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I’ve been suspecting that I have delayed sleep phase syndrome, where my body clock doesn’t exactly like to go to sleep at 11pm, but I instantly fall asleep during the afternoon. It’s a horrendously annoying thing, especially during schooltime, where afternoon classes are the norm. Without some caffeine I can’t function in the afternoon, and sometimes caffeine doesn’t work too.
I’ve been trying out chronotherapy, so I’m extending my bedtime by two hours every day until the 11pm desired bedtime is reached. As of now, my bedtime’s 12pm in the afternoon… I have another 11 hours to go. Hopefully this’ll get my body clock functioning on US time.
Some time ago I asked if winter was really that bad. The answer is a resounding YES. There is a maximum of 6 hours of daylight on any given day, and you can bet that 5 of those 6 hours will be cloudy. You don’t see any sun at all, and it is, surprisingly, rather depressing. I remember reading up on seasonal affective disorder in NUS, where it states that some people get depressed during the winter because there isn’t enough sunlight, and I thought it was a whole realm of weird. But HEY, it’s true! WAO.
I don’t think I’m actually seriously down or anything, but it does sullen your mood a little, and you don’t really have much motivation to go outside. Not to mention that since I’m trying to change my sleeping schedule, I wind up sleeping through the sunny bits of the day, and I’m faced with pitch black outside for the next 16 hours.
I’ve been wasting my time slugging away on Kingdom Hearts, hoping to finish that game as soon as possible. Oh right, and art update (CS3 performs so much better on my computer than CS2 did). I’m still not getting hair at all, and I haven’t finished detailing the waves… although I think they look kinda fake and nothing can save it. But still! IMPROVING. EVERYONE SAID SO.
I think it’s kinda awesome to see works in progress. It’s fun to see where you started and how you’ve been trodding along so far. ^^ Let me show you it.
Original, Sketch 1, Sketch 2, and Sketch 3.
And most recent WIP:
Randomness
1. I bought my first OSU sweatshirt today! It’s so comfortable and cozy. I’d just snuggle in it forever. Also, it’s just in time for the Purdue/OSU football match this Saturday. Go Bucks!
2. If you want to beg on the street, saying ‘you just came out of McDonald’s and you don’t have spare change? Fuck you.’ is not going to elicit any sympathy from anyone, much less me.
3. WIP! Remember this painting? I changed up the colors, from blue to white to green now. Hopefully it’ll look more realistic now… or something.
Whee!
As most of you know, I RP Calypso on raisethecolors. I don’t know how it popped into my head, but I visualized a scene that - in my mind - was just so incredibly inspiring and beautiful. So I wrote it down. And then finding that it didn’t describe enough and that image was still stuck in my head, I went to sketch it out. It’s still rough, and I’ll definitely add details and the like, but the current pose is exactly how I imagined it to be. And it’s 1 am, and I wanna sleep.
Plus, I needed to test out my new Wacom Intuos 3 anyway. 
A few observations:
1. I suck at color (LAURAAAAA ;____;)
2. I still can’t get hair, despite 2 years of attempting to paint it. Calypso’s hair is tied up most of the time, so I haven’t gotten any proper reference.
