get ready for the transformation

In stationery news:

I got two more of those notebooks from Asda. I thought I might as well while I remembered what brand they were. Also, as I said to my boss, if I use them as sketchbooks, at the rate I draw, they'll last me best part of a year between the three of them, as they're 100 pages each, and I know that means it will take me about 3 months to use one up.

Also it's nice to have books that play nicely with ink! I have actual sketchbooks that don't handle ink this nicely. Looking at you, Winsor & Newton, and Derwent! Yes, you've got 150GSM paper, but you can't deal with inks AT all!

If we're talking proper sketchbooks I do like, I'd recommend Daler-Rowney all the flipping way. Their paper is lovely, and handles most media really well! I'd also recommend Seawhite as well, since their cartridge paper is nice, and the books aren't expensive compared to other brands. Also Seawhite do SQUARE sketchbooks, if you're into that kind of thing! Caveat, however, that both brands may not be available outside the UK/might be more expensive because of importing.

I also bit the bullet and bought a 72 set of Staedtler coloured pencils (the fancy ones that they've rebranded as Design Journey. Mine don't say that on the box, but they are those ones). They come in a tin, and should have cost £45! But I got them for a tenner, which is part of the reason I decided to go for it.

There's SO MANY COLOURS! I've never had a 72 set of pencils before - my current biggest set is 50 (also in a tin) of WH Smith own brand*. Oh, and there is also the 50 colour set of Crayolas (not in a tin :( ). So now I have even more coloured pencils. But I do intend to use them, and I have been thinking for over a year now about getting rid of some of the stuff I don't use any more. I just don't know where to - as I don't live in a city, my options are a bit limited.

Related: I just wondered if there's a coloured pencils subreddit, since there seems to be one (or more!) for everything and whaddya know...

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In vidya:

# I'm slowly getting through NEO: TWEWY. Being tired from work and my hands hurting isn't conducive to playing, sadly. But I'm getting there! I don't really have comments on anything at the moment, except to say that I was absolutely right about a plot element, and I think I misread something on the TWEWY subreddit, so now I have a loopy theory about what's actually going on. Also I'd like to punch the antagonist because they're a dick.

# I also started watching Aoife from Eurogamer streaming Boyfriend Dungeon. I haven't finished watching it yet (because tired brain, wehhhhh). It's that game where people (specifically men?) can turn into weapons which is weird, but okay? (I'm sure I've played games with weirder premises than that). You might like it, you might not? I can't say because I've only watched about half an hour of the stream so far!

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In books:

I started Lords and Ladies! It's weird, because I thought I wouldn't remember anything at all, but I do! My memory isn't quite as bad as I thought! Though I did read this, like, five times at least, so no wonder parts of it are seared into my brain, despite my thinking otherwise.

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And that's all I have to say right now!

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*They used to be my mum's, but I think I've used them more than she ever did. I guess they are vintage, too, as I remember using them on GCSE coursework Back In Th'Day™