Boggle

britt — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:40:11 +0000

Kenneth: I’m sorry, this is a private party.
Ridikolous: Hold on, we’re with Tracy Jordan.
Kenneth: And Mr. Jordan himself said “don’t let no one in who’s not on the list ’cause this mess is gonna get raw like sushi, so haters to the left.”
Ridikolous: What’s your game?
Kenneth: Boggle!

In true Kenneth fashion, we are addicted to boggle. Isn’t that sad? But also awesome? No? It is to the point where we have to hide it or we compulsively will find words in the example picture on the box(tint. tin. tiny. fin. find. fins. gate. gates. stint.).
One night after a particularly long time of playing with Garren and Serena, as I was falling asleep I kept seeing clusters of letters. It’s like when you ride a rollercoaster over and over again and every time you close your eyes you feel like you’re still on it… just way nerdier.

Alpacas

britt — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:08:12 +0000

This morning I was taken to meet these lovely alpacas. I loved their big eyes and long eyelashes. These ones had just been shorn so they had a poof of hair on the top of their head and feet, like big awkward poodle-llamas.

The one below is named Black Beauty:

And this little one is Gracie:

Things I Want to Make (But There’s a Good Chance I Won’t)

britt — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:35:22 +0000

1. Some variation of this embroidered “messy tablecloth” by AZEdesign
Why I love it: it’s so perfectly embroidered to look like a complete mess
Why I won’t be making it: no patience for embroidery, at all
Why you should make it: so you can have me over for a dinner party

2. A smaller sized version of this cascade chandelier made out of recycled bottles by Michelle Brand
Why I love it: because at first it just looks like a classy, shimmering chandelier but also because it makes you look at plastic bottles in a whole new way
Why I won’t be making it: it looks best as it is, in its grandiose form, and I can’t seem to find a ballroom in our house in which to hang it
Why you should make it: because you have a ballroom

3. A record player made entirely out of paper, like Simon Elvins’
Why I love it: it seems like if you mastered the making of it, you could just whip one up on a camping trip and (assuming you’ve brought your favorite records) voila! you’ve got yourself a dance party in the woods! (I’m all about the parties today)
Why I won’t be making it: because I can’t even fathom how it works
Why you should make it: because you are much smarter than me

4. These super cheap top-down blinds using the important gizmo-y parts of inexpensive plastic blinds and those paper temporary blinds
Why I love it: you get sunlight, sans neighbors staring into your house
Why I won’t be making it: actually, I just might make these. We need something better, especially in our living room, and have you seen how much wood blinds cost?
Why you should make it: so we can both brag about our awesome blinds

5. This adorable happy star ipod cozy
Why I love it: um, because it’s adorable
Why I won’t be making it: our 80G ipod was stolen! (this destroyed my trust of my fellow Nelsonites)
Why you should make it: because you have an ipod (*wistfully glances at your ipod*)

6. A paper cut-out as awesome as this one at skinny laminx
Why I love it: it’s so intricate and delicate and it would be prove to be evidence of my patience and determination
Why I won’t be making it: because I already tried and got frustrated and quit
Why you should make it: because it’s pretty

7. My very own hoodie based on this tutorial
Why I love it: because it doesn’t use an actual pattern and looks pretty good (with different fabric choices)
Why I ~~won’t~~ might be making it: because my dearest brown hoodie leapt out of my bag and twizzled its way out of the trunk of our car while we were on our honeymoon and now I am without a comfy, go-to hoodie
Why you should make it: it’s cheaper than buying one. oh, and bragging rights (”nice hoodie you have there” “oh, this? it’s nothing, really. I just made it myself. in my spare time. with some scraps of fabric I found laying around.”)

8. An art piece made out of a damaged book like these book autopsies by Brian Dettmer
Why I love it: c’mon! They’re fantastic! And they give new life to old books and get rid of all those pesky words.
Why I won’t be doing it: it looks like it would make a mess. And it would probably be a lot harder than I imagine.
Why you should do it: because you just saved a whole set of encyclopedias from the trash but some of them are water-stained and they’re just sitting in a corner of your living room now

There you have it. Some of these things I have had vague hopes of creating for a long time now. But here I am, confessing that I most likely won’t make them and giving you compelling reasons to do them for me.

“It’s Like Escher Got Lazy”

britt — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:46:47 +0000

(…said Ryan when he saw these stairs at the hospital.)

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Boggle

Alpacas

Things I Want to Make (But There’s a Good Chance I Won’t)

“It’s Like Escher Got Lazy”