"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, nostalgia, Utter Silliness on Jan 14th, 2009
IMG_6369, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I highly recommend clicking through to the main photo page for this image and reading the various notes that describe and clarify the various motifs pictured above. As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I’ve been sorting out a bunch of old stuff of mine that has moved from one apartment […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, videos, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 3rd, 2009
I was looking for the video of the chainsaw dragster I saw a few years ago. I was telling the ACME crew about it today…we were on the topic of contraptions as we’re all contemplating our Trashboats for the first-ever Kansas City Regatta come June-ish. Anyway, on with the dragsters – there’ll be more about […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, videos, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 1st, 2009
Two great tastes that go great together, right? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQvi0mjknKQ] Even better, this is DIY. This person made this out of some old computer guts and a couple of little mirrors from a hobby shop. Super cool! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx9hr_5YRq4] Here’s another, with a how-to-make video. Pretty freakin’ nifty, wouldn’t you say? I’m inspired; something like this would […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Schwinn World Sport Singlespeed on Dec 29th, 2008
Joel gave this to me for Christmas and it’s AWESOME, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. Of all the awesome things I forgot to write about, I can’t believe I forgot this one, so here it is: My new singlespeed! Yes, yes, Joel surprised all of the heck out of me on Christmas Eve, hooking me up […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Home Improvements, Photo entries on Dec 20th, 2008
I’ve had a general purpose disaster area for a workroom pretty much since I moved out of the apartment on Warwick. So basically for the past 6 years, give or take a few months, my workspace has been an explodey mess. In my old house, my workroom also doubled as “That Place Where I Put […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things on Dec 10th, 2008
I got in a *mood* today and made some accessories. This started out as a broken vintage enamel-and-rhinestone earring that I’ve had since I was about 8. My childhood best friend gave it to me. We gave each other oddball little gifts frequently. Usually it was stuff we made or some neat-o little found thing. […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Fashion/Sewing stuff on Nov 30th, 2008
I am a total thrift-shop junkie, as has been well documented here. A couple of years ago, I made a major haul at a local youth center’s rummage sale fundraiser. I need to go back and fix the pictures in that entry, but if you want to see my haul from that day, there’s a […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Food & Snacks, Hair issues, Lists, Photo entries, Urban Photo Highlight Rides, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jan 29th, 2008
Because I skipped a few too many days of posting and now I have all sorts of random everything to get down. So. 1. I stayed home sick from work on Friday. I got this weird cold from Joel that seemed to go in reverse, starting with a nasty cough and winding up with stifling […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Food & Snacks, Recommendations, Sewing, videos on Dec 8th, 2007
I’m working on my annual Gonzo Baking project today. Actually, today, I am using standard recipes; I just did a huge batch of old-school brown sugar cookies, and I am about to get on with a double-batch of gingersnaps. I did cocoa-dark-chocolate-chip cookies the other night, and a batch of fig cookies flavored with nutmeg, […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, meta, nostalgia, Photo entries on Dec 4th, 2007
I got my first camera when I was 8 years old (“8 and a half, going on 9”), as a Christmas present. I’d spotted a children’s Kodak in the Sears Wish Book some months earlier, and decided that the little brightly-colored, kid-friendly snapshot camera was my heart’s desire. It was really the only thing I […]