A fun new development is that I keep getting paralyzing travel anxiety before every trip, with horrible nausea and panic attacks. Even the 1hr flight home to see my family or previously easy road trips aren’t safe. I used to be a really good traveler, so this is crushing.

I’ve been hard at work on my Sciel costume for the past 2 months to debut at Emerald City Comic Con this week. I’m so tired, but it’s the best costume I think I’ve ever made. A few already out-of-date progress shots:

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

I couldn’t go to LA with my husband for a post-layoffs team gathering on account of deadlines, but this little sweetie doesn’t seem to mind that I’m staying home.

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Thor: Love and Thunder. It was such a “time-release hate” movie: the more I thought about how stupid it was, the angrier it made me for being such a waste of time and a waste of a very cool Lady Thor costume design.

Happy Lunar New Year to all celebrating. I am personally inspired by the horse because it is powerful, beautiful, and beloved even though it is also VERY nervous

no more 6 foot tall dude silhouettes, "toilet for comparison" is a much more evocative creature scale metric

gold medal skippity paps

i can't know how to hear anymore about cow tools

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS: THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

My latest read on the treadmill is “Play Nice” by Jason Schreier, and boy oh boy it’s bringing back a lot of memories (trauma) that reaffirm my decision to leave the game industry.

Last month, I got tired of feeling both physically and mentally shitty, and started going back to the gym regularly. I’ve been using library ebooks to motivate me to put in about 15-20km on the treadmill per week, on top of my weights routine. Since mid-December, I’ve read 7 books!

Friendly reminder that Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO has the same BPM as the intro theme to Evangelion

it is done almost a year later Paper Chrono Trigger is done proper photo session this weekend made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, toilet paper, & matboard (Also bit of clear resin, colored gel, LED strip, & microLEDs)

My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet

After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT. Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.

I’ve been fighting with getting a successful print on my 3D printer and properly fitting a pants pattern to my weird body all day, so I’m glad I managed a win in the form of the most incredible pan of chicken stew and dumplings I’ve ever made. You’ve gotta have at least ONE win to keep you going.

This is true of all creative endeavours. Weathering the slog and finishing work is an absolutely key practice. Get good at that and everything else will follow.

Did the first big clean and first grocery shop of the new year, and I’m feeling energized by both in the way that only a 40 year old homebody could be.

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

Separate post for the little dog sculpture I made for my parents, but especially my dad, of their new puppy Ziggy who is my dad’s new little buddy after his beloved dog of 13 years passed away earlier this year. ❤️ I’m so happy with how this turned out.

Christmas sewing projects from this year! Sweats for my sister-in-law (Derek’s side), a shirt for my mother-in-law, a purse charm for my other sister-in-law (my side), and a milestone ornament for her and my brother. ❤️🎄

The version of me who agreed to go to a New Years party tonight was a very different person from who I am now.

Going into a holiday gathering with the in-laws wishing, in the spirit of the “Ask Me About LOOM” pin from Monkey Island, that I had one that says “Don’t Ask Me About My Job Prospects After Graduating”.

I finally finished and wrapped the last of the handmade Christmas presents and let me just say: I’m shopping next year. 💀 I made five presents and I don’t know how people’s grandmas do this.

Low-spoiler thoughts on the latest Stranger Things episodes: - Boy those sure were some Middle Episodes - Another hateful outfit for Eleven, I’m screaming that she’s going into the final battle in a wetsuit and sweatpants. - There are too many characters in play and they just keep adding more (cont)

Merry Christmas to you all, even if you’re just here for the zip line. @ityslmemes.com

Simply Having A wonderful

Unlikely entry on my gratitude list today: combat sports.

My response to anything over the next two weeks

the larian stuff sucks to hear a lot. you have to be a true all-timer loser to think generative AI is useful for concepting ideas or artwork. you let the machine do the fun part you dumbass. it doesnt tell me you think efficiently it tells me youre a fuckass who's given up on being interesting

An old journal comic repost to remind myself that the time is now and I’m not stuck

GIVE HIM THE AUX

The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.

YouTube is doing an annual summary feature like Spotify, and after checking mine out, I’ve determined that my viewing habits are simply none of my business.

be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world

What’s your favourite unusual holiday season ritual? Every single year, I HAVE to watch all of the Nigella Lawson Christmas specials on YouTube. I don’t even do a lot of holiday cooking and entertaining, it just simply doesn’t feel like Christmas without it.

It never fails: finally get enough energy back after being sick to change and wash the bedding, and the cat pukes on the bed the very next day. 🫠

We’re watching the new episodes of Stranger Things and I have to wonder if the costume designer has it out for Eleven, to exclusively put her in ugly outfits for two straight seasons. Season 3’s looks were so good and they’ve been awful since then. The workout outfit is just hateful.

It's a small thing but I love how rather than dressing up these women in blatant cosplay, they do subtle styling and hair accessories to telegraph who's who

thinking of her today

I caught a cold after getting home from vacation, and it has weirdly helped the transition back to real life since I’m forced to take it easy and not jump right back into being productive. Meanwhile, my Stardew Valley farm hasn’t been so efficient in years.

In bed before 8:30pm thanks to mild jet lag and an exhausting travel morning that started at 2:45am. It would have been fine, we went to bed early… but despite the fact that we were staying at a quiet peaceful adults-only resort, some frat house fuckheads decided to have a room party at midnight.

There is something incredibly freeing about being 40 and wearing a bikini at a resort where nobody gives a shit about how you look and everyone just has normal human bodies of various shapes and sizes. Everyone is happy and having fun. The internet and influencer culture aren’t real life.