I am still sick.
Today I decided not to go to work or to gospel choir...this was DEFINITELY the right choice.
I also took a nap for a couple hours which was also the right choice.
...somehow I wrecked my lunch though. I think I had the burner on too hot.
It hardly mattered in the grand scheme of things because I'm sick, so I couldn't taste it, so it isn't like I was going to enjoy it anyway.
I might go to the store and look at some clear bins today.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Ughhh
I have felt so tired and sick today...yesterday I was getting sick but today I just felt crappy.
I went to all my classes (excluding this one) but I spent most of the day feeling very sore and doing stuff for classes...I don't think I should have gone to choir, because now my throat feels (even more like) I devoured a cactus.
Since I did not get everything I wanted accomplished, I will relate the things today that I did which I find related to the topic.
One thing was that my boy and I bussed to springfield and looked at some pawn shops. I thought there might be something I could use in the garage and I didn't really see anything for that, but I did see some interesting musical instruments, and I saw something that could be used in art (possibly?) It was a bin full of ten-cent metal pieces that I guess have something to do with rachetting? I am not sure what they could be used for but there was something in them that screamed potential. If anyone is curious and wants to make some robot-looking-type art out of silver things, those are at some Pawn Shop that is easilly accessible via emX bus.
Here is what I got regarding the evaluation of the garage:
1) There are at least two spiders living in thee (not counting the scary king of death spider living under the clear rubbermaid container in the middle of the room. We are keeping him). I need the spiders to be gone in order to work comfortably. Unfortunately, my boyfriend is a sissy when it comes to Spider-Battle, so I need to think of a less sexist solution to that problem. I am not going to do that when I am feeling so sore.
2) I have ascertained what is in the three rubbermaids in there and it doesn't seem quite right. -One of them is full of sweatshirts and dresses that I used to keep in the closet. Those need to go back in the closet.
-One of them is full of hats, costumes, wigs, eccentric things. I need to do inventory on this...
-The third one contains blankets, clothes I never wear, unmatched socks, swimsuits, and some things I definitely need to get rid of.
By the time I finish re-organizing these tubs, I should definitely have only two, which will leave the third free for containing something else (blankets from the hall closet?).
3) There are more unused shelves in the garage than I remembered, and it will be easy to buy at least FIVE new clear rubbermaid containers for art supplies and other things to go in. This will be an enormous help.
4) I am having second thoughts on partioning the space. Would it not be better to share the space entirely with becca, so that she also has access to the shelves, and so that I will also be able to see the "painting" of "nature" that is on the other part of the wall, to inspire me? It would also be more fair that way so that we each have access to the door and to the small dungeon room. I will put off any partitioning plan until I am sure what I want to do about that.
5) I am 90% sure I want to move all the board games into these shelves but in that case I need to decide what I'm going to put in that other room. Also the shelves need to be CLEAN for that to happen! No more spiders!
I have thought of another issue, and that is what I am going to do with the floor.
I do not want to leave it cement, I want to put something down, but I don't want to put down a blanket or rug that I will really like, because I will want it to be something that I can get paint, glue, whatever, etc, on. (Also I don't want to get paint etc on the floor). What might I put down on the floor that would make it cozy but be alright to get messy if need be?
Anyway, that's all I managed to accomplish today, I guess.
Well, I also finished doing and putting away these loads of laundry, which is practically related.
Organization and functionality of living environment are all related.
I went to all my classes (excluding this one) but I spent most of the day feeling very sore and doing stuff for classes...I don't think I should have gone to choir, because now my throat feels (even more like) I devoured a cactus.
Since I did not get everything I wanted accomplished, I will relate the things today that I did which I find related to the topic.
One thing was that my boy and I bussed to springfield and looked at some pawn shops. I thought there might be something I could use in the garage and I didn't really see anything for that, but I did see some interesting musical instruments, and I saw something that could be used in art (possibly?) It was a bin full of ten-cent metal pieces that I guess have something to do with rachetting? I am not sure what they could be used for but there was something in them that screamed potential. If anyone is curious and wants to make some robot-looking-type art out of silver things, those are at some Pawn Shop that is easilly accessible via emX bus.
Here is what I got regarding the evaluation of the garage:
1) There are at least two spiders living in thee (not counting the scary king of death spider living under the clear rubbermaid container in the middle of the room. We are keeping him). I need the spiders to be gone in order to work comfortably. Unfortunately, my boyfriend is a sissy when it comes to Spider-Battle, so I need to think of a less sexist solution to that problem. I am not going to do that when I am feeling so sore.
2) I have ascertained what is in the three rubbermaids in there and it doesn't seem quite right. -One of them is full of sweatshirts and dresses that I used to keep in the closet. Those need to go back in the closet.
-One of them is full of hats, costumes, wigs, eccentric things. I need to do inventory on this...
-The third one contains blankets, clothes I never wear, unmatched socks, swimsuits, and some things I definitely need to get rid of.
By the time I finish re-organizing these tubs, I should definitely have only two, which will leave the third free for containing something else (blankets from the hall closet?).
3) There are more unused shelves in the garage than I remembered, and it will be easy to buy at least FIVE new clear rubbermaid containers for art supplies and other things to go in. This will be an enormous help.
4) I am having second thoughts on partioning the space. Would it not be better to share the space entirely with becca, so that she also has access to the shelves, and so that I will also be able to see the "painting" of "nature" that is on the other part of the wall, to inspire me? It would also be more fair that way so that we each have access to the door and to the small dungeon room. I will put off any partitioning plan until I am sure what I want to do about that.
5) I am 90% sure I want to move all the board games into these shelves but in that case I need to decide what I'm going to put in that other room. Also the shelves need to be CLEAN for that to happen! No more spiders!
I have thought of another issue, and that is what I am going to do with the floor.
I do not want to leave it cement, I want to put something down, but I don't want to put down a blanket or rug that I will really like, because I will want it to be something that I can get paint, glue, whatever, etc, on. (Also I don't want to get paint etc on the floor). What might I put down on the floor that would make it cozy but be alright to get messy if need be?
Anyway, that's all I managed to accomplish today, I guess.
Well, I also finished doing and putting away these loads of laundry, which is practically related.
Organization and functionality of living environment are all related.
Monday, October 19, 2009
PLANS
Hey dudes. Dudettes. What's shakin'?
Tomorrow I am not going to be in class because I need to shuffle around some of my activities tomorrow to ensure I get all the work done I need to do in as timely a fashion as possible.
What does that mean? It means I need to be sure and get some stuff DONE in my garage re-designing project TOMORROW.
So here are some things I would really like to work on tomorrow:
-Get garage "tidy" (get those papers out, etc)
-Re-organize/condense things on the shelves.
-Dust all the shelves
-Evaluate wall-texture for possible whiteboard & partition possibilities.
-Evaluate shelving space for possible purchasing of new clear rubbermaid style containers.
Some of these things I might do tonight before I go to bed but hopefully all of these will be finished by thursday, and maybe even more than this depending on what i have time for in the next few days.
Tomorrow I am not going to be in class because I need to shuffle around some of my activities tomorrow to ensure I get all the work done I need to do in as timely a fashion as possible.
What does that mean? It means I need to be sure and get some stuff DONE in my garage re-designing project TOMORROW.
So here are some things I would really like to work on tomorrow:
-Get garage "tidy" (get those papers out, etc)
-Re-organize/condense things on the shelves.
-Dust all the shelves
-Evaluate wall-texture for possible whiteboard & partition possibilities.
-Evaluate shelving space for possible purchasing of new clear rubbermaid style containers.
Some of these things I might do tonight before I go to bed but hopefully all of these will be finished by thursday, and maybe even more than this depending on what i have time for in the next few days.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
VIDEOTYME
Hey guys, so I hashed together this video.
Now that my computer is out of sickbay, I can post it, too.
It's quite Me-Centric. Ego ego ego what?
I needed to do something, and apparently, this video is what I needed to do.
I mostly like the way it came out. I I I Me Me Me Etc etc etc.
Sorry for the state of this blog; I almost always write things the way I am thinking them...
...that is to stay a sort of stream of consciousness? I wouldn't disagree.
This is literally the way that I think. Guys. Seriously.
Anyway, here's the video.
Now that my computer is out of sickbay, I can post it, too.
It's quite Me-Centric. Ego ego ego what?
I needed to do something, and apparently, this video is what I needed to do.
I mostly like the way it came out. I I I Me Me Me Etc etc etc.
Sorry for the state of this blog; I almost always write things the way I am thinking them...
...that is to stay a sort of stream of consciousness? I wouldn't disagree.
This is literally the way that I think. Guys. Seriously.
Anyway, here's the video.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Stuff and Nonsense
Today has been emotionally trying. As usual.
But differently than usual.
I am typing on my old laptop because my new one is in the shop...
Hopefully the trackpad will be fixed under warranty. Hmm...
Then I will post the video I made (am making?) documenting some of the singing I did with my friend Stephan this past weekend in Bandon, Oregon.
I am feeling a bit sad and lonely at the moment, thinking about people I miss...
Part of me wants to do something else productive tonight, but another part of me thinks I ought to just go to bed, so I might as well do the latter.
Tomorrow is another day, and maybe it will bring something beautiful to me.
But differently than usual.
I am typing on my old laptop because my new one is in the shop...
Hopefully the trackpad will be fixed under warranty. Hmm...
Then I will post the video I made (am making?) documenting some of the singing I did with my friend Stephan this past weekend in Bandon, Oregon.
I am feeling a bit sad and lonely at the moment, thinking about people I miss...
Part of me wants to do something else productive tonight, but another part of me thinks I ought to just go to bed, so I might as well do the latter.
Tomorrow is another day, and maybe it will bring something beautiful to me.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Hey, guys! Here's what we talked about today!
So first, I'll copy up my list of "problems" that we addressed.
Note the fascinating fact that it starts out being specifically related to our group topic, and widens out to address the problems of...our entire society?
+We don't/aren't able to fix the objects that we own
+re-appropriating of broken things is not done enough
+we are not offering out broken things to others to potentially fix
+creativity limited by limited skill set
+methods that used to work are no longer the best way of doing things, but we stick with it anyway
+fast food (and other easy access things) so prevalent, it's easier than going to the trouble of fixing a meal
+equipment, tools, and materials are expensive, should you want to DIY
+some things (eg: ipods, phones, cameras) are too complex for us to make or fix.
+lack of problem-solving skills
+laziness
+time management
+social stigma-home made stuff potentially looking crappy and cheap
+home ec is a joke/kids aren't learning what they should be
+parents not passing down skills
+standardized testing/teaching
+dissolution of the family structure and lack of agriculture
+technology
+capitalism itself.
Wow, guys, we came up with a lot of problems!
Now here are some ideas, mostly attributed to the self proclaimed creative, out of the box thinking girl in our group...
+What if everyone in the group made a living room together, or some similar situation, with each person making something out of other, discarded objects?
+What if a designer tried to market a DIY table (or other furniture) set?
+Self Satisfaction should motivate us to DIY
+We should Restructure and Re-Establish Home Ec in schools
+More awareness of history would help us understand what went wrong, and how we can improve the future (that one came from Chris, I believe)
Alrighty. See you all later!
Note the fascinating fact that it starts out being specifically related to our group topic, and widens out to address the problems of...our entire society?
+We don't/aren't able to fix the objects that we own
+re-appropriating of broken things is not done enough
+we are not offering out broken things to others to potentially fix
+creativity limited by limited skill set
+methods that used to work are no longer the best way of doing things, but we stick with it anyway
+fast food (and other easy access things) so prevalent, it's easier than going to the trouble of fixing a meal
+equipment, tools, and materials are expensive, should you want to DIY
+some things (eg: ipods, phones, cameras) are too complex for us to make or fix.
+lack of problem-solving skills
+laziness
+time management
+social stigma-home made stuff potentially looking crappy and cheap
+home ec is a joke/kids aren't learning what they should be
+parents not passing down skills
+standardized testing/teaching
+dissolution of the family structure and lack of agriculture
+technology
+capitalism itself.
Wow, guys, we came up with a lot of problems!
Now here are some ideas, mostly attributed to the self proclaimed creative, out of the box thinking girl in our group...
+What if everyone in the group made a living room together, or some similar situation, with each person making something out of other, discarded objects?
+What if a designer tried to market a DIY table (or other furniture) set?
+Self Satisfaction should motivate us to DIY
+We should Restructure and Re-Establish Home Ec in schools
+More awareness of history would help us understand what went wrong, and how we can improve the future (that one came from Chris, I believe)
Alrighty. See you all later!
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