If I had a dollar for every brother of mine who put a nail through his hand with an old-fashioned nail gun, I'd have two dollars. Which isn't a lot, but I only have two brothers.

A friend of mine asked if the concrete-colored "Heavy Hearts" that I made would be suitable for a brooch, and though they were too heavy, it gave me the inspiration to make a few little brooches out of foam clay with the same look.

February cards are ready to be mailed, and I have a few more cards than members in my Card Club. For less than the cost of one of my handmade cards, you'll get a card every month! ko-fi.com/xingcat/tiers

Oh, this is going to be where I accidentally post the things that would certainly go viral if I hit the right button.

SALE! SALE! SALE! I made WAY TOO MANY Valentine's Day items this year, so from now until Valentine's Day, all items in the Heart Series category are 40% off with the discount code: VD Add VD at checkout and get 40% off any items from my Heart Series! xingcat.bigcartel.com/category/hea...

All set up to try and sell some of my wares for Valentine’s Day at the Providence Flea! If you’re in the area, stop by…I’m right by the Sims Ave entrance. Otherwise, everything is also available online; xingcat.bigcartel.com

To anyone local to Providence, RI, I will be selling my "unique" spin on Valentine's Day gifts and cards at the Providence Flea tomorrow (Sunday, March 8th) at Farm Fresh RI from 11-3. Stop by and help me make sure I don't spend VD alone AND with a house full of unsold merch.

Please remember that so much of "AI" is just an office full of employees in a country whose wages are much lower than they should be.

As spring approaches, I'm trying to adjust my palette away from winter, just a bit. These look like color negatives to me.

If you're in the Boston area and would like to see me do a Moth GrandSLAM event (they're the prize for winning a StorySLAM...you get to compete with other winners in a fancy venue!), I've just gotten word that I'm invited March 2nd at the Huntington Theatre! themoth.org/events/bosto...

A small collection of 3D Valentine's Day cards that I made from scraps of paint left over on my palette from many different painting projects. I want to bring these to the Flea on Sunday, since there are so few of them. If you really one one, message me!

Who needs a "lil guy" to help the mood? I love this lil guy!

An older Moth StorySLAM, where I was getting my bearings as a storyteller, talking about my grandparents and some family secrets. youtu.be/Rt2I88omrI4

The 2026 version of the Valentine's Day wreath cards are up on my site. These have a pink and teal background and are a vertical design. Set of 2. xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/vale...

Continuing to make Valentine's Day cards that are possibly only appealing to me..."Dark Hearts," a dark academia style card with 3D elements. xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/dark...

Valentine’s Day is less than two weeks away….how about some hand-painted cards? xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/flor...

My January Card Club cards went out on the very last day of January, but I have some really cool Valentine's Day designs for February, so you can sign up for the Card Club here! Just a few bucks a month and you get a hand-painted card in the mail every single month! ko-fi.com/xingcat/tier...

These kept not working for me, but I kept making changes and updates until they're my favorite Valentine's Day item. "Heavy Heart," plaster sculpture with inlaid cogs and gears. xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/heav...

I wasn't able to get to the Providence Flea today. I have a bunch of Valentine's Day items that are now up on my site for sale. First item up on my online shop is a pair of "Archaeological Hearts." These are hand-poured plaster hearts (3" long, 1" thick). xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/arch...

Dragula Titans 2?

Real question....what does this look like in one's actual day? Does a disembodied, polite voice from the phone tell you whether you should sit or stand at the potty? Do you ask for an exact, digital replica of Chipotle to show up on your Google Glass? Lovingly setting your iPhone on your partner's?

Starting the year with a very weird craft fair. It’s at a VFW, so we are offered a free Sunday dinner, but almost nobody has shown up, the event planner didn’t measure the space, and the layout of the tables is…odd. I shan’t make money today, I know, but I joined because a crafting friend asked.

I'm sure there's a MUCH more efficient way of making hundreds and hundreds of barnacles for props in an upcoming production of "Eurydice," but I don't know it, so rolling them out individually is what I'm doing today.

Avoid the Cloid.

When people ask if I've been applying for work, I say yes, I applied to so many things, and sometimes, I'll be informed FOUR MONTHS LATER that the company opened my application.

Playing with colors and pure abstract on a large canvas, since I've been concentrating on sellable work for a bit. This is freeing.

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

I have more members for my greeting card club on Ko-Fi than I expected (because I didn't know that I'd get any), but I'd love to have a big pile of cards to send on the 15th, which is when each card drop will happen. If you'd like a hand-painted card every month, sign up! ko-fi.com/xingcat/tiers

I poured a series of plaster hearts, filled with jagged bits and rusted found objects, kind of an abstract take on Valentine’s Day. I’m going to paint them to look more rock-like and sell them at markets this month. No idea if they’ll sell at all. I’ll have prettier options, too.

More Moth StorySLAM uploads of older stories. This was another winner, a "Spooky" story about my mother's poor departed neighbor, who wasn't departed for all that long. youtu.be/fI6jq8D_rkU?...

First haircut selfie of 2026.

I'm preparing for Valentine's Day sales, and though I'll certainly make some pretty-looking things (the flower wreath cards sold really well last year), I want some more "me" items included. This plaster heart with rusted found objects; I love it. I have no idea if anyone else would, though.

Continuing the re-uploads of my videos to my main channel, this is the story most people who know me have seen. It's the only story (so far) that has been chosen by The Moth to be featured on The Moth Radio Hour, and is about my cat Rita. youtu.be/BSRh3Zlw3L4?...

Hi, I'm bits of avocado that fell into an omelette by mistake.

Would you like a hand-painted greeting card in your mailbox every month this year? Join my membership on Ko-Fi and you get just that! First batch go out in a week's time, so give it a go! ko-fi.com/xingcat/tiers

A very cool mini-start to the year...I got my first memberships to my Card Club on Ko-Fi! This is a little project where I'll be hand-painting and mailing greeting cards to people for $4/month. If that appeals to you, here's the link to my memberships on Ko-Fi. ko-fi.com/xingcat/tiers

Another past Moth StorySLAM Winning story on my main channel now. This is a story about a "party line" hookup telephone number that I worked at: youtu.be/sdxaLTIF77Q?...

I'm sure there's a better way to get YouTube shorts to use photos, but I am throwing this together. I worked on 7 theater shows in 2025, from directing to stage management to props to set dressing. This quick video shows a bit of all of them. youtube.com/shorts/ngX8v...

Starting a new project in 2026...if you like getting cards in the mail, and if you like hand-painted things, maybe you'd like a hand-painted card in the mail every month from me? ko-fi.com/xingcat/tiers

Since it's "old people's day" (senior discount) at Saver's today, I popped in and found a pair of good-as-new Clark's shoes for $5, which was $3.50 with the discount. I wore them around the house for a bit, and they are the most comfortable shoes I now own.

I'm condensing two different YouTube channels into a single one, and so my Moth stories are slowly being uploaded to my main channel. This is my Moth GrandSLAM story called "Growing Pains," about my first time experiencing the mental health field. youtu.be/5ex1hQ7S3ms

I know FB is full of people who very loudly say wrong things, but someone on a friend's FB feed just confidently stated that "gay" would not have been a term that gay people would use to describe themselves in the 1980s, because it hadn't become pejorative by then. The 1980s were not the 1680s.

I've used this one before, but I love it. I saw Ted Danson walking in Boston one day. As I approached him, I said, "Are you Ted Danson?" "Yes," said Ted Danson. "I thought so," I said, and kept walking.

I made enough money to cover my rent for more than one month in 2025 entirely through selling my art.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: I strung along a scammer on Grindr long enough that he wrote, "Fuck your mother, robot" and then sent me curses in Chinese before blocking me. And I thought I was such a good prospect when I told him the only Web3 investing I knew about was those Apes from a couple years ago.

A very YouTube Shorts overview of my 2025 in art fairs, gallery shows, and other attempts to sell my work. I was much more successful than I thought I'd be, though I really have to find a "real" job for 2026.

I am catching up on creator/YouTube news (I just have a weird new interest in YouTube) and I ran across a name from the past in this article and...omg, it's so funny that other people in other companies are realizing who this guy is. www.tubefilter.com/2025/12/27/f...

How I'm walking out of 2025.

A story I told at The Moth StorySLAM in Somerville, MA in September and WON! The theme was "Underdog." youtu.be/yY8fBxUaJ7U?...

I got my art into a number of gallery shows, featured in a gift shop, and sold enough art to cover my rent for a couple of months. I worked on 7 theater shows, from directing to props (and won a theater award for the props on one) to stage managing to set dressing.