The fast and the irritated

Went into the city today with Cam since he has the week off work, it was great fun. Got my Swancon art printed, not 100% happy with how it came out but I can't be bothered fiddling with it. If noone buys it the $5 will support the con.

Places that were adequately accessible to my wheelchair: the trains, Taka's, Officeworks, the Mac store, the malls

Places that were not: the roads around Royal Perth Hospital

Seriously, the crossing near Officeworks had no pedestrian indicators and broken kerb cuts. We went around to the other side of the hospital and there was NO kerb cut, instead people on wheels (eg prams or wheelchairs, not that you'd ever see anything like that near a HOSPITAL) are expected to detour to the other side of a 6 track wide railway crossing and back. Instead I drove back down the footpath to cross further down (while Cam happily trotted directly across by foot), and none of the kerb cuts matched, forcing me to drive on the road for about 15 metres. Top speed on my chair is pretty fast, so I didn't feel too unsafe, but I'd hate to be a newly discharged patient in a manual wheelchair.

The inevitable pull of Mass Effect

artondemand is offering dreamwidth points for art requests and fills. I've never been bothered requesting anything before but decided I might as well, and if any of youse request something I'll be highly motivated to draw it :)

I've started replaying the whole Mass Effect trilogy from the start with a new character, a laid back female cynical tech/soldier. It's been a lot of fun, meeting characters and places and knowing how everything fits together and plays out. Plus I'm enjoying blowing up people's weapons, and look forward to playing with some of the fancier tech skills down the road. It's funny how my reactions change between characters, my previous two Shepards thought Garrus was nice but a bit of a doof, this one actually thinks he's pretty cool. I may even get into Shepard/Garrus, which would be handy since it's such a popular pairing and I keep bouncing off the fic.