I made a whip!!! And it cracks!!! I’m so excited.
The first whip I made. (Sorry the picture is fuzzy. Phone cameras suck.)
There are a lot of things wrong with it, but it’s my first and I will be able to do better next time around. I already have plans of how to change the design. I need to tweak various things so I can work up to building a kevlar fire whip. I’ll be practicing with nylon for a bit because kevlar is almost 6 times as expensive and you need a LOT to make a whip.
Anyway I’m totally excited about whip making and actually making a whip that cracks is a really exciting first step.
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I’m on the plane away from NYC. I will probably only be returning to visit (which I will be doing). It is a really weird feeling that the New York part of my life is actually over. I always said that I would not live there indefinitely, only now am I really realizing that that means. I don’t think I will miss the city, but I already miss all the friends I have in New York.
Special people definitely make the place. And it’s the only thing that made living in NYC bareable. The city was always too big and busy for me. So for those of you who love the city, I hope you enjoy it; you are welcome too it. I will enjoy visiting I’m sure.
And to all you special people in NYC: I’ll miss you, but I will be back to visit. Be well! (And as I learned to say in NYC “Get home safe”)
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It’s 2010. I think this year will be a good one. My resolution is to apply to grad schools.
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At Beaver Meadow Falls
Today (Thanksgiving day) Lena and I walked 9 miles. It was super pretty and nice although a bit cold and gray. I’m putting up a few pictures here just so I can brag more easily to other people about it. I will post more later; including video and GPS tracking data. (yes I’m a giant nerd)
Us at the half way point and lunch time
Beaver Meadow Falls
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So one of the web comics I read is suddenly really serious. It’s usually a very flipant and humorous, but it is current doing a story arc about, of all things, cancer. It really surprised me. I actually like it. It’s well written and feels heartfelt. Also it’s not nearly as tech/geek oriented as the comic usually is.
If you want to look at it you can start here: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20091021
The first few strips after this point are cancer humor with I like because it’s really black, but then it just gets serious.
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Firefly is a truely awesome show. I’m watching through it with some friends. Good people. Good content to watch. Chocolate fondue.
It was a good evening.
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The Fringe show I was in (“Sex and the Holy Land”) is finally over. I’m glad I did it but it kinda dragged on. I’m proud of the work I did though. I wrote a sound cue playback system for it and it ran well for the entire run including when I wasn’t there and the stage manager was running the show (very well I would like to say. Yay, Michelle!!). Also the benches worked very well and were very well liked.
The benches (and Melanie Zoey Weinstein (Lili), Zack Imbrogno (Eyal))
Anyway, I’ve moved on to other things. I’m teching for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind starting next week. That should be fun.
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The FRINGE show I have been working on is finally moving towards completion. It’s been quite a ride, but I feel like I’ve done well. However the show overall has not got the greatest reviews and I wouldn’t agrue at all. It feels like a college student directed show.
However the one review that I have read (from nytheatre.com) said good things about the set and never mentioned the lights and sound, which means I did well. I cannot take the whole credit because the director designed the forms that that benches where set-up in. But I’m fairly proud of the benches. They have held up very well to all the abuse.
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NYC got some real rain today. Not the weak crap is usually gets. Real pouring drenching rain. It makes me happy and a bit home sick. KS gets this kind of rain much more often.
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I just built nine 6-foot benches in 2 days. And I am very tired. I’m not very good at that sort of thing. They are for “Sex and the Holy Land” (a fringe show I am involved with). The bench design was like this:
The design was pretty good and I build 9 of them:
And made a mess:
Now I’m going to rest. But I’m proud of the benches.
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