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Happy Pride Month!

I made soap~ :3

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Me [finally] watching The Owl House for the first time: Ah wow, the shy non-binary violinist with short light hair and glasses would be really easy to cosplay. I mean, dang! We’re so alike! :0c

Me to Friend: Hey, have you watched The Owl House? :D

Friend: Not all the way through, but I know most of the characters and have watched a lot of clips!

Me: Haha, then you know that character who is basically just me, right? xD

Friend: …Hunter? Me:

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Hard to focus on creative projects more than ever lately (can’t imagine why…), but gotta find the joy somewhere, and hopefully I can share it with you all again soon. Please take care of yourselves, and enjoy this sleepy boy in the meantime.

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I keep forgetting to mention, I'm also over on Bluesky.

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HEY, remember how I chatted about making soaps and candles earlier this year?? And then barely posted about it? I've been actually doing it all along, I just never shared a whole lot about the journey. :'D But for anyone curious, here's what I came up with for the various Scents of Sahuldeem (not all pictured, but everything WAS crafted as some point and thusly sniffed and approved), accompanied by excerpts where the original source of said scents were mentioned throughout the series:

Kuninda :: Peony ~ Plumeria ~ Orchid The only touch of decor to suggest this chamber housed someone special was the ceramic pot of kuninda blossoms on the table. || The rest looped chains of fiery kuninda blossoms over the stone statue wherever they could reach.

(note: looks and smells like Starburst)

Kushlal :: Butterscotch ~ Marshmallow ~ Warm Vanilla Sugar “Ah,” said San Hill with a knowing smile when the droid translated. “So you do have a word for sweetness. Though I suspect it is an uncommon flavor?” || The kushlal taste of the blue food—so much more intense and delightful than the fruit on Kalee!—was almost worth the stomachache.

Nuurma :: Grapefruit ~ Verbena ~ Bergamot The fruit trees and bushes were not quite ready for harvest, but it would not be unheard of for someone to pluck a round, juicy nuurma from a branch prematurely to enjoy its tartness. That is precisely what Bentilais san Sk’ar did as he strolled into the courtyard, first nodding down at the posted attendant and then pausing to pick a rose-flushed nuurma that looked like it had been specially cultivated for children in his huge hand.

Sandanul :: Gardenia ~ Ylang Ylang ~ Lavender The largest and most preeminent zaagmade belonged to the San Clan, and all of the entrances from each neighboring district were appropriately festooned with night-blooming sandanul and rippling, silken banners embroidered with their clan sigil.

(note: this is definitely a nighttime soap smell)

Seshu :: Ginger ~ Bamboo ~ Lemongrass “You really need to remember to chew on seshu root before a flight.” || “I’m still not used to the feeling myself,” he went on, “and I’ve been flying for years. I find seshu root helps. We may still have some on hand, if you want it.”

Simsu :: Frankincense & Myrrh ~ Sandalwood ~ Lilac Lanterns of priceless simsu resin—a gift from the mountain city of Sukundar—which blazed with blue spirit flame when burned. || He rummaged until he found his pouch of simsu and, moving from one pillar to the next, he took a small handful of the colorful resin and filled the depressions before taking a fire-striker to each and setting them ablaze.

(note: the flame is not blue :c)

Ulekni :: Lily ~ Lotus Blossom ~ Aloe The lush southeastern region lent itself well to the cultivation of greenery that was strewn like a form of art across the landscape of the city, an urban garden interspersed with decorative fountains, quiet pools that brimmed with blooming ulekni, and practical channels running to and from the Shumiv’za.

Zigmash :: Red Poppy ~ Green Tea ~ Agave Musk The scent of brittle grasses, brambles and flowering zigmash, mingled with the scorched sands of the desert lands that stretched beyond the northwest hill of the valley, meant he was home. || “Zigmash. ‘Breath of the twin’, or ‘breath of the moon’. A flowering plant indigenous to Kalee. It possesses analgesic, soporific, and mildly euphoric and hallucinogenic properties.”

(note: OG recipe was too grassy, 2.0 smells like candy and I want to bite it)

Zuulum :: Fig ~ Caramel ~ Pomegranate “It’s dried to represent life where you least expect it—this dry, withered husk, like the desert—but then you taste what’s hidden inside. So sweet and soft.” || “We don’t have zuulum most of the year. We only eat it during Sudab’a Ud-Imin.”

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Sorry to have been MIA for a while. Between getting Covid again, going on multiple vacations and having some of the most stressful couple of work weeks in recent memory, I'm well behind with writing. u_u But I'm getting back into it! And I have a few new fine additions to my collection to boost my morale!

Gifts from my friend! Perfect tiny desk buddies. <3

Eheheheheh!

…I haven’t been able to bring myself to eat this yet. :’)

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Ahahah, SO, earlier this year I had briefly attempted to put together a mini project of recording myself reading Part 1 of my Sahuldeem fic, Qymaen. I had music and sound effects and a big ol’ multitrack session in Audition ready to go, and I did put a dent in reading through chapter one...buuuut then I got Covid in the middle of it and had to take a break from, y'know, TALKING EXCESSIVELY, which turned into an indefinite break. Stumbling across the project again, I found I'd saved a few bloopers from the raw audio. They made me chuckle; hopefully they'll amuse y'all, too. :'D

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Watching the Tales of the Empire trailer with no prior knowledge: “Meh.”

Spotting battle droids defoliating Dathomir: “…Wait. Could it be?”

Finally seeing the blue and green lightsabers: “HELLO THERE!!!”