Current Residence: Tulsa, Oklahoma Profession: Social Care Provider for At-risk Children Personal Art Medium: Woodworking Favourite genre of music: Chicago Blues Favourite style of art: Marbleworking Favorite book(s): The Discworld series by the late Sir Terry Pratchett Personal Quote: Sometimes we all just need to be shown a little kindness.
Favourite Movies
I do have a soft spot for the LOTR trilogy.
Favourite TV Shows
My Little Pony, Futurama
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Gershwin, Buxtehude, and, I won't lie, I have a real weakness for trotstep workout jams.
Favourite Books
Everything by Terry Pratchett, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Favourite Writers
Robert Burns for poetry, Terry Pratchett for novels, Shakespeare for plays
Favourite Games
D&D 3.5, Munchkin
Tools of the Trade
Scrollsaw, rotary carver, chisels and knives of all sorts
Other Interests
Psychology, Outdoorsing, Being out with my dog, Social work
And yet a surprising amount of actually posting stuff this year!
Admittedly not quite everything managed to make it onto here, but still, did a better job of getting stuff uploaded. That's nice. Maybe this year is the year I update journals again too!
Anyway, it's been an eventful year, with many life events and travels and lots of woodwork and show finales and collaborations and floods and injuries and all those things that make this life such a wonderfully interesting trip. But I made some friends along the way, and that's been the best thing of all.
You know, you would think that after spending the last two months camped out in the shop, making literally hundreds of pony ornaments, a dozen sculptures or pieces of wall art, trying out defined eyes for the first time, and learning a thing or two about using plastics, I would have at least one single thing to post here, but they seem to all have gone into the mail as quickly as they were made.
What can you do?
Anyway, perhaps I will post some side projects as I work through them.
Hello, Good Friends!
So the other day I was thinking to myself, "Goodness, ever since that dog bite last year I've been remarkably free of injury. Time was when I always had some minor (or major) woodworking mishap, or hiking sprain, or pickup sports mishap, or some generally boneheaded accident that bruised or broke something. I wonder if I am finally becoming cautious with maturity."
Then I saw a cat at the bottom of a 10 foot deep vertical light well and climbed down to rescue it from certain death. In its sincere thankfulness, this cat bit me on the hand just as hard as it possibly could. Twice. Even though I took the precaution of bund
Howdy there, friend! We're here today to wish you a happy birthday! I'm so excited to do this! Rarity told me how fun it can be! Dash said how important it is for us to greet our friends in the other world! It's an honour! Focus, girls, remember how we practiced it... inhale We wish you all the best on this occasion! May you have lots of happy times and good things come your way! And we wish you'll be able to do your best for yourself too! And, and... And stay in good health and high spirits all the time! And believe in yourself and who you are! An' also we wish you great friendship and to have your nearest an' dearest with you to share in the good and deal with anything bad together! So on behalf of all Equestria we wish you... Happy Birthday! We did it, girls. Now let's all celebrate! Cue the music, Scoots!