things that are making me happy this week

[ironymaiden]

i knit a dog toy out of fancy pencil roving. i am happy about how pretty the colors are (it's why i bought the roving originally) and i'm happy anticipating the fun times i'll have with Leela. i'm also pleased that i was able to get over myself and use the roving instead of hoarding it against some "more worthy" project.

i gave some AU Marvel/AU Potterverse crossover fanfic a try, and it was delightful. someone in my circle recommended it, and i left it unread in an open tab for days. thanks! Every Little Thing He Does Is, featuring Steve Rogers the auror, adventure, fixit for the Wizarding world in the US, lots of Marvel nerdery, and a sweet PG romance.

if you are an American woman of a certain age, Oprah Winfrey is a presence in your life (whether you want her there or not). The Oprah Winfrey show is thirty years old now, and WBEZ Chicago did an excellent series of podcasts about the show and its impact on American culture. it was completely absorbing on a day when i really needed to get my brain to shut up. Making Oprah

this rare SFW Oglaf comic

i've been reading Code Name Verity to C before bed. he's well and truly hooked, and he's caught on to spoilery things well before i did when i read it. it's such a pleasure listening to him try to puzzle it out.

Comments

[buhrger]

fic recommend passed on to ethnomuse! :-)

[scarlettina]

Look forward to seeing the new dog toy. Pencil roving? That must be interesting!

[ironymaiden]

I'm not sure that you would know to look at the finished object - it doesn't look that different from yarn when it's knit up. Sometime this week it will go in the wash to get felted for durability. At that point it will definitely look different from a regular knitted object. I plan to post some before and after pictures once it's done.

[annofowlshire]

When I read Code Name Verity (a few years ago now) it was the first book in years that I read in one sitting.

[ironymaiden]

i woke up this morning and discovered that C had picked up the kindle after i went to sleep and finished it :D