so, i've figured that i need 28 4x6" soft-kut blocks to accommodate 54 cards and a back. i can't decide if i should make two jokers. i also think i should experiment with making it a playable deck.
too bad masco and the other art place on state closed; i am loathe to go to michael's craft mart. maybe i'll see if wisco crafts has lino-cut bricks.
i seem to have contracted some sort of springtime cold. but i can't stay home from work because i'm taking friday off to spend the day with kurt for his bday (which is actually tomorrow).
and i don't want to get sicker because tomorrow evening i'm going to see v.s. ramachandran speak at the union and it would be miserable if i were snorting and coughing the whole time.
i've been kinda lax in my braille lately. i haven't even opened up my laptop except for maybe saturday mornings to check the weather forecast. i should be more diligent so i retain more.
also, this design*sponge post reminds me that i wanted to design a deck of cards a long time ago until i realized how much it would cost to print. but maybe i can do a block-printed set... which might not be any less expensive but could be more fun. that might be a good summer goal. i remember learning about why some kings have daggers and other have swords, and one-eyed jack (which made the "gentleman's club" in twin peaks make a little more sense); this was all about 10 years ago.
time is silly.
i got this awesome end table from a friend who's moving to another continent. it's hand-carved from morocco.
another thing i noticed as a non-smoker is that it seems that i have more time. it's weird, you wouldn't think something so passive would take up time, but it did. another reason to feel foolish about having been a smoker.
speaking of time, i find myself filling a lot of it with tasks that, in the past, i wouldn't care about. for example, this weekend i intend to get an oil change and a car wash, clean the fridge (it hasn't been scrubbed out in an embarrassingly long time), adjust the organization of the computer room (a new desk requires moving stuff around), and finish my super awesome sweater.
also, tonight is girls' night out, which means dancedance revolution at the inferno.
aaaand, i have til tuesday to finish the diary of anne frank; i'm currently on page 11.
i just ordered two more copies of allen carr's easy way to stop smoking to lend out. it is my goal to get as many of my friends to quit as i can without being an asshole about it.
i usually shower at night... mostly cuz i like sleeping and don't want to get out of bed before i absolutely have to. unfortunately, i got distracted by the hangover and yummy fish tacos and didn't leave enough time to shower last night.
i got up extra early this am (6:15), excited to warm myself with hot water, and discovered that kurt thought it would save energy to turn the temperature on the water heater to A. A is the lowest hot setting, which is really only barely warm. so, i turned the dial to C and then past C to Very Hot, all while wasting electricity and water waiting for the machine to do its part.
i decided that 6:45 was the latest i could start my shower and still get to work at a reasonable time without having to rush. at 6:45, the water was still lukewarm and intolerable. i considered tossing a bucket of this barely usable water on kurt's sleeping head, but realized that would neither solve the problem nor be a very good idea.
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