him but I mentioned the project at the dojo today and wasn't surprised at all when I got a "Mishima! He was crazy but I read all of his stuff" response from more than one fellow student/instructor. It was so expected-to-the-point-of-stereotypical that I almost laughed, actually. Quick turnaround. First performance is June 1 so I'll be doing a lot of online research and shopping within the next few weeks.
Work has been remarkably relaxing lately (knocking on every wooden surface I own). I'm extremely ahead thus far in preparations for the Summer Guide. I anticipate a huge change in pace in about 2 weeks but hopefully all of the front-loading I've been doing recently will help me avoid the utter Hell that usually accompanies an approaching pub-date. One can hope.
Last but not least, I've determined that I'm going to start a new art series. I'm going to research mythical creatures somewhat extensively and create drawings of each creature using a combination of their mythical descriptions/interpretations from varying cultures—based on what I think will look most-awesome. I think this choice makes me a nerd. I feel like I should buy tickets to a convention where I show up dressed as some fantastical character or something following this choice, but I also think that these drawings have the potential to be highly-detailed and probably pretty damn cool. We'll see. I have to actually get around to it. I'm doing a phoenix first.
SUPER last, I've been having a good time reading Pottermore. The background info is very interesting (in my completely biased opinion) and the interactivity is enough to keep you occupied when you don't want to read a huge chunk of text. I was placed in Gryffindor. Despite the fact that I was expecting Ravenclaw, I'm very pleased with the result. I prefer Gryffindor honestly. And I'm talking about this like it's real... but I can't help it. I love HP so damn much.
