Stuff and Moonshine

Haven’t posted in a while. The world’s been fairly awful this week, but we already know that, so I’ll link to a few lighter topics.

If you’re not familiar with the “Steamed Clams” meme, fans keep re-editing or modifying a scene from The Simpsons in which Principal Skinner attempts to impress the school superintendent. These people went to the trouble of filming it in the style of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. I’m particularly impressed with their efforts to give the title cards the right look.

A series of tumblr posts by romanceyourdemons that plays like a cross between Blackadder and a Chinese historical drama.

(I enjoyed it enough to write a much shorter fic in a similar style.)

I’ve been doing some cross-stitch samplers, and am currently working on this red-winged blackbird.

Dress in progress.
Need to pick up some zippers so I can finish this and the previous one. This is from the same pattern as the blue one, but I tried to draft a collar; I'm not entirely happy with it, it's too floppy. The orange and purple combo isn't bad, though; it sort of looks like something Velma from Scooby-Doo would wear to a party.

ETA: I start a new job tomorrow; maybe I can buy zippers on the way home.