FEBRUARY FAVORITES (because i'm sick & have lots of thoughts) books, beauty, video games ᯓ★
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ancillary justice - ann leckie
the murderbot diaries - martha wells
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what are you loving what's bringing you JOY what's bringing you fulfillment????????
not gonna lie ive been bingeing all your videos and its been so great. i finished watching all of them a couple days ago :3c now im watching them all again in order!!
Joy bringers:
- Trader Joe's
- Akiko comic series
- Writing
- My crazy cats
- Pattern clashing outfits
Also LOVE Ancillary Justice and any book by Ann Leckie!
been obsessed with gonk droids from star wars. THEY SAY GONK!!!
I got some heat bond so I'm making little applique patches of clowns and cats and such 💖
i’m getting back into crocheting which is super fun. also your videos! i’ve been rewatching a bunch of them recently, they bring so much joy😊
Babe wake up new kathleen illustrated video just dropped
LITERALLY WHAT THAT FELT LIKE
Watching and listening to you feels like a 15 minute hug, so you post whatever you want and I’ll watch ❤️
Very much agree.
i have been so in love with strawberry shortcake lately. she was my whole personality at the ripe old age of 2 and simply disappeared from my life completely, and i JUST remembered she exists omg i love her
What´s bringing me joy? I found an area in the bookshop labeled ´cozy crime´, like crime but with cats and dogs and tea-drinking and bookshops... what´s not to love? And I feel a Hadestown addiction coming 😂
refreshing my youtube the normal amount waiting for this video like a normal person reacting normally to new content
extremely normal behavior!!!!!!!!
@@KathleenIllustrated thank you for affirming my insane behavior!!!!
My 4 favourite things from last month, including a beverage, an activity and two concepts:
1. Lime sparkling water. Delicious and a little bit zingy.
2. Making art!! Getting back into digital art in Procreate, and I went to a pottery painting night with a local sapphic social group. So much fun to create again!
3. Curiosity. Genuine curiosity rooted in love and respect played a huge part in helping me get back in touch with my former self from before my last relationship. After the break-up, I questioned what kind of person I was and tried to remember what my personality and values were before my ex broke me down to nothing. I'm a teacher and getting back in touch with my curious nature helped remind me who I was before I dated my nasty and judgmental ex. It was illuminating but sad when the friends I met through my ex told me they felt like they were finally getting to know the real me, and not the version of me that was afraid of being genuine around my ex. Curiosity was the key to building myself up again.
4. Embracing unique experiences, even if they cost a bit more money than I'd rather spend. Until I turned 26, I barely spent any money. Lived in a crappy cheap apartment and put as much of my paycheque as I could toward repaying my student loans. I paid back 34k in 2.5 years, but all I ever did was work. No time for social activities, no shopping, no travelling, nothing. Last year, I booked a 10 day trip to the U.S. and decided to quit my job to go to grad school. Even though I'm living on student loans and a part-time tutoring job, I'm less afraid to spend my money on unique experiences. Such as planning a solo road trip to see Hozier in Boston (my first ever concert!!), going to queer social events, and even just buying tickets to see movies in theatres instead of waiting for it to come out on streaming. Having a social life has brought back so much quality to my life and I'm happy to spend my money wisely to keep it up, rather than suffering but saving as much as I can.
Hot Library Tip: Some library systems have reciprocity agreements where you can get a library card from them if you have one from yours. My local library has reciprocity with the Seattle public library. So I can get that additional card free!
Also when you travel sometimes you can get a card in the city you're visiting using your hotel address. 😊
@@karenmcelravy oooooo! What a great idea!!
The spring flowers and slightly warmer weather are what have been giving me life here in the West of Scotland. You were spot on with the flowers and it makes me smile to see you have the same ones as we have flowering right now. Hope you're feeling better.
Okay, you asked. Over sharing on the Internet commence: Joann fabrics sold $1.99 McCall sewing patterns this weekend. Yesterday I got a most excellent haul. This week is my last week doing two jobs, so this spring is gonna be craft chaos city!! I'm so excited.
You're right about the plants! Snowdrops and crocuses - in fact I wonder if you have the saffron variety!!
Im loving finally having friends in college two years into it! Getting here was hard, but I’m much happier now that things seem to be looking up! 😎
Ah, I'm so happy for you! I personally graduated last year without ever making any friends, so I'm proud of you for achieving what I couldn't! Enjoy your college years, they go by so fast!
Yess! thank you for preaching the good word of Libby, especially that you can have multiple cards!! I still have my card from when I lived in WA in addition to where I live now, and it is a GIFT.
My favorite things from Feb were:
Watching some native seeds I planted start to sprout, finding that my local antique store still had a lamp I first saw last July and finally buying said lamp, and a spontaneous concert 9 minutes from my house from one of my fav singer/songwriters.
Went to five thrift stores this week and got four new shirts some brand new jean shorts, a copy of hairspray on dvd, a pretty notebook, and a magnetic poetry set. I've been having a blast with my magnetic poetry
My grandchildren have made being a mom so much more amazing!
today was the first warm sunny day here in a while and it felt so GOOD to be outside again. One of my favorite things to do is go down to the water/docks and sit on a bench in the sun and be anonymous and enjoy humans being human (I hope this doesn't sound weird) but it's lovely to me to observe everyone coming outside and enjoying the sun and life in different ways, and be reminded that the small things are really what makes life worth living
Yeahhhh library represent!
Am I the only one with a glitch at 12:45
Nope, happened to me, too
LOL that’s so cursed! Thank you for letting me know 😂
nope I got mildly scared when only forehead
I went on a quilting course and made a quilted body warmer/vest with fruits on which I love very much. 🍒🍇🍋 Also finally read Legends & Lattes and it is SO COSY AND GOOD!!
Lovin' the crochet project I'm working on - a bright neon pink balloon dog. So cute!
Hell yes Ace Attorney!!! I always felt like your style channeled Miles Edgeworth and Fransiska Von Karma w the clown vibes
Also the SF library has Hoopla. It's like Libby but there's no waiting. All the Murder Bots audiobooks are on there as insta borrows.
Current favorites: rug-cleaning Tik Tok, painting cottagecore mushroom house and curiosities bookshelf art, my cat burrowing under the sheets to snuggle with me, ramen made with cream of mushroom soup.
Anti-favorites: tornadoes in February (thanks, Chicago), the housing market, fibromyalgia.
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Upcycling t-shirts. I have a friend who gifted me a bunch of his old, cringe-y graphic tees and it's a really great way to get familiar with my sewing machine without too much pressure for the finished project to be perfect (and I don't have to finish any edges if I don't want to 🙌)
I want to try tie dyeing some of my boyfriend's old shirts with bleach
I started replaying the Nancy Drew games I used to play as a kid this month, found out they are all on steam and pretty affordable too! Right now playing the curse of Blackmore manor, it’s spooky and got some fun puzzles and the animation is a real throw back
BBC4’s Witch podcast, hazelnut butter, homemade grapefruit marmalade, and watching drone footage of the Klamath River dams drawdown explosions perhaps an unhealthy number of times. Welcome home salmon! ❤
My mascot obsessions are Grimace, Hello kitty, also any cryptid :)
I've been sewing since I was a kid, but I have recently been introduced to the Great British Sewing Bee!!! It is the most delightfully wholesome competition series to ever exist. I have now watched all of it and most of the seasons...twice... It is the Golden Girls of reality TV and I am absolutely here for it.
Antifavorite: learning I may be gluten intolerant and unable to eat my sourdough bakes
Favorite: discovering that baking sourdough is a joy even if I don’t get to eat the result and just share it with loved ones!
My daffodils outside and today I got to wear.... SHORTS! So much joy! I love spring.
One of my favourite things is the Temper Trap reference you made
My favourite things currently are embracing winter with all it's snowy and cold magic, making soups like Hot and Sour, and wearing my cozy corduroy pants. I'm up in Canada, so embracing and enjoying winter is an important thing to do.
One of my favorite college memories (in Ohio) was visiting my friend for spring break and seeing daffodils while driving in the forest and I just exclaimed "OOH DAFFODILS" and my friend's mom was equally excited 😂
Omg cute little friends! When I was in like hanging out at the mall age, a Sanrio store opened up and they also sold Pucca merchandise. I had no idea what it was beyond loving it, and I still do! I've never even seen a show, just love her
Pucca is very lovable on her show.
The Ohio Digital Library is available for Ohio Residents, no charges, and runs through Libby.
I was able to get a Cleveland Library card. You can try, I can't recall if that was all residents or a deal with the county I live in. The spending is different and I see that through borrowing.
No need to pay for audio or books.
yoooo that non-resident library card thing is sick!!! and those pasta markers look amaazinggg!
I bought a sewing magazine which i read on my couch. I need more magazines in my life.
My favorite book that i just love allll of the time is called Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech- newberry medal winner back in the day and it’s DEFINITELY a kids book but the lessons in the story and the symbolism is just *mwah* chefs kiss 💋🤌🏼
I love gudetama the lazy egg I feel like he really represents who I am as a person
Get well soon! Stay hydrated!
My February favorites:
1. Coming back to finding joy in listening to my all time favorite band's songs. I shut down BADLY in 2023. Depression was destroying me on a very scary level for months on end. In my own strange form of self-harm, I cut my favorite band's music out of my life early last summer. Well, I chose to pick that music I love so much back up in February. I've been smiling and singing along.
2. Every Feb., a nearby library branch does a Valentine's display called "Blind Date with a Book". They wrap books like presents and put a sticker on the front stating the genre. I grabbed 2 random books, only checking to make sure the genre stickers did not say horror. I ended up checking out one book that I NEVER would've chosen on my own and fully expected to return the next day after rolling my eyes through one chapter. A romance novel?!? Nope. Not my style. To my surprise, I loved the book! It's not anything at all like what I normally read, but I really, really, really enjoyed it. It made me laugh! And, the protagonist is someone I'd want as a friend. I was thoroughly astonished that I enjoyed this fabulous bit of brain fluff: The Bodyguard by Katherine Center. This book is hilarious, well-written, and very, very sweet. (TW: drowning, PTSD, destructive grief)
3. Grapefruit juice: the greatest of all juices. It's my hydration source of choice through the sun-starved, chilly, damp, icky, final slog of winter days.
4. Iced lattes with an obscenely large amount of turbinado sugar added in. This ridiculously unhealthy concoction is my drug of choice. It can help stave off an emerging migraine. A small cup can energize me when I'm feeling lower than a slug's anus. And, it basically tastes like a dessert in liquid form. I had as many in Feb. as I normally have in the space of 4 months. Oops. No regrets.
5. The youtube channel Cooking the Books. She makes recipes from vintage cookbooks and does cookbook haul reveals. Her appreciation of 1940s-50s illustration particularly delights me.
6. Rewatching S1-2 episodes of the 1970s tv show Barney Miller for the gazillionth time.
7. Learning about the White Violet Farm and the Sisters of Providence of Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods who are badass feminist, social justice, eco activist Women Religious. Their founder Saint Mother Theodore Guerin triumphed over a power-tripping misogynist cardinal back in the day, and the sisters are still raising hell for heaven more than 150 years later. I'm not Catholic. I'm not even a Christian. But, I adore these iconoclastic Catholic women!
8. The scent that fills the room when I burn my favorite candle: Lavender Rosemary soy wax and essential oils candle from Aroma G's Botanica.
Pompompurin is my favorite little creature. A family friend got me a backpack with this character when I was 5 years old and it was over after that.
So happy to hear someone mention Libby! I have listened to SO many books in the last few years that I never would have gotten to reading. 1.25 speed might be rewiring my brain though😅
Listening to all my recorded uni lectures at 1.5X or even 2X speed rewired my brain to feel like everyone around me talked soooo slooowwww! And I'm already a fast talker by nature!
Kathleen, I already knew I loved you. But the fact that you started this video hyping up Moogles just confirmed. I livestream my FF gameplay and even have a video doing Moogle-inspired makeup. I'm convinced we are kindred spirits. I also grew up watching my older brother play all of the FF games.📍Moogles 4 life! 🫶
yay for spring flowers! they bring me so much joy too! the one you called crocus is called "naked lady" in my native language, hehe. 🌷
i have been looking for jobs for the last 6 months and it hasn't been easy, mostly due to my lack of motivation. but things are looking up, im beginning to feel a spark and realizing that I might change direction in life and that is so exciting! im pumped 🌟
also been really into hiking and biking recently. so nice to connect with my body and nature in this lovely weather 💐
1. The way my 13-year-old huntress kitty (Etta) still acts like a kitten doing parkour atop my super high kitchen cabinets 😹
2. Rediscovering my love of cooking - not just to share with friends and loved ones, but finally just for myself (living alone for the first time)
3. Embracing the label of "queer" without fear of being gatekept or questioned - feeling fully myself and fully welocmed into my local LGBT+ community has helped me love myself + others more deeply 💚
4. Your videos!!! Whenever my broke self gets the urge to go thrifting, I instead dig deep into your archives to find a thrifting video that's somehow escaped me so I can window shop + keep my wallet safe haha (ngl, pretty soon I'll have to start repeating old favorites)
im super attached to minccino from pokemon and mocha from sanrio! minccino is literally me all she does is complain, be cute, and clean 😍
i'm playing the original zoo tycoon on pc for the first time in forever and it's such a nostalgic and fun way to spend time :') also a lil challenging if you play the ~scenarios~! highly recommend!
the ace attorney series is so good. the first apollo justice game? a masterpiece. klavier gavin is my personal germaboo hero.
I downloaded an app that tells you what flower you are looking at: you just take a photo and it gives you the exact name. So cool. I'm sure you'd love it. It's so frustrating to realize you don't know what is around you every day.
My housemate and I have been enjoying going down the street on a warm evening to pat this cat that loves everybody!! They meow as you approach and then purr so much that they drool everywhere.... We were calling them Dribbly but recently found out that their name is River.
I’m loving your hairdo! You remind me of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz after she gets her glow up at the Emerald City Spa ❤
Guybrush Threepwood has been my spirit animal since '88 :3
I love putting on too many of my favorite clothes, sometimes busy and kooky, and not caring how others feel about it! Fabric Betterment!
The daffodils are strong here in Indiana, too. Stay stinky spring flowers. 🌱
I LOVE ACE ATTORNEY! btw the 'new games' are new ports of some older games that were on the 3ds to switch which is very neat bc they could've become lost media since the 3ds store is dead. There is also a 'prequel' game where you play as Phoenix's ancestor as a defense attorney in England featuring a very himbo and fun Sherlock Holmes!
My cat has always used “pillows” to sleep. It could be the throw pillow on the couch or it could be my leg. He doesn’t care as long as he has something to rest his cute head on while he naps.
Oh goodness, SAAAAME about watching my older brothers play video games (except it was the original Nintendo for us)! They played Super Mario Bros 3 and Metroid with surgical precision, and I watched them play like watching a movie.
First, I hope you are feeling better. Second, as a public librarian, thank you so much for the Libby shout out! You are correct that there are lots of libraries that offer cards to nonresidents, sometimes for a fee and sometimes for free. For example, if you work in a town different that where you live, that town may offer library cards to individuals who work in town. Third and finally, my random childhood cute critter will always be Luna Ball from Sailor Moon.
Also part of the two library card club! Sometimes you can get a reciprocal library card from another nearby city or adjacent county's library system if they have reciprocal agreement. Not sure how widespread that is, but it has been great for maximizing choice and minimizing wait times for me.
As far as mascots/characters, I'm a Snoopy and Pochacco person, but the mystique of Bucc-ee the beaver has been my recent obsession
I am super into making beaded sun catchers right now and playing Fae Farm on my Switch. I hope that you feel better soon.
Aw some of my fondest memories are watching my big bro play video games, including Final Fantasy 🥰
Me too 🥹 love that we all share that
I'm finally allowing myself to enjoy the things I enjoy. Just because I'm older doesn't mean I can't love cute little dolls. I mean, how could I pass up a cute little dragon girl? Or a fairy??
I too am a lover of Moogles! I think my favorite iteration is from Final Fantasy IX. So cute and floofy. ❤️
This channel has just the best vibes ❤
a lovely breath of fresh air! great video
I tried this local sushi burrito place last month. It’s all sushi ingredients but the size of a burrito. Genius. That’s exactly what I want.
As a Murderbot fan, Kevin R. Free audiobook narration is top tier, thank you for the Ancillary series recommendation.
I’ve been getting into making jewelry…so I’d LOVE to see you make a charm video!
Mokona, Pikachu, Eevee, Luna and Sailor Moon for meee
Windows are open, catching the first 70-degree day we had this year. Spring time is a coming. 🌷
My childhood mascots are the Carebears, specifically Love-A-Lot, Grumpy Bear, Funshine & Good Luck Bear. I've got them as Funko Pops, I've got Funshine & Good Luck Bear tattooed (still need to get the two others) & a Love-A-Lot stuffie from when I was a kid. Can't imagine ever putting them away tbh (well, maybe when I have a baby, because a small child would want to play with the Funko Pops)
my favorites for February definitely have to be my friends
I've been spending a lot of time w them and im just so grateful for them
one of them is teaching me to drive
they all mean the world to me
This is now officially the only favorites video where I feel like all the suggestions came from someone living inside my brain.
you give such Ariel in the row boat vibes, love you, feel better!
I love moogles so much! Similarly, I love koroks and Bibble. Cute little fairies are my favorite trope.
This was such a joy! I loved the playback of people’s favorites! Going to pay way more attention to my nose breathing going forward 💖
My February fav was buying my husband flowers for Valentine's Day because men like flowers too!
My anti-fav was my mom getting engaged the day after her divorce finalized and not telling anyone until she got married 2 weeks later to a man she's only known for 6 months 🙃 we're going through it this year
I hope you feel all better. I've been loving Black History Month in February. I work at a library in Canada and we realized that none of our colouring pages featured Canadian people. So I thought of you and drew some. Was it perfect? No. Was it awesome? Yes!
I've been enjoying "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans" (on FX). It's a time warp back to 60s-70s high society NYC, and the costumes and sets are luscious. There was an episode with a fancy ball, and fashion designer Zac Posen did the gowns for the main characters. The best part, though, is that Posen did some BTS vids (I watched them on YT and IG) on developing the garments, and he's such a delightful fashion/sewing nerd.
I luv Groot and Groko from “The Mandalorian.”My husband got me Groko for Xmas and he lives on my spare room bed.
It's peach season here in New Zealand 🍑 🎉
Went picking yesterday and now I have hundreds of peaches to process 😢😅
LOVE EATING PEACHES
Don't quite love the days of preserving work, esp STICKY FLOORS
Worth it to be eating peach crumble year round 😋
Ahhhhhhh I love murderbot! Highly recommend the audiobooks too. Gonna check out ancillary justice now thank you!
Wow, your bed is amazing! I would get in there and never leave.
Been nesting like mad lately, which feels pretty darned good. It's made me go through my crazy amount of clothes, and yesterday I deep cleaned my fridge!!! And that was something that I was seriously not interested in doing! Ha!! But now....oh it looks so awesome in there.
Yes Murderbot!!!! Will for sure read ancillary justice! I have been looking for those vibes 😊
Omg I ADORE the murderbot series, and I've been meaning to jump into audiobooks so this was the final push I needed!
Please do a charm video! I have a silver charm bracelet that collects all my travels and memories. Makes a delightful tinkling when I move. My partner calls it my own personal cat bell
HI you said point and click puzzle games and Professor Layton came to my mind! I played in on my DS as a wee child so I have no idea if theres still a way to play it but it totally seems up your alley!!
I love that you're getting into my fav books ever the Imperial Raadch triology! I went in the reverse and moved from Ancillary Justice to Murderbot and loved it so so much. Everyone needs to know about my good friends Justice of Toren and Murderbot.
My mascot character growing up and still today is Jem. She truly outrageous.
Anti favorite: saying goodbye to my 13 year old pug Miles 💔 also, genocide
Favorite: that in between season when you can’t decide between a hot coffee or a cold brew
I feel like you may really enjoy the Professor Layton games! There's even a crossover with Phoenix Wright, so they're in the same ball park... kinda. Comfy, cozy, a lil brainy. You geddit
Favourites from Feb
Getting a specific dress from my thrift wishlist 💚
Clearing out a huge amount of my wardrobe and in turn cleansing my soul
Book rec - Bunny (yes I'm behind the times)
My husband
Making a costume for my daughter with thrifted clothing instead of buying one.
Oh and listening to Mother Mother
My current hyperfocus is sewing detatchable collars. Its so cute! You are my youtube favorite, and really amps my creativity!
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle was just the Chao Garden to me. You play the levels to financially support your Chao children ❤️
YES. I loved making lil hybrid tiger chaos!!! So cute 😭
@@KathleenIllustrated absolutely 😫 id always grind the levels with the dragon in the Chao key box so I could make mine all dragons 😅
Not my girl with the Temper Trap reference ❤ I hope you feel so much better, soon.
Love and feel attached to Kirby as my fave mascot character 🥰
current favorite of all favorites is Dungeon Meshi on Netflix, so warm and cozy and the artstyle is so... friend shaped? I need to finally find some time to read the manga too
crocheting ATLA characters whilst watching the new live action and stressing about having the most perfect colours to match as possible from my stash. so far ive succeeded.
would looooove to see more monthly favorite videos in the future! not all the time if you don't want to, but I would love to see a video like this again!