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New Year’s Stuff

Yeah, yeah, I know I’m late.  Story of my life. 

Anyway, here are the things I want to do in the new year, in no particular order, both in WoW and in real life:

~  Update this thing weekly, with either art or writing or some sort of blathering.  You wouldn’t think that would be difficult, but apparently it is.  Durp durp.

~  Write more.

~  Draw more.  Maybe learn to draw well enough to outgrow my Intuos and upgrade to a Cintiq?  Maybe even try my hand at comics if I get to the point where I can draw a single piece in less than three weeks’ time, because it’d be a fun way to convey the stories in my head the way I see them.  Which reminds me, here’s my most recent shot of Shizu – ignore the minty green background;  I got tired of the blinding white back there, and also lol at only getting her kilt detail done in like two hours.  Speed comes with practice, right??

~  Be less of a chickenwuss about tanking.  I’m not great at it, but I’m not terrible either;  I just need more practice.

~  Finish leveling my tree druid.  I bet I could level him through LFG now, but that’s scary territory for a role I don’t know.

~  Exercise more, snack less (or snack healthier), drink less soda, etc.  All the standard stuff.

~  Be more outgoing.  Figure out how to become someone people want to know.  I get very annoyed with my constant anonymity and the issues that come with it.  I’m sick of sitting in the background.  I want to be noticed, dammit!

~  Be less of a chickenwuss in general.

~  Stop being my own worst enemy.  I’m horribly critical of myself and I think I scare myself away from trying new things, or even doing old things, because I’m so convinced that I’m full of fail and suck.  I need to stop this, although admittedly it may require the assistance of a therapist or something.

~  Take the JLPT test?  I know most of the level 4 kanji, and learning the kanji is half the battle when you’re learning Japanese, so I could probably take it and do well with another course or two under my belt.

~  Take an art class or two.  Figure drawing would be awesome, but I may need a little more basic stuff before I tackle that.

Long list is long.  I’d better get to work!