Fun builds

I pretty much spent all day today working on a build for my friend Paulix Hasp. You can view it over at my slpics account. (search for Aesop Thatch)

Not a bad build, lnking it for transfer is going to be a bitch, but eh.

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There’s a lot of stuff that I know I need to do if I’m going to turn my life around and get it moving in a direction that I want it to go in. The problem isn’t finding out or deciding what I need to do, it’s actually getting up and DOING it. I find myself easily, not distracted, but, hmm. Resigned? I feel like it won’t make a difference either way, even when it’s something that I really enjoy or I really  want to do.

For instance, I’m currently warping my largest project yet on my loom- 32″ with about 350 ends. It’s not hard, it doesn’t take a whole lot of concentration or really effort, all I need to do is to sit down and DO it. The problem is that I have a really hard time bringing myself to do this! And I have no bloody clue WHY, dammit!

It’s not just a personal thing, it happens at school and in my professional life as well. At school it probably shows up most dramatically- I barely pass my classes but get in the 95 percentile on my ACT tests. People ask me what my GPA is and then are shocked that someone so smart can be such a low achiever. Here’s the secret people, listen up or you’ll miss it: I don’t care. Or, more accurately, I can’t bring myself to care. It’s like I’m afraid of success…. Maybe that’s it, but if it is, what can I do about it? I’m a lot more afraid of failure, I think. I hate losing at anything.

Eh, this is why I don’t write at night, I get off on weird tangents and can’t come up with a title. Anywase, g’night, World.

~Aesop

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Warping

Warping a loom is fun, especially if you have no idea what you’re doing.

Let me explain that a bit better- I know exactly how to wind a warp on a warping board, I know how to divide the warp to make it more manageable, I know how to chain it for kitty proofing, and I definetly know how to sley and thread the loom.

That just leaves two things that I’ve never needed to know, because I’ve never warped this much of my loom before. Namely, lease sticks and what to do with odd-numbered warps. Lets chuck in what to do with the cardboard roll as well.

Since the cardboard is the easiest to deal with, I’ll start with that; in fact, I know exactly what I need to do with it, on the other hand, it was unreccomended by my weaving mentor. Problem is, she never told me what I’m supposed to do instead. Screwed? Yeah.

Next problem is lease sticks. Simple answer, I know that I’m supposed to use them to help me manage the warp threads and keep the cross while warping. Problem; I A) have no idea where mine have gotten too and B) am not sure how the hell they are supposed to fulfill that function.

Well, there’s the bad news for the week. Good news is that I’m actually posting in this thing like I said I would, and I’ve gotten Cavee (http://www.cavee.us/) to join me in Second Life. She’s doing pretty well, I have no idea if she enjoys it or if she’s just indulging me, but eh.

Til next time,

Aesop

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Once again unto the breach

I uninstalled UU again, this time because I had to install the copy of Myst V that I finally purchased. I wanted to get the collectors edition, but I've never seen a copy available, same with the limited DVD edition. Ah well, the game is the same. It only took me a couple of days to beat it- it's true that these really were the easiest puzzles. I had to ask for help on one part, but if I'd kept looking I would've seen it.

There are a few games that are up next on my purchase list: Half-Life 2, and it's new episode continuation, The Longest Journey, some others. Right now what I really need is a new monitor, this one is definetly on its last legs. But I want to spend my money on a whole new computer, not just a new monitor for this one.

Admittedly, my current computer isn't that bad, but it could be a lot better. As usual.

-Edit; I realized that I had two posts with this title. Woops. 

Wait, I lasted updated this WHEN!??

Um, apparently, the answer is too long ago! I was planning to keep this as a weekly thing- more for myself than for anyone elses benifet. I keep journals, that's true, but they get thrown across a few dozen notebooks and binders, so they are very hard to keep track of.

 I just set a MOO server up for Yumako on one of my servers, I hope she does good things with it. I've given up on creating one after Graven failed so badly- it was really a great idea, but eh. Hopefully I can get back to writing the book- I may even start publishing it on here. (David would appreciate that)

 The next real things on my to-do list are to finish an article for Hamlet (nwn.blogs.com) and to finish the design for Monument on TSL. Well. It might happen, right?