Alec

@dreamsofpdx

Stuck in the Midwest. Website wrangler for Seanan McGuire. Owner of Caledonian Braves. No AI. 🏳️‍⚧️ He/They See pinned post for more info, or find me elsewhere online via Do NOT add me to Starter Packs without my permission.

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Alec@dreamsofpdx· 26d

Here’s your boy. I’ll toss more up later.

Simon, an orange tabby cat curled up asleep on an old pink towel that serves as a cat bed for a deep ledge kitchen window.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· 26d

Really?! In the 87th minute?! #USLLeagueOne and @espn.com do better. #FMFC #MADvRIC

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Alec@dreamsofpdx· Jul 3

Grabbing a late (for me) lunch on my day off. It’s so nice when the tiny local spot is busy.

A round blue sticker on a grey table. A white circle goes around the circumference with three stripes (red,yellow,green) across the diameter. Above the stripes is Zippy Lube, below is Coffee - Donuts - Fried Chicken. All text is white.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Jun 19

When you’re not super hungry, grazing on a cheese tray makes a good lunch.

Packaged cheese tray of sliced cheese.
Bella Rosa. Rand Crafter’s Choice premium cheese selection. Mild cheddar, Dutch Gouda, creamy havarti, German Swiss.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Jun 11

Essek looked adorable napping on his towel this morning.

Essek, a grey tabby cat, lays sleeping on a white and striped towel that is folded on the wooden ledge of a bow window. His face is toward the camera.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· May 14

But they're bringing the Jamie Lloyd production of Much Ado About Nothing to Broadway with both Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell reprising their roles! I am officially going to see my first show on Broadway! I just booked my ticket for a matinee. And it's ON MY BIRTHDAY!

Promotional poster for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing directed by Jamie Lloyd. Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell's faces are seen against a backdrop of a bright pink (top) to black (bottom) gradient and rainbow disco lights.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Mar 13

I *finally* received my pre-order. Two months after release.

The vinyl and CD versions of Richard Marx’s After Hours album.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Feb 26

I hung my second rack. I've done a complete re-org of the wooden shelf and the wall racks. All Chessex sets are boxed and on the racks (exception, 2 mini sets in single box in lower right). I still need to print labels for a bunch, but they’re up there. Cont.

On the left, two clear plastic nail polish racks full of a spectrum of polyhedral dice hang on the wall. The top row has sets in lab tube style storage, while the remainder are in standard plastic dice boxes. The top row and bottom row have a small amount of open space remaining.
On the right is a small wooden shelving unit with three shelves of polyhedral dice. The bottom shelf has clear plastic tubes, the center shelf has a mixture of black Dispel Dice boxes and some dice tubes in multiple colours. The top shelf is full of black Dispel Dice boxes. The top of the shelving unit serves as an additional shelf which has more clear plastic tubes of dice.
A shelf of pop vinyl figures can be seen half out of the top of the frame, a fake plant is coming in from the lower left, and the upper left as a blue and while plastic 'ball' light.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Feb 21

Please DM me here or on Discord if you'd like to coordinate sale/trade/etc. I am limited to US shipping.

Screenshot of an excel spreadsheet.
Full text of spreadsheet is below, but it may not read well as columns don't translate the best to Alt Text.
CHX # Collection Colour Qty Sale/Trade Qty Need
38001 Borealis Umbral/grey
38002 Festive Pinata/pink
38003 Phantom Grey/orange
38004 Vortex Ambrosia/white 2
38005 Marble Grey/orange 1
38006 Lustrous Lilac/white 1
38007 Lustrous Meadow/white
38009 ?? Heliotrope/pink 1
38010 Vortex Cavern/copper 1
38011 Festive Feldspar/white 1
38012 Festive Surf/black 1
38013 Borealis Vapor/white 1*
38014 Gemini Neon Green-Pink/white
38015 Cirrus Sandstorm/white
38016 Marble Forest/gold 1
38017 Vortex Allium/dark purple
38018 Vortex Clover/copper 1
38019 Vortex Daffodil/orange
38020 Vortex Highlight Yellow/black 1
38021 Vortex Periwinkle/purple 1
38022 Borealis Rose Gold/white 1
38023 Frosted Waterlily/white 1
38024 Frosted Wisteria/white 1
38025 Frosted Neon Orange/white 1
38026 Frosted Bright Green/black 1
38027 Gemini Dark Green-Salmon/white 1
38028 Lustrous Grove/copper 1
38029 Nebula Amaranthine/white 3
38030 Lustrous Labradorite/white 1
38031 Starry Night/gold 1
38032 Festive Neverending/gold 1
*I own this set, but I have a friend looking for it. Can coordinate direct sale.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Feb 17

Seattle, it’s been an adventure, until next time.

A photo of Seattle Sea-Tac airport out the window of the Delta terminal. Planes, jet bridges, misc vehicles can be seen. The sun is shining through puffy white clouds against a blue sky and dark clouds are creeping in from the left side of the photo.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Feb 10

Essek got scared earlier (a friend came over and there was Stranger Danger) and burrowed under the covers on my bed to hide. That was like 4 hours ago. The little goober has since just stretched out and napped there all afternoon. This was my wellness check.

Most of a grey tabby cat’s face and one ear is visible. He is laying on grey sheets with a dark grey duvet being lifted off of him. The rest of his body is not visible.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Feb 6

Reposting with Alt Text.

A screenshot showing Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and the text:
Donald Trump had the racist, bigoted audacity to post an AI-generated video depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes.

Most of us already know who Donald Trump is. We already know there are no bounds to how low he's willing to go. We know that he has no moral compass. We know that he is a disgrace. So while his behavior is not shocking, it is certainly disgusting and disturbing.

But when will it be enough for those who continue to stand beside him? When will Republicans in Congress condemn his behavior? Your silence is complicity - and it is very loud.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Feb 5

Here are the two identified sets, and the third unidentified set.

Two clear acrylic dice boxes with paper inserts.
Left: Chessex paper insert identifying CHX LE538. Red, 7 - Raw Transparent polyhedral dice set
Right: Chessex paper insert identifying CHX LE540. Purple, 7 - Raw Transparent polyhedral dice set

Two clear acrylic dice boxes with polyhedral dice. Left side has a red set, right side has a purple set.

A clear plastic tube with white “glow” polyhedral dice in normal light. These are raw and unpainted so numbers are not easily visible in the image.

A clear plastic tube with white “glow” polyhedral dice with a UV light shining on them making them glow green. These are raw and unpainted so numbers are not easily visible in the image.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Feb 3

Who said it? You decide. 😁 Simon Lorden (from Seanan McGuire's OCTOBER DAYE series) or Simon, the cat (named after the book character): "My brother smells weird and I’m afraid to walk past him."

Essek, a grey tabby cat, lays sprawled in a hallway. Simon, an orange tabby, is on guard and creeping nearby.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Jan 24

Did some recent reorg of this particular rack of dice & finished labeling some newer sets. The only unlabeled sets are two sets that likely don't have a name as they are only available in the Chessex Pound-of-Dice, & some custom Star Trek dice @arielleishere.bsky.social made for me (bottom right).

A clear nail polish rack on a white wall holding 78 sets of polyhedral dice in a spectrum of colours. The top shelf of the rack has test-tube shaped bottles while the other 5 shelves have rectangular boxes.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Jan 23

Tell me your pet's name in a gif (part 3) No gif for this one, this'll have to do.

Cover art for Seanan McGuire's BE THE SERPENT (Book 16 of the October Daye series). October, a woman with brown hair and pointy ears wearing black jeans and a black leather jacket with brown elbow patches holds a sword and stands in a protective stance in front of Simon, a man with red hair and pointy ears who lays unconscious in a green cloak with an arrow shaft sticking out of his left shoulder.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Dec 23

Look at how happy he is!

A close up of the Themverchaud Wyrmling WizKids exclusive miniature on a pale green background.

A small, fat, happy red dragon with a gold belly. His arms, wings, and jaws spread wide. He appears to be sitting on his behind with his back legs out, a bit like an excited toddler.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Dec 17

One thing I wish I could change is the size of these buttons. When using the Bookmarks Bar, that area gets a little cluttered and having the buttons be so small is causing me to mis-click a bit. Even a 25% size increase would probably fix it for me.

A small screenshot of the buttons (sidebar, back, forward, refresh) in the Waterfox browser in dark mode.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Dec 3

Yes! My @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social Advent calendars arrived! Promptly opened the first three days of the Christmas themed calendar. The others will be opened across Jan and Feb.

Three Black Oak Workshop Advent-ure Calendars (17, 18, 19) stacked and fanned on top of a blue mat. The top calendar has a dark green background and a large illustration of an indoor holiday scene with many cats.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Nov 27

I have now gone through ALL my @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social dice. Here are the other dice I mentioned earlier in the thread, and a pair of d6 shaped d2s that seem to match the Quantum Kitty Clacks set, but I’m unsure if they have a name.

Five misc polyhedral dice on a pale green backdrop.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Nov 27

ID’d two of them. Rolling Bones (black), 006 (gun).

10 misc polyhedral dice on a pale green backdrop. Two have been X’d out in red.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Nov 27

Here’s what I haven’t been able to identify. I’ve been calling the top d10 “Anubis” as I have a single d20 that I picked up at Gamehole Con, but now I’m second guessing myself.

10 misc polyhedral dice on a pale green backdrop.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Nov 18

Paw print pendants made by @punklenix.bsky.social for each of my cats! I don’t know what I’m gonna do with them yet, but they turned out great. Check out his shop and buy some stuff! ko-fi.com/mcetching/shop

Three glass round-ish glass pendants with a jump ring through the top. All three have paw prints etched and inked. L-R dark grey glass, black ink. White glass, pink ink. Orange glass, reddish ink.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Oct 27

I just sleeved all of @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social’s DEAR PENPAL, BELGIUM 1980 and put it in a binder. No risk of losing any of the letters this way, and super handy for re-reading. (I may eventually add the stickers to my stash if they get annoying in the sleeves with the colouring pages.

The binder open to the colouring page from Letter 1 (left side) and page 1 of Letter 2 (right side, green paper). Some colourful stickers are also loosely in the sleeve with the colouring page.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Oct 20

I’ve managed to get the annual @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social die each of the last 4 years!

A close up of four d6 (six sided) dice.
A green pearlescent with gold ink showing the 1 side with text Black Oak 2022.
A purple and white swirl with white ink showing the 1 side with text Black Oak 2023.
A dark blue and black with silver ink showing the 1 side with text Black Oak 2024.
A yellow and red swirl with black ink showing the 1 side with text Black Oak 2025.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Oct 20

Gamehole Con loot photo. This one was dice heavy (yay) because Chessex dropped blind boxes (little mimics in the back) and both @roll4initiative.bsky.social and @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social had scoops available.

A computer chair with the seat filled with geeky items including a playmat, mousepad, lots of dice, Magic cards, stickers, post cards, and a stress ball. Con badge is hanging down into the photo from top of frame.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Oct 13

From my Seattle trip in August.

The Cascade mountain range with Mount St. Helens in the background. Layers of forest and mountains from dark green in the foreground to pale blue/grey in the distance. Photo taken from a plane approaching SeaTac Airport.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Sep 25

Something small and nice.

An orange tabby cat sleeps curled on the top of a two level cat tower placed next to a desk. One paw with pinkish toe beans is sticking out past his tail.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Sep 15

And this is why I keep everything! I didn't even think to search my emails first. LOL. Here's a much better quality version for anyone that cares.

Same image as before, just in much better quality.
art by Becca Farrow of Alec, a white male with brown hair in a grey tshirt with a white d20. the background is pale green with white polyhedral dice scattered about.

Alec@dreamsofpdx· Sep 15

Happy Birthday @rfarrowster.bsky.social! I think it might be time for me to commission an updated photo. It's been a while since you did this one. Hope you had a fantastic day!