Last February I listened to the amazing Shawn Achor TED talk video on how to rewire your brain. I realize I didn't talk about it much, I just did it. I didn't even elaborate as to what one does. Not helpful if looking for breadcrumbs when one wants to do it again later.
So, the parameters of the project are-
For 21 days, you do the following:

1. Write ( Read more... )

So, there's a thing called Project For Awesome, which is a charity that was sparked by the most excellent Nerdfigher- Vlog Brothers. And this year, they asked their Nerdfighter artists to participate by making art as the prizes for those who are financially going to be giving to Project for Awesome. It's a nice way for many who want to be part of ( Read more... )

It's been 14 years since quiet_elegance and I decided to make an official go of it.  This year he's gotten me a renewed, slightly used, but nicely broken in Commander in Chief. This is really preferable over a new one, because I don't like the OS that goes with Mittens.

Some snapshots from anniversaries past, courtesy of Live Journal:

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I mentioned yesterday about this Finishing Book project by Ze Frank. Well, by golly, they got their acts together and the book is arriving at my place of employment sometime tomorrow morning, traffic willing. The courier is not someone I know, and I do not know by what method she plans on traveling to me or if she knows Boston, so... I'm hoping she ( Read more... )

Apparently I've not been that chatty lately.
I have been doing the Get Happier activity I mentioned in my last post. I don't manage to hit all 5 aspects every single day, but I'm trying not to get too hung up on it. It can be rather a challenge, especially on weekends when I don't have my set routine and my built-in quiet-ish time on the commute. I' ( Read more... )

I have 15 min. before I need to be out the door to catch a train to a bus. So I'll sum up.

I went to the MBTA hearing in Somerville yesterday evening (even though I didn't wanna)
Therefore I hand-wrote 5 letters to my legislators and governor and thought what the heck. I'll hand-deliver 4 of the 5. 
I met Sean Garballey, one of my reps while ( Read more... )

I had the pleasure of having entrope and Imre's younger daughter over for her art lesson, which was mostly splat painting. It also involved thinking it'd be fun to do this....


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drwex was a creature of great excellence and kept me company while I sorted through goodwill for 10th Doctor outfits. He amused Crime Fighter and gave me good feedback on suit jackets and the necessity of having the camel colored overcoat. I acquired both jacket, coat, and reasonable pair of pants. I am using the Chucks I got from my now former coworker ( Read more... )

I'm already getting a bit tired of Infinity circle designs, so as I previously projected, moved on to Celtic knot work, also courtesy of Miss Vi. The initial test leaves a great deal to be desired both in design/layout and in raw materials. I'll try nubblier paper next time and work on my over/under designations before I commit to inking the silver ( Read more... )

I've had a lot in my head, but not necessarily been writing stuff down, so let's see how this goes. This is a post driven by the notion that I've not posted in a while.

Work-
( so much stuff! )