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I just finished (or at least close to finishing) an edit of a wide format film that is featured in an exhibit at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, TX. The film is for the Kittie West Nelson Ferguson People of the Pecos Gallery and features beautiful 6K resolution footage of the ancient camp sites in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. The month-long edit project was incredibly challenging but cool knowing this film will be up for a long time for museum visitors to enjoy.

If you’re in the San Antonio area, please check out the exhibit. wittemuseum.org

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COVID Chronicles – A Substantial Taxonomy of COVID Tales in this Anthology from Graphic Mundi

COVID Chronicles – A Substantial Taxonomy of COVID Tales in this Anthology from Graphic Mundi

What can you say about COVID-19? The ongoing pandemic has been the first thing on just about everyone’s minds for almost a year now, the absences and changes to “normal life” becoming omnipresent. It has endured long enough that artworks have started to respond to it, with comics some of the most responsive. COVID Chronicles is an anthology collection of 64 short comics to detail response to…

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Books we’re looking forward to this month!

March 1

Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii - Joseph Weiss

March 5

Circle - Mac Barnett Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid Era of Ignition - Amber Tamblyn Gingerbread - Helen Oyeyemi Girls Burn Brighter - Shobha Rao The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See The Mermaid’s Voice Returns in This One - Amanda Lovelace A Place For Us - Fatima Farheen Mirza Queen’s Shadow - E.K. Johnston A Question of Holmes - Brittany Cavallaro The Secret Wisdom of Nature - Peter Wohlleben The Shadowglass - Rin Chupeco Seventeen - Hideo Yokoyama The Stranger Diaries - Elly Griffiths Superman: Dawnbreaker - Matt de la Pena That Ain’t Witchcraft - Seanan McGuire A Tokyo Romance - Ian Buruma The Turn of Midnight - Minette Walters The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid - Colin Meloy Woman 99 - Greer Macallister Worlds Apart (Story Thieves #5) - James Riley Women in Sunlight - Frances Mayes Wonder Woman: Warbringer - Leigh Bardugo You Think It, I'll Say It - Curtis Sittenfeld

March 12

The Girl From The Other Side, Vol. 6 - Nagabe Girl, Stop Apologizing - Rachel Hollis

March 19

The Last Wild Men of Borneo - Carl Hoffman Moonstruck, Vol. 2 - Grace Ellis The Punishment She Deserves - Elizabeth George Radicalized - Corey Doctorow

March 26

The American Agent - Jacqueline Winspear Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults Buttermilk & Bourbon - Jason Santos The Handmaid’s Tale (graphic novel) - Margaret Atwood Head On - John Scalzi The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe - Ally Condie So Much Longing in So Little Space - Karl Ove Knausgaard Tiamat’s Wrath - James S.A. Corey We All Fall Down - Daniel Kalla

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Name:

+ newo

Age:

+ 30

Pronouns:

+ she/her

Timezone:

+ mountain

Contact (if desired):

+ dm, or discord: sister spider#6440

Favorite Faces:

+ linda cardellini; samira wiley; rachel mcadams; sofia boutella; winnie harlow; idris elba; donald glover; tahliah barnett; robert downey, jr.; jason bateman; rosamund pike; lana condor; sophie turner;

Favorite Plots:

+ i. my steed is a drama llama

i really appreciate plots that are full, substantial, and sometimes even soap-opera level ridiculous. i'm not one for simple connections or "see how it goes," i like to collaborate and give our characters purpose together! my ooc life is rather plain these days (and i like it that way), so i like to get my drama fix in fiction.

+ ii. c'mon sapphic love just last the year

i'm a giant lesbian, and i am a sucker for romance. give me gay girls. it's pride month, it's the law. i will occasionally participate in family plots, friendship plots, and het ships, but right now i'm looking to build an army of lesbos because you have to create the content you want to see in the world.

+ iii. true blue, taboo and you

romantic power imbalances; infidelity; kidnapping; murder; pretty much anything goes. even my "fluff" has heavy elements because my creativity thrives on conflict, and little is more conflicting than human morality. (please note: i do not personally participate in plots involving child abuse, rape, or incest.)

What is essential to your RP experience?

+ i really appreciate a casual environment. i don't want to be told how to rp (most of us have been in this niche at over a decade now, right?), and i don't want starting an ooc conversation to feel like pulling teeth. i want to hang out with people who are creative in their plotting and willing to network with more than their prioritized plot partners. i also need the mobile version to be functional because i am on my phone more than anything, and my ipad second to that!

What are you looking forward to on S&A?

+ reno seems like a fun setting, one i haven't seen elsewhere in my recent searches. so that's nifty. and i'm hoping i will find more like-minded rpers, and that we can actually build a fun little community together. the few intros that have been posted so far give me hope for a pretty cool crew (:

Who are the top 5 artists on your music player of choice?

+ right now it would probably be a lot of king princess, girl in red, dodie, mandolin orange, and the civil wars. but what i listen to is usually determined by my ship du jour, and my personal music tastes vary from heavy metal to synthpop. i looooove making character playlists, and if you happen to root into a plot with any of my characters, you are guaranteed some ear candy about it!

Anything else?

+ i hate +/- 5 year fc rules (i deal with them because they are everywhere but i hate them nonetheless) ; i like to code and do graphics; i tend to rapid-fire posts with a more natural pacing and can write literally anywhere from 1 word to 2k words depending on the needs of the scene; i am rather active and post several times per week on average, but can definitely get a few posts per day out when gettin's good; i'm an unabashed site hopper- i will be straightforward with everyone about it, but if i'm not feeling a vibe somewhere, i will excuse myself and take my leave. i'm really looking for somewhere to take root, though! i just like to be forthright; i am all for "scratch my back, i'll scratch yours" writing partnerships; i hate rp community politics and just wanna have some fuuun

hope we get to chat soon!

xoxo newo

me, in case you were wondering what i look like:

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Dayna Frank, President

St. Vincent / Palace Theatre / November 18 Jackie Venson / Turf Club / September 28 Frank Ocean / FYF Fest / July 22 Atmosphere / Palace Theatre / March 10 Thomas Abban / 7th St Entry / December 13 Bonus: Prince Memorial block party and dance parties

Top album: DAMN. by Kendrick, anything else is a lie

Regret Missing: Flip Phone “Queens United” benefit for Puerto Rico SZA in the Mainroom & Kendrick Lamar at Xcel

Nate Kranz, General Manager

Atmosphere / Palace Theatre / March 10 Dave Rawlings Machine / Pantages / August 23 Dead & Co. / Hollywood Bowl / May 31 Kamasi Washington / First Avenue / November 9 Wilco / Palace Theatre / November 17

SHOW I MISSED is JRAD @ Red Rocks on August 31

My 5 bonus picks for favorite show are: Vulfpeck / First Avenue / May 1 Gary Clark Jr / Palace / August 3 Seu Jorge / Pantages / June 17 Kevin Morby / Turf Club / August 29 Bob Dylan / Xcel Center / October 25

Sonia Grover, Booking Manager

Top Shows All of them.

Regret I didn’t miss any shows.

Eli Flasher, Talent Buyer

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives / Fine Line / April 11 Adrian Belew Power Trio / Turf Club / March 12 Dead & Co. / Wrigley Field / June 30 Iron Maiden / Xcel / June 16 Kikagaku Moyo / 7th St Entry / May 14

Album: Aldous Harding - Party Missed show: Tom Petty 6/03/17

James Taylor, Talent Buyer

Liam Gallagher / First Avenue / November 20 Thundercat / First Avenue / September 17 Gary Clark Jr / Palace Theatre / August 4 Patti Smith / Northrop / March 8 Vince Staples / First Avenue / March 16

Regret Missing: Jason Isbell / Palace Theatre / July 7 Best Album of 2017: Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.

Mike Killeen, Chief Financial Officer

Macklemore / Palace Theatre / November 2 Atmosphere / Palace Theatre / March 10 Jain / 7th St Entry / March 31 Rufus Wainwright / Orchestra Hall / December 2 Marian Hill / First Avenue / June 1

I take no prisoners and I have no regrets.

Damon Barna, Director of Event Operations

5) Atmosphere / First show at the Palace Theatre / March 10 4) Gary Clark Jr / Palace Theatre / August 4 3) A Prairie Home Companion / Palace Theatre / October 7 2) Rodrigo Y Gabriela / First Avenue Mainroom / June 2 1) Kamasi Washington / First Avenue Mainroom / November 9

Album of the Year: Kamasi Washington, Harmony of Difference #1 Show I regret missing: Dent May / 7th St Entry / November 1

Marc Dickhut, Director of General Operations

Macklemore / Palace Theatre / November 2 (Kids loved it too) Bob Mould - Solo Electric - Turf Club / April 18 Spoon / Palace Theatre / September 15 Charlie Parr / Turf Club / January Residency Social Distortion / Palace Theatre / July 26 Bonus: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Palace Theatre / July 7

Album: Spoon - Hot Thoughts Missed: QOTSA / Palace / December 3

Debbie Hager, Operations Manager

1.) Tori Amos / The O'Shaughnessy / October 24 2.) Arcade Fire / Xcel / October 29 3.) Future Islands / First Avenue / October 1 4.) Hurray for the Riff Raff / Fine Line / April 30 5.) Pitbull & Enrique Iglesias / Madison Square Garden / June 30

Top Album: St Vincent - Masseduction

Regret (Tie): Phantogram / Palace / March 12 Lucius / State Fair / September 2

Lori Simonson, Accounting Assistant & Office Coordinator

Truckfighters / 7th St Entry / January 25 Goatwhore / The Frequency (Madison) / February 27 Sleep / First Avenue / April 19 Boris / Triple Rock / October 21 Chelsea Wolfe / Turf Club / October 25

Top Album: Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun Missed Show: Tom Petty / Xcel Center / June 3

Sawyer Derry, Turf Club Operations Manager

Mogwai / First Avenue / December 1 Phantogram / Palace Theatre / March 12 Mew / Turf Club / August 13 Spoon Micro Show / Turf Club / December 11 Colin Stetson / Turf Club / July 23

Regret Missing: Wolf Parade / First Avenue / October 27 Best Album: Fever Ray - Plunge

Alex Nowak, Operations Manager

Raging Fyah / Turf Club / February 14 J Boog / Turf Club / February 8 Skatalites / Turf Club / September 17 All Them Witches / Turf Club / November 17 Tribal Seeds / Turf Club / February 14

Show I regret missing: Mihali @ Ice House

Emily Hoar, Marketing Assistant

LCD Soundsystem / Pitchfork Music Festival / July 14 The Minneapolis Uranium Club / Seward Café / December 15 Ho99o9 / Triple Rock Social Club / May 26 Palm / Turf Club / July 8 DJ Keezy (opening for Big Freedia) / The Cabooze / June 21

AOTY: SZA’s CTRL Missed Show: SZA / First Avenue / September 1* *=technically I was there… don’t get too drunk when you meet your heroes.

Erin Rocky, Office Coordinator

The White Buffalo / The Cedar / December 1 Dirtwire / Studio B / December 14 Senses Fail performing Still Searching in its entirety / The Cabooze / March 29 Jim James, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Warren Haynes collaborations, and alternating String Cheese Incident/Umphrey's McGee sets on a spinning stage / Lock'N August 2017 - Best Festival Ever Warren Haynes and The Ashes & Dust Band / Fitzgerald Theater / February 23

Album: The Lil Smokies - Changing Shades Regret: SCI at Red Rocks on my birthday :( too perfect and such a bummer it didn't happen

Cheers to another year of killer shows! Nah nah nah nahhhhh

Jon Gilbert, Website Coordinator

Quintron & Miss Pussycat / Turf Club / July 15 Jens Lekman / Fine Line / March 8 John Mulaney / Northrop / September 14 The Mountain Goats / First Avenue / November 18 Jen Kirkman / Woman’s Club / October 5 Special consideration: Fuck 2016. / Turf Club / 12/27/16

Top 2017 album (split decision): Favorite: Slowdive, Slowdive Most played: The New Pornographers, Whiteout Conditions #1 missed show regret: Ted Leo +Rx / Triple Rock / November 11

Kent Horgan, Promoter Representative

Marty Stuart / Fine Line / April 11 Kinky Friedman / Turf Club / May 3 Nicolas Jaar / First Avenue / July 14 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile / Palace Theatre / October 25 King Krule / Fine Line / October 31

Aoife Roberts, Booking & Finance Assistant

John K. Samson / Turf Club / October 18 Lemuria / 7th St Entry / February 06 The Wedding Present / Turf Club / April 22 At the Drive-In / Palace Theatre / June 17 Dillinger Four / final Triple Rock / November 21

Regret missing: Julien Baker / The Cedar / October 21 Best record: Play the Songs You Like by Radiator Hospital

Jerrod Woods, Marketing Associate

Vince Staples / Marathon Music Works (Nashville, TN) Tedeschi Trucks Band / The Ryman (Nashville, TN) Odesza / Myth Live / November 9 Alabama Shakes / Sloss Fest (Birmingham, AL) Sturgill Simpson / Sloss Fest (Birmingham, AL)

Top Album: Awaken, My Love! - Childish Gambino Biggest Regret: Khalid

Stacy Schwartz, Community Manager & Special Events

Lucius / State Capitol Rotunda / February 10 Bon Iver / Rock the Garden (strong wave of nostalgia) / July 22 U2 / US Bank Stadium / September 8 Patti Smith / Northrop / March 8 Father John Misty Microshow / Icehouse / May 16

Show I regret missing: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers / Xcel Center / June 3

Isaac Burton, Graphic Designer

Downtown Boys / Triple Rock / September 15 Jay Som / 7th St Entry / March 22 Angel Olsen / First Avenue Mainroom / October 2 Girlpool / 7th St Entry / May 31 Palm & Lvl Up / 7th St Entry / February 27

Regret Missing: Pile / 7th St Entry / May 9

Adrianna Korich, Box Office Coordinator

Kendrick Lamar / Xcel / August 19 Mayday Parade A Lesson in Romatics 10 Yr Anniversary Tour / First Avenue / April 20 2 Chainz / Palace Theatre / August 25 Sylvan Esso / First Avenue / August 7 Girlpool / 7th St Entry / October 23

Show I regret missing: Lil Peep / Amsterdam Bar & Hall / October 17 Album: Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz

Rodney Smith, Depot Kitchen Manager

1) Gary Clark Jr / Palace Theatre / August 4 2) Marian Hill / First Avenue / June 1 3) Sublime / First Avenue / July 19 4) Brother Ali / First Avenue / November 16 5) Flogging Molly / Palace Theatre / May 16

David Sundquist, Purchasing Manager

St. Vincent / Palace Theatre / November 18 Queens of the Stone Age / Palace Theatre / December 3 GWAR / First Avenue / November 7 Har Mar Superstar / Turf Club / November 22 Violent Femmes / First Avenue / October 18

Regret Missing: Beck / Palace Theatre / August 17 Best Album: St Vincent - Masseduction

Ashley Ryan, Director of Marketing

Patti Smith / Northrop / March 8 Jason Isbell / Palace Theatre / July 7 Sylvan Esso / Eaux Claires / June 16 SZA / First Avenue / September 1 The xx / Palace Theatre / April 28

Regret Missing: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Xcel Center / June 3 Album: DAMN., Kendrick Lamar

Top image: Screenprint by Kevin Cannon

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Month in Review // I FINALLY CHANGED MY NAME – February

You are officially reading the post of someone legally named Greyson and I am so fucking happy!

So obviously February was a bit of a landmark month for me and boy was it packed! And March looks to well an truly have earned the name Adelaide uses for it, March Madness.

          Introducing The Structured TBR

Last month I introduced my new structured TBR! So here is a quick overview for those who want to follow along.

Must Read

  5 books a month

 1 backlist ARC, if I have any 

 Read new ARCS ON TIME 

 2 owned backlist books 

 3 diverse books 

 10 entries from Rejected Princesses

 5 entries from Bygone Badass Broads

Allowances

 1 library book in either physical, ebook and 1 graphic novel format 

Month’s TBR

│Unbroken Anthology││

│The Boneless Mercies││

│Sadie││

│The Raven Boys││

│The Dream Thieves││

│Blue Lily, Lily Blue││

│The Raven King││

│Yaa Asantewaa│Mary Bowser│Nwanyeruwa│Nana Asma’u│Nanny of the Maroons│Agontime and the Dahomey Amazons│Josephine Baker│Nzinga Mbande│Arawelo│Ida B. Wells│Rejected Princesses││

│Queen Arawelo│Stagecoach Mary Fields│Sarah Breedlove AKA Madam C. J. Walker│Alice Ball│Nwanyeruwa│Lorraine Hansberry│Bygone Badass Broads││

So I knew when making my TBR last month that I probably wasn’t to get to all of these but wanted to see how I would go for my first structured TBR and I’m not entirely disappointed.

     Read

│Unbroken Anthology│Marieke Nijkamp│││││3.5★│Read Feb 4│

I wanted more from this one and it never quite got there.

│The Raven Boys│The Raven Cycle #1│Maggie Stiefvater││││││★★★★★│Read Feb 15│

Love love love! Even better the second time. You should see how many tabs I used. It’s going to take me forever to log all the quotes I marked.

I’ve linked my original review but I might do a new one at some point. .

│The Boneless Mercies│April Genevieve Tucholke││││││★★★│Read Feb 18│

Uh this was fine. It was entertaining and I loved the whole women seeking glory thing but it could have been more engaging. This is a really journey heavy book and those just aren’t my cup of tea.

│Queen Arawelo│Stagecoach Mary Fields│Sarah Breedlove AKA Madam C. J. Walker│Alice Ball│Nwanyeruwa│Lorraine Hansberry│Bygone Badass Broads│Mackenzi Lee││││Read Feb 7│

│Yaa Asantewaa│Mary Bowser│Nwanyeruwa│Nana Asma’u│Nanny of the Maroons│Agontime and the Dahomey Amazons│Josephine Baker│Nzinga Mbande│Arawelo│Ida B. Wells│Rejected Princesses│Jason Porath││││Read Feb 16│

Really glad that I’m using this year to finally read these two books and so far I am loving learning about 15 different women from history a month!

│The Dream Thieves│The Raven Cycle #2│Maggie Stiefvater││││││

So I kinda got into a bit of a slump at the end of the month and it really isn’t this books fault and is entirely because I’m not giving myself down time to do “pointless” fun things.

│Skylarks│Karen Gregory│││││

│The Surface Breaks│Lousie O’Neill│││││

Book of the Month

│Sadie│Courtney Summers│││││★★★★★│Read Feb 14│

This book is fucking brilliant. Like God has blessed us and her name is Courtney Summers and it’s just so fucking good.

│Average Rating: 4.1★│ 3│

Structured TBR Pass or Fail?

│Must Read:  4/5│ 1/1│ 0/0│ 1/2│ 4/3│ 10/10│ 6/5│

│Allowances:  2/1 P or EB | 0/1 GN│ 

This month was a bit of a fail but I expected as much as I have only just started to implement it! I knew I’d have a few kinks to work out as I went!

I didn’t quite reach my 5 book goal and I didn’t read 2 owned backlist books.

I also read 2 Physical/Ebook library loans so that broke the rules too.

Next month I’m going to bring my library loan all together so I can only read 1 physical book or one ebook or one graphic novel to make room for my backlist.

I’m also planning on adding audiobooks!

Past Grey Reads

 Book Review // Everything Leads To You – A Quite Love Story

 Book Review // Girl Made of Stars – I Am Broken

 Grey Reads // Everything’s On Fire and I Couldn’t Be Happier – Girls of Paper and Fire

        Film & TV

Month’s TBW

│On The Basis of Sex││

│The Favourite││

│Drag Race All Stars│Season 4││

│Jessica Jones│Season 2││

│The Young Pope│Season 1││

│Brooklyn Nine-Nine│Season 6││

│One Day At A Time│Season 3││

│I Am The Night│Season 1││

     Watched

│The Favourite││2018│ Yorgos Lanthimos│ Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz │★★★★★│

This was so fucking funny and just good.

So there’s a little story time for this that I’ll get into further down the post.

│Drag Race All Stars│Season 4││2012│ RuPaul│RuPaul, Michelle Visage│Watching weekly episodes│★★★★│

Fave One-liner This Season: “Yeah, well some of us don’t have to force story-lines to get air time” -Farrah Moan.

I am so mad at that ending, don’t talk to me. Also I was really hoping RuPaul would not be a judge on the new UK edition of Drag Race and I am nothing but disappointed.

this is my new fave drag race gif

│Brooklyn Nine-Nine│Season 6││2013│ Daniel J. Goor, Michael Schur│ Andre Braugher, Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz│Watching weekly episodes│★★★★★│

This is great. I am actually all caught up! I really loved the episode that focused on Jake and Rosa solving an impossible case.

│One Day At A Time│Season 3││2017│ Gloria Calderon Kellett, Mike Royce│ Justina Machado, Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez│★★★★★│

I started watching this with mum and then binge watched the rest by myself and then got my aunt to watch the first two episodes of season 1 and then started watching the rest of season 3 with mum again.

│I Am The Night│Season 1││2019│ Patty Jenkins│ Chris Pine, India Eisley, Jefferson Mays│★★★★│

So I did start this but I’ve not been great and keeping up with new episodes…

I’m excited to see how it continues though!

│The Umbrella Academy│Episode 1││2019│ Jeremy Slater│ Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda │★★★★★│

This was a wild ride and I am looking forward to seeing how it goes.

│The Girl King││year│ Mika Kaurismäki│ Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist │★★★★★│

I mean at this point I might as well be on a hunt for sapphic royalty.

It was a bit made-for-tv-movie for me but I still enjoyed it.

│Russian Doll│Episode 1││2019│  Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler│ Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee│★★★★│

I had no idea what was happening but It was fun and I’m hoping to get to the rest of the season at some point.

│The Bold Type│Season 1││2017│ Sarah Watson│ Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy│★★★★★│

I started this on the very last day of the month because I was anxious and sad and needed something to calm me down and make me happy… Or so I thought.

What I actually needed was a cathartic watch of women kicking ass and tackling lots of issue and to just cry and cry and cry which is exactly what I got from The Bold Type and I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!!

     Music

Mostly I’ve just be listening to music I can belt out and cry…

│Dodie│Sick of Losing Soulmates│Monster│Human│She│Burned Out│Secret For the Mad│

│Troye Sivan│i’m so tired…│

│Noah Cyrus│Mad At You│Sadness│Good Cry│

│Julia Michaels│Anxiety feat. Selena Gomez│Happy│Deep│What a Time feat. Nail Horan│

│Lauren Jauregui│Expectations│

│Billie Ellish│idontwannabeyouanymore│lovely w/ Khalid│when the party’s over│

│Ruin My Life│Zara Larsson│

Past Grey Watches

 Grey Watches // I Wanna Bone Jude Law and Kate Winslet – The Holiday

 Grey Watches // It Has To Be A Shit Show – A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

 Grey Watches // I Hate It So Much I Love It – A Christmas Prince

Use Your Words Highlights

 2019 Ahead // It’s Twentybiteen, You Ready?

 January in Review // I Cried, Laughed, Ate Pasta, Celebrated My Birthday & Completed TWO Read-A-Thons/Challenges

 February Ahead // I’m Finally Going To Read The Raven Cycle Series & It’s Black History Month + A Great Resource for Education!!!!!

 Grey Reads // Everything’s On Fire and I Couldn’t Be Happier – Girls of Paper and Fire

 Tag // The Library Lover’s Book Tag – I Am a Library Fiend

     Blogosphere Highlights

│Krystin @ Here’s The Fucking Twist│Opinion: Withdrawing My Support of ‘Woman in the Window’ & AJ Finn Is Creepy AF.│True Crime Tuesday: The San Francisco Witch Killers│

│Lauren @ Northern Plunder│Announcing Blogs & Tea | Online blogger help group│

│Rain @ BOOKDRAGONISM│HOW TO CONQUER YOUR TBR PILE IN SIX (OR SEVEN) WAYS│

│Destiny @ Howling Libraries│BEST OF 2018: HORROR│

│Jamieson @ Jamishelves│some of my favourite tropes in books│BOOK TAG (ORIGINAL): Books I WANT to read, but don’t want to READ│

│Vicky @ Vicky Who Reads│Heroine by Mindy McGinnis: A Harrowing Tale About Addiction│Ace Reading Recommendations from An Arm and A Meg! │The Ultimate YA Romance Reading Recommendation List: 80+ Romances to Fall In Love With This Valentine’s Day!│

│May @ Forever And Everly│Discussing Blogger Appreciation and the Lack of It: Analyzing Answers, Stats, and Graphs From a Survey I Made!│

│Ellyn @ Allonsythornraxxbooks│HOW TO: OUTLINE A BLOG POST│MY 10 STEP GUIDE TO GROWING YOUR BLOG│

│Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books│HOW TO STAY POSITIVE WHILE BOOK BLOGGING│

│Marija @ Inside My Library Mind│The 5 Star Rating System: Why It Does (Not) Work and How I Rate Books│

│Kelly @ Just Another Book in the Wall│MY CONVERSION TO AUDIOBOOKPHILIA // FIRST LISTENING EXPERIENCE AND SURPRISES│THE VALUE OF TEEN VOICES IN THE BOOK BLOGGING COMMUNITY + PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT!│

│Shealea @ Shut up, Shealea│21 SAPPHIC ROMANCES THAT’LL MAKE YOUR HEART SOFT ON VALENTINE’S DAY│

│Swetlana @ The Caffeinated Bookworm Life│My Goodreads TBR Has 12 Books On It – Here’s Why│6 Reasons Why YOU Should Watch One Day At A Time│

│CW @ The Quiet Pond│Collab: Balancing Book Blogging and Life│

│Madeline @ Caffeine & Writing Dreams│How to Cut Adverbs for Stronger Writing // & When It’s Okay to Use Them│

│Kat @ Novels and Waffles│Stand Out Above The Crowd // 4 Ways To Make Your Free WordPress.com Theme Look Different From Everybody Else’s│My Branding Journey + Four Questions To Ask Yourself While Rebranding // ft. A Free Downloadable Checklist│How in the World I Make My Graphics // A Step-By-Step Tutorial│I Font It That Way // How to Choose the Right Font for Your Blog│By Any Other Name // 5 Steps That Will Help You Choose An Awesome Blog Name (ft. A Free Worksheet!)│This is The End // Q & A Session + A Secret Reveal│

Past Month In Review

 Month in Review // November – I Already Hate Christmas

 Month in Review // Christmas is Over Thank Fuck – December

 January in Review // I Cried, Laughed, Ate Pasta, Celebrated My Birthday & Completed TWO Read-A-Thons/Challenges

Month’s Goals

 Start floor exercises

 Start regularly going for 40-minute walks

 Read 5-7 books

 Get my mental health plan

 Book a therapy session

 Service my car

 Get a massage from mum

 Try and take a mental health day

 Have my name change official!!!!!!

I know I did terribly but I kind of took a mental health weekend. I mean I worked both days but I just relaxed and didn’t go for my walks because I have a bad blister and I think my body just needed the break.

I Left the House

I had to get my car serviced on 7/2 and seeing as I can’t really rely on anyone to help me out and mum was working I had to drop off my car and then find a way to kill time without a car for several hours. So I decided to use my free birthday movie ticket and caught a train to the nearest cinema for that chain.

Two main positives from the whole adventure:

I took public transport for the first time in years and didn’t have an anxiety attack.

The Favourite was amazing.

And then I got my car back from the service and they told me everything that was wrong with it and how much it was going to cost and so that was no great and there were some tears and a panic attack but I don’t know. Hopefully I can work it out.

I was only 80 steps away from hitting 14000 steps on 12/2 so I’m very proud of that!

I Socialised

On 14/2 my aunt came to stay with use for a few days while my cousin was busy having her baby only 5 minutes away from us. In hospital. I feel like I need to clarify that… It’s my cousin’s second baby, he didn’t come until 16/2 I’m pretty sure, and he’s pretty cute I have to admit and hes very calming to be around like my nephew who’s birthday is only a couple of days before.

Speaking of my nephew. It was his birthday 14/2 see we visited him and hes walking around and his whole personality is changing now that he can run around and he’s just so cute I die a little every time I see him. I can’t believe he’s 1 already!

While my aunt was down she made mum and I dinner and cheesecake (15/2)!!!! The dinner was surf and turf which I’ve never had before and it was delicious! and the cheesecake she made from scratch, only going off what flavours I wanted, WITHOUT A RECIPE. My mum nearly died when she was told that. It was so good and I desperately want more… So basically now I have to try and visit her once a month just so I can have cheesecake.

I Did Things

I made myself some protein oat cups (19/2) from scratch WITHOUT a recipe and they’re actually really good considering I had no idea what the fuck I was doing???? It was also the day I officially got my new birth certificate and my name change was complete!!!!!! now I just have to do all the hard part which is changing everything. 

On 22/2 I cried and literally have no idea why. Like there wasn’t anything that triggered it…I just cried. I really need to book a therapy session…

On 25/2 I decided I needed to play the sims and then wasted basically a whole day because some of my mods/ccs were broken and so I was having to figure out which ones it was to get rid of them.

26/2 I actually got to play the sims and I just really needed it??? I also changed my licence over to my new name!!!

On the 27/2 I decided to open a new bank account with a different bank because I haven’t been that happy with my current one for a while. But i didn’t have enough points of ID yet so I can’t access the account…and I didn’t discover that until after I already gave the details to my work so thats where I was paid so that was NOT. GREAT. Thank god my mum could help me out with money until I paid again (hopefully in my old account until I get my new licence in the mail otherwise I’m??? Kinda?? Fucked???

So basically the 28/2 was me crying and fighting anxiety attack while on the phone trying to find SOME way to access my own money… It did not work… I hopefully it is all worked out next week but also I’m not holding my breath.

Past Month Ahead

 Month Ahead // December – I Already Hate It

 Month Ahead // Happy Birthday To Me + Hiatus Announcement – January

 February Ahead // I’m Finally Going To Read The Raven Cycle Series & It’s Black History Month + A Great Resource for Education!!!!!

Outro

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