We’re still playing catch-up today. E’s is over feeling feverish and puke-y and has moved on to be obstinate and whinny. But my shoulder is feeling better and my elbow doesn’t hurt any more and is instead developing a somewhat alarming-looking scab–so, good news! Now if I can just get caught up on laundry and my reports for work we’ll be good.
Anyway, I wanted to post this video even though you might have already seen it. I guess Oprah is having a contest where people submit videos and then she’ll pick a winner and give them a tv show. I think they should give it to this guy, Zach Anner.
As someone who “hearts” art but hasn’t really studied it in depth I often find myself drawn to folk artists–people who aren’t formally trained but feel a need to create nevertheless. Scott Weaver is 3rd generation San Franciscan who has built sculptures out of toothpicks since he was 8. He’s spent over 3,000 hours creating his masterpiece, Rolling Through The Bay, a 100,000 toothpick sculpture of San Francisco complete with functioning streets through which ping pong balls can roll. It is amazing.
I’m not a fan of the word retarded (I still remember bursting into tears during my 7th grade math class when some jerky kids used it to make fun of my developmentally disabled brother.) but this video is still pretty great.
Phew! I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I got the bulk of my big quarterly report for work finished and E is feeling better. This week was hard for a number of reasons but things are looking up.
I know I mentioned that I was going to kick-off a new feature but with all the craziness this week that’s been postponed until next week. I’m excited about it though.
This video cracks me up. It’s not real; it’s a skit by a comedy troupe but it’s still really funny.
(Sorry for the weird size of the video: I couldn’t find a smaller embed).
Things have been pretty quiet around here this week which is good because my allergies have me pretty wiped out. But I’m working on a new feature which I’ll post about next week.
In the mean time, here’s a neat clip. I love how nonchalant the merchants are.
I think breastfeeding babies is a great thing to do but this is a take on it that I have honestly never seen before. My jaw dropped open more than once while watching this.
This weekend was nice and low-key. My church held its general conference on Saturday and Sunday. It was nice to listen to the inspired words of our prophet and other leaders. Here in Utah where there are so many Mormons the conference is broadcast on local tv so you can watch from the comfort of your couch. It was a great time to reflect on my life and my relationship with the Savior.
I actually got to attend a conference session in person: not something I do that often. I went with my mom who is in town visiting my sister Jan. There were a few small hiccups: we sat next to a distracting couple who were smooching and whispering loudly through the whole conference, I had to leave my camera at the package check and then it took almost an hour to get it back after conference (the line was huge and then it took them 20 minutes to find it during which I was freaking out that it had been lost), and then we accidentally got on the wrong TRAX train on the way home. But it was fun to hang out with my mom and to be there in person to feel the spirit of the conference.
On Easter we gave E a basket with treats and his very first Slinky. (Predictably, he has been mesmerized by it/shown great talent at tangling it up.) And sometime this weekend between sessions of conference and eating Easter treats N showed me this video.
So my friend Elaine (who I met via our blogs) and her friend Meg organized a local blogger meet-up for Saturday. When Elaine invited me I said I would go even though I’m kind of shy and had the vague feeling I wouldn’t fit in (the crowd was mostly stylish college-age fashion bloggers or talented sewing bloggers). But I like hanging out with Elaine and meeting people with similar interests so I steadied my nerves and went (but dragged a patient N along for support).
(Thanks to Meg for the photo.)
There were about 20 people there so we didn’t get a chance to get to know everyone. We sat at a table with Elaine, Meg, and Heather (and their husbands) and sisters Megan, Adrien, and Shannon. I also got the chance to say hi to Susan whom I’ve been wanting to meet. Her and her husband are finishing up upholstering a 9-foot long couch (!) and so we chatted about that and woodworking.
I think it went pretty well. And afterward N and I went and saw The Ghost Writer which I mostly liked (I had some issues with certain plot points.) N reviewed the movie it here.
