Mixed my first batch of varnish today. Awww yeah. Tomorrow - silver bath, collodion, developer, and fixer, coat a plate, then sit it in the silver to let the bath iodise overnight. T-minus one week until I'm a fully armed and operational battlestation.

On this rather chilly, overcast, and rainy day here in Jersey, a selection of ancient Irish awesomness from the Táin Bó Cuailnge, the c. 8th century Irish legend of Cúchulainn and the Great Cattle Raid of Cooley ( Read more... )

After intially being excited after using Annie's wonderful machine, trying to get mine working has reignited my hatred for sewing machines. No matter what the hell I do, this thing gets jammed up. As always, once I look foward to doing something, it gets screwed up.

Oya. Freaking.

And, naturally, I have to have a mad allergy attack, too.

What? Summer vacation now? School gets out in the end of May, right ( Read more... )

This is so cool - http://www.jrwickerstysigns.com/JollySoldier.mp3Read more... )

I returned to old apartment 1G, Count Basie Hall from an overnight trip back home to find the last of my mates, Travis, has moved out. So, after four months, I'm the only one left, allowed to forgo the otherwise required move-out by tomorrow, waiting for my transfer to another building for my two week summer class which starts the 15th. I guess ( Read more... )

Stephen Colbert... you da man.

http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/

If anyone ever wanted to know what I'd look like if I decided to completely give up and live the white trash life, here it is:


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I saw some Engrish in action today, but instead of the mistranslation making a poor Asian person look like a fool to an English speaker, this time it was an American college student looking like a fool to a French speaker ( Read more... )

Ah, yes ( Read more... )