Etsy Awesomeness

I have been meaning for months to post the awesome work of an Etsy artist and her shop, Jhoeymonster which includes a variety of crafts including tiny, perfect cross stitch pieces featuring some 8-bit stars.

I bought a Tiny Boo Cross Stitch from her this past summer and I have it up on my fridge, but I am planning on putting it along with some patches on the perfect geek bag, once I find such a bag.

So cute!

Recently I also bought and received two pieces from Neisse on Etsy. Each is the anime version of an awesome character, in this case Codex from "The Guild" and Leela from "Futurama". It was hard to part with the Leela, but I gave her to one of my friends who loves Futurama (remember the Bender that I helped build, it was with her!).

Codex and Leela are so adorable as anime characters!

I set up Bender to surprise my friend when she came over.

Here's Leela's new home. Look at all the purple. Perfect!

It's Fishnet Friday!

The return of Futurama has been most welcome in my circle of friends. I missed the weird mix of pop-culture colliding with that twisted view of the Future. I've also always loved the plethora of references in the show from gaming to sci-fi. Sometimes they've been heavy-handed, but there are always layers of more subtle and even funnier allusions hidden in many episodes.

I caught up to some of the new stories last night including "Proposition Infinity" in which our intrepid crew come to terms with and then try to legalize robosexual marriage. While a clear indictment of Prop 8 in a futuristic setting the writers managed to bring their own special skewering of the situation.

This isn't the first instance of a character in Fishnets in the wonderful world of New New York, but our friend at the Pride Rally pops up quite a few times.

When I started this blog I knew that the one thing I wanted to do for sure was to post a Fishnet Friday segment as often as possible as inspired by a very awesome friend of mine, Etyhl Violet. Fishnets have featured heavily in my wardrobe for many years and I just really like the way they can transform a look and add a touch of rebellion. Little did I know that I would have fishnets appear constantly! I guess they were always there in the dark and geeky things I love.

Ghost and horse marriage is legal!

Finally, I'll end this post with a reference from the episode that aside from the line "Mama said Spock you out" was a fun little nod: