How about some thoughts?

Personal Predicaments

Soooo I've been thinking up some great story ideas...but no ideas for their covers. I guess I'll worry about it when I get there. In the mean time, however, I'm plenty busy with other things I'm writing. Both on and off Wattpad.

When your aussie friend introduces you to their "mate" but you can't tell if they're a close friend or their partner.

Whenever someone offers me a handshake or even a high five, I'm always hesitant. It's nothing personal, but I've had some awkward interactions in the past. Apparently (holy crap, what ta hell am I doing with my life?) I have remarkably soft and smooth hands, or so I'm told? Something I've gotten a few times is "Dude, what the heck?! Your hands are so soft!" to which I respond "Okayyy? Um...thank you?". How ta hell am I supposed to respond to that? After something like that, I take my hand back and slowly tiptoe away. It's just too weird. I mean, complimenting someone with that isn't inherently weird, it depends on the context. But out of nowhere? It's just strange - dare I say - creepy.

I'm super bummed. I lost my doodle journal. The drawings I put in there weren't good, not in the slightest. But it was the only proof of the little artistic talent I have. Not to mention the great memories I had of drawing them. And even though it's a loss, it's also an opportunity; a wake up call if you will. I hadn't really taken the time to draw in a while, and me losing my notebook just reminded me of something I enjoyed doing. I still miss my drawings tho...

I don't like beaches. It's just the sand. I can't stand sand.

And whenever I say "I don't like the beach" I'm usually met with the question "do you know how to swim?". Yes. No. Kind of. Not really. It's whatever. Does floating count? I know how to keep my head above water, isn't that enough? No? ...okay

I can't believe "Arci" has been taken! Perfect. Now I'll have to add a bit to my name so that I can be set apart. And I've a story to go along with my name. Man...what a bummer. When you think you've come up with an original pseudonym that you're proud of only to have that thought be cleared away. I'm Arci everywhere, so I'm hoping Wattpad is the only occurrence I see someone else with that name.

ESO is great!. It's...it's...slowly consuming my life :/

Alright, here's my take on Wattpad popularity. You can have tens of thousands of followers, but just make sure that you have more followers than you are following before you start calling yourself "popular". You have 500 followers? Alright, nice job. But you're following 2,000? Well then, I'm not sure what to say. I'd say successful status is a 3:1 ratio. Popular is 5:1. Famous is 7:1. And the exceptionally famous are 10:1 or higher. Of course, all of these scale with how many followers you have. And I'd also like to mention that there are many profiles whose ratio is well above 10:1 but aren't exactly famous, hence the scaling. Take a look at my numbers and you'll see I'm in no way popular.

Whenever I open Wattpad, I always see something that disappoints me. Something that makes me lose a little more hope in humanity. I guess I'm hoping to one day find someone that's like me. Someone that's realistic. Someone wry witted. A person who's a pessimist when it's needed. Someone that shares my opinions and dry humor. Someone that thinks like me. In short; nobody.

Similarly with art, I'm bothered when people show off traced or copied art. Traced art is just inexcusable and doesn't require an explanation. And what about copied art? You looking at a picture and drawing it yourself isn't impressive, so don't go around parading it like it's a master piece. Even worse, when someone says "It's not traced or copied! 100% my own piece!" but it's painfully obvious that the person copied another picture. That's downright pathetic. They shouldn't even call themselves artists. Artists are creators. They don't pride themselves on half-assed reproductions. Make something on your own, for Chrissakes! Make something you can be proud of. If it's original and it looks nice, that's when you can show it off.