I'm up for it, depending on what our adoption situation is. Could literally change at any second. But feel free to pencil me in to act and/or narrate.
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I'm up for it, depending on what our adoption situation is. Could literally change at any second. But feel free to pencil me in to act and/or narrate.
That was delightful
Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ed1aMenhJfYmqNoG7
Body was made from a section of red oak dowel.
Carved this spiral by hand, came out really nicely imo.
Stem is made by gluing 3 layers of maple together, with a small gap running through the center layer. The last one I made was done by drilling straight through, and it sucked. This is the way to go lol.
The stem fits directly into the body, and forms part of the 'bowl' itself.
The little hole at the top is additional for the smoke in-draw.
smoothed the spiral channels with a grinder thingy, made a nice "burn" contrast.
Stained with red wine, treated with olive oil, and finished with beeswax to seal it. Stem is still detachable for cleaning.
*looks at the instrument*
Y'know, it can't be *that* hard to make it with a wheel instead of a bow, right? Wouldn't be quite the same as a hurdy-gurdy, but also it pretty much would be.
BDA knows this soulful urge.
SANISS I'm WAITING for ANOTHER update!!!
*thumbs up*
Holy carp I finally have something to contribute to this thread!!
I recorded myself singing "falling in love" for the Missus for our 6th anniversary yesterday. The recording itself had to be done in bits and pieces in order to surprise her, since we're almost always both in the house lol.
Anyway, here's a link! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KF34Ff … p=drivesdk
Update:
fixed for Safari browsers, in case any of you use Apple products BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY NEED SPECIAL PREFIXES ON ALL THEIR ANIMATIONS
Well, I added a bunch of stuff to the page, with a whole review mode for when you think you've got the info in your head!
Unfortunately it doesn't work on mobile yet, because the stupid mobile version of chrome (and other browsers) takes in the wrong key code, so I need to figure out how to get around that.
But, should work on your computer
Good question! For me personally, the app works about as well, although at this point it's honestly hard to keep looking at the text: I keep instinctively glancing away because that's so honed in my brain at this point that is to say I'm probably not a good test case because of how much I've practiced.
The real difference between this and printing/writing it out is that this is something you have to focus on, while having a printout means you can carry it everywhere and learn while doing something else.
My guess is for a beginner, it'd be a good idea to start with the app to get a good handle on the text, and then carry a card around for less focused practice.
Of course! I’ll try to be brief
EDIT: Narrator: he would not, in fact, succeed in being brief
I’ve attempted to memorize chunks of the bible before. For a couple of years I worked off and on in the book of Romans, and eventually got about half of it down (six chapters), but it was intensely laborious and I ended up fizzling out and pretty much forgot everything I’d learned. Fast forward a few years and I had most of Galatians down (six chapters), but again it took me a long time and just felt like a chore.
The thing is, I personally derived a lot of spiritual benefit from this, it’s just that the process *itself* was a drag, so it was hard to continue. As of 3 years ago, I’d lost Galatians for lack of practice. So I’d kinda written off the whole thing as being for people who were “good at it”.
I’m biblically *literate*, I read the bible a lot, and I know a lot about the bible in general, and where stuff is in general, but I’ve always been dissatisfied with the fact that I believe it to literally be God’s word, but I didn’t actually *know* many of the words in it, especially in context...and especially because a lot of people quote the bible without knowing anything around the words that help understand them. That’s the backstory, the “why”.
About a year later (so, a couple years ago), I was studying James for a while, and one day at work I decided to print out chapter 1 on a small card and carry it around so I could read it….my job is not mentally engaging at all. But it was physically involved enough (packing boxes) that naturally I couldn’t stand around reading the card. I had to glance at it briefly and frequently while doing other things. The result was that I would pick up key words and phrases, and the in-between words would be filled in just from a peripheral glance. As I worked, I ended up having to glance less and less, and by the end of the day I was “reading” James 1 without actually looking at the card very much at all. I’d memorized it literally by accident. Totally blew my mind.
So I tested that out by being intentional, and ended up finishing the other 4 chapters of James in a week. The process was efficient enough that I wasn’t burned out, and enjoyed practice reciting it for the next week or so until it was firmly in my brain. At this point I can go a month between recitations and pretty much nail it word for word. I’ve since memorized quite a bit more.
The difference in this new way versus the old way was primarily the non-linear manner in which I went about it. I didn’t force myself to memorize a sequence of words in order: I organically learned key words and phrases in a paragraph, and gradually filled in the gaps. I didn’t get frustrated and start over every time I missed a word: I just looked back at the card and kept going. Going by paragraphs meant I would learn the *thoughts* and not just the *words*, which in turn helped fill in the words. Not that it was what I would call *easy*, but it was definitely much less difficult. It required *consistency* and *practice* more than *labor*, which helped a lot.
So there you have it: the original method involves carrying around a card and reading it aloud (I don’t really have people near me at work) by glancing at it, and doing so less and less until I just don’t have to glance at it anymore. I wrote this little web app because when I’ve tried to share the process with others, they’d end up kinda *forcing* themselves to jump straight from reading it to reciting it without looking, getting frustrated, and stopping. The app just automates the “glancing away” mechanic so they don’t go too fast.
Naturally, a lot of people memorize things for a lot of reasons other than mine, so I figured I’d share
By process you mean method? or reason for it? Or both?
It's not much, but this past week I've been working on a little web thing that simulates the non-linear memorization method I've been practicing now for a couple of years.
For me, that's looked like memorizing rather large portions of the Bible verbatim, but the method works for any text you feel like memorizing. Right now the project isn't great for *poetry*, because the paste process strips text of formatting and code for security reasons, and line breaks are code
So either stick with prose, or be prepared to add the line breaks back in if you're working on more than one line of a poem.
Anywho, instructions are on the bottom of the page. Also please excuse the self-indulgent visual effects, I couldn't resist
If ya got time on your hands, give it a go! https://writhyn.github.io/memory/
1) Imma check out It's Such a Beautiful Day
2) Imma check out Farscape
3) (yes Saniss Imma check out The Expanse)
4) Imma plug something a bit more mindless:
Tiny House Nation on Netflix. It's literally every other house-building show, but the builds are all custom tiny houses with clever solutions for space-problems that are hella fun to watch come together. And with all the "Hey I'm stuck inside" stuff going on right now, the show makes you drool over small spaces in a way you never thought possible.
And the two hosts are just ridiculous goofballs of personality who rib on each other the whole time. 40-minute episodes, I love it.
I'll share what I shared in chat:
Sunday morning I sent out a nice little 'evite' to some friends of ours to "The Distant Social". The evite wasn't strictly necessary since we're all on 'text-any-time' terms, but it made it feel more intentional and special, which was nice. So yesterday evening 9 people got together: some friends in state, and some who've moved away.
Basically we all mixed our own drinks at home and used a group call on FB Messenger to chat and play a couple of party games that don't require physical presence. It was really neat and interesting that those out of state are now functionally the same communication 'distance' as those right down the road. I think this is the first time we've all been together since the first friend moved away two years ago
If you can manage something like that with your peeps, it was really nice. And as Teague said, I'd be down for one here too if we can make the time zones work.
I did not, but I should have.
Besides, "binding" anything "in Jesus' name" has so much unbiblical junk in it conceptually, it's *particularly* joke-worthy
Thanks! This tutorial is excellent, as long as you take your time and do your prep-work, it'll turn out gorgeous: https://www.wikihow.com/Coptic-Bind-a-Book
definitely plot out and be slow while working with the glue and measuring.
It's so cute!
And honestly, back in the days of the original trilogy, they'd probably have made the droid with exactly the same materials
There aren't good options for study bibles with lots of margin space for notes, but Mrs Writhyn likes taking notes. So I printed out the books of James-Revelation and bound them myself. Next will be the epistles of Paul in two volumes (guy wrote a lot), and the gospels of Jesus and the Acts of the apostles in two volumes (guys did a lot). There's no law that says all the books have to be in one volume lol. Learned how to do it for this project. Style of binding is Coptic stitch. I'm proud of it, for my first attempt
Fabric and bookboard
after fabric and paper masking:
The print layout and fancy paper:
After binding:
Final detail and flair:
We made an audiodrama! Well I wrote it but most of the peeps here helped make it or act in it.
Its called "The Hyacinth Disaster"
Www.Davidecarlson.net/hyacinth
Same!! The biker scene is gold. And I noticed how the show made sure that *both* troopers hit the Child. Otherwise we might have sympathy for them when IG murders them. Fuck those guys
And,
Mandalorian: I'm not sad.
IG: Yes you are. I'm a nurse droid, I've analyzed your voice.
...was adorable
Same opinions re: the series. Great stuff.
But, uh, the idea of a dark lightsaber is stupid. Just saying
Don't worry I'm sure the new good guy fleet will be powerful enough to take out the First Order's fleet
...oh wait, the First Order destroyers *don't* have 'one weird weakness' that enables a single fighter to take out the whole ship with a few BLASTER SHOTS. (seriously, Palps??)
I mean, they probably don't.
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