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Yesterday, I only did the morning at work because I have to open up on Thursday morning, as my boss will not be in till a bit later. She had wanted me to swap the entire day, but I like doing half days, because it means I can spend the afternoon mooching about in town if I want to. Which is exactly what I did yesterday.
I went to explore Asda because I was going to buy some household stuff, as my sister in law says they're good for that (I think she is biased because she shops there a lot ;) ). Anyway, I also wanted to look for some Crayola pencils since, I don't know if you know, but I am addicted to buying pencil crayons. And I had seen this video by Doodle Date, where Steph had mentioned the Colours of the World sets that Crayola have released (there's a pic of the pencils, which is what I wanted, but it turns out Steph wanted the pens). So I thought I would like to have some, and I got them for almost half price! (£2.25 versus £4!)
I also bought a blank notebook, because I'm me. But also because it's a really nice size (7.5x10inches), and you don't tend to get blank notebooks smaller than A4*. I'm going to use it as a sketchbook**. It turns out, by weird coincidence, to be the same size as a notebook I already have, and that I used one of as a sketchbook many years ago! (But it has less pages) I am tempted to go back any buy a couple more but a) I don't know what the paper is like, and b) I already have the aforementioned other books.
And then the only other thing I bought that wasn't useful/food was a nail varnish that I've been wanting for about a year now, which is a blue one by Barry M called Blue Margarita. It's a lot darker than it looks on the picture in the link. Anyway, I'm really happy with it, and definitely glad I got it!
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Meanwhile, in NEO: TWEWY, spoilers!
OMG SO. There is this one plot point that I absolutely need to scream about! There's a character called Motoi, and he's introduced as being this nice guy, and he's really helpful and pleasant, etc. It also turns out that he was Rindo's idol from before they were both in the game and I think he was supposed to be some sort of content creator? He's definitely not an artist like CAT in the first game. But when Rindo finds this out, he's super biased to want to help Motoi out, because why would you not, right?
EXCEPT. It turns out that Motoi's nice side? That's all a front, and he's using Rindo to get what he wants! And then! THEN! It turns out that when he was alive, he wasn't even making his own content, he was stealing other people's stuff and putting his name on it because "otherwise nobody would have seen it"! (which is legit his excuse for doing it!) So even when he was alive, he was being disingenuous and using other people!
And I just like. I wanted to throw myself on the floor because obviously that strikes me personally as an artist, and because I've seen that sort of thing happen to other artists!
But also shout out to Squeenix for including something like in a story, but then not trying to make us sympathise with him! Like, even in the aftermath, Rindo is leery of giving Motoi any more help and, if you could absolutely make that choice, I would choose not to, because he doesn't deserve it. I absolutely would not piss on Motoi if he were on fire, but Rindo, I think, is more lenient than me. Although I haven't got through all of that yet, so we'll see, I guess.
That aside, I'm even more convinced that Shoka is Swallow. I think she almost admitted it to Rindo, but then she was cut off by whatever plot happened, before she could actually say anything. And that's mostly where I am with that, at the moment.
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I finished reading Equal Rites when I got home yesterday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 10/10, would absolutely recommend to anyone. I really liked Esk, she was amazing, and obviously Granny Weatherwax was also amazing. Also I made the mistake of looking through some of the bad reviews on Goodreads - usually I enjoy reading bad reviews, but these ones just made me sad that they didn't see what I did.
Reading it really reminded me what I love about Terry Pratchett's writing, and how amazing he was with words regardless of whether it's leading into a joke or not. And it made me sad that I've spent so long not reading Discworld, when they are evidently such enjoyable books (but problems with concentration/feeling sad about PTerry's death are contributors to that, as well as a layer of "but what if I don't like it any more?" on top). So obviously, I am going to rectify that, although I'm going to read a different author next, I think.
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*At least, not in the UK/not round where I live/work.
**Yes, I know I already have all these others, including the ones I made [nervous laughter]
I went to explore Asda because I was going to buy some household stuff, as my sister in law says they're good for that (I think she is biased because she shops there a lot ;) ). Anyway, I also wanted to look for some Crayola pencils since, I don't know if you know, but I am addicted to buying pencil crayons. And I had seen this video by Doodle Date, where Steph had mentioned the Colours of the World sets that Crayola have released (there's a pic of the pencils, which is what I wanted, but it turns out Steph wanted the pens). So I thought I would like to have some, and I got them for almost half price! (£2.25 versus £4!)
I also bought a blank notebook, because I'm me. But also because it's a really nice size (7.5x10inches), and you don't tend to get blank notebooks smaller than A4*. I'm going to use it as a sketchbook**. It turns out, by weird coincidence, to be the same size as a notebook I already have, and that I used one of as a sketchbook many years ago! (But it has less pages) I am tempted to go back any buy a couple more but a) I don't know what the paper is like, and b) I already have the aforementioned other books.
And then the only other thing I bought that wasn't useful/food was a nail varnish that I've been wanting for about a year now, which is a blue one by Barry M called Blue Margarita. It's a lot darker than it looks on the picture in the link. Anyway, I'm really happy with it, and definitely glad I got it!
~
Meanwhile, in NEO: TWEWY, spoilers!
OMG SO. There is this one plot point that I absolutely need to scream about! There's a character called Motoi, and he's introduced as being this nice guy, and he's really helpful and pleasant, etc. It also turns out that he was Rindo's idol from before they were both in the game and I think he was supposed to be some sort of content creator? He's definitely not an artist like CAT in the first game. But when Rindo finds this out, he's super biased to want to help Motoi out, because why would you not, right?
EXCEPT. It turns out that Motoi's nice side? That's all a front, and he's using Rindo to get what he wants! And then! THEN! It turns out that when he was alive, he wasn't even making his own content, he was stealing other people's stuff and putting his name on it because "otherwise nobody would have seen it"! (which is legit his excuse for doing it!) So even when he was alive, he was being disingenuous and using other people!
And I just like. I wanted to throw myself on the floor because obviously that strikes me personally as an artist, and because I've seen that sort of thing happen to other artists!
But also shout out to Squeenix for including something like in a story, but then not trying to make us sympathise with him! Like, even in the aftermath, Rindo is leery of giving Motoi any more help and, if you could absolutely make that choice, I would choose not to, because he doesn't deserve it. I absolutely would not piss on Motoi if he were on fire, but Rindo, I think, is more lenient than me. Although I haven't got through all of that yet, so we'll see, I guess.
That aside, I'm even more convinced that Shoka is Swallow. I think she almost admitted it to Rindo, but then she was cut off by whatever plot happened, before she could actually say anything. And that's mostly where I am with that, at the moment.
~
I finished reading Equal Rites when I got home yesterday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 10/10, would absolutely recommend to anyone. I really liked Esk, she was amazing, and obviously Granny Weatherwax was also amazing. Also I made the mistake of looking through some of the bad reviews on Goodreads - usually I enjoy reading bad reviews, but these ones just made me sad that they didn't see what I did.
Reading it really reminded me what I love about Terry Pratchett's writing, and how amazing he was with words regardless of whether it's leading into a joke or not. And it made me sad that I've spent so long not reading Discworld, when they are evidently such enjoyable books (but problems with concentration/feeling sad about PTerry's death are contributors to that, as well as a layer of "but what if I don't like it any more?" on top). So obviously, I am going to rectify that, although I'm going to read a different author next, I think.
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*At least, not in the UK/not round where I live/work.
**Yes, I know I already have all these others, including the ones I made [nervous laughter]