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.

Cancún has been dreamy. 💖 Tomorrow is somehow our last day already, but we’re going to make the most of it!

What a morning: I had awful travel anxiety nausea and caused us to leave late, and the hatchback SUV Uber we took to the airport had the back come open, my SUITCASE FELL OUT, and nobody noticed. If we hadn’t turned back because of a train crossing, that would have been game over for our vacation. 💀

Nothing like sharing my new manicure on my stories and having a “friend” ask what they were (acrylic, shellac, etc) and when told that they’re hard gel, for them to say that they’d never do that because they don’t want to “ruin their nails”. What a bizarre and rude thing to say.

KEEP HONKING I'M LISTENING TO THE HONEYED LIES OF MY TREACHEROUS VIZIER

Every time I’ve been out on transit lately, someone has been watching videos with the volume up on their phone or loudly FaceTiming without headphones, and I really just wish I could perfect a withering look that would brick their phones.

I enjoyed teaching part-time sewing for the last few months, but on review, it just isn’t viable to work evenings so far from home. It either takes almost 2 hours to get home if the buses line up, or an Uber ride that costs almost as much as I made in 1 class. I still feel sad to give it up though.

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

There’s nothing like being sick and having your upstairs neighbour decide that today is the day they’re going to be randomly hammering things, and it’s always going to be directly above whichever room you’ve moved to for a nap. 🫠

As a former QA tester, this makes me boil with rage. AI already can’t validate its own results at the best of times, what makes these idiots think it’s going to be able to creatively break a game or meticulously check like actual QA does?

Just got my flu and COVID shots, plus a vaccine for our upcoming vacation. It’s been 10 years since I last went to Mexico and the Chikungunya vaccine was suggested, and I LOVE getting shots for things I didn’t realize were now a threat- it puts my little hypochondriac mind at ease.

Yesterday, I turned 40 and got to see my favourite band of all time! I’ve been listening to Garbage since I was 10 years old and seeing them on a milestone birthday, playing some of the same songs I’ve loved all this time, felt so special. It was an incredible show! ❤️

Sewing pattern makers who use GenAI for the finished garment images should be kicked off of every platform for fraud. If you, as the creator, can’t make the garment and take a photo of it, you shouldn’t be selling the pattern.

“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”