shadowhive

Again these past days have been low energy.

I did hope to see Sinners but I was too drained on Tuesday (causa the morning library stint) and yesterday (causa Andor) so I didn’t go. Thankfully it’s on there until next week though, but still at 7pm showings. I might see it Monday or Wednesday depending on energy.

Thunderbolts* has an afternoon showing on Saturday so I could in theory see that then instead. I guess it depends, since mums friend is coming and I fear her being her usual self.

Main thing these past days has been watching two very different shows.

First there was Andorand this weeks episodes were… a lot. This season has been building up to the Ghorman massacre and this week was when it happened. The whole thing was pretty horrific because of course it was, but it hit harder cause we’d spent the last few eps learning about these people and this place, so to see virtually all of them end up dead? It was pretty awful.

But then the following ep had Mon standing in front of the senate calling the the massacre what it was, a genocide, as well as how the narrative of the whole thing was manipulate and truth was lost. Someone posted the speech here.

Like it’s honestly scary how the whole thing is mirroring things happening right now and hoenstly those episodes gave me chills.

Then by contrast I finished The Residence. I watched two episodes Tuesday and would have watched the finale right after but I could feel my eyes going. I did watch it last night and just…

Honestly these two shows are gonna be some of my favs of the year and yet they couldn’t be more different.

The Residence kept me gripped not just cause of the central mystery but because of how utterly bonkers it could be. Like where else would you find Kylie finding a bloodstain? And honestly I love Cordelia so much and I’d love them to do something like this with her again (but honestly, at the same time, I’m not sure if they could top this)

(Possible spoiler thoughts under the cut thought I’ll try and keep things vague)

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But yeah if you’re looking for a good murder mystery, in a unique location then definitely check the Residence.

Tonight I’m hoping to finish Planet of Lana before it leaves game pass next week, then I wanna get my brain cell in gear to fic but I might just end up going to doze. Tomorrow is new Sleep Token, though my cd hasn’t even been sent yet and is listed as coming next week😒 and there’s also the second week of Star Wars fortnite (I’m already level 35 mostly in my drive to unlock Poe Dameron)

I end the post with a pic of Midna snugged under a blankie🖤🤍

Good news everyone! I found my glasses!

Turns out they had slipped down behind my bed and were tucked under something so had been easy to miss when I first felt around there. So that means. I can see ok yipee!

My eyes were still a bit achy from using the others so I decided not to see Episode III in the cinema, which sucks cause I wanted to but the timing has really been so… ugh.

Good things yesterday was some mail came. The postman had a few things to deliver but instead of handing them over in one go handed over one, then slipped the other two through the door (so he came back three times which was odd). The mail was a fox hoodie I back pad on kickstarter last year (with some pins and stickers) which looks so pretty and had a nice package. There was a book, Appointment With Death and other plays. Lastly there was the new Doctor Who magazine which has a great cover of 15 with Mr Ring-a-Ding (and has previews for the coming eps, but I feel I’ve not learned anything really other than being most excited for The Interstellar Song Contest).

Today I managed to, finally, read Rise Of Hellfire issue 2 which I’ve had sitting around for about two weeks? (At least). I’m glad I read it cause it was so good and I’m looking forward to how the rest will go. I can tell I’ll be sad it’s only 4 issues.

I also started Andor after waiting a few days. They put up 3 eps and I’ve only watched the first (I might watch the next one later or tomorrow). So far it’s been pretty good with Cassian stealing a prototype ship, incompetent Rebels and Mon in new fancy outfits. And, of course, the Empire being utterly terrifying in wanting to ‘relocate’ an entire civilisation. Considering the Ghorman massacre is a known event… it’s gonna go horribly.

Also today was the latest Doctor Who ep and I managed to avoid spoilers for the ep. If you want to watch but haven’t yet do not read further.

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Now though I’m gonna go on Oblivion, then watch a film (unless my eyes get tired) though I also might try and get some words out too.

So like I mentioned the other day I wanted to see Alien Romulus but my choice was seeing it in town (meaning I’d have to walk back home at 9pm) or going to Birmingham (which I knew would be a money sink).

After some pondering I decided on the latter, going to Birmingham yesterday (so I was out from about 10:20am till 6:15pm), which was a pretty long day.

One thing I was looking for in Birmingham, but not expecting to see, was The Acolyte stuff. I knew there was a Kelnacca comic so there’d at least be that, but also the funkos were meant to be out today so I thought they might be early. I hoped, but didn’t expect, to see the black series figures (cause the uk release is all over the place). I saw none of the funko at all, but to my surprise the first forbidden planet (where I was going to pick up a bag for mum) had most of the first wave! In fact the only one they didn’t have (oddly) was Mae. Of course I had to get my boy Yord (because I both love him and he’s out of stock for preorder everywhere). So I was really happy for that and it made the trip worthwhile. (Plus I also got my friend a thing too which turned out to be rare!)

After that I wandered round a bit, looking in tk at the Halloween stuff (which looked cool and there was a dapper fox art piece) and I got some rainbow stuff for Naryu from another place. Next stop was a Game outlet store and I got another Star Wars figure (Zero from The Mandalorian, for only£5), some Disney cards and two xbox games. Dolmen had been on my list for awhile and No Straight Roads sounded interesting, but my surprise was how much they were. £2. For both of them! (And Dolmen is a series x game too!) I wish I’d looked at the switch games more to see if there was a good one there, but overall I’m pleased with them. Dolmen might be added to my spooky season games next month.

After wandering some more I went to the other Forbidden Planet, where I got the Kelnacca comic, Star Wars magazine (there’s a Yord interview in the next one!) and some cheap funkos (Morgan from Ahsoka, Paz from The Mandalorian and Aipom). Then I hit up hmv and picked up a signed palaye album as a well as some fox stickers (they’re cute but I’m bad with stickers, I dunno where to stick them!).

Then I had some noms, went round the bullring quick (and saw the m and s Halloween stuff, I want the ghost train tin!) and got one of the new Lego dnd figures. (It’s an Aarakocra ranger with a cute pupper! I also got Szass Tam from one I ordered that was here when I got back.)

Then I went to see Alien Romulus. There was a load or trailers before it, some that I saw last week (Venom, Captain America) but there was also Speak No Evil (buff James Mcavoy looks… wrong), the Smile 2 teaser (which I really wanna see), a teaser for The Monkey (I think that’s what it was I’m curious) and Nosteratu (looks very atmospheric). I’m sure I’m missing one cause there was A Lot. (And there was an outlaws ad with a qr code for a ship colour!)

Anyway, thoughts ahoy! Under the cut.

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Last night up when I got back I was kinda tired and yet not at the same time? I watched The Swarm then went on Star Wars Outlaws some more. Damnn it’s so easy to get drawn in and lose yourself in it. But ahh I met Lady Qi’ra! I really need to watch Solo again. Also yay there was a gay couple in it too which was nice. And I got sidetracked and went to Akiva cause of them.

I was gonna watch the Quackity stream but cause it got delayed like three times I ended up drifting off which was a shame cause it seemed fun.

Today the tiredness really hit me, my eyes have been achy as has my head a but which is annoying (plus I zoned out and had a nap). Before that though I did work on the Deku tree some more. I have almost finished it now, I think there’s only one more bag of the BOTW one left. It looks very pretty, though I had to dismantle a bit when I realised the mouth was wrong which was a pain. But it looks pretty with all the blossom and I love the lil korok friends who are adorable.

The last BOTW bag is for a few more trees. But there’s also a few other bags which must be for OOT things. So I’m gonna go through them so I can make the stuff from there. There’s gonna be at least the Deku tree sprout, deku babas, skulltula, fairy bow/slingshot and gossip stone.

Also mum’s not been feeling too great. I think she’s hid exactly how bad she’s been feeling cause she had a test at the doctor’s yesterday and they gave her meds instantly. Then today she’s been even worse and I dunno if it’s cause of the infection or the meds. Either way we can’t really do anything cause of the weekend, I just hope she doesn’t make herself worse.

I think that’s all I wanna ramble about, though, as always, I suspect I’m missing something.

I had hoped the past week I could do a few things, namely watch more of season 2 of Wreck, do some gaming and fic more, but I’ve just been completely crashing most nights. I dunno if it’s cause of the weather, my general tiredness or side effects of the meds. Either way it’s been very annoying.

My doctor had a follow up appointment last week and I mentioned the tiredness but he didn’t seem concerned. I have to go back in a month to see if the meds help (it was too early to tell) and hopefully then I’ll bring up what I forgot to this time.

On the weekend it was summer games fest, which has been various gaming presentations with trailers and such. It didn’t feel like there was too much this time that stood out (it didn’t help that I zoned out during some of Fridays), though the new Assassins Creed looks cool, and obviously Star Wars Outlaws is looking awesome.

I did manage to do some gaming but mostly it was Dreamlight Valley speed running the star path (which uh is so annoying cause so many of the tasks are so irritating) and also Star Wars Hunters which is a free switch game. So far it’s really fun and I have been enjoying it, though I missed out on some event awards due to tiredness and them having odd quests.

I was gonna get back to The Umbrella Academy which I’ve not watched since that first ep of series 3, but instead I ended up watching two Marple eps on itv 3. The first one was the better of the two, though both were pretty good. We might end up watching others on the itv player.

Also Awsten from Waterparks is such a menace with his Otto is a serial killer agenda😭

Lastly some thoughts on Doctor Who and today’s Acolyte ep. (No thoughts on The Celestial Toymaker yet, but it did arrive Monday I’ve just not had chance to watch)

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Now it’s time to do more Star Wars hunters, then watch some stuff and hopefully fic but we’ll see how much I do.

So yesterday was Star Wars day and it was also free comic book day. I’m not sure when the last time that both coincided was but it was nice to have them both on the same day.

Since it was free comic book day this meant a trip to Birmingham, which can be busy and annoying but thankfully it wasn’t too bad until the end for the most part (and it seems I haven’t picked up anything this time).

First stop was the Forbidden Planet by the station. Birmingham has two of them oddly and, although they share a name, they’re both different which is odd. The one by the station lets you pick the comics but only 4. That was good though as it meant I could pick the main three I wanted (Star Wars, Doctor Who and Pokémon) and I also got one called Gannibals (I know nothing about it, but I’m assuming cannibals are involved). Alas the Young Jedi Adventures wasn’t around, but I expected that. From there I also got some Star Wars graphic novels cause there was an offer on. Battle of the Force was one I was hoping to get but I also got Crimson Regin and Dark Droids, though I think I’ll have to check if they’re a continuation of something before reading them cause I feel they are (especially dark droids cause there seems to be a few).

Then we went to the Lego store, in hopes I could get the make and take sets but alas they just finished with them. It was busy and hot so I didn’t get chance to look around, but I did get pics with a stormtrooper and Jawa they had there.

I stopped off in smiths, only intending to get the new Lego Star Wars magazine, but there was also a Doctor Who magazine special on the fourth Doctor which I didn’t know was out! I’ve only had a flick through but there’s an interview with Louise Jameson I’m gonna read (with Matthew Waterhouse oddly) which looks good. Plus there was a Zelda magazine I picked up too cause Zelda.

Next was the other Forbidden planet which gives oht free comic book day stuff in bags. This meant you get 8 comics but they’re random. I’m curious to check them out. I got a few Star Wars figures in the sale, as well as a book and Pokémon funko (sobble my boy!) and some grab bags(nothing too special, though I got the amory wars at last). However the fav thing I got was the comic for the Phantom Menace, cause I got a special variant cover of Queen Amidala! I didn’t even though there was one and it was the last one so I’m very happy.

We got a few other things, then had something to eat then went to see Episode I in the cinema.

They’ve bought out Episode I again(with a beautiful poster) because it’s an anniversary year for it. 25 years. Fuck, that made me feel old when I first heard that. But it was awesome to see Star Wars on the big screen again, even though it’s one I’ve seen many times now.

The Phantom Menace is so beautiful, especially Naboo which is one of my fav planets and I love all of the outfits for Queen Amidala (and her ship! Naboo ships are the best). Plus darth maul and the duel is awesome and it largely holds up and resonates so well now (even if the trade federation’s motives are iffy).

Though one thing I love is that it gives me a strong memory. I don’t have too many memories of my grandparents that have stuck, in large part because of how they went towards the end, but one of the strongest memories of my grandad is when we first saw Episode I. He called Padme a ‘stupid woman’ cause she watched the holo of governor Bibble (enpven though it was a recording) and he said it so loud in a crowded cinema it was embarrassing. And yet that’s a memory that’s stuck somehow, and that’s nice.

I sense I’ll be doing a run of the other films soon. (Though it did make me wanna go back on Lego Star Wars)

There was also a preview for The Acolyte after the film, which some of a scene with one of the new Jedi (played by Carrie Ann Moss) which was awesome and I’m so excited for it! I read an article on it on the train and there was a new trailer when I got home and ahhh I’m so hyped.

After going in a few other places we came back home and I pretty much immediately flopped (after snuggling the girls). I watched MCC though my focus wasn’t 100% there and I zoned out after it. Though Seapeekay did have an awesome Jedi outfit which ahhh!

Today hasn’t been too exciting. I made the belated birthday cake for mum (which was nice), I watched the first three eps of Tales Of The Empire (interesting though raised more questions than answered them) and Dungeons And Dodongos (which was so funny and I’m sure James is somehow psychic) and then I did some Lego Star Wars.

Now I’m gonna watch Red Eye (which has been interesting so far) then I wanna finish Lego Star Wars Episode I on FreePlay (and then I dunno, I may fic, I may watch something it depends if I get tired)

Today has felt like a tiring day. We had the zoom cancer appointment, which turned out to be a little draining surprisingly. The result of it (after much emotional talking) is going to be mum having a blood test at the local doctor. If she has the gene, then I’ll have to take it too, but if not then it means we’re fine. Of course it’ll take time. So… we’ll see.

Other things. I posted fic Monday so that’s that done, I wanna try and post more prompts to the dead dove meme I got the prompt from (since prompts close Monday) but we’ll see if my brain comes up with any cause it’s been fuzzy.

I also cleared a bunch of my icons which was quite sad to do. I had thought of clearing George’s anyway so his is not much of a lose but I still feel so… ugh about Wilbur. Still it freed up a bunch of slots which I filled up a bit already and I’ll try and make more soon.

Yesterday was exhausting cause it was a food delivery day and since I’m low energy it was draining. But things did come. The Small Robots book came back in stock so that came, along with a Lego Minecraft set that was on offer with the shop. The main delivery though was the new Doctor Who boxset, season 15 which I started tonight. (More on that soon)

There was also a trailer for the new Star Wars show, The Acolyte and it looks pretty good. I’m definitely looking forward to it. It does seem to be Jedi centric, but with it being set at their height it should be at least something different. (Plus there’s at least two hot guys which is a plus)

Tonight I decided to watch the first ep from the boxset, which was Horror Of Fang Rock. When a new blu ray boxset is announced I always look through the episode list and most of the time there are episodes that I really look forward to. This boxset had a few I couldn’t remember too clearly but also two I was really looking forward to, this being the first.

As the name implies Horror Of Fang Rock is a spooky story, being set in a fox shrouded lighthouse. It’s the perfect setting really, being naturally atmospheric due to its location. The whole thing looks great and it’s really effective, with the members of the guest cast all succumbing to paranoia (or just generally being unlikeable). Plus Leela gets to be a badass which is always good, because she’s awesome.

The enemy of the ep (with updated effects which look nice) is a rutan, and I always think it’s funny that they’re the sworn enemies of the sontarans yet this is their sole appearance. I’m surprised there’s never been an ep with them together fighting (though I know Big Finish are doing audios this years with them). Hopefully we’ll see the, sometime.

I’m gonna watch the special features of the ep tomorrow I think, since I don’t think I have the focus to watch anything else on screen tonight. However I definitely think this was a great ep to start the season, let’s see how the others hold up (I feel this’ll be my fav or at least second fav).

Tomorrow’s plan is to get some supplies for the girls (their dry food is running low and only one place nearby has it) and also to hopefully fic some more and come up with prompts. But we’ll see.

It’s taken awhile, but the depression of the weekend has mostly faded although it’s left me feeling so drained. Which is pretty sucky because I wanted to do more spooky stuff and gaming and such just… not done all that much.

On Sunday I listened to the Doctor Who concert. I intended to listen to it on the radio that night, but since it got put on BBC sounds I just bundled up and listened to it. There’s so much awesome music and it’s really made me wanna watch new Who eps again. Maybe I’ll watch some spooky ones. They even played a suite of music from old Who as well as two new ones from the coming series!

Speaking of Who I’ve not got back to the Who run yet. It’s a bit of a shame the run kinda stalled now, especially since it’s right at the start of the black guardian trilogy. I had intended to watch Terminus the other night, but just got too tired. (And there’s still a convention thing from Mawdryn disc I’ve not seen yet)

Since I wanted the Squishmallow from McDonald’s I decided to give Mcdelivery a try and to use one of the vouchers I had as well. It got delayed a few times and then they said it was almost here so I kept an eye out… and it was marked as delivered but not here. No car pulled into the square and the other number 1 was all in darkness (I even said we were the house with the garage so they wouldn’t get confused). So ugh, I had to get a refund which was sucky but at least they did it easily enough. But yeah it made me so sad and was kinda off putting.

Tuesday I ended up having to cover at the library again. I’d have took my uni book but this one is too heavy so I didn’t fancy walking back with it. So instead I read some of the new Doctor Who magazine (it had a thing on Partners In Crime which is 🤍) and then I read some of Quest For Planet X again, which I need to get back to reading more of. However it included a sweet part, how one of the characters got their first binder, which was unexpected but so sweet. It made me so happy to see it.

Yesterday I started Jedi Survivor. I’d not wanted to get the game until I finished Fallen Order (which I’ve not been back on in forever) but since it’s here I decided to start it, especially since it’s here. I played through a good chunk of the opening and ahhh Coruscant my beloved! It’s so fun so far, I love BD-1 and beat the first boss (at least she felt like a boss cause it took me a few times) then I saved right after. But yeah I enjoyed it! Though the imperial gunships are so damn ugly. (I expect there’ll be one soon though)

Kinktober is going well so far. Yesterday I finished my fourth fic for it which is more than I expected. I’ve got 3 more started (1 of which I expect to finish today) and I have clear ideas for six more, so I expect I’ll do at least half of the prompts soon at least? Again it’s more than I expected and I suspect if I get that far I might end up pushing myself to finishing all of them.

(I had hoped to get a Toro or Ways one but it seems doubtful il do anything bandom related, unless Maxx counts and even then I have nothing specific for him)

I will say the timing of it is a bit annoying, because I did start two fics last month that I really love but none of the prompts feel right for either of them which is a shame. (Though maybe I’ll look again and spot something) I do wanna get them done soon though so we’ll see.

Today was a trip down to the vet’s and I expected it to be just a brief check up, since her ears are clear now and she seems fine. Then he gave us another spray and pulls and it kinda feels ridiculous at this point. But at least we shouldn’t have to go back. I had meant to ask about Midna, but the shock of extra stuff kinda threw me.

Going there meant we could go into other places so I got the Christmas pina colada from m and s to try, then went to see if there was anything in the Sainsbury’s toy sale. I didn’t expect there to be anything, but I got the Jedi Starfighter micro fighter I hoped they’d have, a lil set with Lego Seals and the Lego Endor Sleeder Chase diorama which was hugely discounted. I also got the Lego Minecraft and Star Wars magazines since I seen them.

Then we picked up mums order from Tk, which included a new unicorn for Naryu, some Halloween kitchen utensils, a cute lil fox thing and a Fennec Shand figure (she is such a badass and looks so cool! I don’t usually get the smaller figures but made an exception for her)

But now I’m tired and kinda flop so I might build the lil Lego and work on the kinktober.

Tomorrow it’s my birthday which I’m kinda eh about. I think the depression knocked me about over it (as well as muchy usual sadness this time of year) but the extra vet bill today. I’m just gonna bundle up and wait for the Mario game (which is my main present and looks super fun!) but there’s also new music in the form of James Marriott and Corpse which I’m looking forward to listening to (and new Set It Off is next week and I still need to watch the Kill The Lights vid).

But Twitchcon starts tomorrow too and I’ll be watching MCC, though I wish the teams were a little better, but that’s something I often think. Tomorrow there’s Name Your Price live from there too, which I’ll also watch but damn. The line sup feels really disappointing considering the amount of people that are there (seriously there’s all these super hot and unhinged streamers and nones of them are there??)

But now I’m gonna flop, finish back off and, like I said, fic. And hopefully watch something tonight.

Banner from dreamersdare who came up with this.

So most of the posts I’m gonna do for this will be more focussed (especially the Generation Loss one you’re gonna get subjected to!) but this one is gonna be a bit more scattered because it’s about yesterday’s Birmingham trip.

I ended up leaving pretty early which was a tad annoying (though I was able to finish the Fall Guy’s event since I was awake early enough to try). Because of the strikes happening this week I was worried the trains might end up messed up, however the first one did turn up. I didn’t do too much on the journey (I took two magazines to read but read neither Oop)

Since the first train had came I had an hour to wander round Birmingham. That was spent heading to the Bullring, which is a shopping center here connected to the station. I’d hoped to get the night sushi cat plush I saw before the Lovejoy gig but alas it wasn’t there, I’ll have to eBay it (hmv did have it though but it was 25% more which… nope)

In HMV they were playing a song that I couldn’t place and it bugged me but in up the end I did! It was Bury The Light, which was a Song Saturday here. I only had a brief look around but I got two things I wanted to get, namely the new Sleep Token and the new Now That’s What They Call Eurovision Contest. The latter is especially good because it’s four discs withvarious songs over the years which is much like one of the Eurovision playlists I have. (Here is the track list)

Since there’s something about the duality of these things I took a pic


I then went in The Entertainer and I wasn’t gonna get anything but I got a Mirror Sulu funko (it was on offer though I almost didn’t) and at the till the Lego Mario blind boxes were reduced so I got one of those too. I opened it later and it’s actually the most boring one (boom boom) which is a shame. I should’ve got another because they’re still on offer (I still want the birdo and blooper ones). The blind boxes (formerly bags) are honestly the best Lego Mario things in the range, because most of the sets are boring or bland (bar the pirate ship which looks so cool) but the individual characters are well done.

Then I met up with my friend Vin and we got her caffeinated and chatter, before heading to somewhere to eat. We went to Zizzi’s at her suggestion but it was a bit of a way out (and I got a bit turned around because there’s been recent construction which threw me off) but it was nice! The pizza was big and nice and the chilli bread was nice too (though made me wish the drink was bigger) after more chatting (about things from gigs, the craziness of getting tickets and other personal things) we headed back to the station and parted ways.

(I feel I should get a sticker for not mentioning gen loss in a conversation)

I decided to wander around birmingham, though it was annoying because it had suddenly got warmer. I got some dog treats and a drink (blue raspberrie which is so nice) and headed to Forbidden Planet. I was mostly going there to see if theDead By Daylight comic had come in, but alas it was delayed. I wasn’t gonna get anything but I saw there were signed Star Wars books and, after debating, I got them and a Doctor Who graphic novel, as well as a unicorn funko (from Shazam which I’ve not seen but I love unicorns.

Here’s the stuff from there. The Star Wras Hunters book is one I didn’t even know was a thing because the game isn’t out yet (as far as I know but it does look fun).



After wandering around a bit more, but getting nothing else (though it was nice to see so many pride flags around already). I went back to the station. Annoyingly the first train just sailed right past so I was delayed but at least it wasn’t that bad.

I decided to read some of The Quest For Planet X on the way back and read two chapters. I’m so behind on high republic stuff which is a shame (especially as I have a book pile of them to read) but this is from phase 2 which is in another time period so I don’t feel quite as lost. It also helped that there was mention of something happening on Jedha (the planet from Rogue One which is apparent a big deal in these books) but as the main Jedi character doesn’t know what’s going on it’s good. I wanna get back to read more soon to find out more about what’s going on (and read the graphic novel I got last npmonth which has a hot Nautolan).

When I got home there was mail but just issues of the Star Wras encyclopaedia (I’ve considered unsubscribing but I’m close to the end) but also the Dork Lovejoy issue, which I’ll have to look at properly soon.



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I was unfocused and tired after the trip (and a bit headachey which may be because of the heat, tiredness or glasses) so I didn’t do too much. I watched Voyager (which was the Omega Directive, one of the eps I really like) zoned out during Springwatch then watched the Taskmaster finale (the new group seem like they could be fun) before heading to bed (after dealing with mum being ridiculous)

Today I woke with a bad annoying headache which ugh. And it’s still been so warm still bleh. I have got my new glasses at last though so I hope that the worst of the headaches are now over.

Now I’m gonna rest a bit, do more fortnite then reply to various things.

Like I mentioned on my last post thesis one is gonna be a bit more positive (though there’s still annoyances that’ll be later).

Yesterday I managed to start reading some of the free comic book day stuff. I read the first 3 which were the ones I picked.
*The Umbrella Academy one is a prelude and, as such it’s a tad… incomprehensible and I’m sure it’ll make more sense in the context of the new series. There was also a Witcher short which was more self contained and worked better
*The Star Trek one also a prelude and it made me curious about what was going to happen next (especially because of the surprise appearance of Alexander). Like TUA one it also had a second comic, a preview of a Lower Decks one (I didn’t realise it had a comic) which managed to catch the humour of the show so we’ll and I wanna see more)
*Lastly was the Animal Crossing one which was much more silly than the others but still funny (I wonder if it’s a prelude too) and, like the others there was also another one in the form of a Kirby short (surprisingly beauty and the beast inspired). This one was also in a manga layout.

I also watched the next two Star Wars visions shorts. The first one was pretty but also depressing. The second one is probably gonna be one of the favs of this bunch because it’s so so fun and funny (no surprise as it’s by Aardman, the people that do Wallace And Gromit and Shaun the sheep).

It’s also Eurovision time so I’ve switched to the Eurovision playlist and there were two Eurovision shows on the tv last night which were both quite fun. I usually don’t know too much of the acts/songs before the semi finals so was surprised Sweden is sending Loreen (or Euphoria) to the contest this year, so I hope she does well (also their selection process is such a big deal there I wish ours was too). The first semi final is tonight so I’m excited for that.

I’ve done some dreamlight valley again and, again, I pm trying to speed run the star path quests which can be so annoying. I also finished the last of the second lot of Star Wars quests on Fortnite, the third are in a few days. I also need to try and get some wins on fall guys before the season changes at last.

I did start the next Who ep The Time Monster last night, but due to various things I didn’t see beyond the first part, maybe I’ll watch the rest later.

There should be a bunch of things coming this week.
*The replacement Doctor Who magazine which should come via regular post
*The Disney package coming via Evri… which they still don’t seem to know what’s happening with it which is worrying (it’s not like they can lose it it’s not exactly a small thing)
*The Las Nevadas merch which should come via post tomorrow (I’m still miffed about the customs which is horrendous)
*The Lovejoy ep (though I’m not sure how it’ll come)
*Zelda which should be here Friday (and yeah I’m still annoyed I missed the collectors one)

The big annoyance was mum yesterday. She lost her glasses and has been struggling with the ones we’ve had so we finally got her prescription a few days ago with the intent to order some glasses. Cept she’s been really annoying about them. Yesterday she wanted me to do them, shoving her kindle at me to do it (before I’d got the wallet or the prescription and then as I was sorting it out she went to do other things which is fine, but I needed to query things with her and she didn’t seem interested. After putting everything on hold and her being non committal about even getting them at all I left them and did my reading.

Then right before she was going to bed she was all ‘do me the glasses’. This was at about 10:30 as I was part way through the time monster and I was like ‘no I’m not doing these things when you go to bed if you want them you stay’ because I didn’t want to get her the wrong ones or anything. Cue her being annoying about it and acting like it was an unreasonable thing before conceding I was right, staying and doing it. But ugh it’s so annoying that she decides this stuff needs to be done at night instead of in the daytime when I had everything ready.

Ugh

Today I’ve been waiting for the Disney package in case it shows up beat it seems like it wont today and I’m so annoyed with it all.

It’s the start of Star Wars day related things, which has meant I’ve had a few emails about stuff. Disney uk is gonna be getting some new things in Thursday which makes me curious, especially since there’s a mystery box for free if you spend so much (though I dunno if I would spend that much we’ll see).

There’s also a Star Wars event in Fortnite which is so cool! They’ve added some new force powers in the game and Maul’s is clearly the best of the three. They’ve also added some new prequel content, there’s an event track to earn Clones (surprisingly they’re not variants of one thing and all individual) and Maul. Plus there’s also new packs for Anakin and Padme, though it’s odd that Anakin’s bundle has two more things than Padme’s yet they’re the same price. Although Padme’s does include her Nubian yacht as a glider which is so cool! I’m gonna be switching through the skins I have for the event, today’s was Fennec (cause she’s a badass) and I have 5 others (before I unlock more).

I was gonna go on Old Republic on the laptop to get an event freebie but it wasn’t installed on the laptop and took ages. Then when I went to log in it seems my character is gone. On the one hand it’s not too annoying as I wasn’t on there for ages and not too far in, on the other? It means I’ve lost the freebies I got during Celebration. I’ll have to find a way of contacting support but… ugh.

As for Star Wars day itself I don’t have much definite plans. I’m gonna watch Star Wars Visions season 2 (and whatever else they have) and the Xbox uk stream of Jedi survivor. I might finally give the new Timelines book a look through too, and I might do one of the Xbox games I have (racer, squadrons, Lego Star Wars, fallen order, I dunno whichever takes my fancy I guess).

Plus there’s voting that day too. I need to look more at the candidates.

While old republic was downloading I updated my icons so stay tuned for more of them (mainly fembur), I should probably switch others out too but we’ll see.

I had another lil look for my pod thing but it’s still awol which is so annoying. I’ve not seen it since the Lovejoy gig and it’s really irking me where it could have gone. I guess I’ll have to use the old one for free comic book day again.

I sent a message to Royal Mail to see if they had info on Las Nevadas tracking but I’ve not heard back yet, hopefully soon. I checked for a reply about the damaged who magazine and found it bounded back and went to spam so I sent one again, which seems to have gone through. Hope they reply soon.

Mum came back from the library today with a bunch of wild flower seeds. It turns out the library is giving them out (and bookmarks) for the coronation so if you’re in the uk and near a library see if they have some.

Mum’s friend also got us some paperwork to change doctors (I guess she had to go there herself and asked) so it looks like we are changing at last. So maybe they’ll be a bit more helpful. I guess we’ll see.

I’m thinking of doing a primer for the qsmp stuff soon so you guys (other than chai) know what the hell im talking about). I’ll need to find a bunch of pics for everyone so it won’t be for awhile, but hopefully soon.

Now though I’m gonna bundle up and rest cause I’m tired from the food delivery earlier. (And there’s a fall guys stream in a little bit.) I had hoped to fic but we’ll see if my fic brain works.