Time goes too fast

[cornerofmadness]

I swear this day was over in a blink. Some of it was spent at the coffee house (where my students abounded) and I started my story for fandomgiftbasket now that we're at two weeks to go and nearly half the baskets are empty. Mine has one (if someone wants to write me a little something) Plenty of the empty baskets are things I know yinz like (can't promise it's your pairings) like various Star Treks, 9-1-1, harry Potter etc.

My story (my third) has like almost none of the requested characters in it yet. Go me.

I had one of my sudden and total exhausting spells. I failed to go to the gym as a result. I did make it to the library and picked up a crap ton of horror graphic novels.

Did I mention Sarah Andersen of Sarah's Scribbles will be at the Mothman festival?

With my new recliner I cannot put the clothes drying rack where I used to. I don't like where it is now.

Did I mention my bunny slippers for my cosplay are too small? Yeah.

Today I got the spiky wig for the cosplay....and it's spike less. OMFG this cosplay! I wonder if Huntington has its Spirit Halloween up and running yet? If not then it's me looking at YouTube to learn to spike a cheap acrylic wig.

I have a question for you all. What are you doing to upcycle your REALLY old clothes. I mean stuff way too bad for donation. I have ancient t-shirts I use to clean but now they're too tight/torn etc. Before I toss them into a landfill, does anyone have things they like to do with old cloth like this? I'm curious. Probably will be googling this too but I have such creative people on my lists I figured it's worth the ask.

Another little piece of my childhood is gone. Bob Barker passed away at nearly 100. I used to sit with my dad's mom (who has been gone like 25 years now) and we'd watch The Price is Right all summer long. I suspect he was probably awful with the sexual harrassment but was at least good for animal causes. It's like the final closing of the door on that time of my life.

Comments

[shanachie_quill]

I turn mine into bed shirts. I've also made pillows and quilts. Honestly I'm the same... I don't want to toss them, but I have no idea what to do with them.

[cornerofmadness]

Pillows and quilts are what I'm looking to do with some of the fandom related ones. I don't know how to quilt...

[shanachie_quill]

Cut them, piece them together, and sew them. LOL other than that... I think I hand tied the one tshirt quilt I finished. But considering it was for my ex... I can't look at it.

[cornerofmadness]

ha I got the cut and piece together part down, it's the properly sewing it....

and very understandable with your quilt

[shanachie_quill]

I totally understand that. Mom's helped me with every quilt I've ever made.

Well, I mean... I gave it to him so even if I wanted to look at it, I can't.

[cornerofmadness]

that's helpful. My mom doesn't know how to quilt either

[shanachie_quill]

If you want it perfect, it's a lot more difficult. Mom is supposed to make me a quilt from my Yankee shirts, but it's just never happened. Hopefully soon. She has another quilt to finish (and make bigger) before I ask her about it though.

[cornerofmadness]

I don't expect perfect

[shanachie_quill]

I mean once you're ready, we could do a video conference and Mom could go over things... I bet she'd be willing to do that.

[suzume]

I make mine into rags.

[cornerofmadness]

Me too but I've enough rags for a life time. (If I painted or otherwise used them more...)

[suzume]

Ah, bust.

[spiffikins]

Our Spirit is just starting to set up - they had the black paper off the door the other day so I could see inside and it was juat boxes and shelving that was not yet put together.

[cornerofmadness]

Mine must have opened yesterday as they only had half the shelves filled and were stocking like mad today

[under_the_silk_tree]

I love Sarah's Scribbles. She is such a great cartoonist.

I hear ya about Bob Barker, I would watch him with my maternal grandmother. We would always try to guess the prices together.
I didn't know what anything cost so I did horribly. It does feel like the end of an era.

[cornerofmadness]

I hope to get a signed book from her at the fest. fingers crossed.

Grandma and I decided it must have been California pricing because none of it was what we were paying for the same stuff