Wednesday, March 22, 2023
004.
My latest obsession is Ashnikko:
My daughter is just as smitten as I am. I am hopefully going to be getting us tickets to see her when she is playing in Vancouver in October, fingers crossed.
I had a bit of a holiday last week. I did absolutely nothing, and it was just as magical as I thought it could be. It was just nice to catch up on some rest. If the snow hadn’t still been up to my armpits, and cold enough to freeze the jewelry in my ears and face, I would have spent the majority of my time outside. I miss walking through the woods, taking in the air and looking at mushrooms. One of my goals this year is to get outside more when I can, and to be better at monitoring myself for burn-out. Thankfully, this time my holiday coincided with my boss’s emergency rotation, so I only lost administrative time and not any patient in-clinic time. If I can work it out like that everytime, that would be amazing.
So many big projects I am wanting to start around the house this year. Hoping to have my house in a beautiful, decluttered and deep-cleaned state by the end of the summer. If anything, I want to get the floors done upstairs at least. As soon as the snow melts. -_-
I’m going to try my hand at making my own incense blends tonight. I will post photos and the results. It’s going to be a blend from the Dark Goddess Collective, and once I get more comfortable with it, I’m going to try my hand at making my own.
Short post today. I’m going to try my best to have the book review I’ve been working on posted sometime this week.
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.
