a couple of days without an entry
Yeah. I've been a little ill. I keep making food and then just forgetting to eat it/feeling too unwell/too tired. I went in the microwave today and there was a bowl of peas from friday in there.
Not been up to much really, today I read some of "The illustrated home recording handbook" which is quite a silly, brightly coloured book that could almost be a collection of magazine clippings. It recommends how to spend upwards of £800 on getting recording gear together, for people that don't know what the word octave means. Never mind. It was cheap, and while it mostly details the most expensive way to do anything, much of it can be transferred across to free tools.
I had the rare good fortune of having the house to myself for a couple of hours today so I practiced a little singing.
It was actually a mistake - I was taking Naomi to Huntingdon for physiotherapy, but realised at the last minute I had misplaced the keys to the house. Not wanting us to be locked out, and needing to make the appointment on time, I let Naomi go on her own, via taxi. I felt kind of bad about it, but she's been itching to go out on her own for ages now. She did fine. People were pretty helpful, unlike the last time in Huntingdon.
I recorded myself on my dictaphone because the voice you hear in your head is never what it really sounds like. It was expectedly embarrassing, but nowhere near as bad as I expected. I've basically never used my voice in my whole life, so I shouldn't be surprised that my range is pretty limited. You should give it a try if you have the opportunity and a voice recorder.
I've also been reading http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/incredible.html which is actually quite an innocent site about strange sciency experiements and pyromania. Some of the things he writes about are making spring shoes out of an old mattress, and focusing the power of the sun with a satellite dish covered in mirrors.
One of the items that interested me was how you can apparently polish the bottom of a drinks can (using toothpaste) to give it a mirror shine, and then use this to start a fire in a survival situation. Seems pretty far fetched but I decided to try it out. Firstly, the toothpaste actually works very well - I doubt it'd work on steel but it's very good for aluminium. Which could be handy if you have a big unsightly scratch on something. Predictably the English sun was just too weak to do more than warm a tiny scrap of paper, but it might work nearer the equator. If you go on holiday, and have some toothpaste to waste, try it out.
Anyway, here's another meme, I'm currently sketching Paris using my left hand (being right handed) so not sure when I'll get round to drawing myself as a teenager. Pity I can't do both at the same time ;-)
One.
Word.
Answers.
Where is your mobile phone? Table
Your significant other? Uncertain
Your hair? Okay
Your mother? Holiday
Your father? Same
Your favourite thing? Bed
Your dream last night? Good
Your favorite drink? Tea
Your dream/goal? Love
The room you're in? Bare
Your ex? Tired
Your fear? Failure
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Healthy
Where were you last night? Eating
What you're not? Well
Muffins? Chocolate
One of your wish list items? Future
Where you grew up? Newcastle
The last thing you did? Listen
What are you wearing? Clothes.
Your TV? StarTrek
Your pets? Imaginary
Your computer? Laptop
Your life? Quiet
Your mood? Hopeful
Missing someone? Grins
Your car? None
Something you're not wearing? Wristbands
Favourite Store? G&P
Your summer? Squeee
Like someone? Yes
Your favourite colour? Green
Last time you laughed? Today
Last time you cried? Depends
Not been up to much really, today I read some of "The illustrated home recording handbook" which is quite a silly, brightly coloured book that could almost be a collection of magazine clippings. It recommends how to spend upwards of £800 on getting recording gear together, for people that don't know what the word octave means. Never mind. It was cheap, and while it mostly details the most expensive way to do anything, much of it can be transferred across to free tools.
I had the rare good fortune of having the house to myself for a couple of hours today so I practiced a little singing.
It was actually a mistake - I was taking Naomi to Huntingdon for physiotherapy, but realised at the last minute I had misplaced the keys to the house. Not wanting us to be locked out, and needing to make the appointment on time, I let Naomi go on her own, via taxi. I felt kind of bad about it, but she's been itching to go out on her own for ages now. She did fine. People were pretty helpful, unlike the last time in Huntingdon.
I recorded myself on my dictaphone because the voice you hear in your head is never what it really sounds like. It was expectedly embarrassing, but nowhere near as bad as I expected. I've basically never used my voice in my whole life, so I shouldn't be surprised that my range is pretty limited. You should give it a try if you have the opportunity and a voice recorder.
I've also been reading http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/incredible.html which is actually quite an innocent site about strange sciency experiements and pyromania. Some of the things he writes about are making spring shoes out of an old mattress, and focusing the power of the sun with a satellite dish covered in mirrors.
One of the items that interested me was how you can apparently polish the bottom of a drinks can (using toothpaste) to give it a mirror shine, and then use this to start a fire in a survival situation. Seems pretty far fetched but I decided to try it out. Firstly, the toothpaste actually works very well - I doubt it'd work on steel but it's very good for aluminium. Which could be handy if you have a big unsightly scratch on something. Predictably the English sun was just too weak to do more than warm a tiny scrap of paper, but it might work nearer the equator. If you go on holiday, and have some toothpaste to waste, try it out.
Anyway, here's another meme, I'm currently sketching Paris using my left hand (being right handed) so not sure when I'll get round to drawing myself as a teenager. Pity I can't do both at the same time ;-)
One.
Word.
Answers.
Where is your mobile phone? Table
Your significant other? Uncertain
Your hair? Okay
Your mother? Holiday
Your father? Same
Your favourite thing? Bed
Your dream last night? Good
Your favorite drink? Tea
Your dream/goal? Love
The room you're in? Bare
Your ex? Tired
Your fear? Failure
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Healthy
Where were you last night? Eating
What you're not? Well
Muffins? Chocolate
One of your wish list items? Future
Where you grew up? Newcastle
The last thing you did? Listen
What are you wearing? Clothes.
Your TV? StarTrek
Your pets? Imaginary
Your computer? Laptop
Your life? Quiet
Your mood? Hopeful
Missing someone? Grins
Your car? None
Something you're not wearing? Wristbands
Favourite Store? G&P
Your summer? Squeee
Like someone? Yes
Your favourite colour? Green
Last time you laughed? Today
Last time you cried? Depends