Buildin’

Man. I haven’t written in a while, and therefore I suck. OK, woodshop. Last night I learned about relief cuts and the massive saw curf created by my close friend, the radial arm saw. I’m making peace with the band saw, too, although I still have bad feelings towards the table saw. One of these days we’ll all start getting ...

More stuff!

Hombres: Did I mention I’ve been makin’ stuff? Here are the latest projects: Felted bag, pre-felting. Post-felting. It’s not perfect, but it was my first class project. I’ll be making more of these soon. Felting means that you knit a giant version out of wool, then run it through the wash on hot a few times to shrink it. It ...

Hippy

Why, hello there. Add this to the list of fun facts you have accumulated about me: I found out today that I have unusually high hipbones. Superawesome hippie dyke doctor: Wow! Look at that! You have unusually high hipbones! They’re all the way up here! (Pointing at my shoulder)1Me: Can I pull up my underwear now? So, I’m not sure ...

Maybe tonight.

Hi. Today I’m so sick that basic life skills have begun to elude me. After spending 20 minutes wondering why this cold should be making me so dizzy I can barely see, then stripping down to my tshirt and underwear because there was sweat dripping down the back of my neck, I realized the problem: hypoglycemia. The cold makes me ...