1. This weekend is all the time I’ll have to throw together my steampunk Amelia Earhart costume. Good thing I have some accessories coming together–with some help from my dad, who made the big prop at top (!) and contributed an old pilot’s wings pin :

IMG_1173(Yes, steampunk pictures require ALL the vintage photo filters.)

2. This quote has been on my mind lately (see project above):

I calculated the odds of this succeeding vs the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid, and …I went ahead anyway.
— Crow T. Robot, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie