The Now Now
General
Feeling helpless. Feeling grief. I dunno what to do besides continuing to do what I do online because it's one of the very few ways for me, living in a rural place, to connect with other human beings. I'm trying to post regularly with a positive, hopeful front but I'm weeping inside.
I finally placed a white2tea order to replenish my tea supply so I'll update my tea page again, sooooon
You may know that I'm into nail polish (that page desperately needs to be updated yikes) ANYYWAY, I placed my very first Polish Pick Up order because they got to this millennial with nostalgic 2000s-themed polishes u_u I mean look at this Evanescence Fallen polish by Cadillacquer. I ordered that one, in addition to Linkin Park, a Backstreet Boys, and Invader Zim (Gir) polishes...
I subscribed to Crunchyroll Premium, partly so I can finally finish Naruto (I only had like 30 episodes left before Sony bought CR and made Naruto premium-only 😒) but also partly because I miss watching anime.
New year means new motivation to do 52 Weeks of Cooking! So far, I cooked: Hollandaise Sauce, Singaporean Curry Noodles and one [ugly] Baked Alaska.
Art Projects
I finished #BirdArtWeek2026, hosted by Cornell Lab of Ornithology! More info on my blog.
I'm planning piece(s) for Ghost Gallery's recent call for art: TONIC: A Medicinal Flora & Fungi Exhibition.
I'm also itching to make a zine. I think now that I finished Bird Art Week I'll focus on that as a fun side project.
Painting Log
Eleanor (link coming soon)
#BirdsWithWhimsy:
Tūī
#HiddenBirds:
American Bittern
#BirdSucecss:
Sandhill Cranes
#SpectacularSeabirds:
American White Pelican
#RuleBreakers:
Bearded Vulture
#PhotoNotAvailable:
St. Kitts Bullfinch
#CharismaticEndemics:
Lesser Prairie Chicken
reading:
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
✔ Not to Disturb by Muriel Spark
✔ Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
✔ Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai
watching:
Naruto Shippuden (Crunchyroll)
A chaotic guide to making stuff instead of doomscrolling - struthless (YouTube)
Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) via Met on Demand
Rossini's Armida via Met on Demand
Zelda: Majora's Mask x Ghibli - 25th Anniversary | The Carnival of Time - RwanLink (YouTube)
Baked Alaska with a Lighter! How to Make Baked Alaska Ice Cream Cake - Food Wishes (YouTube)
Fix your destructive mindset in 15 mins | Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Mia's Digital Diary (YouTube)
How to Make a Vision Board that ACTUALLY Works in 2026 - Dr. Izzy Sealey (YouTube)
playing:
Animal Crossing New Horizons (3.0 update!)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
listening to:
Mitski - Where's My Phone? (Bandcamp)
Now page inspired by Derek Sivers.
