Vollebak
I've been into Vollebak's clothes for a while. I want the garbage watch. I've got a few things from them, and you know me; I live in them.
Vampire Survivors is the purest video game
I can't explain why I love this game, but I also love games made by people who clearly love this game, so I guess it's not just me.
Mastodon isn't for me. I thought I would be into the task of exploring a new ecosystem and finding interesting people to follow, but it already feels like a chore and I just don't have the motivation to do that any more. I can already sit in the corner and talk to myself here - I don't need numbers and statistics to back it up!
I'm not sure if it messes with the fediverse that I just deleted the server. I did check and it seems you can just delete your server. Wouldn't be very robust if it couldn't handle a server going away, I suppose.
I made pizza, take two
I had another go at making some pizza. Tried a different dough recipe and it seemed to make a huge difference. I also watched a tonne of videos on how to make and stretch dough. It is possible to learn things just by watching...?
Oil palette
We went into an artist's gallery/shop because she was making a rug and it looked interesting. Then saw her palette/easel thing and immediately knew I'd found my new desktop background.
I'm going to start using Mastodon. You can follow me on @[email protected] if you want. I'm not planning to reduce the amount I post here (I'm not sure that's even possible anyway) but Mastodon is likely to be for less formal stuff anyway. If you want an account on there, let me know. I'll be moderating new accounts so don't sign up if I don't know you.
Day Off Ramble to Lewes
Jake's coming to visit this weekend so I took some time off. I took an extra day and decided to go for a walk to Lewes. It's not super far unless you take a really inefficient route. In the biz, we call that scenic, I'll have you know.
I made pizza
I am a horrible cook. Just awful. But we have been watching the Chef's Table Pizza show on Netflix and it made me want to try and make pizza. It appears more successful the further back you stand.
The lost art of the tactical, permissive skive
It's important, every now and again, to treat yourself to a bit of naughtiness. A cheeky little Friday PM skive when you've already finished your todo list and some of next week's, and you've let everyone know you're stepping out. Beautiful.
Taking the moral high ground and salting the low ground
I know you should try to be the bigger person when someone does something to annoy you, but it always ends up making me feel like a chump.
Any showrunners in the US wondering whether to put their show on ice because of the writers' strike; watch Heroes season one. Then watch Heroes season two.
Ardingly Reservoir to Ouse Viaduct
When we went to eat cheese last weekend, I saw a lovely little forested area that was filled with a carpet of bluebells. I checked the map and we were next to a viaduct I didn't know about. Jackpot.
I thought I had pretty good rhythm until I tried to put down two bars of a four-on-the-floor kickdrum and actually no I do not have good rhythm at all. Even with a metronome it's not even close.
I don't know why you'd expend any energy posting to Twitter at the moment. I don't read much news, but Boing Boing is constantly reporting on the ridiculously poor management and leadership at that company. It can't be long until it's all gone, or is El*n trying to prove that it's too big to fail?
Get all your stuff out of there and go somewhere else. Preferably somewhere you own.
Pick & Cheese
We saw about this place on Jolly, and I've wanted to take Charlotte there ever since.
Cult of the Lamb
I slept on this for so long. No real reason. Had it in my Steam library for a while but just didn't start it. Played a few minutes and nothing clicked.
InCarNation 2023
Lucked onto this car show for the second time. I need to follow them on social media or something. There was so many MX-5s this year. I love what people are doing with them now. So many old Fiestas as well. Would love to have one of those.
Top three places my watch's hourly Stand Goal has activated last minute:
- Getting up to go and get a snack
- Sitting down, stroking the cat
- Leaning forward to scratch an itch on my butt
Carbohydrates
Carbs are my favourite; did you know? This isn't only going to be pictures of food, and it's over the course of a month so give me a break (it's still not good 🤫 I know).
What I'm saying is it's another photo dump post.
I want to love Elden Ring. Is there such a thing as an Elden Ring sherpa? I just need someone to hold my hand until I can walk on my own.