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Started watching Ted Lasso the other day because I've heard so many good things about it. ... why am I now so emotionally invested in a show about a soccer coach? Like, I want to be Ted's best friend, he's so damn wholesome

... how has it been 11 years since Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt came out? Time is weird. 😅 (dang I love this show, though)

The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Chase” aired on this day in 1993. Here’s my poster for the episode. I actually have a handful of prints leftover for this one if anyone is interested! #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #startrekthenextgeneration

Feeling a litle emotional over the end of the Artemis II mission - everything about the mission was so exciting, awe-inspiring, and wholesome. It gave me some much-needed hope in a dark time. Thank you Reid, Christina, Victor, and Jeremy, for sharing your moon joy with the world.

Who else is still feeling the joy this morning? 🙋‍♀️🚀🧑‍🚀 THIS is what science can do!!

✨#GOARTEMIS! ✨ says the universe’s best CATCOM as Reid, Victor, Christina & Jeremy experience loss of contact behind the moon. Their words convey love over hate, and human interaction & judgment in a world of developing tech… 🤟🏻🌒 🎨 by me. 📸 via @animenewsnetwork.com #SailorMoon #Artemis #Earthrise

these motherfuckers said it would splashdown at 8:07 and it splashed down at 8:07. after going to the fucking moon. fucking a man. god damn

I feel you there, Murderbot.

The Star Trek: Picard episode "Two of One" debuted on this day in 2022. Here's my poster for the episode. #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard

Crescent Earth as viewed by the Artemis II crew yesterday (April 4th). flic.kr/p/2s5Z9yc

At its closest point, the crew of Artemis II will loop about 4,000 miles from the lunar surface late Monday. The astronauts will also venture farther into space than any previous human mission. n.pr/4csGSWM

This might be the MOST STUNNING photo from Artemis II yet Crescent Earth illuminated by light above 🤩 📷 Artemis II

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

... honestly considering taking Monday off so I can watch the Artemis II mission livestream as Orion approaches (and loops around) the moon 😅

okay I swear I'll stop posting about the Artemis II mission now

Holy crap, it all went well! They're in space!! (... I may have just bought an Artemis II patch and Artemis sweatshirt from the NASA shop to celebrate)

AAAAHHHHHHH IT WORKED THIS IS WHAT I WANT GOVERNMENT DOING

Super excited for the Artemis II launch - really hoping everything goes well and they can take off during their launch window. 🚀

If you'd like to follow along with the #Artemis II launch, NASA has a live blog here: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... and you can watch the official broadcast on the NASA site here: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi... or on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

It’s #TransDayOfVisibility. Here’s my poster for the Quantum Leap episode “Let Them Play”. Consider using the hashtag to discover, follow, and support the many talented trans artists creating amazing work today and everyday. 🏳️‍⚧️

There's so much... absolute nonsense, to put it politely, going on in the world. It's exhausting. Depressing. Scary. Nevertheless, I persist. I'm hanging in there, despite everything. I'm making that my act of defiance right now. Instead of letting it all crush me, I keep going. I persist.

aaah, spring break is so close I can feel it

Today's one of the days I really miss having Rana around - I'm trying to update PHP on my blog's web server. Whenever she updated the PHP installation, everything went smoothly. Me? Every time I try to update PHP, I end up temporarily bricking my site. (Until I undo the PHP update, anyway) 😭

... oh hey, it's the super bowl today, isn't it

... if I don't inadvertently crochet myself into a repetitive stress injury, anyway 😅

Now comes the ridiculous part of getting back into writing stuff for The Crafty Nerd: getting ALL THE IDEAS for things to write about and hoping the drive to write sticks around for a while. 😅

... it took entirely too long to do it, because I typoed the damn email address on the first try and had to make a second account, buuuuut I finally got a Bluesky account set up for The Crafty Nerd: @thecraftynerd.bsky.social

... I realized I don't have another place to post this at the moment, at least not until I get a Bluesky account for the blog, so I'll share this here instead: I'm playing board games again, and apparently writing blog posts about it too. thecraftynerd.com/2026/02/08/f...

I'm weirdly looking forward to the big snowstorm headed my way this weekend. It's nature's way of saying "stay home and stay cozy". (I know not everyone has the option to do that, but I'm really hoping everyone can stay home and enjoy getting snowed in this weekend.)

Watched the first two episodes of Starfleet Academy last night, and oh my GOD it was good. Like, I'm really glad Peter didn't get too bothered by my excessive excited flails about everything. Not gonna ramble about it here, I don't wanna spoil anything, but ohh it's so good.

A good thing I did for myself today: dusted off the exercise bike and rode for 10 minutes to make up for not being able to easily go for a walk when working from home. (I hate the lack of sidewalks in my area.) Felt good to get moving, even if just for a little bit.

Managed to make it through the holidays, though the week between Christmas and New Year's was pretty rough. It was a little harder to deal with the anniversary of Rana's passing without Hannah. Still hanging in there, though, even though the world is a dumpster fire right now.

To the random person I met at Morgensterns Books yesterday who excitedly chatted with me about tarot cards, tattoos, cats, Tolkein, and Dungeon Crawler Carl: you made my day. ❤️

these days you learn something new and horrible every 5 seconds