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Hobbies - A thread for other things we kill time doing.
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Proud2baLaker
Master of Science
I should post some pics from the instruction booklet which talks about how each addition was made and during what time period. I also have several pics taken as I was building it and it it is kind of interesting to like build the pieta and choir area towards the front (back from the outside, front from the inside if that makes sense) and the ambulatory area around it right up to the ceiling and then move forward to the podium and transept nearly completing that before moving on to the nave and its associated ambulatories and then the two towers before the rest of the roof is built. Then you go back to areas you already built to add things to the outside that were added later (some of the buttresses for example were there from the beginning but others came later). I wanted to pace myself and have it take a bit longer but I got into a groove and got it done faster than I hoped. Haha.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
One day, I will not be able to get off the floor. But it is not this day.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
3rd place out of 3. Congratulations to Jordan Michelle for taking the Amateur Drag Queen of the Year crown and Coca Cola Caliente for the Professional!
But compared to the other pageants I've been in this year, this was not a DFL (dead f-cking last) and it doesn't feel like a DFL.
I read through the judges' comments, and several of them noted drastic improvement, including increased confidence and better presentation overall. The other comments were gentle corrections, things that can be worked on.
When my comedy fell flat, I knew it. I wanted so badly to go upstairs and start the "poor, pitiful me" act. I also wanted so badly to start ripping myself apart for everything, but I reminded myself that part of the creative process is trying things that may or may not work, and I'm not the Pirates or Angels or (insert MLB team usually out of contention by May 1). When I spoke to Gabriella Stratton Galore and husband after the show, I was told to keep working at it. And when someone like Gabriella tells me that I've improved, that's something I can hang my hat on.
On the way home last night, I thought of Anthony Bourdain:
"Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go."
But I thought of Dean Karnazes too:
"Most people never get there. They're afraid or unwilling to demand enough of themselves and take the easy road, the path of least resistance. But struggling and suffering, as I now saw it, were the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not constantly demanding more from yourself--expanding and learning as you go--you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip."
And I am so grateful to be on an extraordinary trip with others who want more out of life, are pushing themselves out of their comfort zone, and aren't afraid to be embarrassed.
But compared to the other pageants I've been in this year, this was not a DFL (dead f-cking last) and it doesn't feel like a DFL.
I read through the judges' comments, and several of them noted drastic improvement, including increased confidence and better presentation overall. The other comments were gentle corrections, things that can be worked on.
When my comedy fell flat, I knew it. I wanted so badly to go upstairs and start the "poor, pitiful me" act. I also wanted so badly to start ripping myself apart for everything, but I reminded myself that part of the creative process is trying things that may or may not work, and I'm not the Pirates or Angels or (insert MLB team usually out of contention by May 1). When I spoke to Gabriella Stratton Galore and husband after the show, I was told to keep working at it. And when someone like Gabriella tells me that I've improved, that's something I can hang my hat on.
On the way home last night, I thought of Anthony Bourdain:
"Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go."
But I thought of Dean Karnazes too:
"Most people never get there. They're afraid or unwilling to demand enough of themselves and take the easy road, the path of least resistance. But struggling and suffering, as I now saw it, were the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not constantly demanding more from yourself--expanding and learning as you go--you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip."
And I am so grateful to be on an extraordinary trip with others who want more out of life, are pushing themselves out of their comfort zone, and aren't afraid to be embarrassed.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
One of the critiques I got Sunday night was "your gown walk music can be no longer than 2 minutes." So last night, I started listening to WWE theme music and figuring out which ones would work.
Possible choices include-
Medal (Kurt Angle), Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (Gunther), My Time (Triple H), Head of the Table (Roman Reigns), and Demon In Your Dreams (Rhea Ripley).
Possible choices include-
Medal (Kurt Angle), Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (Gunther), My Time (Triple H), Head of the Table (Roman Reigns), and Demon In Your Dreams (Rhea Ripley).
Kepler
I loafe and invite my soul
Tonight I rigged up a Rube Goldberg configuration to get continuous power to my scope, so I have increased my max exposure from 2 to 10 hours. For proof of concept I am going after the Crescent Nebula, a very faint diaphanous gas cloud which it appears only exposures topping 5+ hours can get decent imagery of. I am just going to continuously holding it and see what develops. We have zero low/mid/high cloud cover tonight and the moon is pretty far from the range. The main kill joy is and always will be the light pollution -- metro Phoenix where I live has a higher Bortle than metro Manhattan.