Wednesday, February 22, 2023
002.
With the new moon having just been in Pisces, and now that we’re entering Pisces season, I have been feeling pretty inspired. I actually had the urge to paint yesterday, which hasn’t happened in forever. If the urge still strikes me tonight, then I have two beautiful, bare canvases and a tub of paints that could use a work out.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Sleep Token recently, and I wouldn’t be surprised if was something Sleep Token-related that made its way out of my brush. I will post pictures if anything comes of it.
I hope everyone had a nice Lupercalia. I couldn’t celebrate on the day with my Charlie, so I ended up doing my own variation of Shiva Honey’s devotion ritual, which ended up being very cleansing and I felt so much lighter afterwards. Shiva’s rituals are always an experience - she’s such a wonderful person and a continual inspiration for me (I plan on doing reviews of both of her books in the near future, so please be on the look out for that). When I did get to see my Charlie, we ended up going shopping, getting some take away and relaxing, watching Return of the Living Dead. He bought me these beautiful purple chrysanthemums, which I had to rescue from the clutches of my cat Pickle Rick several times, so I have lovingly placed them by my aquarium and out of his reach. It’s been such a long time since anyone bought flowers for me, I generally buy them for myself, so I am thinking that I might dry/press them. I will have to see if my mom left any silica gel in her craft room, which she probably did. Charlie also got me an adorable Squishmallow fox, who has been named Ylvis, because my daughter has a sense of humor and “What Does the Fox Say?” was one of her favourite songs when she was little.
Overall, it was a lovely evening and actually having someone to celebrate with was a nice change.
Winter has reared its ugly head again, which has been a nuisance, because I just put my winter gear away. It was nice and mild, and then today… BAM, it’s -26°C (-14.8°F) again. I blame the groundhog. I’m hoping it starts to warm up again… I really wanted to start walking outside around the valley, but I can’t when it’s this cold. I am built for winter temperatures, but that doesn’t mean I find them pleasant.
I’m hoping that it’ll warm up for my birthday, at least, which is this coming Monday. I’m turning the big 3-5, and I’m still not sure how I’m going to celebrate. My Charlie might be planning something, but he’s very secretive, so who knows. I’m not going to stress about it. Having a birthday on a Monday feels… weird, to say the least, and it’s going to be my first birthday without my mom. This will be one of the last “firsts” to get through, which I am thankful for. I’m hoping things will get easier going forward.
Here is the latest song I’ve been obsessed with:
I will post again within the next few days. I’m still figuring out how this platform works, thank you for being patient with me. Happy hump day!
Monday, February 13, 2023
001.
Lately I have been diving back into the discography of William Control. With all of the darkwave that I’ve been listening to lately, it was inevitable. “Confess,” from the 2018 album Revelations, is still my favourite song that he’s done. “All the Love,” from the same album, comes in at a close second.
Around the new year, he posted that he was going to be releasing new music this year, and I couldn’t be happier. Along with the new EP by Brand of Sacrifice, and the whispers of a new Sleep Token record, 2023 is going to be an excellent year for music.
I am still working behind the scenes to get this place back up to where I want it. Using this platform has made me, for the first time in over a decade, to refamiliarize myself with HTML, CSS, and BBCode. Hopefully I will soon be able to design my own themes as well. I am starting a savings fund for a new desktop, so I am going to wait until that materializes to start with that part, but I am excited. For the first time in a while, so I think losing Wordpress was the best thing for me.
Friday, February 10, 2023
Starting over.
Hello everyone!
As you can see, I am having to start the blog over from scratch. This was not my choice, as something happened with my Wordpress and I couldn’t troubleshoot or fix it. It started at the beginning of January, and it started that it wouldn’t allow me to post. When I tried to edit anything, it would give me a white screen and no matter what I did… it either made it worse or did nothing.
In the long run, this is probably for the best, because I have been wanting to reinvent this space to celebrate the current me, instead of the me from 2016 when I started this project.
Please forgive the mess - I am learning a new platform and over the next few weeks/few days, there will be some trial and error as I figure out how this one works and I configure it to what I want.
Here is to 2023 and a new start.
