Pronoun Trouble

After getting tired of the phone holder I'd been using for a month or two, I finally decided it wasn't worth keeping; it put my phone off-balance, made it slightly clunkier in my pocket (though not nearly as much as a PopSocket or whatever), it couldn't be positioned properly due to the construction of my phone case, and the elastic strap was honestly uncomfortable. So, last night, I ripped it off and put together a little something that, so far, is working much better! It's a loop of ribbon that links through openings in the outside shell of my phone case. It fits my hand better and is much flatter in my pocket and on tables. (I'll see about getting a photo later.)

I've also reached the end of my patience with my middle-of-the-sheet garter workaround (where I strapped the middle of my fitted sheet to a pillowcase under my mattress and then to the other side of the middle of my fitted sheet, to hopefully keep it in place while I toss and turn in the process of trying to fall asleep). Honestly, the sheet straps aren't quite made for it, and while they hold on pretty well, one or two of them tends to come off of the fitted sheet about once or twice a month.

My current plan: Get some cloth belting/strapping (done), fit sheet strap ends to either end of two of those, and sew loops of strategically placed ribbon to either side of the middle of my fitted sheets. I'll be able to measure out the strapping to exactly the length I want, so, unlike with the pillow, it shouldn't be an couple inches loose (which is still better than nothing at all, mind). And with the ribbon loops, I'll be able to secure the sheet strap ends to something that'll actually go under the mattress; part of the problem, I'm pretty sure, is that my current fitted sheets are only just long enough to reach the bottom of my mattress, so the ends of the sheet straps stick out and come loose when jostled. This project should fix that.

Probably not tonight, though! Too tired. Maybe this weekend!

Two other final crafty projects: I sewed a couple of buttons in strategic places on one of my spare work hats, with the plan of hooking my face mask ear loops around them and relieving some pressure there (mixed results so far, but not terrible); and I sewed a small pillow to tuck between my knees while I'm sleeping. I've honestly been instinctively using bunched up blanket for that purpose for years, and figured it was about time I get something I can move around with more easily 😂 It doesn't look perfect, but I didn't spend a whole lot of time or money on it, and it should be fine for what I'm planning, at least!

Presenting: crocheted Jig the Goblin, from the series by jimhines.

I've other pics to post, but Jig gets his own entry, since otherwise it's going to be an all-you-can-eat bandwidth buffet, and I already learned the hard way that that's a bad idea. Bandwidth cafeteria is much better.

( Plush Jig the Goblin )

As a reminder, the crochet pattern for Smudge (with instructions on how to make the fire) is over here. Jig's pattern is not up yet, but should be by the end of the week - feel free to bug me if it isn't. It is very similar to Dobby the House Elf's pattern, though, if you want to give alteration a try.

As a second reminder, I've made my crochet services available for the fannish charity auction help_mindanao right over here. So if you think you'd like something crocheted by me, this is a great opportunity to get it!

You may recognize this particular character...

( CAAAAAAKE!!!! )

...Well, I did it.

( Teeny, Tiny Amigurumi Cthulhus )

Futurama Brain Slugs are on my list for when I find the right color yarn - which shouldn't be too hard, once I go out and look for it. Until then, the list is kinda open.

I forgot a craft! Shame on me D:

( A very manly hat )

One day, what I would really like to see, is the Interplanetary Travel Sci-Fi Show where the main character is a single mom who's caught up in everything for some reason and is probably dragging her kid(s) along for the ride as well.

Also, if for any reason I ever get around to making a hentai series, I want my first one to be a series as told from the point of view of a group (or possibly just one? IDK) of traveling Aliens Who Make Them Do It. Like... they're part of some interplanetary cupid/matchmaking thing that is basically never wrong, and they've just decided or figured out somehow that the easiest possible way to take care of getting the various folks together is to arrange for circumstances in such away as previously mentioned.

Y-yeah. Guess who's been watching too much dorky sci-fi/reading too much fanfic of series in said genre! I have just discovered Farscape. My love for Jim Henson and his related works grows by leaps and bounds each day, it seems.

...I think there might have been something else, but I can't seem to remember it at the moment. Oh, well! Time to go play with (and then medicate one of) the rats!

Edit: OH YEAH, that's what it was! ...I got about $45 in iTunes gift certificates for Xmas. H-how do they work?

Edit 2: DAMMIT, ARI! Just because I'm force-feeding you icky medicine, that doesn't mean I don't love you! In fact, it's because I love you that I'm force-feeding you icky medicine! (I even mixed it up with apple juice, just for you, but you didn't like it DD:) SO WOULD YOU STOP POOPING ON ME ALREADY?!

Ari: ...D: If this is love, then I don't want it! *poop poop poop*
Socchan: -_-#

My good family sweatshirt, sob sob DD:

I've finished Mary-Sue!

( Pictures under here )

Have not yet gotten to any other craft projects, but I hope to soon. Also, my brother and father are now in Tuscon, so Tomas can do his work with NASA! \o\ Go li'l bro! Find out stuff about those crazy Mars rocks that you will not actually see in person but will only be interpreting data from but are still very cool!

(Special bonus! Phone call today:
Dad: So, socchan, anything I can bring you from Tuscon?
Socchan: Well, IIRC, I do have a number of friends in the area :DDD
Dad: I don't think they'd fit too well in the overhead compartments.

...Which translates as "Hi!" to anyone in the area. Hi! By proxy! Of... my family sorta being there (and not me).)