From the Observatory

Apr 23

From the Observatory: please describe me the way an author would in a book

bzedan:

tardiscrash:

I doubt anyone will but I like the idea of this.

Tardiscrash:
His curly hair either highlighted or hid the planes of his face, depending on how badly it needed to be cut. Freshly shorn he could intimidate, his eyes narrowing with judgement. More often, it hid his eyes and…

Jesus BZ you got a way with words.

Aww, thank you! When I write I pretty much never describe physical attributes of characters, so that was fun. Now I think I’ll have to write something with this level of character description.

Mar 9

zaffre:

bzedan:

zaffre:

I can’t even, you guys. Why did I have to give in and finally watch Adventure Time? I was so sure I would hate it but it has become my effing gateway drug. And it is a life ruiner.

One of us, one of uss.

Did you see the limited edition print of Marceline that I bought at ECCC? :’((

I DID NOT.

Jan 30

chronographia replied to your photo: Woodblock cutting is the order of the day! In…

There will be actual prints of this! At some point. Potentially for purchase. Because I finally found a way to think about hats and printmaking at the same time.

Yay!

Jan 15

“Casual Penis” is going to be the name of my soft jazz punk cover band.”

(ˈstjuːpɪd) (ˈfænsɪ)

Let me distil the perfection.

(via muttershanks)

Oct 2

stupidfancy replied to your photo: Plastic-Storm by Brana Vojnovic on Flickr….

How you do? What you do? So lovely!!!

It uses a camera that has a separate lens for red, green and blue. So you end up with three black and white negatives that create a full colour image when combined in colour process. You have a mad level of control over your palette. It’s super rad stuff that I def want to try some day!

Aug 13

From the Observatory: There has never been a good reason to go to Salem—unless you work in...

zaffre:

There has never been a good reason to go to Salem—unless you work in politics or were born there or something—but there is now.

On September 29, the Willamette Heritage Center is putting on a live-action version of the classic edutainment video game The Oregon Trail.

Teams of four will…

So, uh, I get to be on your team right?

I love you, but I will not LARP Oregon Trail for you.

Aug 6

In which I win at husband.

zaffre:

Zaf: Ugh. Why am I so stocky? :(
Ryan: Uh… You are actually the illegitimate child of Wolverine?
Zaf:
Ryan:
Zaf: Yeah. Okay. I can deal with that.

Pssh, you are not stocky. You are all curves and tiny feet, like an old timey cartoon lady or like half of Frazetta’s ladies. Example:

Aug 5

A quick Facebook chat with my sister

Me: (via Twitter) People talk about the non-logic of a lot of post-apoc common themes, but I ask: where they getting the Aqua Net?
Olivia: It's like Twinkies.
Olivia: But not one to trust popular opinion, I keep about 200 bottles in a lead box buried out back- just in case.

Aug 3

tardiscrash replied to your photo: Oh hells yes, my pre-ordered shoes have arrived….

My god, they are glorious!

Thank you! I am stupid excited about them. They’re better than I’d even imagined.

Aug 1

zaffre replied to your photo: Moose socks! (Taken with Instagram)

MEESES!

Man, once it got to be shorter sock time I have been loving these. They are soft and adorable. I tend to wear them scrunched though, like I do all crews. And if you want to use this for work, all the permissions.