Photogsnazzy: Drunk (on procrastination) Goggles

So I am supposed to be writing a paper this weekend.

And I've managed to do everything imaginable EXCEPT work on my paper.

Including make York Peppermint Patties Glasses.

 There is no hope for me, is there?

Why?

is Dominic Cooper on my Rootbeer can? 

I mean, I like Dominic Cooper, but he seems a bit misplaced.  Hope he finds his way home.

In which I design my own Doctor Who episode:

Instead of writing my final paper,  I spent some time this morning catching up on all the blogs I read.  One of my favorite blogs is of course the BBC America blog: Anglophenia.

They've been going a little overboard lately with all the Doctor Who posts, probably to keep the Whovian momentum going Stateside, but I try not to read most of the Doctor Who posts because I find they make the episodes a little less exciting.

Any who (hehehe), I actually took a glance at this one today because I love the Adipose and would totally love a free Adipose toy, although I would never win their competition.  But the question you had to answer was: If you were to create an alien race for the Doctor to encounter in Season 7, what would they be like?

I'd have to give this more thought to be truly creative, but for some reason--- maybe because it is Christmastime or maybe because the Adipose are so cute--- the first thing that I thought of was:

"I think there should be aliens who are glowing, floaty auras of happiness.  They always try to think positively and take delight in the wonders of the world."

For the plot of this episode, I would have humans trying to colonize their planet (because let's face it, there are always aliens trying to take over OUR planet and the Doctor has to boot them off the island, let's try it the other way around for a change).  But these colonizing humans are on deadline, overworked, and stressed because of the bureaucracy of their company--- all of the humans' negative energy and stress starts polluting the environment my happy aliens need to survive and they start turning green and blue and dying.  The Doctor has to intervene to save them!  It's a story of psychic pollution!

I think it is a pretty great idea!

I don't know what to call my aliens though: Positrons? (too mechanical)  Any thoughts?

Photogsnazzy: A Tree, No More

Trees are very beautiful.

Even without their leaves in the beginning of winter this year, I keep on being surprised by how beautiful the trees are in the early morning, late at night, during sunset, in the rain, in the fog, all the time!  I find myself writing poetry about trees many times a week as I drive to work.

Sadly (or perhaps happily) by the time I actually get to work and can write my musings down, I've forgotten them.

My parents cut down two of the trees in our yard this summer.  As relieved as we all were not to have to worry about them falling on our house/cars during the Hurricane, I will miss them, especially the one outside my window.

No more will I be able to watch its bright leaves rolling back and forth in the breeze or being flattened in a windy gale or dancing against a backdrop of tumultuous dark thunder clouds.

I took this picture of the tree from my window last autumn, not knowing it would be our last together.

Come On Get Crafty: Triangles Triumph!

I finally had time to finish a card last weekend.  It's been a while since I've had a chance to make any cards.

I was determined to make this one out of TRIANGLES ONLY and to get it finished (I think I started this one in the end of October).  So I stayed up until 1:30am!

It's not terribly exciting, but gosh darn it, I got it finished!