Housekeeping
Feb. 27th, 2006 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pensnestAn odd up-and-down-so-far-ish day. I was feeling quite nicely energised this morning. Had looked at my Remix Challenge assignment, and found it good - in the sense that (a) my victim is a writer I admire, and (b) my victim's style is quite different from mine. So there should be something I can do. I even, gasp, got an Idea. Am quite excited about doing this challenge: like participating in DWNOGA, it feels as if I'm playing with the cool people. Also, I am really interested in seeing what someone is going to do with my fiction. Hee!
Got home from bewilderingly revamped supermarket to the discovery that the man who was going to mend the roof has decided not to take the job. Bit tiresome of him, since he'd quoted for it and I'd accepted the quote, and was only calling to see when he would be round (it was supposed to be this week, I thought). Bloody unprofessional not to at least take the trouble of letting me know he was no longer available for the job. Now I have to find someone else reliable (hah!), a chore I hate. Also, I have to chase *four* missing copies of Orpheus score - four! I mean, I only gave them a fortnight to bring the scores back... plus notice in our newsletter. Bastards.
On the upper hand again, my Beast sagely suggested that since I needed to strip paint off my glass picture, I should obtain paintstripper. Cannot imagine why did not think of this, but paintstripper obtained and applied, and it works a treat. Glass is now virgin again and ready for another attempt. This is Just As Well, as it seems Pebeo have ceased manufacturing their iridescent gel, which I thought might look rather good here if 'twas necessary to cover up damage. Will wax creative tomorrow, will clean the glass thoroughly tonight. Possibly. Then again, have meeting, and also tiler coming to inspect bathroom.
On the waxing creative subject, I had a lotta fun making icons in that portion of the weekend not taken up with Orpheus in the Underworld rehearsals. A bunch of new ones for me, mostly on the 'subject on black background' theme. Have occasional desire to create pretty, soft icons like other people do (see below) but when I try the wretched things take me so *long*. Have temporarily resolved to stick to my last. All my resolves are temporary.
Rather liked this icon, it's fanciful and the colour's pretty.
This was an attempt at a soft, pretty icon - it took *forever*, and in the end, I kinda preferred the other one I made for this challenge, which was bright and brash. Perhaps because this one was imitation, and the brash one was experimentation.
Quite pleased with this, but the Nick icon I've kept to use was the bright, brash one attached to this post. Probably some deep psychological reason for this. Dare not speculate.
Got home from bewilderingly revamped supermarket to the discovery that the man who was going to mend the roof has decided not to take the job. Bit tiresome of him, since he'd quoted for it and I'd accepted the quote, and was only calling to see when he would be round (it was supposed to be this week, I thought). Bloody unprofessional not to at least take the trouble of letting me know he was no longer available for the job. Now I have to find someone else reliable (hah!), a chore I hate. Also, I have to chase *four* missing copies of Orpheus score - four! I mean, I only gave them a fortnight to bring the scores back... plus notice in our newsletter. Bastards.
On the upper hand again, my Beast sagely suggested that since I needed to strip paint off my glass picture, I should obtain paintstripper. Cannot imagine why did not think of this, but paintstripper obtained and applied, and it works a treat. Glass is now virgin again and ready for another attempt. This is Just As Well, as it seems Pebeo have ceased manufacturing their iridescent gel, which I thought might look rather good here if 'twas necessary to cover up damage. Will wax creative tomorrow, will clean the glass thoroughly tonight. Possibly. Then again, have meeting, and also tiler coming to inspect bathroom.
On the waxing creative subject, I had a lotta fun making icons in that portion of the weekend not taken up with Orpheus in the Underworld rehearsals. A bunch of new ones for me, mostly on the 'subject on black background' theme. Have occasional desire to create pretty, soft icons like other people do (see below) but when I try the wretched things take me so *long*. Have temporarily resolved to stick to my last. All my resolves are temporary.
Rather liked this icon, it's fanciful and the colour's pretty.
This was an attempt at a soft, pretty icon - it took *forever*, and in the end, I kinda preferred the other one I made for this challenge, which was bright and brash. Perhaps because this one was imitation, and the brash one was experimentation.
Quite pleased with this, but the Nick icon I've kept to use was the bright, brash one attached to this post. Probably some deep psychological reason for this. Dare not speculate.
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Date: 2006-02-27 05:41 pm (UTC)I use Paint Shop Pro and like you have learnt so much through using the it. Mainly because I was too lazy to read the manual and just jumped straight in! I love some of the online tutorials too - they're a good source of hints and tips for me.
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Date: 2006-02-27 09:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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