Make Up Day
Sorry, I got so distracted on Monday after getting a surprise job interview that has now led to me having a job in a used book store! I'm really happy to finally have some summer employment.
A skill that I would really love to learn is sewing. I can't sew at all, I can't keep a steady pace or a straight line. I don't know the first thing about sewing patterns or using them to create something.
As a cosplayer this is bad for me, I want to be able to make more of my own costumes. I want to learn how to sew period dresses because I love historical fashion and this would help me out so much in the steampunk department.
I also really want to bring up my skill in Arabic. I love languages and being able to communicate with others is really important to me. I speak some pretty good Spanish but only know a couple Arabic phrases. And because I used to live in Saudi Arabia and Jordan people frequently ask me if I speak Arabic, so I think it's time I make good on those expectations, don't you think? I really want to be able to read something other that the Latin alphabet, that sort of lingual challenge really excites me.
Another skill I want to learn is digital art. Right now I'm just sort of messing around, not learning. I want to be able to use the different tools, layer adjustments, settings and textures. I also want to learn story telling through sequential art and story boarding. I'd also just love to learn how to tell a story in general. All those years in English class analyzing stories but never once did we learn the basics of constructing and telling our own stories. This art skill need sort of includes digital photography for me. I want to know how to take a decent photo and adjust settings so they don't look like crap.
So yeah, those are the skills I'd like to learn. They're all in the languages and arts, which may be odd because I'm such a science person. But those are them.
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