this post is entirely about me

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Because it was my birthday recently and being a quarter of a century old makes me feel like I should really show off the stuff I've accomplished. Which are few and thus, this is mostly about me telling myself that THEY ARE NOT LITTLE BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO ME. It kind of worries me that these are conversations I keep needing to have with myself.

Fair Warning: Extremely amateur photography ahead.

I guess it would also be fair to warn for many 'this is my mommy and she sincerely believes in making me happy which means letting me take pictures of her' type of pics, plus the fact that I've just discovered some of the cool things I can do with GIMP. There are eighteen (18) pictures under the cut, so  beware of my ego ye dial-up users.

Bogotá. Remember those posts where I waxed poetics (sans the actually poetic part) about this city? Yeah, still happening.








(I'm still proud of this one because this a long-exposure shot done WITHOUT A TRIPOD. It could have been so much worse.)

My mom. Who likes to have fun with balls of yarn and cute winter hats that protect her recently-shaved head. And is also very pretty.











Randomness.



















And that's that. Thank you for your time, hope you enjoyed yourself and your eyeballs aren't bleeding. I'll come back later to regale you with tales about my phone conversations with the brother, as requested by Sonam, as well as to answer some questions misscam left for me in a meme-thing ages ago.

Love y'all lots! And please, stay safe if you're anywhere near a riot site in England. Please.

Comments

[penandnotebook]

I have such love for that one!!! One of my favs, so I commend your excellent taste.

Thank you!!!!!! I couldn't believe it came out when it came out.

I shall tell her ::blows kiss::

Well, as someone who's never owned photoshop, I cannot tell you whether GIMP is better or not, however, as a perfectly amateur user who goes about it mainly by ear, it is insanely easy to use. Although, again, photoshop might be easier? My point is: being a mediocre computer user, I found GIMP a day in the park. Should be even easier for you, I guess. Um, there are tutorials that have been adapted from PS to GIMP so I'm guessing you can pretty much do the same things with both programs, I only use it for simple tweaking, but I've seen complex graphics/manips done with it, as well. I recommend it, is what I'm saying.

(I got that email and am half-way through finishing my reply. Btw, WHERE ARE YOU? I don't recall you presenting a note justifying your future absence, missy. Are you all right?)

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darlingggg! I am so very sorry for my entirely unexpected absence! And thank you for your lovely message on tumblr as well <333 I moved house, then was suddenly without internet for like A WHOLE WEEK, and then was suddenly without any computer at all for another few days, and am only just really getting my feet back on the ground! but feeling pretty settled now, so hopefully all shall be back on track soon :D am most definitely around on email though, so I shall look forward to seeing your face in my inbox! :D

Thanks for the thoughts GIMP! It sounds grand - I shall download as soon as I have a minute, and then no doubt bug you with all my qs ;)

ps you should post more of your super pretty pictures <3