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My Job Centre appointment got cancelled, so I did not get to complain about Stuff™
Oh well, next time. Because I am unlikely to forget this.
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In other news, I moved my mum's stereo out of the living room and brought down mine. This is not just because I want my things down here, but because the amp on mum's stereo (it's all separate units) is broken, and has been for a long time. Also my stereo has a three CD changer, and I am lazy ;)
(No, seriously, it's nice to be able to put a bunch of CDs on, and get into whatever I'm doing without getting up every 70+ minutes to change them).
I have no idea where to put the speakers, so they are both on the floor, barely three feet apart. This is not ideal, but it will have to do for now.
It's nice to be able to listen to music not on headphones/on the tinny speaker on my phone/computer.
OH! And when I turned it on to check it worked, I found some copied CDs inside! That I have since recopied, and didn't remember I did in the first place. For reference, it's been four to five years since I last used the stereo, so you would think I would have remembered to take the CDs out before switching it off, but apparently not! Good going, past me!
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One thing I am going to try to do this year is get around to using inks for drawing. I have wanted to for at least ten years (I bought a nib holder, a bunch of nibs, and some ink in London one time), but for some reason I am afraid of it, which is ridiculous.
I think my biggest worry is knackering nibs by forgetting to clean them. BUT! I shouldn't, because I used acrylic paints for years, and if you don't clean your brushes, then that ruins them, so you would think I would be used to this by now! Also I think cleaning nibs is less of a hassle than acrylic paint off brushes?
And I've got SO MANY INKS NOW. So, really, I have no excuse.
On a related note, I went looking on Cult Pens to see what the biggest size of fineliner Pilot do, and ended up looking at fountain pens and ink. I think it would absolutely baffle/possibly please my mum if she could've seen me. I used to use a fountain pen when I was a teenager but stopped because it was fiddly/the ink took ages to dry. I've never really used any since, apart from occasionally getting those disposable ones that Pilot make. Which I now also have a bunch of. And yet today, I was looking at a fountain pen by Kaweco, and thinking I wouldn't mind having/using it. It wasn't even expensive! Well, it was twenty quid, which seems a lot to me for a pen, but I know that fountain pens can literally run into the hundreds, if not thousands, to buy, so twenty quid seems like a bargain to me.
(One of my friends really rates Kaweco pens, but I'd never heard of them till I met her, which shows how much I know about that! They are a German brand that's been around since, like, forever ago. As are Lamy, which I'd heard of, but didn't really know anything about).
And the idea of using coloured ink cartridges appeals to me, because I like all the colours! When I was at school, you obviously had to use only blue or black ink (and I think coloured cartridges may have been way out of my price range/rarer back then). So being able to write in all the colours of the rainbow would be awesome. I mean, I know I can do this with other sorts of pens but also I just want all the pens.Because I totally don't have a pen addiction, what on earth are you talking about.
Oh well, next time. Because I am unlikely to forget this.
~
In other news, I moved my mum's stereo out of the living room and brought down mine. This is not just because I want my things down here, but because the amp on mum's stereo (it's all separate units) is broken, and has been for a long time. Also my stereo has a three CD changer, and I am lazy ;)
(No, seriously, it's nice to be able to put a bunch of CDs on, and get into whatever I'm doing without getting up every 70+ minutes to change them).
I have no idea where to put the speakers, so they are both on the floor, barely three feet apart. This is not ideal, but it will have to do for now.
It's nice to be able to listen to music not on headphones/on the tinny speaker on my phone/computer.
OH! And when I turned it on to check it worked, I found some copied CDs inside! That I have since recopied, and didn't remember I did in the first place. For reference, it's been four to five years since I last used the stereo, so you would think I would have remembered to take the CDs out before switching it off, but apparently not! Good going, past me!
~
One thing I am going to try to do this year is get around to using inks for drawing. I have wanted to for at least ten years (I bought a nib holder, a bunch of nibs, and some ink in London one time), but for some reason I am afraid of it, which is ridiculous.
I think my biggest worry is knackering nibs by forgetting to clean them. BUT! I shouldn't, because I used acrylic paints for years, and if you don't clean your brushes, then that ruins them, so you would think I would be used to this by now! Also I think cleaning nibs is less of a hassle than acrylic paint off brushes?
And I've got SO MANY INKS NOW. So, really, I have no excuse.
On a related note, I went looking on Cult Pens to see what the biggest size of fineliner Pilot do, and ended up looking at fountain pens and ink. I think it would absolutely baffle/possibly please my mum if she could've seen me. I used to use a fountain pen when I was a teenager but stopped because it was fiddly/the ink took ages to dry. I've never really used any since, apart from occasionally getting those disposable ones that Pilot make. Which I now also have a bunch of. And yet today, I was looking at a fountain pen by Kaweco, and thinking I wouldn't mind having/using it. It wasn't even expensive! Well, it was twenty quid, which seems a lot to me for a pen, but I know that fountain pens can literally run into the hundreds, if not thousands, to buy, so twenty quid seems like a bargain to me.
(One of my friends really rates Kaweco pens, but I'd never heard of them till I met her, which shows how much I know about that! They are a German brand that's been around since, like, forever ago. As are Lamy, which I'd heard of, but didn't really know anything about).
And the idea of using coloured ink cartridges appeals to me, because I like all the colours! When I was at school, you obviously had to use only blue or black ink (and I think coloured cartridges may have been way out of my price range/rarer back then). So being able to write in all the colours of the rainbow would be awesome. I mean, I know I can do this with other sorts of pens but also I just want all the pens.
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