It finally got me
Unfortunately, this is apparently the kind of Covid that comes with vomiting, so it’s been a very gross day. God I hope there isn’t more to come!
my life
Re-meeting my old Barbies (and honorary Barbies)
Today my parents dropped a box of my old Barbies, and associated dolls and paraphernalia, off at my house! I was DELIGHTED, because I never expected to see any of them again!
They, their Barbie Travelin’ House Playset, and all their various accessories are in, ur… relatively good condition? Let me introduce you to them!
(more…)a trip to Birmingham
Me and Dave went to Birmingham today to sea (sorry) the Sea Life center! I brought my “good” camera with me but I’m very bad at using it. Luckily some of my photos look maybe like they’re blurry on purpose?
But I did manage to take a handful of okayish/good ones!
Not just in the aquarium but around Birmingham too. Birmingham is utterly beautiful. And it has a giant mechanical bull now!
The rest of the photos I took where you can actually see anything are regular old iPhone photos, but, never mind!
a barbie girl in a barbie world
I saw “Barbie” last night! (Wearing pink, of course.)
It’s a beautifully made and absolutely fascinating movie that I hope is dissected for years to come. I am mildly disappointed it didn’t feature my all-time favourite Barbie, though, the Jewel Hair Mermaid Barbie I had as a kid! Sadly no pictures exist of me with her but here’s what she looked like. I was OBSESSED with her golden tail.
The other fun thing was seeing all these reviews posted on the review board at the cinema! Said cinema was the Phoenix in Leicester and I love it, and I think more cinemas should have a review board.
(There’s a few for Oppenheimer in there as well!)
BritSciFi con pics
I have thank god now recovered from my most recent bout of mental illness. Somehow, in the middle of it, I was able to drag myself to BritSciFi con at Leicester’s National Space Center and meet some people I’d always wanted to meet. Chief among them being Danny John-Jules:
We also got to talk to him a little and he sang part of the “Da-Doo” song he sings in Little Shop of Horrors. (Yes he was a background singer/dancer in that movie before landing Red Dwarf!)
We also got to talk to Peter Davison, David Bradley, and Norman Lovett, all of whom were lovely and humble. (Lovett said he didn’t even expect anyone to turn up for him, aww.) I asked Peter Davison if he was definitely going to be in Good Omens season 2 and he said yes, but under a lot of makeup so he might not be recognizable!
Here’s the autographs I got from them:
I also met some Daleks who were trundling about the place. The National Space Center did a really good job with this con!
comic con!
Here’s me as Elsa! Unfortunately my wig went all over the place before too long.
Mandalorian and DeLorean:
Check out what I got for my birthday :)
My brother Michael drew me Harry Osborn from Spider-Man! :D
He’s the Ditko version of Harry with his fabulous nonsensical hair but he’s got a bird because the game version of Harry looks after the pigeons of NYC!
And Dave got me this amazing cat backpack (catpack?) which is not only adorable, it can fit my laptop in it! I’m going to end up taking it EVERYWHERE.
I also got a cake.
Thank you, Pokefriends
Today the very last Pokemon episode with Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu aired. It’s like bidding farewell to old friends. Seems like a lot of people feel the same way?
When I was a small child using the name “pokeprincess” online (I was among the first generation to grow up on the internet, for better or worse, I mostly survived it) Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu were EVERYTHING to me. Look! Look at these terrible, beautiful “drawings” I did as a kid!
My room would’ve been a shrine to Pokemon if my parents had allowed it. But check out the posters!
My 35th birthday is just over a week away. It’s the 1st April and I discovered just yesterday that Ash’s first Pokemon episode aired in Japan on the 1st April too. So all this time I’ve been sharing a birthday with Ash Ketchum! What a great way to end the journey! Thank you guys. You really were the very best, like no-one ever was.
life updates
So things are a lot better this year than last year. I’m a freelance writer with The Mary Sue now which is fantastic! And I’m pretty sure my mental health has improved. Fingers crossed I can keep that up. I really, really hope so.
I stumbled across this old tweet thread I made, initially a stray thought on a Pokemon plushie sales tweet, and weirdly it seems to sum things up quite well.
Happy Pokemon day!
Here’s some of my favourite Pokemon Go shots from over the years. I don’t play it as much anymore and the creators have made some teeth-clenchingly terrible decisions with it but it’ll always have a special place in my heart. As will Pokemon in general, of course.
