Now

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Watching

• Silo Season 3 - I love a good dystopian future show. So glad this one is back
• Derry Girls - This one has been on the list for quite some time, and after watching How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, it seemed only fitting to visit this one next.

Reading

• Continuing: The Light Eaters

Playing

• Continuing: Dave the Diver

Making

• Finished: Mini Mock Neck Tank Top - So happy with how this one turned out
• Copa Crop - I love Britt’s designs and when I saw she was designing a summer top for Flock Fiber Festival I knew I had to support.

Listening

• Critial Role: Campaign Two: The Mighty Nein - the cast is so funny to watch live, however I love listening to Critical Role in podcast format. Its like having an audio book that just goes on for a verrry long time. I can’t wait for the new show that’s coming out.

What have I been up to

• I’m participating in Tour De Whatcom again this year, a fun epic bike ride in my town. I’m going for the 65 mile option this year, the longest distance I’ve ridden so this summer has been filled with 90% riding bikes.
• I turned on the “Open” sign on my freelance/fractional marketing web engineering biz. If you somehow stumbled across this page first, check out the rest of the site and feel free to give me a call!

Media Digest

Reading

• Continuing: The Light Eaters

Watching

• Finished Show: Andor
• Started Show: Running Point - my friend introduced me to this one and I’m enjoying it from the pure Parks and Rec/Office cameos alone.
• Started Show: Margo’s Got Money Troubles - This one is falling a little flat for me despite some incredible acting and a great premise. I’m getting less dark comedy that this one is going for (and I love dark comedy!) and more drama but I might be in the minority there. I might need to try the book. The book is always better! (Though I have to reiterate - incredible acting).
• Movie: Backrooms - Very visually cool, very weird, made me feel sliiiighly old that they’re calling this a new genre of “analogue horror” - but loved it none the less
• Movie: I Love Boosters - Very visually cool, very weird (I’m sensing a theme here) and a wild ride. I loved it.
• Movie: Rogue One - In particular we watched a fan re-edit of Rogue One that was cut to be like the next three episodes of Andor. It was pretty well done all things considered and it recut a lot of the Andor soundtrack to match it’s more moody vibe. It was a real lesson in how the soundtrack can really change things (like all those fan edits cutting trailers into horror movies or into rom coms.)

Playing

• Finished: Caravan SandWitch - Loved this one so much
• Finished: Dispatch - For those who have played I got the “Hollow Victory”. But now that I know there are 6 endings I might need another play through.
• Dave the Diver - this one has been on my to play list for a while, and I’m glad I finally picked it up.

Making

• Continuing: Mini Mock Neck Tank Top
• Copa Crop - I love Britt’s designs and when I saw she was designing a summer top for Flock Fiber Festival I knew I had to support.

What have I been working on

• Happy Pride month from our queer-owned brewery run club!
• I’ve been doing some freelance exploration, and generally trying to see what’s going on in the world of Web Dev again (to that end, attended CascadiaJS for the first time and had a great time!
• I signed up for Bluesky a while back and then promtly forgot about it. Recently I remembered it existed again and I might try using it! For real! Join me for the fun

Media Digest

Reading

• The Light Eaters - This book is WILD y’all. As an ameture science illustrationist (read: I like painting flowers) this book makes me want to go full botanist.

Watching

• Movie: Porco Rosso - A Hayao Miyazaki film that had been on my list for a while and finally got around to. Really enjoyed this one though it’s got some odd moments (don’t they all).
• Show: Andor - A show I reccomend to Star Wars fans and non-Star-Wars fans alike. Relevant show for relevant times.
• Finished Show: How to Get to Heaven From Bellfast - Really unexpectedly enjoyed this one. The tone was so weird and funny which is right up my alley. Not sure if it stuck the landing for me but loved it overall. Not sure if it’ll get a season 2 but I’m for it.
• Finished Show: Fallout Season 2 - I have not played this game but my husband has so I knew what I was in for. This show is ridiculous but I like it. Plus this season had more Kyle MacLachlan which I’m here for.

Playing

• Caravan SandWitch - A cute game with a big message that makes me believe I could drive a big truck.
• Dicey Dungeons - A silly little deck building rougelike. I have it on Apple Arcade so it’s been a little wind down game.
• Dispatch - I’m loving this one. Playing it with my husband who doesn’t like as many of the actual gameplay mechanics as I do. But still super compelling story line and I love the blend of comic/tv show/video game. I want more of this.

Making

• Mini Mock Neck Tank Top - I like knitting summer knits because you don’t have to deal with sleeves.

What have I been working on

• I’ve been illustrating more - a lifelong love of mine that I’m finally sort of taking seriously. I started a site for it here: studio.cassigs.com