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photograph of samosa puffs

[recipe review] Samosa Puffs

I actually made this recipe in August and got around to posting it now lol. This cookbook, “Good Enough” is by Leanne Brown, author of “Good and Cheap,” which I have made several recipes before because they were good and cheap. Unlike the previous book, this does not focus on cheapness, but includes personal essays …

close up of my nails at the mixer, made by Tottemo ii

[fashion] Okashi-con J-fashion mixer coord

For Labor Day weekend the last weekend of August, I made the drive to San Antonio for San Japan and the Okashi-con events there, including their Japanese fashion mixer. This year’s theme was Sweet Roulette with a casino cards theme, so I wore an Alice in Wonderland coord that I bought from Metamorphose because I …

portrait of Transformers One B-127 (cogged) smiling widely in a frame surrounded by sunflowers and daisies, but titled incorrectly as Buttercup

[fanart] August monthly art – B-127 trading card

August’s artwork was done 9 whole days before the end of the month, must be a record! This fanart for B-127 from the Transformers One movie was easy because I knew what to draw, and Transformers are usually symmetrical (so if I’m drawing a front-facing portrait, I just copy-paste one side to the other, that’s …

[recipe review] Korean doenjang stew 2 ways

I’m back with a recipe review! This time it’s comparing 2 different doenjjang (fermented soybean paste) stews, both from internet chef influencers. I wasn’t familiar with Korean food until later in life (late twenties?) when my friends and I went to Korean barbecue because of osmosis influence or proximity from Japanese cuisine and then a …

photo of PC setup with pink and purple florals and fanart and official merch of Rei Ryuugazaki (and Rin Matsuoka) from Free! anime

[decor] Summer 2025 PC setup – swim again

A bit late for summer, but summer lasts forever in global warming south! I decided to keep going with the Free! swim anime summer setups for the last 2 years I made summer setups, so here we go, this time with Rei, the former track runner glasses guy who swims butterfly. Check out this nighttime …