Elf Blood

Aaaaaah! It’s just over a month to go before I move back to Glasgow! Excitement reigns supreme within me.

Pros:

• I’ll be back in an amazing city with amazing people and family and friends
• I’ll be able to catch up with and get back into work with old collaborators, which should hopefully boost my artistic output!
• Glasgow School of Art evening classes!
• The Cathouse!
• West Brewery, summers on Glasgow Green!
• The Kelvingrove art gallery and museum! Oh lordy how I’m looking forward to that!
• A regular RPG session! Which I did have once in Manchester, to be fair, and it was awesome, but the joy of Mancunian public transport meant it took an age and a half to transit…)
• Cantonese classes!
• Microtheatre! Oh yes, I am very much looking forward to working on that…
• The West End, Ashton Lane, so many awesome restaurants and cafés and shops and things!
• Buchanan Street, oh how I love thee, eating streetside at Amarone in the summer with a friend… Metropolitan bliss.
• We can go to Loch Lomond, or even up to Loch Fyne… Fresh seafood in the shadow of the mountains. Now that’s something I can get behind.
• Just… Everything. I’m so glad to be moving back.

Cons:

• I am the laziest person in the world. I’ve packed three boxes so far, and I’ve not arranged a moving van or anything yet…
• It’s gonna be tough leaving behind some amazing co-workers. Everyone at the new office will be judged against the brilliant people in Manchester!
• It’s also gonna be tough leaving behind some brilliant friends. Most of my pals down here I know either through work or through art; you’ve helped me hold it together, even when the rest of the city was trying its hardest to beat the crap out of my nerves.
• I can only hope that the new Transport Museum in Glasgow matches up to the sheer awesomeness of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. It’s still one of my favourite places to go.
• Must find a decent Dhosa place in Glasgow… Doubt anywhere will be quite the same as Dhosa Xpress in Withington. Seriously, if you’re ever out Manchester way, look this place up. Well worth it. On that note too, the Aremnian Taverna. It’s on my ‘must visit’ list for my trips back to Manchester.
• The Chinese New Year celebrations. While I was living in Glasgow, we didn’t have much in the way of a public event to celebrate, it was always spent with family. Don’t get me wrong, that’s part of what CNY is about! But being out there, watching the demonstrations, cheering on the lions… It really makes me proud to have Chinese blood. Much in the same way that Glasgow, in general, makes me damn proud to be Scottish.
• On that note, Manchester Chinatown itself. I love Glasgow Chinatown, but it could stand to be a little bigger 😛
• Did I mention that I’ve only packed three boxes? I really hate having to move flats! But, there are some things that are worth the hassle 😛

Anyway, all I’ve left to do is remind all you lovely people that entries are still being accepted for the fanart run! Just to tide the site over for a couple of weeks while I move and get settled in at my parents (gotta run out the contract on the current flat before I can afford to find a new flat in Glasgow, hurray) I’ll be showcasing Elf Blood fanart that I’ve been sent! Anyone who gets shown on the site will receive a signed pencil sketch of a character of their choice, linkage to their blog/webcomic/site, and a big dollop of personal gratitude from me! This’ll run up until the end of May, so there’s still a fair whack of time left! Please do think about entering! read more