Various posts that don’t really fit into other categories, such as updates on what’s going on in my life or what’s going on with the blog.
Well, I’ve been meaning to make this post for quite some time – and now that I’ve actually got the time to do some photographs of the smaller details and put everything together, it’s time for me to actually put all this up! Have a look at what I’ve been calling the Amazing Steampunk Outfit!
I know, I know, I’ve been neglecting the blog horribly over the past week. Blame Python. More accurately, blame three days of intense Python-learning for a class. I feel pretty darn nerdy, though, cramming so much Python into my brain in so short a time! And I just finished and submitted the final exam – while my brain is reeling from cramming so much code into it, I do feel rather accomplished. Plus, Python shares similar syntax to PHP, which I’ve been learning on my own,
So, in lieu of a rather involved post, I’m simply going to share some pictures from the past couple of days – expect a more exciting post when I get my brain back later this week!
First off, I found a TARDIS night light! I’m rather fond of it. It does a good job lighting the way from the bed to the bathroom in the middle of the night. And it’s the TARDIS.
I know, I know, my hiatus has been about double what I thought it would be. I’ve been working on recovering from the end of the semester, as well as working my way out of a deep depression. Which is hard, but it happens. (The most recent post in Hyperbole and a Half describes my past few months perfectly.) But I’m finally on an upswing, and finally feeling somewhat rested and together enough to get back into posting.
While I spent time recovering from the spring semester…
And that’s what I’ve been up to. Expect some more regular posts next week that focus on all the good things – namely, nerdy things and crafty things! And nerdy crafts!
Hello, all you crafty nerds – I just want to let you know that due to end-of semester craziness, The Crafty Nerd won’t be updating this week. However, next week I’ll be back to posting amazing awesome things! So stick with me, and if you’re not already following The Crafty Nerd on Facebook, please do! I will be posting random nerdy/crafty things there.
See you all in May! 😀
I’m going to preface this review with the following: I need to read more.
I’ve fallen into a sad habit of watching too much television lately. Sure, there’s lots of wonderful television shows out there! Doctor Who, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Farscape, Firefly, Archer, 30 Rock, Mad Men… but I used to read so very much! When we moved to Bloomington, I signed out a giant stack of books and read through them in a week!
So I’m going to challenge myself to read more – and I’m also going to talk about the books I’ve read, too, in hopes people discover new books to read. And I’m going to start with a favorite of mine. (A favorite that I should really buy my own copy of.)
This was an incredibly quick read! And an incredibly enjoyable one. If you’ve watched Doctor Who or Torchwood, you’re familiar with John Barrowman – he plays the incredibly awesome Captain Jack Harkness in both shows. (He’s also in Arrow, but I haven’t seen that yet – I don’t have cable, and live off of Hulu and Netflix, and missed out on the start of it, sadly) This book tells his story – from when he was a kid, to his experiences as a teenager, all the way through to his time on Doctor Who and Torchwood.
Being a nerd sure seems like a lot of fun. You get to play lots of games, go to conventions, watch all sorts of awesome movies, and so much other stuff. However, with great awesomeness comes great responsibility, and occasionally great downfalls. This was actually one of the most requested topics on a recent poll I posted on The Crafty Nerd’s Facebook page, and I’m going to go into what I feel are the best parts, as well as the worst parts, of being a nerd.
This is what happens when I’m in full-on nerd mode. This picture is ancient, but even now, 13 years later, I still do this when I get fangirly.
You know what’s worse than being sick?
Being sick on a weekend. A beautiful weekend, no less, where it’s finally warm enough to open all the windows and sit outside on the porch, and enjoy the beautiful flowers.
I hate late season colds.
The beginnings of a TARDIS blanket
However, I did make the best of this cold – yesterday I decided to jump in on the Worsted for Wear Knit/Crochet-a-long on Ravelry (it’s Doctor Who themed!), and am working on a TARDIS blanket. It’s small – I suppose I could make it a lot bigger if I upped the hook gauge, but I figure I should stick to the pattern for right now, since it’s my first time working with filet crochet. You can’t really make much of it out, but that’s totally the bottom of the TARDIS. I swear. 😀
The Crafty Nerdmobile! (Or, as she’s more commonly known, Scooterlou)
I think, if I were to assign my website a mascot, it might just be Scooterlou. She may not exactly be the nerdiest mode of transportation – I mean, come on, scooters are for everyone! – but she is decked out pretty nerdily. She’s got a nice little Nyancat on one side, and a sweet “Engineered by Firefly” sticker on the other, and she’s rocking some My Little Ponies on her trunk (not pictured here – this is before I installed the trunk on her). She enables my nerdy crafting pursuits, too – if not for her, it’d be a lot harder to get to and from craft stores, as my hubby’s not exactly always keen on schlepping me back and forth to craft stores around town. I’m rather attached to her.
Well, I’m back from San Francisco, and adjusted to being back in the right time zone finally, and figured I’d share the tale of my vacation! Sadly, there wasn’t enough time to video-blog the entire trip, but I took plenty of pictures – and I’ll share the highlights here!
Day one was nice – although I was absolutely exhausted from not sleeping much the night before (remind me never to go to the drive-in the night before an early cross-country flight!), I still had plenty of fun. I met some of Bryan’s friends, we all nerded out together, and it was awesome!
Trees in San Francisco are green already!
We stayed at a place we found on AirBNB – it’s located here, if you’re curious. (If you want to stay in San Francisco and be within walking distance of practically everything, I can’t recommend Lorraine enough!) After two days with no sleep, I ended up crashing pretty early – so I could be energetic for Day Two.
No, I have not dropped off the face of the planet, in case anyone was wondering (although apparently dreamingpixels.net did, sadly, I didn’t renew my domain name in time and I think I may have lost it, we’ll see when HostGator processes my payment), but I have been incredibly busy. Not only was this week the middle of the semester, but it’s also….
…the week before spring break, and my trip to San Francisco! And Bryan, wonderful husband that he is, suggested I video blog this trip and post it all here! After some thinking, I decided “what the heck, why not?” So, over the next few days, expect to see a video a day about my San Francisco adventure. There’ll be a nerdy twist to it, as there is with everything on this wonderful blog, and hopefully everyone will enjoy watching my adventures! (And it’ll be a great place to keep things for myself, too!)