contraptions i covet

there are things in this world that are not about survival or bettering yourself - but purely about how kick ass they are. although some contraptions are useful and do happen to serve some practical purpose, i like the idea of the contraption as something that isn't essential to everyday life but that if it isn't around things just aren't as fun.

First, the pumpkin canon

compressed air and a squash, or 'mommy, what happens to all the orphan pumpkins after halloween?'

Second, the laptype

nobody's sure if it really works, but i could care less as long as laptops look like this in the future

oh, the excitement

i friggin love all the science fiction science and fantasy science - stuff that reeks of a geeky childhood spent reading too many books, inside, away from the real world. and yet i could think of some pretty handy uses for something like, say, an invisibility cloak.

they've made the harry potter cloak of invisivibility, kinda.
my dreams of becoming a real wizard are that much closer to being realized.

halloween

pictures taken early in the evening, you can tell because my hair is still pretty tame - by 3am it was out of control

the rest of the halloween pre-party pictures are here (yeah, only of the pre-party. when i left the house i was too drunk to remember my camera.): http://www.flickr.com/photos/19058162@N00/

actually on halloween we tarted our house up as a pirate ship


then shauna, annalisa and cori came over to watch a couple classics: 'Carnival of Souls' and 'Dracula, Satanic Rites'. we stuffed ourselves with pirate booty and candy stolen from children.

so, i have a blog

yeah, i've given in - and mainly because i want a way to chronicle my bookbinding. plus, i've also come out as a proud member of the ranks of zombie crafters overrunning the nation. so, i want a place to document my creations as i maybe work up to making a viable business out of bookbinding/odd furniture making/knick-knack and memorabilia plastination. might never happen, but i have delusions and am prepared to follow them just like the camel with the saggy knees who followed all those gold, sparkly dancing camels. just like that.