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New month, new log in my bullet journal. I make a page like this every month to list events and appointments.
The “CO” column is for “creative output.” I put an X in that column for any day I’m working on a creative project (outside of my day job). Creative practice counts, too.
On WordPress, I would love something like a “simple view.” Just show me the essential buttons and menus to make a blog post, and hide everything else. And then when I want to tinker with the site design or build out pages, I can choose to see the full view.
I made similar posts earlier across WordPress, Tumblr, Pika, Ko-fi, and here on Micro.blog.
WordPress felt like the most effort to publish the post. I didn’t actually count number of steps on each platform but WordPress had the most friction.
Contributor zine: Urban Legends
“Urban Legends” is a quarter-page zine that collects art and writing about urban legends, myths, and folklore. Eighteen people contributed stories, poetry, illustrations, and collages. Work was submitted from the U.S., Canada, Scotland, Belgium, and Germany.
The finished zine is 36 pages (including covers); 4.25" wide x 5.5" high; printed in black & white; and bound with staples.
The cover is white cardstock. Interior pages are 24 lb white paper.
I’m mailing copies to contributors this week. Limited copies are available in my Etsy shop (U.S. only).
If you’re outside the U.S. and interested in a copy of the zine, please message me.
I made some simple Halloween stickers to tuck into zine orders. 👻 ✨ 🎨
Designed in Canva. Printed on a thermal printer.
I’m thinking (again) about moving my personal site off of WordPress. I keep going back to, WordPress is more bloated and complicated than what I need for a simple personal site.
I need the ability to have a blog and standalone pages. Categories or tags would be nice but not required. I don’t need a whole content management system.
I’ve already got this site on Micro.blog. Do I want another site here? Or I could try another platform. (I’m always curious about trying other platforms.)
But when I think about migrating to something else, I go, ooof but I have blog posts going back to 2008. 🥲
I organized a contributor zine about urban legends, myths, and folklore. Yesterday I printed out a bunch of copies. Now I’m cutting and folding pages. 🎨
🍿 Uglies (streaming on Netflix) - Same genre as Hunger Games and Divergent (and I’m not saying that’s a bad thing). I read the book years ago and liked it, so I watched the movie. Uglies is not super amazing, gonna blow your mind. But not every movie has to be. This is fine for what it is.
Friendly reminder that art doesn’t usually come out the way you want it on the first try…or the third, or the fourth. 🙃 🎨
Yesterday I led a zine-making station at a public library fundraiser. I had a table full of young zine makers in the afternoon. Hopefully they’re inspired to make more zines! 🎨
My September newsletter is out. :)
📺 Kaos (mini-series streaming on Netflix)
I like that this is a modern telling of Greek gods. Cars, concerts, and cell phones, and everyone knows the gods exist. At first glance, Jeff Goldblum seemed like an odd choice to play Zeus, but he does a really good job portraying someone so powerful and so paranoid.
Watching the relationship between the humans and the gods was really interesting. Most of the gods think humans are beneath them and don’t matter, but at the same time, the gods pay a lot of attention to human actions.
I recommend watching it if you like Greek mythology. But content warning: There are a few gory scenes in every episode and when it’s gory, it’s really gory.
🎵 New music from Linkin Park - “The Emptiness Machine”
I’ve seen a lot of comments on Instagram with, she’s great! And also comments like, ugh this is bad.
But I like how the new vocalist sounds and mostly, it’s great to have new music from Linkin Park.
You should make a /chipotle page so when a friend is picking up Chipotle for you, you can send them a link instead of having to redescribe/retype your Chipotle order
– Slash Pages via Robb Knight
This is genius. I would make a page like this for acai bowls. 😃
Balancing stock and flow
This is from a blog post that’s 14 years old, and it’s still relevant today:
Flow is the feed. It’s the posts and the tweets. It’s the stream of daily and sub-daily updates that reminds people you exist.
Stock is the durable stuff. It’s the content you produce that’s as interesting in two months (or two years) as it is today. It’s what people discover via search. It’s what spreads slowly but surely, building fans over time.
– “Stock and Flow” by Robin Sloan
I’ve been sharing my stock on Mythical Type for years. But with the loss of Twitter (I stopped using it in 2022), I haven’t had anywhere for text-based flow.
When I found out about micro.blog, I got excited for the opportunity to have a place for short text posts again. That’s primarily what I want for this space. And, I operate with the mindset that smaller, shorter work can build into larger work. So stuff in the flow isn’t only for the flow. Some of it could become stock in the future. This is how I hope to stay in balance between what I post here and what I post on Mythical Type.
I made these mini zines earlier this year as freebies to hand out at events. Here’s a freshly folded batch for a public library fundraiser I’m going to in a couple weeks. 🙂 🎨
September page is ready in my bullet journal. I use this page to note appointments and events during the month. The “CO” column is “creative output.” A checkbox for each day I’m working on something creative (outside of the day job).
Here’s my About page, all proper-like. ☺️