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its been a good long while since my last actual update here, so here i am. prepare for a long rant!! lol
not many things have been going on in my little neck of the woods (isnt that a funny expression? lol). just work on my several dozen projects that i have going on. my wheellock has hit another snag this week. one of the parts that helps to hold the spindle that turns the wheel doesnt want to go together. its made up of three bits (and called the bridle) that have to be brazed or welded together. and so far niether of those methods work, lol. brazing is a way of connecting metal parts together with the use of a softer metal (usually brass) to fuse the bits together. welding actually melts the metal parts together making them one. so far the brazing just snaps off, and the welding pretty much melted the parts. so after some talking with keith (the instructor) he planted the idea to forge the part. that means making the part from one solid peice of metal. and after some thought on the subject and time with the busted bridle, i think i came up with a plan to forge it up. i drew up the plan on some stock, and will be cutting and filing it out in the next few days. then hopefully bending and forging it out next week, then i can finally move foward again on the project! everyone i know (including myself) wants to see this thing finished and also fire it. which i can understand, its not everyday that anyone makes a wheellock. they went "obsolete" over 300 years ago and very few people (possibly no more than a dozen people worldwide) even make them anymore. after some extensive searching on the web, i have found only 1 place that sells a kit, and only 1 person that makes them. the kit is a crappy zinc casting, and the guy doesnt make alot of them. i dont know if he even makes them anymore, i found the site several months ago and havent been able to find it since. so if i get into making these things for a living i can make some good cash.
still on the subject (i needed a paragraph break), ron ehlert, a major flintlock and german jager (pronounced: yay-ger; means hunter in german) rifle maker, came here to teach some classes over the summer has only held about 3 or 4 wheellocks and fired only one. and he's been in the business of rifle making for about 30 or 40 years! so i just need to keep at it and i can make some serious cash (wait, i just said that, lol)
other projects that are done: i finished my powder horn for my muzzleloaders yesterday! i finished scriming it and colored it so it looks like its been around and used for about 300 years. i love it! now all i need to do is craft a strap for it so i can carry it and make a small chain to hold the nozzle plug so i dont loose it. and that kinda reminds me, i need to get painting again. i havent done that in months, possibly a year. i still have several half and nearly-done figures sitting on my painting table. just so many other things going on, plus my chair for it is usually covered in something and my table itself is being used for other projects. but now that the horn is complete, i can clean it off and get painting again, which whould be very nice. but with several distractions going on with class and people on AIM its difficult to feel the urge to paint and get the time to do so.
elsewhere in my life, geuss who's no longer single? yup, me! lol. for some that have pryed in my life a tad, no its not penni. we were never really serious, and after some talking today found out that we have actually very little in common. but we're still close friends, just not that close anymore, lol. so anyway, my new g/f's name is varina, and she's a born and raised country girl from a little ways outside of trinidad. but you wouldnt realize it from looking at her, she looks more like (as i described it) a suburbian girl from my corner of the world. she's kinda punk-ish wearing light eyeliner, hot topic shirts, band hoodies and converses, with naturally raven hair she usually keeps pulled and held down with berrettes and ends slightly above her shoulders. shes a healthy build and she comes up to my eyes or mid-way up the bridge of my nose (perfect size for cuddling, teehee), and has beautiful hazel eyes and a very lovely smile. infact, when i first saw her, her lips were the first thing i noticed about her. we met spring semester when i took my creative writing class. back then i kinda had a suspicion that she liked me; i would look back at her and catch her looking at me and then she would dart her eyes down to her work, lol. but then after class she would always walk with this one other guy from the class. the other day i politely asked her about him and she said he was strange and wasnt much more than friends. so that was pretty conforting, he was pretty odd, lol.
(paragraph break! lol) after the semester was over i figured she left the school and almost abandoned hope of ever finding this girl again. after much of the summer had passed, i found her on myspace! i friended her and a day or two later she messaged me and we were chatting back and forth for a few weeks on myspace catching up and toying with the idea of getting together sometime. and then i get this one message out of the blue from her that sez: "i'm yours... *wink,wink*". of course, im liking this and message back. and this goes on for a bit. during this time, im between computers, so im going over to the library to check my emails and such. im over there one day and from behind me i get a playful poke in my side. i wasnt expecting to run into anyone and thought it was penni. i turn around and it was varina! all smiles, too, lol. she was picking up her brother so we chatted for a while while he was finishing something. we exchanged numbers and continued chatting until her brother was ready to go and they left. i answered a message she sent me on myspace, checked the rest of my mail and then went back to the dorm. the next day i do the same and find a message from varina saying how much she liked seeing me again and hope we can do it again later.
later that week (a day or two later) i called her and asked if she would like to come by watch a movie or something. we finally were able to get together that weekend and watched "v for vendetta". which is a GREAT movie!! so we cuddle and she just snuggles up closely and tightly in my arms... hold on ::stares dreamily into nothing:: ok, that was good. lol, just a bit of reminiscing there. and then about a minute and some before the end of the movie, i get a knock on the door. i get up, open the door and am greeted by my friend justin in a great helm, shoulder armour and bearing a sword, lol. i jump a bit, 'cause im not expecting that!!!never!!! ...at least in this age, anyway. then a bunch of other people come around the door to see my reaction. justin notices varina and sez "oh, you have company". i turn to her and say "varina, these are my friends", laughing the whole time, lol. after that we hear that they're going out for some grub and they invite us along. there's about 7 of us total that went out, and we have a great time. jokes going, talk about guns, ammo and projects, where home is, friends back home, and so on. and the cool thing was varina was in on the whole thing, liking my group of friends much more than her group, lol. her group is all student gov and aspiring writers, and just talk politics and the like. so we were pretty damn entertaining talking about guns and shooting things, which she does every now and again. so we all had a great time and then we went back to the dorm and she went home.
its kinda wierd, actually. i dont know if anyone here beleives in psycic powers and e.s.p., but i get this feeling of pure, clean, white energy from her. something i havent felt in a long time, and a wonderful feeling it is. it just feels fresh and really good, ya know? i just have a really good feeling about her. oh, and penni does know about me and varina. i talked to her about it this afternoon and she's good with it. especially since we werent really together to start with. plus she's got a guy looking at her too down in raton. so its good for the both of us :)
and now it got pretty late and im heading to bed. im tired and i have to get up again tomorow morning. hopefully i can find varina in the afternoon and do something together. which would be nice.
well, im off! good night!
not many things have been going on in my little neck of the woods (isnt that a funny expression? lol). just work on my several dozen projects that i have going on. my wheellock has hit another snag this week. one of the parts that helps to hold the spindle that turns the wheel doesnt want to go together. its made up of three bits (and called the bridle) that have to be brazed or welded together. and so far niether of those methods work, lol. brazing is a way of connecting metal parts together with the use of a softer metal (usually brass) to fuse the bits together. welding actually melts the metal parts together making them one. so far the brazing just snaps off, and the welding pretty much melted the parts. so after some talking with keith (the instructor) he planted the idea to forge the part. that means making the part from one solid peice of metal. and after some thought on the subject and time with the busted bridle, i think i came up with a plan to forge it up. i drew up the plan on some stock, and will be cutting and filing it out in the next few days. then hopefully bending and forging it out next week, then i can finally move foward again on the project! everyone i know (including myself) wants to see this thing finished and also fire it. which i can understand, its not everyday that anyone makes a wheellock. they went "obsolete" over 300 years ago and very few people (possibly no more than a dozen people worldwide) even make them anymore. after some extensive searching on the web, i have found only 1 place that sells a kit, and only 1 person that makes them. the kit is a crappy zinc casting, and the guy doesnt make alot of them. i dont know if he even makes them anymore, i found the site several months ago and havent been able to find it since. so if i get into making these things for a living i can make some good cash.
still on the subject (i needed a paragraph break), ron ehlert, a major flintlock and german jager (pronounced: yay-ger; means hunter in german) rifle maker, came here to teach some classes over the summer has only held about 3 or 4 wheellocks and fired only one. and he's been in the business of rifle making for about 30 or 40 years! so i just need to keep at it and i can make some serious cash (wait, i just said that, lol)
other projects that are done: i finished my powder horn for my muzzleloaders yesterday! i finished scriming it and colored it so it looks like its been around and used for about 300 years. i love it! now all i need to do is craft a strap for it so i can carry it and make a small chain to hold the nozzle plug so i dont loose it. and that kinda reminds me, i need to get painting again. i havent done that in months, possibly a year. i still have several half and nearly-done figures sitting on my painting table. just so many other things going on, plus my chair for it is usually covered in something and my table itself is being used for other projects. but now that the horn is complete, i can clean it off and get painting again, which whould be very nice. but with several distractions going on with class and people on AIM its difficult to feel the urge to paint and get the time to do so.
elsewhere in my life, geuss who's no longer single? yup, me! lol. for some that have pryed in my life a tad, no its not penni. we were never really serious, and after some talking today found out that we have actually very little in common. but we're still close friends, just not that close anymore, lol. so anyway, my new g/f's name is varina, and she's a born and raised country girl from a little ways outside of trinidad. but you wouldnt realize it from looking at her, she looks more like (as i described it) a suburbian girl from my corner of the world. she's kinda punk-ish wearing light eyeliner, hot topic shirts, band hoodies and converses, with naturally raven hair she usually keeps pulled and held down with berrettes and ends slightly above her shoulders. shes a healthy build and she comes up to my eyes or mid-way up the bridge of my nose (perfect size for cuddling, teehee), and has beautiful hazel eyes and a very lovely smile. infact, when i first saw her, her lips were the first thing i noticed about her. we met spring semester when i took my creative writing class. back then i kinda had a suspicion that she liked me; i would look back at her and catch her looking at me and then she would dart her eyes down to her work, lol. but then after class she would always walk with this one other guy from the class. the other day i politely asked her about him and she said he was strange and wasnt much more than friends. so that was pretty conforting, he was pretty odd, lol.
(paragraph break! lol) after the semester was over i figured she left the school and almost abandoned hope of ever finding this girl again. after much of the summer had passed, i found her on myspace! i friended her and a day or two later she messaged me and we were chatting back and forth for a few weeks on myspace catching up and toying with the idea of getting together sometime. and then i get this one message out of the blue from her that sez: "i'm yours... *wink,wink*". of course, im liking this and message back. and this goes on for a bit. during this time, im between computers, so im going over to the library to check my emails and such. im over there one day and from behind me i get a playful poke in my side. i wasnt expecting to run into anyone and thought it was penni. i turn around and it was varina! all smiles, too, lol. she was picking up her brother so we chatted for a while while he was finishing something. we exchanged numbers and continued chatting until her brother was ready to go and they left. i answered a message she sent me on myspace, checked the rest of my mail and then went back to the dorm. the next day i do the same and find a message from varina saying how much she liked seeing me again and hope we can do it again later.
later that week (a day or two later) i called her and asked if she would like to come by watch a movie or something. we finally were able to get together that weekend and watched "v for vendetta". which is a GREAT movie!! so we cuddle and she just snuggles up closely and tightly in my arms... hold on ::stares dreamily into nothing:: ok, that was good. lol, just a bit of reminiscing there. and then about a minute and some before the end of the movie, i get a knock on the door. i get up, open the door and am greeted by my friend justin in a great helm, shoulder armour and bearing a sword, lol. i jump a bit, 'cause im not expecting that!!!never!!! ...at least in this age, anyway. then a bunch of other people come around the door to see my reaction. justin notices varina and sez "oh, you have company". i turn to her and say "varina, these are my friends", laughing the whole time, lol. after that we hear that they're going out for some grub and they invite us along. there's about 7 of us total that went out, and we have a great time. jokes going, talk about guns, ammo and projects, where home is, friends back home, and so on. and the cool thing was varina was in on the whole thing, liking my group of friends much more than her group, lol. her group is all student gov and aspiring writers, and just talk politics and the like. so we were pretty damn entertaining talking about guns and shooting things, which she does every now and again. so we all had a great time and then we went back to the dorm and she went home.
its kinda wierd, actually. i dont know if anyone here beleives in psycic powers and e.s.p., but i get this feeling of pure, clean, white energy from her. something i havent felt in a long time, and a wonderful feeling it is. it just feels fresh and really good, ya know? i just have a really good feeling about her. oh, and penni does know about me and varina. i talked to her about it this afternoon and she's good with it. especially since we werent really together to start with. plus she's got a guy looking at her too down in raton. so its good for the both of us :)
and now it got pretty late and im heading to bed. im tired and i have to get up again tomorow morning. hopefully i can find varina in the afternoon and do something together. which would be nice.
well, im off! good night!