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well that was... a lot
Oct. 9th, 2020 02:24 pmI can't honestly believe I made that introduction post at the beginning of the year. We've all joked about time no longer having a meaning with the Corona wreaking havoc in the world, but I think this is the first time I actually remembered what life right before the lockdown was like, how long ago it felt like and how long it's actually been! Which is nothing! It's been a little over half a year ago. It's nuts how time can feel like forever ago and just yesterday at the same time.
I've read a lot in the past months. Well... no, that's not right. I've consumed a lot of books that were thankfully translated into an audio format for me to consume. I think I became illiterate for a while back then. With distance learning it felt like school had slithered into every aspect of my private life and I... couldn't read for fun anymore. Doing anything that wasn't immediate serotonin with 0% effort was exhausting. God bless audiobooks (and stupid mindless phone games you can play while listening to them)!
So I managed to crawl my way through my "to read" pile. Way, waaaaaay past my "to read" pile. I might have been aided in that accomplishment by committing low level tax fraud. That's right losers, did you commit tax fraud at the age of 16? Don't think so. Let's just say that the LAPL now has a member that has never set foot in LA before in their life. And an illegitimate street address in their database. Sorry!
I mean, I wouldn't have done it if Italian libraries had something like Overdrive too, but even if they did, I live in the middle of nowhere and my local libraries still transcribe sacred texts by hand --complete with engravings and religious self-flagellation. I doubt they have heard of it. And I doubt they'd have books in English. So tax fraud it is!
I... have listened to... so many audiobooks... I think I gave myself brain damage!Worth it tho.
Anyway fuck all that, the lockdown is over and covid cases are on the rise again, I'm gonna throw myself into fandom so I don't think about going through that hell. So I'm overjoyed that it's Holmestice time again!! Me and Stram managed to get another artist to join (Chou is like, super nice and just straight up fantastic at watercolours and once they showed me how to use lighting and shadows to make my drawings feel more solid!), and I have a feeling that we have way more participants than usual. I have a lot to say about the new Enola Holmes movie (lots of good but some criticism too), but for all that's worth, it's undeniable that it was awesome to see the fandom get kicked back into motion like in the old times! The new influx of fans can't do anything but good.
We had fallen into a bit of a routine, hadn't we? Well, not anymore. Look alive sunshine, it's time to rock and roll!
(PS: I've also started a new series of Holmes pastiches this week. It's called "Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson Investigations" and I haven't had this much fun with holmesiana since I read the original stories. These two books made me reconsider my entire conception of the characters, both Holmes and Watson in relation to the more secondary characters, especially the women, and those secondary characters themselves! I'm a Mary stan now, sorry everyone. And I will spread the Holmes/Watson/Mary manifesto everywhere I go :P)
I've read a lot in the past months. Well... no, that's not right. I've consumed a lot of books that were thankfully translated into an audio format for me to consume. I think I became illiterate for a while back then. With distance learning it felt like school had slithered into every aspect of my private life and I... couldn't read for fun anymore. Doing anything that wasn't immediate serotonin with 0% effort was exhausting. God bless audiobooks (and stupid mindless phone games you can play while listening to them)!
So I managed to crawl my way through my "to read" pile. Way, waaaaaay past my "to read" pile. I might have been aided in that accomplishment by committing low level tax fraud. That's right losers, did you commit tax fraud at the age of 16? Don't think so. Let's just say that the LAPL now has a member that has never set foot in LA before in their life. And an illegitimate street address in their database. Sorry!
I mean, I wouldn't have done it if Italian libraries had something like Overdrive too, but even if they did, I live in the middle of nowhere and my local libraries still transcribe sacred texts by hand --complete with engravings and religious self-flagellation. I doubt they have heard of it. And I doubt they'd have books in English. So tax fraud it is!
I... have listened to... so many audiobooks... I think I gave myself brain damage!
Anyway fuck all that, the lockdown is over and covid cases are on the rise again, I'm gonna throw myself into fandom so I don't think about going through that hell. So I'm overjoyed that it's Holmestice time again!! Me and Stram managed to get another artist to join (Chou is like, super nice and just straight up fantastic at watercolours and once they showed me how to use lighting and shadows to make my drawings feel more solid!), and I have a feeling that we have way more participants than usual. I have a lot to say about the new Enola Holmes movie (lots of good but some criticism too), but for all that's worth, it's undeniable that it was awesome to see the fandom get kicked back into motion like in the old times! The new influx of fans can't do anything but good.
We had fallen into a bit of a routine, hadn't we? Well, not anymore. Look alive sunshine, it's time to rock and roll!
(PS: I've also started a new series of Holmes pastiches this week. It's called "Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson Investigations" and I haven't had this much fun with holmesiana since I read the original stories. These two books made me reconsider my entire conception of the characters, both Holmes and Watson in relation to the more secondary characters, especially the women, and those secondary characters themselves! I'm a Mary stan now, sorry everyone. And I will spread the Holmes/Watson/Mary manifesto everywhere I go :P)
