This is just one of those entries about something so cute, that I want to keep it locked up in a glass case so it never deteriorates and ne'er goes away.

Whenever Harmony is in absolute anticipation about something, like say, some grapes, a sippy cup of milk or even the rare and wonderful occasion of a... cookie; she gives the most adorable little giggle/laugh of anticipation. It is this fast tempo, high pitched, warbling little "Ooh!ooh-ooh-ohh". Sometimes, if she is deep in anticipation, she will even do this foot-stompy dance, alternating between stomping her left and right foot.

You can just imagine how amazingly funny and cute that is when she has her squeaky shoes on. In fact, when she does have them on, she will do her stompy dance just for fun.

Now that Harmony is in her own bed, the wakeup routine has morphed and changed yet again. When she was quite young, especially during the "Dark Days" of no smiling and little sleep, she would wake up at 5AM and I would go, get her, and bring her to Momma for a feeding. Afterwards the three of us would then fall back asleep all blissfully cuddled up together. As she got older, she gave up the 5AM feeding, and it became a 7AM feeding, but the morning naps continued, sometimes letting us sleep until 10:00 AM. Those were the days.

And then she gave up the bottle.

Suddenly turning the issue of morning nourishment into an adventure of going downstairs and getting cereal ready to the chorus of a little ditty Harmony calls "sow-e-wuw peese" ("cereal please"). Which means the cuddly-naps are over. Thankfully however, our little one lets us sleep in till 9 and if Momma and/or Daddy are really lucky, 10.

We try to maintain the bring-her-into-bed-and-cuddle-snooze routine, but she is having none of it. Lately she has taken to crawling on the bed, grabbing my glasses off of my nightstand and then putting them on my face. She knows that once I have my glasses on, I am getting out of bed. I am sure that in her head my glasses have this magickal motivating and waking up power. Two Spectacles to move the Father. The funny thing is that she is right, ever since I was 7 I have been associating the action of waking up with putting my glasses on, that makes 22 years of conditioning. I guess you could say my little girl is casting a spell on me.

It's damn cute to watch. I can hardly stay in bed and snooze when she does something so incredibly cute and so mindbogglingly clever. I guess you could say the spell works. Besides, I love the 2 word song "Cereal Please".

Bunnies in Tea Cups! Furry Cute Animals! Oh my! The Cuteness! Run! Run!

Here is a bunch of Super Duper Marios. Dressed in bunny costumes, track suits, Sgt. Pepper costumes, and even as The Prince from Katamari. Whute!

The coolest thing is that the artist gives you the PSD which (with photoshop) you can use to make your own mario costume. It is almost like KiSS. Whute!

(Via Boing Boing)

Note: This was actually posted on Monday morning at 1:14 AM, not Sunday morning at 1:14 AM, but I couldn't resist the pun.

So after making Hella Cute Hats, A business out of them, and of course, my own TB303 and even some twisted BDSM gear... (some of it public, some of it not.) I have come to the following conclusion.

It is fun, and cool. It is generally cheaper to make your own stuff, rather then buy your own stuff. This is especially true in the realms of BDSM sexXx0r toys and TB-303s (where the original will net you at least a grand on E-Bay, versus a $300 almost-perfect-clone kit). It is also a hellava lot more rewarding making your own stuff, rather than going down to the 'local' Wal-Mart, to further their construction of a evil-empire-like-pave-the-planet-fully-operational-battle-sales-station.

I also find that I spend more time learning about the world, and learning about my relationship to the world. Now, design, programming, and music creation are also DIY-styled-pursuits, but there is a difference between hacking code, (or designing a site, or building a song) and soldering a synth or making a hat. The latter has a certain physicalness to it. A sense of real-world tangibility to it that is very appealing. When you're done, you have something physical, and hopefully useful.

My next project is going to be learning how to sew PVC, and will probably involve some caulking as well. I have mad plans... MAD PLANS!

You will notice I am not filing this under 'perversion', or 'furry'.

I am not a plushfiend. Well not yet anyway...

Plush Microbes are Hella-cute. The Martian one is my favourite. It's so space-sci-fi-cool, and it's kawaii to boot!

Thanks to Albert for hooking me up with the link!

This makes me want to run screaming.

Screaming-mad-insane, or screaming 'KAWAIIIIII' and running to the store to get some... I am not sure.