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Not everyone can live like millionaires.
One of the architecturally obsessive things I like to do, sometimes, is house-hunt for fictional characters. This is where Daisy and Tom might live. This is a place like I imagine the Glasses grew up. That sort of thing. I'm not sure when I got into this habit*, but it satisfies my craving for spatial orientation, and besides, it gives me an ( Read more... ) -
Mamas, don't let let your babies grow up to be building engineers
You know what I believe? That sooner or later, we have to take responsibility for our issues and our mistakes. Sure, my life was molded by the adults who raised me, but at some point I became an adult capable of making my own decisions and running my own life, and my every decision may have been informed by every moment of my childhood and ( Read more... ) -
insightful critiques while simulviewing
leestone: How bad would it suck to be that dude who starts the war by accidentally shooting the first orc at Helm's Deep?
me: Dude, I would not have wanted to be within a hundred miles of Helms Deep.
me: BAD IDEA, THEODEN.
leestone: Really? :-/ Whenever anyone threatens me I always hide in the cupboard under my sink.
me: See, I myself prefer to ( Read more... ) -
The winners stay winners in the game of life.
Tonight I've been nodding over a book (or actually, nodding over my new Kindle Fire, which yay for no creasing of pages when you faceplant into it), which is a favorite hobby of mine, especially satisfying after a long, tiring week. And each time I bob, it takes me a little longer to surface, until this last time, when I woke and realized I'd been ( Read more... ) -
gon out backson bisy backson
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, I hope your day's filled with nothing but lovely things ( Read more... ) -
adventures in card engineering
I just spent two and a half hours making my niece a simple pop-up birthday card. I do these things for myself, really, because I'm pretty sure that my niece is not the sort of child who treasures things and takes special care of them, which means that she will open the thing and, if she takes note of it at all, will think the bunnies are cute and ( Read more... ) -
(30) sending snail mail
This autumn, I've been supplying leestone with contraband goods once a week, never mind what they are, and the whole thing's been a lot of fun, a little ritual added to another ritual I've enjoyed for years. And mailing ill-gotten gains once a week has reminded me that I love sending people things in the mails! And I want to send you something in the ( Read more... ) -
(29) rainbows
Yesterday it rained for most of the day, but by the time I left work, the rain was pretty much leaving off for the day as well. The light was strange, so I was gazing at the sky when I walked out the door -- otherwise I might not have seen it right away.
( you can't tell by the photos, but it's actually a double rainbow ) -
(28) catalogs
A while back, I ordered some of these as part of an ongoing attempt to hang a series of tablets in my hall without frames (don't ask about The Great Corkboard Fiasco of Summer 2011), and ever since, I've been getting their product catalogs. I've gotten to the point where I both rejoice and despair when a new one arrives, because there's so much ( Read more... ) -
(27) productive days
All those things I didn't get done yesterday, I managed to get them done today -- I even had time for a bonus cabinet reorganization, yay! This is why I love long weekends so; there's time for everything, if you plan right. Everything, and nothing too.