About the Mob
Well, really it's a mob of one, but you get the idea. I'm just me, in Hotlanta, but through me there are many others (yes, we are numerous), and we have teh pointy sticks (fear them), and besides that, we make pretty things. Mostly.All Them Thangs
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Category Archives: General stuff
Bad at estimating
I am terrible at estimating the time it takes to do things. Last time I bound a complex book, it took me a full day to do the tooling. And then another to do the gilding. So when I set … Continue reading
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Tagged bookbinding, crafts, egypt, islamic books, medieval books, sca
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Back from Gulf Wars
The past two weeks have been all Gulf Wars, all the time. Between prep and travel and going there, I’ve been doing not much else. So now that I’m back I can take a breather and slow down a bit. … Continue reading
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Tagged bookbinding, dyes, Gulf Wars XXI, herbs
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Wow.
Today has ended wonderfully in two ways: 1. I am composing this while sitting on a plane en route to LA, watching FX on the little screen in the seat, reading Tweets as they post. I indulged a little and … Continue reading
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Not-so-productive weekend
This weekend I accomplished the following: Wrote an extremely long, confusing rundown/how-to on shopping for SCA purposes in Indian shops Saw Underworld: Awakening with Jennie and T. It was worth the matinee price, but I’m glad I didn’t see it … Continue reading
Proof that it happened.
Jennie has been chronicling the epic birthday party over on her comic. Should you miss the updates, links to the strips that have posted so far are here, here and here. And here’s the pinata, direct from YouTube: That one … Continue reading
Turning 30, and other events
Honestly, I didn’t expect it to go that smoothly. Okay, so I did sort of expect that, but I also expected to be depressed and totally, violently against becoming an official adult. I don’t remember where I thought I’d be … Continue reading
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Happy Halloween!
Hope everybody is having a lovely time being in costume. I’m enjoying it immensely. Halloween is weird, where costumes are concerned. I dress in costume upwards of 20 times a year. It’s a pretty regular occurrence for me. DragonCon is, … Continue reading
I’m not dead yet!
I think I’ll go for a walk! Like on over to Twitter… That is to say, I’m around but life is such that I only have the attention span for short, 140-word posts at the moment. I’ve got a hopper … Continue reading
DragonConzzzzzz
There was another exciting event that happened this weekend, but the photos of my contribution to said event are saved at home, and therefore inaccessible until later. (Photos for this post will be added this evening. Please do check back!) … Continue reading
Still pretty much only Prince Zuko.
(More awesomer than awesome. Source) Hi, little blog. I hope you haven’t been too lonely lately. I’ve been shamefully neglectful of you. I’ve got good reasons, though. I was in the process of applying for a fellowship to do design … Continue reading
