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I've been thinking about getting a new pen to celebrate my birthday. There are a few that I've been eyeballing, mostly by Nahvalur. But then I checked the weight, and... holy shit, they're so heavy!

I remember that I didn't like the Pilot Metropolitan because it was heavy; around 24g. The Nahvalur Fathom is 28g. That's... hmm. A bit much.

On the other hand the reason I'm considering that one is because I want to keep it at work, where it would mostly be used for to-do lists. The large ink capacity would be advantageous in this situation.

The lightest pen I've been considering is the Sailor PGS, which is around 16.8g, pretty much the same as my Jinhao 82, which I really like.

Ehhhh I'll think about it some more.

I realized that the clothes I wore to work today don't look good on me. But I can't tell if they actually look bad, or if I'm just in one of those moods where I hate everything about my physical appearance and also life in general.

We'll see how I feel tomorrow, I guess.

+ I rewatched Trolljegeren this evening. I'd forgotten how much I like this film! I'm usually kind of 'eh' about found footage, but I feel like it's employed really well in this particular case, when it's in the service of a mockumentary about troll hunting. Apparently. There are a lot of plot points I completely forgot, so it was like watching it for the first time. It's such a fun movie, and of course with the added bonus of copious beautiful landscape shots (obligatory). I think sometimes it gets mislabeled as horror, but to me it falls more under fantasy. Scary fantasy, sure, but yeah. ...Also I just read that at one point the rights had been purchased to do an American remake, and I just, what. This is such a very very Norwegian film; the thought of a US remake is all sorts of No.

+ Anyway, the reason I decided to rewatch it is that I found a notebook in which I was writing a Hetalia x Trolljegeren crossover. It's very easy to mash these fandoms together, because of course Norway would be aware of what is going on with the Troll Security Service. I started it some time in 2013, and unfortunately I didn't make any plot notes, so I don't remember where I was going with it. So... hopefully some time soon I will read through what I wrote and try to remember the plot, or failing that, think of a new plot. I do remember that it was going to be gen, and I think that would be a nice change of pace for me, as it's been a while since I did anything like that.

+ Speaking of writing, iddyiddybangbang usually opens signups around the second week of July if I remember correctly. Looking forward to participating this year; I think I'll do my FTH for it, as that will give me a good deadline to get it done. Is anyone else thinking about signing up?

Trying to decide which fic to write next. I'm kind of at loose ends. There are a lot of works that I should edit, but I want to write.

No edit, only write.

I was upgraded from green to blue belt today.
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I went to the annual pride fair yesterday. Whoo!

Honestly, I was in one of those moods where I was like "Ugh, I don't want to go anywhere or do anything, I kind of want to skip it". BUT I also know that it's important to show up to things. So.

It was in a different location this year; previously it was at the Heritage Shipyard, which is a really interesting location in terms of layout and vibe. However, as Pride gets bigger, this location was getting a little cramped. And also this year it's closed for maintenance I think. So, this year it was at the Heritage Park outdoor museum instead. Man, I haven't been down there since I was a kid. Pretty much looks the same as before. The big upside though is that it has a lot of room. The parking sucks, but there's parking available at a nearby high school, so I just walked. The Pride org had organized a golf cart shuttle between the festival and the parking lot for people who need it, which was really thoughtful of them.

Unfortunately I hear that the Park will be closed next year (for maintenance?) so WB Pride will need to find another location again... we'll see what they come up with.

Anyway. I listened to some music, said hi to some acquaintances, watched the Pride org give out some awards (including to two people I know, yay, good for them) and watched a drag performance. The drag performance was awesome! Ella Lamoureux came up from Kelowna; she was here last year as well, or possibly the year before. Her style is really delightful and her costumes are top notch. And there was also Dayna Hart, up from Calgary - I don't think she's performed at our Pride before. Her performance was incredibly dynamic and complex, cartwheels and flips and everything, I have no idea how she managed to do that in heels, holy shit. Really really impressive; hopefully she'll come back up here another time.

Anyway... I'm glad that I put aside the "ugh I don't wanna" feeling and went down; it was worth the trouble for the drag performance, certainly. :V

- Decided to do fuck all today. Like, I could have gone to yoga, but I decided not to. I did go on a nice long walk though. And also popped in to the farmer's market, though I didn't buy anything.

- Wrote up some Postcrossing postcards. Kind of wondering if I should put together a notebook to log my postcrossing stuff. But then again, the details on the actual site are pretty, well, detailed. So no need, really.

- Did some dogsitting. Bro gave me a Sbux gift card as thanks. Whooo.

- Speaking of which, the Starbucks downtown did some redecorating. I'm not sure if I like it or not. The seating is very changed; the chairs are more like living room chairs and the tables are very low. Nice for having a chat or reading a book, but not good for writing or doing homework. I think that might be on purpose. They also added a lot of new artwork, and it's actually quite nice.

- Anyway, I'm still kind of frustrated with the lack of coffee shops with decent seating in this town. A new place downtown opened on Friday, but they're takeout only. Again. I don't go to coffee shops to have coffee; I go to coffee shops to have some place other than my apartment to write or even just chill. Blah.