Firstly, huge apologies for the next Post Once A Day being late again! I have had a horrible couple of days regarding a delivery, which stressed me t f out, and then just tired from other stuff, not limited to, but including work and looking for work.
But yeah, the delivery. If you guessed it involved cat litter again, you would be 100% correct! I ordered some last weekend, and booked the delivery date for the 19th, as it was the only day where I would be home all day.
Only it didn't turn up on the day I'd booked for because apparently it was a temp driver doing the deliveries, and they decided at some point that they couldn't be arsed to do a bunch of them. I found this out the next day when I actually got the delivery (from a non-temp driver, who was as fuming about it as I was). But at least it got here in the end, although I'm still mad, because I had to ring work and tell my boss I couldn't go in, and I felt really bad about it.
Secondly, Oxboxtra/Eurogamer/Dicebreaker did a massive stream of Goose Goose Duck, which is an Among Us clone, but distinctly more avian, and with more options. ANYWAY. I watched the Oxbox stream when it was live, but went back to catch up on the others and, while I was watching Oxtra's, I saw someone from my new favourite streamer's chat!* I wouldn't have noticed at all (I don't usually read the chat), but that I glanced at the screen and saw a familiar and distinctive name. It was so weird. Like. Sometimes I will see people whose names I recognise from OX/EG/DB chats/comments on other stuff, but I've never seen someone from Flembons' chat show up elsewhere.
Thirdly, I don't have a third thing, because I feel like I've been very busy, and thus very tired, and so I don't have a lot to say.
*His name is Flembons, and that is how I shall refer to him henceforth.
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So yeah, this was supposed to go up on the 20th and, as you can see, it is now the 22nd, but my brain has been absolute mush.
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honigfrosch asked me: Do you have a favourite spot to visit nearby? How would you describe it to someone who's never been there?
There are lots of places near me that I like to visit because I am very lucky to live in a) the countryside and b) a really nice bit of it, with lots of interesting places around.
I've been having a think about this, and the answer off the top of my head is the hillside behind my house. Primarily because it's easy to climb (I live in a valley and the other side is steep a f - I have tried to get up it, but I did not have a good time). When you get to the top, you can see my entire village below you, and the surrounding area, including massive stretches of moorland on both sides, plus the pine tree forest on the one hillside. Also if you look down into the trees behind my house from that point, I used to think that that was what the Wood Between Worlds in The Magician's Nephew looked like.
But that feels like a cheat because I haven't been up there in years, and it's a really easy answer.
So my actual answer is that there's a largish stream running through woodland further along the hillside - it's not actually that far from civilisation, but when you are there, in among the trees, you can't hear the cars on the road, and it feels really magical. It's just you, and the birds, and any other woodland animals out there - that's where I made a recording of the birds last summer.
The stream runs down from the top of the hill. The banks either side are densely lined with trees. It gives me Lost vibes, even though I am obviously not in Hawaii. There's a lot of rocks in the river, and a small bridge so you can cross at one of the wider parts. If you go the way I usually do, you have to descend some steps to get to the river, that probably had stones on once, but they've been long gone. When I was a teenager, there were horses kept in the field next to the stream, but they're also long gone, and the field is overgrown with ferns and brambles now.
It feels really peaceful there, which is kind of interesting, given it's a popular dog walking route - I haven't been up there and not run into someone else in a long time.
But it is absolutely the sort of place I think fae shenanigans would happen - I once started writing a story where said thing happened, and I was thinking of that wood and stream at the time.
I dunno how good of a description this is! I really don't know what else to say about it (please feel free to ask further questions!) Also apologies again for being late.
But yeah, the delivery. If you guessed it involved cat litter again, you would be 100% correct! I ordered some last weekend, and booked the delivery date for the 19th, as it was the only day where I would be home all day.
Only it didn't turn up on the day I'd booked for because apparently it was a temp driver doing the deliveries, and they decided at some point that they couldn't be arsed to do a bunch of them. I found this out the next day when I actually got the delivery (from a non-temp driver, who was as fuming about it as I was). But at least it got here in the end, although I'm still mad, because I had to ring work and tell my boss I couldn't go in, and I felt really bad about it.
Secondly, Oxboxtra/Eurogamer/Dicebreaker did a massive stream of Goose Goose Duck, which is an Among Us clone, but distinctly more avian, and with more options. ANYWAY. I watched the Oxbox stream when it was live, but went back to catch up on the others and, while I was watching Oxtra's, I saw someone from my new favourite streamer's chat!* I wouldn't have noticed at all (I don't usually read the chat), but that I glanced at the screen and saw a familiar and distinctive name. It was so weird. Like. Sometimes I will see people whose names I recognise from OX/EG/DB chats/comments on other stuff, but I've never seen someone from Flembons' chat show up elsewhere.
Thirdly, I don't have a third thing, because I feel like I've been very busy, and thus very tired, and so I don't have a lot to say.
*His name is Flembons, and that is how I shall refer to him henceforth.
~
So yeah, this was supposed to go up on the 20th and, as you can see, it is now the 22nd, but my brain has been absolute mush.
honigfrosch asked me: Do you have a favourite spot to visit nearby? How would you describe it to someone who's never been there?There are lots of places near me that I like to visit because I am very lucky to live in a) the countryside and b) a really nice bit of it, with lots of interesting places around.
I've been having a think about this, and the answer off the top of my head is the hillside behind my house. Primarily because it's easy to climb (I live in a valley and the other side is steep a f - I have tried to get up it, but I did not have a good time). When you get to the top, you can see my entire village below you, and the surrounding area, including massive stretches of moorland on both sides, plus the pine tree forest on the one hillside. Also if you look down into the trees behind my house from that point, I used to think that that was what the Wood Between Worlds in The Magician's Nephew looked like.
But that feels like a cheat because I haven't been up there in years, and it's a really easy answer.
So my actual answer is that there's a largish stream running through woodland further along the hillside - it's not actually that far from civilisation, but when you are there, in among the trees, you can't hear the cars on the road, and it feels really magical. It's just you, and the birds, and any other woodland animals out there - that's where I made a recording of the birds last summer.
The stream runs down from the top of the hill. The banks either side are densely lined with trees. It gives me Lost vibes, even though I am obviously not in Hawaii. There's a lot of rocks in the river, and a small bridge so you can cross at one of the wider parts. If you go the way I usually do, you have to descend some steps to get to the river, that probably had stones on once, but they've been long gone. When I was a teenager, there were horses kept in the field next to the stream, but they're also long gone, and the field is overgrown with ferns and brambles now.
It feels really peaceful there, which is kind of interesting, given it's a popular dog walking route - I haven't been up there and not run into someone else in a long time.
But it is absolutely the sort of place I think fae shenanigans would happen - I once started writing a story where said thing happened, and I was thinking of that wood and stream at the time.
I dunno how good of a description this is! I really don't know what else to say about it (please feel free to ask further questions!) Also apologies again for being late.
