undocumented bubble physics phenomenon
Last weekend it was sunny enough that I got a sunburn. (An extremely mild one.) This weekend the forecast is snow.
And people say global warming is a myth. Fools.
Well, I survived the weekend. And I didn't even pull any all-nighters. I was in bed before 3am every night. An unforeseen consequence of forcing myself to do practically nothing but write papers for two days straight is that I suddenly have very little inspiration to remain focused on schoolwork. Homework? Did enough of that, thanks. Done for the year.
I wish.
Friday was fun! Before I had to lock myself in my torture chamber, anyway. Katrina dragged me to the Reflecting Pool after class. We took photos of us splashing around in the fountain part. I sat in it and got my entire bottom half completely soaked. It was grand. Then we squished through the mud barefoot!
Me playing in the fountain by the Reflecting Pool:
Katrina splashing in the fountain:
Gabe and I climbed trees and blew bubbles. Emily blew bubbles too, but with both feet on the ground. We discovered a previously undocumented bubble physics phenomenon, but it's a bit hard to explain without being able to see it. It has to do with colour changes.
The bubbles were flavoured. Pineapple, lemon, and blueberry. The pineapple ones didn't work, but the other ones did.
Gabe and I in a tree, Gabe eating bubbles. Yes, that is a flower tucked behind his ear:
Emily blowing bubbles:
See that shirt Emily's wearing? It's a shirt from this website called Threadless. Threadless is really cool. They have ongoing open tshirt design submissions. Anyone who wants to can upload a genius t-shirt design (or a hundred) and other users vote on the designs. If your design is chosen to go into printing, you get paid $2,000! PLUS you get $100 to use in the online Threadless store. Not too shabby, I must say!
So. T-shirt design is my new calling. I'm working on several designs right now between classes. When I have finalized designs up for voting, I will provide the link so that you can go vote. (You do have to be a registered member of Threadless so they can make sure you only vote once per shirt, but it doesn't cost any money and you don't have to provide any actual personal information except for an email address for verification.)
Here is my first design, based on a sharpie piece I did last year during math class:
This particular design is simple enough that it could hypothetically be printed in any colour ink on any colour shirt. It could even be printed as a gradient (the image above is a red-to-yellow gradient). Threadless has an 8-colours-per-design limit. (Halftones and gradients are fine.)
Right now I'm working on a Scape Goat, a sad Free Hugs Cactus, and a bald Rapunzel who discovered feminism. All on the cartoony side, unlike the t-shirt design above. Very fun!
Threadless also asks for t-shirt slogans which users vote on (unattached to t-shirt designs). I've submitted like 16 t-shirt slogans, from "Absurdism doesn't make any walrus" to "There are only 6,671,226,327 types of people in the world" to "Recovered Nudist." Clearly my sense of humour is all over the map.
Now it's time to do like Rapunzel and go read some Adrienne Rich feminism.
And people say global warming is a myth. Fools.
Well, I survived the weekend. And I didn't even pull any all-nighters. I was in bed before 3am every night. An unforeseen consequence of forcing myself to do practically nothing but write papers for two days straight is that I suddenly have very little inspiration to remain focused on schoolwork. Homework? Did enough of that, thanks. Done for the year.
I wish.
Friday was fun! Before I had to lock myself in my torture chamber, anyway. Katrina dragged me to the Reflecting Pool after class. We took photos of us splashing around in the fountain part. I sat in it and got my entire bottom half completely soaked. It was grand. Then we squished through the mud barefoot!
Me playing in the fountain by the Reflecting Pool:
Katrina splashing in the fountain:
Gabe and I climbed trees and blew bubbles. Emily blew bubbles too, but with both feet on the ground. We discovered a previously undocumented bubble physics phenomenon, but it's a bit hard to explain without being able to see it. It has to do with colour changes.
The bubbles were flavoured. Pineapple, lemon, and blueberry. The pineapple ones didn't work, but the other ones did.
Gabe and I in a tree, Gabe eating bubbles. Yes, that is a flower tucked behind his ear:
Emily blowing bubbles:
See that shirt Emily's wearing? It's a shirt from this website called Threadless. Threadless is really cool. They have ongoing open tshirt design submissions. Anyone who wants to can upload a genius t-shirt design (or a hundred) and other users vote on the designs. If your design is chosen to go into printing, you get paid $2,000! PLUS you get $100 to use in the online Threadless store. Not too shabby, I must say!
So. T-shirt design is my new calling. I'm working on several designs right now between classes. When I have finalized designs up for voting, I will provide the link so that you can go vote. (You do have to be a registered member of Threadless so they can make sure you only vote once per shirt, but it doesn't cost any money and you don't have to provide any actual personal information except for an email address for verification.)
Here is my first design, based on a sharpie piece I did last year during math class:
This particular design is simple enough that it could hypothetically be printed in any colour ink on any colour shirt. It could even be printed as a gradient (the image above is a red-to-yellow gradient). Threadless has an 8-colours-per-design limit. (Halftones and gradients are fine.)
Right now I'm working on a Scape Goat, a sad Free Hugs Cactus, and a bald Rapunzel who discovered feminism. All on the cartoony side, unlike the t-shirt design above. Very fun!
Threadless also asks for t-shirt slogans which users vote on (unattached to t-shirt designs). I've submitted like 16 t-shirt slogans, from "Absurdism doesn't make any walrus" to "There are only 6,671,226,327 types of people in the world" to "Recovered Nudist." Clearly my sense of humour is all over the map.
Now it's time to do like Rapunzel and go read some Adrienne Rich feminism.