Pronoun Trouble

Puerto Rico Pattern Vivillon are complete! I decided to go with my second version, which I liked better anyway, but even moreso after coloring them both in. I also colored a version with all four wings like the flag instead of the bottom ones with colors switched, which you can click to here:



And the lineart if you want to color your own can be found by clicking this pic:



I am 100% cool with these being used for general FLPR promotional stuff, if anyone is interested in doing so.

Who likes coloring? 8D Here are all of my coloring pages so far, since AI is over, all in print quality (once you click the pictures).


"Sweet Scent"


"Petal Dance"


"Own Tempo"


"Solar Beam"


"Astonish"


"Calm Mind"


"Guardian of the Sun"


"Buu-chan"


Bonus:

"Unaware"

Shellder: It's our anniversary you big pink nitwit! I can't believe you forgot! I have half a mind to unfuse with you! *chew chew chew*
Slowbro: Was there something I was supposed to remember...?


Happy coloring, everyone!

New icon, whee! I finally made some Pokemon GO icons. I'll probably be sharing them over at dreamsheep sometime in the near future, but not tonight because I stayed up too late making them already :P

I need to make more Pokemon icons as well, but tired, so. (My favorite plan is to make one with Dreamsheep as Mareep, because obvs. But there will probably be others as well.)

Just caught a 530 Venusaur :DDD

I've been seeing rare and semi-rare Pokemon "in the area" for like a week now, and decided to pass up on them the past few times I saw them, because I figured they'd come around again. Well, the last one I passed up on was a Scyther, and when I saw that Venusaur silhouette today, I was like, No. No, I'm going for it.

And I caught that grumpy flower toad >:D First time I've seen a wild starter or evolution that wasn't a Squirtle (my own starter, incidentally), and I catch the sucker! Between this and snagging a Dratini last night, I am quite pleased :3

That said, it was humid as a frog's armpit out there, so even though I was walking for less than fifteen minutes, I still could use a shower :P

Argh, there's a frickin' Exeggcute in my neighborhood, but I don't have the energy to try and find it! Especially since the footprint thing isn't working [for me/anymore]. (Seriously, did the footprint thing just go away completely, or is it just my phone?) There was a Polywag when I got home from work, a Polywhirl last night, and an Exeggcutor and two Pikachu a few nights ago, none of which I've gotten.

On the plus side, I did manage to snag a cp527 Tentacruel on a bathroom break this morning, so that's cool. I'm currently at level twelve and have joined Team Mystic, because Articuno has always been my favorite of that trio. My workplace has three individual PokeStops, at least one of which I can reach from the employee break room, and downtown there's a huge swath of PokeStops in something like a three block radius. Like, over twenty huge swath. I'm also completely shameless about the fact that my GPS is a little faulty and registers me in slightly different places every few minutes or so while I'm relaxing in bed. Very useful for hatching eggs. Or, well, not that useful, but it makes up for that first day when it couldn't find the PokeStop I was standing right next to.


In 3D space news, my car has a fuel leak :/ I took it in about a month ago as soon as it began having trouble starting, but the mechanics couldn't find anything/reproduce the problem. In the time since then, the problem got a little worse, the owner of the shop suggested it was the fuel injectors acting up and that it would probably be fine as long as I just let the car sit in "on" for a minute or two before starting the engine, the problem got a lot worse, and on Friday afternoon I made an appointment to drop off the car on Monday. Friday saw the car eating up twice as much fuel as usual; today it used more like four times as much as usual, and there was a puddle in the parking place where I had been at work. Getting this fixed will definitely be cheaper in the long run, though I really wish we could've figured it out and fixed it when I brought it in the first time. Though at least they didn't charge me anything for that first appointment, since their testing device said nothing was wrong.

Anyway, the money from the Staff Art Table should help with that a bit. And hours are going to be picking up at work as well, since classes will be starting again soon, so that'll help, too.


And now I think it's food time, while I continue to rest my aching feet. More work tomorrow, and then the car goes into the shop.

IDK, sometimes I really feel like starting something to be called along the lines of “Pokemon GO With Me” to match up people who don’t feel safe Pokemong GO-ing it alone with someone who would boost their confidence and/or safety, or for people with disabilities who can’t always access where specific Pokemon are.

And then I think not just of how much work it would be, but how much work on top of that it would be to make everything as safe as possible. Because the people most in need of such a service are also the people most likely to be hurt by it.

Makes me wish there was an easy solution. Unfortunately, racism, misogyny, transphobia, ablism, etc etc etc (etc, sob) are probably a lot harder to get rid of than such a system would be to set up and monitor.

So. Those new Pokemon games. With the details released, what, early this morning? Yesterday-ish?

Anyway. ( Spoilers ahoy! )

Anyway! Those are my thoughts on the new games. Come have thoughts with me!

First, a brief stop in Baking for Dietary Restrictions Land. Instead of Dairy Free, as I'd thought we were doing this week, we're instead doing Heart Health. Or something like that. If we do Obesity next week, I may scream. Need a quick bread recipe tomorrow, fruit dessert on Wednesday, and cupcakes on Thursday. *sigh*

Second: Got the Tetris blanket mailed off. Or at least dropped off at the mailing station.

Third! Dropped off my test cake at Bread From Anna this morning. Anna herself couldn't taste it, since it may have been gluten-contaminated (I have baked things with gluten in my kitchen in the last five years, so it's entirely likely), but there were a few other people there who tasted it and gave it very good reviews. Anna said she'd call me today or tomorrow about whether I get the job; I'm currently cautiously optimistic, with an emphasis on cautious.

And now, the meat of the entry: Planned indulgences.

1) BOOK. Somehow I'd forgotten that the next Tamora Pierce book came out last week. Or maybe I thought it was supposed to be next month? Either way, I am totally buying myself a copy.

2) POKEMON. This won't be for another couple of weeks, but I'm currently planning on a 2DS and Pokemon X. I've been saving up with these in mind for a while (or rather, I'd been planning on a 3DS until the 2DS was announced to be a thing (and it's still cheaper than a second hand standard 3DS)), but I'm glad I'll still have a nice, hefty cushion once I buy them.

3) DINNER. Okay, here's the thing. The hospitality program at the community college I attend? Is run almost entirely through a training hotel. A four diamond hotel that is half school. They have a fancy-ish restaurant called the Class Act. I've eaten there once, and my folks have been wanting to eat there as well. Another thing is that my family tries to have a weekly dinner together, where we can socialize and catch up and so forth. For the past two weeks, and for the next two weeks as well, Baking for Dietary Restrictions has usurped Family Dinner Night's slot in my schedule. Putting all of these together, and since I just got a reasonable "paycheck" of sorts, I suggested we meet at the Class Act for dinner after I get out of class either this week or next, and I'd cover half the check. Mom and Dad are enthusiastic, and while I still have to check with my brother, I'm fairly certain he'll be up for it. I just need to find out whether it's this week or next week, and then make reservations. Omnomnom!

4) SOMETHING ELSE??? I dunno, I might indulge further. Possibly a ticket to Icon, maybe even as a vendor. Almost certainly not a KitchenAID stand mixer, because as glorious as those are, they're still three hundred bucks. I could afford it, but I probably won't go in on it unless I get the job at Breads From Anna. Even then I might wait a while, make it a birthday and/or Xmas gift to myself. Maybe something fancy-schmancy I see at my next stop at Half Price Books. They've had a lot of secondhand tablets there recently, and who knows when I'll see a box set I want next?

Food for thought, at any rate.