Tag: faq

Tagged by @seeingteacupsindragons šŸ’–

“Rules”: tag 10 people you wanna get to know better

Favorite color: Grey.

Relationship status: Married!

Last thing I googled: “cbd oil for lower back pain” – as suggested by my doctor

Song stuck in my head: I don’t even know what this song is but I think it’s from the old Quest for Glory games.

Song I last heard: Whatever song that’s playing in that Wolfwood edit – and now it’s stuck in my head.

Dream trip: geez I don’t even know anymore. I guess basically anywhere as long as my health issues were cleared up. Like, I’d love to go to Tokyo. But more realistically, I’d love to do a road trip + convention again… or a writing conference somewhere pretty. Somewhere nice with a lot of sitting and casual socializing + creative energy.

Anything you want now: A house. Money. Or pizza, maybe. Yeah. I could really go for some pizza right now… but I gotta save money for a house, so no fun purchases. ;-;

Tagging: @mamodewberry, @faultbat, @anyahatesbunnies, and anyone else who wants to do this!

a survey thing!

Tagged by @seeingteacupsindragons

Tagging: whoever would like to participate, because… itā€™s Christmas and I donā€™t wanna tag people lolĀ 

1) Are you named after anyone? Nope. Fun fact, though; I was almost named Jennifer??? But then my mom changed her mind.

2) When was the last time you cried? LAST NIGHT. I was so overly emotional watching Into the Spider-Verse the second time through. I cried through most of it lol gosh it was so good. Everything mattered so much. weh weh best movie

3) Do you have any kids? No… but I do have cats.

4) Do you use sarcasm a lot? All the time.

5) Whatā€™s the first thing you notice about people? In person, itā€™s their eyes. Or rather, if they look at me straight on/how long they hold eye contact/what their brows do/etc… Itā€™s a lot about how a person engages with me and the room. You can tell a lot about what a personā€™s MO by that, and how to best communicate with them. Itā€™s sort of similar online, too… but by word choice- passive/active communication, etc. Trying to get a feel for what their style is.

6) Eye color? Blue.

7) Scary movie or happy ending? I like a satisfying/hopeful ending for all of my endings, even the scary ones. And I do love scary movies.

8) Any special talent? Idk I draw and I write but a lot of people do. Iā€™m really patient, though. Extremely patient. Moreso than a regular person.

9) Where were you born? Provo, Utah.

10) Hobbies? Writing, drawing, reading, collecting things, RESEARCHING, web development, cooking, singing… Iā€™m slowly learning how to play the ukulele, but I need to be more dedicated.

11) Do you have any pets? Two cats!

12) What sports do you/ have you played? I really liked tennis, and I was good at shooting hoops in basketball, but Iā€™m a terrible runner. Iā€™m very slow, which makes me bad at basically all sport.Ā Ā 

13) How tall are you? 5ā€²6ā€³ – very average.Ā 

14) Favorite subject in school? English. I always loved English. I took so many art classes but it felt like I was constantly butting heads with my teachers, while English… was just a natural fit.Ā 

15) Dream job? A regular 9-5 like the one I currently have with lots of PTO so I could do book tours and school visits for a part-time published author/illustrator gig. I really like having health insurance, routine, and an office full of people to see. Itā€™s good for me. Stability is essential for me to do anything creative.Ā 

Survey~

I was tagged by @historyonice–made – thank you šŸ™‚

Rules: Answer these 20 questions and then tag some tumblr folks you wanna know better!

Name: Melissa
Nicknames: Gab, Gabapple, Gabbins, Gabs, Gabbers, etc. etc.. all of theĀ ā€˜Gabā€™ names you can think of, really. I am also often called Conan, Hakuba, Haru, Shu… Ā šŸ™‚ I suspect that I may end up adding Viktor or Phichit to this list eventually, but Sam was my official nickname in jr high.Ā 
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 5ā€²6ā€³
Orientation: Demi like woah.Ā 
Ethnicity: White like wonder bread. šŸ˜ Though, rumor has it that there is a tiny sliver of Native American in the family tree. It just wasnā€™t exactly ~*~ kosher ~*~ so there arenā€™t detailed records.Ā 
Fruit: Blueberries, bananas, strawberries… I like to mix them all together! :9
Season: Autumn, definitely.
Flower: Tiger lilies and carnations.Ā 
Smell: Fresh rain on hot grass.Ā 
Colour: I suck at answering this question. Mediterranean blue? Sage green? Crimson? Grey????Ā 
Animal: Probably dogs, unless I can say Moomins…Ā 
Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?: Ā Iced tea, vanilla/caramel lattes (hot or iced), and hot cocoa with ice cream in it are all great. :9
Average sleep hours: 4-6 hours.Ā 
Cats or Dogs: I have three cats right now, but I love both!Ā 
Favourite fictional character: So hard. Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke, maybe? Or Ash from Pokemon. Ender from Enderā€™s Game…Ā 
Ideal Trip: I wanna go back to England. Or to Disneyland. Going to a writing conference somewhere exotic sounds ultra amazing. The Big Sur trip was SO GOOD.Ā 
Blog Created: February 2011… wow Iā€™ve had this account for a long time…Ā 

Iā€™m tagging: eVeryone????? Hazel and Lemurcat and Bear and Yuki and etc please fill this out I am falling asleep

Survey~

I was tagged by @historyonice–made – thank you šŸ™‚

Rules: Answer these 20 questions and then tag some tumblr folks you wanna know better!

Name: Melissa
Nicknames: Gab, Gabapple, Gabbins, Gabs, Gabbers, etc. etc.. all of theĀ ā€˜Gabā€™ names you can think of, really. I am also often called Conan, Hakuba, Haru, Shu… Ā šŸ™‚ I suspect that I may end up adding Viktor or Phichit to this list eventually, but Sam was my official nickname in jr high.Ā 
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 5ā€²6ā€³
Orientation: Demi like woah.Ā 
Ethnicity: White like wonder bread. šŸ˜ Though, rumor has it that there is a tiny sliver of Native American in the family tree. It just wasnā€™t exactly ~*~ kosher ~*~ so there arenā€™t detailed records.Ā 
Fruit: Blueberries, bananas, strawberries… I like to mix them all together! :9
Season: Autumn, definitely.
Flower: Tiger lilies and carnations.Ā 
Smell: Fresh rain on hot grass.Ā 
Colour: I suck at answering this question. Mediterranean blue? Sage green? Crimson? Grey????Ā 
Animal: Probably dogs, unless I can say Moomins…Ā 
Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?: Ā Iced tea, vanilla/caramel lattes (hot or iced), and hot cocoa with ice cream in it are all great. :9
Average sleep hours: 4-6 hours.Ā 
Cats or Dogs: I have three cats right now, but I love both!Ā 
Favourite fictional character: So hard. Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke, maybe? Or Ash from Pokemon. Ender from Enderā€™s Game…Ā 
Ideal Trip: I wanna go back to England. Or to Disneyland. Going to a writing conference somewhere exotic sounds ultra amazing. The Big Sur trip was SO GOOD.Ā 
Blog Created: February 2011… wow Iā€™ve had this account for a long time…Ā 

Iā€™m tagging: eVeryone????? Hazel and Lemurcat and Bear and Yuki and etc please fill this out I am falling asleep

stoled a meme

thanks to @amixedreality for encouraging anyone to steal

RULES: Tag 10 followers that you would like to get to know better. Ā NO RULES! Do this if you want!!!Ā 

NAME:Ā Melissa or Gab
NICKNAME[S!]:Ā Gabapple, Gabs, Gabbergabber, etc
STAR SIGN/ZODIAC:Ā Virgo
GENDER: Female. She/her. They/them.Ā 
HEIGHT: 5ā€²6ā€³ ~*~ so average ~*~
FAVORITE COLORS:Ā red (crimson), blue (mediterranean), green (sage, emerald), grey (cool range), brown (chocolatey), pink (very pale strawberry), orange (bright fruity)…Ā 
TIME RIGHT NOW: 10:39 PM MST
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP:Ā 3-6. 7 on a really good day.
LUCKY NUMBERS: 2, 4, 6, 12, 16, 24, 144 Ā (I really like even numbers)
LAST THING YOU GOOGLED:Ā ā€œhow to fix arm fatā€ (I found nothing useful)
NUMBERS OF BLANKETS I SLEEP WITH: 2-4Ā 
FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS:Ā Ender (Enderā€™s Game), Conan/Shinichi (Detective Conan), Haru (Free!), Indiana Jones, Kaneda (Akira), Shinji (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke), Raphael & Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Ash (Pokemon), Marinette & Adrienne (Ladybug), Simba (The Lion King), Aladdin, Judy & Nick (Zootopia), Lupin (the 3rd), Hakuba (Magic Kaito), Ā Kotetsu (Tiger & Bunny), Light (Death Note), etc… I definitely have a type or two…

FAVORITE BOOKS:Ā Enderā€™s Game/Enderā€™s Shadow,Ā Black Beauty, The One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Ella Enchanted

FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS:Ā Muse… also the Beatles… I like way too much. Panic! At the Disco. Fallout Boy. Nickelcreek. Sixpence None the Richer. Taylor Swift (1989 was so good guys). Depeche Mode. Linkin Park.Ā 

DREAM JOB: Current job (graphic designer) + occasionally going on book tours and teaching at workshops/cons!
WHAT AM I WEARING RIGHT NOW: Baggy jeans, teal blouse thing, white tank top, fitbit
WHAT DO YOU POST ABOUT?Ā ā€œwah wah Iā€™m tiredā€Ā ā€œwah I hate writingā€Ā ā€œhere is a drawing of a catā€Ā 
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER BLOGS?Ā Yeah, but I donā€™t really post much… I reblog stuff to @icklegab mostly.
WHEN DID YOUR BLOG REACH ITS ā€œPEAKā€? IDK. It hasnā€™t happened yet! I hope.Ā 
WHO IS YOU MOST ACTIVE FOLLOWER?Ā  Maybe @lemurcat ?? Or @mamodewberry

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GET A TUMBLR?Ā idk I think people on a MUSH were talking about it.Ā 

DO YOU GET ASKS ON A DAILY BASIS? LOL no way. I got asks when I was doing my Hakuba or Conan blog, but this account gets basically no asks.Ā 
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR URL? ‘Gabā€™ is taken everywhere andĀ ā€˜Gabppleā€™ is usually not.Ā 
RELATIONSHIP STATUS:Ā Married!Ā 
PETS:Ā 3 fat cats
WAKE UP:Ā w-what? Why??Ā 
CATS OR DOGS: Bothhh. Kitties are easier, though.
COKE OR PEPSI: That depends on what itā€™s for/with. Pepsi is sweeter than Coke, so I like it with really salty stuff (popcorn, potatoes)… BUT the biggest determination is if itā€™s cold or not. Cold = Pepsi. Room temperature = Coke.Ā 
DAY OR NIGHT:Ā Evening. Iā€™m crepuscular. Like a hamster.Ā 
TEXT OR CALL:Ā TEXT PLEASE. Unless youā€™re my mom. Then you can call.Ā 
CHAPSTICK OR LIPSTICK: Chapstick. I donā€™t even own any lipstick.Ā 
CITY OR COUNTRY?Ā Suburbia. City has restaurants and stores. Country has quiet and critters. I will be in the middle kthanks.Ā 
LAST SONG I LISTENED TO: An 8-bit remix of the Legend of Zelda theme.Ā 

stoled a meme

thanks to @amixedreality for encouraging anyone to steal

RULES: Tag 10 followers that you would like to get to know better. Ā NO RULES! Do this if you want!!!Ā 

NAME:Ā Melissa or Gab
NICKNAME[S!]:Ā Gabapple, Gabs, Gabbergabber, etc
STAR SIGN/ZODIAC:Ā Virgo
GENDER: Female. She/her. They/them.Ā 
HEIGHT: 5ā€²6ā€³ ~*~ so average ~*~
FAVORITE COLORS:Ā red (crimson), blue (mediterranean), green (sage, emerald), grey (cool range), brown (chocolatey), pink (very pale strawberry), orange (bright fruity)…Ā 
TIME RIGHT NOW: 10:39 PM MST
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP:Ā 3-6. 7 on a really good day.
LUCKY NUMBERS: 2, 4, 6, 12, 16, 24, 144 Ā (I really like even numbers)
LAST THING YOU GOOGLED:Ā ā€œhow to fix arm fatā€ (I found nothing useful)
NUMBERS OF BLANKETS I SLEEP WITH: 2-4Ā 
FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS:Ā Ender (Enderā€™s Game), Conan/Shinichi (Detective Conan), Haru (Free!), Indiana Jones, Kaneda (Akira), Shinji (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke), Raphael & Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Ash (Pokemon), Marinette & Adrienne (Ladybug), Simba (The Lion King), Aladdin, Judy & Nick (Zootopia), Lupin (the 3rd), Hakuba (Magic Kaito), Ā Kotetsu (Tiger & Bunny), Light (Death Note), etc… I definitely have a type or two…

FAVORITE BOOKS:Ā Enderā€™s Game/Enderā€™s Shadow,Ā Black Beauty, The One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Ella Enchanted

FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS:Ā Muse… also the Beatles… I like way too much. Panic! At the Disco. Fallout Boy. Nickelcreek. Sixpence None the Richer. Taylor Swift (1989 was so good guys). Depeche Mode. Linkin Park.Ā 

DREAM JOB: Current job (graphic designer) + occasionally going on book tours and teaching at workshops/cons!
WHAT AM I WEARING RIGHT NOW: Baggy jeans, teal blouse thing, white tank top, fitbit
WHAT DO YOU POST ABOUT?Ā ā€œwah wah Iā€™m tiredā€Ā ā€œwah I hate writingā€Ā ā€œhere is a drawing of a catā€Ā 
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER BLOGS?Ā Yeah, but I donā€™t really post much… I reblog stuff to @icklegab mostly.
WHEN DID YOUR BLOG REACH ITS ā€œPEAKā€? IDK. It hasnā€™t happened yet! I hope.Ā 
WHO IS YOU MOST ACTIVE FOLLOWER?Ā  Maybe @lemurcat ?? Or @mamodewberry

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GET A TUMBLR?Ā idk I think people on a MUSH were talking about it.Ā 

DO YOU GET ASKS ON A DAILY BASIS? LOL no way. I got asks when I was doing my Hakuba or Conan blog, but this account gets basically no asks.Ā 
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR URL? ‘Gabā€™ is taken everywhere andĀ ā€˜Gabppleā€™ is usually not.Ā 
RELATIONSHIP STATUS:Ā Married!Ā 
PETS:Ā 3 fat cats
WAKE UP:Ā w-what? Why??Ā 
CATS OR DOGS: Bothhh. Kitties are easier, though.
COKE OR PEPSI: That depends on what itā€™s for/with. Pepsi is sweeter than Coke, so I like it with really salty stuff (popcorn, potatoes)… BUT the biggest determination is if itā€™s cold or not. Cold = Pepsi. Room temperature = Coke.Ā 
DAY OR NIGHT:Ā Evening. Iā€™m crepuscular. Like a hamster.Ā 
TEXT OR CALL:Ā TEXT PLEASE. Unless youā€™re my mom. Then you can call.Ā 
CHAPSTICK OR LIPSTICK: Chapstick. I donā€™t even own any lipstick.Ā 
CITY OR COUNTRY?Ā Suburbia. City has restaurants and stores. Country has quiet and critters. I will be in the middle kthanks.Ā 
LAST SONG I LISTENED TO: An 8-bit remix of the Legend of Zelda theme.Ā 

Is there anything you’d like to learn?

YES. They are all possible, too! I just need to be brave enough to do it.

  • How to make puppets
  • How to do video editing
  • HOW TO USE FLASH
  • How to yodel (seriously!)
  • How to play the ukulele (I am making good progress, though)

And then the usual art stuff… composition, objects/buildings, drawing hands, drawing humans in an illustrative style… watercolor and ink.

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Is there anything you’d like to learn?

YES. They are all possible, too! I just need to be brave enough to do it.

  • How to make puppets
  • How to do video editing
  • HOW TO USE FLASH
  • How to yodel (seriously!)
  • How to play the ukulele (I am making good progress, though)

And then the usual art stuff… composition, objects/buildings, drawing hands, drawing humans in an illustrative style… watercolor and ink.

šŸ˜€