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5 years ago
Seriously, I’ve no idea what to call these things even with a year to come up with something!
G’day all. Yes I’m still alive despite it would seem everything that’s going on in the world right now even though I’ve been pretty inactive. I’m so bad at pressing myself to actually upload any art I do get and it’s pretty rare for me to actually make anything of my own these days that anyone here would be interested in seeing.
Nowadays the only real art that I do myself is textures for flight simulator aircraft for my fake airlines that I have. I’m not particularly talented when it comes to repainting stuff but I enjoy it regardless.
Life has been pretty quiet for me all things considered long before this whole covid-19 situation. Australia’s response to it has been surprisingly good given the general incompetence of most of out politicians. Nice to finally have something that forced some bipartisanship.
around this time last year i decided to build up an emergency fund of savings in case anything were to happen. Now I have enough to effectively cover most of my living expenses for a full year and I have to say, it’s a real comforting feeling and weight off the shoulders to do so. Sure it was easier for me given whilst I don’t get paid a lot, I live frugally so it keeps the expenses down but hey, a goal achieved is a goal done.
Work has gone a little quieter as of late which is hardly a surprise. The main clients of the company are still busy and still making orders so stuff is still more or less ticking along. Some days are busier, others are quiet. Today was fairly busy with two trips out driving delivering some items to the sand blasters and making some pickups but overall much of it was spent in my little storeroom huddled by the heater to stay warm, man it was cold today! Maxed at around 15c or so but started the shift at 6am around 7c and it was only 8 for the first half until smoko. Quite unusual for this time of year that’s for sure.
Since last years journal I have actually done more on the model railway. It is all provisionally wired up now with track for the station area and leads into it pinned in place and connected and I have run a few trains over it to make sure it all works. Still no scenery yet as I need to finish all the track work first And get the last two tables set up so I can complete the loop. It’s still so satisfying though to watch the trains now actually able to move around back and forth letting me picture how things should look a little more into the future.
My youtube channel (Denodon there as well) has been like last year fairly quiet. I’ve done a few more streams which have been fun and a handful of videos but overall not enough. I’m dabbling with some ideas to try and make my videos a little more professional but it’s quite hard. I’d love to come up with a custom title card and a new logo or branding to replace the crude PowerPoint made logo from 2006 that still adorns the channel but oh well, what can you do when you lack the creative talent eh?
I think that pretty much sums up everything that’s been going on lately. Rest of the day was pretty quiet. Sister came over with her cute little pup which was nice and we played some Nintendo before having a light meal. Not been hungry at all so the traditional meal out didn’t happen, even with the restaurants being closed we had planned on having it takeaway style but oh well. Maybe later in the week.
Until next time though, I hope you’ve all been well. See you round here again same place this time next year. Who knows what the world is going to look like by then.
G’day all. Yes I’m still alive despite it would seem everything that’s going on in the world right now even though I’ve been pretty inactive. I’m so bad at pressing myself to actually upload any art I do get and it’s pretty rare for me to actually make anything of my own these days that anyone here would be interested in seeing.
Nowadays the only real art that I do myself is textures for flight simulator aircraft for my fake airlines that I have. I’m not particularly talented when it comes to repainting stuff but I enjoy it regardless.
Life has been pretty quiet for me all things considered long before this whole covid-19 situation. Australia’s response to it has been surprisingly good given the general incompetence of most of out politicians. Nice to finally have something that forced some bipartisanship.
around this time last year i decided to build up an emergency fund of savings in case anything were to happen. Now I have enough to effectively cover most of my living expenses for a full year and I have to say, it’s a real comforting feeling and weight off the shoulders to do so. Sure it was easier for me given whilst I don’t get paid a lot, I live frugally so it keeps the expenses down but hey, a goal achieved is a goal done.
Work has gone a little quieter as of late which is hardly a surprise. The main clients of the company are still busy and still making orders so stuff is still more or less ticking along. Some days are busier, others are quiet. Today was fairly busy with two trips out driving delivering some items to the sand blasters and making some pickups but overall much of it was spent in my little storeroom huddled by the heater to stay warm, man it was cold today! Maxed at around 15c or so but started the shift at 6am around 7c and it was only 8 for the first half until smoko. Quite unusual for this time of year that’s for sure.
Since last years journal I have actually done more on the model railway. It is all provisionally wired up now with track for the station area and leads into it pinned in place and connected and I have run a few trains over it to make sure it all works. Still no scenery yet as I need to finish all the track work first And get the last two tables set up so I can complete the loop. It’s still so satisfying though to watch the trains now actually able to move around back and forth letting me picture how things should look a little more into the future.
My youtube channel (Denodon there as well) has been like last year fairly quiet. I’ve done a few more streams which have been fun and a handful of videos but overall not enough. I’m dabbling with some ideas to try and make my videos a little more professional but it’s quite hard. I’d love to come up with a custom title card and a new logo or branding to replace the crude PowerPoint made logo from 2006 that still adorns the channel but oh well, what can you do when you lack the creative talent eh?
I think that pretty much sums up everything that’s been going on lately. Rest of the day was pretty quiet. Sister came over with her cute little pup which was nice and we played some Nintendo before having a light meal. Not been hungry at all so the traditional meal out didn’t happen, even with the restaurants being closed we had planned on having it takeaway style but oh well. Maybe later in the week.
Until next time though, I hope you’ve all been well. See you round here again same place this time next year. Who knows what the world is going to look like by then.
It's always great to see art of you, and what you create, but upload it when you feel like it.
Texturing stuff is fun, glad that you've okay financially, all this stuff is taking its toll on people for sure.
Ah model railways are great, started getting back into last year after getting all my old stuff back from when me and my dad did it years ago, going for a standard layout or something different?