Let there be Vodka!

Feeling equal parts mellow, and tired this afternoon.

I’m back baby!

Still staying off social media today, but am working on the last of my previous batch of commissions.

New slots to be added later today or tomorrow!

I am working today, but because of poor sleep due to alergies, I’m going to avoid Social Media.

If you need me, please drop me an email.

Links at

I just collected my new glass jars for pickling and preserves, because that's my life now apparently.

I'm trying the preset timer on my rice cooker.

I will either have plump, fluffy rice for dinner tonight... or breakfast tomorrow morning. I’m unsure

Two Oat Milk Flat Whites in already… I have a feeling that there will be more!

I’ve just been onboarded to the new Discord naming convention.

Unsurprisingly, @andycarolan was still free

Blood type : Brazil single origin with caramel and chocolate notes.

Happy #WWDC

Monday, and back at my desk for a day of illustration.

Also waiting in for a delivery of glass bottles and jars for pickles and sauces.

Have an awesome day!

I’m mid-flow in making a Vegan Tarte Au Citron.

If you can smell lemons RN, it’s probably coming from my house.

Apple Music’s recommendations are far better since I’ve been clicking “Love” on tracks that I like the most.

Preemptively dosing myself with Antihistamine this morning… I sense that the flowers are out to get me today!

Stoßlüften!

Happy Friday!

Today, I discovered that my Air Fryer toasts toast, better than my Toaster toasts toast.

Buh-bye Toaster!

I spend all of my disposable income on Avocados.

First meal using the Rice Cooker tonight.

Cooked Teriyaki Bowl with tons of Vegetables, Broccoli Peanut Satay, Vegetable Gyoza (shop bought), and short grain (sticky) rice.

I don’t think I’ve ever had better rice than this at home. 1.5 cups of short grain was enough as a side dish. Next, I want to try long grain as a main… I have a few recipes!

Vegan #YumAsia

Pancakes, Sausages and Tater Tot sized Hash Browns for breakfast.

All #Vegan All #Yummy

Awake at 0430

I have achieved ‘Rice Cooker ownership’

Bowling, Arcade, Coffee!

It probably shows in my work, but my favourite artist is Dick Bruna.

Where is my coffee?

At my desk working on Profile Pic Commissions!

Batch cooking vegan pancakes RN. Great time saver during the week when they can be warmed up from frozen in the microwave.

Has someone turned up the gravity? I feel very heavy this morning

My favourite kitchen utensil by far is my tofu squeezer.

Also, why is there no tofu emoji?!

I finally managed to find a pair of training chopsticks for my son.

It will be interesting to see how he gets on with them.

I’m cooking Vegan battered not-fish in the Air Fryer, while steaming some heat-resistant potatoes on the hob.

We will eat the not-fish tonight, and the potatoes next Wednesday.

The baked beans were ready 20 minutes ago before I even started cooking them.

Remember to never take someone’s frozen Banana without replacing it!

Surfing in bed

Andy has returned!

Hazzah!

Andy is AFK

I’VE only had one coffee today!

Soaking Rice.

It doesn’t get much better than this my friends.

Still in bed. Warm and cozy, don’t want to leave it.

Morning. Tired. Can haz coffee?

I have a dark carpet in my studio, and I recently bought some black Nikes.

I’ve tripped over those black Nikes 700 times today and it’s not even bedtime yet.

I made a really nice Vegan Hollandaise Sauce earlier which I served with Asparagas, and Vegan Bac*n on Toast.

Aaaahhh Monday, My Old Friend. Do You Know The Klingon Proverb Which Tells Us Coffee Is A Drink That Is Best Served Hot?

I am back at my desk for a while finishing a commission, but as the weather is nice, I may be playing outside this afternoon.

Awake before 5am on a Saturday…

Sun’s gettin’ real low.

Client is 35 mins late… I’m feeling a bit unloved in Teams all by myself 😅

I have a Black Mirror Basic Pro scale arriving today as an upgrade for my coffee corner. I’m really excited about it!

Why did I wake up before 3am?

Banana!

Coffee No2 is an Oat Milk Flat White with Nutmeg... which was very nearly Cayenne Pepper because I almost grabbed the wrong jar.

Wow, I’ve just heard the fan in my M2 Pro Mac mini. It’s the first time I’ve heard it since I got it.

Coffee Number Three!

I’ve done it again… I forgot to have breakfast.

Going to be a busy day as I have lots of work on currently.

Trying to wake up now with the help of a large Americano plus a splash of Oat Milk.

I really don’t want to get out of bed today.

The sun is out, so it’s new shorts new sneakers and new tee day.

Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee!

It’s been a productive day! 3 out of 4 tasks complete so far, and ready for the design review tomorrow.

The Anti-Histamine Hangover is real!

I’m having one of those hay fever days where everything from the neck-up itches, and I can’t stop sneezing.

Come on anti histamine… Do your thing!

Going to be at my desk all day today as I have a design review deadline to meet on Monday.

Have a great day!

At about 4pm, I had a bath… then I felt drowsy and laid on the bed for a bit…

2 hours later I woke up.

Morning! Back at my desk today, meeting later, work before and after.

Coffee first!

My son is unwell and home from school today. So, if you are waiting for replies from me, they may be slightly delayed.

Thanks for understanding!

If you see me wandering around today with yellow hands, it’s because I was chopping turmeric last night.

I just watched Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. Was good!

There’s a disturbance in the force. It’s lunchtime and I’m only now drinking my second coffee.

Taco Tuesday?

Making a Chickpea Curry for dinner. It smells all kinds of awesome!

Working on the last of my profile image commissions. I will hopefully open more slots in the next few days!

Coffee in bed truly is an amazing thing.

My Vegan Tiramisu was in danger of delay as my local supermarket was completely out of the Chickpeas that I needed for the Aquafaba. Fortunately saved by the little 7/11 nearby! #vegan #desert

I had an awesome green (Baby spinach, aocado, apple, banana and oat milk) smoothie for lunch!

So, my phone complained that it was full. So, I checked it out, and because settings, it had downloaded over 33GB of subbed podcasts 😅 - That’s 234 episodes apparently.

“Sleep Data… Sleep“

It’s been a good day!

Profile picture commissions are now live on Ko-Fi!

Illustration #Cute

I’ve just finished updating my Ko-Fi account with my current details, and am about to start offering profile pic commissions.

Will update when then commissions go live, but here’s the page

Spending most of my life waiting on emails. This is suboptimal for my productivity.

Todays drink is this 5 ingredient green smoothie!

Very much looking forward to the arrival of my new blender.

COFFEE TIME!

Today, I have started Star Trek Prodigy Supernova on the Switch.

Slow start to the day so far, but looking forward to a relaxing Monday.

9.9km cycled today! Average speed just over 17km/h

Somehow, I woke up at 0300 and fell down a YouTube rabbit hole.

It’s been a good day, but I’m in bed early because it’s warm, cosy and this is where my plushies are!

Been looking into Tone Indicators recently. Going to try to use them where appropriate.

I feel that they have the potential to help remove ambiguity from posts.

Would be interested to hear other’s thoughts about this /gen

Slept pretty well, woke up feeling awesome. Had coffee and breakfast and now sitting at my desk with another coffee, ready for work.

On the agenda today, mostly continuing work on a logo for an engineering app.

design #logo

… tired.

Today, I’m WFH as usual, but I DO have a pretty awesome Oat Milk Latte (It’s too big to be a flat white).

Have an EPIC day whatever you have planned!

In a design review meeting!

I think I need to dip my head in talc or something… my headphones keep getting stuck to my ears.

Positive start to the day so far. Still waiting to hear from a few people about design reviews, but I have things that I can be working on in the meantime.

Have a great day whatever you have planned!

Making another coffee because the energising effects of the ’White Americano’ have worn off.

This time, it’s an Oat Milk Flat White with a sugar… served with mini Oreos.

Ooh fancy.

Waiting to hear back from three customers before I can make any further progress 😩

If anyone wants anything small illustrated quickly, ping me!

Today’s excitement so far. I just ordered 2 bottles of descaler for the Espresso Machine.

You’re worth it Espresso Machine… you bring so much joy.

Small update to to include subheading for omg.lol for site, status and mastodon links (and any upcoming weblog etc links). I’ve also included my Pixelfed link in the main Connect section.

Does this all make sense? Would it be better to add pixelfed in the omg.lol section and rename it Fediverse or something?

It’s Monday again isn’t it.

Wake me up when Friday gets here.

Feeling more awake now it’s bedtime than I have all day.

Pancakes, Sausages and Hash Browns, with warm Maple Syrup for breakfast.

Being Vegan really doesn’t mean that you miss out on anything!

Vegan

4am and I’m awake.

Just finished watching “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”

I’m not sure what I expected, but found it mildly entertaining.

I sure hope that my weekend is more calm than the last 24 hours.

So yesterday, I had a house plumbing failure on my recently fitted bath. The past 18 hours have been interesting to say the least.

Having a lovely afternoon out, crawling coffee shops with Helen ☕️

Late start to the morning and it’s been awesome. I’m going to make coffee, and pancakes with sausages and maple syrup shortly!

vegan

I’ve had a bit of an off-day today. Tomorrow will be better.

That was a nice quick 10 minute slow-flow yoga session.

I’m trying to get back to practicing at least 10 minutes every day, just to help stay flexible. I found that it helped when I kept to this regimen last year, but for reasons, I didn’t keep going with it.

Drinking coffee number four.

Three Oat Milk Flat Whites and one Decaf filter.

Happy to have discovered what was keeping my Mac from going to sleep.

It was the official Mastodon app for Mac OS. I’ve just uninstalled it, and will be continuing to use the browser version until Mac Ivory is released!

Some game skill icons sent off for design review this morning, so I’m treating myself to a midday soak in the bathtub!

My first WFH day on my own in two weeks. I’ve gotta say that in a way, I’ve missed the quiet.

puts on LOUD music

My internet keeps going down today. This is sub-optimal.

Watching Space X Starship sitting on the pad, and hopefully a successful flight test launch in just over 20 minutes!

Warm, sunny days make me feel much happier.

Busy day = “Early” night

Batch cooked pancakes this morning for the freezer. Also made enough for breakfast of course. All served with those Heck sausages I bought yesterday, and Maple Syrup. #vegan

Back from a lovely 10.4km cycle ride. Bought some yummy coffee beans, dd a bit of shopping and soaked up the sun.

Just completed a 20 minute Energetic Flow Yoga session on Apple Fitness +

Hopefully this will help my lower back as it’s been a bit tight there this week.

Apple #AppleFitness+

Awake

I’ve just submitted another batch of game skill icons for design review and this week is done!

Watched Picard S3 EP9 this morning…

Wow!

I’m listening to Kraftwerk - The Mix (2009 remaster)

Not my usual bag really, but I’m enjoying it!

Second coffee of the day… so far

For some reason, I woke up at 4am. This is what podcasts are for right?

Hey… the sun’s gettin’ real low.

I just put my hoodie on the wrong way. So, twisted it around while wearing it, and now I feel all weird and tangled up.

Is this my life now?

Today’s progress so far: Logo work sent for review, emails dealt with, curry for lunch…

… and I’m now relaxing in the bathtub.

MORNING!

At my desk again for the day! Going to be delivering a second set of logo concepts to a customer working in the rail industry, and continuing work on a banner.

Had a pretty awesome Oat Milk Flat White and a teacake for breakfast and am just looking through music to help get in ‘the zone’

Bedtime at 2300… this is wild!

My cereal looked too good to wait until the morning, so I’ve just had tomorrow’s breakfast tonight.

I just cooked two amazing vegan Pizzas. I used Schär Pizza Bases, Sacla’ Pesto (Sure, it’s tangy, but incredible as a pizza topping), Coconut based Mozzarella + Cheddar, and Squeaky Bean Chorizo.

I’ve just bought status.log and this is my first status update using it!

Posting from my iPad, via Universal Control on my Mac 😅

I've just been playing with the styling on my StatusLog bio, but rolled back a lot of the changes as I didn't like them lol.

I had an epic curry for lunch though, so there's that!

Back at my desk this morning! Today I have logo/branding work to do, and a pull up banner, and some icons for a Discord game!

Have a great day!

I wasn't going to buy any 'drink' this weekend, but I caved and picked up some Vodka. I don't regret this decision... yet.

Playing Creative Cloud