Time for a new #introduction post now that chosen a new instance for my account.
Hiya, I'm a 30-something shy nerdy gay lass from the north-east of England. I also suspect that I am autistic and at the moment I'm dealing with the mental health that comes with... well... all of the above. I'm here for nice stuff, I won't be talking about politics or anything like that.
Things I like:
#books
#journaling including #bulletjournal
#videogames recently #Zelda, before that #Factorio
#ukulele
#drawing
This is what I’ve spent a very pleasant chunk of my day today doing. I haven’t had Lego since I was little and I’ve really enjoyed building this. The finished product looks good on my shelf too! The box The pot for the tree built The main trunk built. I missed a step right after this because this is the part where you're supposed to add the 'pebbles'. It's a little more awkward to do after the leaves are on!
Currently reading: You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney 📚
Trying out an Apple One subscription. I’ve used up all my free iCloud storage so I had to do something. Already use apple music. Will I waste all my time on Apple Arcade and regret subscribing? Maybe!
Currently reading: Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff 📚
I think I should try and get back into blogging again. I used to like that a lot when I was at uni. I never put a huge amount of effort into it and it was just a stupid little personal blog, but I think that might actually be just what I want at the moment. A chance to sit quietly and put some things together, an excuse to draw or add a photo, and then a central place to have all of this anonymously stored. It sounds like a really nice idea and a nice hobby. I’m already paying for micro.blog and I like it well enough so I think this will be where I put it. The few times I’ve posted already I had a nice time doing so. I should start considering this a proper hobby again.
I suppose on the opposite side of this, I’ve been enjoying reading RSS on NetNewsWire, maybe browsing through it during a quiet few minutes and saving the ones that look interesting to my Reading List. Then, when I’m on my iPad, going through my Reading List and enjoying reading through the articles. It seems like a nice relaxed sort of flow and I think I prefer this to scrolling through Mastodon or whatever (although I do still like doing that now and again). I like how I get to have a ton of control over what I read this way and that I get to have a quick browse during just a couple of minutes, and then a ‘real’ reading session that I’ve already curated when I actually want to sit down and do that.
🎮 Not surprised to see Tears of the Kingdom the top but I AM a little surprised that Vampire Survivors got in the top 3. I must have really binge-played that. Not surprising though, it’s way more addictive than it has any right to be. Actually, that’s true of all of my top 3, holding them to varying standards (high expectations from Zelda, low for VS and somewhere in the middle for Pokémon).
🎮 Been getting caught up reading some Factorio Fact Friday blogs. Factorio 2.0 looks like it’s going to be amazing, I can’t wait!
I bought this bag a few weeks ago. I think I’ve just had a bit of a ‘thing’ about being organised and having a place to put stuff recently, and I saw this on the internet, watched a load of videos, and ordered it. I really like this bag. A lot of the reviews and videos I watched were by men who described the size of the bag as ‘upgraded pockets’.
#MyJam https://yewtu.be/watch?v=uFzPW2mlg28&list=PLh4Eme5gACZHaNOYGUuj_wFO0IR5x54Ad&index=16 liking Rimworld quite a bit these days and this one from its soundtrack is constantly in my head
Lamp-post with hedge climbing up it. I can see the very top of this on one my usual walks and took a little detour to find out how the greenery is getting up there. Still think it’s quite strange and cool.
Images loading on here have been super slow the last few days. Not sure if it’s something going on with Ivory or with Universeodon? Is it time to change instance?
🎮 Vampire Survivors (2022) - ★★★★★
I played this for about 7 hours on Steam, then saw that it was on the Nintendo Switch, bought it again (for £4 how could I not), and I’ve played at least 15 hours on the Switch. This game is awesome. Super simple, you only use the left analogue stick to have your dude wander around the screen, and they auto-attack the hordes of monsters that head towards you. As time goes on you find new weapons and abilities, you level up and upgrade these, and your auto-attacks get sillier and sillier and more and more monsters turn up until you have no idea what’s going on. If you survive for 30 minutes then Death turns up and insta-kills you like the yeti on SkiFree, it’s hilarious.
There’s tons and tons to unlock and the game has this weird sense of humour. I’m also obsessed with the music from Stage 2. Not sure how much longer I’ll play it because I suppose it does get a little bit repetitive after a while but those 20-odd hours absoutely flew by (I was actually a bit shocked when I looked up how long I’d played it) and it’s super cheap so absolutely recommended
I'm a bit obsessed with #VampireSurvivors on the Switch at the moment, and can't get the Inlaid Library music out of my head, I love it. Best £4 I ever spent #MyJam https://youtu.be/dwx2DtyqSLc?si=dtg8-MnHy78UUrld
I’m coming up to the three-week mark of being on Sertraline (which I think is known as Zoloft in the US) and thought I would share how things are going. I wanted to share this as I was feeling apprehensive when I was first prescribed it, and I went online looking for other people’s experiences and oddly didn’t find an awful lot, and the stuff I did find seemed to be from people who had terrible experiences.
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Guess number 3 though, wow!
1) First day back at work after a week off. I thought I would be really nervous but actually it was fine.
2) Had to drive to work a different way due to a road closure. Again, I thought this would have me feeling really anxious this morning and I was a little nervous, but I did it, and it was fine
3) My friend at work has been ill so not been at work for a few weeks. I got to see them again today and it was lovely to catch up.
So all in all, today was... fine! I am wondering if some of this is thanks to my new medication?
Finished reading: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett 📚
I feel like getting back into Discworld again so thought I’d start near the start. The first few books are definitely a little bit different to the rest, as if he hasn’t quite found the way he wants to do things properly yet. Still very funny though. Granny Weatherwax is one of my favourite characters although I think, again, you can tell this is an early book and she’s not quite fully ‘Granny’ yet. She’s still cool though 😂. I liked Esk a lot too.
Overall I liked reading this one a lot more than the first time I tried it, maybe because I knew before I started that it wasn’t quite as polished as the later books in the series.
I think Mort is next if you go in chronological order and Death is my other favourite character so I’ll be reading that one next
#wordle
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Good one today! I mean getting it in 5 isn’t good but kept me on my toes today
💊 Had a GP appointment today, probably long overdue to talk about depression/anxiety. Been given a prescription for some medication. I feel like I’ve tried everything I can try on my own so this is good? ☀️ The walk to collect my prescription was lovely actually, nice and warm and sunny but with a nice breeze. My 3 year old niece walked the whole way too 🎸 My new ukulele just sounds so damn nice