A place where I write
by Kate
And Blaugust 2023 officially comes to a close. I’m relieved its over, especially since the slog of work this week has meant writing posts was akin to pulling teeth at times. I’m hoping I’ll come up with something more interesting tomorrow, considering it will be the first day of September, and the start of a …
by Kate
It’s kind of a shame that social media wasn’t a thing when I was a teenager, because I’m pretty sure I don’t have anything to look back on that would tell me when I got my drivers license. There might be a reference to passing my test in an old journal, but that seems unlikely. …
by Kate
I took a nap on my lunch break today. I’m not sure it really solved anything, but It’s made getting through this afternoon less of a trial compared to yesterday. So far, my prediction the week would drag by has been entirely accurate. I am still hopeful by the time Friday rolls around I’ll somehow …
by Kate
I knew there would come a point when even having suggested themes wouldn’t be enough of a boost to get me over, around, or through a bit of writers block. I’m going to engage in the exercise of writing and posting through it instead of succumbing to it today, but I’m pretty sure it will …
by Kate
The final week of Blaugust starts today, and the theme of this is week is meant to be Lessons Learned. Considering I only just learned about Blaugust, an event that’s been happening for 10 years or so, everything about this has been a bit of a learning experience for me. I’m finding out I still …
by Kate
It’s the end of Blaugust 2023’s Motivation week, and it’s Saturday, which means I’ve got no structure for anything in a post today. It’s also Pride Weekend in Bemidji, so I’m a bit wrapped up in getting myself together to participate in our local festivities. Aptly, Cat Valente just shared a post on her Substack …
by Kate
I’ve been a fan of fantasy fiction for pretty much my entire life. I re-read some books to tatters as a kid, because I just enjoyed the stories so much. As an adult, a friend introduced me to Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, and that was my doorway into what I now know as the Cosmere. …
by Kate
I wish I knew what compelled me to keep doing this. There’s going to be a need to replicate it outside of August, and I don’t know what it will be that keeps me coming back. It seems a bit spammy to post nonsense here daily, but I can also tell that without making it …
by Kate
Today I talk about a piece of technology I would have the hardest time living without.
by Kate
I have such a tricky time navigating fandom on the internet, especially watching people become totally enamored of a thing when I just don’t see “it.” There was a point when I would get very annoyed and want nothing to do with someone else’s obsession, but I try really hard to temper that revulsion with …
by Kate
Music is my #1 motivator, in pretty much every scenario. Interminable distance that has to be traveled? Music. Most tedious task on the planet? Music. Endless list of chores to complete around the house? MUSIC. There are even some scenarios where I use music when I’m writing, although in those instances, it’s usually something very …
by Kate
I managed to go just over 2 weeks, posting daily. And when the weekend came, and the schedule I exist in the majority of the time ceased to be, and I just totally forgot to post anything until it was too late at night to be bothered. This is the thing I will probably continue …
by Kate
It’s been a LONG week, and I’m not up for more than wishing our resident orange a very happy 7th birthday! I’d wish for more turns with the cell for him, but he’s already a pretty big hog when it comes to his smarts. Rudy is our very sweet boy though, and even Chanski seemed …
by Kate
Post-Blaugust, I’m not sure I’ll be able to continue doing daily posts, unless I figure out a different time to do them. Thursday is typically my knitting night, it’s also sort of the last gasp of energy I have for the week before Friday rolls around and I remember I am a human outside of …
by Kate
I knew Elon Musk walking into Twitter headquarters with a kitchen sink was a bad omen, but as with most terrible things over the past few years, I haven’t been adequately prepared for how the intended destruction of a bad party is going to play out. I can always tell there’s ill intent, that damage …
by Kate
It’s TikTok Tuesday, and I was going to scroll through my list of creators I follow on that app and highlight a few of them, but it turns out I follow 350 people there, which is total insanity. I don’t follow that many people anywhere else on the internet (in spite of having been on …
by Kate
Somehow, in my ramblings about Youtube nonsense yesterday I forgot to mention the music-focused channels we watch, of which there are a few. Maybe my subconscious omitted them just so I’d have something to write about today since until I sat down and started putting my fingers to the keyboard nothing was coming to mind. …
Continue reading “Music Monday: Blaugust Creator Week Edition”
by Kate
I was hoping I’d have something interesting to discuss in terms of what I watched this week, but things are very much the same as they were last week. We’ve made it through another season of Grey’s, and outside of that… Youtube has been in a bit of a summer doldrums period for me. I …
by Kate
Our resident felines are not really friends with each other. We call them each others siblings, even though they’re not from the same litter, they’re entirely different ages, and look nothing alike. Keladry Princess Panda Kochanski (generally known as Kochanski, or more often Chanski) is an Oreo potato, who arrived as a birthday present to …
by Kate
Our county fair is happening this week, so of course my digital memory banks keep popping up with photos from the two times I was ambitious enough to put items in for judging. Both shawls involved beading, which I still find totally fascinating as part of knitting a project. I remember when I first came …
