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Sep. 8th, 2023 05:27 pmAfter a long, not-so-summery summer, the weather has brought the heat all in one week. It's absolutely sweltering today, and it's making me long for the autumn cool that started to show its face at the end of August.
September is looking busy so far, with new hires at work, my volunteering gig ramping back up for the new term, some fun films and some exciting heritage events that friends have put me onto. But the good kind of busy: the kind of busy that's a mix of things.
Film
In exciting news, I was on the ball enough to pick up tickets for some screenings at the London Film Festival this year (unlike previous years, where I've seen the queues on the door in October and thought, oh, that would have been nice). This is a continuation of 2023: The Year of Contemporary Film, I suppose! (2020-2022 were much more about archive-diving, after all.)
I also splashed out on a Letterboxd Pro account for the year, so that I can nerd out about extended statistics.
Writing
That's right - there's actually something to report on the writing front!
I recently found a new local "get together and write stuff" social group, which I'm hoping will help me in my goal of recultivating a writing habit. So far I've been to one session, and while I didn't get anything written, I regard it as a significant first step. There's another one this weekend; but even more excitingly, today I did a fun little writing exercise in my Friday afternoon "go to the pub with a notebook" spot.
(The exercise was: write a list of things that could be in someone's bag. Then pick 10 or so things from the list and write a short paragraph about a character who keeps that thing in their bag. It's short, simple and gentle, and I had fun with it.)
Sewing
I don't remember whether I reported here about the bomber jacket I made last month - I made a bomber jacket! I'm excited for the weather to be cool enough to wear it! - but I've now got a follow-up project: I'm going to make a sort of cross-body rucksack to replace my battered Mountain Warehouse day bag. The last of the materials arrived today, and I have persuaded my printer to produce a pattern at scale, so now all I need is a free weekend.
September is looking busy so far, with new hires at work, my volunteering gig ramping back up for the new term, some fun films and some exciting heritage events that friends have put me onto. But the good kind of busy: the kind of busy that's a mix of things.
Film
In exciting news, I was on the ball enough to pick up tickets for some screenings at the London Film Festival this year (unlike previous years, where I've seen the queues on the door in October and thought, oh, that would have been nice). This is a continuation of 2023: The Year of Contemporary Film, I suppose! (2020-2022 were much more about archive-diving, after all.)
I also splashed out on a Letterboxd Pro account for the year, so that I can nerd out about extended statistics.
Writing
That's right - there's actually something to report on the writing front!
I recently found a new local "get together and write stuff" social group, which I'm hoping will help me in my goal of recultivating a writing habit. So far I've been to one session, and while I didn't get anything written, I regard it as a significant first step. There's another one this weekend; but even more excitingly, today I did a fun little writing exercise in my Friday afternoon "go to the pub with a notebook" spot.
(The exercise was: write a list of things that could be in someone's bag. Then pick 10 or so things from the list and write a short paragraph about a character who keeps that thing in their bag. It's short, simple and gentle, and I had fun with it.)
Sewing
I don't remember whether I reported here about the bomber jacket I made last month - I made a bomber jacket! I'm excited for the weather to be cool enough to wear it! - but I've now got a follow-up project: I'm going to make a sort of cross-body rucksack to replace my battered Mountain Warehouse day bag. The last of the materials arrived today, and I have persuaded my printer to produce a pattern at scale, so now all I need is a free weekend.
