I'm so glad it's finally the weekend lmao, this week has been exhausting >_<
I had two tests to study for, and I've been preparing for the art gallery which opens tomorrow
I honestly can't remember much between the last time I updated and now so I'll just talk about what happened today, which felt like quite a bit lol
Actually, first of all, I was trying to print out a few digital drawings that I could have on display for the art gallery and a few tiny (4" x 6") prints last night, but our printer wasn't working T_T Plus I had 4 drawings to print out, but only 3 sheets of paper left, and each print was failed :')
Either the drawings get cropped wrong or half of the drawing won't get any ink and I'm so confused?? My mom and I spent several hours trying to fix it last night but I'm honestly at a loss
We had bought tinier photo paper (by accident, but at least I didn't have to cut them up to make tinier prints) and my mom eventually managed to print out a few of the tiny prints
The printer had been working for quite a while at that point and it started acting weird so I just turned it off and figured I could print out the remaining prints today, but my mom couldn't get it to work anymore :(
Also, I seriously would not be able to be a part of the art gallery if it wasn't for my mom lmao
She knew how stressed I was yesterday (and I only had around a half an hour to get ready today) so she even ended up working from home so she could spend time trying to fix the printer, buying frames for all my drawings and then fixing all the frames and putting my drawings in them (which is surprisingly time-consuming!) 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
I must've thanked her a million times today and I still feel like I need to thank her more lol
T was also kind enough to print out the 4 big prints I needed since I was out of paper 🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️
So yeah, I ended school at 3 p.m., quickly headed home to eat and grab my stuff, and then my mom drove me to the art gallery
I couldn't carry it all inside on my own and she knew how badly I didn't want to spend the entire evening setting things up, so she was kind enough to stay and help me so we could get done faster :'>>>> <3
So we got there at 4 p.m. and had time to set up a little bit, and then T, Shay and I got interviewed at 4:30, and when we were finished with that, we went back to rigging everything up
We weren't finished until a little after 6, and my mom and I were finished first so I don't even know how much time T and Shay and their moms spent setting their things up >_<
I don't know why but the thought of selling the prints of my digital art never crossed my mind?? 😂 I feel bad for how I priced them but 40% of what I earn goes straight to the company or business or whatever, so if I were to sell something for 1000 NOK, I would only be left with 600 NOK (not that I'm selling anything that high lmao)
So yeah, I absolutely refuse to sell my original traditional drawings and my paintings, so I'm just selling one print of each of the 5 digital drawings I have on display, and 10 4" x 6" prints of two different drawings - but the main purpose was just to get my art out there and try out having an art exhibition
Also, next to each drawing, there's a little note with the artist's name, the title of the art and the price, and we were told to send an email to the company and they would get it all ready, and they did for T and Shay but not me :(
I was so mad about this!! Literally every ounce of joy and excitement I had for this exhibition completely left my body and I was so upset for a while that I seriously never wanted to be part of an art exhibition again!! XD
It was just so fucking typical that this happens to me. First I ran out of photo paper, than the printer fucked up and it still doesn't work, then the frames we got were too small for my big ass American marker paper, and then the stupid notes weren't printed and there was no way they could print new ones for me
It felt like the world was conspiring against me!! This sounds very exaggerated now lol but I was so stressed and anxious over the exhibition and things kept going wrong and all I wanted to do was just give up, lay down on the floor there and just cry :(
This was probably illegal lol but Shay's foster mom used the printer there to copy the notes and print out copies, but they're colorless and you can tell that they're not the real deal
And then I had to write all the information on each individual note just because the people there fucked up and it didn't look professional at all and I just wanted to cry because it wasn't perfect
At that point I was just tired, hungry, fed up, upset and my feet hurt but luckily after the notes, we were basically done so my mom and I just left and went home to have tacos lolol
The moment I saw Athena, all joy came back to me 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
But yeah, the opening for the art exhibition is at noon tomorrow so after that, I don't have to worry about anything until I take it down next weekend :D
I'm so tired now lmao
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Time went by so incredibly slowly today :))))))) We started off the day with a live stream of some climate debate or something and I've never witnessed anything so excruciatingly boring
For 4 hours, I heard the most boring people alive tell us how to save food and eat leftovers
I wish I was joking
So I watched my very first Disney+ movie with T in the back of class!!! ^-^ I haven't used Disney+ before today because I wanted the first thing I watch to be special, and I couldn't choose :>
But we watched the original Beauty and the Beast and I think that was a good choice, even if I couldn't have the volume on :D I swear I know Beauty and the Beast so well, I could hear the movie even though there wasn't any sound lmao
And then in science class T and I watched half of Robin Hood, which we'll probably finish at school after fall break lolol
Also, something amazing happened in math class today!!!
I always sit alone in math class and I've never spoken to anyone unless I have to because the teacher made us work together lol, but while we were waiting for the classroom to be unlocked, a girl came up to me and started asking me about how the test went for me
I was so shocked, I just stared at her in disbelief for a moment 😭❤️😂
And then when we got in the classroom, she asked if she could sit next to me and I thought I was gonna pass out
We even had a nice discussion at some point but I was honestly so shocked and nervous that I can't remember the conversation at all now XD
I'm so happy 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
And she's not a very outgoing person, she's always seemed very shy and reserved which makes it even more shocking
I hope my awkwardness didn't scare her away TwT I honestly can't see why anyone would look at me and think "I'd like to talk to her :D", I just assume that everyone takes one look at my big, scared eyes and think "nope" lmao
But yeah, that seriously made me more happy than I can explain because I'm really not the type of person that people willingly talk to lmfao
So yeah, it's been a very exhausting but mostly good day :3 My sister's having a sleepover so no OUAT tonight, so my mom and I watched half of Twilight together but we're both too tired to watch the rest lmao
Moral of the story: if you're more outgoing and confident than me lol, if there's anyone you notice is usually alone or quiet or kinda down or whatever, even just a smile or a "hi" can make a huge a difference. People like me have been ignored and unseen our entire lives, so I seriously can't express how much it means to us to just be acknowledged and seen. Just having that girl want to sit next to me in class today made me unbelievably happy and I'm probably gonna think about it all week now lol. You never know what someone is going through, and even something as small as a smile can make a difference. Just a friendly reminder >w<
Ok goodnight :3
