daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Sad to see summer go, but will be a nice change of pace! 🍂🎃
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Today was super-busy, even for a Sunday! I woke up at a good time, 7:30 AM, which was first in the house, and made coffee, then got to work on the day’s activities:
And that was the day!
Well, almost… I did spend some time finishing a sketch I started the other day. Basically, I cleaned up the lines, and figured out how to draw the hair where it meets the scalp, and also after a bunch of trial and error, I drew the part in the hair. I think it looks pretty good!
By the way, today is the first day of October, so Inktober is starting. I will not be taking part in it, but I hope to see some cool artwork.
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
I hope you had a nice weekend!
またね～
こんばんは。
It’s interesting to me how people decorate their workspaces at the office. Not so much in how they do it, but the fact that some people don’t decorate at all. Most of my coworkers put up small framed photos of their family and/or pets, maybe a nice landscape or motivational meme, a houseplant, or even flowers (real or fake). But other people have absolutely nothing. And by nothing, I mean the desk is completely bare of any personal items, even pens or notebooks. It basically looks like no one works at that desk. It’s odd but fascinating!
As for my workspace, I have things that help me in my job: color palette, stickies with image size specs that we often use, pens, pencils, notepads, and Pantone book. And then I have my personal items: Instax photos, funny sticky notes people have left over the years, memes, and Tech Deck skateboard toy. It’s not a whole lot, but I guess having these things connects me to the company a bit more if that makes any sense.
Anyways, that’s all. 😌
I hope you had a nice Friday!
おやすみ
こんばんは。How’s it going?
At our house yesterday, we had two groups of service people working. The first is the fence repair crew, who are installing a replacement fence because our old one got blown down by tropical storm Harvey, which devastated Houston. Even though we are quite far from there, the storm reached up to Austin with heavy rains and high winds.
We’re looking forward to the new fence, which will be a lot stronger and nicer than the original one that came with the house. Those fences are of notoriously poor quality, and we’ve already replaced it on the other side of the house. I am surprised that this side’s fence has lasted 12 years!
Another bit of work I had done was on my car. There is a hose in the engine compartment that has been leaking for a while now and I finally decided to get it fixed. Luckily, I have a contact with some mechanics who make house calls. I can order all the parts online, and then the mechanics will install for me, so I just pay them for labor. It works out nicely because they come in the evenings to work. Super convenient!
Anyways, just some basic life-stuff happening. 😀
Hope you had a nice Thursday!
おやすみ
こんばんは。How’s it going?
This evening I went to my friend’s house for our annual “Idol Nite”, which is where we drink saké, eat Japanese snacks, and watch Japanese idols’ music videos and variety shows. This was the 4th time we’ve done this, and maybe the most fun! First, we watched a video which chronicled Morning Musume’s lineups from the very beginning up to present day. It was really cool to see the progression, and of course, there was the expert commentary from Mikey.
But the real highlights for me were the Kikkawa You (吉川友) videos. She’s really cool!
Here are a couple that we enjoyed. The first one is very “Lost in Translation”, and the second is very “Instagrammy”. I love both of them!
I hope you had a great Friday!
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