Archive for the 'Musings' Category

Review: Polaroid i1037

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

I bought the i1037 earlier this year to reward myself for the time I put in at work, cross-training for another area of the store.  For three full weeks, I had to report in at 6 AM, and was generally very sleepy and tired much of the time, so when this camera went on sale [...]

T-shirt Bags

Monday, May 10th, 2010

After seeing this video on Lifehacker: I suddenly had something to do with all the old t-shirts from conventions and otherwise that I never wear.  I’m certainly unlikely to wear my old Ohayocon and AnimePunch t-shirts ever again, even during a convention, since they never really fit anyway, and I wanted to start using reusable [...]

Garden Update

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

This is the garden right after an epic harvest/pruning I did today!  It’s about day 69 for the lettuce, and the leaves have been coming in quite broad and lovely!  I have a bag of lettuce now in my crisper ready for sandwiches and the like. The little grow pots hanging from the side of [...]

Plarn Shopping Bag

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

While I work on finishing my Penguicon report, here’s something crafty! A plarn shopping bag I whipped up over the last two afternoons.  Made of while, brown, and blue grocery bags, it took about 4.5 episodes of Firefly to make, as that is what I was watching while I crocheted it. ^_^;;  I can tell [...]

The Moment of Truth

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Today, I was out of iceberg lettuce from the grocery store, but still needed a sandwich for lunch. Today, there were several leaves of lettuce big enough to add to said sandwich. Sandwiches without lettuce make for a sad, sad Alex. :< Today, there was lettuce eating. The verdict:  it’s a sandwich, alright. These lettuce [...]