The Crappy Crafter

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Look at the Pokemon I made! Not the exact colors but still looks awesome.

I also gave up on my limbus company dolls because I didn’t like how they looked.

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I finally decided to sit down and finish these characters. (Sorry for the bad picture. Once I finish I will get a better picture)

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Here is Dante from Limbus Company in the Hazbin Hotel art style. I haven’t drawn in a while but I wanted to try something new. I think the drawing looks rather flat but I don’t really know how to shade it better. Also the fingers are fucked up.

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Popping cranberries

(they taste like sour grapes)

Mix together:

1 - 12 oz bag of cranberries

1 cup juice

2 - 20 ounce bottles of sprite

let soak for 24 hours

drain off liquids and pat dry

dust with about 1 1/2 cups of powered sugar

bake at 200° F for 5 to 8 minutes

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MKAL UPDATE

GREETINGS! I added the afterthought heels to my MKAL stockings. My ends are all woven in too. Now I am ready for the next clue to drop tomorrow.

- Cozy Dream Stocking MKAL

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So cute!

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Look, another page finished. I don’t know how I feel about this one. I think I’m getting better at scrapbooking.

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I love Radiohead, although I only listen to two of their albums in full. The two albums being Ok Computer and A Kid.

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She is gone.

Last week, Lucky has past away at the age of 15 years old. She died due to old age and surrounded by family.

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More scrapbooking but with new stickers

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This isn’t my original work but it’s so cute I want to share it.

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An untested pattern again. I'm just practicing my pattern making skills. I want to come up with better designs. Criticism is welcome!

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Who knew knitting with this yarn is a bit easier than crocheting with it?

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Duolingo alternatives

Duolingo’s been in the news for going all AI. Of course, if AI is your bag, that’s cool. But if you’re interested in learning language from resources made by real native speakers and humans…

Here are some suggestions…

Speaking/Listening

-Innovative Language (known for JapanesePod101, koreanclass101, spanishpod101 and their collection of 30+ language programs - teaches languages through conversations (you listen to a convo between two native speakers and then get it explained). Lessons are about 5–10 min on average in audio/video format https://www.innovativelanguage.com/online-language-courses

Pimsleur - similar approach as above but lessons are longer - 30 min and audio only - https://www.pimsleur.com

Reading

LingQ - learn by reading native content and breaking down the words inside. https://www.lingq.com/en/

ReadLang - a browser based tool that translates articles and books you read. https://readlang.com

Satori Reader - (for Japanese) - read level appropriate stories (my fav for reading)

Vocabulary

Anki - not sure if this needs extra explanation - most language learners love Anki’s flash card approach https://apps.ankiweb.net

Clozemaster - learn words in sentence context (instead of just words alone) https://www.clozemaster.com

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One day, I will read Japanese crochet books in the native language.

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Yes, I know I’m a bit early. No, I don’t care.

I might add more stuff later. I don’t have stickers or something similar that is full theme yet.

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I’m making a journaling/scrapbooking video. Here is a sneak peek. I enjoy the mindless process of scrapbooking. Although I can get better.

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FIGHT BACK AGAINST KOSA (S.1748) and the SCREEN ACT (S.737) and YouTube ID AI system - SPREAD THE WORD

THE US IS TRYING TO PASS A CENSORSHIP LAW SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE UK ‼️

It allows the government to censor anything they want to online

This includes LGBT, adult content, etc

Speak up about this and call your local representatives / senators!!!

We cannot let this pass. it had failed to pasr back in 2022 and 2023 and 2024 due to strong public backlash, now it being reintroduce again in 2025 cause it got introduce back in may 2025.

The lie of “protecting kids” is an old political lie fed to parents and people who don't know how the internet work and use their fear and concern just try to pass bill to try to control the internet and put censorship mask as 'safety' to justify overreach. Real safety doesn’t come from control — it comes from education, critical thinking, and resilience.

“You don’t bubble-wrap a child’s mind — you teach them how to navigate the world with it.”

You can’t make the entire internet safe for a child. it never had and never will be, And the world/internet shouldn’t make adults live in a sanitized, censored internet just because some parents won’t supervise or guide their kids. It’s like banning cars because some parents don’t teach their kids to look both ways before crossing the streets.

It’s a parent’s job to guide and educate — not to demand the government lock down the internet, You can’t regulate away bad parenting, and Digital parenting requires effort. If you hand a child a device, you should understand what they’re being given access to.

what KOSA really is A lazy, authoritarian solution to a complex, human problem.

so instead of 'protecting kids', how about parents start 'preparing kids', teach the kids internet safety, what they can and cannot see and explain why: "the site say 18+, that for adults only, and you're still young, you should't be on there', etc.

https://www.change.org/p/youtube-say-no-to-flawed-age-verifications?signed=true

https://www.stopkosa.com/

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s1748

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s737

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I don't really like to get to personal on my blog but this issue is very important to me.

I understand the importance of protecting children from harmful content. The best way to do that is by being an active parent who is there to guide, monitor, and teacher your kids about internet safety. By being an active parent, you can act quicker then any government can to protect your kids. Plus, some bad actors in government don't care about kids.

It's not fair to the rest of the world to bare the consequences of bad parenting.

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Really detail and cute plants!

I used the book Kawaii Crochet Garden by Melissa Bradley.

(Yes I used the same video in my YouTube video and my Shorts video. I already gave some of the plants to my love ones and I forgot to take a lot of pictures.)