Long Time, No Journal Update

Looks like it was July the last time I updated my journal. Oops. There hasn't been much to update, anyway. I was on a hiatus from all arty things for a couple of months since I didn't feel too inspired. Luckily, the autumn seems to have brought me plenty of inspiration. I even started going to art circle meetings on Wednesdays. Basically it's a group of people focusing on their own art projects while the teacher goes from people to people giving us tips on how to improve our work and telling us to buy Apple products (apparently he really likes Apple). I'm currently working on an acrylic painting there. I rarely have hobbies that require me to go somewhere and do something at a specific time with other people, so it's a nice change of pace. Besides, now I have a reason to paint, which I don't do much on my own, and I have an incentive to make art that isn't fanart.

Lately I haven't been drawing so much. Instead, I've been crocheting, mainly amigurumi, but I'm also making a Lenore plushie. I'm really liking how it's turning out and am planning on crocheting Ragamuffin too. Right now I'm also knitting a pair of socks for myself. I'm obviously slightly masochistic because I keep starting projects that include knitting cables, which definitely aren't my favorite thing to knit. That's something to think about when my fingers are hurting, but at least the yarn is alpaca, so I keep on imagining friendly alpacas while I knit.

In general, I seem to have a lot of enthusiasm to make things right now. I usually get more depressed in the autumn and was already starting to feel it, but my doctor prescribed me new meds and I'm really glad to see they seem to be working for me in very small doses. I'll be really happy if this will be my first depression-free autumn for years.

Lastly, I need to apologize those few people who I've rp'ed with or have been meaning to rp with, and just vanished. I'm not sure if those people see this, but I've had a lot on my mind and haven't really felt like talking to most people on Skype or MSN for quite a long time.