#it's 30 inches long

[bookrat]

I have one (1) little Sinosauropteryx available for $200~

[tothechaos]

my five year plan involves turning into a little mouse and using a sewing needle for a sword and going on an epic adventure to defeat a great evil through the power of friendship and stabbing

[asexualbookbird]

Immediately forgets everything that happened in June. Uh. I threw a tea party! Finished a knit hat! Did one (1) queer corvid piece! Started playing baldurs gate! Read some good books! SAW SOME SANDHILL CRANES!!!! Found new enrichment in the form of a new walking route! A busy busy month! Didn't read as much as I intended, but I did get to check off five more books on my Reading Books I Own chart so I call that a win.

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakranorty ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- WHAT A FUN BOOK! "Adventure" is the perfect word for this. Yes, it's a trilogy with only one book out, but this also works so well on its own, as individual books SHOULD! It's its own little thing. Wrapped up neat and tidy with little threads to pick up in the future. I had so much fun and the audiobook was a DELIGHT, I want to read it again immediately.

The Novice by Taran Matharu ⭐- This has been sitting on my shelf since its release. It moved homes with me. It will not be doing so again. Bland, generic, poorly written. Proof just because you were an internet success, doesn't mean you don't need an editor. Also proof that publishing is about Luck and Connections. I know goodreads ratings mean Nothing, but come on. Why is this one so high. Did people really enjoy it that much? HOW??

Translation State by Ann Leckie ⭐⭐⭐⭐- Okay. Look. This was not my favorite Leckie novel. In fact it very well could by me least favorite Leckie novel. HOWEVER. Even then, it was still fun and enjoyable. I wish it ended differently, but I still loved all the characters and how they interact. I do want to reread this as well, because I remember enjoying Ancillary Justice more the second time around and I wonder if the same will happen here.

What Moves The Dead by T Kingfisher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - A reread! To get ready for What Feasts At Night! Even knowing all the secrets, it's still a perfectly bite sized creepy read. My favorite thing about Kingfishers writing is how even with the darkest subjects she still manages to add humor. And it never seems out of place! It's a great breather for the reader but doesn't detract from the tension. Do not recommend reading this while walking through a field of bunnies.

What Feasts At Night by T Kingfisher ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I gave What Moves The Dead four stars at my initial read through, so I wonder if this will ALSO change to five stars upon rereading. I had to read the first few chapters twice for them to stick, and ended up switching to the audiobook which was very well done. I really didn't expect another book about Alex Easton, but I'm hooked now to be honest. I mean, stop putting this soldier in Situations, but also. I want to know what other Situations ka gets into. Angus and Miss Potter are adorable.

The library has a few summer reading games with prizes so my reading in the upcoming months will be influenced by those. Someone said there might even be a local bookstore gift package in the mix and I Want That. I do still want to do the Bone Season updated read, if for no other reason than to get rid of those books so I don't have to pack and move them. Other than that, no reading plans. I've read nearly every book that's on the shelf in my bedroom, which, wow, so it's getting harder to choose what to read. I guess that's a good thing! Leaves more room to reread old favorites.

[jakes-jules]

Pardon the Instagram story chatter

Made the questionable decision to make a Meowclops bag for Sophie out of stash materials. Results tomorrow, hopefully!

[fletchingbrilliant]

It begins

So I've embarked on an insane quest, and have compiled some images of the quest's progress.

Alastor is almost done, I'll be sharing progress on his face and final construction soon, then I'm making his props, then I'm moving on to Angel Dust

[2econd2ight2yd]

I’ve been getting into nine inch nails. they really do like those long ass intros huh

[solstheimtxt]

I finished my blanket and it kinda looks like shit lmao :') but its done!!! 🥰🎉🎉🎉 i have no idea why the top is so wide, but idc its done lmaooo

[thedissociatives]

ok but can i actually get some trousers that i like and fit me properly without alterations

[yellowocaballero]

is knives closer to brad than luida? does she remind him of rem too much?

So much to say about this one and please re-ask it (or I'll rb it) further down the line when we know more!

I can say now that Knives hero worships Brad a bit while he's closer to actual friends with Luida. Which doesn't necessarily equal closeness either way. I think you can tell this already by how often Knives thinks about what Brad would do and what he would say if he was there. They have a very unique relationship that's probably my favorite in the fic, and it was hard to write so I hope it lands how I want it to land.

It's interesting writing a main character of Trigun who's not obsessed with Rem. Knives was more mature than Vash, and as happens frequently in families with a high needs kid like Vash he got a little promoted to part-time caregiver (he also promoted himself, to be fair), so he had a more mature relationship with Rem than Vash ever did. So he's not as obsessed with her pacifism, which means that Knives is pacifist for different reasons in a different way. In a. You know. 'Cold turkey' way.

I never got much chance to explore this, but Vash is absolutely still obsessed with Rem. I couldn't see any situation where Vash didn't do exactly what he thought Rem would want. Which severely affected me writing him because that means that he has to have a baseline level of Space Alien Scifi Insanity for that to be part of his mental schema for the world. Jonestowning a city and telling himself that Rem would want him to do that means that this baseline level has to be extremely high.

This fic was. Really tricky. So tricky. Very tricky. I'm proud of it but MAN you still have to wonder if you did what you wanted to do.

[jotchia]

RELEASE THE MILF CUT

[swagging-back-to]

after buying FOUR SEPARATE mouse wheels i can confidently give my recommendations

ive bought a 10 inch silent spinner

6.5 inch silent spinner

8.5 inch comfort wheel

and an 8.5 busacate wheel

the ten inch was too large and heavy for my mice to even turn it a little bit. it has not been used once and i cannot return it bc amazon is a fucking asshole

the 6.5 inch was incredible for noise and they all loved it, but it caused major wheel tail in all my girlies.

the 8.5 inch comfort wheel is perfect in size, but it is insanely fucking loud. like. unbelievably loud. as in you can hear it all the way across the house. it squeaks unbelievably bad even after i oiled it and it rattles worse than a goddamm freight train. even the tiniest movement causes loud rattling, not because of it hitting the glass but because the wheel and stand attachment is shitty.

and finally, i just purchased a busacate (idk how to spell it tbh) 8.5in. out of all four wheels it's the only one that is completely clear and doesnt have any noxious colors. it's also the only one with height adjustment, which is an absolute must if you have mice that love to bury everything.

Every review so far says it's extremely quiet and produces no noise at all. id honestly take anything at this point lol

[i-am-the-rat-king]

Took my first dose of T tonight!

[bombusbombus]

How long can I procrastinate learning how to shave before I look like shit... 🤔

[penguin251159]

@elliecreed tagged me to post my top 9 movies 😁

they're in no particular order cause picking nine was hard enough, haha! I tag @7nessasaryevils and @rikotin if either of you want to do this, and anyone else that sees this and wants to do this as well

[sappymix1]

So when George told us his waist was 30 I wanted to see like how big that was so I took my string and post it notes and post it notes are standard 3 inches so I measured it out in post it notes flat and then I made a sort of circle to see and I was like woah

thats so awesome we’re all like the most innovative people in the world and we’re using it for dnf related purposes

[starryeyedbutch]

everyone look at my star necklace!!! ☆