Neocities.org
Latest Activity > middleearth
Sites
All the latest Neocities site news!
Neocities allows anyone to create a free web site to express themselves. Want to create your own awesome site? Join us!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58560031 In other words, lockdown will become the norm, once again. When the government drags it's heels over vaccinating kids and idiots go into shops without wearing facemasks (as happened today when I went to the shop), you can see why it's needed once again.
This coming Monday will be Max's anniversary of bringing him home from the rescue we got him from.
And that is October's issue of Cross Stitcher ordered. (Always my fave edition of the mag - for some reason, the best designs seem to always be saved up for the October edition. Of course, other folks will like different things from me, and that's fine, but there always seems to be more designs I like in this edition than in all the others. I might not get it again until the New Year though. From November onwards,
I do get the feeling that some dresses I ordered from a certain catalogue company will either end up not being delivered, or will turn up just before Christmas.
Damn, damn, damn.... I placed an order at Hobby Craft today and meant to order some gesso, and some double-sided tape (the double-sided tape I need for filling my scrapbook with loose art pages...) Guess who forgot to add them to the order? Ermmm? Silly, since I've been wanting the double sided tape for ages and ages, and wanted to order it...
1 like
I recently found an old sketch book that I've barely drawn in... Don't know why l left it untouched, so I've spent the last few days filling it up. Let's see if I can get it filled by Christmas!
1 like
I've just come across one of the most bizarre comments I have ever seen regarding a company - the company allegedly gives bad service to customers of a certain political persuasion. As you are ordering online, how the heck is the company supposed to know what your political beliefs are just by your name, etc... Very weird...
bright-eyes
3 years ago
And I am also sure that their employees have better things to do than look you up on social media to see what your beliefs are. (And it's kind of strange, too, since, as it's a US cross stitch supplier, I always get the impression from the designs that you commonly come across that most people who cross stitch in the US have a Conservative persuasion since there are a lot of patriotic,
bright-eyes
3 years ago
religious and hunting themes in the designs. It's a strange viewpoint to have.
People are just twits. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58518892 ... Max is one of those 'teenage' puppies, and of a breed that is allegedly one of the most difficult, being a Border Collie. We have no problems with him. When we first adopted him last year, the previous owners had piled on a load of 'issues' that he was supposed to have had that could have resulted in him getting put down if the wrong rescue had taken
2 likes
bright-eyes
3 years ago
taken him on. Mostly, he was just bored and scared because he'd been locked up on his own for hours on end, and sometimes behaved like he'd been mistreated. I just hope none of these folks have kids, or need to care for a chronically ill/elderly relative because if they can't cope with a puppy, they wouldn't be able to cope with that. Most of these 'issues' that dogs have are dogs just being dogs and the problem is
2 likes
2 likes
koshka
3 years ago
I'm convinced most people are incapable of empathy. Most symptoms of autism that autistic children and adults are punished for are also obvious signs of being mistreated. People expect everyone to be perfect and then brutally kick their maladies under the rug if they aren't.
1 like
bright-eyes
3 years ago
If not lacking in empathy, I think people can certainly disregard the feelings and welfare of other people (and animals) when it suits them to do so.
I always find October's issue of Cross Stitcher to be the best one in the year. Can't wait to order it next week...
I get tired of people complaining about Amazon making affordable things. This time, it is art supplies. Whatever you think of Amazon, I've found the company to be very useful to me. I wouldn't have access to most of the books that I read if I didn't buy them from there. Most high street shops don't stock a good range/say you can't get it if you try to order it/over stock on 'popular bestsellers' and nothing else.
1 like
bright-eyes
3 years ago
If Amazon have their own brand of art supplies that help people out who are short on money, can't get to the shops because of the pandemic, etc, then is there any need to complain? They are just very good at providing a service so people can get hold of items which would be hard to come by otherwise. For over a year now, I have been confined to my small village and none of the shops stock a good range of art supplies
bright-eyes
3 years ago
and stationary, at least not that which would be helpful to an artist. The company is a life line for people who are vulnerable.
koshka
3 years ago
I detest Amazon for how they exploit their workers and small businesses, but I admit they're a life-saver for a lot of things, namely books like you said. It seems like physical stores only stock "safe" mainstream books, not the things I actually like to read. That and as a male that wears a lot of pink, Amazon is pretty much the only place I can find clothing I actually like.
1 like
bright-eyes
3 years ago
It's been years since I found a decent bookshop. The good independent ones have either closed, or are too far away. As for high street chains, the only /real/ bookshop that I've been in has been Blackwells in Oxford. The local library I find has pretty much either dumbed down its collection, has damaged books in it (seriously, I stopped checking books out because people had torn pages out of them so you couldn't read
1 like
bright-eyes
3 years ago
them properly) or they don't have what I want. Wasn't always that way but the last time I looked in the zoology section, the books there should have been in the children's section, not the adults!
1 like
Just came across a youtuber complaining about people mocking and making fun of her, but her entire channel seems to be her creating videos mocking other people. Ermmm.... Perhaps you reap what you sow?
2 likes
Spent the morning sorting out a bookcase, some side tables and cleaning a craft drawer tower that I plan to upcycle for my paints, etc, in preparation for my new (and hopefully, more organised) workspace. The tower is an ugly black colour which might have been to my liking when I was 14, but which now I find depressing. (I do like gothic things, by the way, but I hate the black and grey workshop look, especially
bright-eyes
3 years ago
when I have to stare it at when I'm not working.) But the tower is a lucky find.
One problem which I am struggling with at the moment is motivating myself to cook properly. This is in due partly to my diabetes - you get to the point where you feel like you shouldn't be eating anything at all because where-ever you look, there is some 'research' that tells you whatever food item you eat is bad. The other issue is that from 2018 - 2020 we lost a dog each year around the same same time (Jaffa and
1 like
bright-eyes
3 years ago
Colin at the beginning of the month, practically on the same day a year apart) and Misty in the middle of the month a year after losing Colin. I'm trying to reset it so that I feel better about things, but it's frustrating.
1 like
On Max's walk today, we saw a couple of squirrels, four crows and three magpies.
3 likes
Josie's Dolls is an old one. It was around when I first started making fan sites in 2003!
'I was going to go to Lidl tomorrow' he says. The last time, he came back with a load of stuff I couldn't eat and it resulted in a hypo...
Took Max on a longer than usual walk today and visited some places I've not been for ages. My stamina has improved a lot in the past year or so. A couple of years ago, I took Misty to the same place, intending on walking the same distance I did today and couldn't do it due to pain in my lower back. To folks who struggle with illnesses like arthritis and high blood pressure, things can improve, if you don't try to do
3 likes
bright-eyes
3 years ago
too much, too quickly. This is the result of taking Max out for a walk (some short, some longer) almost every day for about a year.
2 likes
Dug out some art I did a few years ago so I can scan it when we get the new computer. I forgot how vibrant most of them are.
Popular Tags
art videogames music programming games personal anime food writing cats blog gaming movies books photography comics design fashion animation horror game technology furry coding portfolio programacion manga drawing education html ocs sports poetry cute fun history musica animals web film programing philosophy kpop science literature reading tech arte computers roblox politics school travel retro youtube minecraft gamedev pokemon cartoons nature videogame memes illustration internet 2000s video fantasy videojuegos dogs comic blogging diary random life videos linux test webcomic gardening news fanfiction nostalgia queer idk pink kawaii 90s business worldbuilding love cars fandom stuff health emo css tv y2k silly arg aesthetic vocaloid cooking oc journal fiction learning math space scifi website software homestuck graphics lgbt media stories ai football marketing javascript cat sport commissions 3d crafts pixelart sanrio culture funny punk goth cutecore digitalart films archive religion artist painting etc development characters dnd entertainment trans metal lgbtq cool scene fanart webcomics graphicdesign code arts streaming webcore sonic me comedy rpg diy webdesign informatica story comida dance educacion gay roleplay psychology computer cyberpunk hacking indie vaporwave electronics weird plants aboutme soccer friends crochet ttrpg html5 oldweb weirdcore it basketball cinema reviews engineering program about editing languages baking originalcharacters guitar makeup social zines creativity clothes discord project rock community aesthetics testing journaling lifestyle vtuber pets fnaf information nintendo everything study series language photos spirituality mlp sewing storytelling shop shows beauty movie lain clothing ghchs magic money resume radio tecnologia architecture biology experimental japan blogs digital furries crypto undertale nothing japanese futbol fitness vintage blinkies shopping carrd thoughts ttrpgs vr cosplay coffee autism occult info other chat creative physics bugs wip system splatoon book profile websites birds witchcraft television webdevelopment dolls research apps python cybersecurity free juegos lore gamedevelopment finance astronomy linguistics transgender deportes events site band alternative meme pixels dreams rap hobbies flowers fortnite anything deltarune projects windows developer toys photo robots work singing fansite genshin security touhou fish fanfic personalwebsite online pizza family mathematics aliens lol knitting dog fnf data dragons puzzle humor twine roleplaying links app breakcore twitch theatre wiki zonelets characterdesign a all sleep vampires mentalhealth android gifs scenecore adventure modding drawings interactive ffxiv no interests teaching privacy gallery english fandoms hobby cartoon animations pixel bio rp skateboarding gamedesign astrology mystery home tf2 death tvshows noise crafting gothic hiking stamps sleeping medicine awesome deporte collecting danganronpa tarot robotics hiphop bitcoin shrine graphic audio dreamcore journalism podcast resources coquette computing visualnovels chess swag meow rpgs zine dancing lolita misc puzzles things communism essays jfashion doom objectshows osc gyaru recipes mario none car plushies law girls boardgames electronic progamming blender java poems tcc romance socialmedia christianity scratch production anarchism ecommerce utau myself epic creepypasta gym flash wrestling moda vent pictures old omori 80s paranormal student clowns js estudiante mythology indiegames images tumblr pc computerscience educational lesbian spanish webdev intro activism hellokitty help truecrime stars dark enstars programas ocean piano otherkin running bfdi geography southpark curso feminism frutigeraero god traveling translation tabletop plurality cafe closedspecies environment novels vkei homepage 3dmodeling college baseball travelling introduction programar realestate pastel dev vtubers retrogaming monsters warriorcats transformers yaoi podcasts event maths creepy store search trains lego musicals bts bunnies forum outdoors hardware jewelry chemistry starwars marvel foods shoes opensource multimedia yes shitposting turismo jpop yoga techno cyber kidcore whatever collection escuela filmmaking services maps gatos kirby jazz gamer tools weed construction brasil weather miriadax persona dinosaurs popculture insects designing craft species cryptocurrency mcr style sound fotografia cricket angels horses grunge peliculas sharks petz css3 blockchain informacion therian depression restaurant vhs learn people freedom conspiracy songs drugs acting economics stickers text tourism egl args surrealism mobile videoediting collage socialism did novel cine salud unblocked animanga digitalmarketing cv yuri tutorials surreal furniture foss tea homework ideas analysis world lgbtqia birthday medical hockey pjsk animales service videography fishing hi general sciencefiction artwork rpgmaker dj google twitter halloween estudio practice animes bible ecology studying swimming libros jesus frogs bsd pop alterhuman edm wedding rats trading networking drama conlang skating ropa modeling truth cultura videogaming water plural class miku volleyball guns cryptids racing prompts neocities programmer author supernatural hair company historia noticias kandi 3dprinting society live theater ghosts cleaning cs academic genshinimpact chatting jjba women tattoos soft glitch ambient scary brazil anarchy healthcare erotica frontend tic review tennis skincare cycling library vlog ux desarrollo nerd datascience chill bot tareas shitpost bl mods hardcore php christian server future rhythmgames university quotes schoolproject tecnology training lostmedia synthesizers viajes evangelion sculpture aviation advertising bikes idols anthropology academia startrek revival church visualnovel kids retrogames knowledge character onepiece shrines blue theory neopets halflife jobs camping index programa instagram anthro blood finalfantasy disney ultrakill apple green ar crime alt photoshop bands designer something kin sociology graffiti rainbow friendship archives tiktok sustainability theology entretenimiento house visualkei csgo colors desing silliness analog dating illustrations hack conlangs new webseries industrial cult download creation cozy otaku creatures miscellaneous spooky magick tokipona chaos trabajo meditation batman articles 3dart communication literatura mylittlepony building performance disability programs paganism cards jokes vampire 4chan eating play tarea facts pruebas retrocomputing exercise overwatch interactivefiction vegan animal zelda youtuber yugioh writer lolitafashion ios developing notes french sims shoegaze mushrooms animalcrossing joke esoteric vrchat analoghorror generator tattoo musicproduction club unix party hotel sites practicas cheese gender garden map liminal webring jogos vtubing beer dc rambling gacha sketching originalcharacter rants voiceacting stupid archival os magazine marxism educativo satire garfield repair ciencia superheroes kink ceramics rave proyecto pinterest content medieval gis men pet digimon draw geocities doodles mtg conlanging nft netflix folklore girly dungeonsanddragons tokusatsu time tips self statistics ranfren happy geek mecha military black vinyl riddle wow electronica crd network studio agriculture mcyt chiptune shit talking label selfship doctorwho musician private spiderman commission poop ui archiving tutorial embroidery oldroblox hosting lofi spongebob guide adhd streamer sonicthehedgehog bass handmade database travels words shifting spiritual directory e city original vidya genealogy beginner f1 cringe minimalism collections creativewriting randomstuff solarpunk selfshipping hyperpop underground purple scp fightinggames tamagotchi creating products charity tallyhall casino steam parody professional biography sigma planes evil calculator motorcycles cities writting
it's usually full of Christmas designs until the edition that comes out in January, and there is only so much festive stuff I can take. I also have lots of mags from 10 years ago that had lots of Christmas designs in them so I don't really want any more, unless there is a design that really catches my eye, which sometimes (but rarely) happens.