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so sad that they phased out the vampires being vulnerable to sunlight thing because if hal were sensitive to strong light and had to wear sunglasses a lot then that alone would have upped his autism coding by like 60%

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having poor circulation is great because people will touch your hand and go 'oh! you're so cold!' and for a moment you get to experience what it's like to be a vampire in a romance novel

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Still got the buttons to sew on, but I've been working on the 'Cloud Busting' cardigan since mid-October and may have just pulled off one of my most unhinged creative ideas to date.

It's called Cloud Busting because Kate Bush wears a 1940s original cardigan knitted from the same pattern in the video for her track of the same name, and I wanted to include a reference to that on my version.

The pattern I've been working from is an updated, size-inclusive version from Susan Crawford's a Stitch In Time Volume 3, which includes instructions for knitting it fully in the round with steeks (a method where you cut through the centre or your knitting) and to cover the raw edge left by the central steek, I have freehand machine embroidered the lyrics for the chorus of Cloud Busting.

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im sorry... ivan telling carl that kate bush will be playing in the car for the night is making me imagine them just sitting in the car, carl all awkward and ivan humming along, strumming his fingers against the steering wheel going,

if i only could, i'd make a deal with god and i would get him to swap our places~

somebody needs to write a piece on that

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Best of Gromit

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Listening to the new Box Tunnel podcast ep covering 4.01 and came to the realisation that we're now actually closer to 2037 than we are to 2012.

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Gromit's recreational activities

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dear universe give me ten billion dollars and infinite free time and indestructible hands so i can do every hobby ever

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

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Tissue Series

These pieces are made of Japanese mulberry paper and the gilded edges of old books. They are constructed by a technique of rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper called quilling or paper filigree. Quilling was first practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks who are said to have made artistic use of the gilded edges of worn out bibles, and later by 18th century ladies who made artistic use of lots of free time.

- by Lisa Nilsson

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everything in this life is temporary. except that fandom hyperfixation from when you were 14. that thang will be with you forever there's no escaping.

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Why aren't you loaded, anyway? Vampires live forever. Even with a basic bank account, your compound interest would be through the roof.

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my goal for 2025 is small simple and clear: change my whole entire life

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I ended up bursting into tears in front of my boss while wearing a pair of marigolds at work today. (After my boss had already commented "nice gloves" about a minute earlier, so they were very much noticed)

And while it was not very nice at the time, in hindsight it may be the most Being Human TM thing to happen to me.

This was literally me:

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wait actually I think alex's unfinished business might be killing hal