Tag: Walking

Inside

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I’ve had a day in the house today (meaning a treadmill walk this evening to get my steps in!). I’ve mainly been working on my text adventure – the end is in sight in terms of the actual programming, but I’ve still got quite a lot of graphics to create.

I’ve also spent a bit more time looking into job opportunities. There’s a few different things I could do and I’m going to spend a bit more time researching them this weekend.

Looking forward to having another go at Jesmond Dene parkrun tomorrow morning!

Pixel turnip lanterns
Not an OOTD: some more pixel details, this time of turnip lanterns.

Today’s earworm playlist:

Jon & Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home
Michael Land – Inside The Governor’s Mansion
Squeeze – Up The Junction
Duran Duran – Secret Oktober

Onwards to tomorrow

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I had a good walk this morning, but otherwise it’s been a bit of a frustrating day as I’ve not been able to concentrate or get everything done. Hopefully I’ll be a bit more with-it tomorrow.

I’m tentatively jobhunting at the moment, as business has been slow recently and some additional financial commitments mean that I really need to find some extra work. Will be sending out a lot of applications this weekend.

Jars of pesto
Not an OOTD: on the plus side, at least my pesto stocks are looking healthy.

Today’s earworm playlist:

New Order – Temptation
Gomez – Whippin’ Piccadilly
Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett – The Monster Mash
John Lennon – Woman

Autumn walks

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I had another good few hours working on my text adventure today, and then went out for a nice long mid-afternoon walk (I’m getting a bit sick of having to use the treadmill in the evening to get my steps in!).

I’ve also been working on my poems for tomorrow’s poetry night. One of them relates to my adventure game, so I’m interested to see what the reception is.

Will report on how it went in tomorrow’s blog!

Walking through autumn leaves
Sort of an OOTD: Reebok Freestyles and one of my transitional season trenchcoats for a nice crisp autumn day. Love kicking through the leaves!

Today’s earworm playlist:

Michael Land – The Barbery Coast
The Sugarhill Gang – Apache
Fascinating Aida – Cheap Flights
Jon & Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home
Michael Land – LeChuck’s Treasure Hold
Squeeze – Tempted
Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett – The Monster Mash

Pixel hunting

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I’ve had a good day working on my text adventure today. I’m starting to create the graphics now, which is really relaxing! I’m not really any good at drawing but I’m enjoying making my wee pixel pictures.

Now catching up with a few episodes of Strictly and am about to get my steps in with a quick walk on the treadmill.

Pixel vampire bat
Not an OOTD: it looks a bit odd as I had to take a picture of the screen (the pixel art is too small to post online!), but here’s a vampire bat I made for a minigame that takes place within the main game!

Today’s earworm playlist:

Michael Land – The Brimstone Beach Club
The Sugarhill Gang – Apache

Treading heavily

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A full day working on my game today. Back on the treadmill again in the evening too!

I’m trying out a new (to me) parkrun tomorrow morning, and then going to a gig in the evening. Sunday will be spent working on my game again. Should be a good weekend 🙂

Old running shoes
Sort of an OOTD: my old running shoes have briefly come out of retirement for my treadmill runs/walks! I find they hurt my feet now, though, so I’m going to get some new ones specially for the treadmill.

Today’s earworm playlist:

Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion)
Abba – Super Trouper
The Proclaimers – Misty Blue

Still plugging away

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Another good day getting on with my text adventure, then I headed out to ukulele class. The tunes we’re doing at the moment are fun but challenging, and as I’ve said before I feel like I’m at the right level in the intermediate class.

Hoping for another good loss at Slimming World tomorrow as I’ve been on the treadmill a lot this week!

Christmas catalogue 2019
Not an OOTD: the first Christmas catalogue arrived through the door today. Not in the mood at all yet – let’s have Hallowe’en first!

Today’s earworm playlist:

James Taylor – Wichita Lineman
Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Peter Hames – Ordinary Man
OneRepublic – Counting Stars

Treadmills and pixels

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A slightly more laid-back day today. I caught up with a bit of admin this morning, got some ukulele practice in ready for tomorrow’s class, and then spent the afternoon working on my text adventure.

I got my steps in on the treadmill this evening (if it was spring/summer I might be tempted out for some evening runs at the moment, but it’s getting dark fairly early now!). I’ve also been doing lots of reading about creating basic pixel art. For my last text adventure game, I created the graphics by making photo montages, scaling down the images, heavily pixelising them and reducing them to a 16-colour palette. For my current project, I’d like to create at least some of the artwork from scratch, so I’ll be doing some experimenting this week.

Hoping for a productive day working on my various projects tomorrow.

Pixel art practice
Not an OOTD: I’m no artist, but I gotta start somewhere!

Today’s earworm playlist:

Jon & Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home
George Ezra – Paradise
Sacre – The London Marathon
James Taylor – Wichita Lineman
Pharrell Williams – Happy

Getting lighter again

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A good 2lb loss at Slimming World this morning, which I’m going to put down to the fact I’ve been making the effort to hit my Garmin step goal every day. Onwards and downwards for the next week, I hope!

I’ve spent the rest of the day coding. Looking forward to having more time to do it tomorrow.

OOTD 10th October 2019
OOTD: another cosy ’80s jumper. Glasses Emporio Armani (2017), jumper unknown brand (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Madonna – Into The Groove
Duran Duran – The Chauffeur
Andy Taylor – Broken Window
Abba – Lay All Your Love On Me
Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Andy Taylor – I Might Lie
Koichi Sugiyama and Takenori Yamamori – Unknown World
Steve Winwood – Valerie

A new adventure

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I started coding my new game today. The enjoyment I get out of doing this has probably been one of my biggest surprises this year – I can lose myself in it for days without really noticing.

As such, it was difficult to tear myself away to go to ukulele class tonight, but once I was there I really enjoyed that too! I really feel as though I’ve found the right difficulty level for me in intermediate class. Sadly I’ll be missing the end-of-term concert this term as I’m going to a gig that night, but I expect I’ll be staying with the intermediate group for a few terms yet!

I’ll be getting back to the coding tomorrow, but first I need to head to Slimming World weigh-in – I’m hoping that hitting my Garmin step goal every day this week will have helped me towards a loss…

Garmin step graph
Not an OOTD: gotta keep hitting those green bars!

Today’s earworm playlist:

Revo – Love’s Vagrant
Basshunter – All I Ever Wanted
Manami Kiyota – Lasaria Woodland
Hans Zimmer – The Lion King Suite
Revo – Ship Upon The Open Skies
James Taylor – Wichita Lineman
Whitney Houston – So Emotional
Dolly Parton – 9 To 5

Keyboard bashing

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I’ve had a busy day getting on with writing tasks – I’ve submitted a few pieces to magazines and competitions and have started planning out my next graphical text adventure game for the upcoming Adventuron Hallowe’en jam. October (so far!) is still looking nice and quiet, so I will hopefully be able to continue ticking off things on my writing to-do list most days.

It’s another day in the house, which means I was back on the treadmill to hit my step goal this evening – I’ve got a feeling that tomorrow’s outdoor run will actually feel quite easy in comparison!

Bravely Default
Not an OOTD: on the plus side, spending so much time on the treadmill is allowing me to defeat a lot of dragons in Bravely Default.

Today’s earworm playlist:

Charlie Puth – One Call Away
Dr Feelgood – Milk And Alcohol
Whitney Houston – So Emotional
Faithless – God Is A DJ