Our Fellow Kindred

I finally bought some Ohuhu markers! I have wanted some of these for literal years, as a lot of the artists on youtube that I watch use them, and seem to really rate them.

The last time I thought seriously about getting them, they only had a warehouse in Germany, so I was worried about getting hit with customs charges. They now have at least one warehouse in the UK, and the nearest one to me is Manchester, so I ordered them one morning, and they arrived the next day! (Manchester is the closest city to me). So that was a really nice surprise!

Also the last time I looked, the markers weren't refillable - and admittedly the range of refills is small at the moment, but it's getting bigger. So that's also nice!

I got the set of sixty, which feels like WAY TOO MANY, but also at the same time, not enough, lol. I wanted to get the pastel set, but I didn't know if I'd like them, so decided on this one instead (I can always get the pastel ones at a later date). It has a good range of colours, which is good - the ranges you get are also set now, so that means you don't double up on anything unless you buy, say, a bigger set than the one you already own. They also sell individual markers now, but they are more expensive than if you buy the sets (I guess that makes sense, since I think they'd prefer you buy the sets and the refills).

But also talking of alcohol markers, I am really narked about the Spectrum Noir ones I bought. I spent almost as much money on them as I just did on the Ohuhu ones (for only a third as many pens). I opted for those because they were refillable, but you can't get the refills in the UK! Which I didn't know at the time I got them! And I've had them just over two years and they've dried up, for the most part (some of them were dried up when I got them). And I don't like the shape of the barrels - the hexagon shape is great because it doesn't roll when you put the pen down, but it's really awkward to hold, and I found it very uncomfortable to use the pens.

Like, even the cheap Deco Time markers I got from B&M weren't as shit as that! Granted a couple of them look like there's barely any dye in the alcohol, but at least they work!

Anyway, enough complaining! I am, thus far, happy with the Ohuhu ones.

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In other news, I have installed and started playing FFVII Remake! I am currently about three hours in, in chapter 3!

I love how AMAZING everyone looks! Especially Barret! And Aerith looks so pretty! ♥

( spoilers! )

I keep getting distracted by the music, though! I'm sure I've missed a couple of important things - I have the Japanese voice track on, so if I don't read the subtitles, it goes right over my head. I'd like to say I do know what's going on, but I know things don't play out exactly the same way as in the original (I don't know many spoilers, but I do know a couple of big(?) ones. One I've already spotted foreshadowing for, and I shouldn't really know about that at this point (whoops) ).

Anyway, I'm liking it so far, even if some of the mechanics do feel a bit overboard. That may be because I'm not used to them yet, though. We'll see.

I went out and was sociable last week!

Off my own bat, too!

My friend from work had a week off last week, and she lives literally within a stone's throw of my house. So as she was leaving one day, I was all, "Hey, if you want to hang out on one of the days off we both have, lemme know!"

And she said her son was playing a gig at one of the local pubs, and would I like to come? So I said yes, because I had no idea what sort of music he made (but I did know he did it). So that is what I did on the night before Hallowe'en!

I wore my skelly t-shirt, because I'd wanted to wear it at work (and would have been allowed to), but I wasn't scheduled in for Hallowe'en, so I thought the gig was the perfect opportunity instead.

I had a good time, and I liked my friend's son's music, so it was all good! I also ran into someone I'd been hoping to see (but I thought the chances of it happening were slim to none; turns out not so much!) and that was also all good. I didn't get to spend as much time with them as I would have liked, but that's okay. Hopefully they understood why I went when I did.

So yeah! Go me attempting and succeeding at having a social life!