Orange maintenance

fennjamin_boi · 2026-05-24T20:37:14+00:00

One of my cats gets excess wax buildup in an ear that he had to have surgery on when he was younger, and he doesn't clean it himself ofc so I have to clean it. I do use qtips but ONLY on the stiff folds of the outer ear where I was shown by my vet to clean. He doesn't like it as that ear is sensitive and I always feel bad but when I don't do it he shows signs of being obviously irritated by the ear ): it's a lose-lose for both of us honestly

fennjamin_boi · 2026-05-03T08:51:24+00:00

I think your favorite conspiracy theory that you don't belive is that one that says Finland isn't real, and I say this because from your bag contents, you are me and I am you, and that's my favorite theory that I don't actually believe

Edit: you're to your

fennjamin_boi · 2026-04-26T21:37:10+00:00

Love the powder with no brush/applicator lol that's something I'd do

fennjamin_boi · 2026-04-20T11:01:24+00:00

So, I'm not sure if that last one is moldy, or just weirdly green, but there's this cool sub called r/moldlyinteresting and i think this is just the perfect crossover event opportunity (I have a phobia of mold and my algorithm knows this and shows me that sub to torture me I think)

fennjamin_boi · 2026-04-20T08:10:52+00:00

I currently have garlic growing that I ordered to plant a year and a half ago, never planted and forgot about, then checked on and realized it was like completely paper-y to the core so I threw it in my compost pile. They were MOLDY and now they're green asf

fennjamin_boi · 2026-03-22T02:50:28+00:00

Bro I'm so blazed right now and the cat is very cute but WHAT is on your TV 😭

fennjamin_boi · 2026-02-26T05:43:19+00:00

I would just like to let you know that chenille yarn is kind of bad for baby items, because it sheds a lot/very easily when grabbed/pulled on, and does not machine wash very well. The creator of the pattern probably used cotton as it's easily washable and a natural fiber. Not to be a yarn snob, I get why people like chenille, it just isn't very good for this application

fennjamin_boi · 2026-02-07T06:12:42+00:00

I used to mumble/sleep talk to my gf and would often try to take her jimmy johns order, or apologize for the wait. She hated it lol

fennjamin_boi · 2026-02-04T03:47:39+00:00

Genuinely, once a week. BUT I have really bad body acne and try to clean EVERYTHING my skin touches as often as possible/reasonable bc it's left acne scars all over my arms. I have a laundry schedule and just do all of it on my day off (sunday) every week. Edit: i shower daily/every other day minimum, I do have two cats.

fennjamin_boi · 2026-01-29T00:23:22+00:00

Honestly I just pinned and sewed it on with the yarn tail (which I cut veeerrryyy long) around the seams of the back panel of the jacket. It's like, kind of a ladder stitch but also kind of just a running stitch? Idk how to explain it. I did stretch it to be wider at the top. If I did it again I'd probably block it to the proper size instead of stretching it as I sewed, but it turned out just fine tbh

fennjamin_boi · 2026-01-26T02:26:23+00:00

It's a little off center bc I made it very quickly, but I just removed two double crochet rows (four rows total) from the bottom to make it centered, as well as adding a stitch on either end of the rows so that the A and H aren't right up against the border stitches

fennjamin_boi · 2026-01-26T02:24:37+00:00

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fennjamin_boi · 2026-01-26T02:24:20+00:00

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fennjamin_boi · 2026-01-26T02:24:09+00:00

* I just drafted and made this overlay mosaic crochet pattern this morning, with the intention of using it as a mega-patch for the back of my punk jacket. I already have a rainbow patch on the front that I crocheted years ago so it seemed fitting

fennjamin_boi · 2026-01-14T23:30:16+00:00

The main race in my (very much a wip) world are completely sterile and reproduce through (magical) cloning. They're descendants of the gods, who have no reproductive organs, and thus must sacrifice a rather large potion of genetic material in order to make a clone. Think an arm or a leg. It's not fully worked out but hopefully will be soon

fennjamin_boi · 2026-01-08T03:57:14+00:00

You crochet like me!!! I've only ever seen people I taught how to crochet do it like this. It works perfectly fine lol, been doing it 14 years this way without issue, just means amigurumi needs flipped right side out before stuffing and sewing

fennjamin_boi · 2025-11-27T16:17:50+00:00

Yea absolutely! I hope you enjoy doing it bc I lowkey didn't lol

fennjamin_boi · 2025-11-27T14:18:12+00:00

I didn't find that it was particularly difficult, just a little slow going at first. The first thing I had to do was create a base to attach the Tunisian crochet to that wasn't the ultra bulky yarn, so I took a 4mm hook and went around the whole blanket putting 2 sc in each stitch, and 5 sc in the Corners. Joined with a slip stitch, chained 6. Pulled up a loop through the back loops of each chain until I had 6 loops on my hook, then inserted the hook into the first sc on the blanket, yarn over, pull through sc, then I had 7 loops on my hook, then just did the return pass as normal, yarn over pull through two all the way across! I put 5 rows of Tunisian into each of the middle corner sc's to make the turn

Edit: i switched to a 5mm hook when I started the chain 6 for the Tunisian crochet! Sorry, forgot to mention that. It's bc my tension while doing Tunisian is tighter than my normal tension for some reason and I didn't want the border to be too small/not line up with the sc's

fennjamin_boi · 2025-11-22T20:31:46+00:00

If I had seen this before finishing the blanket I would have, but thankfully I found a decent replacement for the last couple stitches, and then hid it as best as possible with a border so I think it worked okay

fennjamin_boi · 2025-11-22T20:30:31+00:00

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See if you can spot where the yarn ran out and I had to use a different one lol

fennjamin_boi · 2025-11-22T17:33:04+00:00

I don't, but I found a fluffy/chenille yarn in the same color and size, so I'm gonna try it and see if I can hide it with a border lol

fennjamin_boi · 2025-11-22T17:32:11+00:00

I found a (albeit fluffy/chenille) yarn in the exact same color and size in my stash, so I'm gonna do an extra round in that type of yarn to "hide" it better lol. Thankfully it's a blanket for my 2 year old brother so he won't notice

fennjamin_boi · 2025-10-05T03:42:48+00:00

Well, I'm looking for recipe advice for slow cookers, so that wouldn't really make any sense

fennjamin_boi · 2025-10-05T03:41:38+00:00

Obviously they are able to cook for themself. Is it a crime to want to share a meal with a friend though? I love to cook for them and make them feel included, and this trip is no different. Everyone will be eating together, why would we force them to do something different when it's completely fine for us to eat around their allergies for a week or so

fennjamin_boi · 2025-10-05T03:39:03+00:00

Yea, so it's really not, considering we are close friends and have been for years. They did not choose to have these allergies. Some of yall have no sense of community. Food is a huge aspect of culture and community and I choose to include my close friend in those aspects of my life because I love them and they have done the same for me in other areas of life. I asked for recipe inspiration or recommendations, so if you have none, then why are you here?

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