Bedtime 18 Oct 17

I have gotten all the seams done on my current hand-sewing project, and the hem at the neck and one of the arm-hole hems is started and my hands hate me. Lots. (Jewelry pliers are fantastic for pulling needles through four layers of muslin. Or in the case of the hems I’ve started on, eight layers.)

Also, I have watched a complete season of Leverage today. Plus the first episode of the next. Three more seaons of Leverage to go. And the bottom hem, a second arm-hole hem, and the rest of the first arm-hole hem to get through.

My hands are going to be screaming agony by the end of the week, but it will be worth it. Because I will have a nice light weight sleeveless thing to wear under the sixty pounds of buttons and damask fabric at Philcon, so I am less likely to overheat.

(Next bit of screaming agony: finishing sewing the buttons onto the coat. There’s a reason I gave up my embroidery and mostly gave up hand-sewing, and this is it. On the other hand, all cotton. Including the thread. No itchy synthetics.)

(Also, on the subject of Leverage – I would like to punch Jim Sterling in his smug bastard face. He’s got very pretty suits, and if he just shut up and sat there, he might be aesthetically pleasing. But damn if he’s not the kind of person I’d gladly break ribs of if given the opportunity. As a character, he’s growing on me, though. He’s really great as a character. And I still want to break his face. Breaking it with a baseball bat may be better than employing my already cranky hands, though.)

preoccupiedpepper:

staff:

Here it is: Best stuff first

Extremely handy if you follow a lot of people and hate missing anything good. 

Best Stuff First moves the best stuff on your dashboard—mhm!—right up to the top. 

It’s rolling out this week on iOS and Android, and comes with this Help Center article.  

Thanks! ✌️

Head’s up folks! Tumblr decided to shit the bed and go non-chronological!

This bullshit is being rolled out this week and it’s going to be default!

… fuck this noise.

preoccupiedpepper:

staff:

Here it is: Best stuff first

Extremely handy if you follow a lot of people and hate missing anything good. 

Best Stuff First moves the best stuff on your dashboard—mhm!—right up to the top. 

It’s rolling out this week on iOS and Android, and comes with this Help Center article.  

Thanks! ✌️

Head’s up folks! Tumblr decided to shit the bed and go non-chronological!

This bullshit is being rolled out this week and it’s going to be default!

… fuck this noise.

Well. That is a disturbing and extremely irritating thing to wake up to. At least now I know why there was that post about fans of Leverage telling Hulu they like the show and would like to keep it. (I was not planning on spending something like $90 between the DVDs and shipping to get my hands on Leverage so I wouldn’t lose the ability to rewatch it because some ass at a company decided that no one was going to care if they dropped it.)

To-Do 17 Oct 17

2 loads laundry – first load is done and folded, second load is in the dryer

Feed cat in the morning (kibble) – done – and the evening (gooshy food)

Feed me (so far, breakfast and half a snack – second half of snack is… not as edible as assumed when purchased).

Dressed – before I could do laundry, so done – and bed set for daytime use – did that between loads of laundry.

Something creative. Or more than one something. – current count, one braid off the set. Contemplating setting one or two more of the bricks for the defining border for my little garden.

Something writing related (writing, rewriting, research, or spreadsheet of doom).


House plants inside (3 begonias, a prayer plant, a spider plant, a rosemary, a jade tree*, and a fuck if I know** but it only dies if it gets too much sunlight combined with too much water; total of 8 plants) – 5/8 inside. The other three wait until dad gets home because the rosemary pot is just too large to do alone, and the jade and the other thing require two people just for the pot, and we have to move the tray separately. I am fairly certain that they probably shouldn’t be moved in general, but no, all the plants go outside for the summer, so we have to move next-size-down-to-small-tree-pots twice a year.

*This thing is the surviving tree of three, one of which got ate by a deer something a little over a decade ago. It also got severely nibbled on by said deer, to the point we were just glad we’d had the third jade elsewhere. Except, no, this thing has no intention of dying. When it and the other survivor both seemed to catch some sort of rot, the other one died. This one said fuck you, dropped several branches, and a pot full of babies, and shook itself off and kept going. That was three pot sizes and a little over a decade ago.

We haven’t been able to get any of the babies going outside the pot for very long, either, so.

**Leaves are vaguely arrow-shaped, but it’s not arrowleaf as far as I can tell. It does seem to like its roots being wet, but only if it’s had a chance to grow them through soil into water underneath. Wet soil is apparently horrible. And too much direct sunlight tends to yellow the leaves and stunt the year’s growth. Thing is in a pot the same size of the jade, and has tried to sneak out of it two years running. I’m thinking that once the bathroom is renovated, I’m going to build a space for it where I can put an even larger (and not so round) pot for it to grow all over. It shouldn’t get too much direct sunlight in there, and I can water it regularly, and I’ll have a nice plant in my apartment.

Although first I should probably positively identify it and make sure it won’t kill the cat.

Hugs for EVERYONE*

morgynleri:

*hugs you all* Because today is a day for hugs, and I’m going to run out of spoons if I go putting hugs in everyone’s ask box.

Feel free to reblog this to give a hug to every one of your followers.

*who is comfortable with being hugged. If you do not like hugs or are uncomfortable with physical contact, or even just prefer not a hug from someone not a mutual friend, cookies or other snacks suitable for your dietary needs and restrictions.

aniseandspearmint:

tygermama:

you know who needs to meet even if they’re in separate universes?

Obi Wan Kenobi and Benton Fraser

@fireflyfish  @prfury  @lurkingcrow  @the-last-hair-bender  @aniseandspearmint  

AND!

Anakin and Kowalski

R2 and Dief

My knowledge of these characters is, “Those are from that 90s show about the smartass cop and the really polite mountie with the happy looking dog, right?”

Sorry!

I do seem to recall skimming a ficlet that transposed the Due South characters into Star Wars though!I think it was @norcumi or @dogmatix‘s work. Or maybe @morgynleri?

Not mine. My knowledge of the Due South characters is “the mountie with the awesome pupper in the occassional photo set, right?”

(Other insane crossovers, though….)

morgynleri:

kittenwitchandthebadvibes:

I am struggling with
😭Depression
😨Anxiety
😠Anger
😟Grief
🤔Impulsive/intrusive thoughts
🤕Dysphoria
😕Maintaining control
🤗Relationships/family/friends
🤢Illness
😔Abusive situations
🙃Everyday life
😷 Maintaining self care
🤐 Something private
😤 Something else

and…

😺I just need you to know
🌹  I need a little kindness and consideration
🐾I need to be left alone for a bit, I will contact you when I’m ready
🐋I need company
🙊I DON’T want to talk about it
🗯I need to vent
❓ I need advice
👍 I need reassurance
💅I need a distraction
❤I need to feel appreciated
🦄I need to feel accepted
💌I need someone to check up on me
🎈 I need someone to ask me how I am
👂 I need someone to talk to me
💤I might not have the energy to communicate
💨I need someone to help me with physical tasks
✈I need to get out of the house
🛀I need to be somewhere comfortable
🐰I need someone positive
🕊I need someone sympathetic
🥑I need encouragement with taking care of myself

😭😨😠🤔🤕😷😤

and…

❤💌🎈💤👍

^^^