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Zelda and Links

Zelda and Links


Creepy dolls (pinterest page)

Thug Kitchen (website)

My Friend's 3 Year Old Son Loves This Video  (very weird cartoon video)

Amy Schumer is Selling Her NY Apartment and I Want to Live There (article)

What if Chewbacca Was Voiced by Peter Griffin?  (very short video)

Vader Voiced by Schwarzenegger (awesomeness ensues)

Darth Jackson (video: Vader voiced by Samuel L. Jackson)

Sunday Confessions 12-13-15 (Starting a Day Early)



The United States of Becky




I confess: As many of you know from reading, the past several months have been difficult in many various ways and I have fallen into one of the low valleys of depression that come as part of having lifelong MDD. Christmas is usually my favorite time of year, but this year, not so much. It's been more like this

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I confess:  We were supposed to be able to sign the lease on our new apartment on the 4th. On the 3rd, when we got the phone call that it wouldn't be until the 14th at the earliest and more likely closer to the 20th, I kinda reacted like this:

(I was polite to the lady on the phone, but afterward, this.)
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This was not my finest hour.


I confess: This gif is the perfect description of how I've been feeling since...uh, April? May?
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I confess: I'm starting to finally come out of the funk, thank God!

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Because fighting depression is hard work and deserves congratulations. 

I confess: It meant a lot to me to see how many people did a Sunday Confessions post, regardless of the fact that I was AWOL that week - like, teary-eyed my-internet-friends-are-the-best-weepy-a lot. (Also weep at the uber cheesy made-for-TV holiday movies playing on netflix, but hey.) *Shrug.
You guys are awesome. 

What are you guys confessing to this week?




How to Clean Action Figures

We have a fair amount of geeky collection paraphernalia. And I love it.
What I don't love is cleaning it.
Dusting is a pain in the ass just on its own, but when you have eight million action figures, it becomes more of a chore than scrubbing the bathtub. 
I have done everything in the past:
I have used standard dusters - you know the kind that just swish dust around and send it flying into the air so you can cough like you've been working in a coal mine? (How did we actually ever live without swiffers? I ask you).
I have used basic swiffer cloths, but getting into those nooks and crannies is difficult for all but the slenderest of fingers.
I have used the swiffer 360 doo-dad, which, while an awesome tool for normal dusting, attempting to use it for anything more intricate is going to rip that thing to shreds and may damage the item you are attempting to clean. 
I know this because I have broken Snape's wand and also failed to get the folds in his cape. I have knocked over Luke Skywalker's lightsaber more times than I care to count. Daryl Dixon has never really been clean. (Heh...it works on two levels, see?)


But then I had a brain wave.
Q-tips!
A good way to get into the tight spots and also be sure you're applying enough pressure to actually get the dust off.
All our action figures are boxed up right now, but I was working on the kitchen last night and pulled down magnets.



 

 Another angle:



Here's what I did. (It's so simple I'm not sure if I'm a genius or a moron for not figuring this out sooner.)

  • Grab some Q-tips.
  • Over the sink or a paper towel or whatever, spray a tiny bit of cleaner of your choice (I like Seventh Generation or JR Watkins) onto one end of the stick. (I found it worked best when I held the Q-tip almost directly next to the nozzle.) 
  • Go to town with the dusting.
  • Keep going, using a new tip as needed. 
  • Can also use water, or even do a light water rinse/dust after using cleaner.
  • I don't recommend using the Q-tip dry; the cotton tends to come apart and shred quite easily if dry.

The Q-tips after I finished. Seriously, eew.

I used 4 Q-tips for two magnets - 2 for Watto and 2 for Sebulba. Not too bad, I think. I am actually looking forward to unpacking my collector items and giving them all a thorough cleaning.

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