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"look, i just really like pens, okay?"
(Title is a paraphrased quote from a Peter Draws video, because I've been watching him all week. And it's true I do like pens. I like them a lot).
Anyway! Got my first covid vaccination on Thursday, and it all went fine! The worst part was a sore arm that started about an hour afterwards, but I was expecting that. I wasn't expecting sore lymph nodes, but that was a thing that happened, and they are still sore now. But as long as my immune system is doing its job, I don't mind. Also, no matter how irritating this may be, it's better than the alternative. WAY BETTER.
I also investigated the new Aldi after my vaccination. It was smaller than I was expecting, which is weird because it's not as small as Small Aldi in Burnley, yet it looks massive from the outside (I suppose it's like our Lidl, in that a lot of that space is actually warehouse). I spent less time in there than I thought I would, and so missed my bus home by mere minutes, and then had almost an hour to wait for the next one (because our bus timetable is sensible like that! [/sarcasm] ). So I walked about halfway home, and then caught the bus the rest of the way.
I'm going to bullet point other stuff, because I can't think how segue nicely between the topics, so:
1. I have updated my Redbubble for the first time in four years! Here is a link!
I got rid of all the older stuff and put in some of the newer things I've been doing. I did it out of curiosity, as I want to see how it does versus my old stuff, which never sold. I'm also going to make more of an effort to update it more frequently.
(I am still selling my own prints, but like I say, the RB update is kind of an experiment, and also they sell sizes I can't print/things I can't make, so there's that as well).
2. Here is my surprise birthday present! I've been whiffling about this for years (primarily because I've never spent £18 on a pen before), but I decided it would be a special present for my birthday. You may have already seen this if you follow my twitter, in which case it's not that much of a surprise.
3. I meant to link this when she started, but Ellen from Outside Xtra has been playing Dark Souls for the very first time, with help from Luke! Here's the first episode, feat shenanigans with the Taurus Demon! (She has, at the time of writing, just beaten the Capra Demon, meaning she is currently at the same point that I got to before I decided to give up).
4. I've been drawing a whole bunch for the past week, in part thanks to randomly discovering Peter Draws (as previously noted), and trying figure out how he draws. I don't know if what I'm doing is any good, but I'm enjoying doing it, and that's what counts! (Also as much as getting fountain pen ink all over my hands annoys me*, I kind of like that, too?)
Some of the things I've drawn will be going up on my sketchblog next week, so \o/ check that out if you're interested.
5. I have nothing else to say (that I can think of), so I will finish this here!
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*I don't like having "gunk" on my hands, but at least ink is not very gunky as substances go. Unless it's been sitting around becoming gunky, as it sometimes does, in which case, ewwwww. Do Not Want.
Anyway! Got my first covid vaccination on Thursday, and it all went fine! The worst part was a sore arm that started about an hour afterwards, but I was expecting that. I wasn't expecting sore lymph nodes, but that was a thing that happened, and they are still sore now. But as long as my immune system is doing its job, I don't mind. Also, no matter how irritating this may be, it's better than the alternative. WAY BETTER.
I also investigated the new Aldi after my vaccination. It was smaller than I was expecting, which is weird because it's not as small as Small Aldi in Burnley, yet it looks massive from the outside (I suppose it's like our Lidl, in that a lot of that space is actually warehouse). I spent less time in there than I thought I would, and so missed my bus home by mere minutes, and then had almost an hour to wait for the next one (because our bus timetable is sensible like that! [/sarcasm] ). So I walked about halfway home, and then caught the bus the rest of the way.
I'm going to bullet point other stuff, because I can't think how segue nicely between the topics, so:
1. I have updated my Redbubble for the first time in four years! Here is a link!
I got rid of all the older stuff and put in some of the newer things I've been doing. I did it out of curiosity, as I want to see how it does versus my old stuff, which never sold. I'm also going to make more of an effort to update it more frequently.
(I am still selling my own prints, but like I say, the RB update is kind of an experiment, and also they sell sizes I can't print/things I can't make, so there's that as well).
2. Here is my surprise birthday present! I've been whiffling about this for years (primarily because I've never spent £18 on a pen before), but I decided it would be a special present for my birthday. You may have already seen this if you follow my twitter, in which case it's not that much of a surprise.
3. I meant to link this when she started, but Ellen from Outside Xtra has been playing Dark Souls for the very first time, with help from Luke! Here's the first episode, feat shenanigans with the Taurus Demon! (She has, at the time of writing, just beaten the Capra Demon, meaning she is currently at the same point that I got to before I decided to give up).
4. I've been drawing a whole bunch for the past week, in part thanks to randomly discovering Peter Draws (as previously noted), and trying figure out how he draws. I don't know if what I'm doing is any good, but I'm enjoying doing it, and that's what counts! (Also as much as getting fountain pen ink all over my hands annoys me*, I kind of like that, too?)
Some of the things I've drawn will be going up on my sketchblog next week, so \o/ check that out if you're interested.
5. I have nothing else to say (that I can think of), so I will finish this here!
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*I don't like having "gunk" on my hands, but at least ink is not very gunky as substances go. Unless it's been sitting around becoming gunky, as it sometimes does, in which case, ewwwww. Do Not Want.