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October 26, 2005
Could you do this?
My silversmithing class was moved to today (Wed) cause my instructor was at a 5-day retreat where you could not speak for the entire 5 days...getting in touch with God, your inner voice, all that cool stuff...I don't actually talk all that much during the day, I work by myself and so I don't speak much anyway, but I think it would be a very COOL test to see if I could go 5 days w/out speaking at all...I asked how they communicated, could they write stuff down or point and they said you were allowed to journal and read, but were encouraged NOT to do that if it was something you typically did...try to allow your head to work out whatever you had been blocking...
So, after class I stopped at a drive thru Starbucks (how decadent - don't even have to get out of the CAR!) and got a Chantico...mmm...liquid gold...if you haven't had one, and you like chocolate, go get one...$3 never tasted so good...but you'll think 'what a rip off' when you get the teeny little cup...it's probably cheaper to melt a bag of Toll House in the microwave and pour them into a mug...add a little cream or butter and just pass out...or maybe amoretto? i don't drink much, I don't know my licquers, but if there are desert drinks like cherry rum or something, maybe that'd be good...I like the straight up chocolate myself...but don't make it a habit, or you wont be able to get yourself in and out of your car!
I'm working on some claps and toggles in silversmithing...made 5 bezels and now need to work on some stuff here before the next class...so hopefully I'll have some cool things to offer next week...we shall see...its a fun class, I'm enjoying it...I told them I'd be signing on for another 6 weeks..you can just keep paying and attending until you dont want to anymore...I have a lot to learn, so I'm going back for more..and the chicks there are a fun group and have a lot of knowledge...so its all good...
I was experimenting at the torch last night...a few cool Raku beads, and a few other things, but nothing I feel I can sell at the moment...Michelle has been making cool stuff for her show in November (she's the one renting studio space from me)...We are having a good time hanging out...there's a show here in austin on Sunday, so we're going so she can meet folks and get into the show-scene...she does more shows, and I do more internet stuff, so I wanna help her find her way around the show world...the show she's doing in Nov is in Houston...I did that show a few years back, it was fun, but I guess I just don't dig doing shows much...I wouldn't mind doing the B&B show, but I really LIKED taking the classes there this year, so I'm gonna do that again this year and then maybe one day if I get up the nerve I'll try for a booth...its a lot of work and I don't think I'd get enough stock made in time...you KNOW how I like to make stuff and sell it here to YA'LL!! heh...
Did you watch The Great Pumpkin last night? I hope so!!
Posted by Donner at October 26, 2005 02:17 PM