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Pro: Went to a party at a friend's place, used their pool for a good two hours (I honestly don't think I've been in a pool for probably ten years or more), met new people, had lots of fun.

Con: My Apple Watch appears not to have survived the pool, despite supposedly being waterproof. 😡

Fortunately @yayKM offered her Watch to use because she can't wear it due to wrist issues anyway, so my 1244 day streak of closing all three of my rings will not be broken.

apple watch text only

Posted on 18 February 2023, 19:34

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog lying on his side on the bottom self of a side table, with sun pouring in on him. His butt is jammed against a shoe, and his head is resting against a thong.

Beanie's certainly made himself comfortable this morning.

...in fact, I just realised that we've had him for nine years as of today! (We got him as a rescue dog when he was just over a year old.)

beanie our house dog darkroom beanie lying on or under things

Posted on 16 February 2023, 8:24

A photo of a wide set of stairs leading upwards where the front face of each of the steps has part of a piece of art on it. The art itself looks like a big carpet with a native flower design on it, and the whole thing has wavy parts in it like it's blowing in the wind.

I'm in the office today to catch up with a friend after work, and this cool bit of artwork has been put on the stairs leading out from Wynyard!

sydney darkroom public art

Posted on 13 February 2023, 11:06

I recorded a thing on the drums!! 😁 (The backing track isn't mine, full credit to Jack Curtis; all his stuff is up on Bandcamp, highly recommended).

I screwed up slightly in a couple of places because I'm used to watching the iPad in front of me and knowing when time changes are coming from there but I kept having to look over at the computer to my left instead. I've subsequently realised that I can use the iPad as an extended monitor for the laptop and can move the track time display over to that.

I also discovered the fun* of getting audio and video synced up, and how despite the fact that the iPhone says it's shooting video at 60 frames per second, it's ACTUALLY 59.94 and so by the end of the song the audio I recorded directly in Logic Pro had drifted significantly from the video. Thankfully iMovie has a "Speed Editor" where you can get it all lined back up again.

But eeeee! Absolutely stoked with this!

our house music video drums logic pro

Posted on 12 February 2023, 18:56

A photo of a bowl of ramen. It has slices of pork with chilli sauce on it, shallots, some sort of thinly-sliced mushroom thing, and two pieces of nori at the back, plus the standard ramen noodles.

We went out for Japanese with @wobin and it was incredible as always. I got the "signature" ramen and extra roasted garlic and have already apologised in advance to @yayKM for my breath.

chatswood darkroom food portrait mode ramen

Posted on 11 February 2023, 20:36

A photo looking towards the stage at Sydney's State Theatre with a big purple backdrop that says in all capitals "SARAH MILLICAN", with dimmer text underneath "BOBBY DAZZLER".

A photo of a small round yellow pin, the sort you'd attach to a lapel or similar that says "I am a Bobby Dazzler" on it.

Waiting for Sarah Millican!

Of course, by the time I'm posting this we're on the train on the way home because I had zero reception the State Theatre. The show was absolutely fantastic, though she had some not-very-good comedian on before her for like 20 minutes which was less good. But still! Sarah Millican's show itself was amazing, and apparently she's going to be just selling it on her website later this month. Highly recommended.

Everyone also got a little yellow pin that says "I am a Bobby Dazzler" on it.

darkroom state theatre sarah millican

Posted on 9 February 2023, 22:30

A photo of two of the EXTREMELY ramshackle pieces of terrain from the Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team: Octarius box from Games Workshop. They're parts of an Ork fort and look like they belong in a junk yard, the walls and platform on top are made up of a whole ton of pieces of metal scrap, like big plates, corrugated pieces, massive beams, there's a door in there, and a couple of empty gas cylinders. Both pieces are on cut-out pieces of cardboard that are covered in a texture paint that makes it look like sand, and there's various tufts of dry grasses growing around the base of the walls.

There we go, all finished. Absolutely stoked with how they came out, and I'm really glad I got some of the big tufts as well, it looks so much more natural.

(Plague Marines and Poxwalkers for scale.)

our house darkroom kill team games workshop painting terrain octarius

Posted on 8 February 2023, 20:11

A photo of four sets of little dry grass tufts to use on miniature bases, plus some tools (Green Stuff sculpting tool, a hobby knife, and some rubber brushes).

Woohoo, more basing bits! I'll be finishing two of my pieces of Kill Team: Octarius terrain with these tonight (it's surprising how quickly you go through the small tufts when you're putting them on a whole terrain pieces, rather than just one or two on a miniature's base).

our house darkroom painting

Posted on 8 February 2023, 15:01

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog sitting upright with his front legs on the arms of our lounge, looking intently in the direction of the front door.

Beanie is very patiently waiting for @yayKM to get home.

beanie our house dog darkroom

Posted on 7 February 2023, 20:26

A photo of two thick pieces of bread with a fried-up combination of onion and capsicum underneath, along with some halloumi and Maltese sausage, and two perfectly-done fried eggs on top.

I treated myself to an all-day breakfast for lunch today, and it was gooooood.

our house darkroom food portrait mode eggs sausages breakfast

Posted on 7 February 2023, 13:01