Life and masks

MadAndy

Congratulations to youse both

Jogort

Well that was insane for a couple of hours, the house was getting battered by the wind, could feel it shaking upstairs, the worst due tomorrow apparently, hope my solar panels survive it, we just got them 😅 there were some noses from the roof but all still attached. Local weather Station recorded 76mph gusts. Rain was crazy but that’s gone now and the wind has eased……a little 🤣💨

Brave

It’s been pretty wild here too, but thankfully I don’t think either of us will get what the north west is being battered by.

Alex

Very wild and blustery in Glasgow. I was actually in Ullapool for the last few days and just came back today. I didn’t actually see the weather warnings until this morning, so glad I missed the worst of it.

Jogort

@Brave when’s the next photochronical video coming?? Enjoyed the last one and looking forward to seeing more. 👌

Brave

Jogort shite! I’ve been rumbled!

Thanks matey!

I’ve been trying to make another one about my final project but my workload has been pretty high. I might hopefully get it done in time for deadline (it might be a good thing to refer to in my submission) but otherwise it’ll probs be new year =\

Jogort

@Brave ah no worries bud, the Mrs was doing her masters before the wee one came along, it’s a serious workload that’s for sure.

Alex

I went to see Radiohead at the weekend, a trip down to sunny London. It was an amazing show and we had pretty fantastic seats. They were on incredible form it was definitely one of the best times that I’ve seen them.

The whole thing was a bit marred by the absolute worst train journey home I’ve ever had (11 hours to get from London to Glasgow), but even that could not put a dampener on the experience.

Gordon

Went to the Irn Bru carnival with the kids yesterday. I very quickly discovered that going on various rides that fling you round and round and upside down is an excellent way to really feel your age. Spent most of the day clinging onto harnesses or safety bars and screaming “Why???” at the kids while they laughed at me.

The really worrying part is that Meg is still just short of 1.4m tall so can’t go on the really scary rides yet. Next year there will be no such excuse available to me and I’ll have to go on these :

Jogort

Gordon Is that you we can hear screaming 🤣

DrDamn

Gordon I refuse anything that just spins you around. So almost exclusively just do rollercoasters, but even those are very much kicking my arse these days.

Gordon

Jogort Not in this case but I absolutely did shout quite a few bad words over the course of the day.

Gordon

DrDamn I love rollercoasters but the carnival is all indoors and there’s none there. We went on this thing so often that the guy at the gate said “You again?” at one point. I didn’t think it looked too bad until we actually tried it. Oddly enough the worst thing we went on all day was the waltzers. Spun so fast I could barely get a breath into my lungs.

Brave

Seeing as it’s new year I figured I should update a bit.

I finally finished my MA (or at least submitted my final work for it) on Dec 12. I get my results back in mid Jan and graduate in July.

I started that journey on a completely different course 3.5 years ago before jumping to this one two years ago due to some issues I had with the original one. I’ve been doing this for longer than it took me to get my bloody degree. It’s been hard going (part time isn’t really part time in these courses, especially with the way my brain works) and I’ve only just started to come down off the walls the last couple of days.

The combination of the two MAs, though, has been transformative. I now have a proper practice in terms of making work. I think I’ve made more work in the last two years than I did in the previous 20. And work that I’m still proud of as well, which was a rare thing before.

I’ve got an exhibition coming up in April so I’ve got a lot to focus on in the immediate future, which is good as the sudden stop and the realisation that were no further deadlines was a bit of a shock after the frenzy of final deadlines. Almost all of us were hit with the “what now?” Blues after.

I am almost certainly going to submit an application to get on a PhD programme. The deadline is Jan 31 though so I suspect I’ll be told to come back in a year with a more developed concept. We’ll see. It’s going to be my focus from Monday until the end of the month. That and making sure I get out and make work, because I’m low key terrified that I’ll get comfortable with my feet up and just stop.

The kiddo starts her final year at uni in September this year too, which is crazy to think about. She’s been doing really well. Super proud of the person she’s turning into.

So yeah it was a big year, 2025; 2026 is hopefully going to be calmer on a personal level with a little bit more time for gaming than I’ve had for the last few years and hopefully the beginning of another, longer, adventure.

Thinking I might even get a tattoo to mark the milestones 😉

Jogort

Brave Mega news mate, seeing the time the Mrs has to put in part time for her MA I just know it’s not for me. And now you’re gonna go for the PhD, mental, I’m sure you’ll ace it though.
Crazy now you saying your daughter is starting her last year, my eldest is the same, she took a year out and swapped Degrees but still in the same lines so only had to do an extra module. Mad when ya think back to gamegeezers and how old (young) the kiddos were then.
Post details of your exhibition if it’s open to public, might have a nosey.

Brave

Brave I get my results back in mid Jan and graduate in July.

They came in early. Distinction, baby!

Gordon

Brave Great news and well deserved. You worked hard for it. Congrats!

Deej

Brave

Brilliant news! Congratulations!

DrDamn

Woohoo! Congrats @Brave! Well done!

Jogort

Excellent news mate, all deserved.

Fumanstu

Congratulations dude! Well deserved! 👍🏻

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