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A little Sunday Murdle. 🔍
Photo of "Murdle: Volume 1" by G.T. Karber, and a Blackwing Pearl pencil. The puzzle book features an embossed gold sticker on the cover, which denotes it belonging to my personal library. Photo of Puzzle #65 of "Murdle: Volume 1", with a pencil resting between the open pages and a green bejeweled corner bookmark secured on the right page.
February 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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I really like how the tags turned out this year.
Close up of handmade gift tags. Tag is made from matte white and metallic gold cardstock, and features an embossed stamped message that reads "Merry & Bright" on the front in metallic gold ink. "To: and From:" is stamped on the back in black ink. Close up of handmade gift tags. Tag is made from matte white and metallic gold cardstock, and features an embossed stamped message that reads "Merry & Bright" on the front in metallic gold ink. "To: and From:" is stamped on the back in black ink. Photo of 45 handmade gift tags on a black cutting mat. Close up of handmade gift tags.
December 22, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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Done with my gift wrapping.
Pile of gift boxes wrapped in black and gold wrapping paper and ribbon. Pile of gift boxes wrapped in black and gold wrapping paper and ribbon. Pile of gift boxes wrapped in black and gold wrapping paper and ribbon.
December 22, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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Black and white image of James Baldwin with white captioned text at the bottom of the image. The text reads: "I'm terrified at the moral apathy..."
May 27, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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Two black and white images of Kwame Ture (formerly Stokely Carmichael) speaking during the civil rights movement. Captioned on the images: "In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none, has none."
January 12, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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Big Baby
Close-up photo of a 4-month old Cane Corso puppy named Duke. He’s gray brindle in color with big stormy gray eyes and is looking directly at the camera with curiosity. Black and white photo of a 4-month old Cane Corso puppy named Duke. He is looking at the camera from a three-quarter seated position, on concrete ground. His large tongue is hanging out from his mouth, and his very large paws are visible. Close-up black and white photo of a 4-month old Cane Corso puppy named Duke. He is looking and smiling directly at the camera with his large tongue hanging out from his mouth. Photo is composed with him off-centered in the frame.
October 12, 2023 at 7:57 PM
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I went with the scrappy Nats vs the-team-that-is-painful-to-watch-from-the-perspective-of-a-long-time-suffering-A’s-fan aka the Braves. 🙃
Closeup photo of an open baseball scorebook, on a wooden surface, showing the starting line up of the visiting team, the Washington Nationals (vs Atlanta Braves). This is Game 162, the final game of the regular season. A very small Blackwing (Pearl) pencil, missing its eraser, is placed atop the book.
October 1, 2023 at 7:41 PM
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…finis. 🎃
Photo of the front facade and lit marquee of the Hyperion Theater, which is reminiscent of the lavish architecture styles popular in Los Angeles during the 1930s. Above a three-sided marquee, is an old-fashioned light-bulbed sign that reads: Hyperion. The central light box of the marquee reads: Happy Halloween.
September 28, 2023 at 10:46 PM
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cont…

Judge Doom (OG car culture propagandist that he is… *hisses*) definitely had the best set and staging of the villains I observed. Oogie Boogie came in a close second.
Photo of a face cast-member impressively dressed as Judge Doom from the 1988 classic film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”. He’s wearing a black suit and wide-brimmed black hat, with his signature sunglasses (at night), a black bowtie, white shirt, and large black rubber gloves. Whilst monologuing, he proceeds to dip a poor cartoon shoe into his infamous ‘Dip’ concoction. The intricate stage design and backdrop pays homage to original set designs elements of the film. Directly behind Doom is the water cannon he’s rigged to spout ‘Dip’ onto Toontown. The backdrop resembles a brick wall that separates the real world from Toontown, and sprawled in loopy cartoonish font type, a yellow neon sign features a line from the movie reads: “If it’s ACME, it’s a gasser.” Photo of the Torii Gate Bridge entrance into the newly reimagined area, San Fransokyo Square based off of the film, Big Hero 6. Dozens of guests, many in costumes, are treading across the bridge and underneath towering illuminated torii gate inspired vertical suspenders that are painted to resemble the iconic red-orange of Golden Gate Bridge. Directly above the pedestrian traffic is a sign with white, blocky font type that reads: San Fransokyo Square. Wide-angle photo of Radiator Springs Racers’ iconic Willy’s Butte and Cadillac Range at night. The butte is illuminated to highlight the orangey sandstone of this artificial rock formation. In the background, the usually similarly colored “rocks” of Cadillac Range are instead illuminated with alternating green and purple lights. Wide-angle photo of guests lined up for the Treat Trail located on Buena Vista Street near the main entrance/exit of DCA. Purple and green lights illuminate building facades lining the street, along with several trees adorned with purple fairy lights.
September 28, 2023 at 10:45 PM
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Villains Grove is a definitive highlight of OBB. This walk-through experience is enhanced by enough fog-machine generated fog to make the 80s proud, spooky sound effects, & impressive light projections that illuminate & transform the usual woodland terrain into something otherworldly.
Photo of the wooden entrance sign for the Redwood Creek area that’s been transformed into Villains Grove, a walk-through experience that features atmospheric and spectral encounters with classic Disney villains. The sign reads: Redwood Creek (in bold, yellow painted, all-cap typography), with Villains Grove light projected underneath (in spindly, all-cap font type). A single white lamp illuminates the left edge of the sign, while blue florescent lights eerily invite guests to venture into the scenes that await them beyond the entrance sign. Photo of a spectral light projection cast onto large rocks of a smiling Cheshire Cat from “Alice In Wonderland” (1951). He is surrounding by pink and purple hypnotizing lines. Cheshire Cat is more mischievous than villainous, so his presence in Villains Grove is questionable imo. Collage featuring two images of the same cluster of chaotically rendered sign posts that direct guests to different places in Wonderland. The signs change arrow directions and destinations when the lighting effects projected on them changes. Red lights attempt to navigate you towards Mad Hatter, and black lights direct you to Tulgey Wood. Photo of event guests walking through a backlit tunnel after “surviving” their spectral encounters with classic Disney characters in Villains Grove.
September 28, 2023 at 10:42 PM
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Oogie Boogie Bash 2023 photo dump, with ALT text descriptions.

All images taken by me, with an iPhone 14 Pro and Fujifilm X-T4.
Photo of the front facade of Carthay Circle Restaurant in Disney California Adventure Park at night. Green and purple themed light projections are image mapped around the iconic spire of the building, which has several staged black bats spilling out of its open windows. A layered collage of imagery and text is featured in the projection, including a dancing skeleton underneath funky text that reads: Mister Oogie Boogie. A tree adorned with purple fairy lights is present in the immediate left foreground. Photo of Oogie Boogie, with his gaping black eyes, smiling sinisterly at the camera. His large burlap sack body is rendered in neon green with black stitches running down his arms. He is roped behind chain-linked posts that are adorned with large dice. Photo of a sketchy pencil drawing of Scar from The Lion King, drawn at the Animation Academy. Photo of illuminated tall palm trees against an inky night sky. These trees line Hollywood Boulevard in DCA. Photo was composed by looking directly up and underneath the six trees, thus giving them a looming presence.
September 28, 2023 at 10:37 PM
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Joined the Apple Watch gang after my Fitbit decided that having sufficient battery life was purely suggestive, and receiving the newest firmware update(s) was an abstract concept for a wearable device.
Photo of a Series 9 Apple Watch on my left wrist. The watch features a 45mm Aluminum casing in a dusty gold Starlight finish, and is paired with a textile Sports Loop watchband in Cypress green. The watch face displays the word “hello” in big cursive font with a “Start” button below it.
September 23, 2023 at 4:09 PM
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It’s been over a year since my last “lesson” at DCA’s Animation Academy. I miss that place.
Photo of a sketchy pencil drawing of Mirabel from Encanto.
August 26, 2023 at 7:45 PM
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Duke and his puppy eyes.
Close up photo of a cute 2-month-old Cane Corso puppy named Duke. He’s gray brindle in color with big stormy gray eyes.
August 9, 2023 at 1:12 AM
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Ready to score the Midsummer Classic.
Black and white photo of an open baseball scorebook. A sharpened Blackwing pencil rests on top of the visitor’s (National League) starting lineup.
July 11, 2023 at 11:25 PM