Weeknotes #10: A good week
Given the title of this post, I should probably acknowledge that there's been a lot of bad shit going on in the world this week and I certainly don't think any of that is good. In fact, I also think it's bad! But I have nothing helpful to say about any of it, so here's a tedious post about how I, at least in my personal life, have been having a nice time.
Turns out I'm in a chatty mood today so this is kind of a long one. Does anyone even read these?? I don't know lol. I do like reading people's random blog posts though, so maybe other people feel the same about mine (and if not, I'm no stranger to yapping for my own personal gratification).
Pew pew
I bought my bow this week! She's an Olympic recurve bow (yes, I am gendering my bow, I am seriously considering naming her too). I feel a weird mixture of pride, excitement and confusion buying her, because on the one hand she's really cool and I'm looking forward to using her, but also it's kind of wild to me that I own a bow. Like who has allowed me to do this?? What a strange thing to have in my house.
I took her for a first spin the next day and she felt really nice to shoot with, even if I spent most of my time tinkering around with the sight. And it was nice to be reminded how much I enjoy standing in a field plinking away at targets, sipping at a thermos of tea and having a little chit-chat. Archery really is just about doing the same thing over and over again and trying to be as consistent as possible with it. I find it quite meditative.
Even though I'm starting with some pretty low-weight limbs, she definitely feels more powerful than the practice bow I was borrowing before. I got tired quicker than I was used to and was seriously achy the next day, but this may also be because I hadn't been shooting for a couple months and am out of shape. Time to do some barbell rows.
It did make me want to add a page to the website about archery but I haven't decided what form that'll take yet. General enthusiasm? My current kit? Shooting records? We'll see.
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In my last weeknotes post, I talked about my desire to keep my various internet presences separate. I had a rather weird experience this week of recognising that two people I know from very different online settings might actually be the same person. I did not say anything because I wasn't 100% sure and was worried going "hey are you also [X]?" might be creepy. But maybe not saying anything is creepier? I haven't decided yet.
I then also had a little spiral about "oh god what if they also realised it's me and then they know all the weird shit I was posting on [Y]???" but that's definitely a "what were you doing at the devil's sacrament?" situation. Still, I'm not entirely sure I want to out myself either.
I guess this is the other side of being identifiable on the internet. Even if you don't post identifying info, people can still recognise you based on cumulative coincidences. I might not be sharing my name on here, but if someone who already knows me stumbles across this website, just talking about my life and interests still acts as some kind of "you'll know it when you see it" fingerprint. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Music corner
I saw Getdown Services for my first gig of the year and had a fucking great night. Massively increased my appreciation for the band. Even ended up braving the moshpit for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised that my earplugs stayed in!
It feels like a good omen for this year's gig-going plans. I've got tickets for three more shows between now and the end of March and I'm really looking forward to all of them. Sometimes I feel a bit sad that I probably missed out on a lot of fun shows before I really got into live music last year, but I was always some combination of depressed and skint so can't really beat myself up for that.
The venue IDed me when I was trying to buy a beer. I'd like to flatter myself by saying it was due to my youthful complexion, but actually I think it's because I had a massive fuck-off spot on my face. Which I guess is a different kind of youthful complexion.
And yes, they had CDs at the merch booth and I bought some (no-buy loophole clause activated). I used to consider myself a jewel case purist but I'm starting to come around to those narrow cardboard CD cases now (digipaks, I think they're called?). Kind of like mini vinyl gatefolds. Still not keen on the sleeves though.
Before that, I spent most of my week listening to Hayley Williams' Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. I think I'd now rank this as one of my favourite albums of 2025 as it just keeps growing on me.
How's the rest of it going?
I have not ordered any takeaways.
I have not bought any books (or even finished any – reckon Invisible Man will keep me busy for another week at least).
I have not done any push-ups.
I got distracted from my current knitting project after making one and a half handwarmers (oops).
I've been playing Animal Crossing every day and the update comes out this week and I'm very excited about that!!!!
The new season of The Traitors has me moderately obsessed and I am desperate to talk everyone's ears off about the inter-traitor beef. This show is probably my most basic interest but I don't care. If it's good telly, it's good telly.
I'm also really enjoying the current season of Jet Lag on YouTube because they're playing hide and seek across the UK so I can actually recognise some of the locations they've been to. Also there's just the novelty of "ooh look Sam's eating a Greggs sausage roll" etc etc. Now I know how the Swiss feel.
I am looking at the cinema listings and panicking because there are way too many films out this month that I want to see and I have no idea how I'm going to fit them all in. I'm so excited for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple because 28 Years Later was (slightly unexpectedly) one of my favourite films last year. And No Other Choice looks like it'll be great too.
Time to wrap this up. I'm making butternut squash chilli for dinner tonight and I need to get on with it!
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