Whoo!~ It’s finally summer time for me! I’m relieved yet sad at the same time. School going out means intense practicing in. I’ll get more into that later. But anyways, in celebration to the end of the year, I’ve got summer updates! It’s a pretty short post though, since there isn’t much to say for me.

Summer anime post will probably be coming soon, since I’ve gotta get it in before shows actually start premiering. Dx So much to do…

Blog Theme

As you’ve hopefully, probably already noticed, the theme has changed~ I changed it to Vigilance, thanks to that little poll I put up before. I’m really excited using this theme, since the more I saw it, the more I liked it. Before, I kept just going “meh” on it, but as I began to play around with it, I really actually I liked it. I like how much I can customize the colors and stuff, and how it’s width will force me to write more. xD But for now, I’ve changed the colors to match with the banner, so it’s all yellow and brown. Changing the background color makes it easier for the theme to go with the banner.

But, like everything else, there are some things I will still have to get used to. I’ve mentioned this on twitter before when I was playing around with the theme, but I’m upset about the font. I’m personally sick of Times New Roman. I really am upset that I can’t change the font unless I get the CSS customizer which is kinda pointless to buy. So yeah, I’ll have to start getting used to it. I’m also upset with the size of the banner, making it pretty short yet long. So the banner didn’t turn out so great because it was enlarged and cut off a bit to fit. I’m also a bit sad that I couldn’t change the background from being just a solid color. I was hoping for some small stripes or something, but ah well. It’s barely anything.

Overall, I’m excited about the new theme. I’d like to know your feedback on it~ I’m hoping to keep it for awhile since it just goes so well with any banners. I guess we’ll see!

Banner

I changed the banner for summer! It goes with the classic yellow that goes with summer, and has clips of Hikage from Koko ni Iru Yo! She’s so cute! I thought a sunflower would fit. ^^ I also had a picture of her in a kimono with sunflowers, but it got cut off thanks to the new theme. :( The sunflower costume is cute anyways, and it just so happened that the banner is out also in a small celebration that new chapters of Koko ni Iru Yo! actually came out.

I made this banner a long time ago, but I saved it for summer since that’s when it fits. It was the first time I tried the gradient text for a banner, and I’m pretty satisfied with how the title turned out. Before, it was all pixelated and lots of noticeable pixels. I’m glad that I was able to fix that though. For the tagline, “Enjoying every waking moment of summer” I guess it just fits what I had planned for summer. I wanted to enjoy every moment of summer I had. And since I stay up, saying waking moment means almost all the time! xD I’m kinda iffy on how I feel on the banner. I feel like I didn’t make the Koko ni Iru Yo banner as much awesomeness as it deserves, so I feel sad. And since I got the size wrong, it’s all blurry because it got enlarged yet cut off at the same time. O_o So yeah, it’s not really one of my favorite banners, even though it has one of my favorite manga.

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For this summer I’m going to be changing the banner frequently. I guess it’s because I have more spare time to work on the banner. I already have the next banner coming up finished. I’m more satisfied with how that one turned out rather than this one, since I got the size and everything right.

YouTube List Feature

Well, I’m not sure how this will turn out. I’m thinking of adding the YouTube List section in Blossom Blabber. It’s a new section where I just get YouTube videos I favorited recently and make quick comments on them. It would’ve been put in other, but I feel like I might have too many that it would just need its own section. It’s mainly an effortless section since there is barely any writing, but the only thing I’m afraid of is how many videos I could put up before I slow someone down too much. So right now I’m currently working on how to fix that. ^^ Or I might just totally forget about this, but it was an idea I had. >.>

Looking Ahead…Personal Stuff…

Well, as everyone probably already knows, I’m excited for the summer season to relax. But I also forgot some stuff too, so I won’t be able to totally relax, like my spring break. Over the summer I’ll be doing preparations for my piano recital. I have it every year, and I go under intense practicing for it when school ends. If anyone is wondering, the “intense” practice is when I practice one song I’m struggling to make good enough for the recital, every hour. I practice parts, pieces, pages, something like that, which takes about half an hour, and I spend the second half hour on break, then go back. I usually end up practicing like usually around 6, maybe more maybe less, times a day. It might not be that “intense” for some, but it is to me. xD The recital is at the end of July, and I get a break in August. The only downfall is that my school is starting much earlier this year, which means I have about a week of a real kinda slack off break (and even that gets a little interrupted when I have to go to school before everyone else). Maybe even less. But then when I go back to school…oii. Because of my grades I’ll be getting the one teacher notorious for giving the most homework out of any other teacher. x.x But that’s looking a bit far ahead. I’ll still be more active on my blog though, since I stay up pretty late during the summer. It’s not like I do the practicing my whole day. It’s like…3 quarters of my day. x] It’s my fault though, and that makes me upset since if I got the song good enough before, I wouldn’t be in a pinch like this all the time. TT^TT Oh well…

But over the summer, I’ll still be able to do other things too. You’ll be surprised how much I can still fit in my summer! The good thing is that I’m never bored. But I will be working on my stories, since I want to get back into my writing. I’d like to show some excerpts if I’m ever satisfied enough with my stories. But I’m usually never, so it’s probably not going to happen. I’ll also be working on improving on my drawings and working on my comics (yes, I draw comics x.x it’s utter-fail though).

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Oh and for the blog, as I’ve already mentioned before, I’ll be changing the banner frequently. They are all going to be summer themed, whether it’s obvious or not. I’m hoping to just update this post each time I make a new banner, but I’m still trying to figure out how to bump a post. :/ I think I know, but I haven’t tested it out yet. Anyways, hope you like the updates~