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[May. 30th, 2009|12:30 am] |
A chunk of my week was spent making soft toys. Being my first attempt at making them, things didn’t go quite as planned.
Body parts, that I needed, were accidently cut and ripped off the templates. Body parts were pulled off finished toys. (Okay, so it was one arm on one toy – he had to see the doctor, which was me.) Pants were sown onto the wrong side of a body. Bodies were sown together before I realised I hadn’t finished putting things on them. Heads were stuffed before I realised I forgot to put the eyes on. Clothing didn’t line up properly. Muscles in my arms I don’t normally use were used preparing stuffing, and they didn’t like it. Stuffing didn’t want to stay in bodies. (The specialist, my mum, dealt with that.) Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Actually, that was basically all the issues I had. And despite them, it was fun making the toys, and I plan to make more. Plus, I’m still learning, and I’m sure it’ll get easier as I go.
( Now, without further ado, my babies. ) |
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| This Week in Thought |
[Apr. 20th, 2009|11:41 pm] |
Take 2
JIMMY TWO HATS AND THAT GUY FROM THE MIGHTY BOOSH
Over the weekend I attended a goth club being run by friends. I didn’t want to take a jumper, so I wore two T-shirts in an attempt to stop myself from freezing to death. From my friend I received a belt to help me blend in more. I didn’t want to take my other belt off though, in case it went missing or something, so I just wore the new one over the top. Every time I thought about how I was wearing two of these items, I thought of Chris G’s Jimmy Two Hats, and then that guy from The Mighty Boosh. The one that wears lots of hats. Then, after leaving the club and arriving at another friend’s place I was told I should place my bowler on top of his, to keep it safe. Sadly, neither of us put on this double hat.
THE MIGHTY BOOSH
As well as repeatedly thinking of that guy from The Mighty Boosh, it just kept coming up. My friends invented a drink based on it. My friend has a really cool Mighty Boosh T-shirt. One of the songs from the show was played at the club. And it reminded me – I haven’t actually finished watching it. There are a few episodes in the second series I missed and I missed the start of one in the third. I’d better go watch them.
WALKING AT NIGHT
I love the crispness to the air at night. As long as I’m with friends, I enjoy the creepy shadows around. I don’t like walking through the city and seeing people start fights though.
COCKROACHES
They’re pretty gross and I don’t really like them. There was a rather large one at my friends’ place the other night. Their cat was trying to catch it and you could hear it scuttling across the floor. Eventually it was captured and devoured – more disgusting than just the original cockroach. I didn’t go near the cat for awhile.
GARLFIELD MINUS GARFIELD
I don’t really read newspapers, so I don’t really read newspaper comic strips. When I do come across a paper, I’ll usually read Garfield if it’s in there. I came across a webcomic where Garfield has been removed from his own strips over the weekend, and I must say, I prefer the result.
ALCOHOL
I fail at drinking it. Took me three hours to drink 250mL. Not really a bad thing though, considering that that one drink cost me $10.
COSTUMES
One friend is having a head hunting night and one was having a superhero party but that now seems to have warped into a 90s party. I’ll still be going as a superhero though. There’s also the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle, which I wanted to do this year. Normally I don’t put much effort into costumes, but I’m gonna go all out for these ones. |
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| This Week in Thought |
[Apr. 13th, 2009|12:41 pm] |
So, I spent Friday reading THE NATHAN COSBY BLOG featuring Nate Cosby by Nathan Cosby. In it he had ‘This Week in Thought' posts.
“I’m trying to do more blogposts.
So every Monday/Tuesday, I'll post the top seven things I thought about over the past weekend (as you know, weekends are a time to reflect while eating chicken and watching old movies).
This may seem boring...but you're reading my blog. You're SUPPOSED to be bored.”
While I don’t agree about the chicken, I thought this was an interesting idea, so without further ado, here’s what I thought about over the weekend.
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MINI MARVELS
Mini Marvels was the first Marvel comic I ever read and has always been a favourite. Reading it always brings a big smile to my face. I’m disappointed Marvel has chosen to discontinue it, but at least I’ll have Chris G’s G-Man to read soon. Only 37 more days!
APRIL MOVIES
There are roughly nine films on my list of films to see in April (I say roughly because their release dates are always changing), and so far the only movie I’ve seen is one that wasn’t even on my list – Dragonball Evolution. I’m seeing The Boat That Rocked with a friend tomorrow though, and I won tickets to see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas next weekend.
CHOCOLATE
I’ve basically eaten all of the small chocolates I received for Easter. My lunch yesterday was just chocolate. I’m thinking I’ll use the bigger chocolates as cinema snack food. Popcorn at the movies is just too expensive these days.
AGE
People are always thinking I’m about 17. A friend’s brother actually said to him the other day that it was strange because I “acted like a 20 year old even though I’m only 17”. I’d thought this may just be because I’m always hanging around with an actual 17 year old. Yesterday, however, I went to the museum and the woman at the ticket desk asked if I was a child. I’m pretty sure the cut off for children is about 15, so I really must actually look young. A good thing though. Except on the rare occasions I buy alcohol I don’t usually get carded. Hm…
IPOD
I don’t think I’d even used it this year. It had gotten to the stage where I had more music on my computer than I had space on my iPod, and I couldn’t be bothered shifting through to find the music I wanted on it, so once the batteries died I just left it sitting there. That was just ridiculous though, so I actually did something about it over the weekend.
SAMURAI SENTAI SHINKENGER
Pretty amusing show. Really makes me want to go rewatch Power Rangers though. I will not give in! Having ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) softpixels bug me constantly about watching Shinkenger is not fun though. I’ll watch it! Eventually. Gosh. :P Also, my Japanese has been in horrible decline lately, so hopefully this will help it to pick up.
SUPERPOWERS
Reading Civil War over the weekend I have decided that there is no way I would ever use my powers to help people. It’s just not worth the effort. I’d elaborate, but that’s also too much effort. |
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