So, What Do YOU Do, Again?

Today at work I built a second leg for a one-legged dummy and then mummified it (the whole dummy, not just the leg). Also, the three body bags are finally finished.

Bet you've never said that in regards to YOUR job.

(Except for the Girl-Kissing Part)

A while ago a friend of mine recommended the BBC series "The Vicar of Dibley". Just this week I've been watching, and I've found it's some absolutely HILARIOUS television (on DVD). A clip from what could very well be my favorite TV episode EVER follows: not only does it include Richard Armitage (Mr. Thornton from "North and South"), it also perfectly captures what is likely to be my response should someone actually propose marriage to me (starts about 30 seconds in, and runs about 3.5 minutes)...



Note: The noise she makes is a reference to an earlier conversation they had, discussing Emma Thompson's reaction in "Sense & Sensibility" when she finds out Hugh Grant's character is in fact single, and in love with her. Hmmm.

Note #2: Richard Armitage is currently starring on the BBC series "Robin Hood", and it's very likely I'll post again once I've watched it. Just a hunch.

O, The Weather Outside is Frightful...

Seriously. The storm we've been waiting for all week finally hit today.


It's ten in the morning, I slept in, I'm going to shower and head over the the parents' house (just one set of parents - weird, I know!) with Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory caramel apples and a few presents, and we're going to eat demented cinnamon rolls and watch A Christmas Story (as neither of my parents nor I have ever seen it. I KNOW).

Good times.

Still my favorite Christmas book.


Happy Holidays!

So True

This is for Monika, and anyone else who gets it.


1. You don't need Henry to explain.
2. If he loves you, he will lie to his own police force to get you out of a sticky murder inquest.
3. He doesn't want to possess you.
4. Pop the collar, lose the cravat, and roll the sleeves whenever possible.
5. Always get off the train if it stops for a rest--even a short one.
6. Be patient with inlaws. They just love their sons/daughters very, very much.
7. Find out if she has a brother.
8. Don't smoke in the mill. Just don't do it.
9. You will find it in the hedgerow, but you have to look hard.

ETA: 10. When driving away from a potential love interest, look back. Just do it.
(Massive props to Monika for rounding out the list!)

Indeed.

Photo Post

The bed.

Sometimes I get a little TOO into my work.

The designer at the theatre declared these pillows to be "works of art". YES, I made them. Be quiet. (They're awesome.)

And, in keeping with the season...

Classic white elephant gift: a framed picture of yourself, right? However, I was attending a high school drama club Christmas party (NO, I was not looking for a date) and I knew this party gift had to have a little something extra... SO here we have a framed picture of me with a "dash" of Christmas in Meheeco! Sing along to the tune of "Feliz Navidad!" Naturally, the girl who ended up with the present was one of the 5 or so students in the group that didn't know me and wouldn't think it was funny. Gratifyingly, after she opened it, glared at it, and then showed it to the rest of the group several of the boys immediately started a bidding war for it. Wow - even with a moustache... (Just because I wasn't looking for a date doesn't mean I couldn't have gotten one, were it not illegal. So, yeah.)

Conversation at Work

"So, how's it going?"
"I'm a little frustrated - I'm making a body bag and that sewing machine is giving me grief."
". . . Wow."
"I know, right?"
"Well, cheer up - 'tis the season!"
"Oh, not to worry - recalcitrant sewing machines come and go. Tomorrow, another one will have an attitude and mine will be fine! (Pause) Also, I'm working on my vocabulary."
"Been hitting the dictionary again?"
"I'm trying to quit!"
(Shaking head) "It's an addiction."
"No, it's a-diction-ary!"
". . ."
"Sorry."



This was (very close to) a real conversation. It's not quite a real job, but I'm enjoying it anyway. (I'll let you know how the body bag turns out.)

Checking In

Hey all - sorry I haven't been around lately... it's been interesting, because I've been having all sorts of great blog posts lining up in my head, but they haven't made it online. I have been busy, what with the manual labor and all (they like me! and want me to come back and work more!) and then right as things slowed down enough to where I'd be able to sit down and post my computer picked up some spyware or a trojan horse or some other freaky new virus-y software, and it's been very very very slow and frustrating and SCARY. (Seriously, I was so fed up with trying to navigate Internet pages one day that I just shut down my computer - and I got an error message saying "there are other users logged on to your computer" and if I shut down they might lose data... FREAKED. ME. OUT. I am the only user of my computer. PERIOD. I shut it down, and took the laptop to an exorcist.)

So, my poor baby is at the "doctor", and I should get it back soon - and then I'll go comment on all of your blogs repeatedly to make up for my slackitude! AND post (hopefully) interesting, amusing, and season-appropriate anecdotes and pictures. Stay tuned! Tell your friends! Oh, and get me any jewelry orders or requests you might have... there's still time before Christmas!

DIY

I built a bed today, with wood stain, gaffers tape, foam rubber, a staple gun, and a trap door. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm kind of awesome.