Are you having a nice time?

Hey, hello and welcome on Siemgirl´s blog. Again.
I have been wondering since a few days how come that I still have to read lots of chapters of webtoons that have been released during September!?
HOW COME!!??!!
It seems like I don´t have much time for reading. And I still haven´t had time to write reviews about the comics and webtoons I read recently. Shame on me!
August was such a nice month, dispite of how busy I was at work, I was able to read so many webtoon series and even a few paper comics.

If you check my instagram account you will notice that I really had lot to do at work, tried to take part into drawing meetings such as the Munich´s Drink and Draw and I also had a bit of social life meeting friends.

Having a nice time, somehow. Still busy but able to focus on different things than just work. Work is a lot of fun. Too.
What I have been missing is blabbering about things I read o saw and expressing my opinion about random stuff. So I will try to do my best to write at least some short articles soon. Or that`s the plan right now. Trying to stick to it.

It will be my birthday soon. I already know I won`t even have proper time to celebrate but.....I hope I will at least have a few drinks with friends and maybe eat a cake. Finger crossed! If you want to give me a birthday present check my instagram account. I will be posting suggestions about that starting today!

When Life blows you away.

A million time I went through the words I wanted to put together in my texts and publish on the blog. There are no right or wrong words. Just words.
And you can´t put a life into words. No matter how many languages you use, feelings stay inside you and can´t be properly taken out. Still, we try to express ourselves and communicate.

I came to Germany in 2010. This is pretty clear to all.
At first my stay was planned for a semester, then one more year. Little by little I didn´t feel I still had a place to go back to. Probably I was just old enough not to want to go back to my parents´home, so this made me decide to keep on "living alone", but in Germany where I already was.
I really wanted to learn German. I developed this interest by the end of high school. No particular reason, but I wanted to. And I was so sure I would be doing a great move for a future employment by learning German on top of English and that little Japanese I knew.

Life goes on. No matter where you live. You meet people and make decisions. You take directions. You make steps. Small or big, steps are steps. And they take you in some direction.
I took a few steps. Hard ones.
I needed to go through it all. And at some point Life takes the lead and drives you somewhere you never ever expected to.

It probably sounds like I´m not telling anything new. I know. Ups and downs are for everyone. And I am sure there are stories even more shocking then mine. I have seen some of them myself at the hospital, too. But still, I think I have all the right to be shooked. Life hit me hard with a rock on the forehead.

Since I told you before that you can´t express all feelings with words, I´ll be short about that.
The reason why you haven´t seen me around at all the past 3 years is that I had big life issues to take care of.

First thing is, I had a baby. Taking care of a child is time and strenght consuming. So I didn´t put much effort in drawing, reading or doing anything else for myself. I dedicated my whole self to make my kid feel strong and loved.
Second thing is, the father of my little Princess spent the last bits of his life fighting against cancer.
And that tells you how much time and brain I could have had to follow up what was going on outside of our circle. I still need some time to heal my thoughts.

I have been longing for a comeback and take over what I left years ago. Since there is no real reason to get away from things I used to do, since I enjoy doing them. And honestly, I haven´t found another road that I enjoy more than this one.

Thank you for reading this blog post. Please keep following me, I promise to publish more comics related content soon. And spread the word among your friends: Siem is back!

About someone`s come back to track.

Welcome back everyone. Nice to meet you again.

This post either means I am done with my break or it will just be some once in a while try-to-get-back with no sequel. We will just try it out and see how long I`ll stay focused.

In my mind I haven`t taken any break, but actually I did not write or draw anything for a too long time.

I eventually came back and tried my best to stay on my original track, but things got complicated and messy again so I just kept away.

So, what happened to me?

I somehow denied myself and tried out some different ways. But didn`t find something that drew me away completely. Anyone knows who I am. I can`t change it much.

Oh, I see you. I see both of you. You, nodding and knowing exactly what I mean, and you, shaking your head asking what I am trying to say right now.

Who am I? Want me to speak it out? I`ll do it.

I am this young girl who gave her all for comics. Reading all the time. Anything. And who can`t just shut up. I am that one who needs to tell what she thinks about that story, about that artstyle, about that storytelling and even about the format, the paper used, the language in the ballons. And I made confrontations between comics. They never stood alone in my head, I needed comparison and to find similarities and differences. Like any other would do with a book or poetry or painting. Comics just happen to summarize more than one channel together, and all channels used need to be analysed properly.

Am I back to writing reviews and analyses about comics? Maybe.

I just switched the language to English, as I thought it makes more sense and might reach more readers. Italian would not reach my German friends and acquaintance, German would not reach my dear Italian friends and people I deeply respect.

I might translate some articles in Italian, but I don`t feel so confident with my German writing skills so I`ll just pass for now.