Mim

Makes magazines by day (PLAY / Edge), other stuff for fun. Lapsed goth, cat lady.

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2024-09-06 07:35:45

That last retoot is basically #StinkyPippin . Every day she wakes up and chooses violence. She’s so cute, but she just longs to kill things.
We often find really deep holes in the garden, which she digs when she’s in a temper. #cats #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-08-16 09:08:29

Wore my new me-made wrap dress last night.
There are a couple of things I'm not 100% happy with, but then that's always the case. It felt great to be wearing a style I loved, in a super fabric.
The joy of #sewing is being able to have the clothes you want, to fit your body, not to be dictated to by retailers. (Especially when you're fat and middle-aged like I am, and they've decided you need basics so you can be ignored. No thank you, retailers...)

2024-08-13 08:41:08

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@npub1kkp…5sfx What a cool place! I had no idea that was there when we visited the city, or I'd have dragged Pete there.

2024-08-06 15:31:34

Happy 45th releasiversary to Bauhaus' Bela Lugosi's Dead!
#music #GothMusic #goth

2024-07-22 09:17:43

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@npub1kkp…5sfx Is that because of your writing, though, or just because it's such a common trope now that they expect it?

2024-07-22 09:16:27

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@npub1kkp…5sfx I find little as restorative as green space. Particularly trees/meadows/anywhere where the green isn't too tame, though I'll take a park...

2024-07-18 15:35:41

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@npub1zak…d6uu She has such an adorable little face.

2024-07-13 16:56:19

CATURDAY! It’s #ZiggyTheCowardlyLion
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2024-07-08 16:23:11

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@npub1vl8…7xf2 A very cute little dino. (And get well soon!)

2024-06-14 13:52:22

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@npub150l…r96e Looks like a hydrangea and a penstemon to me.

2024-06-13 13:45:33

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@npub1kkp…5sfx Big hugs. Always remember: the clothes are the problem, not your body.

2024-06-07 08:57:33

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@npub1c57…awu5 I'm seeing this on Friday, and it's officially the best day of the week.

2024-06-06 13:09:41

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@npub1kkp…5sfx The monster under the bed is not much of a monster...

2024-06-03 08:43:20

Drac's back! A nice news article on the 'Dracula Returns To Derby' event celebrating the fact that the first stage production of #Dracula was put on in the city in 1924.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/jun/03/dracula-centenary-derby-grand-theatre-bram-stoker
#Derby #vampires #gothic #GothicLiterature #1920s

2024-05-28 11:40:56

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@npub1kkp…5sfx I have come to the conclusion that I'm better off spending my time making clothes and buying books than making books and buying clothes 😄 I love books, but my hands are where my skills lie.

2024-05-28 10:58:04

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@npub1kkp…5sfx I got stuck when I realised I didn't have any idea what sort of mortuary a rural hospital would have, and never went back to it.

2024-05-22 10:11:32

Happy World #Goth Day, everyone!
I'm off to see Nosferatu with live organ accompaniment, though that's purely coincidental - I booked the tickets as soon as I heard the showing was being introduced by Sir Christopher Frayling. (I've seen the film many times before and wish festival organisers would show lesser-seen silents, but if Nosferatu's what they're showing, I'll go anyhow.)
#horror #vampire #gothic #SilentMovie #SilentFilm

2024-05-17 14:12:23

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@npub1zak…d6uu Those are good tomato plants. Mine are nowhere near that size.

2024-05-10 10:52:47

Allow me to blow my own trumpet here... one of my current mags is at no.1, and I've worked on/contributed to four others in the top 15 and also several of the honourable mentions.
Games is by far the toughest mag sector I've worked in - passionate readers, very news driven so stuff has to be turned around at the last minute without much planning ahead possible - so it's nice to see the publications being appreciated.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/may/10/the-15-ish-greatest-uk-video-game-magazines-of-all-time

2024-05-07 15:12:41

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@npub1a0g…ae8f Poor Hedgy!
As you say 'still alive' I'm guessing the fights are pretty brutal...

2024-05-01 14:23:31

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@npub150l…r96e A great dress - I really like the fabric.

2024-04-30 13:48:54

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@npub14uv…5rr5 That's so cute!

2024-04-17 11:55:33

Re last RT; one of the things that got me back into drawing was allowing myself to be rubbish at it. At times, being deliberately rubbish, doing a quick sketch in my journal, scrawling a picture of a cocktail I'd had, whatever. Drawing them in places no-one would be expected to see them.
Hobbies should be fun for ourselves, not work for other people.

2024-04-02 13:43:14

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@npub150l…r96e That's lovely!

2024-03-25 14:33:33

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@npub1kkp…5sfx Heh, I thought that was you I spotted in the thumbnails yesterday!

2024-03-19 16:07:39

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@npub1kkp…5sfx I hope you're able to take it easy!

2024-03-03 04:24:45

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@npub150l…r96e @npub12w4…3ppq That’s lovely!

2024-02-28 17:44:29

Turning 50 feels a lot cooler now I know I'm the same age as D&D.
Also, why is it more expensive to stream a programme than to buy the DVD box set? I don't want more DVDs in the house, but I would like to give Penny Dreadful a go. Is it worth £30 and 27 episodes-worth of my time? Tempted to say 'stuff it' and get that and Renfield. #PennyDreadful #horror #gothic #television

2024-01-29 15:50:27

I've got covid. Not impressed with it, frankly.
I can work from home, and one of my mags is on deadline next week, so I'm propped up in front of the laptop with regular Lemsips*.
*Not too regular, obviously. I'm aware they contain paracetamol.

2024-01-23 15:18:55

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@npub1kkp…5sfx Fingers crossed it helps! It's been a manky week weather-wise, and late January/early February are always dreary.

2024-01-19 11:26:55

Have signed up to listen to a Zoom talk tonight on TV adaptations of Dracula. Should be fun - I thought I'd share the link here in case anyone else was interested: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tv-adaptations-of-dracula-a-zoom-talk-with-jon-dear-tickets-685031055327?keep_tld=1
#vampire #horror #Gothic #Dracula

2024-01-15 15:29:07

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@npub1tcy…vmaf I'm off to see that with a pal at the end of the month - really looking forward to it.

2024-01-09 15:04:46

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@npub150l…r96e I've got a single-serving ice cream maker, but most recipes are for bigger machine capacities. (I don't use things like 'flavouring drops'.) So I guess if you have particular recipes you like following, that might be a factor.

2024-01-07 15:58:56

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@npub1tcy…vmaf I’ve heard Samantha and Sven know what to do with a damp patch.

2024-01-05 11:30:48

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@npub1tcy…vmaf People were telling the Wiltshire Times it's the worst it's been since the 80s. It looks awful for everyone.

2023-12-21 14:27:18

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@npub150l…r96e They’re plural because originally pantaloons came as two separate legs that were fastened at the waist. (Which also meant no gusset, hence the risqué nature of the can can.)

2023-12-16 09:30:09

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@npub1kkp…5sfx I had a lie in (I sat up late ‘cos I got really into my book) and my husband got bored and started doing housework. Might be the best Saturday ever! 😂

2023-12-12 12:34:32

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@npub1zg9…nh26 Sounds about right...

2023-12-01 15:05:34

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@npub1tcy…vmaf Can't see a certain vocal proportion of the residents going for that unless it's made to look about 300 years old... They had enough of a fanny when a telecoms mast for the railway was put up beside the train tracks.

2023-11-21 10:25:02

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@npub1gl8…q5y9 Given you can eat the flowers, and the fullgrown fruit, I'd expect so. It'd be weird for it to have an inedible stage between two edible ones.

2023-11-16 14:10:33

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@npub150l…r96e Either way, that is a lovely dress.

2023-11-06 10:20:16

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@npub1kkp…5sfx * big hug*
Enjoy those trees! Wish them a safe winter sleep!

2023-11-06 09:44:35

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@npub1kkp…5sfx I have honestly had to back off social media because I was getting overwhelmed and then I'd be sod-all good to anyone anywhere.
(TBH I'm most annoyed with people who assume if they can't see someone doing something that person is doing nothing and doesn't care; it's banging pots and pans for the NHS all over again...)

2023-10-19 09:05:41

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@npub1kkp…5sfx Oooh, that sounds like something I'd enjoy reading.

2023-09-14 14:42:35

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@npub150l…r96e @npub12w4…3ppq @npub17ll…7f43 That is fab! I really like the print.

2023-09-14 11:46:46

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@npub1kkp…5sfx The last image had limited alt text - it just said 'seminole bat'.

2023-09-04 10:33:27

The problem with having a pollinator-friendly garden is getting a swarm of #bees ... A nice beekeeper is coming to take them away.
I'm still convinced I was stung by a wasp. If it's bees, I didn't get the stings out...
#gardening
Image marked sensitive for a fuckload of bees.
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2023-08-22 09:38:52

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@npub12rk…uvf3 Those are great!

2023-08-19 08:48:33

For #caturday , it’s #ZiggyTheCowardlyLion proving he’s not the sharpest tool in the bonsai set… He and his sister woke us up at 1:30am having a full-on screaming fight on the stairs. #CatsOfMastodon #RescueCat
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2023-08-14 08:08:54

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@npub1yk6…4zz4 @npub12qr…cy9e I hate the way other platforms encorage people to turn themselves into products, and the people who engage with them into consumers with no faces, only numbers.
Great to see Charlie looking well!

2023-08-11 15:11:29

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@npub1jc0…sldg That belly's not going to rub itself, you know.

2023-08-04 16:18:35

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@npub1znz…8l64 Do it! DO IT!

2023-08-04 12:06:29

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@npub1evl…yenf Lesbianism?

2023-07-08 22:39:30

It’s #StinkyPippin for #Caturday !
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2023-07-07 09:05:55

I have decided to buy more fabric. *Yes* there is fabric at home, but I know what I want to make with this. And I'm going to start #sewing some of the at-home fabric this weekend, ahead of the new stuff arriving.
It's part of the post-lockdown style shift. I have a friend who says that if you wear stuff you really love it will go together because it's your style. I've never done that. I've always feared looking daft. But life is too short to cater to the imagined opinions of randos.

2023-07-03 14:58:46

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@npub150l…r96e @npub12w4…3ppq So make a pinterest board with trendy stuff! Those were just my things that I've been pinning.

2023-07-03 14:50:50

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@npub150l…r96e @npub12w4…3ppq I don't know if it would help, but I've found making Pinterest boards better help than looking at other sewers. Okay, I then have to try to find a pattern that works with whatever's inspiring me - be that Edwardian corset covers, 1930s beach pyjamas, Stevie Nicks or 18th century men's coats - but it is a nice way to start, by detaching completely from the commercial and the on-trend.
(NB: I don't mind looking like an idiot, YMMV.)