A friend of mine sent me an extra drop spindle, so: I am going to learn to spin my own yarn! Etsy is full of people selling wool, and my first order of inexpensive undyed wool is on its way. Watch as I try to make it not lumpy and then figure out the dyeing process. I think I'll try to document it here and on Twitter ( Read more... )

I BEAT DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS ( Read more... )

Bad: Janson-rat died a week ago. Trying to love up on Hobbie-rat as much as I can since he's now a lone rat and since my joint and fatigue issues are making it harder to keep up with cage maintenance I don't think I'll be getting more, but I'm also having respiratory issues that I don't want to pass on to him if it's not allergies ( Read more... )

Just shy of 23k words.

Eight days, three of which were spent trying to write through a migraine.

Now to work on editing this damn thing.

BEST EPISODE.

ALSO THIS EXISTS AND IS ON THE S2 SOUNDTRACK.

I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

eta: "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" next, please.

Text I just got from her: I am currently taking a game of fuck marry kill GoT edition way too seriously. Join me!

We're currently discussing whether to marry or kill Stannis. VALAR MORGHULIS, KING NOBODY LOVES ME EVER.

ps I do not need to defend my crush on show!Jorah ever.

First migraine since early January yesterday and today. It's an improvement. Now that I can stand to be around light and noise, I'm cheering up with Game of Thrones episode commentary, which I can't recommend enough. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss do the first episode and are full of both interesting facts and hilarity. Mark Addy, Lena Heady, and ( Read more... )

I ended up spending two hours making a massive post on Quantumtavern.com about my problems with the Millennium Trilogy (aka "The Girl Who..." books), how it compares to a lot of problems people have with ASoIaF, and my thoughts on both and the realizations I had while thinking about it ( Read more... )

I suppose a good thing to come out of the Stephen Gammell thing is that it's got me writing again. First a rambly blog post on Quantum Tavern and now a project: I'm writing short stories inspired by surrealist artworks that I like. I'm on a Zdzislaw Beksinski kick at the moment.

This is the most productive I've been in ages.

We all know Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, right? Creepy folktales and urban legends, some creepy, some funny, geared towards kids and with the most awesome, horrifying illustrations ever.

About those illustrations...What I'm gathering, and about twenty minutes of googling and looking at various ( Read more... )