Celebrating us a bit on the nose, or so I thought. Ryan claims he didn’t realize what it was because “the production value was so high, I couldn’t believe that you made it.” Which of course is to say that I am using that flattery to bandage the deep wound left behind by brushing past the expertly applied NATO Phonetic Alphabet reference, but...

…I think the true way to heal my bleeding heart would be if Hinge added my game to their merch store. “Romeo ❤︎ Juliet: The Dating Game for Happy Hinge Couples” has a nice ring to it, eh? Hinge: if you’re reading this, shoot me an email. Playtest approved. Creative property rights negotiable.

Bottled 11.11.19. Ben acted as virtual scribe for qualitative observations. Approximately 40g-43g of 80% alc. corn vodka to 1g-9g of beans, depending on varietal and single versus double bottling. The FDA standard for “pure vanilla extract” says you need 35% alc. and approximately a 10% ratio of beans to alcohol (“one unit per one gallon” which is such a foolish metric but…) I’m hoping since I’m using such high proof liquor, the extraction will produce a more than “pure” enough infusion for most of the bottles—and passable enough ones that are in the single-bean, lowest bean-to-alc ratio bottles. Time will tell: this is why we experiment.

Scripts and topics and slides and special-guest hunting and suggestion hat signage and crib sheet cards and secret envelopes stuffed with glow sticks and hot take workshops and wax-sealed special thank you gifts and invitations (see cloudful collab below w/ NoraM) and RSVP sheets and ukulele practice and so much more that was the madness of preparing for the Critical Nonsense live show was totally worth it. Feeling gratitude for Sylvain Labs and all the people who pitched in to turn our silly weekly diversion into an event last night. See the video here.

Okay, so I kept the kategrey set.

I saw her work on exhibit at the Schwarzman NYPL and am since obsessed. Anna Atkins may be the world’s first female photographer, and devoted her days making pristine cyanotypes of flora and algae. To me, they’re perfect.

First with these eggs inspired by Adrianus Kundert and Thomas van der Sman's Bubblgraphy, I took this egg-dying opportunity to pay homage to Ms. Atkins.

Handpainted with kit and expert pointers from E @lilcaketoppers. 

Oat right angles with black floss. Themed for Miss Sephina Jade.

Finally, a set that’s fully interchangeable. Six (three pairs) seems the appropriate scale for now.  A kategrey set up next for a yet _undetermined_ recipient. 

“I’ll be... Blackhawk”

“Ooooh, yeah. And who am I?” 

”You’ll be... White Worm.” 

One of three. Muji socks, Blick floss.

Probably should've gone for the heel to optimally execute the idea (now a given left can only be mixed with rights), but I haven't decided if it's worth undoing or if I should just plan on it for the next set.

When "let's make a piñata!" becomes "let's make it an New Years anti-resolutions piñata!"

Really, we all just needed an excuse to wail on a piñata.

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This gorgeous glazing work inspired my annual Easter eggventure.

1am and whipping up a hostess gift for Edawg.

I made a sign for the Food Forest.

Jake pawned the clock he won in Dubai off on me. I added flair.

In preparation for the festivities, me, Mom, and co. helped set up the house.

My version of recycling our plethora of plastic grocery bags.