Me: Ugh, the "Great Desert" is too unimaginative a name. How were real world deserts named?
Sahara: Arabic for "desert"
Mojave: derived from "hamakhaave" (beside the water)
Kalahari: derived from "kgala" (great thirst) or "kgalagadi" (waterless place)
Me: ... ok so maybe I'm not too far off
Context: The Mani language is universally intrinsic (think "true name" tropes), so precision is critical. You don't use the word "white/blank" if you mean "white/foggy." But artistic usage gets fuzzy. Mani scholars get *heated* about word selection, like they're arguing the laws of physics.
Worldbuilding is so stupidly fun. Just me over here, writing an essay about the scandals raised by a fictional race's poetry like the anthropology-loving nerd I am. 🥰
i dont think i'll ever finish this saddies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oC8...
SCREAMINGGGGGG, YESSSSSS!!!!
Star Citizen: a game where you'll spend the first 20 hours asking yourself, "is this game just super buggy? or is there just a really steep learning curve?", and the answer is:
BOTH
PERCEIVED AND ADORED!
SCREAMING INTERNALLY
Not me messaging my boss "hey I need to take a sick day"... and accidentally typing a d instead of an s in "sick"....
(Though side note, I HAVE had an upgraded model for her for like 2 years now... just gotta get it rigged for when I'm ready to pick her up again 👀)
just you fukken TRY
Likely retired for now :'( tl;dr: Vtubing a strong persona like Grakka when the last couple years have had me just a step away from a meltdown on the daily feels tragic and unfun. I adore her and want to Vtube with her, but idk when I'll have the right headspace and I miss Vtubing!
Now that my last winter crochet project is all wrapped up, it's time to refocus on other creative projects! Top of mind:
- finalizing design for new Vtuber persona
- finishing book 1 edits, getting new material for book 2+ down
- launching Pathfinder campaign
Two ends of a striped scarf. One end, the yarn is a bit fuzzy and worn in; the other, the yarn has crisp colors and solid lines.
When the scarf takes so long to crochet, you can see the difference in age from the starting end vs the finishing end:
A drop spindle on a white blanket with blue paisley. The spindle has a small amount of a berryish yarn spun, and a loose fiber end showing a blend of crimped fibers.
Just got some new spinning fiber after finishing my starter hank, and wow! I don't know what that first fiber was, but in comparison, this is a dream to spin. My test yarn is so much slimmer and more consistent, and I love the colors so so much!
Forest Fruits carded Corriedale from CupidFalls
Update: THEY SAID YES YAAAAY now I gotta finish putting all my lingering ideas down on paper!
Trollfren so smart 😭 Maybe I'll try again after work
How do you deal with the hours of panic afterwards though???
Ughhhh why am I so shy???? I have written a message like 6 times over the last six months to ask an artist buddy if they'd do a character design consult, and chickened out of sending it every time....
A crocheted cape with plaid white, rainbow, and violet patches. It has a violet fringe and buttons shaped like daisies at the collar.
AHHH I AM SO PROUD LOOK AT ITTTT
I finished this lil toddler cape! I've been loving this rainbow yarn from Ice yarns and found this cute plaid cape pattern to show it off. I can't wait to give it to her!
A grey cat lounging on rich red fabric, extending her paw to the camera. Her half-lidded eyes seem condescending.
PEASANTS, ALL OF YOU
You dare even think yourself WORTHY of placing a gentle smooch on MY paw? HA!
art requires guts
and sometimes resembles them
An incredibly ugly and lumpy spiral of pink yarn. It is super inconsistent in both diameter and twist, and looks like it's about to fall apart in places.
LOOK AT MY FIRST HOMESPUN YARN, DON'T YALL THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL 🥰🥰🥰
(btw the etiquette here is like meeting a newborn - you tell the mama it's the most beautiful baby in the world, even if it has a pug face and lumpy head)
Nobody wants a clever cat. Clever cats cause TROUBLE. 😭 Constantly.
A closeup of a cat's face, glaring smugly downwards, captioned "MOTHER", "I CRAVE THE TURKEY, MOTHER"
A grey cat that has somehow perched herself on the vertical front of a counter, back feet on the barest protrusion of a drawer, from hooked on the counter edge.
Our troublemaker Vivi knows she is not allowed on the counter... so she found a loophole.
cats amirite
A cat staring out, mostly hidden, from a pull-out cubby on a board game shelf. Her eyes are wide, as though she sees through the veil of reality and into the truth of the very universe itself.
What dark thoughts pass through the mind of cat???
Reworking the prologue (again lol) to be a bit more ✨️ magical ✨️ How many rewrites do yall do for those starting chapters?
A grey kitten with a red stripe down her nose, tucked inside a blue fuzzy robe.
A third feral kitten came to us for fostering today! She's a very shy girl, and likes hiding in dark,warm places... like inside my bathrobe lol. Meet Miso!
Back to work full time tomorrow, and I've finally beaten the cold that's destroyed my energy the last few weeks! I have some book 1 rewrites to prioritize, then plan to start a focused agent hunt while working to finish up book 2. Slow and steady, win race, etc etc, right?
Two brown-and-white kittens, one with a pink nose, one with a brown smudgey nose. They are cuddled up together and looking at the photographer with concern.
Got feral fosters! We rate them "serrano" on the spicy level... hot enough to pop off, but not actually gonna hurt ya. Such cutiessss