Last few days of my two weeks of (stay-at-home, of course) vacation, so I’m going to skip a week of linkity to give my time at home that extra special something… 😉
Yes, it’s the same image from Monday, but COLORIZED.
*sigh* -Mayhem
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Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Some of my recent favorites are below. 🙂
- For the Inner Heroine class I’m taking: Arrival; Meeting Monsters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Boss Monster.
- More wisdom from Terry Pratchett.
- Clearly Unclutter.
- Being brave.
- “The future is inclusive“.
- Menace.
- Start Beast.
“Seriously, Mom, we’ve talked about this photo thing SO MANY TIMES.” -Mayhem
Linkity wonders if frazzled is my new pandemic state of mind
- New releases: Tor.com (horror/genre-benders), Smart Bitches (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- New example of the importance of the Oxford comma.
- “Magical Mind: The World of Terry Pratchett” (nearly an hour! be prepared before you start!).
- A good point to remember, writers! 😉
- Not cool, Disney.
- “I’m Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense”.
- Turkeys, swans, kayaks, and more.
- Some cursed facts about bluefin tuna.
- On birds and teeth.
- Another way to keep glasses from fogging up when wearing a mask.
- 50+ vegetarian recipes.
- Cheesy chickpea bowls.
- Great response to someone not wearing a mask… from 1919.
- Perfect mask is perfect. And I’ve ordered one for myself! (They’re only on sale until Monday, November 23.)
- UGH, SERIOUSLY.
- UNSURPRISING.
- ALSO unsurprising.
- Be stunned, amazed, horrified by this house in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Car with “a sunken rec room in back”.
- Roman Colosseum LEGO set.
- A character in a comic has an existential crisis.
- Baby Yoda in space!
- BOOM.
- Oh, the revenge would be sweet.
- Very sweet xkcd. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
- The tale of the cat prince…
- Melted clocks, melted cats.
Reading Update
The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. I definitely need to reread this and journal about the prompts and questions.
The Time of the Dark (Darwath #1) by Barbara Hambly. I enjoyed it as I read it, but I’m not sure I’ll read the rest of the series.
Lights on, nobody home in Chaos land.
Art Journaling Tuesday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday Tuesday! (Sometimes you forget to hit “Publish”…) AND today I turned 54.
- For The Inner Heroine class I’m taking: Mapping the Journey, We’ve All Got Monsters, The Crow, Realization, Pivoting, Poised on the Threshold, Transit in Layers.
- Light Streamers.
- Technique Noodling.
- The Serpent of Eden again.
- “It’s been a helluva year.”
Chaos chillin’ on my hot pink jersey sheets as my phone camera basically gives up on the color and dim lighting combination.
Linkity still has whiplash from the weather change this week (72F one day, 30F and snowing the next)
- New releases: Tor (sf, fantasy, YA sff)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- “Science confirms: Watching nostalgic stuff is good for mental health“.
- “Things I learned about USA from staring at maps for 2 days bc of USA elections“. (That weird bump on the top of Minnesota that bothered the op so much is the Northwest Angle.)
- Yes, this is exactly what driving in snow is like.
- What songs got popular after the election was called Saturday?
- “Intersectionality and decentering: You can’t have one without the other!“
- “Dear white people, I need to matter beyond a thank you“.
- Gorgeous, but NO.
- Cardamon creme brulee pie.
- Overexcited kittens are overexcited.
- xkcd on electoral precedent. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
- It IS shocking, isn’t it?
- Speaking of shocking…
- “Smart” heels.
- Standing keyboard.
Reading Update
Whole lotta Good Omens fics – it was a stressful week!
“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem
Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- Focus RSD.
- We have to own the story and rewrite the ending.
- I can’t really blame him.
- TROLL!
- Circles.
- At the Globe.
- “Tear Aside These Dreadful Skins“.
- Common Same.
- “Get your ducks in a row.“
- Completed Good Omens art journal #2!
- Terry Pratchett on book space.
- Spreads for the Get Messy “The Inner Heroine” class I’m taking. (There are four links in the previous sentence.)
“HELP ME.” -Chaos
Linkity is no more caught up or less frazzled than last week
- New releases: Gizmodo (fantasy & scifi), Smart Bitches (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches (Jumbo version!).
- Linkity from the Pen Addict (notebook hoarders, you need to read the comic…).
- Thankful linkity from Bookwyrm Knits.
- Another good humans in space story – scroll down and don’t bother trying to read the images!
- LEGO Star Wars holiday special trailer.
- “Unintended consequences of a great cat toy…“
- Well, that explains a lot! 😉
- Learn to draw Good Omens!
- Very shiny bird.
- Some mildly interesting things.
- Do not try this at home. Please.
- Tongue brush. Can’t be unseen.
- “Sweaty robotic hand”.
- Personal bubble.
- Platypuses can… glow in the dark.
- Dragon backpacks.
- Ocean sunfish.
- Bernie Sanders predicted the election shenanigans on October 24.
- Tracy Chapman performed for the first time in five years!
- Probability comparisons. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
Reading Update
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed To Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown. It was good, but I kept getting tripped up by her insistence on faith being nonnegotiable. I adore her podcast, tho!
*side-eyeing* -Chaos
*drowsing* -Mayhem
Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- Well, I guess it looks like an RSD virus, but that’s not what I was thinking!
- Ineffable Leonardos.
- MONSTER!
- “Alone at last!“
- Ineffable Space Bats!
- Found poem with collage.
- “Soup is good food.“
- Another found poem.
- Strictly Ballroom.
- “Once in a blue moon“.
- Artist.
- “Doubt thou the stars are fire…“
- “Epically small moments“.
“Why you gotta be this way, Mom?!??” -Chaos
Falling back with linkity
- New releases: AAR (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches. And cover snark from Smart Bitches.
- Listen to a free horror story.
- Murderbot animation.
- Bookshelf nooks.
- Oh, you should definitely read this lovely little short story.
- I would love to read the novel-length version of this premise!
- Halloween posters from NASA.
- “What would you take to the moon?“
- I guess 102 years doesn’t really change the pandemic experience, does it? NOT AT ALL.
- “Healthcare isn’t an opinion.“
- “Pandemic depression is about to collide with seasonal depression. Make a plan, experts say.“
- Thank you. This is a good reminder.
- I’m in.
- Pheasant coucals are very cool looking birds.
- “Researchers finally figured out how octopuses taste [things] with their arms”.
- “Fluid dynamics in all its glory.“
- What is asexuality?
- COVID-19 fight scene.
- LOL!
- xkcd on falling back. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
- So true!
- BUSTED. That’s, um, kinda what linkity is at this point. 😀
- Untitled goose Halloween.
- Over 50 one-pot meals.
- Pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip muffins.
- 80 easy desserts.
- Disney, WHY? SO CREEPY.
- Mark Hamill for Biden. The Avengers for Joe Biden.
- 45 commits v0ter fraud.
- BOOM. And BOOM.
Reading Update
The Color of Law: The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein. Be prepared to be horrified and enraged.
The Library of the Unwritten (Hell’s Library #1) by AJ Hackwith. Good enough to suck me in, even though I never shook the comparisons to another series or two.
Flashback photo of Mayhem from 2015!
*INTENSITY INTENSIFIES*
Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- Fight like an artist.
- “Angels or Devils“.
- Young RBG.
- Cat Tree.
- “Unpopular opinion…“
- “You can do damn near anything while crying…“
- “The work of antiracism is…“
- BOOM.
- What we are all dealing with.
- Owl.
*SLURRRRRRRRRRRRP* -Chaos