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Well that's interesting...
Nov. 19th, 2007 01:46 pmWent to Wal-Mart today in search of inexpensive squeaker-slacks. Christmas pictures at school are tomorrow, and they want the kids dressed to the nines. Direct quote. Now, I refuse to send my malamute-puppy-in-human-skin son to school in the suit and tie hanging in his closet. It's silly, I think, and not indicative of who he is at all. Adam looks like himself in a suit, but Dae? No, Dae's his mother's son in this. That said, though, I do want him to show well. These are the pictures I'm going to give to his grandmothers (all eight of them), after all. MY mother would understand how happy the boyo is in his jeans and T-Rex shirt, but Charlotte has standards.
So.
New chocolate brown pants for my little man, and an oatmeal turtleneck sweater and brown Timberland shoes for which we thank one of the stylists I used to work with. She has a boyo just a bit older than mine who grew faster than his loving and childless auntie anticipated, so there the auntie was with $60 worth of shoe and no foot to put it on. So the stylist walked up to me one day and asked how big Dae was and would I care for some shoes and sweaters? I blessed her seven times and have since eagerly awaited the winter and the opportunity to bedeck my boy like JayZ.
Soon as the images come back and I get 'em scanned, I'll share. :D
But this isn't what I started out to write about!
As I was on my way out after purchasing said pants, I passed a lady who'd been my checkout clerk on a book-supply run. She'd seen the pads and pads of sketch paper and asked whether I was an artist. "Not exactly," I'd answered; "I use the paper to fill the books I'm binding."
"You what?"
"I'm slowly taking up bookbinding."
"What an unusual hobby! That must take a lot of specialised equipment."
"It can, but I'm seeing how far I can get before it does."
And a bit of conversation ensued, and it was good.
Passing by her today, I smiled a hello and asked how she was.
"I'm good!" she replied. "How's the bookbinding business going?"
"Not quite swift enough in production to really qualify as 'business', but otherwise quite well! Thank you for asking!"
So we shot the breeze for a bit and I offered to send her links to the places from whence all my binding data comes. We exchanged e-mail addresses.
And she mentioned being interested in doing a piece on bookbinding for the Valley Planet. "I write for them, sometimes," she says demurely.
I hope I managed to convey how cool I think that is; the Planet's been a joy to me since I moved down here. I hope, but I don't know.
Anyway, neat conversational closing point reached, we wished eachother a good day and parted company.
Now that I'm home, I've had a second to do a quick google (ah, the joy of verbing nouns!)--and you know, I've found her!
She's got her work cut out for her, making this newb's fascination with paper, board, and string newsworthy, but judging by her portfolio? She could definitely make it a good read.
So.
THAT's interesting, then. :)
So.
New chocolate brown pants for my little man, and an oatmeal turtleneck sweater and brown Timberland shoes for which we thank one of the stylists I used to work with. She has a boyo just a bit older than mine who grew faster than his loving and childless auntie anticipated, so there the auntie was with $60 worth of shoe and no foot to put it on. So the stylist walked up to me one day and asked how big Dae was and would I care for some shoes and sweaters? I blessed her seven times and have since eagerly awaited the winter and the opportunity to bedeck my boy like JayZ.
Soon as the images come back and I get 'em scanned, I'll share. :D
But this isn't what I started out to write about!
As I was on my way out after purchasing said pants, I passed a lady who'd been my checkout clerk on a book-supply run. She'd seen the pads and pads of sketch paper and asked whether I was an artist. "Not exactly," I'd answered; "I use the paper to fill the books I'm binding."
"You what?"
"I'm slowly taking up bookbinding."
"What an unusual hobby! That must take a lot of specialised equipment."
"It can, but I'm seeing how far I can get before it does."
And a bit of conversation ensued, and it was good.
Passing by her today, I smiled a hello and asked how she was.
"I'm good!" she replied. "How's the bookbinding business going?"
"Not quite swift enough in production to really qualify as 'business', but otherwise quite well! Thank you for asking!"
So we shot the breeze for a bit and I offered to send her links to the places from whence all my binding data comes. We exchanged e-mail addresses.
And she mentioned being interested in doing a piece on bookbinding for the Valley Planet. "I write for them, sometimes," she says demurely.
I hope I managed to convey how cool I think that is; the Planet's been a joy to me since I moved down here. I hope, but I don't know.
Anyway, neat conversational closing point reached, we wished eachother a good day and parted company.
Now that I'm home, I've had a second to do a quick google (ah, the joy of verbing nouns!)--and you know, I've found her!
She's got her work cut out for her, making this newb's fascination with paper, board, and string newsworthy, but judging by her portfolio? She could definitely make it a good read.
So.
THAT's interesting, then. :)
