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Celebrating one year of daily posts!

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Well, how about that.

…What?

It’s January 28th.

Congratulations. You can read the date.

Yes… It’s exactly a year since I started this blog.

Oh, you mean it has be a year since you started storing your fluff in my space on the web?

Yeah, I guess you could put it that way!

It does not seem like it has been that long.

…Really? You certainly complain about this often enough.

Of course I complain! I am a melodramatic actress, after all! I need to stay in practice!

Also, I only discovered several months ago that there is an infinite number of sub-spaces that you cannot get to on this site, as of yet. Because they exist, when I need my peace, and a place away from contentless fluff, I can disappear.

Oh. So when you disappear, you’re in uncharted portions of the internet?

From your perspective, for much of the time, yes.

It is just as well for you, too. This means I’ve even been able to appreciate having you here.

…Really?

Yes. In fact, I quickly designed this in honor of the one-year occasion:

Happy Birthday, Total Fluff!

…You even matched the colors of the site?

Well, I was not going to use colors that clashed!

Aww, thank you Fluffy!

Hey, none of the sentimentality now. I have a reputation to maintain.

Right. Of course. Sorry.

Well, happy Tuesday, Fluffsters! I hope you stay warm, and I hope you have an excellent day.

What to Do when you’re Really Excited

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Hello, Fluffsters!

Something that people do is they get excited. And when they get excited they do things to try to express the excitement. Here is a list of things to do that I’ve come up with. (I may or may not use any/all of them…)

1) Bounce. This one’s very easy, and has many ranges. For simple bouncing, start with a flat-footed position. Transfer your weight to your toes, and raise your heels. (Basically go up on tip-toe.) Then, return to your flatfooted resting position.

1b) Advanced bouncing. For more advanced forms of bouncing, once you are on your toes, add a small jump in, land back on your toes, and only then return to your flatfooted position.

1c) Trickiest Bouncing.For the most advanced form of bouncing, which I have not yet mastered, increase the jump size, aim your feet towards a wall or a ceiling, and hit said wall or ceiling. You are now bouncing off walls.

Disclaimer: If you try this type of bouncing, be sure to land back on your feet. We at TotalFluff are not held liable for any damage that may come from attempting anything on this site.

2) Hug someone. I’d suggest getting their permission first. Or at least make sure you know the person before you give them a hug. Hugging a random stranger sometimes gets you weird looks…

…Is that the voice of experience speaking?

I’m… not going to answer that one.

3) Do a cartwheel, or other gymnastics. I actually haven’t done this one. But I wish I could- it looks like a great way to express excitement!

4) Talk to a friend. As long as they’ll even somewhat understand why you’re excited. (It’s annoying to talk to people who give you a confused, “okay, dear, whatever you say” look when you’re super excited(!) about something.) The shrieks of excitement are always fantastic.

Yup. That’s about what I can come up with. What about you? Do you do anything when you’re feeling really excited?

Dress Doodling Peeves

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Fluffsters, I have a problem.

Well, actually I have several. Maybe even more than several. (Nobody’s perfect- not even me!) But I’m only going to focus on one right now.

Ok. So, for as long as I’ve been able to hold a pencil (or a crayon, or a marker, or anything) I’ve been doodling dresses. I love dresses.

The big problem, though, is that I can’t get the anatomy for the human figure right. Seriously. It’s as though my fingers refuse to draw a decent, accurate female body shape.

So, this is a problem. If I don’t know if the body shape is at all accurate, I cannot tell if it would be worthwhile to try to figure out how to make my dress ideas come to life. And I don’t want to spend $20 or more on a failure. (I like big, fluffy skirts, too, so it would likely even cost more. A lot more. Just on the fabric. Not including time.)

So I don’t know what to do. Should I try to make prototypes of the dresses anyway? Stick to doodling? Try to work on more accurate human anatomy, even though it’s not nearly as much fun as dress-drawing?

If you have any thoughts, just leave a comment below!

Frozen BUBBLES!!!

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Hello, Fluffsters! It’s Thursday!

Last night I had a cool opportunity. Literally. Alright, so it was more like a frigid opportunity.

Some friends and I got to freeze bubbles outside!!

Unfortunately it was a bit dark out, so the pictures didn’t turn out extremely well. But this one shows a bit of the frost pattern forming:

Frosted Bubble

This one clearly shows itself to be frozen a bit better, by merit of the fact that it’s, well, broken:

IT BROKE!!!

Isn’t that cool? (So to speak?)

Anywho. Happy Thursday! It’s almost the weekend!

Fun with Clay

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Wednesday!

Yesterday, I started something fairly new. I’m taking a ceramics class! So, that’s really fun. It also means that I’ll likely have a fair bit of content for this site because of that decision.

(After all, I expect much of my work to be fluff.)

So yesterday’s class was really fun. One of the activities the professor had us do was she gave us a word, and we were given a minute to pinch a ball of clay into something that symblified the words she gave us.

Here’s what I had:

Three clay figures symblifying anger, melodious, and strength

Three figures. Can you guess what the words were?

The words were anger, melodious, and strength.

The anger one should be fairly obvious. I might have added more, but I thought the simple was just as effective (and had more of a guarantee of working) as anything else I would have made.

Melodious is the one in the back. It’s supposed to symblify a flowing sound wave.

Strength was supposed to be a sanctuary, but it didn’t work out, especially in the time I had. So I went with my original idea: A cube. Cubes are some of the most solid, strong shapes. It’s hard to make a cube lose its balance, no matter which side it’s placed on. It’s, well, strong.

I’m fairly happy with how they turned out!

So, fluffsters, are there any fun things you’re learning in the new year?

Goodbye, Great Pumpkin.

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Fluffsters, today is a sad day. I regret to report the death of the Great Pumpkin. Last night, the place I was eating apparently decided, well, I can’t write it right now. Here is the photographic evidence of the unfairness done to Linus:

A sign advertising Great Pumpkin dessert.

Great Pumpkin dessert. RIP, Great Pumpkin.

As you can see, clearly the Great Pumpkin was turned into a… dessert.

It wasn’t even pumpkin pie.

Wait. How do you know it was not dessert for the Great Pumpkin? Or Great dessert that was pumpkin?

Well, it clearly couldn’t have been dessert for the Great Pumpkin for two reasons. A) it was obviously pumpkin mush, and the Great Pumpkin isn’t a cannibal. 2) The Great Pumpkin only flies on Halloween, so it’s ridiculous to think he’d show up on January 20th.

And it couldn’t have been a great dessert that was pumpkin. Trust me, you’d need to have seen it to fully understand, but there’s no way the dessert could have been great.

So all said and done, let’s have a moment of silence for the Great Pumpkin.

…

Thank you. I hope you have a happy Tuesday, despite this hardship.

Kumquats

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Monday!

So, I have recently rediscovered Kumquats.

They’re weird.

Really weird.

Basically, they are an “opposite fruit.” So, they’re a type of citrus.

Odd indeed!

But they’re unlike any other type of citrus in existence. For example, they’re sortof grape shaped. Like, the big purple grapes.

But they have citrus seeds. (Unless you’re thinking of seedless oranges. Kumquat seeds are big. Especially relative to their size.)

But here’s the weird part. Whereas the skin of normal citrus is the bitterest, disgustingest part of the fruit, the skin of the kumquat provides the sweetness and the flavor. The fruit is actually very sour- slightly reminiscent of a combination of an unripe tangerine, an unripe orange, and a lemon.

But if you just pop one in your mouth, the flavor combination is fantastic. The sweet of the skin balances out the fruit.

If you have the opportunity, you should totally try one. Or twelve. They’re great.

Anywho, happy Monday! I hope your week goes great!

A Rant About Doll-Hair

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Ok, Fluffsters, this is not fair.

Fluffy, that’s your cue to ask “what’s not fair”?

I know that’s what you think. I ignored it.

A world class melodramatic actress skipped a cue?

This isn’t an actual play.

Ok, fair enough.

But yes. Doll’s hair is so not fair.

Especially the Kirsten, the American Girl Doll’s, hair.

It looks perfect. It looks nice and gold and like real hair. And it looks like something where you can try new styles on it, before trying it on your own hair. Or on hair of someone who might actually hurt if you pull too hard.

And instead? It’s THE WORST HAIR TO PLAY WITH. It feels greasy. And it tangles like no other. Seriously, I have curly hair. It tangles. I need to wear it in braids before I go to bed or else it all becomes one giant knot.

Compared with this doll’s hair, though? It’s so easy to work with.

And that, Fluffsters, is just not fair.

But how’s your life going?

I hope you have a happy Sunday!

Find Something to Write About

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Saturday!

Saturdays are wonderful days. You actually have time to do stuff that you enjoy.

I know that for some, enjoyable things can be, like, writing. However, one of the problems with writing is that it’s sometimes hard to figure out what to write about.

(Believe me, I know. I run into it all the time with this blog.)

Well, never fear! For I am here to help you! Here are some:

Ways to Find something to write about.

1) Ask the Google. It’s really easy, and sometimes it even helps!

2) Look to real life experience. I know, that sounds really cheesy. And if you’re looking for something to write about, it sorta indicates that you’re out of ideas, which probably includes looking to real life experience. So, maybe nix that idea.

2) Start keeping a journal or notebook of ideas.

Wait… You just repeated 2 on your list.

No, I didn’t. I struck the first from the list, remember?

But as I was saying:

This mostly only somewhat helps in the long run. But when you have an idea, write it down. And then, you can look back at it. (And then laugh… Depending on how many years it takes you to look back.)

One of the biggest problems with this methodology, besides it taking a long time, is that notebooks (and even files on computers) are so easily lost.

3) Find a nice idea generator. I personally love Seventh Sanctum. They have a number of story generators that actually can actually be quite amusing. For example, the “Envisioner” generator gave me this gem: “The story of Jason and the Argonauts being about a group of barbers.”

Given that Jason and the Argonauts were on a quest to find the golden fleece, that actually sort of fits.

So, fluffsters, happy Writing! (or whatever your weekend may have in store for you.)

Ways to Find something to write about.

Things to do when your computer’s almost dead.