#had this in my drafts for awhile now 😅 but I was too lazy to edit it until now hehe

[macaiv]

Has anyone listened to this french podcast Esteban was on a number of months ago? I don't speak French so I had to get by using the auto-translate (while slowing down the video a bit) and the google translate app transcribe function. I think the translation was fairly understandable. Anyway, here are some parts I found interesting:

Esteban mentioned that included in his contract was that the team (Alpine) must not have a number 1 driver and that he doesn't want one side to be favoured over the other. He wants to have the same "weapons" to fight with his teammate.

His dad was a French Junior Cycling Champion when he was younger but was unable to progress further due to the lack of resources and lack of contacts. So his dad made a promise with himself that if he will have a child in a similar situation, he will do the maximum in order for their dream to happen. That's why he and his mum were so willing to sacrifice everything for him.

They were able to get Nico Rosberg to ask a question to Esteban. He, in true form, asked about teammate rivalry 😆 Esteban mentioned that Nico gave him a lot of support and advice when he arrived in Formula 1 in 2016.

His Dad also asked a question, "What was your best memory from the karting years?". "I remember we were parked on this mountain at the Monaco Karting Grand Prix in 2010. I will always remember waking up in the caravan every morning, opening the door and seeing the sea right in front." He would see other drivers going to the hotel while they stayed behind since they lived in a caravan. The hotel was more comfortable but because they slept on/near the track, it was to their advantage that they were able to work longer in the evenings making them more prepared for the race.

Besides these everything else discussed were already mentioned in his other interviews.

[mewtwoandme]

Looks like I'm able to post again! ^^ I saw in the comments of the post TC helped me with that someone had the same issue and it was fixed after a couple days, I've been trying test posts and saving them to drafts to see if they'd go through the last few days and today it just started working again so yay, though with Tumblr I'm not gonna celebrate too much cause knowing my luck something else will happen 😅

But it looks like I'm back for the time being...unfortunately I haven't really worked on anything this weekend...or have done anything remotely productive the last several days other than going to work. My motivation to draw has been dwindling as of late, mostly cause of inconveniences such as this with Tumblr being broken now and then, plus some other real life stuff I've been dealing with...just been having feelings of "what's the point" and been kinda depressed cause, at least for me, it always seems like it's one thing after another, things that prevent me from drawing or doing things I enjoy and it feels like when I do the things I enjoy, I pay for it afterwards cause something bad always happens...so yeah, I've been feeling mentally drained and down in the dumps lately. I hope that this annoying funk I'm in will be temporary, cause I really do want to get back to drawing my stuff and continuing my AU story and all that, plus working on that dub, there's a lot of things I wanna do but I can't help but feel that I'm always so...slow...in getting stuff started and/or finished. I suppose that's something else that I get depressed about too, that I'm not a fast artist and wish that I was, that way it wouldn't feel like it takes ages to post a comic...But I guess on the upside I've been trying to improve my sleep schedule, I've been taking sleep aid meds and so far it's been working, and have been taking more breaks to do other stuff, like playing video games to unwind and even do acrylic painting, it's been awhile since I got to use my paints and brushes and touch a canvas lol so it hasn't been all bad I guess...

My followers: Awww look at her, she's actually taking the time to rest and sleep and doing self care! 🥰

My brain: YOU LAZY ASS BITCH WHAT YOU DOIN'?? You have asks to answer and comics to draw, all those ideas in your head aren't gonna magically draw themselves, get moving! Sleep is for the weak!! (It literally do be like that the majority of the time tho XD)

Well anyways, I can't say when y'all should expect a comic or any art to be posted just yet, since I have none that are finished...the comic dub will probably be the first upcoming thing I'll post, so be on the lookout for it ^^ that is, if Tumblr doesn't break on me again lol