Who?
I’m Ms B. 30-something Australian. Lawyer. Living in a tiny apartment with my husband and 2 kids.
I have lots of hobbies.
When I was a kid, I read a lot. When I was a teen, I spent a lot of time making websites (I used to own a collective of websites under the domain immortalised.net), playing video games, watching anime. I grew up and had to do grown-up things like “getting a job” and I somehow ended up in law. It’s nice, interesting work, but it really cuts into hobby time. I read less, finished fewer games, and stopped making websites. But I managed to picked up new hobbies and watched more movies.
In terms of genres, I love sci-fi and some fantasy. I can’t get enough of satire, absurdist comedy and black comedy. Drama tends to absolutely bore me. I have a fascination with horror, but I am a major scaredy-cat that would “nope” as soon as a horror movie starts, usually the horror movie that I insisted on seeing. Hooray for documentaries, especially about space.
I tend to like jumping feet first into new things, but I do get distracted pretty easily. I love seafood, ramen and dumplings, but not really fan of chocolate. Give me a cup of tea and bagel in the morning and I’m ready to go.
What?
This is a blog about my interests. I have lots of them, and I want a place to share, discuss, ponder and rant about said interests. Sometimes I talk about my life too.
This blog doesn’t make me money, nor do I intend for it to. No SEO stuff for me please, ick. I didn’t create it to further my career (in fact, I want to keep it as separate from my “real” life as possible) or to improve my writing. It’s just a place for me to house my thoughts, a tiny soapbox that broadcasts my ramblings to those who happen to pass by.
Why?
I spent a great deal of my teen years blogging (before it was cool, literally! Like, before “blogging” was a thing!) about all sorts of things. My interests, life, friends etc. These days, my day-to-day life is too mundane to write about, but every once in a while I wish that I had a platform again to ponder and discuss things that I’ve seen, or played or done. Somewhere a little more “me” than facebook or twitter. Narcissistic I know!
Why the name? My favourite anime, Cowboy Bebop, was on my mind when I was coming up with this blog. I had originally wanted to name the blog after “Cosmic Dare”, one of my favourite songs from the Cowboy Bebop OST. However, on suggestion from Tim, I settled for “Cosmic B”, “B” being the first letter of my name. Short, sweet and personal! The tag-line comes from the song Tank!, which is also part of the Cowboy Bebop’s extensive soundtrack.
That, and space is just damn cool.
When?
I started blogging on 1 December 2001 and had kept at it (on and off) until 6 January 2010, soon after which I closed a network of sites I had run for 10 odd years. Since the closure, the urge to restart the blog came and went, but life got in the way.
Years later, at what was a stable, zen part of my adult life, I thought it was high time to start anew. So on a cold, Saturday, 3 May 2014, this site officially launched. It chugged along for a year then I forgot about it again.
9 years later, in November 2024, I restarted it again, to document my recent forays into crafting.