I’ve had a nice quiet day getting on with writing, housework and admin – and managed to squeeze in a bit of work on my NaNoWriMo project as well, which was nice! Geth has been out all day, so I’ve had the Christmas cookery shows on again. The only problem is that coupled with the cold weather, they’re making me hungry all the time.
Another full day to get on with writing tomorrow, I hope!
OOTD: back posting an outfit of the day for once! Geth requested this one ’cause he really likes my new jumper. Jumper Cabin Creek (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2019), leggings Primark (2019), boots Carefree (2017).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Michael Land – LeChuck’s Theme Lewis Capaldi – Bruises Ace Of Base – All That She Wants Sister Sledge – Frankie
I’m so busy at the moment that I don’t take as much time as I should to relax in the evenings (I’m always finishing off projects or writing a bit more or getting some admin or housework done here and there). It’s not good for my brain and it would be nice to spend some time in other people’s worlds as well as creating my own. As such, I’m planning to spend a few hours videogaming and reading tonight in an attempt to chill out a bit, as the next few days are going to be a bit hectic (all fun things but a lot of them).
I’ve had another good, productive day working on my NaNo – I’m really enjoying doing the story, especially as I’m also working on turning it into another text adventure game. Tomorrow I’ll be doing a bit more, but mainly catching up with house things and practising my ukulele before class (as I’ve not had much time for that recently).
Not an OOTD: a good book that I’ve really been enjoying, and my 3DS, which badly needs checking to see how many contacts it’s made recently!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Michael Land – The Smugglers’ Cave A-ha – Take On Me Duran Duran – Liberty
Monday again, and I’m back into the middle of one of my writing projects, this time for NaNoWriMo. I’m redrafting an old project from sixteen years ago, which is an interesting experience! My writing style and experience has changed so much since I was eighteen, and there’s a lot of things that need reworking. I also want to use a side story from the novel for a game project, so I’m working on that as well while I’ve still got a bit of momentum from making my Hallowe’en game!
Looking forward to another full day working on it tomorrow.
Not an OOTD: I’ve also been playing the last of the other entries in the game jam, which tonight involved drawing a lot of maps!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Regard – Ride It Gina G – Ooh Aah (Just A Little Bit) Eurythmics – Who’s That Girl? Duran Duran – Secret Oktober A-ha – Hunting High And Low
Last few days before Hallowe’en. I’ve still got a lot to do, the main thing being to get my text adventure game finished! It’ll be a bit of a squeeze but I’ll get it done. I’ve also got an article to finish, some editing to do for a client and a poem or two to write – not to mention a lantern to carve and a lot of TV and films to watch! Going to be a busy few days.
I’ve mainly been coding and walking today (still getting those steps in every day). Up early tomorrow to get started again!
Not an OOTD: my pumpkin is still uncarved, and Geth has put some boardgames on the table that we will probably be selling next year, including Fury of Dracula (the cover of which is now annoying me because I’ve only just noticed that despite the game’s title, Dracula actually looks really happy on the box artwork!).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Michael Land – The Smugglers’ Cave Michael Land – The Scumm Bar (MI4) Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling Squeeze – Tempted Duran Duran – Secret Oktober
It’s been a pretty busy day (and this will continue for the next several days until…um…Christmas, maybe? The non-stop time of year has started!).
I did Jesmond Dene parkrun again this morning and took more than three minutes off my time from a fortnight ago – knowing the course makes a huge difference! I then spent a bit of time sorting out the house this afternoon as Geth and I are hosting a Hallowe’en boardgaming session tomorrow, and since then have been working on an article I’m writing for a website.
I’ll be mostly boardgaming tomorrow, but will also be squeezing in a bit of time for working on my text adventure game!
I don’t think I’ve ever been so grateful for the extra hour you get from the clocks going back…
Not an OOTD: just some of my collection of USB sticks. I carry them every time I leave the house, even when running, because I’m paranoid that the house will burn down and I’ll lose my entire life’s work of writing and other computer files (I don’t store stuff on the cloud ’cause I don’t trust it). Carrying them while running is a bit of a pain and I’m hoping to find a better way of doing things at some point.
Today’s earworm playlist:
Michael Land – Lucre Island Lawyers Marc Almond and Gene Pitney – Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart Ultravox – Hymn Duran Duran – Secret Oktober Duran Duran – 911 Is A Joke
Another good productive day. I went out for a run (just a short one today – I’m trying to get a bit of speed up by doing shorter runs on some days) and finished off my poems for this evening’s poetry night. I then spent the afternoon working on my text adventure game. Still quite a bit to do but I’m on track!
No ukulele class tonight (it’s half term) so I headed straight to poetry night. Poetry night was good – I read another running poem (I do a lot of those) and a poem based on the story of my game. Now back home catching up with a few writing tasks before bed.
It’s weigh-in day tomorrow – fingers crossed it’ll be another week slightly closer to my target range!
Not quite an OOTD (although I will be wearing it to parkrun on Saturday): one of my recent postal goodies! Have stocked up on some new winter running gear.
Today’s earworm playlist:
Duran Duran – Save A Prayer Gunship – When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies Matthew Wilder – Break My Stride ABC – The Look Of Love Boy Meets Girl – Waiting For A Star To Fall Sacre – The London Marathon Gomez – Whippin’ Piccadilly Lukas Graham – 7 Years
I spent all of today working on the editing for the magazine that I mentioned yesterday. It was a lot of work but the magazine design looks great and I’m looking forward to seeing the final version! Will post about it once it’s out.
It was dark by the time I finished, so I went for a treadmill run this evening to get my steps in.
Back to writing and working on my game tomorrow!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Manami Kiyota – Lasaria Woodland Go West – Goodbye Girl Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease Barry Manilow – Copacabana Tight Fit – Fantasy Island
I’ve had a really fun day planning out my Hallowe’en-themed text adventure game. It’s going to be much bigger than my last one and so I’ll be spending a lot of time working on it over the next few weeks!
I also went out for a run this morning, meaning I only had to do a short treadmill walk to hit my Garmin step count.
Looking forward to another day of writing tomorrow.
Not an OOTD: there’ll be a fair few of these in my new game. Picture is of my 2015 collection 🙂
Today’s earworm playlist:
Laura Branigan – Gloria Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know? Mike Harding and Myfanwy Talog – DangerMouse Main Theme Duran Duran – Vertigo (Do The Demolition) Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start The Fire
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!
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
A nice relaxing Saturday today. I took it easy at parkrun this morning (Geth on the other hand is getting weekly PBs at the moment!) and have spent the rest of the day chilling out with writing and internet.
I finally have some time to get back to videogaming tomorrow 🙂
OOTD: my favourite jumper is back for the autumn/winter! Glasses Emporio Armani (2017), jumper Carlo Colucci (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Michael Land – Club 41 Kim Wilde – Chequered Love Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize Duran Duran – Winter Marches On
