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Two things:
1. The c-word is ABOLUTELY NOT a friendly insult in the UK, AND most people will be shocked if they hear you use it. It's not a word you casually throw around. At least, not in my experience. Source: am from the UK, and I don't use that word.
It's possible that maybe I am old, and people young enough to be my children use it with wild abandon, but I honestly don't know where this idea came from that over here we're all casually chucking it around like it's inoffensive.
I mean, like, the video team for Eurogamer are very sweary, and they censor every single use of that word so, I mean, what does that tell you? (Not that it gets used often, as it shouldn't, but it's still censored when it happens).
2. USE WATER WITH ACRYLIC PAINTS! EVEN IF IT'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT! It will improve your experience with them, I promise!
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On the other hand: exciting news!
I've got a date for my first covid vaccine! It's at the end of the month! I thought I wouldn't get it until much later on (say, in a month or more), but I got a text on Monday asking me to make an appointment, so I did! I can safely say this is the most excited I've been about being vaccinated for anything, ever.
There's also an Aldi opening in town tomorrow (they've been building it for, like, a year now?) which I am also excited about, but it pales in comparison to the vaccine, tbh. And I'm mostly only excited because it's very close to the bus station, which means I don't have to trek very far with my shopping, unlike the other two supermarkets in town.
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Here's a couple of videos I watched and enjoyed recently:
This one, by HulloAlice, about how everyone who does creative stuff is an artist, regardless of gatekeeping snobbery. And she's right.
This video about rewriting the Matrix sequels. I like the sequels. You know I do, if you know anything about me. But I also agree 100% with what this guy proposes.
(Please let me know if the links are borked).
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Now I'm going to go and agonise over spending my birthday money on art supplies, because why not.
1. The c-word is ABOLUTELY NOT a friendly insult in the UK, AND most people will be shocked if they hear you use it. It's not a word you casually throw around. At least, not in my experience. Source: am from the UK, and I don't use that word.
It's possible that maybe I am old, and people young enough to be my children use it with wild abandon, but I honestly don't know where this idea came from that over here we're all casually chucking it around like it's inoffensive.
I mean, like, the video team for Eurogamer are very sweary, and they censor every single use of that word so, I mean, what does that tell you? (Not that it gets used often, as it shouldn't, but it's still censored when it happens).
2. USE WATER WITH ACRYLIC PAINTS! EVEN IF IT'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT! It will improve your experience with them, I promise!
~
On the other hand: exciting news!
I've got a date for my first covid vaccine! It's at the end of the month! I thought I wouldn't get it until much later on (say, in a month or more), but I got a text on Monday asking me to make an appointment, so I did! I can safely say this is the most excited I've been about being vaccinated for anything, ever.
There's also an Aldi opening in town tomorrow (they've been building it for, like, a year now?) which I am also excited about, but it pales in comparison to the vaccine, tbh. And I'm mostly only excited because it's very close to the bus station, which means I don't have to trek very far with my shopping, unlike the other two supermarkets in town.
~
Here's a couple of videos I watched and enjoyed recently:
This one, by HulloAlice, about how everyone who does creative stuff is an artist, regardless of gatekeeping snobbery. And she's right.
This video about rewriting the Matrix sequels. I like the sequels. You know I do, if you know anything about me. But I also agree 100% with what this guy proposes.
(Please let me know if the links are borked).
~
Now I'm going to go and agonise over spending my birthday money on art supplies, because why not.
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Hooray for vaccines! I do miss Aldi :'(
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Hooray indeed!
My nearest Aldi used to be in the next town over, and...it wasn't a pain to get to, but it was less convenient, so I'm super stoked about this :D (also I'm sorry you no longer have access to one).