updates and such

photo of fanart and merch from https://www.nono.moe/

[shopping] small business support purchases of late 2024

When the pandemic started, I began a thread on Twitter detailing all of my online purchases and con hauls to help support small businesses who would be suffering during the lockdown and general economic downturn. I occasionally reposted pics on Instagram if I was already following the accounts and businesses on Insta. But I stopped …

drawing of Rei and Rin from Free! anime, dressed in 2010s fashion. Rei is holding a cup of hot drink and Rin is grinning at him

[fanart] February and March monthly fanarts!

I didn’t post February’s artwork because it was just one piece and not that impressive except to other Free! fans, but now that I’ve finished March, I thought I could make a post of both! This is for the Rinrei week on Tumblr, see my post with links here! The prompt for this day was …

gochujang stew from "Simply Korean" cookbook

[recipe] recipe review Friday (late) – gochujang stew

Last week’s recipe is gochujang stew from “Simply Korean” by Aaron Huh, a chef who shares Korean recipes on Youtube. I actually already made this stew from online recipes, but I wanted to use up some gochujang and highlight this book I just got recently as a gift. I obviously replaced some ingredients and it …

photo of the back of my head with handmade hair clip

[cosplay] Fern from Frieren

I finally took photos of my quick 2 day make from 2024, Fern from Frieren anime/manga series. I made this for the Frieren-themed autumn/Halloween local art market in which they invited many English voice actors from the Frieren anime series. I decided 2 days before the event to make the cosplay because it looked simple …