Video Game Controller Cufflinks
US $19.95
Handcrafted with a crystal clear glass dome on top that enhances the artwork.
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People really need to stop posting porn on tumblr, it causes problems when I wake up in the morning to it.
Dreamspinner Daily Dose News!
Wow! Um… didn’t expect to actually get followers that fast, you guys are awesome! Anyway, I wanted to share some news. I may have mentioned it on my normal tumblr, but now I have a few more details.
I wrote a short story that’s going to be featured in an upcoming Daily Dose for Dreamspinner, a really cool gay romance publisher. It should be out in June :) The way a Daily Dose works, from my understanding, is that there’s a story for every day of the month. You can either purchase the entire set of stories, or just purchase one or a few, whatever you want (I’ll of course post links when it’s available).
This is a great lesson in thinking outside the box. The prompt was something sports themed, so I decided to write a story that involved video game tournaments ^^ Because, you know, those tournaments are serious business. That isn’t sarcasm, mind you, I really mean it. They ARE serious business. Thousands of people competing, the amount of training that goes into it: learning a character’s techniques, combos, flaws and strengths, how to fight against others… and you can’t possibly predict how other players will go into a match. I couldn’t help but make the “sports” comparison, so that’s what I did.
I enjoy video games, I always have since I was about 6. This was back in the 80s, so video games were still this sort of newish thing. They’ve come a very, very long way, and sometimes I have this cool feeling of having seen them, well… grow up? We’ve come a long way from classic Nintendo, Mario, and Duck Hunt. The whole “sports theme” idea got me thinking about video games because there’s people who still see them as this huge waste of time. There’s still this awful stigma with them that is completely untrue. I really do see them as offering the same entertainment value as like, sports, and movies, and books, and all that stuff. There’s just as much work that goes into them, and people get just as involved — and there’s nothing wrong with that :)
Today I finished my biography for Dreamspinner, so this really is going to happen! I’ve never worked with a publisher before, so this is a good learning experience. I do plan on writing more things to try and get published with them, because I really like how their team works. They seem very patient, and encouraging (I’ve submitted a few times last year but nothing made the cut, but they were always encouraging in wanting me to keep trying, and were actually willing to go through what could be improved). So, come June, I’ll have a geeky, gay romance story out there. I hope you guys are looking forward to it :)
News from my writing blog ^^
Our new Frog Mario bathroom curtain!
When we moved into our house, I agreed with my wifey that we could turn this bathroom into an underwater Mario level. We’re still working on the bathroom, but here’s my contribution. This curtain is made out of tiny 1 inch squares matching the pixel design. Took me months to make, but it’s now so incredibly worth it!
*gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasp* LOOK AT THIS OMG! To go with the Geeky theme of our home, there is now a PIXEL FROG SUIT MARIO CURTAIN IN OUR BATHROOM! Snowtigra is the best wifey EVER!
Just playing around with my new camera. Much better quality than a camera phone, whoo! And thanks to the SD Card reader I have, I can use my Chromebook to get the pictures off the memory card! I’m really excited about being able to take better pictures, especially of my crafts :) So have some random Geek Room pictures of my collection of things ^^
So when getting the new Chromebook I wanted a new, snazzy bag for it. All of my bags are much too big and all. We looked at Best Buy and Target and didn’t really find anything appealing.
So babe told me to pick up some T-shirts.
This is what she made for my Chromebook. If this isn’t amazing I don’t know what is! These were T-shirts from Target, now it’s my Chromebook bag. It’s T-shirts, fleece, and batting combined to just… OMFG IT’S SO COOL!
A (not) poem about your favorite show
That moment.
When you’re watching a series.
That you love to pieces.
But you’re watching it with a friend who hasn’t seen it before.
And you’re literally watching them watch it.
Thinking to yourself.
“I hope you love this as much as I do.”
“I hope you love the characters as much as I do.”
“I hope you don’t hate it.”
And you’re happy to see them getting into it.
So you continue the series.
And then.
AND THEN.
The series gets to your favorite character.
You’re trying not to spaz too much.
Because then your friend will want an explanation.
For your spazzing.
But to explain is to spoil.
And you don’t want to spoil.
But you wonder if they already know since you spaz about said character online so much.
But you aren’t too sure.
So you keep your squeeing to yourself.
However.
There are people in the room who understand.
People who are watching with you who know said spoiler.
And they give you that nod.
That, “I understand,” nod.
That, “I’m trying not to spaz too,” nod.
So you sit.
And you watch.
And you wait for that episode.
THAT EPISODE!
That will finally let you release all of your spazzing.
“Stay tuned,” you whisper to yourself.
Stay tuned.
This is our date night. What is my life even? Finger foods, cheesy dips, and DBZ: Kai. What is my life even?!
I wrote a thing for 2012 – the year not the movie. This is a good summary of things I spazzed over that I wasn’t expecting to spaz over (so, for example, Avengers isn’t on there because I expected that to be good, but The Amazing Spider-man is on there because I expected nothing going in and was pleasantly surprised) ^^
Made a good friend of mine a late Christmas gift. She’s obsessed with Harley Quinn, so it only seemed logical to make her a Harley clock ^^ I sort of wanted it to be a simple design, kept in black and white with the clock edge done in the colors of her outfit. She ended up really liking it (yay!!!)
As always, check out the links below for commissions, available items, and all sorts of neat crafts ^^
