I’m reading a B.A. thesis
on the decline of values. Logically,
falling implies a height from which
to fall, and who’s that stupid?Life is neither up nor down, and still less
in between. Life has no idea
of up and down, fullness and void, before
and after. And knows zip about the present.Tear up your pages, ditch them in the sewer,
abandon your degree and you can brag
that you were momentarily alive (maybe).Eugenio Montale, from The Collected Poems

A month’s worth of cross stitching. I finally framed them, which is the part I like least. But I’m really happy with how the cassette tape turned out. Hope they make my friends smile when they are unwrapped.
Totoro stitch pattern originally created by Aleximo.
Cassette pattern by Sarajessica at Cross Me Not.
Martini + duct tape pattern freehanded by me, on New Year’s Eve, slightly drunk.
This video makes me cry so hard.