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Afton
@aftonsteps.bsky.social
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Interplanetary time-traveler only visiting Earth for a little while, so let's dance?

they/them

pfp: my face (short curly brown hair, blue eyes, glasses, lip ring) with trees behind

banner: empty dance studio
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aftonsteps.bsky.social
Time (isn’t real), planner decorating, etc.
A weekly planner decorated with gold washi tap horizontally, a butterfly in the lower right and upper left corners, and a poppy across the seam.
March 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
This week’s planner (time isn’t real)
A weekly planner decorated with black geometric tape and cactus, leaf, and yellow butterfly stickers at the bottom,, and a red flower and two cat stickers at the top.
March 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Second week of “January”
A Hobonichi weekly planner with, on the left: weekly boxes with pink highlighted month, two circle goal dots in each weekly box, a special decorative box on Friday, cookie stickers scattered throughout, and a butterfly, leaf, and ribcage sticker at the bottom; on the right: large plant stickers, five pink computers around a pentagram, handwritten “tasks” with three boxes, and another leaf, butterfly , and ant sticker at the bottom.
January 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Weekly planner 12-23
A two-page one week in a Hobonichi weeks planner. The left is highlighted in pink with two pink box stickers on Tuesday and Friday, and there are sparkly star and skeleton stickers. The righty has a stationary sticker in green, two celestial cats, a pink hand holding coffee, gold vertical washi tap, film ticket horizontal washi tape, and more sparkly stars. The re is a handwritten section on the right that says “Tasks” with three check boxes and no text yet to follow.
December 23, 2024 at 9:19 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Late-posting from a show with the Honeysuckle Possums back in June 🙃
December 6, 2024 at 6:06 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Late-posting but I taught a workshop for the first time in October and it was a really good experience (hope I did a good!)
Me, with one foot in the air, on a wooden board on the grass. There are musicians seated behind me and people standing on boards in front. Me, making a peace sign next to several boards, behind a sign that says “flatfoot dancing.” Me, at twilight, on a board on top of dirt. Behind is a trailer and musicians seated in camping chairs holding banjos and guitars.
November 23, 2024 at 9:01 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
First tattoo :)
A person with curly brown hair and glasses (me) lying on a table and smiling. I have a purple star tattoo on my chest.
November 22, 2024 at 1:22 AM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
This week’s weekly spread #journaling
A weekly calendar for the week of November 18. There is pink and green floral washi tape alone each side border. At the bottom and across a jagged line at the top, there is think wallpaper print pink washi tape. In the lower is a pressed purple cattail. In the middle is a pressed red leaf that is a diy sticker made from packing tape. Above the leaf is a pink butterfly sticker and below it is a green beetle sticker. Pink marker highlights each day of the week, and each day also has two small circle stickers inside it. The planner is sitting on a gray wooden background.
November 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
(DIY stickers)
Hand-made stickers (two red leaves and a piece of paper reading “Pam’s Coffy”) next to an open weekly planner with stickers decorating it. The planner has one red leaf, a pink drawn butterfly, a green drawn beetle, and green and pink washi tape. All of the items are on top of a blue desk mat with botanical card and astrological sign illustrations on it.
November 18, 2024 at 6:56 AM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Posing for sketches by @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social
A drawing of a nude person lying on their stomach holding a book. They have curly hair in a ponytail and knees bent with ankles crossed. A drawing of a nude person lying on their stomach. They have wavy hair and glasses and are sleeping in a pillow. Their legs are bent and ankles crossed.
November 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Hi
A brown tabby cat with large green eyes looking up at the camera
November 9, 2024 at 8:41 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
More "weekly" planner nonsense
A two-page weekly planner spread covered in stickers. There are (top to bottom) a blue horizontal washi tape strip, a disco ball at left and a record with stars at right, a "We Love Silverlake" sticker with a sun over a lake, an old-fashioned tattoo-style figure surrounded by a snake at left, breadsticks at left, a photograph of a tower at right, two butterflies and a journal at right, two more horizontal washi tape strips in orange and yellow, a cactus and orange flower over a broken skateboard at left, a carrot and butterfly over a sticker that reads "Idyllwild Pure Bean Coffee Roasters" at right, washi tap in a blue sky print, washi tape in a muted peach, and two more horizontal strips in yellow and orange.
August 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Planner for the "week" because time isn't real
A weekly calendar two-page spread completely covered in stickers. There are two branches at each side. The interior is covered in green leaves, green and gray dots, succulents, coffee cups, and several coffee shop stickers including Camp Horror Vibes Coffee, Unincorporated Coffee: Sexy Fresh Served, Mandarin, Loop Espresso Club, and Alcove. There is also a green bat and a green winged pocket pet video game across the center.
August 5, 2024 at 3:07 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Have once again covered my planner with stickers because time isn’t real
A two-page weekly planner spread covered with stickers. Black floral washi tape covered each edge. There are vertical stripes of graph paper and blue alphabet washi tapes. A large black sticker in the middle reads “crumb and whiskers.” Next to it one reads “San Diego public library.” Beneath that is a tentacle monster and a two-headed dog. Scattered over the page are rows of rainbow macarons, succulents, and blue roses.
July 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Another week of covering my planner with so many stickers it becomes unusable as a planner ✨ This is acceptable because time isn't real.
A monthly August calendar covered with a rainbow cannabis sticker reading "CANNATRUST," stickers of rainbow dots, a cat, a crab, and a pink gradient infinity sign, and a lava lamp sticker that has actual glitter that moves up and down. A July weekly calendar (actual dates covered with stickers). There is floral washi tape at the edges, a night sky sticker reading "HOWLS," a moth, a blue flower, a branch, four succulents, an infinity sign, and a scene of a campground that says "WYLD" on it.
July 22, 2024 at 4:06 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
It's the full moon and new things are up in fullmoon.market 🌕✨ Two new soaps, a tank top, and a t-shirt.
A black dish on a white-and-black speckled countertop. There is a round soap in the dish which is semi-transparent and speckled with purple glitter. There are two crystals on the countertop around the dish. A person (Afton, me) looking directly at the camera. I have brown curly hair, blue eyes, and glasses. I'm wearing a crop-top tank top which features images of license plates that say "HUMAN ARTIST." There are trees and a stucco wall behind me.
July 21, 2024 at 6:55 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
New adventure in art and engineering: custom graphics for a laptop pinball machine 🚗💨 Happy birthday @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social ❤️
A laptop pinball machine, opened up, with a printed graphic collage of Russ Meyer posters on top A laptop pinball machine with graphics from Faster Pussy Cat Kill! Kill! A tabby cat sits with a paw on the pinball machine and looks at the camera. A person seated on a box (me) handing a purple laptop pinball machine to a person seated on the ground (Mitch.) In the background there is a wall with colorful art and a bookcase with books, sheet music, a plant, and a rainbow plushie.
July 15, 2024 at 4:39 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
✨ Might be making cute mosquito-repellant bracelets ✨
A blue and star-patterned mat with coil bracelets on top. The coil bracelets are black, pink, cream, purple, and green, and they each have a gold ring on them with a matching clay bead and a matching flower charm.
July 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Okay we’re back to Sunday nonsense (streaming). Congrats on winning at Roller Coaster Tycoon, @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social
Mitch Lopes da Silva making a peace sign and smiling in front of a computer showing Roller Coaster Tycoon. There is a microphone and coffee on the desk.
July 8, 2024 at 7:21 AM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Hi, I’m rainbows
A selfie in a mirror of me. I’m holding my phone close so my hands are in full light. The rest of me is farther back in partial shadow. There is a lens flare causing several rainbows to criss-cross over the image.
July 2, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Two pairs of feet on sidewalk, one in slip-ons and the other in boots, both wearing black pants. Above the feet on the sidewalk is chalk writing that reads "I love u for being u" with a smiley face.
June 21, 2024 at 5:13 AM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
🌕 It's the full moon tonight, so we have new items in stock at Full Moon Market! 🌕

This moon, it's a new clover-scented soap and three sticker designs 🐱

www.fullmoon.market
Two sheets of stickers showing a close-up image of a tabby cat's face. A countertop and a black dish holding a green square bar of soap. A sheet of stickers of a witch hat with text reading "code witch" A sheet of stickers of a cartoon tabby cat wearing a witch hat with text "code witch"
April 24, 2024 at 12:34 AM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
New soap in the shop 🧼 It smells like PINE TREE.

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A deep green bar of soap resting on a wooden soap holder. In the background, out of focus, is another bar of soap.
February 25, 2024 at 9:14 PM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
Made some graphs of @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social's writing submissions %'s from 2023 for him, and I thought I'd make the code available in case anyone was interested.

www.stepsandspells.com
A bar chart with black background, white and red text, and gray and red stacked bars. The overall title reads: M. Lopes da Silva. The subtitle reads: Writing Submissions and Acceptances. The x axis reads: Month (with tick labels for each calendar month). The y label reads: Submissions (with ticks for 0, 5, and 10). The data for each month is: January, 10 submissions, 10% acceptance; February, 5 and 20%; March, 2 and 100%; April, 7 and 0%; May, 2 and 33%; June, 2 and 50%; July, 5 and 20%; August, 10 and 10%; September, 5 and 20%; October, 0 and 0%; November, 2 and 50%; December, 4 and 50%. A pie chart with black background, white and red text, and gray and red pie slices. The overall title reads: M. Lopes da Silva. The subtitle reads: 2023 Writing Submissions. The pie chart shows majority gray and minority red. The legend has a red box which reads: acceptances (12) and a gray box which reads: rejections (43).
February 21, 2024 at 1:15 AM
aftonsteps.bsky.social
This is very bad
A screenshot excerpt of a new article which reads "Since then, Axon has announced a push to expand its bodycam business into civilian settings. Last week, Axon announced a new line of cameras called Axon Body Workforce designed to be worn by workers in retail and in healthcare."
February 1, 2024 at 9:49 PM