#just wanna binge star wars with the boys rn

[shih-coulda-had-it]

quarantine q&a

@iwritesometimes tagged me for a life update! This is doubling as an apology for not uploading/updating a fic this March; things… have been taking a while to settle.

Tagging @rockcandyshrike, @vaenire, and @thisauthorisscreaming! 

Are you staying home from work/school?

Staying home from school! My college had the bright idea of giving us an extra week of spring break, and then delaying the news about evicting us from on-campus housing. Fortunately, I live in-state, so it was only a couple hours of driving, to and back.

If you’re staying home, who’s there with you?

My family! (But no pets. ; v;)

Are you a homebody?

Spiritually. I cooked for myself a lot more at college, but since moving back here, there’s just… no motivation? I’m an expert in cooking single portions. Also, cleaning just takes the life out of me. The one routine I’ve kept is washing the dishes, and I hold out on those till night-time so I can go to sleep somewhat tired.

An event that you were looking forward to that got cancelled?

My school was sponsoring a trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival! We were gonna hang out from last Thursday to this Monday; I was really looking forward to just, y’know, wandering a small town in the early hours of morning… freezing cold air… empty children’s playground… burbling creek…

What movies have you watched recently? What shows are you watching?

No shows, because I don’t have the attention span for them. (Give it a bit, I might just hop back into some cartoons I’ve been meaning to binge.)

I am getting back into Campaign Podcast’s Star Wars campaign! It is taking me forever to get out of Mandalore. I may never get out of Mandalore. Send help.

Movies I’ve watched since the shelter-in-place order – Bad Boys and Bad Boys II; Persuasion (1995 version), Doom: Annihilation, Moonstruck

What music are you listening to?

Currently, any and all of @everydaylouie tunes! I can also recommend @toastyglow’s Work Music II playlist on Youtube for reliable bops. Otherwise, I keep trying Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist… that’s a hit or miss.

What are you reading?

I’m trying to read Moby-Dick for real this time (I’ve faked reading it for class). On my ‘To-Finish’ is The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (Fantasy Asian wlws) and The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (Vietnamese mlm who was a cook for these two eccentric, famous wlws).

What are you doing for self-care?

Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Putting on outside clothes even though I’m staying indoors 99% of the day. Playing piano. Drinking more white tea than I have in my entire life. I haven’t been feeling any motivation recently, but maybe I just need to change my work area.

I’m giving myself til the end of today to stop feeling sorry for myself. I wanna write. I wanna draw. Might kick off April with another month of uploading content, like I did with December. I have three projects now...

Finishing the hanahaki fic

Uploading the amateur-webp*rn-stars-because-we-need-money fic

Figuring out what to write for April

Fingers crossed. Stay safe, wash your hands!

#shihpost