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Feeling the blues. On Monday evening, I received a rejection from a job I really wanted. I then received another rejection on Tuesday from another job. It made me sad. Yesterday, I was feeling sorry for myself. While on the bus, I pulled my saddest expression and listened to Metronomy's "BBC Sessions"—the next album I will buy—on shuffle. With my sunglasses on and over-ear headphones in, I felt like a proper, cool teenager from the 90s. (I'm turning 39 this year, to put things into…
Weekly cleaning and home improvement series. Late start today (it's 11:50). I spent too much editing Star Platinum's face in Tomodachi Life. In fact, it's still half done but I have to get the show on the road now. Lots of tasks to do before the first clean. Weekly cleanToday's focus in the living room. The dining table is piled up again, womp womp. So I'll be tackling that, along with the coffee table as it could use a wipe and a tidy. Home improvementMy (solely mine, not Daniel's, because he…
ok Die Woche hat mit viel Energie begonnen. Am Ende war ich müde. Musik geniessenAm Dienstag ist unser Plattenspieler angekommen! Ich habe Kid Cudis Album „Free” oft gehört, denn es war unser einziges Album. Am Freitag ist Metronomys „Greatest Hits” im Plattenladen angekommen. Ich geniesse es, im Bett zu liegen und Schallplatten zu hören. Es ist ein tolles Gefühl. HeimwerkerarbeitenUnsere „Entspannungsecke“ ist fast fertig. Wir müssen nur noch ein paar Dinge montieren. Ein kleines Wandregal ist…
18:59 - Feeling really lethargic and bleh. In the mood for nothing. I've been lying in bed for hours. We did go out for about an hour today. That was something, I guess.
19:12 - The album arrived at the record store today! I love buying from my local record store. It just feels more personal. The store owner even gave us some tips on how he keeps his records dust-free. (Though mine still got dusty, but his method helped a lot). I won't buy another album until I get a freakin' jorb.
A sheet from my sticker book. My love for Kirby is incredibly shallow and 100% based on cuteness. I didn't play any of the games growing up so I don't know much about his lore. I didn't even know who his nemeses were until I met Daniel. I did have a brief stint playing some sort of Kirby game on my Nintendo 3DS, but I'm not big on platformers so I abandoned that pretty quickly. The only game where I swear absolutely loyalty to this loveable pink ball is Smash Bros. Ultimate. I will ALWAYS…
23:16 - Just did an inventory of all of my Kirby items for a photoshoot tomorrow. I thought I'd hold off on writing posts about my collections until I'm done with the main sticker page, but I'm really eager to see what an entire sticker sheet of Kirby would look like. This is fun!
16:36 - It begins. Now I want to make sticker sheets of my collections. Wouldn't that be something!
12:36 - It's been a while since I actually poured myself into a coding project for this site. I'm thinking about upgrading my collections page. I haven't decided how yet, but I have some ideas brewing. I don't have time today, but I'll probably look into it in the coming days...
13:21 - It's here. :)
(July)replying to turbiegaming's post. Turbie asks: I wonder if anyone that edits CSS, do you edit CSS with mobile in mind or do you edit only with the platform (in my case, PC) you're exclusively on? My answer is yes, I edit with mobile in mind. But it didn't start out that way!I started this Bear Blog late December. Prior to this, I had very basic HTML/CSS knowledge. It was through designing this blog—first with the help of ChatGPT which I quickly ditched once I got my bearings*—and later…
11:02 - An update to the art wall. Today we're going to buy frames (again). So many things to frame in this home!
Weekly cleaning and home improvement series. I'm back into making music and playing the piano. I just played a few covers from Metronomy using one loop from my Pocket Operator drum machine. It was fun. But I can't play piano all day (and my landlord is probably annoyed as his business is directly downstairs). Today I wanted to take a break from this weekly cleaning series... but I said hell no! We're doing this. Weekly cleanToday I'm focusing on the hallway, specifically our clothes rack. Right…
musical Ich habe gerade Klavier gespielt. Dabei habe ich meine Pocket Operator Drum Machine wieder benutzt und endlich die Anleitung gelesen. Es hat viel Spass gemacht! Musik geniessenIn der letzten Woche habe ich ein Album meiner Lieblingsband gehört: „Greatest Hits” von Metronomy. Ich habe meine erste Schallplatte gesucht und werde deshalb zuerst das ganze Album hören. Heute habe ich mir auch Musikvideos von Metronomy angesehen. Ich war sehr inspiriert. Darüber werde ich einen Beitrag…
23:01 - Feeling bleh so I'm sitting in the bedroom pretending I have a record player and looking through the View-Master. Just a lil' escape.
From Dish Podcast Quick Fire Quiz, which I discovered via Harry's blog. A quiz? About food?? Count me in. What is your favourite way to eat eggs? Scrambled—slightly runny—with pico de gallo. Haven't had that in years due to lack of fresh pico de gallo. Store-bought salsa works but it's just not the same. Favourite sandwich filling? Chicken schnitzel with sliced cucumbers and tomatoes. Favourite way to have potatoes? Mashed. Best thing to put on toast? Sweetened condensed milk. Favourite herb?…
23:29 - Aside from my appointments, all I did today was write a blog post. Didn't have the energy to do much else. (I napped too.)
Picking up a vintage turntable stand. Preamble ⇣An introduction The dream table ⇣Finding the cart of my dreams on ricardo.ch Aarau adventure ⇣What's new in Aarau? Seeing it in person ⇣Picking up the turntable cart "I can fix him." ⇣A little bit of DIY + elbow grease The big reveal ⇣The table in its forever home Next steps ⇣Buying the record player Preamble Due to focusing on my Netherlands travelogs, I haven't been able to write about my current life update: Pursuing old hobbies.Since the trip,…
Weekly cleaning series. I have a slight headache and am feeling tired. I slept around 6 hours, which isn't ideal for me. I'm drinking a cold coffee to hopefully wake me up. I don't have too many engagements this week, which is nice. Weekly cleanWe haven't cleaned the living room floor since before we left for the Netherlands and it's looking grim. So today, the focus will be cleaning the floor and dusting the surfaces. Sometimes, I'll have a desire to do some sort of home improvement task…
14:42 - Expressing myself.
glücklich Es war eine tolls Woche. Meine Laune war ziemlich gut. MusikabendAm Mittwoch waren wir bei unseren Kollegen, V. und N. Wir haben Pizza gegessen und anschliessend eine Jam-Session gemacht. Ich hatte meine MicroKorg dabei und sie kam super an. Ausserdem habe ich auch Cajón und Gitarre gespielt. Wir möchten mehr solcher Nächte! Es war ein gutes Gefühl, wieder Musik zu machen. Graffiti zeichnenLetzten Samstag habe ich ein neues Skizzenbuch und Marker gekauft. Sie waren mit etwa 60 Franken…
Dutch travelog, part 8. Read part 7 here. Our trip was finally nearing the end.Wednesday morning was spent getting ready and packing up, making sure I didn't leave anything behind this time. We left after 10:00. Mozzarella gave us a big hug and even kissed Daniel on the cheek twice, which took him by surprise. The bus ride to the station was embarrassing. I got confused by the stops (turns out the screen wasn't moving), so I panicked and made us get up from our seats. At one point, the bus…
00:53 - My recent foray into graffiti writing got me to finally clean and organize the craft station. I wanna do so much stuff!
Dutch travelog, part 7. Read part 6 here. We decided leave the apartment together with Mozzarella. Thus, he made us a light and delicious veggie omelette for lunch. (I just had a banana for breakfast). View from the living room window. "Father, may I have some lööps oatmeal?" He gave us some tips on how we could spend our day, so we decided to take his advice and do a loop along the canal that encircles the city center of Utrecht. STOPS: The Railway Museum ⇣A quick look Centraal Museum ⇣Miffy…
Dutch travelog, part 6.5. Read part 6 here. We arrived in Utrecht around 19:30. Mozzarella would be hosting us for the next two nights. We were to meet at the station, near his gate. Around 5 minutes later, I spotted him and waved. He smiled widely as he walked towards us and hugged us both. We rode the escalator down to where the bus terminals were. M lives in a quaint neighborhood just outside of the city center; about a 10-minute bus ride away. My cousin lives in a modern high-rise building…
Dutch travelog, part 6. Read part 5.5 here. TIMELINE: Breakfast ⇣Toasties at Café Drie Lopen ⇣Peace Palace Lunch ⇣Udon time Snack ⇣Best ice cream I've ever had and more! Art walk ⇣More inflatable street art Monday was my last day in Den Haag (or so I thought—to be revealed in part... 8!), and we got to spend the day with Han. She likes to try new places, so we met at the station and took the train to the neighborhood of Bloemenbuurt-Oost, which is closer to the beach*. * We never made it out…
20:02 - Pre-jam pizza night. I think we should just get three pizzas next time.
Monthly reflection and outlook. June was fun (and hot).I kicked off June in vacation mode: planning, prepping, and eventually traveling. Let's reflect. + Going to the Netherlands. I visited Den Haag and Delft, two cities I hadn't been to. It was also nice revisiting the cities I have been to with Daniel. We have friends there now, so we will definitely be returning. I'm still blogging about my trip, which you can read about here. Hanging out with my cousin again after 7(?) years. It was great…
17:37 - Finally found the perfect frame for this portrait of lil' ol' me! Now Daniel needs to get his done so we can have a matching set. (He didn't want to get his old-timey photo taken that time.)
Part of my cookie series. This is for May. Read about the introduction and idea of this project in the inaugural post. I baked these for our IRANIAN DINNER & MOVIE NIGHT and they were specifically requested by V as her birthday cookie. I've done this flavor before but: it didn't turn out like I'd hoped I never documented it So here it is. May flavor of the month: MATCHA WHITE CHOCOLATE Trial #1 The Grinch that stole cookie The first time I baked these cookies was for Christmas 2025. What…
