I'm Excited To Say That I Finally Am Getting Started On The Vest Project

I'm excited to say that I finally am getting started on the vest project 🤭

Tiny stuff. Just the wizard's tower.

After that it's going to be LOTS OF TREES!!

Starter Villian by John Scalzi

Aka: One guy ™️ has a really weird day but like honestly is pretty chill about the whole thing.

**Review includes some spoilers!

Likes:

The world building was so fun! There were so many just very weird and silly things that I just loved (I'm a big fan of the unionizing dolphins)

Charlie's character arc! I felt like he grew a lot over the story even though in the end he decides villainy is not for him, because that's growth too!

CATS! Hera ❤❤❤❤❤ give her all the scritches and seafood platters she deserves

Less likes:

Felt like the pacing of the plot was a bit off. The first half went a little slow for me and by around 60% through I was really worried that things weren't going to resolve nicely, but overall I think that they did.

Some small plot things i felt were not fully fleshed out, I didn't really understand the bit about the mother at the end.

Fave quote: "I'm thinking", said Jacobs. "You're bleeding." "I can do both."

This drawing caused lil chaos on twt so I might as well post it here

the terrible reading slump that I'm in has given me the chance to catch up on my cross stitch book log!

Shelves: star rating - top shelf is 5 stars, bottom shelf is 1 star/dnf (do I overrate or do I just read great books  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Book width: page length - 1 row = less than 200 pgs, 2 rows = less than 500 pages, 3 rows = more than 500 pages

Book height: book type - Tall = physical, medium = ebook, short = audiobook

White dot: this book is part of a series!

Book colors: genre!

Today I got to use a 70+ yr old sewing machine that was so well designed and in such good condition that putting down a line of straight stitches felt like performance art. It’s apparently the first portable sewing machine Singer ever made and fuck dude you can FEEL how proud of it they were. Look at this thing it’s gorgeous like it’s got sleek black enamel and fucking golden filigree and a fucking GOLDEN SEAL for crying out loud. Don’t get me wrong. I love my mostly-plastic sticker-covered little modern starter machine. It was one of the most meaningful gifts anyone’s ever given me and it’s done everything I’ve ever asked it to. But this 301A legitimately feels like A Piece Of Industrial Design and it’s crazy that it feels as good as it looks. It belongs in a castle. I hope this thing runs forever and based on how well built it is I wouldn’t be surprised if it did.