(Read up on what #Richards2016 is all about here.)

Yup, this is a bumper edition of Richard’s 2016 – two weeks in one! The reason for this is that I went on a small trip during week 14 which meant I didn’t really have time to write up what I’ve been doing.

What are the implications on the project? We’ll get to that. But first, the days!

April 2nd: Tangible Karma Day

Karma is all about doing good for the universe right? What better way to give back to the world then by educating them about how to look and feel good? YUP, I MADE A MAKEUP TUTORIAL.

That’s some real, tangible karma right there. You’re welcome, everyone.

April 3rd: Chocolate Mousse Day

Ate this delicious chocolate mousse.

April 4th: World Rat Day

Flexed my artistic muscles and got down this masterpiece.

Yes, it doesn’t have ears. But I didn’t have an actual rat in front of me to draw from, ok? That’s a rat drawn 100% from memory. And considering that, it’s pretty good imo.

April 5th: Caramel Day

Ate so much caramel, guys!

That’s just a pic of me with a Tunnock’s Caramel Bar (the best chocolate/biscuit bar??). But I also scoffed down all manner of Twixes and so on. Every day should be caramel day.

April 6th: Plan Your Epitaph Day

Wow, pretty morbid day there. But I was up to the challenge.

RIP FUTURE ME.

April 7th: World Health Day

I did a funny.

I legit had a great time at Rezzed (a sort of indie version of a big video games convention). Check out my pictures here!

April 8th: Draw A Picture Of A Bird Day

Hey, don’t blame me that this week has two animal days in it for some reason! Once again, I reached for the pen and paper…

ANOTHER MASTERPIECE. And no this one doesn’t have ears either because I don’t think birds have ears or maybe they do but they don’t stick out or whatever?

April 9th & 10th: ????

So. This is when I was away. I was in Dublin for a stag do, AKA the least likely place for me to ever be. I had fun though, even if I had to excuse myself from the more excessive parts of it.

And this raises a good point. Am I still obliged to partake in Richard’s 2016 when on trips away? On the one hand, it feels right and fair to give myself something of a holiday when circumstances force it that way. But on the other hand, I did pledge to do something EVERY day. No matter what. Hmm.

Like next week I’m off on a trip to New York. For the whole week. I’ll do my best to do something every day, but it’s not quite the same as being at home where I can just cook up a peanut brittle on a moment’s notice.

For now, I’ll just do my best to either make a token gesture towards the day or somehow retrospectively apply the days to what I was getting on with anyway.

For instance, April 9th was Name Yourself Day. I’m sure that I must have introduced myself to someone at least once with a hearty “Hello, I’m Richard!” AND MAYBE THAT COUNTS? Also, I’ve changed my name on Twitter to cooky mccookface in a desperate grab for followers. I can say that I came up with the idea on the 9th right?

April 10th was sibling day. Although I didn’t actually see or talk to my sister, you can be assured that she was very much IN MY THOUGHTS.

April 11th: Pet Day

I can’t tell which one I think is cuter.

April 12th: Licorice Day

For the record, I hate licorice. It’s really disgusting and basically unnecessary. Which is a shame, as it often ruins nice things. Like Licorice Allsorts. The bits of that which aren’t licorice are actually quite nice Dolly Mixture-style confectionery. But nah licorice ruins it. So here’s me choking down a bag of allsorts.

Turn up the volume for maximum “EUGHH”.

Also, whatever happened to Fruit Allsorts? I mean these things:

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They were pretty much the GOAT sweets. The bits I liked about Licorice Allsorts, but replaced with tasty sweet jellies instead. Why on earth would Bassett’s stop selling them? It’s a mystery. IF YOU FIND ANY PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME TO EAT.

April 13th: Bookmobile Day

I had a good look around, but I couldn’t see any bookmobiles. Do you even still get them?

Not to be put off, I took matters into my own hands and made a BOOK MOBILE.

do you get it because the book is mobile as in like moving haha

April 14th: Dolphin Day

Listened to my favourite dolphin-centred guilty pleasure song.

Yeah it’s kinda cheesy and stuff, but I really like it! Best dolphin song ever I say.

April 15th: DNA Day

I went to the local beer shop hoping to pick up a bottle of Eagle’s DNA (sold in a couple of Cambridge pubs), but they didn’t have any. Curses!

Instead, I just reshared an old piece I’d written on the time I got my genome analysed by science. Give it a read!

As I’ve said, I’m away basically all this week. So I may or may not be able to do these days. But I’ll give them my best.

  • April 16th: Eggs Benedict Day
  • April 17th: Ford Mustang Day
  • April 18th: Columnist’s Day
  • April 19th: Hanging Out Day
  • April 20th: Volunteer Recognition Day
  • April 21st: Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
  • April 22nd: Jelly Bean Day

Erm, ok. WISH ME LUCK!