Happiness works hard in the ice-mines of our kitchen

[st_aurafina]

1. lilacsigil was rummaging in the freezer today and found a random lasagna from last year. Yay, surprise lasagna dinner!

2. My Cat From Hell is my new favourite show. We're going to try Chewie on a leash. He's a pretty happy guy on the whole, but I think he'd like more energy burning activity if we could give it to him, and there's no chance we're going to let him be an outside cat. (He just stuck his tongue out at me, so I'm pretty sure he's reading this as I type!)

3. We're watching Dance Academy season 1 as our lunch time show. It's the first time lilacsigil has seen it. I'm really enjoying seeing all the proto-people that I've gotten to know so well.

4. I've gotten my little sister hooked on Sanctuary. I get random texts from her that tell me where she up to. Today I got "EHMAGERD MAGNUS KISSED A GIRL! Were you totes happy?" and "WTF IS THIS MUSICAL EPISODE?" Bless.

5. I made what was supposed to be a tiny, chunky hat for a newborn, and for some inexplicable reason, it came out flat on the top. So, since I'd made it in red yarn, I turned it into a tiny baby fez:




[A tiny red fez with a black wool tassel sits on a blonde woman's head.]



[A tiny red fez sitting on a laptop]

I really love working with chunky yarn - things work up really quickly, and they're so solid and nice to handle.



Links!

- Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style. I just. Her expression is so perfect. My poor abs hurt.

- antarctic_sue started posting daily photos again. I love seeing daily life in Antarctica, and after her 2012 winter-over, I thought she was never going back, so yay!

- This awesome post: Crime Scene Science: The Modern Methods for Solving Crimes. So handy for anyone who writes for procedural fandoms, or original fic. (NaNo is looming, omg. I haven't written anything since... ack. February?)

Comments

[havocthecat]

Baby fezzes are cool! (You knew someone had to say it.) But seriously, it's an adorable cap. And thank you for the crime scene link!

[st_aurafina]

Fezzes are cool! Babys in fezzes are cool! Now I just need to find a Doctor Who fanbaby to gift it to - there's none out here, sadly.

[untonuggan]

EEEEEeeee adorable baby fez!

[st_aurafina]

All I need now is a fanbaby! Nobody watches Doctor Who out here. Except us.

[jenna_thorn]

Oh goodness that is ridiculously cute.

[st_aurafina]

So cute and wee! A happy accident.

[retsuko]

Heh heh, that's an awesome fez. Will Chewie wear it? ;)

Another Sanctuary fan! *sighs* I miss that show so much...

[vass]

And now I want to see Chewie modelling it, too. lilacsigil is a perfectly good hat model, but she is not as close in appearance to Chicken from Hothead Paisan.

[st_aurafina]

Chewie would never! His ears will go free, do you hear? FREE AND NAKED! (Please imagine this delivered in an outraged bellow.)

[st_aurafina]

I miss Sanctuary so very much! Every now and then I get this pinch of sadness that Helen Magnus won't be on my telly again.

[usuallyhats]

Baby fez! So cute! :D

[st_aurafina]

Fezzes are cool! Just need to find me a fanbaby to gift it to.

[cleo]

Cute baby fez!

D and I love My Cat from Hell too!

[st_aurafina]

The way Jackson Galaxy is with the cats makes me a bit tearful sometimes. He gets it!

[cleo]

Right?! Especially when it comes to clueless cat owners. People, man...

[senmut]

Adorable fez!!!!

+sends all the hugs+

[st_aurafina]

*hugshugs* Fezzes are cool!

[ainsley]

Dance Academy!!! the cute hat is a bonus.

[st_aurafina]

Isn't Dance Academy great? I adore its daggy Aussie-ness so much.

[lurkingcat]

Baby fez! So very, very cool :)

[st_aurafina]

Fezzes! They're still cool!

[mossybomb]

Ahaha those Flemish portraits are GENIUS. The one where she's put a paper cup on her ponytail! *dies*

I love her intro: While in the lavatory on a domestic flight in March 2010, I spontaneously put a tissue paper toilet cover seat cover over my head and took a picture in the mirror using my cellphone.

As you do.

[st_aurafina]

She's so got the po-faced expression down pat, I can't even. Her solemn face, with a toilet paper collar. *dying*

[staranise]

I love My Cat From Hell. :)

[st_aurafina]

It's so great. I adore it, and all the people who love their cats but have no cat clue.

[aphrodite_mine]

My Cat from Hell is wonderful! While my cats love being outside, leashes tend to make them MEEHHHHHHHH. I DO recommend a catio, if possible!

[st_aurafina]

We have high and low window sills, and the wheel, but Chewie does want to run out and explore. I think he really, really wants to be an outside cat, but I'm never letting a cat on the road EVER again, sorry little dude. I dunno, I really liked the little kevlar suit Jackson tried with some of the cats, and now we've trained him to follow treats - I guess can only try.

[tree]

PHOTOS OF ANTARCTICA ARE RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS

by which i mean, thank you for that link.

[st_aurafina]

It's so fascinating!

Though last year, watching her slowly get cabin fever got a little wracking. I kept expecting the daily photo to be splashed with red. When she finally made it back to New Zealand, all she photographed for a week was fresh fruit.

[lark_ascends]

Love the baby fez!