Steampunk Jewelry

Here's a quick picture taken by my prof of my most recently finished pieces. I'll try and get picture of the ring soonish.

Ow... ow... ow...

So I just fell/slid down the carpeted stairs from the main house to the gym.

Good news... I didn't hit my head
Bad news... I hit my hip shoulder blade and right wrist really hard.


I'm off to find some epsom salt I think...


*Update*

There WAS epsom salt. Unfortunatly it was Lavender and Chamomile empsom selt...


So...

I smell pretty... oh so pretty...and witty and in FRIKIN pain.

Okay the pain actually is must better post bath in all honesty.

I think I'm turnning fuzzy, I think I'm turning fuzzy, I really think so....

So the girl and I were trying to decide what to do with the evening and she paused in thought and firmly declared " Rock band. However, given how badly we did last time* we need Josie and her friends." She then ran upstairs.

I was confused, that confusion soon passed.



Does the fact I really like the outfit mean I'm turning into a furry?

Bonus: The reason why the screen looks big... is because we're using a projector to project it on the wall of the gym. Rockband on 30' wide screen is niiice...


*We didn't do badly, I did. Something was wrong with me and I got motion sick while trying to play the drums, and it persisted through switching back to the guitar, I actually had to drop out of the band and go to another room.

Kenpo and metal

Passed the Kenpo test, hurt my ankle and wrist sparring. Not bad, the ankle basically feels like it needs to be "popped." The wrist is a little swollen from my upward blocking a front kick and hitting Sensai's heel pretty hard.

I need Epsom salt. ( A quick google to make sure I spelled it right revealed a variety of other uses besides sore muscles I was not aware of. Some pretty cool. Some pretty scary.)

My casting last week went well (still no pictures) and I am doing a second round of casting this Thursday. This of course means I need to spend tomorrow (nominally my day off) in the lab doing finish work on my waxes and investing for Thursday's burnout.

Now I am falling asleep and am going to bed.

Minor update with flaming metal...

I wish I had thought to bring my camera to class as were are about to cast a mess of stuff.

For the record, I am severely sleep deprived and about to pour 200+ grams of molten broze... but no worries...

err...

really.

I pretty certain one of my classmates will have camera I'll get him to take some pictures.

*Edit* Oh and I did not pass my Kenpo test tuesday. But it was by s lim margin. Basically I hit the same 5 techniques (out of 40) that I always get jumbled in my head... and they got jumbled.

No worries I'll pass next tuesday.

Frikin cold!

So, yesterday I was complaining that it was only the 3 or 4th birthday I could remember snow free.

Mind you, I said this while sitting outside in 45 degree weather with a 5mph gusts on an otherwise clear day.

Today...it is now snowing, 29 degrees , with 15mph winds gusting up to 30mph.

I forgot my hat. (But remembered my gloves.)

I even got a relatively close parking spot to campus but walking through the campus core with the wind gusting between buildings was not a lot of fun.

Other News: Tonight C and I are having a combined (mine yesterday, hers today) Rock Band Birthday party. I'm excited.

Farewell.

Goodbye Kate, You'll be missed.

Architecture Quote

If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

William Morris

Good Quote. Thank you Materialicous.

Blog Micro-update

Fin-aid: Still Screwed up
Internet: Still no Workie
Kenpo: Stayed Home
School: Math prof had a copy of the book reserved at the library and someone walked off with it. And since I have to wait for the Fin-aid to get unsnarled before I can buy the text book... Grr

First School day.

After a stressful weekend trying to get moved out of the house early, so the new tenets could paint before moving in, I was happy to spend labor day recovering (in theory.)

The reality is: I had to go digging through all of my boxes looking for my text books, which I thought I had kept out. I had a 50% hit rate. I found my Japanese text books but didn't find the math text book I needed, so I had to go to class without. However, it wouldn't have mattered since it appears that there is a new version that I would have had to buy. Correction... have to buy.

That sorta set the tone for the day. MSU financial aid is actually not screwed up anymore but the AK student loan is. More paperwork might unsnarl it, but it might not. Also, I apparently neglected to withdraw in a timely out of my one summer class I had signed up for LAST summer at UAA and I'm on the hook for $431 (coming out of my dividend.) I called and double checked with the UAA lady in charge and apparently I withdrew a week after the final date (I was already in MT at that point.)

No internet at the house as of this morning but it's supposed to be working by tonight (fingers crossed.)

I'm supposed to be testing for my purple belt tonight, but I think digestive problems (and funds) are going to keep me home tonight.

Only other thing of note is the dog seems to be adapting fine to the new digs, likes the big yard and hasn't tried storming the fences yet. Thus far when I'm home she's got run of the yard, comes in at dinner for a couple hours, and is only on the dog run at night or when I'm at class.

For the record, she has once again proven to be a true malamute... she get's the chase part of chasing stick (and ball and Frisbee and tire and...) but the retrieve portion is mostly hit or miss. Actually it's mostly miss. Though sometimes she substitutes "bite enthusiastically" for "retrieve."

Otherwise life continues. Mostly stressful, but with some bright points.