Cat's litter box

Lastday. Go to carousel to be renewed.

I hear that they're remaking Logan's Run. I just hope that they still have the metalic hand sculpture that's outside Carousel. Because I, like, slaved over this bag for hours this weekend.

 

In which I pull a muscle patting myself on the back.

I've been painting purses. It's fun. I love it. And like all my crafts, hopefully I can sell the end result in order to buy more supplies with which to craft some more.

I started with a bunch of Dr. Who themed purses and some skulls before I came across a really cool vintage purse that demanded to be painted like Boba Fett. 

I posted it on flickr and in some craft/Star Wars/Sci-fi/geekery Flickr groups and it certainly found its market. Social media for the win!

It was picked up by geekcrafts.com from their Flickr group. From there it filered out across the interwebs.

neatorama.com's Jill Harness said "I don’t know about you ladies, but I could sure use a great purse like this Boba Fett one by Catherine Penfold-Waxman."

I'm big in Brazil at garotasnerds.com and nerdice.com where Google creatively translates from Portuguese to English "Catherine Penfold is an American who has a lot of creativity to customize bags. She has customized several exchanges with the theme nerd, but this is certainly the coolest of Boba Fett! Very beautiful is not it? Unfortunately she was a single piece and has already been sold, but the Etsy of Catherine 's other models really cool too."

fashionablygeek.com said "Etsy seller Catherine Penfold-Waxman turned a vintage purse into the Boba Fett masterpiece you see before you."

geeksaresexy.com posted "While this deliciously geeky receptacle has already been nabbed, Catherine Penfold-Waxman makes some other gorgeous geeky girl wear so you might want to check it out"

Over at buzzfeed.com they said "Using a bit of paint and a quick mind, Catherine Penfold-Waxman transformed a mint green pleather bag into everyone's favorite bounty hunter."

rampagereality.com said "Catherine Penfold-Waxman’s custom Star Wars Boba Fett purse might be the only purse that I would hold for my wife while she climbs out of the Sarlacc Pit with me."

The chaps at unrealitymag.com say, "But now I have an example of this that I might use if I accidentally switched genders one day. This Boba Fett purse looks like a normal modern design to outsiders, but to geeks? It’s pretty clear what’s going on here."

dorkly.com keep it simple with, "Stay fashionable while you bag another bounty."

 

The three fortune cookies by which I live my life

This is a photo of my laptop stand on my desk.

Painted Whovian purses. Dr. Who is cool.

I paint. Oh yes I do. For fun and profit. And I love Dr. Who. Yes, I do.

Buy these at my Etsy store. one of a kind, vintage purses with original art.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/catpenfold

 

 

Yeah. Hey, how ya doin'?

The end is nigh. To the year, that is. Soon it will be 2011 and I can feel even more in the future than I did last year. I look back. I look foward. Still no personal hover craft. Cheated, I am (said Yoda).

All in all it's been a good year. Lots of bacon. Lots of Star Wars. Lots of Dr Who. And that's mostly thanks to my friends for sending great stuff for me to look at during morning coffee.

This blog is a place where I keep the cool stuff I like, so I never expect much traffic or interaction with anyone. I do enoy a wander through the fun stuff and wish I commented more on things. I am officially a writer. I write for a living, yet I have no voice here, on my own blog. Maybe that's the new years resolution, to write more for fun. What do you thnk? Should I?

Amazing Obscura Day at the Vanderbilt Mansion #obscuraday

March 20, 2010 is Obscura Day. Mitch and I went to the Vanderbilt Museum, Long Island.

"A tour of eccentric playboy William K. Vanderbilt II's astounding natural history collection. An avid sailor and explorer, Vanderbilt traveled the globe collecting artifacts and specimens for his own private natural history museum. We'll be getting a guided tour through the "Hall of Fishes," one of the largest private collections of marine specimens in the world, containing a mounted whale shark, the largest known piece of fish taxidermy."

ABOUT OBSCURA DAY
Obscura Day is an international celebration of curious places happening around the world on March 20, 2010. It is sponsored by Atlas Obscura, a guide to the world's wonders, curiosities, and esoterica. 

This is my favorite picture of the day. It's through the keyhole of the door of the hall of fishes.

 

The door itself.

 

Some weird animal doing something unnatural to a man in a hat. How New York.

 

The Vanderbilt Museum

 

I have more photos at flickr.

 

The day after 276 days with braces.

All done. Except a seriously good cleaning and a whitening. Check out the before braces pictures.

Thank you to all the excellent people at the "Straight teeth in 6 months" Smile Specialists. I highly recommend both doctors and all the dentist techs. A big shout out to Virginia. Thanks for everything.

May 20, 2009                                         February 19, 2010

 

 

Unbraced

 

Day 267 with braces. The home stretch.

In theory, 9 days from today my braces will be removed and replaced by permanent retainers on the back of my teeth, top and bottom. At night, I'll wear an additional plastic retainer, like Invisalign.

It's amazing that this whole thing has taken just 9 months. Not only have my teeth moved, but the shape of my whole face has changed. I will have to learn how to smile like it's not a grimace. And I can buy lipstick to draw attention to my mouth instead of hiding it. I feel like the Red Dragon and I am becoming. Next, I will have to make a girl suit.

May 20, 2009                                         February 9, 2010

 

 

 

Day 189 with braces. Send in the elastics.

The fast update:

• The stoppers behind my teeth are gone. They came off very easily. I have an annoying bit of glue left.
• I now have to wear elastic bands to improve my bite. They are very colorful. I have pinged many on the bathroom floor. 
• My teeth are in dire need of a really professional cleaning.
• One of my bottom molar brackets came off the tooth and is hanging on the wire.

May 20, 2009         November 21, 2009