The plumber laughed at me when he saw me assembling the new bookcase with a screwdriver: "I'd wager you'll be at dat all day. You need an electric drill for dat!"
Well, it only took me half a day! My right arm got a much-needed workout, and now we have a place to store our books and CDs. In our old apartment, they were stacked on the fireplace. We didn't have room for extra furniture.
We're in Sligo, and it's not even a terrible place. In fact, it's pretty beautiful. We found a gloriously large 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, 2-story townhouse (staircase!) for less that we were paying in Dublin for our 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom, 1-living room + kitchen-closet apartment. The town is, of course, much smaller than Dublin, but I'm liking that at the moment. The youth are calmer, the centre is quainter, and the junkies are non-existent. I feel safe walking alone at night, and the weather has been unusually cool and crisp (as opposed to dark and rainy) with a sprinkling of snow, which makes me feel like I'm living in an idyllic snowglobe land.
We are settling in with the GD back at work and me trying to make work for myself. Comedy tour pending.
Showing posts with label craftiness. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Effing Amazing
Look what I got in the mail today:
Yes, that's right, my ridiculously talented* friend, Guy, knitted a doll of me!! Or rather, of me as the character I played in this† sketch:
Do you see the remarkable similarities? I mean, other than the fact that Guy's craftmanship is much finer than my own. But the doll even has the same problems with top-heaviness that I had when I was wearing that giant, paper-maché head!
Guy is an amazing knitter. Without his permission, I am going to show you some other things he's made.
Eggplant!
Skull!
I know, ridiculous. If you want something professionally knitted, he's your man. Only you might have to be his bFF‡ to get it.
I'm just glad that this guy finally has some company.
Also, I think I am in grave danger of becoming one of those adults who has lots of stuffed toys. I'd better keep myself in check.
*His other talents include being super hilarious, choreographing 20th-century drama into dance, and growing a really sweet mustache.
†They effing disabled the audio on our video! Just imagine some Green Day and then Aretha Franklin in the background...
‡better Friend Forever
Yes, that's right, my ridiculously talented* friend, Guy, knitted a doll of me!! Or rather, of me as the character I played in this† sketch:
Do you see the remarkable similarities? I mean, other than the fact that Guy's craftmanship is much finer than my own. But the doll even has the same problems with top-heaviness that I had when I was wearing that giant, paper-maché head!
Guy is an amazing knitter. Without his permission, I am going to show you some other things he's made.
Eggplant!
Skull!I know, ridiculous. If you want something professionally knitted, he's your man. Only you might have to be his bFF‡ to get it.
I'm just glad that this guy finally has some company.
Also, I think I am in grave danger of becoming one of those adults who has lots of stuffed toys. I'd better keep myself in check.
*His other talents include being super hilarious, choreographing 20th-century drama into dance, and growing a really sweet mustache.
†They effing disabled the audio on our video! Just imagine some Green Day and then Aretha Franklin in the background...
‡better Friend Forever
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