Archive for 2009
So a while back while taking those silkscreen classes and I burned a screen that I thought would be used to make t-shirts that said, “thank you for not being perky” with a couple of stars scattered around. After burning and looking at the screen I envisioned it on a t-shirt more closely and realized [...]
My first loaf of bread from the master recipe in Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day came out small but delicious and perfect. A slice of it + some homemade butter and a sprinkle of grey celtic sea salt just made the perfect snack. If only I had a triple latte to go with [...]
Instructables – how to make butter with stand mixer Food Renegade – make butter with a blender over the hill and on a roll – 5 minutes to make butter I made butter last night using the instructions on the 3rd link but really I think that made it harder than it had to be. [...]
best fabric ever2.43 Originally uploaded by Minnibird Do you see this magnificent fabric? raccoon on fire, raccoon drowning, raccoon digging his own grave? raccoon hog tied and dead… why is the raccoon getting tortured so? WHA?!?!? I had to buy some of this. It came in cream and blue as well as pink. I’m not [...]
crappy sign! Originally uploaded by Minnibird Why yes! I can make crappy laser printed signs with Illustrator! Every year my big problem is that people don’t know what spats are and then they see my sign that says “thank you for not being perky” and that confuses them even more. Story of my life, I [...]
Some spats for winter Bazaar Bizarre Originally uploaded by Minnibird I’ve been making many many pairs of spats. i have about 10 more pairs that are in need of having eyelets installed but now I can’t find my brand new eyelet punch. I can’t find anything! I hope all of you in the Bay Area [...]
Kids Animated Movie Reviews Continued – Do they pass the Bechdel Test? Rating System 5 FAILS – 0 FAILS Aladdin Thank you Disney for falling in line with and perpetuating Rape Culture. And by thank you I actually mean fuck you. Jasmine (the only female character besides a few women seen primping in the harem [...]
My little house gnome is growing up *sniff* Originally uploaded by Minnibird So I signed up for that fitness class with Jack in a gymnastics class at the same time. Last week it did not work out and Jack cried when I tried to go to my class. But this week! It worked!! I was [...]
hair Originally uploaded by Minnibird I’m not sure how much longer I can hold on and not start fucking with my hair. This haircut is oddly puffy and the color makes me look like 10 years older than I should. So, do I just grow it out to see how the natural color looks when [...]
pointy teeth! Originally uploaded by Minnibird I taught myself embroidery this weekend! I’ve done cross stitch and a few years ago at Maker Faire Jenny Hart showed me how to do a back stitch. I’m making this wind up bird as a show piece for some embroidery kits that will be available at the Winter [...]
My sister has pointed out that Kiki’s Delivery Service passes the test. As does Totoro, actually. In Kiki’s Delivery Service you have Kiki, the shop woman and the artist woman as the three main female characters. Both adult females act as friends and mentors for Kiki. There is a peripheral female kid character who is [...]
Last night I was thinking the The Incredibles passes the test but after looking at the female interactions more closely I think it starts to lose points. The main female characters are Elasti girl, her daughter, Edna Mode and the evil henchwoman. So we have a mother daughter relationship, a jealousy relationship and a relationship [...]
Pickin up some of these annoying long skinny pieces of paper that are scattered everywhere. “Mommy shark, daddy shark, ME shark and eel swimming now.” I am loving the stories Jack is telling. Yesterday morning he came upstairs after having escaped his room and he got up on our bed with some lego ‘guys’ he [...]
Was anyone else ever annoyed by the three little bears story when you get to the porridge part? If the big bowl has not cooled off very much, why wouldn’t the medium bowl be the just right one and the tiny one the too cool one? Or the other way around. Having the little one [...]
I was in a massively shitty mood for like 2 weeks when suddenly I realized that it was because I had completely forgotten to take my meds for that amount of time. Horrible unfocused anger almost totally vanished after about 4 days back on. PHEW! I’ve been sewing spats like crazy. Can’t help but wonder [...]
Darth Tater Originally uploaded by Minnibird Jack and I played Hot Potato the other day, which was fun but would have been funner if he hadn’t been in the bath tub about to crack his head open at any moment and expose me for a bad mom (and hurt himself). I also recently broken open [...]
This weekend I went with Badger to see the AXIS Dance Company performance here in Oakland. It was awesome and if you’re in town you should go check it out. I don’t see many dance performances but whenever I do am I just astounded by what people can do with their bodies. I loved the [...]
Awsome things Jack said over the weekend: “butt crack” and “crap!” Probably some other stuff that I can’t remember. He’s pretty cute with the talking, except when he’s whining. We just had a fun play session in which he uses his blanket to be a movie screen and we watch a nature show and all [...]
Last week I made a ton of tiny cupcakes. cinnamon with cinnamon frosting, cinnamon with mayan chocolate frosting, black bottom with mayan chocolate frosting and ginger with lemon frosting. I made them for my friends final day of shooting for her trailer but I had my dates confused. So that’s what I get for never [...]
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