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Well, this year's certainly had more downs than up for me and my family to say the least.
Good Parts
Good Parts
- Lindesfarne's pregnancy in
- Sabrina Online returned with a new series, and a pregnancy story of her own.
- My sister too fell pregnant, a year after her wedding, and I'm expecting a niece in Februray.
- I've joined an Autistic Group my mother recommended whilst working with a colleague, who's also Autistic, at Windsor Castle.
- I got volunteer work at the BrickLIVE! over at the London Excel in late July.
- We finally got our conservatory floor relaid after sooooo long of just bare, cold, crumbling concrete (even though we had a lot of furniture to move as the lounge and dining room floors also got relaid)
- My sister got her silver wings and platinum tie for her services with British Airways at a ceremony in Brighton.
- My parent's panto troupe returned to the Beck Theatre in Hayes after a year's absence.
- In Thomas & Friends, Terence the Tractor finally returned to our screens, therefore completing the Ffarquar Crew.
- I finally returned to LLWR, but only for a brief time with a Christmas position.
Bad Parts
I just hope next year will be better.
- I failed my first assessment in LLWR back in January, even after giving 110% (I kept trying with several other positions throughout the year and failed till after Halloween).
- My grandfather on my mother's side passed away in March (but we were half-expecting that, so it was also a form of comfort to us all)
- My parents got me a new car (even though I told them I didn't need one) and almost cost me a possible job because I had an interview at the same date and time as I was dragged off to the showrooms (but that was only because I thought it was the next day. They're also getting me a new carpet, even though I don't need that either)
- The
Messaging Boards folded in March, and earlier on in Mid-December, the Gallery sites sadly closed down too... - Peter Sallis, star of Last of the Summer Wine, Wallace & Gromit and Wind in the Willows passed away this year.
- Another sudden death was that of Albert Temple, creator of Gene Catlow. (Now Tavie will never have Michelle - unless somebody he worked with takes up the reins again)
- A good writer of pregnancy & labour stories up here,
was removed due to some form of violation with her stories, and I didn't take all the story proposals I'd written down for her. I tried using one of the archive-record sites like web.archive.org, but it doesn't work well with DA whilst trying to search for a lost story. (Happily, she's back but has yet written anything up) - Another problem with this was trying to find the Biker Mice from Mars fanfic "Father & Daughter" story by
, who sadly won't return them, even though they were one of her finest works I've read up here. - Bridgette's Belly/Tiger Thighs finally came to a close today, but there's hope that it will come back.
- The site www.Toon.is (where I got my Road Rovers clip art from) sadly went down, now I don't know where else to look to in order to get footage as clear as that site - or even without any logos in the corners.
- In
's TMNT series, Master Splinter got killed off, even though he was too important a character to do so. - Even pregnant, being around my sister's a mixed bag as she's constantly getting on everybody's nerves, is nose-sensitive (smelling things no one else can) and always correcting me with conduct whilst helping her out, or some form of etiquette, when it comes to laying tables. Once, she insulted me just because my dad and I got mixed signals whilst he was getting down from a stepladder, which she was climbing (and shouldn't have) and stepped to one side, thinking he was going to take over holding it - which he didn't...
- The ceiling in our guest bedroom fell in, back in April, due to a cracked tile causing a leak, was it wasn't till late October that it was finally mended.(The roof that is, the ceiling's still not been replaced, and a lot of our landing carpets had to be taken up, and have not been replaced yet.)
- I've been brow-beaten, verbally harassed and rudely criticised too much on DA and other sites, just for doing my duty and what I love doing - like gifts and dedication art forms - and even got unjustly kicked off groups, like
and 
, and all because scandalous lies were told about me, such as theft and bullying (how can giving somebody a surprise present be bullying? I ask you) - and I got blocked whilst trying to explain my innocence. I hadn't done any harm to anybody and this is how I get treated whilst those worse than I am get away scott-free. Others just blocked me for giving harmless complements (absurd, isn't it?). (And I thought getting dismissed over a mere verbal misunderstanding, like what I went through in 2016 was bad enough) - In Thomas & Friends, Rosie got painted red, which doesn't suit her, due to the fact Mattel found her to be "a challenge" (pure rubbish, in my opinion) and very few people seem to care about the facts why Lavender Rosie's more important and the disastrous effects this has caused towards the franchise.
Seeking a Children's Story Book
Hey viewers! If any of you are Voracious Readers readers, particularly in Children's books, I need some help in tracking a certain book down. It was during my Christmas work that I thought of this book as it contained a Christmas story, that I though would be interesting for my work place. I remembered that my family's hairdresser in Twickenham had this under her desk, but today, after my mum paid her visit, I've discovered she no longer has it - mind you, it's been a long time since I last saw her (I remember seeing her around Christmas 2021 when mum had a hair appointment and we went there en route to my sister's house in Horseham, and that's about it) This book in question was an A-Z Children's Storybook, with 26 stories relating to the letters of the alphabet. I can't remember all the stories, but I do recall the following; A Cheeky Wheel of Cheese/Cheesecake . A Fireman who grew a long luxurious tapered moustache that was the pride of his brigade - till he lost half of it due
Wrap Up of 2023
Well, this has been a year of ups and downs for me, mostly in the career look at life. I got a job at Royal Mail as a Postman via an agency in February - they kicked me off after 4 weeks on account they thought I was too slow. (That wasn't my fault, as A) They put me with a constant complainer, B) They added an extra route onto our section 3 weeks in, C) Tuesdays was early-closing and whatever post I hadn't done before 12:30, after leaving around 10:00, I had to bring back and deliver the next day and D) I wanted to prove I wasn't slow, but they wouldn't give the chance. I took a Hospitality Course to become a Barista in a Hotel Chain - that got me nowhere with the Hotel the course was being sponsored by. My dad was diagnosed with dementia in late November - though thankfully it's in the early stages, so it's treatable, but the family's making a better effort to work along with him, even if it gets him irritated. I've had several job interviews - either which I've failed (and
Are my Good Deeds Really Misunderstand-able?
Sorry folks, I'm in a bit of depressed state, as you might have read on my latest works regarding the webcomic "Tina's Story" on Patreon, I've been depledged and blocked on accounts of bullying and/or spamming within the last 48 hours. Now, that's just not the case. In actual fact, nothing could be further from the truth. All I did, was share some ideas with creators Grey Muzzle & :iconzenia: that I'd had since Thursday night. Granted, we're at opposite ends of our tastes in what's portrayed and how it's portrayed. As any viewers here who are also patrons to the webcomic, they'll show nudity, sex and any other adult-related stuff without any fuss, but they don't cover the subject of childbirth that well in their pregnancy arcs - whilst I'm the other way around - their most recent one having just ended...though now I don't know what it's resulted in! (In other words, they'll show it going in and growing, but never coming out) As I mentioned, I respected them and even checked my works
A DA Milestone
As of yesterday, I reached the start of my 100th page in my online gallery here since I signed up here 10 years ago! That means I submitted enough art and literature, no matter how repetitive it appeared (i.e my Ovum Amp ads almost every Mayternity Season), to fill 10 pages a year. I know others up here probably reached that in less time than I took to reach 100 pages, considering all the obstacles and the ups-&-downs I've faced since I left technical college, but still, I'm surprised to have reached that far, along with feeling impressed and proud to have reached his milestone. Here's to hoping I reach the next milestone before long...whatever that might be... And good luck on those whose goal is to reach 100 pages up here on DA.
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