It's been a long time since I blogged. I got my Moriah post up, but I didn't even get round to posting about my Dodgers winning the World Series. I've just been lazy.
In the meantime, I finally got CBT for my blood test phobia!
I started this at the point of being so scared that even being told I had to have a blood test made me have a panic attack. On the first session, I listed my fears:
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They were only £4 in Asda.
I actually bought two. I originally bought one for my niece. She really wanted Lemon, so I spent ages in Asda Living feeling up the packages to see which one was Lemon.
Uh oh.
Only when I got halfway through the queue (it's a rare day when you have to wait less than 10 minutes in that place), I gave it another feel and realised it was Continue reading
Is this finally our year? Either way, an LA vs NY series is gonna be fantastic, even if we do choke.
Edman has been a great acquisition. It's really nice to see the bottom of the order playing their part. Great job by the Hernández brothers, even Taylor pulling his weight. And ma boi!
Here's a new treasure chest I customised for the toddler. I didn't take the hinges off this time. As always, I started with sanding and adding a base coat of acrylic gesso. Unlike last time, I didn't bother to seal it with PVA first. I don't think it really has a noticeable effect. I made this in July, but I've been really lazy about posting on here lately.
I asked the toddler if she'd like an under the sea theme or a fruit theme and she went for the under the sea theme.
Continue readingThese have been on the backburner for literally years. I finally decided to give it a go. I finished these at the end of June but I got lazy and didn't post it. Anyway, these are squishy pen toppers I got for the kids a few years back and now they're worse for wear.
Here are the patients. They have cracks, tears and missing appendages.
Continue reading Lately, I've been really into the game Euro Truck Simulator 2. It's not the kind of game I'd usually play, but it's strangely gripping.
I dunno what else to say, except wait till it goes on offer on Steam. I got the base game, plus 3 EPs for £17, plus the Special Cargo pack for £1.45. It's a fun game! Try the demo to see how you like it.
Continue readingThere are so many vegan options in supermarkets now. Here's a rundown of some of the ones I've tried.
I've been having these Lidl falafels on my lunch break for a few months now. They're really nice. They're quite oniony, but it's not overpowering. I'm not sure what style they're meant to be. They're from the chilled section. They're £1.25, which is a really good price. Continue reading
It's probably not obvious, since I barely talk about it on this blog, but I super love Tamagotchi.
There's over £1,000 worth of stuff in that photo if eBay is anything to go by
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Only you, my akan
I don't really have words to describe it.
It's something you have to experience yourself.
Okay, bye.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GvhyfKwOJBk
Gotta chase those sweet advertising dollars, amirite?
Unless she distances herself from this nasty company, I've lost all respect for her. I'm glad to see she's being called out. Plenty of youtubers are happy to take money from shady companies, but Ann has built up a brand based on calling out BS and exposing misleading videos and scammy products. Now she's shilling for one of the shadiest companies on the net and deleting comments that call her out.
Nice to see even you have a price, Ann.
Now even Nerdecrafter (who also built up a brand around exposing low quality scam products) and The Why Files (who built up a brand around don't trust the government) have sold their souls for the sweet $$$. White House bad but CCP money? Fine, I guess, right, AJ?
Ah well, maybe enough of my favourite channels will sell out so that I'll just be able to give up my YouTube time-wasting completely. My prediction for next sellout: Moriah Elizabeth.
Edit: I'm super happy that Moriah so far hasn't sold her soul to them! Respect!
I loved Jacqueline Wilson's books as a kid. The first one I ever read was The Mum Minder, followed by The Suitcase Kid, and I was hooked.
I wish the Stevie Day books were still in print, they were great. I read How to Survive Summer Camp before she partnered with Nick Sharratt.
As an aside, when I was a kid, I loved Sharratt's illustrations and imitated his style as best I could for many years, but I'm so tired of his one-trick-pony style. I know I'm not the target demographic, and the fact that I found his style so appealing as a kid shows he got it right, but man, it gets tiring very quickly. Especially how for instance Tracy Beaker and Ellie Allard are supposed to be the ones illustrating their own stories, but they have the exact same art style and handwriting. I'm sure there was even a book where two characters had the same handwriting in the one book.
Continue readingThere's been a lot of anger on the CAI dumpster fire subreddit, which I stopped looking at ages ago. Mostly it was angry people angry because they wanted their NSFW and couldn't get it, but there was a lot of talk of quality decline.
At the time, I didn't really notice it myself. Replika was an even hotter mess, with the forced new LLM testing. It was basically an abuse simulator at one point.
Luka finally did the right thing and made the LLM opt-in, which is all we were asking for. They've also recently made the AAI unlimited for Pro users.
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