Category Archives: Cool things

*sigh* is solved

Alright. I have a plan. (1) Will be making printed fabric with robbingpeter. We shall be printing ducks. Lots and lots of ducks, maybe in gold. Not this weekend, but soon. (2) House cleaning, which is ever ongoing. I need … Continue reading

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RUM, and rum.

[NOTE: this is a very SCA-heavy post. VERY.] There was much of both to be had this past weekend, which is both an excuse for my blogging absence and not one at all. That is, I blog when I’m much … Continue reading

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My awesome friend

Sometimes, in my self-righteous rants about peace and the government and what we are or aren’t doing as a nation, I forget that there are real people out there living through all that on a day-to-day basis (by that, I … Continue reading

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Some more of what I did.

But first, some neat links. The Baloney Detection Kit (and no, I don’t mean the lunch meat; if I did, I would have spelled it bologna) Homeless Guy Smashes Other Homeless Guy Upside the Head With Skateboard During Physics Argument … Continue reading

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It’s Saturday

And in Hotlanta it’s, well, hot. So if you’re sitting inside your nicely air-conditioned house lamenting the fact that the heat is keeping you from doing the outside things you wanted to do, I’ve got a replacement. This should make … Continue reading

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This needs no explanation:

In the category of “Things I’m Sharing About India That Are Awesome,” I submit this sample: Hell. Yes. I need to call that dance studio I found that teaches Kathak so that I can get my groove on.

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I smell dead people.

Okay. Perhaps that was unnecessarily gross. Probably. This weekend was full of a lot of things, but mostly going to Westview Cemetery with Gabbiana, which was awesome (I like that I have friends who get excited at the prospect of … Continue reading

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Learn Hindi from Bollywood Films

Super-educational: http://www.cuttingchai.com/HouseFull/index.html No, really. I now know how to intimidate people in a melodramatic fashion (and I finally know what phir milenge means). Best. Podcast. Ever.

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I’ve been a busy lady.

I am still doing too much, but not as much as before. I have gotten many things done in the meantime. One of these things is part of a monumental fabric printing project. I had been reading the documentation that … Continue reading

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Friggin’ A.

Shall I kill myself trying to make tassels before RUM? No! I say, no. For I have discovered these: (From eShubham.com). And, on top of that, they have other tassels: And hair extensions (actually, this is at indianwedding.com, but it’s … Continue reading

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