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Merry Daimas 2024!
a year ago
Happy St. David's Day to you! Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant Hapus! "What's that?", I hear you ask (yes, it was a bit quiet, but I still heard you). Well, envisage St. Patrick's Day, but for Wales! Today's the day we wear leeks or daffodils on our jackets, fill our bellies with piping hot cawl, and do the little things that make life better. For me, it's getting in touch with you that always makes life better. ^^
Goodness! Where have the last two months gone? It feels like just the other day I was clearing up the house after New Year's Day, and here we are in spring, already. Not that I'm complaining. With this having been the wettest February on record in parts of the UK - yes, even wetter than usual - I'm looking forward to a bit of sunshine. So, as we emerge from the dark of winter into the time of green shoots and blossom, what's been happening in this little corner of the British Isles?
You may also have noticed that my regular posting went silent, halfway through my coverage of my time at Anthro New England. The reasons for this are three-fold:
1) Two weeks after my return from Boston, I drove up to Scotiacon with Churchfuzz/Francis, CharlestonRat, and OtterBen! With that being such a busy time, I had no time to continue my posts as I had hoped.
2) The day after I returned from Scotiacon, I began to develop a lergy. Yes, the dreaded con-crud got me, and for a couple of days after first developing symptoms I was in no fit state to do anything other than lie in bed and let my lungs sing the song of their people.
3) In my recovery, which gratifyingly wasn't very long after I first came down with crud, I managed to do a very silly thing and drop my phone. Hoping it was just a case of a busted screen, I sent it to the workshop run by my service provider (sans the SIM card and SD card, which were removed before sending). They said they couldn't fix it, and so sent me a brand new phone of the same kind, free of charge. Kind of them as this was, when I inserted my SD card to get everything back up and running, I discovered that the SD card stopped receiving data... in January 2023. That means every... single... picture I took from January 16 2023... unless I sent it to someone else... is gone. My estimate is about 5,000 snaps were lost to the aether, with about 10-15% salvaged from photos I had sent to friends and family.
This is a lesson, dear reader. BACK UP YOUR DATA.
In happier news, yes, I attended a couple of conventions! Returning to Anthro New England as part of the Guest of Honor Liaison team was a real treat, and I had a superb time as I did last time. I may struggle to continue going unless I can find someone to room with me, but I do hope to make that con an at least semi-regular event in my annual calendar. Visiting Scotiacon for the first time in its relatively new home in the middle of Glasgow was a real delight, too! We couldn't get a room in the Crowne Plaza, but I found the Premier Inn just over the Clyde River (and right next to a bridge leading over it to the hotel) perfectly reasonable for a long weekend stay. Then again, I'm used to the pouring rain and blustery gales that accompanied almost every venture over that bridge, and unlike my roommate I didn't have a fursuit with me. It is a definite hope to head back next year, to fly up rather than to drive, and get a space in the main hotel if we can.
Looking ahead, I'll be heading off on my annual pilgrimage to Furnal Equinox in less than two weeks, and then heading to Confuzzled a couple of months after that. What's more, work is now very much underway on another furry event, something a bit closer to home. More on that later... ^__^
Aside from that, there's not much else from me! Work has been getting steadily busier as I run a couple of reviews to overhaul how my department runs. My lodger had his ankle bracelet removed a couple of days ago, meaning he can indulge once more in the by-product of fermented fruit and hops... and indulge he has. I've been getting started on spring-cleaning, marvelling at the amount of bleugh that accumulated over the colder months and how effective my washing machine is at getting so much bleugh out of the cloths I use. I hope to take time soon to get myself organised, following which I will be back on a regular posting schedule. Having salvaged what photos I could, I need to organise them in such a way that I know what was taken where and when, and then I'll be back to it.
That's about it from your friendly neighbourhood Welsh German Shepherd! Or should that be German Welsh Shepherd? Weiß nicht! So long as you're continuing to keep yourself well and look after yourself, I'm happy.
Flt/Lt. Dai, out.
Goodness! Where have the last two months gone? It feels like just the other day I was clearing up the house after New Year's Day, and here we are in spring, already. Not that I'm complaining. With this having been the wettest February on record in parts of the UK - yes, even wetter than usual - I'm looking forward to a bit of sunshine. So, as we emerge from the dark of winter into the time of green shoots and blossom, what's been happening in this little corner of the British Isles?
You may also have noticed that my regular posting went silent, halfway through my coverage of my time at Anthro New England. The reasons for this are three-fold:
1) Two weeks after my return from Boston, I drove up to Scotiacon with Churchfuzz/Francis, CharlestonRat, and OtterBen! With that being such a busy time, I had no time to continue my posts as I had hoped.
2) The day after I returned from Scotiacon, I began to develop a lergy. Yes, the dreaded con-crud got me, and for a couple of days after first developing symptoms I was in no fit state to do anything other than lie in bed and let my lungs sing the song of their people.
3) In my recovery, which gratifyingly wasn't very long after I first came down with crud, I managed to do a very silly thing and drop my phone. Hoping it was just a case of a busted screen, I sent it to the workshop run by my service provider (sans the SIM card and SD card, which were removed before sending). They said they couldn't fix it, and so sent me a brand new phone of the same kind, free of charge. Kind of them as this was, when I inserted my SD card to get everything back up and running, I discovered that the SD card stopped receiving data... in January 2023. That means every... single... picture I took from January 16 2023... unless I sent it to someone else... is gone. My estimate is about 5,000 snaps were lost to the aether, with about 10-15% salvaged from photos I had sent to friends and family.
This is a lesson, dear reader. BACK UP YOUR DATA.
In happier news, yes, I attended a couple of conventions! Returning to Anthro New England as part of the Guest of Honor Liaison team was a real treat, and I had a superb time as I did last time. I may struggle to continue going unless I can find someone to room with me, but I do hope to make that con an at least semi-regular event in my annual calendar. Visiting Scotiacon for the first time in its relatively new home in the middle of Glasgow was a real delight, too! We couldn't get a room in the Crowne Plaza, but I found the Premier Inn just over the Clyde River (and right next to a bridge leading over it to the hotel) perfectly reasonable for a long weekend stay. Then again, I'm used to the pouring rain and blustery gales that accompanied almost every venture over that bridge, and unlike my roommate I didn't have a fursuit with me. It is a definite hope to head back next year, to fly up rather than to drive, and get a space in the main hotel if we can.
Looking ahead, I'll be heading off on my annual pilgrimage to Furnal Equinox in less than two weeks, and then heading to Confuzzled a couple of months after that. What's more, work is now very much underway on another furry event, something a bit closer to home. More on that later... ^__^
Aside from that, there's not much else from me! Work has been getting steadily busier as I run a couple of reviews to overhaul how my department runs. My lodger had his ankle bracelet removed a couple of days ago, meaning he can indulge once more in the by-product of fermented fruit and hops... and indulge he has. I've been getting started on spring-cleaning, marvelling at the amount of bleugh that accumulated over the colder months and how effective my washing machine is at getting so much bleugh out of the cloths I use. I hope to take time soon to get myself organised, following which I will be back on a regular posting schedule. Having salvaged what photos I could, I need to organise them in such a way that I know what was taken where and when, and then I'll be back to it.
That's about it from your friendly neighbourhood Welsh German Shepherd! Or should that be German Welsh Shepherd? Weiß nicht! So long as you're continuing to keep yourself well and look after yourself, I'm happy.
Flt/Lt. Dai, out.
Ah yeah, one I backed up my data to then delete everything accidentally, lol.
Oh no, that must have felt horrible! I'm very glad I backed up my laptop, because shortly after I posted this journal, that crashed as well! Technology is not my friend, this year. :P
Man ! Just reading about all your conventions and adventures makes me tired.You Welsh guys must have lots of energy !
Cheers, Ray
Yeah, you've got my sympathy with the Con Crud. I'm sitting here fighting off pneumonia. Not my firs rodeo, but it's never 'fun'.
Hope you have a nice one!
Glad the "Con Crud"™ for you wasn't the long version that can last a WEEK or more and you're all back and healthy again.
Sorry about your phone and even sorrier about the lose of your photos. THAT HURTS!! So yes
BACK.
UP.
EVERYTHING.
ALL. THE. TIME!!
So stay healthy enjoy your trips and get LOTS of pictures that you WILL back up this time and of course get there and back safely! :D
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