• American goldfinch
• Barred owl
• Big Headed Mole Rats
• Bully breed dogs
• Downy woodpecker
• Eastern towhee
• Frogfish
• Golden crowned kinglet
• Gray catbird
• House wren
• Indigo bunting
• Japanese Emperor Caterpillars
• Jumping Spiders
• Koi Fish
• Mourning dove
• Northern cardinal
• Northern Cardinals
• Northern flicker
• Opabinias
• Red bellied woodpecker
• Red headed woodpecker
• Red Milkweed Beetles
• Red Winged Blackbirds
• Rose breasted grosbeak
• Tufted Titmice
• White breasted nuthatches
• Willow ptarmigan
• Weevils
• Yellow warbler

• Anything with bumps
• Being in my bed under some cool lights
• Being with my husband
• Cedar wood
• Cheap laundry detergent
• Chrysanthemum blooms
• Cinnamon
• Coffee (even if I don't drink it)
• Coffee table art-books
• Creeks
• Crinkled paper
• Cotton linen
• Cuddling my dog
• Curating photos of silly things
• Deep dish pizza
• Fleece
• Fresh office supplies
• Getting high and watching movies
• Glass
• Leather
• Learning new bird songs
• Marble
• Mechanical keyboards
• Mom and Pop candy stores
• Moss
• My dog
• My dog's ears
• My friends
• Pastries
• Patchouli
• Petrichor
• Pine and Pumpkin candles
• Polished wood
• Raw beef
• Running water
• Silicon
• Smooth stones
• Skunky weed
• Smoke a joint under a full moon
• Smoking a joint while I watch the rain
• Stargazing
• Staring at my lava lamps
• Stress toy foam
• The first cold night with a furnace
• The forest floor
• The glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling
• The greasiest burger you can think of
• Those stressballs full of gel
• This giant tangle I own
• Tomato soup and grilled cheeses
• Vanilla
• Wax
• Weighted blankets
• Wooden bridges

• 80s thrash metal
• Berlin school
• Chiptunes
• Disco
• Early electronic
• Electro/80s synth
• Jazz fusion
• Lounge music
• Old school EDM
• Progressive/technical metal
• Prog rock
• Psychedelic/space rock
• Psytrance
• Surf rock

Musicians

• Aorta
• Artillery
• Blotted Science
• Bruce Haack
• CA Quintet
• Casiopea
• Coroner
• Death
• Dead or Alive
• Destruction
• Egg
• Emerson Lake and Palmer
• Frenzy
• Gong
• Hawkwind
• Jean-Jacques Perrey
• King Diamond
• Mort Garson
• Ozric Tentacles
• Over Kill
• Pink Floyd
• Russ Garcia Orchestra
• Spiral Architect
• Software
• Tangerine Dream
• Transit Express
• Van der Graaf Generator
• Vaperror
• Voivod
• Watchtower
• Yes
• Zenit

Plants I Like

• Banana peppers
• Birch trees
• Bittersweet nightshade
• Cannabis Sativa
• Crab apple trees
• Daffodils
• Grape hyacinths
• Japanese maple
• Lamb's ear
• Lavender
• Lilac tree
• Monstera
• Oak trees
• Prickly pear
• Saguaro
• Sunflowers

Art I Like

• Huang Yuxing (Chinese, 1975) — The Sunrise Above the Sea, 2016, acrylic on canvas
• Harold Weston — Hidden Springs, 1964, oil on canvas
• Lynne Drexler (USA, 1928-1999)
• Bryan Rogers (American, 1977) — Diving Right, 2023
• Seppo Similä (Finnish, 1938) — Maisema Marsista (Scene of Mars)
• Steven Mayer (American, 1986) — Hounds in a Glen, 2019
• Marianne Vlaschits — 5% Mild Joy, 30% Distrust, 50% Despair, 15% Awe, flashe and acrylics on burlap, 2024
• Mauro Ariel Koliva — MAGSELF, gel ink on canvas, 2024
• Jane Dickson — Out of Here North 3, 2013
• "Supraliminal" by Blake Foster x Sean Zenner
• "Evanescence IV" by Wasso Kozlina IV
• "Fluidity" by Morgan Warren & Brian Cohen
• Bruce Pennington — Riverworld

Shopping Lists

Walmart

• Wipes
• Chips
• Bun
• Ketchup
• Tea bags
• S'mores stuff
• Hot dog
• Coffee
• Water
• Energy powder
• Fire sticks
• Mug
• Lamp
• Lotion
• Sunscreen
• Toothbrush
• Deodorant
• Soap
• Socks

Buy This Shit

• Butter
• Vinegar
• Kerrygold butter
• Crescent rolls
• Apples

Shop List

• Milk
• Banana bananas
• Yogurt oikos triple berry
• Peach oikos
• Daisy sour cream small
• Cereals
• Hot chocolate
• Tea
• Decaf tea
• Logs

Chocolate Tempering — Seeding Method

• This method works by heating a portion of your chocolate, then slowly "seeding" the unmelted chocolate into it while agitating constantly
• The unmelted seed chocolate cools the melted chocolate and already has the correct crystal structure, encouraging the same structure to form as it cools
• Top Tip: a metal bowl cools quicker than glass and speeds up the process
• Guy on Reddit: "I add the distillate to the chocolate when I melt it (before tempering) and stir it in. I do not add additional oil or lecithin."
• Melt 2/3 of your chocolate over a double boiler, stirring often until it reaches ~50°C/122°F (45°C/113°F for white and milk chocolate), then remove from the double boiler. Can also microwave in 15-second intervals until almost melted, around 115°F
• With a clean, dry spatula, gradually add the remaining unmelted chocolate (chunks or grated/shaved). Stir until the temperature drops to 28°C/82.4°F (26-27°C/79-80.6°F for white or milk chocolate)
• Takes 10-15 minutes, be patient. You can set the bowl in a second bowl of cold water, but be VERY careful — even a drop of water in the chocolate can cause it to seize
• Briefly bring it back up to 30-32°C/87-89°F (28-30°C/82.4-86°F for white or milk chocolate) over the double boiler for 5-10 seconds if you need a smoother consistency. Then it's ready to use

My Most Prized Possessions

• My iPad and Apple Pencil, my drawing tools
• The book "Our Universe" by Roy Gallant
• All my old traditional media drawings
• My desktop computer
• My various Bluetooth headphones. Can't deal with the noisy audioscape in public without them
• Hard drives containing archives of my art
• My old copy of "The Face that Must Die" by Ramsey Campbell
• My original PlayStation 2 I've had since I was in 4th grade
• All three "Amphigorey" books by Edward Gorey
• My little stained glass lamps