* today is the last day of Canine Companions' livestreaming puppycam. F litter, lab/golden cross, six black and one yellow, 7-8 weeks old. Super cute, despite video glitches. I want a cuddle pile of puppy...

* I want to figure out how to art-ify my D&D characters, but a) I can't ever figure out clothes, b) faces are hard, and c) my last two aren't even humanish -- current character, Ayla, is an owlin monk, and my previous character, Ek-ko-ao, was a xotlxotl [basically humanoid axolotl] drakewarden ranger. I tend not to do actual humans, but elves can be drawn as slender pointy-eared humans, and dwarves and halflings also are human-faced. I had trouble trying to draw a previous character (Bria, half-orc ranger with a pet velociraptor) partly because of jawline and teeth, though to be fair I couldn't even get my dwarf fighter drawn, so gah.

* also my weekly alphabet art project didn't get very far lulz. half-finished dragonfly is still half finished ...

* how the fuck is it almost April, wtf

* which also means it's almost Phoebe's bday \o/

* my dog poem book idea is one poem closer to completion -- 7 down, 13 to go.

yay: apartment maintenance replaced fridge/freezer unit. (Ended up tossing like half the freezer contents -- especially seafood and opened meats -- to be safe.)

not yay: Phoebe threw up three times overnight and three times so far today. She's lower energy but still alert; I'm taking her into the vet tomorrow, after phone consult with emergency vet peeps (including a rerun of "is it *black* black or just dark"?). ( Read more... )

wtflol: I have temporary rainbow tattoos on my cheeks from going to Pride on Saturday. My mom's first reaction: "Those aren't REAL, are they?!" Because a 40-odd-yo tattooless person is going to go for full-color face tattoos as their first?? Like, I'm pretty sure most reputable tattoo artists won't even *do* face as a first tattoo location.

1. I've officially had Phoebe for a year now. Doesn't seem that long, somehow. She is still the bestest girl. (Standard disclaimer that other dogs may also be bestest; ties are acceptable here.)

1b. Her puppy raiser came for a visit today :) Phoebe was of course extremely happy to see her. (Yahtzee made sure he got a share of the attention, lol.)

2. Having wheelchair issues again... ( Read more... )

2b. ...and the new wheelchair is still not quite usable. It's better than it was earlier in the Chair Saga, but the joystick is in an entirely bad place, so reaching the joystick is awkward and painful, and I can't reach the buttons. Sigh. I have a call in to NoMotion (UnMotion?) for both issues, but I've had the chair in my possession since September (with the whole saga going back to May of 2022) so not holding my breath.

3. Inflicting the "Vindaloo" football (Brit.) song on my aides has the unfortunate consequence of re-earworming me too, but that's an acceptable cost for, uh, sharing the love, lol

4. For anyone who likes reading police/detectiv procedurals, I'm really enjoying the series starting with Angel Maker. (Technically there are earlier books with the main character, Jamie Johansson, but AM is the one I started with). It's set in Sweden, with a female lead, and it's good imo.


5. I still like having a shaved/ buzzed head.


6. The art thing I'm doing -- one sketch/drawing a day of items starting with a for the first week, b for the second, c for the third, etc -- is working nicely. ( Read more... ) I'm up to G now, woo.

7. Trader Joe's has some extremely delicious brookies. I'm kind of addicted (only not really). Also their mini ice cream cones are amazing, but I've known that for a while.

8. Tried a new cpap mask to see if it would be easier. ( Read more... )

9. Sorry I keep being so bad at reading DW and therefore have no clue what's being happening with y'all. It's not y'all, I promise! I just... forget it exists?

10. This took an hour to type up. Sigh. Hate how slow typing is these days. And typing on tablet (stylus plus thumbs on touchscreen) is faster than computer typing (mouse clicking on virtual keyboard).

A nearly-belated #DogValentine (xpost from twitter)

Roses smell good
Poop does too
Dogs can't write poems
But they sure do love you


Bonus

Roses are greyish
Violets are greyish
Dogs can't see color
SQUIRREL