Kathleen Jacques

like, of course, meeting someone in a professional or fan setting is a different thing than knowing them socially. but, anecdotally, the people who make the coolest shit have been Cool, in the good way. like genuine enthusiasm for creating. the world is full of this heart & energy, big & small scale

ha ha, side note: last week I had a dream where somehow I got to briefly meet Toby Fox at some event and tell him I love his work, and he was like very gracious & kind. And that's generally been my real experience getting to meet creators whose stuff I admire so much that it's a little intimidating

... getting to the cyber world in chapter 2, the music starts, and I Just Really Love This. I love that people really cared about making this, and I love making things too. I love seeing this again, and I have so many old friends I'd love to see again too, walking under the fireworks with our faces

This might sound silly, but playing Deltarune this spring gave me this feeling of...joy...that I realized I haven't fully had in ages. that feeling that feels like stars shining. like, specifically...

serious moment: I've spent the past four years gradually getting pieces of my life back after losing a lot of ability, and besides physical limitations I've been in brain hell about it. so. feels great that I got really into putting together a goofy Halloween costume! that's 100% the old me spirit

You can definitely buy these pre-made on Etsy for this specific costume! But I looked at that and thought… no. no, I must stay true to my weird little code of Halloween Honor about making my own stuff whenever possible

…have 2 “Dealmaker” in my inventory, obviously, greatly increasing my defense and magic

two pairs of glasses with one pink lens and one yellow lens

in conclusion, this halloween: I bought pink glasses And yellow glasses to make this, so, uh. The hell am I gonna do with two pairs of these?

this one’s so all-time good, like I cannot imagine anyone doing a better Lammy!

honestly, 70s Elton John is an IDEA. filing that away for the future

update, the list of people’s guesses about my halloween costume today is so funny and good. Twin Peaks, Persona, Someone From Anime, Someone From The 70s, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Elton John

ha ha, almost nobody i’m encountering in real life knows what this is, but someone just recognized it instantly, Halloween Accomplished*

(* but really, the main thing for me is doing costumes that look fun & intentional regardless of whether people are familiar with it as something specific!)

full length mirror photo: pink and yellow glasses, mask, black suit, white shirt, [$14.99 Thift Store MensShoes]

here’s the full outfit! i wear n95 masks in public, which is like honestly pretty creepy-puppet-face adjacent

a woman dressed as Spamton G. Spamton from the video game Deltarune. Glasses with pink and yellow lenses, white shirt, black suit jacket, little bit of creepy-puppet-face makeup. blue background with crummy fake sun and clouds, like his little shop in the trash alley

Selfie with my arm on a TV that’s displaying a whimsical “TV Time” logo, with intentionally ms-painty handwritten text on the photo that says “me and the ex”. Spamton’s former partner Mr. Tenna is a TV host and also literally a TV. it’s a whole thing. this should really be a retro CRT, but I don’t have one right now, so let’s say this tv is dressed as that for halloween

* HEY EVERY BUDDY! IT’S YOUR [Number One Rated Salesman1997!]

* I USED TO BE A [Big Shot], AND NOW I’M A [$4.99 Halloween Costume] FOR [Some Lesbian?!?]

(happy halloween, I’m Deltarune Spamton!)

Hell yeah they are

Not odd at all! While it's not something I was consciously thinking about when I created the characters, I have thought many times over the years... yeah, it'd be very possible to read the whole comic and think there aren't many people at all here who seem definitely neurotypical

…hell yeah, tried it on at home layered with the other pieces and I think boy shirt junior is gonna be just right for what I want. not sure if I’ll even be doing halloween plans besides taking a few photos and looking whimsical at work, but this’ll be fun

if this was an item I expected to re-wear often, of course I’d seek out something Actually Nice from a brand that does right by physically small professional masculine dressers (adult). but…not so much, so here we are.

oh man, I wanted something inexpensive that looks like a men’s business suit dress shirt for halloween, and the only thing that wasn’t way too big on me was for kids. little boy church shirt. bart simpson miserable with his hair combed core

I think about the Night In The Woods constellations pretty often. really good, really iconic and evocative

anyway

a slightly different looking bus pulled up to my stop, and my first thought was "imagine that took me to hell"

Happy birthday!!

Oh hey, nice - it makes me happy to hear that people are still discovering it and getting into it!

a white cat hanging out underneath a blanket on the couch

blanket fort baby

me getting this comfy chair a while back: ah, great, looks big enough for me AND both cats
both cats: immediately had a different idea

a black cat and a white cat curled up together in a gold armchair with a blanket, looking extremely cozy

a black cat and a white cat curled up together in a gold armchair with a blanket, looking extremely cozy. the white cat looks at the camera

(nature documentary) and by October, the house cats are ready to hibernate in their Nest

oh, yeah - I just got a couple of retro consoles running again, And I can’t get enough UFO 50. we have people roughly our generation making incredible new stuff with those influences & it would feel bizarre to me not to seek it out, especially since this too is a moment in time that isn’t forever?

genuinely, my silly first instinct when I see a vase prominently on display without flowers or anything in it is like…oh, I see, a setup for a bit where that’ll be shattered in a slapstick manner and someone is furious because it was Priceless