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Book Review: The Martian

One of my all time favourite books! It combines my love of space, science, and witty humour. While it's so ambitious with the books basic principles of being on Mars, the science is not too farfetched. The book has you follow Mark Watney, a botonist sent to Mars by NASA to conduct experiments and collect samples, alongside other scientists. Disastor strikes as a dust cloud causes an emergency evacuation from the Mars base but, due to complications, Watney ends up stranded on the surface of Mars.

The Martian does and excellent job of providing an insight into how someone might react to being forced into isolation, providing their own entertainment through witty remarks and disco music. I would heavily recommend this book, 9/10!

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I'm sleep deprived and running on caffeine!

The past 2 days have been super fun, sorry about not posting on the day but my mental diagnosis stopped me from being able to.

Firstly, I ran a session of D&D and it was so fun. There was inner party conflict, drama, and the beheading of kobolds. The party finished the session with nearly no resources left, and they all enjoyed the challenge!

Next I had to work on organising my vaccine. Because I technically live in 2 countrys, neither country is allowing me to book one. Kind of made me want to bash my head into a wall but its sorted now.

I've just finished an amazing game of MTG where I played a +1/+1 token spewing deck. I died with a 63/65 monster who cost 1 mana to cast.

I've began to write and read more, which is always super fun. Don't anyone dare to ruin the witcher for me y'know!

I've also started to use the name Addie in front of people and close friends, I guess thats progress?

It's been super fun!

~Addie

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Doggo sitting and youtube binging!

My sis has been out getting her hair cut so I've been taking care of mags. This dog is literally interested in all food other than the stuff she's given.

I took her on a walk to my nans, we stayed there a while but didn't talk about much.

Now we're just chilling watching gun vids on YouTube in the living room.

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Shooting Review, Week 1 and 2

So when I started my probationary membership at the gun range, last week, I wasn't sure what to expect. They had me shooting a .22lr CZ bolt action rifle. I had heard of bolt action and had predetermined that it wasn't for me. I was so wrong. Bolt actions are so fun, I shot the first round and had a grin on my face for the rest of the night.

Between week 1 and 2 I had been invited to spectate a competitive tactical shoot and a dark tactical shoot. This was when it started to kick in for me that there is more to guns than violent image portrayed by the media. I had begun to be invested at this point.

On week 2 I was shooting a .22lr m&s semi-automatic. I had always expected that this would be my favourite choice, but to be fair it kind of felt mediocre. It had more kick to it than the CZ and was faster firing. I enjoyed the gun and if I were to get a semi-auto it would definitely be considered since it's undeniably the best choice in my country for competitive shooting, however there was something about the bolt action which made it more challenging, this made me enjoy that much more.

~Addie

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Book Review: The Witcher, the last wish

I decided to try out the witcher books after finishing the Netflix adaptation a while back. I loved the series, and seeing a half naked Henry Cavill is always an added bonus. I want to say that, on it's own, the series is very good. However the books ruined it for me.

In my opinion, the books were so much better. Each story was wrote with great care and detail, and stitched together by an overarching plot. For each story that had an on screen adaptation, I realised how great the stories actually were by reading the books whereas in the show they felt like one of plotlines. There more I read the books, the more I become engrossed into this fantastical world, and the more nitpicky I become of the Netflix series.

9.5/10, would definitely recommend!

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My week of silence...

Sorry again for not following through, as I've said it's been a bit of a tough week.

Anyway, I've been trying really hard to get back into digital art, and struggling as well since I can't stand my art. I do enjoy the process though.

It's mostly been a female week with a few hours of male maybe. I've been thinking about stuff like that for a while now but I still feel like I'm faking it most of the time. I saw a reallllllyyyyy cute tiktoker today who I both wanted to look like and wanted to do some r rated activities with... ignore me over here, respectfully simping.

The more I think about my identity and "coming out", the more anxious I get. I kinda feel like it shouldn't really be anyone's business unless necessary. Being deadnamed isn't fun, don't get me wrong, but I used that name for most of my life so it's familiar at least. Is it wrong I don't hate that? I've had friends before who judged me so much for stuff like this.

I hope you guys have had a less existential crisis of a week.

~Addie

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Radio Silence

Hey, so last time I wrote hear I thought I would do this daily and I kinda fell off of track. I'll try my hardest but this week has been a bit hard you know.

~Addie

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Day One

So I suppose an idea is to write about my day.

Today has been interesting I suppose. I had D&D where I play this fire obsessed, Verdan, pyromancer sorcerer. I have also been on 2 massive walks, which is something I do out of habit really. I'd like to try to dress more androgynously but I already wear plain tops, jeans, and canvas shoes. Short of growing out my hair, I'm not sure what to do about that.

Tomorrow is going to be fun, I'm meant to be starting my probation at my local gun range, also I get a lie-in!

I should probably go and cook my evening meal now, that's going to be a drag since I have no clue what to eat.

Also, I forgot to say Happy Pride month! I'm tempted to write a post going into the origins of it to celebrate.

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Comfort Animes!

So, big surprise, but I love animes! I'm running out of ideas for comfort animes though. I've finished Toradora, Yuuri on Ice, and a couple other ones. I would appreciate suggestions.

It's not necessary but I do feel like watching an LGBTQ+ comfort anime. No one can convince that it was a hug between Victor and Yuuri in *that* scene!

Also, there should be a comfort show where Nezuko (Demon Slayer) is the focus. She is one of my favourite characters and I'd definitely watch. Is it just me that thinks Nezuko is best-girl because she's wholesome, because I've seen a lot of people sexualise her and it kinda makes me want to throw up.

This one is a little short since I've posted a lot today.

~Addie

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Trauma, thy name is Addie!

I'm kind of tired of pretending that everything is okay at home. I was in a big car crash way back in august last year, on the motorway. My car, as well as my mental health (to be fair this wasn't great to begin with) was wrote off. It isn't really addressed at home, other than my dad cracking jokes that make me feel upset. I pretend it doesn't affect me because that's the dynamic I have with my parents. We don't really *do* emotion in this house.

Every time I think about it I panic and try to force it out of my mind. Not to mention the discomfort I now have when on the motorway, and when I think about driving. I used to really enjoy driving, and it feels like that has been ripped from me and replaced with unadulterated fear.

Hopefully I'm moving forward, sorry about the theme of this one it's been quite sad.

~Addie

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Uni is... interesting?

So I've just finished my second year of university in the UK. It's been dissapointing really. My entire course was moved online, other than the last few weeks where we could drop in every so often. I got most of my rent money back which is good, but now I'm in debt to the mob (the government, pardon the expression) for pretty much no reason.

Looking back I wish I had taken a year out, to try to gain experience if nothing else. I see experience as a massive issue to be honest. Let me explain. A company will only hire you if you have experience, yet you need to be hired by a company to gain experience. It's a drag, I've been trying to get a job since I was 16, I'm now 20.

Also every physics lecturer is from a different country, the language barrier is often an issue which gives me headaches. It's worth it though, they are amazing people who are incredibly smart, and most of them are friendly.

Other than go to one lecture every fortnite all I did at uni this year was stay in my accommodation and play games with my housemates. I hope someone had a fun experience this year.

~Addie

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Oooooo Shiny!

So this is a brand new Tumblr account! I kind of wanted a place to write my thoughts and just be myself. I'm both gender-fluid and bisexual, neither of which many people know about, so I figured it would be nice to have a safe space to talk freely and interact with people. So without further ado...

Hi, I'm Addison or Addie for short. I use all pronouns so go nuts! I study physics and am passionate about science. In my spare time, I dabble in art, programming, gaming, reading, and succumbing to the ideas that demons whisper to me through my wardrobe door! Oh and also guitar.

Despite having high qualifications in the English language, and it is my first language, I suck at it. I struggle to recognise sarcasm and also sometimes mess up my punctuation. So please bare with me.

I hope you stick around and become a familiar face, I will try to write on here when I can, and I always try to respond to comments.

~Addie