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well-informed doorstop ([personal profile] muladhara) wrote2021-02-21 12:22 pm

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A handful of nice things:

1. I saw a whole bunch of snowdrops when I was in town the other day! I don't remember ever seeing any/many before, so this many was really nice (someone had a whole garden full; it was amazing).

2. Someone has installed a book box near what used to be the post office, which is a few minutes' walk from my house, and I am very happy about that. It's not massive, but I hope people will use it.

3. There are currently three crocuses in my garden. It feels too early for them to be growing (I associate them with spring/Easter, and neither of those things is happening yet), but the weather got warmer, so in some ways, I'm not surprised they're coming up.

~

In other news, I accidentally got to the end of Tactics Advance? I ended up at the final boss fights without realising yesterday afternoon. Which means I got waaaay further than I thought the first time I ever played (I got to Mateus, and got put off because I didn't know how the vampires worked).

I don't really have much to say, except that I understand WAY more German than I expected (I was using my dictionary mainly for the weapons stuff). I think it helped that I was reading it out loud to myself as well (although probably a good job no-one could hear me, because my pronunciation is likely awful).

I don't know what I will play after this. I did think about going through all my DS/3DS games and playing/finishing them (for those that have an end point, so not either of the Style Boutique ones, and not New Leaf, and probably not Mario Kart 7, either). Or I could just play TWEWY for the nine hundredth time,,,

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Additionally, I just bought three art books from the Book Depository, none of which were the ones I went on there to get, lol. (I've got birthday money, and it wants me to spend it, even as I tie myself in knots doing so). I went to get watercolour painting books, and came away instead with two by MIND (the UK mental health charity) and one about creating every day. I don't know if they will be any use to me (I mean, I hope so, I spent money on them!) but I guess we will have to wait and see!

(They're all due to ship this week, what's the betting they come on the day I am out? At least redelivery is a thing, but knowing my luck, that's exactly what will happen).
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[personal profile] lassarina 2021-03-03 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Flowers!! I know it's not really spring yet but Chicago sure wants me to think that it is, and while there's still too much snow on the ground for the flowers to make a real effort at existence I think they will try soon. I'm excited for them.