Slack Lining

For those who don't know what slack lining is:

It's like tight-rope walking except the rope isn't tight. You set up webbing between two immovable posts (like trees) and even though you pull it as tight as you can, the nylon webbing still gives when you put weight on it. So it's actually more difficult than tight rope walking because the line is always moving as you're walking across it. When my brother and his friends set up the slack line in the park, other people in the park just sortof stop and stare. It's really cool. I suck at it, but my brother does it really well---he's smooth and graceful.

Weekend Projects

or "Why I Haven't Been Blogging"


So here are pictures of the things that I've made this weekend. I won't include a picture of the pillow cases that match the blanket yet since they're not done, but they've been taking up a healthy chunk of time. I've made a mess of my house as I've been working on all these projects, and I'd love to say that I'm sure my roommates don't mind, but if they were doing the same thing, it would drive me crazy. Here's to being hypocritical!

Scrabble Fridge

I found official Scrabble tiles on sale at Walmart---just a box of tiles and nothing more---sold for craft purposes. I originally bought them so that I could play speed Scrabble whenever I wanted, but then I thought that it would be unfair of me to not use them for their craft purpose. I glued magnets to the back of each tile and now I have a Scrabble Fridge. I can write any message I want---provided I have enough letters. Now, I might get in trouble for posting a picture like this on the Internet. I got into lots of trouble this past week...

Check out these links if you want to have a laugh at the expense of overly-sensitive people.

(NB: I am Phatty McPhatt in this story.)

My question to the board:
http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=16044

Someone's overreaction:
http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=16292

Other people's reactions to the overreaction:
http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=16314
http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=16310
http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=16298 (Thank you, Ambrosia.)

One person's reaction to other people's reactions to the overreaction:
http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=16341

My apology: Forthcoming. It didn't post when it should have, but it should probably post tomorrow morning, at which point, I'll add it to this blog entry.

Record Bowl

My friend says that these can sell for $60. Ridiculous. Saturday morning I hopped on my bike and went down to the DI (the biking is part of my self-sufficiency kick). I shopped around and found a few records for a dollar each. I made a bowl from two of them according to the instructions I found on http://www.digsmagazine.com. Later (maybe today maybe tomorrow... maybe another time) I'll make boxes from the album covers---also found on digsmagazine. ("I'll take anal bum cover for seven thousand." "That's An Album Cover, not anal bum cover!")

I made two bowls---this one will be great for fruit or something. Once I move in to the new apartment, I'll use the other as a pot for a houseplant.

Record Clock

I happened to have the make-your-own clock motor and hands, so I decided that a record would be an ideal thing to make into a clock. It doesn't really fit the living room decorating scheme in this apartment, but I don't think that anyone cares as much as they want a clock on the wall. So it'll stay here till August 1st when I move.