“Nothing to see here, move along, move along, GET GOING, SCRAM.” -Chaos
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Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- “One purpose of art…“
- “…angels unawares.“
- “Show me an angel and…“
- “All organizing is science fiction.“
- “Always be ready…“
- The Lion and the Serpent.
- Matter Work.
- Marble map maybe?
- “We’re on our own side.”
- Them and Us.
“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos
Whirlwind linkity!
- My heart breaks for the West Coast right now. Eerie photos. Bladerunner 2049 or San Francisco? With soundtrack and more for comparison…
- “The Price of Keeping Our Heads Down”.
- I’m glad this cursed bird is long extinct.
- Giant otters are not extinct.
- Tessellating book quilt anyone?
- “Knit a watermelon wedge snuggle sack”.
- Pallas cat has QUESTIONS.
- Â “Lockdown fatigue solutions”.
- “Wrist-mounted acoustic GPS”.
- Dragon lanterns and signs.
- “You’re not a product.“
- Oh, this would be a great story!
- Scottish lockdown sketchbooks.
- BOOM. And BOOOOOM.
- “The inconvenient truth about library eCollections”.
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- A little song about unions from the Mountain Goats for Labor Day.
Reading Update
Citizen: A American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. I am not sure I understood it all, but what I did understand packed a wallop.
Dead Things, 
Broken Souls, 
Hungry Ghosts, 
Fire Season, and 
Ghost Money (Eric Carter 1-5) by Stephen Blackmoore. Entertaining series set in LA about a necromancer who’s been away for 15 years but returns after his sister is murdered. Warning that the 4th and 5th books end on cliffhangers. GRRRRRR. Also, Fire Season hits pretty hard with the fires in California right now.
City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore. Sort of a prequel for the Eric Carter series, but set before Eric Carter returned to LA.
Chaos is SO over being photographed, apparently!
Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- “No rain, no flowers”.
- “Gather. Give. Grow.“
- RSD Bloom.
- One of a Kind.
- Not from Thinking.
- Space Stalagmites.
- Discworld quote. Another.
- Affection Paper Towels.
- Abstract.
- About Corita Kent.
- “The ones you never need”.
“I don’t understand why Mom keeps telling me I’m elderly!!!” -Mayhem
Linkity will become particularly unpredictable over the next two months
I’m taking several virtual book arts classes in September and October that are on Thursday evenings, so do not be surprised if there’s no linkity or only the most minimal of linkity. On the plus side, by the end of October, I will only need 3.5 more “graduate” credits to completed my Advanced Book Arts Certificate through the Minnesota Center for Book Arts! 🙂
Bookity
- New releases: Tor.com (scifi, fantasy, horror/genre benders, YA SFF) and Smart Bitches (romance)
- Allie Brosh (Hyperbole and a Half) has written a second book, due out on September 22.
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- A virtual exhibition of the book arts.
- A refresher on what “gnu terry pratchett” means.
- In which JKR somewhat misrepresents “returning” the Ripple of Hope.
- How wizards get discovered??
- “You work as the minor villain every new hero has to beat for their very first battle“.
- THE most florid sentence?
- “Great lost sentences“.
- “A librarian’s hoard“.
- …well, it’s not WRONG, I guess.
Think, Learn, Make, Do, VOTE
Life in These Pandemic Times
- “How face shields and valve masks fail to stop infectious droplets“.
- COVID-19 “antibodies can last at least four months”.
- “The unexpected joy of the worst summer of our lives“.
- “Spare a thought for all the computers that didn’t sign up for this shit“.
- “When I say lean…“
- In which we are all Frog and Toad.
- In which some plants are rescued from certain death.
- Oh, what a difference six months makes.
Cookity
Artsy Crafty
Cool
Wha…?
LOL
Reading Update
Finna by Nino Cipri. What if you worked at IKEA and a wormhole opened up during your shift? A fun and thoughtful short novel based on that premise (and more).
“Yes, I AM still exceptionally beautiful, thank you!” -Mayhem
Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- “Where have all the flowers gone?“
- From destruction…
- Abstract.
- Flowers rescued from a papercraft kit.
- Victorian-esque floral stickers.
- Panther eyes.
- Sparkles unabashedly.
- “‘Protests shouldn’t…’“
- Floral postage stamps.
- Will it???
- Unimpressed ladies are unimpressed.
“And then Mayhem’s paw TOUCHED ME while she was sleeping and I had to leave – can you believe the nerve of that cat???!” -Chaos
Linkity certainly feels depleted
Bookity
- New releases: AAR (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- Virtual ways to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, August 29.
- Watch PBS’s documentary about Ursula K LeGuin for free until August 30.
- “Watch celebrities read picture books by Black authors”.
- “DIY craft kits for book lovers”.
- “Supreme trolling from the school librarian“.
- :snortlaugh:
- Queer Eye visits Professor Flitwick.
Think, Do, Make, Learn
- Icefish, wtf.
- I didn’t realize that humans are almost megafauna.
- Seals vs sea lions.
- The fascinatingly distorted world of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Also, players are chasing real-life hurricanes in the game.
- What actual steampunk color palettes should be.
- “How the jury system is broken and racist“.
Life in These Pandemic Times
- 2020 summary.
- Good point about The Shining!
- The sixth photo! (Thanks, Jeanne!)
- “Social distancing is a lot more complicated than staying 6 feet apart”.
- Yes, this.
- “Your ‘surge capacity’ is depleted – It’s why you feel awful“.
Cookity
Cool/Oh Yeah
- Very much yes, USPS. Related.
- Wonderful music video for the… US Census?!
- BOOM.
- “Virtually visit Black Lives Matters street art”.
- Linkity from kmkat.
Cool or Wha…?
Wha…?
- You can order a kit to make your bicycle sound like a horse.
- There’s something horrifically wrong with those people.
LOL
- “Big Bird is a megafauna herbivore“.
- Oh, humans…
- Good kitty!
- Bad kitty!
- Silly kitty!
- Awww.
- On goats.
- Amusing yet vaguely unsettling.
Reading Update
How To Be Alone by Tanya Davis & Andrea Dorfman. Adorable illustrated book version of the video poem.
A Song Below Water by Bethany C Morrow. Very good ya contemporary fantasy about two magical sisters-of-the-heart growing into powers that may further mark them as feared others.
How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming.
Chaos cannot believe!
Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- Messy flower.
- Abstract 1. Abstract 2.
- Only in MN…
- “Our World Is On Fire I”. And II.
- Bloom.
- Apples and Snakes and Books, oh my!
- Pears and Duck Ears.
- So Tired.
- “This is fine“.
- The Big Book of Uprising. (Quite pleased with this, tbh.)
- Bloom for yourself.
“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem
Linkity regrets to inform you that it was server update night again
So you get disorganized speed linkity! Well, I did make ONE section. You’ll see…
- New romance releases (Smart Bitches).
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- Instead of The Giving Tree, how about The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries?
- Patrick Stewart continues to read sonnets to us in these troubled times.
- “The Susan B Anthony Museum rejected [45’s] unwanted pardon”.
- “Watch a reporter finally ask [45] if he ever regrets all the lying”.
- Ha!
- “Barack Obama’s DNC speech reminds us what a real president looks like”. And here’s Michelle Obama’s speech.
- :facepalm:
- Where is the lie?
- Best surrealist!
- I did not know there were flying lemurs.
- Cursed giraffe fact.
- Brace yourselves – two-player mode is coming to Untitled Goose Game.
- “Me cruising through 2020 be like”.
- 2020 be like.
- Linkity from kmkat. Knitting linkity from kmkat.
- Zucchini butter.
- Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting.
- Edible cookie dough (3 flavors).
- bungywungy goes a little nuts at Target.
- Longest elevator ride EVER.
- The intersection of Star Wars and the USPS.
- So true.
- COVID risk comfort zone. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
- Ha!
- Cutest Darth Vader ever.
Wha…?
“Don’t make me come over there and smack you!” -Chaos
Art Journaling Monday!
Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my recent favorites below.
- Blossoms and bells.
- Stormy weather.
Terry PratchettSam Vimes on policing.- Bloom. And another.
- Good Omens RSD.
- Unfolding.
- Open mind trouble.
- Other people.
- Full feral.
- Being changed by changing.
- RSD, no Good Omens.
- Matter purpose.
*NOT IMPRESSED* -Chaos