Update: Life and Books (Jan 2025)

Update: Life and Books (Jan 2025)

I've decided I'm going to focus on positive things for this month's update. So first I have some art! I made fanart for I Was a Teenage Exocolonist. It started in December 2023 when someone posted on Reddit like, "I've never played, but this subreddit keeps showing up on my feed. Ask me about the game, and I'll pretend I know." Someone asked who Noctilucent should end up with, the person answered...
 
Random Musings: My Favorite Things (But Not the Ones You Think)

Random Musings: My Favorite Things (But Not the Ones You Think)

It's my ninth blogiversary! Or it will be in a few days. It's also 8:15 pm, and I totally forgot I needed to make this post by midnight or so. A little peek behind the curtain lol. Anyway, nine years is longer than most things I've done in my life. (And that's nine years since I started this blog. Abandoned blogs before this one don't count.) I've said before that I was always someone who...
 
Bookish Musings: 3 Book & Song Match-Ups (7) – The Villain Edition

Bookish Musings: 3 Book & Song Match-Ups (7) – The Villain Edition

I didn't used to do themes for these posts, but I guess I do now? I had one specific match-up in mind for a villain, and I thought it'd be fun to make it a whole post. Also, these are such great songs, and I never get a chance to use them. So villains it is! Unfortunately I only have two things here, even though I usually have three. I'll be honest, I forgot I needed a blog post, so it's late,...
 
Bookish Musings: Top Ten Books/Series I Read in 2023 + Some Non-Bookish Things

Bookish Musings: Top Ten Books/Series I Read in 2023 + Some Non-Bookish Things

Here we are, the last blog post of the year! It might be the new year by the time you're reading this, but still, it's my last 2023 post, and I guess I saved the best for last? Since I am talking about my favorite books from the year. (All of which are queer, btw! Love that!) I'm grateful to have found these, and all the other great books I read this year, because they brought me joy or...
 
Update: Life and Books (Dec 2022) + Final Art of the Year

Update: Life and Books (Dec 2022) + Final Art of the Year

I made art! I have to excitedly announce it every time because it happens so rarely anymore. Last year I drew Rudolph the reindeer centaur, so this year I drew Cupid. He has albinism, which is why his hair, brows, lashes, skin, fur, hooves, and antlers are all light. I couldn't find a definitive answer on whether albino reindeer have lighter antlers though. I might still work on it some more, but...
 
Update: Life and Books (Nov 2022)

Update: Life and Books (Nov 2022)

I cut my hair a couple inches even shorter? Is that an update? I've been finding a lot of great music lately. This song and video are just really cool and sexy, I love it! (NSFW) The music starts about a minute in. ... And this music video came on after another song I was listening to finished. The song was so good and the video so powerful and the performances so emotional that it just...
 
Update: Life and Books (Oct 2022)

Update: Life and Books (Oct 2022)

I cut my hair! (And bought a pirate shirt!) That's my big October news. I also made some art! I bought Rebelle 5 Pro because it was on sale for $20 (normally $150) and mimics traditional media like watercolor and oil paint. I can't use traditional media because it takes energy, money, and space that I don't have, so this has been fun to play with! I love the idea of controlled randomness like...
 
Book Review: Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar [Audiobook]

Book Review: Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar [Audiobook]

Dec's parents died two years ago, he's haunted by a ghost no one else can see despite living in a town full of mediums, and he desperately wants to leave. When a pianist whose music has helped him through the past couple years shows up at his door, it feels like it can't be a coincidence. Meanwhile, his best friend, Russ, is making plans to reform the shady Guild from...
 
Update: Life and Books (Sep 2022)

Update: Life and Books (Sep 2022)

Well, September was a month. And it's over now! I never know how to start these posts anymore. I call these "Life and Books," but as it turns out, life is usually either too boring to be worth talking about or too complicated to want to talk about, and I pretty much just talk about books, games, music, podcasts, and movies/shows instead. Speaking of which... I found this really cool cover of...