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This Xmas went better than last Xmas, so that's a nice improvement.
I got a whole bunch of random stuff (I chose three things I wanted and got two of them, but there was other stuff besides). Of the things I can remember, a mug with a bad pun on (courtesy of my bro and sister in law), a set of expensive watercolours (Kuretake, 24 pans, from mum), and the entire series of Soul Eater on DVD (sister in law).
I know absolutely nothing about Soul Eater, except that I used to have a friend on insanejournal who was really into it when it first came out. We've lost touch since then, but I saw a tweet the other day that said next year Soul Eater will be ten years old (!!), and it made me think about her, and wonder how she's doing. I hope she's all right.
And then I sort of fell into a Star Wars hole because of everybody tweeting about The Last Jedi. I think seeing how divisive it's been has finally got me interested in seeing the sequels (I kind of meh'd when The Force Awakens came out because of having been burnt by the prequels. Which I am going to have to knuckle down and watch one of these days, aren't I? I only saw The Phantom Menace, and what I've heard about the other two is decidedly Not Good). And I sort of wanted to see Rogue One anyway because of its downer ending because I'm a sucker for that sort of shit.
(Lbr, I'm almost always in a Star Wars hole, I just don't talk about it much because, well, I just don't).
(I have purchased the most merch I've got in years, this year, though. I finally got myself the OG trilogy on DVD after asking family for it FOR YEARS and not receiving it. I bought a shopping bag that's got pics from Empire on it (I feel like the world's biggest nerd every time I use it, even though I am clearly not). I bought a mug with Darth Vader on. Also two t-shirts (one of which has a Drew Struzan pic on it and that makes me v happy). And also a weeny model of Luke's X-Wing, which is about the size of the palm of my hand.
I could have had a terrible Yoda Xmas t-shirt, but decided against it, and now I am ruing that decision).
ETA: I also got the colouring book - the one with Leia on the front - but completely forgot about it because I'm a numptie [/eta]
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I guess I should do an end of year thing here, since I probably won't be posting again till after New Year?
I...don't really know how to describe this year. It just kind of...happened. I just feel like I drifted through it feeling kind of nothing-y. Nothing great happened this year, and most of what did happen was neutral or bad (but yet it didn't feel that bad, even though it was? I don't really know).
(Oh, apart from my friend who died. That was fucking horrible, and came out of nowhere. I didn't mention it at the time it happened, apart from obliquely, because I was still trying to process wtf had happened. It's been seven months now, and I still can't believe he's not here any more).
Like, I feel like the most positive thing that happened was my crush, and that worked out the way 98% of my crushes have ever worked out. Which is to say, nothing came out of it.
Anyway. I should stop being negative. There are probably more positive things than I think, and I just can't see the wood for the trees right now.
I hope you all have good New Year's celebrations (and happy Monday once again if you don't celebrate New Year on Jan 1st). I hope 2018 is better to everyone.
I got a whole bunch of random stuff (I chose three things I wanted and got two of them, but there was other stuff besides). Of the things I can remember, a mug with a bad pun on (courtesy of my bro and sister in law), a set of expensive watercolours (Kuretake, 24 pans, from mum), and the entire series of Soul Eater on DVD (sister in law).
I know absolutely nothing about Soul Eater, except that I used to have a friend on insanejournal who was really into it when it first came out. We've lost touch since then, but I saw a tweet the other day that said next year Soul Eater will be ten years old (!!), and it made me think about her, and wonder how she's doing. I hope she's all right.
And then I sort of fell into a Star Wars hole because of everybody tweeting about The Last Jedi. I think seeing how divisive it's been has finally got me interested in seeing the sequels (I kind of meh'd when The Force Awakens came out because of having been burnt by the prequels. Which I am going to have to knuckle down and watch one of these days, aren't I? I only saw The Phantom Menace, and what I've heard about the other two is decidedly Not Good). And I sort of wanted to see Rogue One anyway because of its downer ending because I'm a sucker for that sort of shit.
(Lbr, I'm almost always in a Star Wars hole, I just don't talk about it much because, well, I just don't).
(I have purchased the most merch I've got in years, this year, though. I finally got myself the OG trilogy on DVD after asking family for it FOR YEARS and not receiving it. I bought a shopping bag that's got pics from Empire on it (I feel like the world's biggest nerd every time I use it, even though I am clearly not). I bought a mug with Darth Vader on. Also two t-shirts (one of which has a Drew Struzan pic on it and that makes me v happy). And also a weeny model of Luke's X-Wing, which is about the size of the palm of my hand.
I could have had a terrible Yoda Xmas t-shirt, but decided against it, and now I am ruing that decision).
ETA: I also got the colouring book - the one with Leia on the front - but completely forgot about it because I'm a numptie [/eta]
~
I guess I should do an end of year thing here, since I probably won't be posting again till after New Year?
I...don't really know how to describe this year. It just kind of...happened. I just feel like I drifted through it feeling kind of nothing-y. Nothing great happened this year, and most of what did happen was neutral or bad (but yet it didn't feel that bad, even though it was? I don't really know).
(Oh, apart from my friend who died. That was fucking horrible, and came out of nowhere. I didn't mention it at the time it happened, apart from obliquely, because I was still trying to process wtf had happened. It's been seven months now, and I still can't believe he's not here any more).
Like, I feel like the most positive thing that happened was my crush, and that worked out the way 98% of my crushes have ever worked out. Which is to say, nothing came out of it.
Anyway. I should stop being negative. There are probably more positive things than I think, and I just can't see the wood for the trees right now.
I hope you all have good New Year's celebrations (and happy Monday once again if you don't celebrate New Year on Jan 1st). I hope 2018 is better to everyone.