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ashabardon.bsky.social
Anime/games/sci fi journo + manga adaptor. Queer bipolar AuDHDer. I have a BA in Religious Studies and MA's in Classics and Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies (w. Merit). Current novel projects: #foxandflower, #thedirectorareseries and #kalafia
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In today's Substack (Subscribe!! It's free!) I talk about some of the EDC gear I use as a freelance journalist, editor and manga adaptor: open.substack.com/pub/ashabard...

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@seananmcguire.bsky.social would you consider ever releasing the Rolling sequel via Patreon at all?

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I’m playing around with Substack. Time to talk the #JLPT: lnkd.in/dSxabpJm

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#ManuscriptMonday, Christmas Eve edition. Tibetan manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in 100,000 lines, gold ink on blue paper, with a carved wooden cover. In the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library search.library.yale.edu/catalog/4117...

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Comic Market 105 draws 300,000 attendees across two days, the most since the pandemic!

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So my new ocularist (aka maker of eye prosthetics) is encouraging me to document things going forward. What do you wanna see? A blog? A vlog? Shorter videos? Help a human out.

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Lovely anaesthesiologist was well lovely and ocularidt wants me to document the procedure. Was esp chuffed when I explained I’m a journo. Will need to figure something out. Check back later. No date yet but prob earlyish next year around March.

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Off to the N and N to see an anaesthesiologist and talk about eye colour with a specialist #ennucleation.

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#astrobot brings me such joy. Even the Festivus level.

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大神の新作が出るのヤバすぎ #大神

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I am LITERALLY crying with joy right now. It is coming, at long last!!! youtu.be/vzr-sD4DFmc #okami #大神

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Smol would like you all to know her new hobby is sitting on @ashabardon.bsky.social‘s back and swatting their plait while the latter is sleeping. Sigh.

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Why is this obviously CG Cleric Beast doing right at the end of the @playstation trailer!!!!! Don’t DO this to me. I can’t take any more disappointment about #bloodborne

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The Niners missed me.

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Gonna get food and head back to Norwich. I’ve been listening to #butter by Yuzuki Asako and it’s making me hungry for rice with butter and shoyu.

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I love the Elizabeth Line so much I used these twice. Aka I followed a crowd and got lost 👩‍🦯‍➡️👩‍🦯👩‍🦯‍➡️😱🤣😜

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Cupcakes. Nom nom.

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Once again all I want to do is go home and I’m stuck in London till 1:30.

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I did the #JLPT. Got a solo room, a massive DIGITAL clock and was able to be done by 5. Am dubious on my score but now I know what to revise for and how the whole thing works.

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Pre-JLPT coffee at the BM. There was a HUGE line which I got to skip.

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Unsurprisingly I suck st origami.

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Off to Japan House.

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#Wicked was fantastic. I was in the stalls in the second row. Amazing performance but much faster than the film adaption.

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I am in my hotel. So nice.

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Off to that there London for a few days.

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Solo date to see #wicked tomorrow night.

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My other anime highlight next year is #nightofthelivingcat (which I adapt for @gomanga.bsky.social). I love the idea of cat zombies who turn humans into cats. The apocalypse isn’t a trying not to die, it’s not being able to pet kittens! www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02...

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I absolutely LOVE #TheSummerHikaruDied and the anime is going to be the highlight of next summer for me: www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11...

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Reminder: if you need cats, my kids are on Bluesky but mainly on Instagram.

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Vet day for the kids. Fortunately they’re coffee shop trained.

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Designing new business cards. Not sure which I like better. Thoughts?

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The kids are chilling as today is Storm Bert day.

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Going to see #Wicked later.

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I had Japanese food at Shiki in Norwich the other day. I love the place and the bento was, as always, 本当うまい😋.

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Last night…

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Onmyōji 0, the latest film about Abe no Seimei starring Yamazaki Kentō is on Amazon Prime in the UK with subtitles!!! Heian Onmyōdo nerds, check your local app!!!

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I’m not currently in Japan and that makes me sad.

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We had snow and darkness so Gideon did a nap. Smol and Deefer too.

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I ripped this video from Eleonora Svanberg on X (she’s not on 🦋) She wrote: “I'm a PhD student at @UniofOxford and I think I'm living in a fairytale :-) Foxes playing around in the snow at Magdalen College this morning — absolutely magical!”

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I’ve been applying for jobs for a year and it is exhausting. I just want a normal 9-5 role. Nothing special.

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Spent the morning applying for journo full time jobs. In London. With a disability. If anyone has a need of a qualified journalist with the option for remote or hybrid let me know.

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The kids like the central heating.

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Trying to strip the bed and Deefer and Harrow are like: No.

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There was snow on the ground so I’ve upgraded to my actual Uniqlo winter coat.

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Accounts done. Enjoying the quiet.

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New PB on the accursed rower.

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