I have so many photos of Pippin either asleep or looking sleepy, which is probably why iCloud keeps moaning at me that I’m running out of space… worth it though! I could probably do this kind of post on here daily for months, haha

I’m strongly considering going down the grief counselling/therapy route after rebuffing it for months as, even though I felt like I’d been doing “okay” just before Christmas, it now feels very obvious that I’m actually not doing okay after all now that life has slowed down a little

grizzy with his secret stash

I’ve nearly finished this now and damn has it worn thin by the end. I’m glad it’s almost over… long, boring levels with way, way too many “kill a load of enemies to progress” set pieces. A shame, really

No new pictures, where are you at mentally?

Because I’m apparently unable to (mostly) play anything other than FPS games these days I’ve started Warhammer 40k: Boltgun. I’ve had this on my “to play” list for FOREVER and my first impressions are that it’s pretty good! I worry it’ll wear thin if it doesn’t mix up the gameplay but we’ll see!

Why am I at work for six days in a row now, I do not want this. I want to be a bear or a dog or just… something that isn’t being back at work

Anyway, I’ve made the most of my last morning off by finishing PO’ed… which was a complete slog by the time I got to end of it and I’m glad I never played it until now. It’s interesting in places but oh man was it hard work to get through

I’m back at work tomorrow after (almost) a week off and whilst I didn’t do much for most of it because of the snow and ice that overshadowed the last few days I still feel really good after relaxing and resting a lot... I just don’t wanna go back, haha

I am very, very sleepy though

The Bears won (tired as I mostly stayed up for it) and I’ve been out for a nice long, cold walk with Haydo and the sausage and now we’re gonna watch a couple of films… a good end to the weekend

The road behind our house (where we park our car) is still so iced over it’s probably not a good idea to try and go anywhere, blah… I guess it’s another “go for a couple of walks and watch some YouTube and films with the heating on” day, huh (not a bad thing!)

She’s worried about the Bears game tomorrow

It’s a new year so I changed my icon for the first time in forever. It seemed quite apt to change it to one of my all-time favourite pieces of art (which is rapidly getting close to now being a decade(!) old) of me baking… something I’d like to be doing on a cold day like today! Burr by noviraine

Please free him

I’m off work this week (apart from being in one day tomorrow to help another manager out by doing him a favour) and there’s already news trying to ruin it. Head office moving goals and expecting even more whilst giving you absolutely no more resource to make it happen. It’s January 6th, why now

The first game of 2026 is done and it was… Turok 2. I quite enjoyed the first and wasn’t planning on playing it so soon after that but it was on sale for £3 and decided I’d go straight in. I kind of wish I hadn’t as whilst I still enjoyed it… man the levels are huge and way too long for my liking

I’ve been thinking a lot about MTV closing the channels that actually showed music videos in Europe a lot since it happened a few days back and I think it’s bothered me a lot more than I expected it to

Shit 2025 things: - My dad died unexpectedly (I’ve struggled to cope) - I’ve felt like I’ve not been anything close to 100% there for people (particularly Haydo) because of that - Work became even harder, being expected to do even more with much, much less - The Jays lost the World Series 4-3

My phone seems to have updated itself whilst I was asleep and now runs even worse than when iOS 26 released. There’s so much stuttering/lagging whenever I do basically anything but hey at least icons now do more light reflections and look like they’re tilting whenever I move my phone slightly, 10/10

“Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains” That’s easy because R.E.M. released two perfect albums in the 1990s 🤙

Merry Christmas from our festive sausage

We took the sausage out for a nice (cold!) walk before I eat my body weight in pigs in blankets

I don’t know how I can feel this tired yet have apparently slept for over eight hours? What is going on

We saw a big fox run across the road whilst I was driving home from Haydo’s parents tonight… which was a really nice thing to see

Woke up to find the Bears won 22-16 in overtime. This is really happening, what the hell

Shamelessly using last year's pic for the last #FursuitFriday before Christmas 🎄🎁 Hope everyone enjoys the festive period - I'm planning to go full greedy labrador mode around all food items 👀

I got a GDEmu clone for cheap (around £25 I think!) recently and have enjoyed tinkering with it. The GDRom drive in my Dreamcast was dying and kept struggling to load games (particularly Sonic Adventure) so it was nice to get around that problem and have access to every game released for it too

I left half a Chocolate Orange on the coffee table last night and came home from work tonight to find Haydo had eaten some of it… life imitating art

Pippin doing her thing (“oh hello what are you doing oh taking a photo that’s cool”)

I still have PO’ed to play at some point (a game I’ve never played before but I assume I’d have enjoyed back in the day) but also really need to play Silent Hill F as I’ve been borrowing it from a friend for ages but not been in the mood for it yet. Hmm!

I’ve played quite a few old-school FPS games this year and still feel like Exhumed was the one I enjoyed the most of them. I could do with spacing them out a bit more (although playing all three parts of the Shadowrun Trilogy back to back helped with that, heh) in the future

I finished the remaster of the first Turok game today and found it to be a pleasant experience overall. I only played it a bit on the N64 back when it was new (a friend had it) and didn’t get close to the end then But yeah, I liked it. It wasn’t too long and didn’t get too repetitive in the end too

Me at work during November/December when all the usual idiots start pouring in… is it over yet? “These are expensive, I remember when albums were £3.99 each” “Do you have any vinyls of ___” (the plural of vinyl is vinyl) “I’ll order it offline” (what does this even MEAN) “*general rudeness*”

The addition of the cool Amiga magnet at the top has made me realise that we either need less stuff on the fridge (or a bigger fridge)

ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2 33周年記念。

I’ve played Overwatch twice since August. A new character was added then, there’s another coming imminently and I’m just… not bothered? This is a strange feeling. I kind of “miss” playing it… but don’t actually /want/ to play it? I guess as time passes I’m missing the memory of the good times?

So I watched the highlights of the first day of the first Ashes test during my break at work and now I feel all teary and sad because I’d normally talk to my dad about it… even more so when it was an extremely good first day

There’s an article about the Master System being 40 years old on the Guardian today, which also means the Mega Drive was released 35 years ago in the UK (September 1990) and I don’t feel okay and why am I old oh god

I’ve been tidying the house tonight and finally put away the stuff we brought back home from the last trip up to my dad’s house… including these books that I’m surprised (much) younger furry me didn’t read. I’ve never heard of them before (1/2)

We went to my dad’s place this past weekend for what is (almost certainly) the last time. I don’t know how to feel about it or what to even think. I feel empty at the moment, which is to be expected, but man… never going there again? My brain is struggling to comprehend it

I just want to be a fat, lazy bear… why must I suffer like this

Head office management at work implying that we should be doing more with less and starting work early/finishing later (essentially working for free) to bridge any gaps, despite already being on a stagnant salary, really isn’t the one

I finally had a day off work yesterday after a super difficult week at work and it was just what I needed. I just bumbled around, did a little house work, had a bit of me time and generally just tried to recharge a little. It was a shame it was only one day, but still, I feel good from it

Today I discovered the existence of an almost eight hour video about Sonic CD (aka: my favourite Sonic game, despite no Tails) and I don’t know how I wasn’t aware of it until now. No idea when I’ll find the time to watch it though, haha youtu.be/ORJryigA0Ck

Me over the past couple of years. I wonder when life will eventually ease up a bit

I meant to post this a couple of months ago when it actually happened but it wasn’t long after my Dad had died and I couldn’t focus on much of, well, anything really… but me and @haydo.bsky.social went to feed some bears in Devon for my birthday!

I had no idea there was a Wetrix game for the Dreamcast (I always thought it was just a Nintendo 64 game) but apparently it was also on this and Game Boy Color! I’m excited to see what the Dreamcast version is like as I’m really, really fond of it on the N64

I played a bit of Sonic Adventure last night for the first time in well over 20 years and wow has it aged. I have super fond memories of playing it back then but oh boy are those memories being tested. I’m gonna play more soon, it’ll be interesting how I feel after some non-Sonic/Tails levels

Seeing a friend last weekend felt nice and made me want to do that kind of thing a bit more again but I also simultaneously feel pretty broken and worn out and like I need to curl up and rest. I feel conflicted but also slowly like I’m aware of how I’m feeling and that eventually it’ll all be okay