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January, February, and March 2023
Looking back at the first three months of 2023, it's quite apparent how burnt out I was getting at work, which culminated in me quitting my job at the end of March, despite having dropped to a 4-day week at the start of January. I did manage a few things though, most notably starting Roller Derby training, and working on STC: Reillustrated!( January 2023 )
( February 2023 )
( March 2023 )
August through to December 2022
I'm playing blog catch-up at the moment so the next few months will be brief. The latter half of 2022 had me finally catching covid, after a couple of years of avoiding it. It totally floored me, which certainly contributed to why I didn't have a chance to keep up with the blog.( August 2022 )
( September 2022 )
( October 2022 )
( November 2022 )
( December 2022 )
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July 2022
July was also a social month, though mostly from work trips and a visit to my parents. (At the work meetups, I had my nails painted, made some cyanotype prints, and tie-dyed a t-shirt!) I also visited Cambridge very briefly with Samathy and Lex to see Samathy playing in her first roller derby away game, and we also all went to see Joe Lycett's act in Nottingham (it was very good). My skating lessons also finished for the summer.( Roller Derby )
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June 2022
Writing this up, I realised what a social month this ended up being. Even without EMF (and I met up with loads of people there and they were all lovely) I saw loads of people both for The Burnt City as well as a general social catchups, including an outdoor skating session with Samathy I haven't even seperated out into a section here.( EMF Camp 2022 )
( Burnt City )
( Escape room )
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May 2022
A fair bit of electronics this month, plus (of course) some Sonic stuff!( Sonic the Comic job lot )
( USB fairy light conversion )
( Button )
( Wild garlic )
( EM-Con (or rather, after EM-Con) )
April 2022
Quite a Sonic-heavy (particularly Sonic the Comic) month! I also went outside a lot!( SONC FILM )
( Amiga Mini )
( Long cycle ride and long walk )
( SONC ARTS )
( Kew Gardens visit )
( SONC FICS )
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March 2022
I'm a little short of things to write for this month because I had A Life Event that took up most of the month, but I have a couple of things to write about here!( Under the Stairs )
( Finished Xena )
February 2022
In February I finished my second set of roller skate lessons, got further in Lemmings than ever before, wrote a fanfic, and joined Emily's birthday celebrations in a Taskmaster-style video call.( Ems' birthday Taskmaster )
( Finished skating lessons )
( Wrote another Sonic fanfic )
( Streaming Lemmings )
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January 2022
I didn't do a lot of noteworthy things in January, partly because of the low energy levels I've mentioned elsewhere, and partly because I was back going to skating lessons and open sessions, which have been very enjoyable but there's only so much I can say about them!( New skate wheels )
( Dragonfruit 2 )
( Sonics the Comics )
December 2021
Considering I had to cancel a holiday this month, I managed to get a reasonable amount of other things done, if mostly at home on the sofa.( Skating )
( Jab III )
( Kathmas )
( SNOIC )
( Xena and Cleopatra )
( Wollaton lights )
( The Matrix Resurrections )
( A writing record )
November 2021
In November I had skating lessons, visited a surprise art exhibition, and got to meet up with my friends in Zürich.( Skating lessons )
( The Marble Arch Mound )
( Zürich )
( Cleopatra 2525 )
( Snow )
( AMPDG: Three Simple Words )
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October 2021
I had a particularly social month in October, meeting up with Samathy and Lex for a video game night and several skating sessions, and seeing Ems and her partner along with Matt in London. I also ended the hugging hiatus which had lasted from February 2020.( Completeathon )
( Hampshire )
( London )
( AMPDG )
( Hallowe'en art )
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September 2021
A pretty quiet month in the end, but with a few firsts and a few highlights! (Also, posting this on the last day of the month! I'm ahead of schedule!)( AMPDG: Secret fanclub )
( Pride )
( Roller skating )
( Dragon fruit )
( Equinox )
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August 2021
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, I took a trip away from home purely for my own enjoyment, spending one night in Matlock before travelling back the next day.( Much Ado About Nottingham )
( Ice cream tacos )
( AMPDG: Movie Roulette )
( Dragonfruit and Ginger )
( Matlock Overnight )
( Wild blackberry jam )
( Art )
( Perseids )
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July 2021
Bit of a quiet month, but AMPDG got me doing a nice project, and I finally got my second covid vaccine!( Vaccination 2 )
( AMPDG: Tau Girl )
( Garden update )
( Dragonfruit update )
( Twitch streams )
June 2021
Two bits of astronomy this month, as I watched the partial solar eclipse and, later, got up early to observe a sunrise solstice.( Partial Solar Eclipse )
( Solstice Sunrise )
( Dragon fruit update )
( Art (and AMPDG) )
( Sunset Rainbow )
( Garden )
( Sonic & Knuckles Badge )
( Short story )
( Sean and Aled at Clifton )
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May 2021
In May I had my first covid-19 vaccination, at the large King's Meadow Campus centre, which felt a little like going through airport security, except with a nurse and needle instead of the x-ray machines. I had Pfizer in my left arm, all done while still standing up! The rest of the month was a mixed bag of arts, crafts, gardening, and entertainment.( Vaccination )
( Eurovision )
( Star Wars Day )
( SO COLD )
( Art )
( Garden, Dragonfruit, and AMPDG )
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April 2021
I actually got up to quite a lot in April, despite having just started a new job. Partly because I had four days off for Easter, and I finally took the plunge and ordered both decorating paints and art paints to start that hobby off.( Switch )
( Painted living room )
( AMPDG: Beach trip! )
( Fluid art )
( Gardening )
( Friday outings )
March 2021
In March I did some somewhat unexpected photography, some artwork, started a new job, and played a fair amount of Sonic 3: AIR (just like last March…)( New camera lens )
( AMPDG: Paint a ceiling )
( Acrylic pours )
( Chocolate truffles )
( Dragonfruit update )
( 03-in-03 )