When I was a kid, one of my favorite fonts of knowledge was my school’s shelf of the World Book Encyclopedia (1969 Edition). As I was a kid in the ’80s, the encyclopedias were obviously pretty out-of-date, but there was sufficient content that wasn’t really going to have changed significantly in the 20-ish years between […]
Category Archive for 'nostalgia'
This was the incredulous question posed to me by one of my highschool classmates who eventually became one of my buddies, early on in our schooldays together. He had looked over my shoulder to see that I’d been idly pencilling the iconic “fishhook” M on a page in my notebook during a dull lecture in […]
So, what's your favorite album of all time?
Posted in Distractions, nostalgia, Recommendations, videos on Feb 19th, 2009
There are a lot of bands I like and a lot of albums I like, but I’d have to say that my favorite album of all time, could listen to it straight through, both sides, is The Black Crowes‘ second album, Southern Harmony & Musical Companion. The whole album just flows so smooth, and the […]
Just some music I'm enjoying
Posted in Car Drama and trauma, Distractions, nostalgia, videos on Feb 18th, 2009
My love of covers is well documented. I really love how different bands can put their individual stamp on a song, and so here are a couple of wildly different takes on the same song. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sS5jSbV0Vg] First we have Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys, doing a “western swing” version of a super-cool song about […]
The Darkness
Posted in nostalgia, Utter Silliness, videos on Jan 24th, 2009
Man, I so dug this band. They broke up some while back, but man, they just amused me silly. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFtywrOTnHw] I remember the first time I heard this song on the radio, and I totally thought they were something leftover from the ’80s, some obscure hair band that I somehow missed during my junior high […]
My "Stamp Collection"
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 […]
First pattern I ever drafted
Posted in nostalgia, Sewing, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 8th, 2009
first pattern I ever drafted, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I made the pattern for this dress based on a circa 1946-7 dress from the costume stock of the theater department at Chadron State College. Basically, I copied the proportions of the original by taking careful measurements. I made this dress in 1997, and still have […]
Brand-new vintage
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, nostalgia, Sewing on Jan 4th, 2009
Two days ago, I completed one of what I think is the coolest of my recent projects. I basically made a brand-new 38-year-old dress, using some fabric that had once been my Grandma’s. As some of you might know, my grandma died back in June and I’ve really missed her a lot. It seems weird […]
Creeeepy jewelry box!
Posted in Distractions, nostalgia, videos on Nov 25th, 2008
A videoblog session for your pleasure. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY__kf_N2NE] This video is just a little bit of background about where the jewelry box came from and why I decided to film it today. Please forgive the dreadful video quality. I uploaded it to Flickr as nice as could be, but couldn’t crosspost it from Flickr to here, […]
Tween angst: Let me show you it!
Posted in Fashion, nostalgia, Photo entries on Jun 27th, 2008
One of the “new” tops I bought for myself last weekend is one that I bought because it reminded me of a sweatshirt I had when I was a kid. Initially, I HATED that sweatshirt as hard as a 9-year-old could ever hate an item of clothing. Mom made me wear it to school one […]