Prioritizing? Ha!

When it comes to me having Things To Do, it's almost always bound to be a trainwreck. Not only am I the world's worst procrastinator, but I'm also weird. Well, duh, you might say. But really, my weirdness knows no bounds - unless the stars are in the right position and the vibe of the room is just right to get my brain waves on the right track, I can't do jack shit. I have to be in the right atmosphere. I have to be wearing the right clothes and have my hair a certain way and be listening to the right music, or nothing is going to channel out of me. It's like that old game show where the kids have to go through this Temple of Doom type thing and open all the doors correctly to get to the silver monkey pieces. You miss a door? No monkey for you.

I can't believe I'm explaining my brain with Legends of the Hidden Temple.

Anyway, it's difficult when you end up racking up a to-do list for art. I've had a portrait on the go for my favourite pair of teachers for almost two years now. Two years. My mom has been at me about it like you wouldn't believe, but it's that I-have-to-feel-the-viiibe-maaan thing again. I'm like, "I'll know when it's time to work on this" or "I'll do it when I'm not so busy". Well, school is over, and I've sworn to myself that I'll finish drawing this kid before the summer ends.

But then there are other things! Like character sketches! And silly doodles for my friends! And I do those, and I feel bad, because apparently the doodle-vibe and challenging-myself-vibe is several times more likely to come around than the you-will-do-this-and-it-will-be-most-excellent-vibe.

First, though, before any of that, there is something I really need to get started on. Last year, on twitter, Gerard Way said that he'd be collecting fan portraits of his brother, Mikey, for the duration of the World Contamination tour. And I said to myself about six months ago that I was going to draw one and give it to him after the show on May 25th. Welp... I'm leaving for California in ten days, and it ain't done. But damn it, it will be. And I'll bring it to him after the show, and be like "Hey art hero, look what I did." And then... I don't know. I'll see what happens, and let you know - that is, if I don't die of embarrassment from doing something stupid in front of my heroes, which I'm 60% sure I will.

So. I need to get my priorities straight. Right now, it's Mikey, just because the concert is eighteen days away, then Liam, then planning and character sketches for Jack... although I may do some of those on the seventeen-hour trip I have ahead of me, I don't know. Maybe I can even work on Liam on the way.

... See what I mean? Prioritizing! I'm bad at it! I don't have lists, I have word-amoebas. Everything will get done... eventually.