Robot Costume
October 7, 2009
My bandmates and I collaborated on this robot costume. See the brief tutorial we wrote, published in this month’s Grid Magazine, p. 15 (and check out the publisher’s note too, on p.3!). We actually have a bunch of costume and decoration tutorials that we’ll be posting to a new blog soon. In the meantime here’s a new portfolio we put together focusing on this type of work.
Official Slacker Handbook
October 7, 2009
So this is just something weird and random…but kind of cool. You know how you should always search your name online, to see what comes up? Well I do that regularly, but somehow I never thought to look up my maiden name. So low and behold, I do so and find out I’m listed in the acknowledgements of a book. Not just any book mind you…but the Official Slacker Handbook. I guess we’re all an authority at something. Back in the nineties I spent a ton of time sitting around in cafes. I did all of my studying and homework there…and it looks like the author did a substantial amount of her research right here in our fair city…in the same cafes. So funny. (Would slackers not purchase an unofficial handbook? Just wondering…)
Roxborough: Live Music
October 6, 2009
Jam Swap!
October 1, 2009
Over the summer I spent a day picking blueberries up in the Poconos (4 hours)…then making jam (4 hours). I later shipped off a jar to my friend; each year we swap one handmade item. Last year she made me the most wonderful pair of crocheted shoes, and I sent her a little doll. This year I sent jam and she made me a cute little case for my glasses. I’ll upload some pics soon…but she just sent me the sweetest note, which is very much like a poem in my opinion:
o man
o man
o manthat jam was so good
ill trade/swap for that again anytime
you should sell iti had a cupa coffee
crusty bread
and that jam took me to a cafe far away from downey, ca
which, if you dont know, is a nothing-to-write-home-about town in ca
sooooo yummers.thx again for the swap.
I’m not super big on formalities like thank you notes (I have a terrible track record) but receiving thanks of some sort really does make all that work worth it (plus brings back fond memories of the summer). =)
