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I'm a little late, but the last few days before Christmas were very busy, plus I caught a cold. Anyway, I drew this as a Christmas card for schwimmerin, because I never miss the chance to draw something silly.

( Merry Christmas from the Fourteenth Doctor )

It's December! Christmas cards are done (one is already on its way, the other two will be sent out tomorrow or the day after) and I'm doing something I've never done before: my very own Advent Calendar! I was looking for a Good Omens Advent Calendar prompt list, but couldn't find any for 2020, so I created my own. (Of course today I found out that there IS one, but it was posted on a private Discord server...)

Anyway, I've written 24 ficlets, they're mostly humorous and fluffy and I'll be posting them from today until the 24th.

It's time for the usual end of year memes. 2019 was a pretty intense year, both on the fandom front and in "real life": I saw Die Ärzte in Milan (!!!), Good Omens gave me inspiration to write and draw (I hadn't drawn comics in ages), I finally visited Japan! I don't know what to expect in 2020, but I hope it'll be a good year as well.

But before I forget (and I was about to forget), here are the three Christmas cards I sent out this year. I went for a more cartoonish style this year and I'm quite happy with the result.

( Christmas cards 2019 )

( End of year memes 2019 )

I'm always so tired these days that I forgot to post my silly Good Omens Christmas comic here. There's also another one I'm working on, it's almost done, I should be able to post it before Christmas. If I don't die of exhaustion in the meantime.

( Warning: it's SILLY )

NEWSFLASH: the Christmas cards are done! Before the end of November! I'm shocked. I tried a slightly different style this year, even more cartoonish than usual, I hope the people who'll get them will like them (you know who you are).

Other than that, I started watching "Tokyo Girl" on Amazon Prime Video and I'm currently reading "Convenience store woman" (*GASP* An actual book? Not just fanfiction?), both suggested by a colleague who lived in Japan for a few years, and I'm loving them.

Last but not least, I went to a concert with the above-mentioned colleague last night: we saw Cristina D'Avena, who was the childhood idol of pretty much every Italian child born in the '80s and '90s, as she sang almost all the opening songs of the cartoons that were on TV in those years. She performed with Gem Boy, a band who usually plays parodies of cartoon songs. I saw her playing with them a few years ago and it was one of the funniest concerts I've been to, so when my colleague told me she was going to the concert yesterday, I immediately tagged along. It was a great night, the venue was the same one where Die Ärzte played in May (I hadn't been there in 10 years and now I've gone twice within 6 months), it was packed and everyone was singing and screaming their heads off, it was amazing.

But now I'd better go to bed, I have a training session at work tomorrow and I'm the trainer, it wouldn't be nice if I were to fall asleep in front of everyone...

It's November! Which means I need to start thinking of Christmas cards. I already have ideas for the people I usually send cards to, but let me know if you have any specific request.

Also, I'll post an Inktober recap. I only managed 9 drawings, but I'm not too disappointed, given that I hadn't really drawn anything in ages. And I'm ridiculously proud of the last one.

( Inktober 2018 recap )

Christmas cards are done! I was all happy today because I was ready to send them off, but when I arrived at the post office, I found out it was closed for a "union meeting". WTF. Hopefully I'll be able to send them tomorrow and they'll arrive before Christmas. Fingers crossed!

It's a bit early for the Christmassy layout, but I've been in a Christmas mood the whole week, so who cares. Also, I'm working on the Christmas cards (I'm a bit behind schedule, but that's nothing new) AND I'm taking a day trip to South Tyrol to see a Christmas market tomorrow. So, yeah, let's bring out the Christmas layout! \o/

First of all: thanks for the Christmas card, schwimmerin! Remembering our adventures around Northern Italy from last year put a big grin on my face.

I was a bit late sending out cards this year, I'm afraid some of you won't get it before the 25th. Hopefully before the 31st? Sorry. :(

Other than that, I've been quite busy visiting the annual arts & crafts fair earlier this month (where a veeery cute German vendor started talking to me in German when he saw my St Pauli jacket) and the O Bej O Bej market in Milan (a traditional market held around St. Ambrose's Day).

Last night I went to see Madame Sadowsky. Man, had I missed a good night out. I had to go on my own because none of my friends could come with me, but I decided to go anyway and I'm very glad I did. I hadn't danced so much in ages. Also, I thought of schwimmerin because there was a Farin look-alike! I did a double take, at a first glance I really thought it was him! (Just younger. XD)

And tonight I'm seeing Bluvertigo! It's going to be a stroll down memory lane, they were my favourite band in the late '90s.

And on Sunday I'll be a zombie. I'm getting too old for this kind of weekend... XD

The Christmas cards are done! \o/ I should be able to send them out the day after tomorrow if the sore throat I have today doesn't turn into a nasty cold, so keep your fingers crossed.

Now that I have time, I was thinking of doing a sort of Advent Calendar, posting a drawing or drabble each day until Christmas, but I've already skipped two days. Oh, well. Does anyone have any request?

I went to the annual arts and crafts fair on Saturday and, well, this happened:


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I'm worse than a 5-year-old. XD I had talked about the Time-Turner with a colleague just a few weeks ago and when I saw a stand selling Harry Potter themed merchandise I couldn't resist. Then, about 20 minutes later, I saw another stand that sold fantasy gadgets (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc.) and they had magic wands! Harry's, Hermione's, Dumbledore's and Voldemort's. And because I had just bought a Time-Turner, I thought "Well, who knows, I may want to dress up as Hermione for Halloween or Carnival or something, I have the perfect hair for that..." So, yeah, I ended up buying her wand. My inner fangirl is extremely pleased. XD