Books I Read While I Was Sick Then Recovering:
- My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout - I've read better stories. It was light enough to read while I was really sick, so it was a good pick. I didn't like the writing style, but I love the moving mother-daughter story.
- How Do You Live by Genzaburo Yoshino - Master Miyazaki convinced me to read this book, when I watched The Boy and the Heron last year.
- Languages of Truth by Salman Rushdie - his essay collection from 2003 - 2020. Just curious about him, in general. To learn about how a writer thinks, you can read his/her essays, this man here, did make so many people angry (because of his now-banned book), he was even stabbed on stage, got one-eye blind, and is probably considered a martyr in the writing world by some people because of that.
- The 9 Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas - No comment yet, been a while since I read something that feels like a chick-lit.
Note: I haven't finished all of these books except for the first one. But I extended my library books this week, so I have 2 more extra weeks to read them.
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Series I Watched While I Was Drawing:
- The Acolyte - I'm fine with watching eye-candy sith turning people into the dark side. I feel you, Mae.
- The Bear - This was inspiring on many levels, especially since I've felt like a loser lately because sometimes things happen, you know, and as a human, you'll lose your focus because we are very emotional beings. At least, I am. The Bear is so messy, so flawed, so traumatic, so stressful. But somehow in that chaos, you'll see that your life isn't that shitty, someone else out there is having worse life than you. So you make do. I'll remember this moment when one day in the future I can say that The Bear helped me get through it. Yeah, a fictional TV series, it spoke to me.
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Update on the health:
Week 5 was a light in the tunnel. I finally stopped coughing; hours turned into days, and I stopped taking medicine, I didn't cough until I gagged anymore or felt like my head was bursting into flame or lightheaded after a coughing fit. Suddenly, I stopped coughing that often. Residual phlegm is still a problem, but at least it is not with those bad cough.
I healed from sinusitis after 6 days as well, I'm okay now, I'm OK. There is still minor vertigo that I need to look into and get fixed.
Week 6 update from KK: The doctor confirmed that I don't have TB. Whatever I had, was probably something viral and a bit stronger (I assume).
I need to do something about the weight, I know. I also need to do something about my mental health because I can feel that it is linked. I don't eat when I don't feel good, and I don't feel good for a very long time. So, we need to do something about that.
I hope you are here, with good intentions, and every single time you read my blog post, you'll do'a something great for me. Like remarkably good health, or such a strong vitality towards life, or great career progress, or just anything good at all. Please don't send me bad vibes, I can't have those in my life.
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Apple Pencil:
With that very limited money, I bought my second Apple Pencil so that I could start drawing again and accept illustration projects because I needed this and Raya season is coming up soon. I need to restart the life that I've put on hold; I need to start living again, whatever that entails.
This, is still traumatizing, but I don't have any other options, do I?
But I managed to finish up one whole illustration exercise, after more than 6 months of not picking up the iPad to draw.
Note: The first Apple Pencil, lasted around 7 years. I really hope my current iPad can manage more projects until I can afford an upgrade.
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Smiling Lines:
I got those now, long ones, when I smile.
It's either because I'm slowly losing my buccal fat when I lose more weight, or because I'm getting older and I'm slowly developing smiling lines, or perhaps, both. I don't think I have that before. But I remember once someone mentioned it to me, and I never noticed that. Until now, when they are becoming obvious.
When I smile, I have long smiling lines that I don't recognize.
It's weird kan, getting older.
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