wickedorin

Shiny things, as per usual. There are actually reliable updates on my shinies at the Shiny Things Tumblr.

So, yeah. Hi. Still alive and breathing and whatnot. I have sadly joined the ranks of "checks daily, reads everything, never comments". *cough* Or more like "reads everything, bookmarks to comment later, never thinks to check bookmarks dammit".

No massive happenings. Snagged a Darkness Bunny since last I updated (which makes me very aware of how long it's been). Have experimented with making all kinds of food. The last experiment was pumpkin oatmeal cookies with dark chocolate chunks and oh my god someone get me out of the kitchen. (So good. Just froze 3/4 of the batch so I wouldn't have to stare at them all when I open the refrigerator. Smelling them baking was torture.) Going to see "a certain someone" in a few weeks so much yay to that. My printer was on death's door and then suddenly seemed to have made a recovery that I can't explain and don;t care to because as long as it works again, I don't have to buy another one. My poor speakers finally kicked the bucket after 7 years, though. They received a solute and potential plans to take them apart to see if I can play with their insides. *psychotic laughter* Ahem. Got new speakers on sale which are pretty damn fancy, but the bass isn't quite as full. It works. Was really happy to be able to participate in the limited edition Pusheen pin. Sometimes my decisions are about what might make dead friends smile, what can I say. You call it morbid, I call it a decent reminder. (I'm also disturbingly aware that if I ever actually do manage to complete a Black Tiger cosplay, I'll have to wear the pin.)

And there has been so much fucking snow. Goddammit, New England, what's your problem? ...Oh, right.

Finally found a bag of Sriracha chips. I'm a little concerned about the seemingly American habit of adding sweet to everything that's spicy, but they're good. This is my super-exciting review.

Cassie's good, though she got a nosebleed and scared the shit out of us since that was the first time she's ever had one. She got checked out, with blood work, and the vet says she's in perfect health, so it may just be "that time of year".

Personal health has actually been pretty good this year... up until about three weeks ago. So yeah, I can tell it's "technically" spring, but it's not spring yet, so I don't look forward to my body's reactions there. But whatever, I'll deal.

I certainly hope the rest of you have been well out there! Some post often, some barely, some not at all. Either way, it's good to hear from all of you. And yes, I do actually mean that.

Hello, lovely people. Yes I totally suck at this update thing. So here's a bunch of random.

I made a Link pixel pendant. Then I caught a bus and a plane and wandered out of state for a week to visit with a certain someone, where there was food and geeky enjoyments and making a former voice actor cry (with laughter, I swear! ...I think) and chocolate and getting to watch all of Tiger & Bunny: The LIVE and receiving a Bullseye. And we made terrible toy comics: first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth (ASS!).

Saw Wreck-It Ralph, too. I'm so happy that was as good as it turned out to be. The short that came before, Paperman, was also deliriously beautiful. So this is the good side of Disney.

Now for the side of Disney that's setting something up to fail due to two hiatuses and a slightly odd time change. Two episodes left before Tron: Uprising is over. Considering where the last one ended, this worries me from an "oh god what stupid cliffhanger are they going to leave it on in the fragile and impossible hope for a second season?" perspective. And yeah, I'm not... thrilled about how Paige is coming along. I know that people are blind and stupid about people/things/ideas that they idealize, but... argh. I'm still loving the experience, I'm still waiting to be punched in the gut again, and I'd still love to see a second season... but. Yeah. If Disney actually thought this was a show for your stereotypical pre-teen, that kind of shows how oblivious they are to begin with. It happens.

Made oatmeal bars. Which are not anywhere near as healthy as they may sound by that description. Particularly with a little scoop of caramel ice cream on top. *cough* Well, I'm eating healthy again--except for dessert. Fuck that, y'know?

Haven't had a lot of interesting dreams lately, but I'd love to do something with the one I had last night. Demon vengeance through an almost-gang bang resulting in a semi-righteous bloodbath is so cliche though, isn't it? (Don't ask me, I just live here.)

Afraid I don't have much in the way of links at the moment. I did see the Killer is Dead trailer and enjoyed it, though. I guess I would, considering.

Uh... have a purdy compilation of guitars?

Because just one image for Lady Abigail is not enough. (If pride is to be my downfall then I will savor every moment until the inevitable crash. Heh.) My hands hurt, there was blood, and I feel just a touch more exhausted than I should--but there is triumph and a chocobo, and vacation is just around the corner.

So, um. Yes. Hello. LiveJournal is finally usable again after two weeks or so of... not. Not that I had anything to say in the meantime, but you know.

Maybe I should drop a few links here. You know, like last year. Book burning by any other name...

Second time I hear that Sony's going to try to suppress used game sales. Second time I'm going to say fuck you, Sony. If I have to miss out on the next generation console and its games because you're going to be an asshole, then so be it.

And finally 27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012. 'Cause awesome.

I'd link to some of the documentaries I'd been watching recently but YouTube seems to be removing them at an alarming rate. Dammit, copyrights.

Anyway, hope everyone's year is starting off wonderfully.

Happy New Year! And shinies and toys and good people (yes, pets are people) and awesome food and all things that are wonderful in life.

Um, hi guys. Not dead, just eternally working/distracted. See: art blog, toy blog, personal blog and RP blog. See; Tumblr. It sort of works like my mind does, whereas LJ... does not. (Not that I'm abandoning LJ. I actually do read everything, I'm just shit at replies. I r a writer.)

I realized that I hadn't even talked about how awesome it was to be a part of Desert Bus this year, either. Totally already have a plan for next year.

I also just made chocolate and peanut butter squares of death. Oh my god. It's like an amalgam of cookie and fudge and all deadly. And there were other things, but they were healthier and far less deadly.

I seem to have accidentally fallen into watching a plethora of documentaries about quantum and theoretical physics at night. ...Yeah. Well, after you run out of cool outer space documentaries, what else are you going to do? Besides be extremely disappointed by the lack of actual intelligent documentaries surrounding artificial intelligence, that is. So, yeah. I'm hardly more intelligent, but it's delightful to have these other worlds to look through. ...Of course I've also been watching The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin while I've been crocheting during the day. Hey, I never got to see all of them. (And yes I did/do still have a Teddy Ruxpin and a Grubby. They probably started my fascination with robots and animatronics. 'Course there was that incident when Teddy's eye fell into his head and all... but it was also fascinating to see how he worked. Shame I can't get a job repairing androids.)

Uh, what else could possibly exist besides shiny things, toys, food and robots/androids (and people to share them with)? Yeah, that's life for me. I could complain about body suck, but I'd rather just tell certain aspects of Nature to fuck off and barrel through the rest.

So, links? I did bookmark a small selection to share, anyway. MoMA to add 14 games to permanent collection. I was actually pleasantly surprised by quite a few of the choices.

Gaming the System: Oppression & Play. Because games truly are a form of expression.

And I guess while we're roughly on the subject of video games and expressions of sex, gender and sexuality, I really should link to Gaming Made Me: Fallout 2. I've loved RPS' "Gaming Made Me" semi-series, and this is no different and no less personal and interesting.

While I will never actually watch those Twilight movies, sometimes I feel that I am living for i09's reviews of them.

Finally, an absolute must-read for everyone I know; or, better, for everyone who knows me. The Glass Mountain And The Sensible Child.

Be well, creatures.

I've always got to be doing something different, right? Acalyn is certainly that.


And also toys. T-elos and Side Basshar finally arrived.


DESERT BUS IS COMING UP! Estelle, Ferdinand and Nadia will all be available soon. As will Schala-Kitty's Portal 2 Chell collage!

So yay, there's some color for you. Let's see, what else... made pumpkin pie yesterday. I think Cassie likes it as much as I do, which is always good. I hate the cold and all it brings, but I love how bright Orion and the surrounding stars are. Even with that damn street light. Another French press shattered on me which is more annoying than anything, so I decided to just go ahead and order one of these babies because I keep staring at it from across the internet from time to time. True, I didn't want to spend any more money this year, but... it's fucking coffee. I have one cup a day, but that cup fucking matters.

I don't exactly have a lot of links to share at the moment. Astonishing and weird, I know. I do have this interesting piece, Scientists raise the alarm on human enhancement technologies. We are within reach of many things science fiction once only dreamed about. Should we keep reaching?

And something else I find interesting, the explanation of why HAL 9000 sings "Daisy Bell". I'd heard this years ago but forgotten. (Oddly enough it was a MGS fic that reminded me. Heh. Kojima, you so Kojima.)

H-01, at long, long last. He finally got here on Saturday, so... I started Stupid Toy Pictures. Guess what goes there.

T-Elos has been in New York for a week and a half. Fucking hurricane give me my other bitchbot. (I still don't know what she is, by the way. Human body but AI. The opposite of a cyborg? Grobyc? The whole thing's kind of confusing. Such is Xenosaga.)

Last week I made apocalypse pie! This week I made another. Only it's, you know, less apocalypse-y. Apple cranberry pie with a crumble top and about half the butter and sugar that was in the recipe. Geez, people. This is why I dislike supermarket pies. Cassie approves, so this is what matters.

Making another crocheted critter at the moment. I really have no idea what it is, but I have full confidence that it will let me know what it's done. As they do. Then maybe I'll finally move back to leather and complete some stupid ideas I've been waiting on. One's half-finished, and that's something.

We're screaming into that time of year when I'm cold and dizzy most of the time, but dammit I have coffee and tea and toys and an assortment of fingerless gloves and control of a thermostat and a monitor that throws off more heat than I ever would have imagined so all is well.

And since I'm boring, a couple of links I picked up. Toward Independence is a neat little article/transcribed talk about indie games--or should I say the people and culture behind them.

Don't you assholes blame the Sex Pistols for not-Dante. Not that I'm biased or anything, ha ha. Ha. Dammit. (For the last time, it's not about the fucking hair.)

Singularity Chess! Ow.

An article about people actually giving a damn about voice actors! Admittedly the fact that Frank Welker was mentioned at the start made me very happy.

And finally, a transcription of the 2005 Kenyon Commencement Address by David Foster Wallace. Trust me. From start to finish, go. This is water.

It's that time again for appreciators of all things shiny: the Early Generic Holiday Sale!  From November 1 - November 10, get 20% off all pre-made items in the Shiny Things Etsy shop!

And to make this even sweeter, my partner in crafting (crimes?) over at Crafted With Zeal is having an Early Generic Holiday Sale, too!

So, had your eye on something for a while?  May as well snag it with the best (and only planned) sale for Shiny Things all year!

And if I finally break 200 sales through Etsy, I'll do... er... something.  As soon as I figure out what that something might be.

Just so the whole thing isn't an ad, have toys trick-or-treating and celebrating Barnaby's birthday.

We're fine here, first of all. We got the least of the hurricane shit; a lot of wind, quite a bit of rain, and only when it was calm and not raining did the power go out for an hour. That's just how things work here, I don't know. East coast creatures, please do check in when you can. Ha ha, I don't have a phone because I suck.

And then last night we had a 10 minute downpour complete with alarmingly serious lightning, thunder and rain. Then it must have hauled ass because a few minutes later, the sky was clear. Not sure what that was about.

So what was I doing during the hurricane? Baking fucking apocalypse pie, because I'm hardcore. (It's actually apple cranberry. If I ever cut a decent-looking piece, I may take a picture.) I certainly hope the rest of you have managed to fare similarly.

Anyway. Happy Halloween! Or whatever you may be celebrating, because it should be awesome.

Steps taken after storm warnings:

1.) charge handheld consoles
2.) order pizza enough to last through the weekend
3.) come up with a half-serious plan to stand in front of the dog while she's "doing her business" outside to guard her from the wind
4.) laundry

While I'm generally thinking that any storm which has the forecasters telling people to fucking panic and the goddamn grocery stores to advertise special storm savings is not one that needs to be worried about so much, may my fellow east coast-ers take care of themselves and stay safe. And order pizza. APOCALYPSE PIZZA IS THE BEST PIZZA.