EienAi

@eienai.bsky.social

Your cosplay auntie. Occasional panelist and judge. 20+ yrs of cosplay, gaming, and nerd-speak avatar by @jenjenjenrose

Sometimes it strikes me that people who had kids in 2000 when I was in the middle of college (and kids were a huge NOPE at that stage).... Those kids are now just past college age. WTF time? You can't just be doing that.

A brief but intense storm came through late afternoon yesterday and knocked down a bunch of trees. It took the power and internet out for 450 people. It's been down 14 hrs and may not be up until midnight. Crew isn't here yet as they are probably scrambling to get to the other 500 and 300 nearby.

Randomly went to the Star Trek sing-a-long and the production value was really fun. The actresses for Uhura and Chapel stood in the back and cheered on the performers.

Guess what, I'll be at Dragoncon I know, surprise to me too. But Peter was asked to be a speaker and I was like, might as well go. I'm only there on Friday though so if you wanna be up in my face for some reason you have 11 hours to plan your approach. This is last min so I'll wear Princess Leia.

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The new tassels I made are now attached. Blouse is restored to its former glory. I usually keep it open for ostentatious collarbone display 😄

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I have chosen a most excellent bag of potatoes for $5 10 whole pounds! It's weird and hobbit-ish to celebrate such a thing but it's such a good bag of potatoes I must tell people.

So yesterday we had a run off. The choices were a young highly educated teacher with progressive ideas vs. the daughter of the guy who stayed in office so long he died. (she said she planned to continue his work) I chose the teacher. The teacher won.

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I have a beautiful floaty embroidered blouse I splurged on holiday in Saint Martin years and years ago. Over the years it has lost its cute little tassels, and I am about to replace them. I just made some new ones out of embroidery floss.

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Why is Rhode Island not just Connecticut or Massachusetts? Was there some serious bad blood between brothers? Did some lady piss off some other lady and want to live in another state? What happened?

I suddenly feel the need to make something with lots of cool zippers on it. I can haaaate making it but then love how it looks. Zippers can be the devil for no reason.

The local sushi bar was closing and I watched the wait staff scramble over to the conveyor belt to snag their faves. I was like "Oh can I have one?" And the wait staff ran over and gave me two plates. Free sushi! Was good.

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The cat caught a snake. I was about to go to bed when I saw it in the living room. I made a noise you know I made and then caught it in a tupperware container. Took it back outside.

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Another cat brushed all up against my socks earlier tonight. I thought I got away with it but now my cat has caught the scent and is VERY interested in "why the fuck does my sock smell like that?" I am preparing myself for a subtle claw.

Wtf, I stopped using Twitter months and months ago. I was signed out and deleted the app off my phone. I reboot, and the app is back and I am signed in. What in the world.

I have some old jean shorts that always looked frumpy on me. I played around with the length by cuffing them and it looks better. So I am sewing the cuff in place. I'd turn it up one more time but then the butt looks indecent 😅

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So #straykids is pulling retro vibes this new comeback. I am perfectly fine with storing my music digitally because honestly I like too many genres to own it physically. I'm used to resisting vinyl records...but then they do THIS and suddenly I am contemplating buying it. My Casio walkman is ready.

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