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Last week, I went over to Chris’s one morning to hang out for a bit and give him a haircut, and we ended up cooking together since I was hungry.  We followed this recipe for lentil and potato curry, and it turned out pretty good.  The flavors could have been a bit more bold (a bit more salt, maybe?) but it was tasty and VERY filling.  I only finished about 2/3 of my bowl.

Anyways, I took these pictures with my phone and forgot about them until now, but I remember telling Chris I was totally going to tumbl this. ^_^;

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Today’s Alex’s Guide is the smooshy, mooshy geek love edition.  To tell a LOVE STORY SO EPIC, I expanded to TWO PIECES OF PAPER.  *jazz hands*

I’m very happy with how this comic turned out, though.  ^_^  Thursday is our 5th anniversary, and I don’t work Thursday or Friday, so we get to spend some time together. <3

the true cost of handmade

Alex Heberling

the true cost of handmade

definatalie:

vsatone:

sansmith:

scarfmouse:

smellestine:

eggums:

digitalduckie:

jewgineer:

Wonderful article on the importance behind the prices of hand-made items. Would be a great read for, say, everyone, but particularly everyone who has ever tried to commission me and told me I was charging too much (which is 80% of people).

Why is this not getting more signal boost.

This right here folks. This.

all you crafters, heads up

This. This right here. Damn.

What people also don’t understand is the time taken to learn and perfect the craft. I’ve had people bitch at me because I’m “withholding information” ie, something i developed MYSELF to SELL. They’re mad because I’m not giving them a SHORTCUT for FREE. You’re paying for the quality of the plush and that quality took time to build. I’m not here to build you a castle if you wave five dollars in front of me and tell me that I’M being greedy.

The drama that happened when I had started selling in the MSPA fan store on etsy was funny because of how nasty and obnoxious the complainer was but the problem was still there: people feel entitled to free shit. I think it was lexxercise that said that media consumers are incredibly spoiled. It’s true. Mass production has made people spoiled and entitled. We sort of expect shit to come out of nowhere.

like fucking miracles.

THIS IS A GOOD POST omg 

really though like people have to spend a lot of money on supplies to make crafts??? and from working in retail where stuff was mass-produced I can tell you: the markup is pretty much 200% at all times! we sold the stuff we got from the suppliers for twice what they sold it to us for. THERE IS LIKE ALMOST NO MARKUP ON HANDMADE GOODS. mostly not at all in my experience! just… augh… AUGH, please think about how much time & effort & energy goes into making things even setting aside costs of supplies

blargh blargh this kind of thing makes me really upset and sad 

On the note of buying jewelry handmade… read this! <3 

I don’t do handmade crafts, but this post applies to illustrators and comic artists too.

Read it please.

THIS^^^^

I was just asked to try out for a Burlesque Show in the Spring

Alex Heberling

rosalarian:

noodlyappendage:

I don’t think I could do a whole set, but I agreed to do the workshop as an excuse to buy some Star Trek badge nipple pasties.

I’d kill to start up belly dancing or roller derby again. Those hobbies were super fun.

Has there been a dinosaur burlesque set been choreographed?

You know what this means.

We are going to have to start a webcomic artist burlesque.

It is destiny.

I want in.

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[Image description: Brendan and Coach McGuirk from the animated series “Home Movies,” sitting on a bench at the soccer field.  Image found here.]

I decided it was time for another Home Movies marathon.  I do this a couple times a year anyway, since it’s one of my favorite shows ever, but I first saw the final season about five years ago exactly, during the fall quarter before I started dating Chris.  So I like to do this around this time of year anyway, just as a personal tradition.

The evolution of the show from season to season is very interesting, and I think it echoes the evolution of many webcomics.  I adore the commentaries that the creators of this show recorded for the DVDs, too, and they’re so entertaining that they’ve really spoiled me when it comes to commentaries for other shows I own on DVD.  (Dollhouse, I’m lookin’ at you.  Only 5 commentaries out of 27 episodes.)

And suddenly I’ve remembered that Loren Bouchard is now running a new show on Fox, Bob’s Burgers.  We caught an episode of it a few months ago by accident, and I meant to check it out on Hulu, but never did!  I must make myself a reminder to watch that at some point.

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[Image description: An illustration title card for the Nostalgia Critic’s review of Moulin Rouge.  Satine is wearing the Critic’s hat, tie, and jacket with her garter, stockings, and heels.]

DAMN.  I think this is one of the best reviews of all time on the entire site.

Click through to watch it! :D

[Art by Marobot]

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[Image Description: A black and white photograph of a light-skinned fat woman from the side, draped in white fabric.  She has dark hair with wavy locks around her face and she looks over her shoulder at the viewer.]

Ghost in the Darkness by *Gwenyth-photos

I’m now off to bed!  But before I go, I’ve dumped some more lovely fat art that I’ve collected on DA recently into my queue.  Enjoy the fattery this afternoon!