kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ

Hi! Happy Friday! (I'm not superstitious. I can't be superstitious or today will be the day my ankle breaks and I get pulled out of show choir! )

Anyway. v

This is super important.

Everybody who uses AI art needs to watch this video: 

This is SamDoesArts (AKA Sam Yang). He's one of my favorite YouTubers and I love his work. Here he explains how AI art works and why artists are hating on it. 

Thank you!

-This has been your annual A Day message from the Library. (I'm sitting by Katniss rn)

Finally started Tia's rough sketch! It's super stylized and a bit out of proportion (and I didn't take the time to draw her feet), but it was a quick 20ish minute sketch so it doesn't really matter. I think I need to make her hair wavier and obviously resize proportions and things but here's Tia Rough Sketch V.1! 

I. Hate. Exponents. 

With everything in me, I despise them.

Product rule and the power rule and the quotient rule and all the things are maddening. Like.... they're not even practical. Unless you're gonna be a math teacher. Which...... most of us probably won't.

ANYWAY!

That's not what I hopped on to talk about. I'm gonna do some cool character sketches (and maybe even a finished piece or two??) for Prof, Tia, Megan, Cody, Abraham, and David from the Reckoners. I'm currently reading Firefight (and if you're into it too, feel free to check out my Steelheart book trailer, which I posted in Kajsa's Corner), and the characters have such iconic designs that I couldn't take it anymore!!!!! So I'm gonna draw them! Only question is:

Who should I do first?

Ditching P.E. again!

"Oh what fun it is to ditch on every single A day..."

I'm probably gonna catch myself up on Firefight a little or make myself start writing for the contest--if I'm gonna win, I gotta actually write something, right?

So the other day, my older brother was in the basement playing Halo on the new X-Box (that I have yet to play...). We have a little kitchenette down there. We also have a toddler who loves to get his devious little hands on any sugar he can find. And we also have somebody who forgot that ice cream goes in the freezer instead of the fridge. So the toddler, Crew, found the ice cream in the fridge (after eating a few handfuls of leftover Christmas Jell-O, mind you), and decided that he wanted a scoop. I don't know how exactly it happened, as I wasn't down there, but the ice cream spilled everywhere. And Dallin, who was so into his gaming that he didn't even know the kid was down there, knew nothing of this ruckus. I came downstairs probably 6-7 minutes after this happened (if I had to guess, as the ice cream had stopped dripping from the counter onto the tile floor) to call Dallin upstairs for dinner. Aaaaaand I saw a toddler, soaked in ice cream, holding onto a barstool for dear life with the sticky, vanilla mess splattered everywhere (though not on the carpet, thank the heavens). And he smiled at me, pleasantly licking his ice-cream-mustache, and promptly informed me, "The kitty's licking the mess off the floor!" And then I saw Oslo, my new kitten, licking the ice cream puddles. Anyway, we got the cat and the toddler and the kitchenette cleaned up before we ate our simple dinner of chicken tenders, extremely good mashed potatoes, and green beans (I know, weird combination). I'm still upset about it, but I know it'll be a laughing stock soon. Hahaha.

Do y'all have any little trouble-seeking siblings?

You know when you have to make a decision, but you're scared of the opportunity cost? (New vocab word that was just added to my arsenal today.  Heh heh heh.) 

That's me right now.

I have to choose ONE book character to write a passage less than 750 words long about and then I can submit it and potentially win $100 (I think I've got a pretty decent chance).

BUT I CAN'T CHOOSE MY CHARACTER!

I could do Katniss, or Tris (shush--I haven't finished the series yet), or Enna, or Megan (also haven't finished the Reckoners yet), or Hermione, or Sokeefe (9 books, 41 chapters, 12 pages, 11 paragraphs, and 8 words was FAR too long, I tell you), or the very long list of characters beyond. 

Help!

I'm in Honors English and I'm starving. That's all. 

Hi!

It's been a while! I wish I was more active, but I have not the time nor the mental capacity to start or join a roleplay, especially considering the fact that I have only read one of Sanderson's books. One. *hides behind hair*

Yeah, so that's another reason I've stayed out of the roleplay forums lately. I get very confused very easily--I need to be more cultured in Sanderson's work. *runs out of hair to hide behind and jumps in a hole*

Anyway! Here's what's up:

- I'm basically ditching PE to write this right now--even though I have full permission to not be doing PE, I still like calling it ditching because it makes me feel cool (don't ask) ;P 

- Just hit week 19 with ankle issues--at this point, I'm wondering if I'll be stuck with it my whole life.......

- We got two cats (ONE IS ALL MINE--MWAHAHAHAHAHA) for Christmas. Mine is named Oslo, and the family cat is Axel.

- We had our first show choir competition on Friday, which we won by a landslide--about 68 points. We got best vocals, best choreography, best band, and grand champions! But then my director dragged us all to school early this morning to watch our show, and... *crawls a lot deeper into hole* ...it was a MESS. We're cutting stuff (which makes me incredibly sad), and we're simplifying a lot of it (for like the 4 billionth time) so it all looks cleaner. We have five songs and most of them are pretty complicated--our show is about eighteen minutes long. But all in all, it was really crazy to be at that level on January 5th. 

- I have to read three books every six weeks for school, so this hexter I've got Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger, Faceless by Alyssa What'sherbucket, and Firefight by our favorite author, Brando Sando. 

- I went shopping the other day (my favorite secondhand store was having a 90% off clearance day, so I HAD to go), and I got three new outfits, one of which I'm wearing now  

- I haven't worked on my novel for a few weeks now, which is discouraging, and I also haven't drawn for a while, and all my other hobbies have kind of been pushed down the toilet with immense stress that I shouldn't even be feeling (I think I might have anxiety for undisclosed reasons).

- OH! Alsooo, I just got called as the Young Women's secretary--which kinda scares me because I've never had a calling before, and because I already have so much on my plate. But we're gonna make it work!

- I get to be the altos sectional leader for show choir 

- My mom got this cool piano the other day that has a microphone jack and as long as you're playing an accompaniment, the piano will literally harmonize with your voice?! It's super neat. (Though... with three little siblings and an older brother... it can get a lliiiitttttlllee crazy. And loud. Very loud. Hahaha.)

- Fake eyelashes are one of the worst things ever created. They're a hassle, they itch, it's hard not to get the glue in your eyes, and at the end of the day, it's not even really worth it. We have to wear them for show choir and I'm not a fan.

- Life is good though, you know? Even if you're unmotivated, even if you're exhausted, even if you're stuck with mysterious stress, even if your hobbies are all hiding in a hole and you don't have a shovel to dig them up... life is still good. You've always got friends and family who will support you, and if you don't? Look up and think of Him. He's always there! 

Anyway, thanks for reading this! Have a good life, people  

KajsaDiyaQuesdilla --> out

Y'all!

Hi!

I'm alive! 

I came back!

And I have 40 notifications. Wow.

I've had a TON of homework lately, but I finally got a breather today! Yay!

Therefore: random updates!

- Show choir's been good, and premiere's in 5 days! Eek!  0) - (0

- @Ookla the Crow, your piano lesson tactics did not work for me. Darn it. So I'm just living through it now

- I was not mentally alright yesterday, no idea why, but I'm better now

- One of my gal friends is going through guys so fast it's making me dizzy... x . x

- School's alright and I'm keeping my grades up. For History, we've got an optional D.C. trip coming up AND I WANT TO GO SO BADLY! But it's really expensive.

- I made a Steelheart movie/book trailer! I'll post it in Kajsa's Creative Corner (or whatever the chasms I named that place).

- Roleplaying is totally fun, but I think I'll be officially dropping out of the Tower of Ghenji/Insanity Clinic rp because I can't keep up with it xD

- I ended up naming an OC Jabber. Hehe.

- What is Ookla

- Enough about me. How are all y'all????? I've missed you guys  

-Ookla the Raven

GUYS!

IT'S A RECORD!

14 WEEKS OF ANKLE ISSUES! *sarcastic thumbs-up*

But hey, MRI results should come in by Tuesday. 

Hopefully we'll get answers!

That's all.

Bye!

How do you tell your parents that you want to stop piano lessons even though your teacher is really nice and they pay a lot for her to teach you but you just get totally stressed out from lessons and needing to practice so you just don't practice and then you feel bad and guilty during lessons because you didn't practice so it feels like you're wasting the teacher's time and ultimately piano is just something you already know enough about and you wanna focus on other things like show choir and regular choir and HEALING THE DADGUM ANKLE THAT'S BEEN STUPID FOR 12 WEEKS????

Wow. It's... it's been a while. My schedule has been kinda insane lately, so I haven't had much time to be on the Shard. That said, I could have gotten on, but I just... didn't? Idk. Anyway, here's a peek  at my crazy life in a nutshell:

- Leaders of the Pack (show choir) premiere is in four weeks, and we're not even close to being ready.

- First competition is in five weeks, also not ready for that.

- I can't even do show choir or dance because I sprained my ankle twelve weeks ago during choreography, I was in a boot for two weeks, and now it's getting worse, and I think it might be a stress fracture.

- Speaking of, my sister has a stress fracture in her leg, right below her knee.

- My sister's birthday is in three days.

- Wolfgang (a cappella) is performing three different Christmas songs in like two weeks, we're not ready for that either.

- On that note, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! 

- Thanksgiving was fun but kind of insane. Long story.

- I have too much homework.

- I'm totally stressed out for no reason and it's making me feel stuck and kind of trapped.

- I feel guilty because one of my young women's leaders at church who's super, super nice and kind and the best keeps asking me to babysit for her kids, but the last time I babysat was my first time babysitting ever, and she has five kids who are great but they're kids so ya know, and the oldest hit one of the other kids and I feel like I handled it really badly, and the oldest is like two years younger than I am so it's kind of awkward, so I feel really guilty for saying no all the time even though my schedule doesn't allow it but I'm also just feeling super overwhelmed about it. *phew.* That is one long run-on sentence with bad grammar.

- Speaking of being overwhelmed, I'm trying to write a novel, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I'm so caught up on getting my main character's backstory perfect so I can move onto the plot that I feel like I'm getting nowhere. It's stressing. Me. Out.

- I think I need a getaway... I wish I could pause time to get everything done and then just RELAX. I could really use that right now.

- Grammarly is also stressing me out.

- Also boy drama. Yeah.

- Roleplaying is fun, but it's also stressful because it reminds me of how I need to get cracking on my book and things.

- OH ALSO I'M SO FRUSTRATED AT THIS GIRL AT MY SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE'S THE PRINCIPAL'S DAUGHTER RIGHT, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE REALLY TIGHT CURLS FOR SHOW CHOIR AND SHE WAS LIKE "I DON'T WANNA WEAR THE CURLERS TO SCHOOL" SO THE PRINCIPAL BANNED THEM AND SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THE CURLS IN DURING THE DAY AND IT'S A HUGE HASSLE AND AGHHHHHHHHHHH

- Anyway. Thanks for letting me vent. I'm just overwhelmed. And stressed. Maybe I should go meditate.

Thanks.

-Kajsa

Hello, world!

I know I've been inactive on the forums lately, but today I was home sick from school, so I had some time to catch up!

Last night, I was up past midnight trying to write what should have been saved for a full-blown novel crammed into 500 words (it was for our short story unit in Honors English). It did NOT work, and I ended up going way over the word minimum. The story ended up being 2,233 words. I might rewrite it to be longer and better, but I turned it in just in time, thank goodness!! If you want to read the monstrosity it is, feel free. (Why am I putting this on here? xD)

I may be on the forums later this month, but I'll be on most in December, I think.

I think that's it! See you guys around!

--KajsaDiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (hehehe)

Happy Halloween, everybody! Enjoy your holiday