Author Archives: geekgirlmae

Knitting Cheat Sheet: Increases and Decreases

(Warning: Heavy knitting content.) I knit kind of weird. The most well-known styles of knitting are “English” and “Continental”, but I knit “Combination”. I also knit ambidextrously – so instead of knitting a row then turning the work, I knit … Continue reading

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Halloween 2018

Work I built the castle completely around the whole desk this year, enclosing my entire team. It wasn’t quite as artistic as some years, but it was peaceful. Pumpkin I carved my mini pumpkin this year. Home

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Halloween 2017

Work 2017 was our first year in a new building at work, and desks. We call these ‘dog bone’ desks, because of their shape, and over Halloween the desk next to mine was empty, so I had extra space to … Continue reading

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Dragon Con By the Numbers

Dragon Con 2019 5 Days: August 29 – September 2 33 Years 85,000 people this year 1 110,000 Dollars raised for charity: American heart Association 1 10,000 Units of blood and blood products donated (consistently ranked as the largest convention-based … Continue reading

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DragonConRocks

I got into rock painting this year. I found rocks, and cleaned rocks, and started painting rocks, and picked out a hash tag for my rocks (#GeekMaeRocks). I did a comparison test of different metallic paints (which I plan to … Continue reading

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Dragon Con Swag ‘n Seek

There is this really cool group that basically enjoys giving crap away at Dragon Con. Some people give things away in person, some hide things around the con. Some match their swag to their cosplay, some only hand out to … Continue reading

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Rummy Bears

Dragon Con, the year before last, someone made alcoholic gummy bears. About half a year later, a friend tagged me in a post with a recipe for wine gummies. The end result was homemade alcoholic gummy bears – made with … Continue reading

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Homemade Gummy Bears

1 c Water 3 T Knox Geletine 1 large package of flavored Jello (or 2 small packages) 1 small package of lemon Jello 1/2 t Citric Acid Powdered Sugar Corn Starch Pour water into a small saucepan. Slowly add gelatin … Continue reading

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Ace Fic Rec

I don’t really talk much about being asexual, mainly because it is such a non-issue in my life. But, I read a lot of fanfiction (like, a lot), and I really like reading ace fic. (And a lot of other … Continue reading

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How to Remove Command Strips

TL;DR: Use dental floss to remove command strips, by ‘flossing’ between the two bonded objects. Now here’s something that’s really useful. Command strips are supposed to be easy to remove – just pull down on the tab and the strip … Continue reading

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