Giglamps rambles

It's been a long time I last did a Sunday Shitpost and I miss the tradition, so 'ere we are. In other news, this blog has been inactive for quite some time; I've been working on getting several different projects going in the background but various stumbling blocks, general upheaval and being rushed off my feet with other things mean that progress has been slow. Still, I feel bad about having neglected the blog and want to get back on with it, even if it's just making an effort to catch up with some photos. Yesterday, while out and about, I checked out this vaguely eerie staircase. It's accessible via a curious little vestibule 'round the back of a music shop in the town centre, and I've walked past it countless times but on this occasion, decided to head in and investigate. These odd pockets in old buildings have always fascinated me, so this impromptu bit of exploration made me very happy indeed. Any mysterious doorways, stairways where you're not quit...

Hearts! There's been a lot of upheaval lately but we're not gonna talk about that; here instead are some recent distractions and encounters, carving out some time for fun in among needing to keep up with a million things at once. Starting with my latest rabbit hole in the video games: Platypus Reclayed! There is just so much to love with this game, it ticks a lot of boxes for me in superb fashion; the tactile claymation art style is a joy; the mechanics are well balanced and accessible, and it has a delightfully mischievous atmosphere. Also, it really amuses me how during the boss battles, there's this epic! dramatic! music in the background and yet the action on-screen is these cute, chunky, plasticine ships 'avin' a bust-up; it's incredibly charming and I just can't get enough of it. Of the bosses, Leviathan is my favourite - there's something about bashing the living daylights out of a thwacking great flying fortress in video games that is an everg...

It's Wednesday and that means more cats, probably the last lot for a while because I ran out of steam some time ago (this post has been scheduled since August) and even prior to that, ran into issues with finding weird cat ornaments that were amusing enough to warrant being included here. So potentially to finish up with, in this week's roundup, these lads have Seen Some Shit . This one made me do a double take but in the interest of clarity, that's a  flower . This one is kind of in the liminal space between genuinely pleasant and a bit odd; the thing that makes it feel a bit unsettling is all the cats, staring in unison, with their shifty expressions - it's a bit "One of us! One of us! " This one, likewise, I kind of vacillate between thinking it's genuinely cute and a bit off-putting. It's a bit of both, so fair play to this lad for having range. Meanwhile this geezer looks like he's in a trailer for a horror film. Saving the best 'til last,...

Wednesday is upon us once again and of course, it's time for more cats. I mentioned recently(ish) that the long-necked cats felt a bit low-hanging fruit, and was making concerted efforts to find weird cat ornaments of a different persuasion, but there are quite a few length-cats here just because they genuinely amused me. Let's have a look... Some of these offered additional amusement with the titles of the listings. Honestly can't argue with that assessment there, it's very accurate. Likewise with this one. It was the vast abundance of shifty eyes on this lot that made me laugh. These two feel like they should be accompanied by the music from the UFO ending in Silent Hill 2, frankly. And now, it's time for a palate cleanser. Here we have another lengthy cat, but this one's a real charmer. Just so precious!