WIP Whateverday & Life Update #05
Updated: May 9, 2025
Come ooonnn… you get all these ideas, you know what you’re doing, and you make a comeback video and journal post… then... nothing! For nigh on two months! 😩
And it’s not as if nothing has happened. What was the problem? Lacking the perception of passing time? Attack of the brain gremlins*? Other life stresses taking the wheel for longer than I should allow? The answer: Yes. To all of the above. And then some. I don’t like it, but it is what it is and I have to accept it and move forward. Will it happen again? Well I hope not, but more likely it will, frustratingly so… 😖
Anyway...
Hello my Freaky Darlings!
I hope you are all well. I am doing alright. I know I normally post these "WIP" journal entries on Wednesdays, but I wanted to get this one published as soon as it was done so it's happening on whatever day I can, hence the "WIP Whateverday" title!
Here are the highlights of events since my last life update (click images to enlarge):
One sold out gig at Redrum^ featuring the ska punk legends [spunge]^, with support from Eat Defeat^ and the ever awesome Leftovers^! 🤘
[spunge] were great, but Leftovers definitely know how to party, throwing fun foam hands out into the crowd for their song Introvert Symphony Part 1^; gotta use them during that chorus 😉
Such a good night with great friends and music! 😆
Gig line-up Leftovers Eat Defeat [spunge] Random weirdo ...but I'm not that type...
A day trip to Mostyn and Talacre Point in Wales with Dum and Mad*.
The Point^ at Talacre was really nice, they had interesting and fun décor plus good homemade food 😋
Apparently, they also provide a "tattoo removal service", though it seems a little old-school to me... 😏
We went for a short walk to the beach, but decided to turn back as it was bitterly cold and incredibly windy!
The Point at Talacre Check the bar made from doors! That random weirdo again Fun décor in this pub! A bit old school... Talacre Point lighthouse
Redrum’s Halloween Party - unfortunately there are no photos from that night, that I'm aware of anyway! 😅 It was a fun night of drinking and (maybe a bit of) dancing/moshing with friends!
A short trip to and nice walk around Rudyard Lake with the fam. The lake is actually a reservoir located in the tiny village of Rudyard, Staffordshire, a short drive north-west from the town of Leek. It was built between 1797 and 1799 to feed the Caldon Canal, and is about 2 miles long!
The carved tree has a Victorian tight-rope walker on top, this is supposed to be Carlos Trower, aka The African Blondin, who performed a tight-rope walk across the lake in 1861.
I have no idea what the display case suspended between two trees is about, it appears to contain a number of "arty" ceramic pieces. Either way, it looks a bit creepy...
Spotted a lone highland bull. He was a very big boy. Don't worry, he was calm and there was some distance and a deep stream between us! 😅
Also spied some rather strange black fungus growing on a mossy tree branch. I believe it's known as Dead Man's Fingers. Yay, more creepiness!
View from southeast corner Carved tree, Carlos Trower top Odd display case in trees... View from west side, south end A very big boy... 😳 Strange black fungus
The rest of my time has been working at the day job and doing some bits of arty stuff on a few pages of a new project sketchbook.
On The Website:
Published two Journal entries: "I'm Still Lurking" and "Happy 13th October!". Added my "Signs of Life" short to the Flicks* page. Turned the homepage titles for “Latest Journal Entries” and “Latest Flicks” into direct links to their pages. Plus tidied up some pages and journal posts, added post descriptions, a new journal category, tag-cloud and archive.
In Progress This Month:
"Liquorice Allsorts" journal post - from two years ago! It's going to be more like a "throwback" post than a fresh "look what just I did" post... 🤷♀️ - and some new journal posts for December.
The rest of the to-do list is still on pause; I am looking at it though, and mustering willpower.
Keep on doing/being the best you can. You are enough.
Much Love and Blessed Be
Emily xxx
Life is a work in progress. I am a work in progress.
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