I've got another Bluesky invite code if anyone wants it?

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In other news: GUESS WHO FINALLY HAS A PAYING JOB AGAIN????

Oh yes, it is me. It is unfortunately not a library job, but it is a job and it pays me money, so I am not going to complain about it. I've only been there a week so far, but it seems to be going okay? I have a lot to learn, since it's not the same environment I've been in for the last four years, but I am sort of getting the hang of it. I think.

My shift end times don't line up with the buses on a lot of occasions, but that's the bus company's fault, not my job's. And anyway, I've been saying for years now that I want to get a bike, and this would be the perfect excuse to have one (although with the weather being like it is today - heavily raining - I wouldn't want to cycle there and back anyway).

I don't know if I will have the time or mental space to continue doing a bit at my voluntary job, but I said I'd let my boss there know once I had more of an idea of what my shifts would be like. Which I can't do at the moment as she is on holiday abroad.

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Also I forgot to mention this when it happened, but my mood has improved a bit! I think it is the time of year - I've never liked summer, and that feeling's increased exponentially as the weather's changed for the worse over the years, so I think my worst period of the year now is late spring/all summer.

I dare say getting a job has helped, but I noticed the shift in my mood happened even before I knew I'd got it.

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In video games news: I am into the fourth Palace in P5R, and I noticed that I am WAY overlevelled. Most of the enemies are a good five levels below everyone. This is not because I've been grinding, but I think because Akira has the accessory that gives 15% extra EXP, and also I have the extra EXP active in Mementos. I'm tempted to take it off and equip him with something else instead but also, IDK, I like not having too many problems in an Atlus game :D

I also started watching a Let's Play of Silent Hill, because it is spooky season, and because I love it. I haven't finished watching it yet, but I probably will today or tomorrow, since it's not a long game.
I updated my ko-fi shop, so now there are prints of stuff available, as well as original artworks! The prints are a mixture of some of my older and newer things, so check it out because there may be something you like in there!

There's also a blog post showing off the exclusive print you can get if you become a member during the rest of July/August. It was supposed to be July's exclusive print, but all month I've either been ill, or it's been too hot to get stuff done. So. I'm starting over AGAIN. (I say again, because you don't know this, but my ko-fi was supposed to be launched on the 1st of July, but I spent most of June feeling gross, so YAY).

So fingers crossed I can get this off the ground this time.

I also set up a facebook page for my art, but I don't know how often I'll update it. I'm going to set the sketchblog to autopost, like it does to twitter, but other than that, I don't know.

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In other news, I finally played some more FFIV! I did enough grinding to beat Bahamut on my first try, and then I went and also beat the White Dragon for Murasame! I haven't really got any further than that, but I know I'm very close to the end now. Will I beat Zeromus on the first go? PROBABLY NOT.

I also, for reasons that I couldn't fathom at first, felt like I wanted to watch a Silent Hill longplay. So I dug one out, except I switched it off after an hour because the ads were doing my head in (I think there was one every ten minutes? I may as well have been watching it on Twitch!) And then I looked through one of my tags on here, and it turns out the last time I watched a longplay was in July 2020! So no wonder I felt like I ought to watch it again :D

(I mean, I also wanted to watch it because it's one of the two games I have very strong nostalgic feelings for, and I'd already done OG RE2 a couple of months ago).

And I watched Ian from Eurogamer play Stray - he did the first three hours on EG's channel, but then did another two(?) on his personal channel, so now he's further ahead than Ellen is. He's going to play the rest tomorrow evening, I think (honestly can't remember what he said now). Anyway, cat game is good! I'm glad I'm watching other people play it because there's a few parts that are Not My Jam, and that I would hate doing, so I'm glad it's them doing it and not me. It is mostly a chill game, but there's just bits that make me anxious just watching it.

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I have no idea how to end this, so it's probably time to go and get the washing out of the washing machine.
I have been at work all week and, while I am not working as long as some people (we have reduced opening hours), I am very tired. I could probably sleep all day if I let myself.

I haven't done any art (apart from a two minute doodle last night), I haven't read, and I haven't played any video games. But I haven't felt like I've had the time or the energy.

I'm working the same hours next week, and after that I don't know!

Other than that, I've been watching a longplay of Silent Hill in small chunks (which is hilarious when you consider it's a game that lasts four hours, tops). But it's a scary game, and I'm watching it in the evening, and there's only me in the house (I am a big scaredy cat, in case you didn't know). I do find it less scary than I used to, though.

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Forgot to link this last entry, but here's the Oxboxtra peeps and Dicebreaker playing Werewolf again! (still not That One, sorry).

I think that's the only stream I'm missing of stuff that I've been linking lately.

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