Life and Advent Calendars! :D
Nov. 29th, 2020 12:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellerLife's good! :D
- My robin postcards FINALLY arrived from the print shop! I can start to write! :D
- I had lovely mail! A large letter fromyhlee, and I'm irrationally pleased with that tiny blue watercolor sketchbook... SO CUTE! And a fascinating mushroom card from ursula. THANK YOU! :D
- Mysteriously, I received an Etsy order from Korea today. Mysteriously, because... I ordered that in April. It was sent in April, too - just took a while to reach me. And I'm super pleased about the address label in beautiful calligraphy! Granted, that Etsy store is specialized on calligraphy supplies so they'd better make nice address labels (LOL), but still...! I'm going to keep that one. It's a piece of art. (Hell on the postal system, though.)
- Chess software! I upgraded to the new ChessBase 16. Pricey, but I'm one of the few people with an actual use for a chess database system, so... LOL. I also bought some training software. They publish ridiculous amounts of chess DVDs but it's usually good stuff, so, while I'm busywasting spending money, why not?
- Used a Black Friday sale to get some new Roman Szmal watercolors. I didn't have the ones that were released this autumn yet, and 30% off is a good deal, so... More colors. There can never be enough watercolors... Yes, I'm hopeless.
- I played a game of chess against an extremely rude opponent. XD It was funny. He blundered a piece. He used the button to ask if he can take the move back, wrote the message "misclicked". Okay... Not likely (there are typical "misclick" mistakes, like letting go of a piece one square too early, but this was not the case here) but I let him take the move back. He didn't bother to thank me... Just put the piece on another square, where it was also blundered. Oooo-kay. We played on. He asked to take back another move. I thought that was getting ridiculous, clicked "no". He started insulting me. XDDD Chess players. You simply have to love them.
I joined the Multi-Fandom Postcard Exchange a while ago, and received my confirmation in the physical mail today. That means I can start sending fanart postcards to people there! :D I already drew two, one for The Queen's Gambit (because, hell, I just needed an excuse to draw fanart for that show), and one for Anastasia (simply because I grew up with that one and loved it). And I want to do Sailor Moon, too, for nostalgia's sake... AHAHAHAHA.
- ADVENT CALENDARS! I have two calendars this year, a "large" one (with the days 1 to 24), and a "small" one (with the Advent sundays and the 24th). See the pictures!
This is the "large" one, with a pretty hexagonal main calendar and multiple large mysterious packages... Doesn't look very pretty on the photo, but the design is actually VERY nice: black, with iridescent green shimmer. Unfortunately, my camera can't deal with the effect. You'll just have to believe me it's very pretty indeed!
And this is the "small" one, with the numbers written in "code" (AHAHA not really, but a nice imitation anyway). I could already open one of the parcels today, and I received...
INK! Diamine, "Smoke on the Water". It's, apparently, turquoise with red effect, and I can't wait to try it! Unfortunately, all my fountain pens with broad nibs (effect inks need broad nibs) have other inks inside right now...I just don't have enough fountain pens. But... AWESOME! I looked at this review, and really, the ink looks awesome! :D
WHEEEE! :D
- My robin postcards FINALLY arrived from the print shop! I can start to write! :D
- I had lovely mail! A large letter from
yhlee, and I'm irrationally pleased with that tiny blue watercolor sketchbook... SO CUTE! And a fascinating mushroom card from ursula. THANK YOU! :D- Mysteriously, I received an Etsy order from Korea today. Mysteriously, because... I ordered that in April. It was sent in April, too - just took a while to reach me. And I'm super pleased about the address label in beautiful calligraphy! Granted, that Etsy store is specialized on calligraphy supplies so they'd better make nice address labels (LOL), but still...! I'm going to keep that one. It's a piece of art. (Hell on the postal system, though.)
- Chess software! I upgraded to the new ChessBase 16. Pricey, but I'm one of the few people with an actual use for a chess database system, so... LOL. I also bought some training software. They publish ridiculous amounts of chess DVDs but it's usually good stuff, so, while I'm busy
- Used a Black Friday sale to get some new Roman Szmal watercolors. I didn't have the ones that were released this autumn yet, and 30% off is a good deal, so... More colors. There can never be enough watercolors... Yes, I'm hopeless.
- I played a game of chess against an extremely rude opponent. XD It was funny. He blundered a piece. He used the button to ask if he can take the move back, wrote the message "misclicked". Okay... Not likely (there are typical "misclick" mistakes, like letting go of a piece one square too early, but this was not the case here) but I let him take the move back. He didn't bother to thank me... Just put the piece on another square, where it was also blundered. Oooo-kay. We played on. He asked to take back another move. I thought that was getting ridiculous, clicked "no". He started insulting me. XDDD Chess players. You simply have to love them.
I joined the Multi-Fandom Postcard Exchange a while ago, and received my confirmation in the physical mail today. That means I can start sending fanart postcards to people there! :D I already drew two, one for The Queen's Gambit (because, hell, I just needed an excuse to draw fanart for that show), and one for Anastasia (simply because I grew up with that one and loved it). And I want to do Sailor Moon, too, for nostalgia's sake... AHAHAHAHA.
- ADVENT CALENDARS! I have two calendars this year, a "large" one (with the days 1 to 24), and a "small" one (with the Advent sundays and the 24th). See the pictures!
This is the "large" one, with a pretty hexagonal main calendar and multiple large mysterious packages... Doesn't look very pretty on the photo, but the design is actually VERY nice: black, with iridescent green shimmer. Unfortunately, my camera can't deal with the effect. You'll just have to believe me it's very pretty indeed!
And this is the "small" one, with the numbers written in "code" (AHAHA not really, but a nice imitation anyway). I could already open one of the parcels today, and I received...
INK! Diamine, "Smoke on the Water". It's, apparently, turquoise with red effect, and I can't wait to try it! Unfortunately, all my fountain pens with broad nibs (effect inks need broad nibs) have other inks inside right now...
WHEEEE! :D
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Date: 2020-11-29 02:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-11-29 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-11-29 02:59 am (UTC)I'm glad the tiny watercolor sketchbook arrived safely - enjoy! :3
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Date: 2020-11-29 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-11-29 11:48 am (UTC)And pffft on that rude player. :P