I read several quilt blogs that mention how we shouldn't just post pretty pictures of the finished products we are working on, but instead should talk about the process of the things we make. So let me describe where I stand on the quilt I'm working on right now:

Upgefucht.

Up. Ge. Fucht.

Screwed the pooch, six ways from Sunday, deities on crutches, fubar'ed, etc. I blew it like a blind ref with a grudge and six seconds remaining.

So let's compare. The kitty tilework on the upper left side of each photo serves as a nice reference point for height in these two unequal photos.

Here, have some video awesome. This is the Australian comedy group's Axis of Awesome performing "Four Chord Song." There is apparently more at
http://axisofawesome.net but I haven't looked there, yet, because I have to do stupid things like scrub green paint out of my hair before going to work.

Brief 1-second profanity near the end if you're listening at work. (Slackers!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

To cap off last night: the sinking sickening feeling of knowing one of my fabrics really and truly wasn't working in my quilt pattern. Jacob helpfully pointed out last night that this is the risk of doing everything myself: you get to take the credit for everything that goes right, but you have to take the blame for everything that goes wrong, too.

We've been in the middle of a major transition in our living room; we've sold off several components, bought a few others, and drastically changed our media consumption to fit our new equipment and plans.

We sold off our old media box, our old pre-amp, a vintage tuner, and our old 32" tube television. We added in a newer flat-panel television and media box that greatly simplified the number of cords needed to make our entertainment system work.

I'm a bit more careful about broadcasting my location these days, but now that I'm -- uh, back in Alabama? -- I'll say that I had a good time in Minnesota. I should post some pictures, shouldn't I? First up, though, a gentle bit of listening pleasure for your Friday. Guster still sounds like Guster, but the images in this video are the real winner.