We haven't had snow yet here, and I'm so terribly jealous of those around the country who have been blessed with it. We did get some lovely frost though, and it was almost enough to pretend.
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I saw this tag over on A Geek Girl's Guide by Michelle and I thought it'd be really fun to take part! Fandom is my life. I'm a complete and utter fangirl, I'm somebody who completely wears her heart - and her fandoms! - on her sleeve. Being involved in fandom has been such a world changer for me. Heck, I wouldn't be an artist if it wasn't for fandom, and I sure as heck wouldn't have the circle of friends I do now without it, either! Have you ever made fan art?
Um... yeah. It's kind of my job, haha. Have you ever written fan fiction? I have! I've written fanfic my whole life. When I was a kid I used to use Dad's old Amstrad to write Sonic the Hedgehog stories! I mainly write 'drabbles' - stories limited to just 100 words - due to my very short attention span. You can find some of my fanfic over on my A03 page - it's mostly Doctor Who and Yuri on Ice! (and I'll warn you, though none of my fic is adult, I am a bit of a slasher... ahem!) Have your ever gone to a special event for a fandom? (midnight releases, etc.) Assuming we don't mean conventions, because boy, I've been to a lot of those, I've attended quite a few fandom events as well! I am fortunate enough to live right next to Wincanton, a small town that regularly hosts Discworld events such as Hogswatch, and I went to the midnight release of Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, too (and I won cinema tickets for best fancy dress!) Have you ever been active in a fandom community online? Very much! I used to roleplay in the old days, and as a dedicated fanartist, I'm always sharing my creations with the world. I'm really active on Twitter, in Discord communities, and on forums (yes, some still exist!) Have you ever made friends because of mutual fandoms? Heck, most of my friends these days are through fandom in one way or another, either because I met them at cons, or through my art, or in an online video game. I'm a lifer, man. Tags:
I've been digging through my old Livejournal recently, a relic of the Internet’s past that I miss so much these days. I miss when blogging was personal, where people posted online diaries about their lives without a care to how messy they seemed, without ads or constant sponsorship. So many of my old entries are terrible, of course, teenage drivel complaining about friends or relationships (or the lack thereof!), lusting over celebrities, fawning over fandoms. But a lot of my old entries are digital time capsules, reminding me of songs I loved, places I visited, shows I watched. One post I found that stood out was my old bucket list. Written back in 2012, it’s so interesting to see what mattered to me back then and compare it to the things I consider important now. It’s also quite inspiring to see how many things I have actually achieved since writing it. I thought I’d go through it now and see how many things we can cross off together… and I think I’ll draft up a new bucket list for the person I am now, eight years later. Learn to surf, or at least give it a go [Nope, but I’d still love to try!] Get married, and have a small, wonderfully themed wedding ('Autumn' or 'Luau') [Nope, sadly, but I’m still dead set on those themes!] Go on a cruise down the Thames (a nice evening cruise especially, with wine and music) [Yes! I actually did this! Moose and I went on a Thames cruise with his parents as a sort of double-date anniversary gift! It was lovely!] Take a flight in Concorde* (it'll never happen now, but I've wanted to do this since I was a kid, so it stays on my bucket list.) [fair] Holiday on a canal boat [Yes! And you can read about it here!] Publish a comic [Still no, but hopefully someday!] Get featured in an anthology of comics or art [see above!] Sell art at a convention [Yeah, I kind of nailed this one] Visit the remaining Disney parks I haven't yet been to: [prior to 2012!] --California Adventure Park --Blizzard Beach --Disneyland Park, Paris [Yep! I’ve actually been six times now! You can read about them in my Disney tag!] --Walt Disney Studios Park [See above!] --Hong Kong Disneyland --Tokyo Disneyland --Tokyo DisneySea [Yes! Earlier this year! I’m still in the process of writing it up!] Go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida [Big plans to finally return to Florida finally in 2022, fingers crossed!] Meet Danny Elfman [Sadly, still no. I've tried several times, though!] Visit the Valve studios in Seattle [I’d still love to go, but Valve don't seem to be the same company they once were :(] Own MOC (mint on card) My Little Pony 'Gypsy' [Nope - but someday!!] Go on a 'Wolf Walk' in Reading [Sadly, they no longer offer wolf walking experiences to the public! Missed the boat here, I’m afraid.] Go diving (even if it's just a little shallow dive) [Not yet!] --Similarly, swim around a coral reef, among tropical fish [Still waiting!] Own a dog [One day!!] Swim in the Pacific Ocean (I can't believe I've not yet done this) [...and I still haven’t!] Swim in the Dead Sea Visit the 'Wonders' of the World I hadn't yet seen: Ancient: -Great Pyramid of Giza Medieval: --Colosseum --Great Wall of China --Taj Mahal --Eiffel Tower [Yep! I'm in the middle of writing up a blog post about it!] --Leaning Tower of Pisa Natural: --Great Barrier Reef --Mount Everest --Victoria Falls Go to New York and do all that crazy New York stuff [Yes!! Visited twice, once at Christmas, too, in 2014! Read about that here!] Ride in a helicopter [Nope… not sure I really care though, now!] Ride in an air balloon [Nope, but I’d still like to!] Own my own place [Hah. Yeah. Maybe someday.] Have a pony room! [See above!] Go to an ice hotel [No! We were going to go to one in Amsterdam but it was sadly closed the week we went!] Swim with dolphins [Nope, but I’d still love to, provided we found an ethical place to do it] Fly first class [Still the dream] Do a 'high ropes' course somewhere [Maybe when I lose a few stone…] Go on a banana boat ride [I mean, sure? Haha, not sure if this is bucket list material, but sure!] Bask on a tropical island [Gosh, yes please. Still would like to!] Do a Caribbean Cruise [...Maybe even a Disney one and visit Castaway Cay?] Drink out of a coconut [Yes!! On a street market in New York, which isn’t the tropical destination I thought I’d do this in, but it was great until the heavens opened and we ended up in the middle of one of the most exciting storms I’ve ever encountered!] Cram all of my friends into a photo booth and take some dumb photos [Well, I’ve crammed some friends into a booth for photos! Not sure why this is a bucket list entry, though! Past me had pretty low expectations, haha.] Do all the achievements in TF2 [Hah. Only 131 to go…] Get a pentakill in League of Legends [...Do bot games count?] Be a bridesmaid [Naw. None of my best friends seem to want to get married :(] See the Northern Lights [I’d still love to, maybe on a cruise somewhere…] So, there you have it! That is what 2012 me considered a bucket list! A few of those entries remain pretty solid, to me. I'd still love to visit an ice hotel, for example, and I can only dream of the day I achieve a pentakill in League of Legends! But some parts? I'm not sure why I ever thought a squished photo booth photo or a banana boat ride was that exciting. And visiting Mount Everest? Sounds a bit cold and dangerous, to me!
I'm going to write up a new bucket list. I think I'll be including quite a few things from this old one, but my tastes and priorities have changed a little since 2012, and it'll be nice to see what I can achieve in the next eight years going forward. Do you have a bucket list? Has it changed over the years? Did you manage to tick many things off? Tags:
I don't know about you, but I've been using lockdown as an excuse to devour as much media I as I can! From books, to Netflix, to games I'd not yet tried and, especially, podcasts! Podcasts are the newest form of media to me, but one I took to super fast! In fact, I've become such a podcast fan that I rarely listen to music in my car, not even my carefully curated YouTube Music or Spotify playlists. Instead, I turn to Pocket Casts, an app perfectly tailored to podcasts. Here's my top five podcasts to listen to, but I suspect I'll find many more to enjoy before 2020 is over! No Such Thing As A Fish[listen here] This is currently my #1 podcast! I enjoy the show so much, I've actually seen them perform it live in London twice (and was booked to see them during lockdown for a special 'drive-in' event that sadly was cancelled). No Such Thing As A Fish' is a podcast by some of the fact-finders behind the TV show 'QI', where they each tell you a random interesting fact they've researched that week. I used to love QI, but I much prefer this podcast - it feels far more authentic, rather than relying on comedians, celebrities and performances. Instead, you have four people chatting about their fact of the week, and it feels like you're just hanging out with three friends, bantering in the pub. Which, y'know, is something I've very much missed this year. You can jump in on any episode, they're all great. The Adventure Zone[listen here] If you're into Dungeons & Dragons (or any tabletop roleplay game, for that matter), you've probably heard of 'Critical Role', and I'd say 'The Adventure Zone' was its little brother. Originally a spin-off from their 'advice' show' 'My Brother, My Brother & Me', 'The Adventure Zone' began life as a D&D adventure by the McElroy brothers and it has since become so much more than that. It's been running since 2014 and has changed form, game-play system and story many times, but I'd honestly recommend starting at the very start. In my opinion, their first season, 'Balance', is still the best story of the lot, with the best characters of the lot, and it's probably the one you've heard of if you've heard of any of them. The Way I Heard It[listen here] I don't really know how I found this one, but I absolutely love it. Dubbed 'True tales for the curious mind with a short attention span', 'The Way I Heard' It by Mike Rowe is a podcast about real life people, and real life stories... though maybe sometimes a little... fabricated. The way he talks and spins his stories is utterly captivating, and each only ten minutes or so long, so it's perfect for a short commute. I absolutely love the reveal at the ending of so many of his tales, and so many times I've been left in awe with honest-to-God goosebumps! You can jump in on any episode, but I really recommend episode 96 - 'The Pilot and the Passenger'! Teen Creeps[listen here] 'Teen Creeps' is a podcast about young adult fiction - or specifically, about those old horror books we all loved as young teenagers. I was a sucker for Point Horror books, and R.L Stine in particular, and Teen Creeps digs right into these as well as a bunch of other books by similar authors in the same creepy vein. Sometimes the hosts are a little chatty and go on slight tangents, but they're nice and enjoyable to listen to and often make me giggle as they reveal just how dumb and silly those old books were. Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet[listen here]
One of my favourite pass times is reading TripAdvisor reviews on places I've been to. I particularly love reading negative reviews on places I love, because it honestly astounds me sometimes how crazy some reviewers can be! When I found 'Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet'. I couldn't believe my luck. A podcast devoted to unfair and often bonkers reviews of places? Sign me up! Their dramatic readings of one star reviews are genuinely a joy to listen to, but you might lose your faith in society a little bit! Tags:
I've always loved Autumn, and oddly enough it's the time of year where I find myself drawn back to blogging. Something about the long dark evenings, warm cosy jumpers and cups of steaming hot cocoa really makes me want to snuggle up with my laptop and pour my heart out to the world. Autumn holds so much promise to me, so I thought I'd write up a little list of my five most favourite things about this beautiful season.
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It's no secret that I love Autumn. I sure talk about it a lot. It is by far my favourite season, so when I saw this 'Autumn Tag' over on There Might Be Coffee, I absolutely had to give it a go! What signifies the start of Autumn for you? Autumn begins when the leaves start turning on the trees and the world is surrounded with rusty oranges and beautiful golden browns. It's when the shops start selling thick, woolly dresses, knee high socks and jumpers, and when the nights start drawing in earlier each day. What is your favourite Autumn scent? I love so many scents traditionally associated with Autumn or Winter - ginger, nutmeg, salted caramel, toffee, but my absolute favourite of them all is cinnamon, hands down. I have loved cinnamon for as long as I can remember. It reminds of me Halloweens spent in America. It's just the nicest scent in the world. What is your favourite Autumn colour? I'm a sucker for them all, to be honest! But I love burgundy a whole bunch. I think they all look so lovely together - burgundy and mustard doesn't sound like a winning combination, perhaps, but it is! Are you a fan of PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) Honestly I'm not a huge fan of overpriced chain-store coffee shop coffees! Sure, they're absolutely delicious, but I can't bring myself to spend nearly a fiver on a luke warm drink! On the rare occasions that I do drink at a Starbucks or a Costa, though, I'll find myself opting for their gingerbread or cinnamon spiced drinks. Nothing against Pumpkin Spice - that's lovely too! - but cinnamon is where it's at. What is your favourite Autumn drink? I don't really have a favourite drink so much, but Autumn is for sure the time when all the flavoured hot chocolates and coffees come out to play, and even though I don't drink them often, they sure do remind me of this season! I also love love love mulled wine, but that's more a Christmas drink, I think! Can't really beat a hot chocolate topped with cream and marshmallows, though, can you? What’s your favourite coffee shop and their drink of choice? Like I said earlier, I'm really not a huge fan of chain coffee shops. When I'm out I'll rarely pay for expensive coffee (I'd rather get a glass of wine!), so I don't have a favourite. Some do offer some very tempting flavours though, it has to be said! Apple Pie or Pumpkin Pie? Apple Pie when it's completely doused in cinnamon, haha! I like them both, but I rarely get the chance to try Pumpkin Pie as it's far more of an American thing. As long as it's got cinnamon in, though, I'm good to go. What TV show, new or old, are you looking forward to in the next few months? The Good Place season three is coming out weekly on Netflix and it's awesome! I don't think there's much happening on regular TV lately that I'm eyeballing. Doctor Who starts tonight but I'm not very excited about it, sadly. On Netflix, there's The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina coming soon, and also The Haunting of Hill House, both perfect for this spooky month! What is your favourite Autumn fashion trend? I am always a fan of thick woolly tights and knee-high socks. This year, the shops are flooded with pinafore dresses which are adorable, especially with polo neck jumpers and knee-high boots. There's loads of tartan around at the moment (I may have bought myself an adorable pinafore wrap-around that looks just like something out of The Heathers) which is lovely, and I'm digging the thick corduroy flares that are starting to appear, too. What is your favourite comfort food to enjoy in the colder months? I mean, I'll eat all the food, all the time, but in Autumn (and Winter) it's nice to have roast dinners and stews with big thick dumplings. Yum! What is your favourite Autumn activity? I love going out and doing something for Halloween. Last year my friends and I were all renting an apartment in Bristol for the week so we decorated and played horror themed boardgames like Mysterium and Zombies!!! I love going out to bonfire displays in November, too. I've never been pumpkin picking - there's no local farms that offer it sadly, but it's high on my bucket list for sure! Do you like horror movies? Of course!! My Mum and I are both suckers for horrors. She prefers the more paranormal spooks to the slashers and murderers, but I'll watch 'em all! I think I prefer paranormal stuff too, to be honest. You can't beat an evil house or poltergeist! But, I'll also take the silly teen screams, too. The only stuff I'm not really a huge fan of is the 'gore porn' style stuff - Hostel, House of Wax, etc. They're fine, if you're into that, but they're more 'cringe' than 'horror', to me. Do you ever do anything fun for Halloween?
We always try to! My parents love Halloween - my Mum is especially into Halloween and Christmas - so we've always tried to do something. We've spent a lot of Halloweens in America, which is great because they go all out over there. I've spent Halloween night rocking out to my favourite band in California, we've been to Knott's Berry's Scary Farm, and we've even been to Sea World's after-hours Halloween event! (We wouldn't endorse Sea World these days, but this was a very long time ago!) I adore being in America for Halloween. I especially adore shopping in Michaels and spending my entire holiday budget on Halloween themed scrapbooking supplies. Ahem. When we're home, we usually decorate the house but sadly these days we just don't get any trick-or-treaters to make it worth the effort. Living in a rural village is pretty boring. Because Halloween usually falls around MCM London Comic Con, we've been able to incorporate it with spooky fun, before. We had a little Halloween party there and even managed to get down to the London Dungeons for their after-hours Halloween event one year, too. Last year we had some friends visit from Europe so we all rented an Airbnb in Bristol and spent Halloween decorating and playing spooky boardgames, which was really nice. This year, my parents and I are actually going to Bristol again, this time to board the SS Great Britain for their 'Spooky Ship' event! What was your favourite part about Halloween as a child? Halloween as a child was magical. My parents made damned sure my whole childhood was magical, to be honest, but Halloween and Christmas were the biggies. Every year I'd dress up (always a witch!) and we'd carve pumpkins and decorate the house. We'd watch old Halloween cartoons and I was allowed to trick-or-treat to the one neighbour across the road who let us, haha. Mum would make up a special Halloween punch every year (which was alcoholic, of course, so I'd only ever be allowed a sip, haha) and the smell was just divine. Cinnamon and cloves and ahhhh. Heaven. Are you a bigger fan of Bonfire Night or Halloween? Halloween, for sure! But they're both a lot of fun. We got really lucky for a few years that our village actually put on a hell of a fire work show for the 5th, but lately we've had to travel further afield to get to one. I love love love fireworks. I find them exciting and so pretty and honestly a little bit romantic. Where is your dream destination to visit in Autumn? America! California, specifically. To me Autumn is basically Halloween and Halloween is best in America! My favourite band Oingo Boingo were once very big on the SoCal scene and they have special Halloween reunions now (sans their lead singer, sadly), so I'd go see them if I could. And I'd go do all the Disney, Universal and Knott's Berry Halloween events, too. God, I miss that place. It's been too long. Do you always forget about the clocks going back? Actually no! But that's mainly because they always go back on the same weekend as MCM London Comic Con, so we're all pretty relieved to get that extra hour of sleep in! When do you usually start preparing for Christmas? Usually any time around now, to be honest. Once Autumn hits, it's fair game. I haven't started Christmas shopping yet (as usual, I have no idea what to get anyone) but I've already bought some decorations (Primark, your Disney range is killing me.) I'm a complete sucker for Christmas. I get so annoyed when everyone's so grumpy and miserable about it! I'll be honest, I've already been caught singing Christmas songs around the house. We don't like to decorate before December but only because I wouldn't want to get used to the decorations (or worse yet, bored of them!) This tag was fun! But of course, any chance to talk about Autumn and Halloween is good to me! I'm not going to tag anybody specifically, so please feel free to take part if you, too, love this season!! Tags:
No, Moose and I aren't breaking up, don't worry! But I've been reshuffling a few things online, including this blog and my Instagram account! For the longest time, I've wanted to keep everything together; my personal life and art life, as I kind of figured they overlapped enough that it wouldn't bother people too much to see crossposting. However, I found myself feeling guilty if I posted shameless fashion posts to Instagram when people had followed me there for art, and I feel weird putting art here on my blog when people are probably coming here for Disney trip reports, haha.
That said, I used this place as my primary URL to link on my business card, so when people took my card at conventions, they'd come here, looking for art - and while I do link my art gallery and such on here, I always felt like this place's primary focus was the blog, which very rarely was about art at all! So, while my art and life kind of do overlap a lot (I only ever draw silly video game characters and all I do in my spare time is play video games, after all!), I think it makes to finally split things up a little bit. So what does that mean? Well, basically, I've changed the URL for this place, which means Bloglovin' is currently very confused. I'm hoping to get the URL changed over soon! This place is now http://www.dreamsomehow.com, which is what I've been calling the blog, anyway. The focus here is going to be on life blogging and general nerdery, so expect game reviews, fashion posts, cosplay, adventures at Disneyland and various other fun things! My previous URL, http://www.reaperfox.com, now links directly to a website specifically devoted to my art and crafts! I'll update the blog there too, but primarily that site is going to act as a hub for where to find my art online (Tumblr, Instagram, etc.), as well as a vaguely professional portfolio with commission information! Woo! I really hope people enjoy the content I put out here on this blog! Now I've finally made this decision, I hope it's going to free me of the hangups I had with blogging. Crossposting art and lifestyle content might be for some folks, but I really don't think it's for me. As for Instagram, I've split that up too! I actually wanted to for ages, but I didn't want to log in and out of accounts all the time. However, I recently discovered that Instagram actually has as really handy 'switch account' feature on their app, so that solved the problem! My @reaperfox IG account is going to be specifically for art posts and I've created a new @dreamsomehow IG to compliment this blog! Please feel free to follow either or both, I'd really love my IG presence to grow a little more now I'm finally using it regularly (especially my @dreamsomehow account, which I'm trying to update every day!) Tags:
It's beda time! That is to say, Blog Every Day in April! Every April I use this to kickstart my blog for a few months and this year is no exception.
For the first time I'm ever, I feel as though my blog, as sporadic as its updates are at the moment, has an actual purpose and place in the blogging world. The past year has introduced me to so many vloggers in the nerdy, gaming, geeky world, and everyone is so wonderful and creative and interesting. I discovered the blog culture relatively recently - I had a Livejournal for years, of course, but it's only been the past few years that I've seen a world of blogging beyond diary posts and brain-fart rambles. My first encounter with the blog world was through the many, many lovely lifestyle blogs I found. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them, and found incredible inspiration from them, but they didn't really share a lot in common with me or my blog. They were young women, mostly beautiful and American, who had husbands and children and faith. They shared their journeys and adventures and I loved (still love) reading their blogs, learning about their daily lives, but it wasn't a community I felt I could really take part in. My day to day life involves video games, cosplay, going to conventions and selling art. I still live with my parents, and I'm hardly a young go-getter in the exciting blogging world. The trouble is, if you try to find gaming blogs, for example, they're few and far between, and the ones that do exist aren't about lifestyle or the daily lives of gamers - they're dedicated game blogs, with reviews and guides, and the geek blogs I found all had very dedicated themes - geek clothing, geek cooking, for example. All fun to read, of course, but few of them felt like places I could reach out to as a blogger myself. But then I sort of fell into a bunch of communities that bridged the gap. I found whole forums dedicated to geek lifestyle bloggers. They covered a broad spectrum - from gamers, to Disney nerds, to cosplayers and, of course, crafters and artists like myself. It was completely eye opening to me! To be a blogger meant I didn't have to be a mother, or married, or fashionable (though I like to think I look a little bit awesome most of the time!) It meant I had people I could connect with and share content with, and honestly that has been so liberating and fun. I don't blog or engage in the blogging world as much as I'd like to, and that's something I really want to work on fixing. I think having an actual schedule would go a long way to helping that, which is why I'm hoping BEDA will be a happy kick up the bum for me. Nothing forces you to be imaginative like a tight deadline! I'm really looking forward to trying a whole month of daily blogging with you guys. I hope this blog can join the ranks of those I've fallen in love with over the past year, and I really hope you all enjoy the trip along the way! Tags:
I'm off to Disneyland Paris in a week so of course I'm in full Disney mode right now! So it's no surprise really that, when I popped into Primark ('to buy some essentials'), I came out with three Disney goodies I absolutely didn't need. But how adorable is this Minnie Mouse bag? It's large enough to use as a weekender bag and absolutely perfect for travel. I already own a bunch of make up bags but I fell in love with this Little Mermaid one, and who doesn't need a cute Minnie Mouse change purse?
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For the longest time, 2004 has been a real hard year to beat. It was my first year out of uni, while all my friends still had a year to go, and they all lived in a shared house in Bath. It basically meant that I was free to come and go as I pleased, spending time at university without actually doing any work there, and living it up with my friends in the house. I essentially had a years extension on my student lifestyle free of charge, and it was awesome. I've done a whole lot of awesome things since then, of course, but Summer 2004 really was something else. 2015 finally beat it. I've done so much, achieved so much, and had so many amazing experiences this year, I'm really sad to leave it behind. However, 2016 starts with a trip to Disneyland Paris, and hopefully will end with Moose living in Bristol, so I'm really excited to see where the next twelve months take us all! In 2015...
...Moose and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary in Disneyland Paris. ...We went to EGX Rezzed for the first time! ...We attended Termisoc's 24 hour LAN down in Plymouth ...We celebrated Mum's birthday in London seeing 39 Steps (which was amazing!) ...We celebrated Luke's birthday at Longleat ...and went to Gloucester Quays for their Springtime Celebration. ...We explored Oakham Treasures, an amazing vintage museum. ...I sold on my last ever Comic Village table as they finally put the boot in on fanart sales. ...but also sold at my first ever Dealer's Table at Manchester MCM, instead! ...and got a dealer's table at London MCM too! ...AND it wasn't a waste of money! ...I celebrated my birthday with family at Marwell Zoo, and with friends seeing Jurassic World! ...We all went to Kitacon and it was incredible! ...and then Moose and I went to our first ever Secret Cinema, which was The Empire Strikes Back! ...(which meant I actually had to watch Star Wars for the first time ever.) ...(2015 will forever be my Star Wars year...) ...We finally had a meet up with some of our very best friends when Saran and Xharag, two guys we met on TF2 years ago, finally came over to England (and it was so awesome!!) ...and then Moose and I went to Legends of Gaming, which was a little Youtube-centric gaming con! ...and THEN Laura and I had a quick whirlwind trip to Disneyland Paris and it was AMAZING because it was Halloweeny and we met all the characters and the weather was perfect and it was just wonderful! ...Moose, Luke, Sarah and I saw Weird Al perform in London straight afterwards! ...and then it was time for me to go to Ponycon! ...and THEN I went back to London with Moose to see the League of Legends Worlds quarter-finals! ...and THEN we went to London MCM, where I had a dealer's table and it was wonderful. ...and THEN Luke, Sarah, Moose and I went to Bristol for a Halloween Zombie Walk! (All of those last things happened in October. October was ridiculous.) November and December were decidedly emptier, save for some lovely Christmas things (my parents and I went to the Bovington Tank Museum for a Wartime Christmas celebration, Mum and I went and visited the Coke Truck as it made a local stop). In 2015 I really feel like I finally got my art groove back. Having a dealer's table at London Comic Con was a huge motivator, given how much extra those tables cost! Also, I fell in love with Steven Universe in a huge way, which gave me a new muse to draw from and a new fandom to enjoy. I started Youtubing more, uploading art videos instead of vlogging, and that's definitely an achievement I'm proud of. My goal in 2016 is to keep at that. It's really the best of both worlds, because I'll be able to create videos while not neglecting my art. In the next few days, we're going to get much faster internet (finally!) so I'll be able to stream, too! Hurrah! 2015, you were rad. 2016, you've got a lot to live up to! Tags:
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Hi! I'm Selena an artist, blogger and gamer!
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