Talk to me Tuesday & Wordless Wednesday

You can see pictures of the Ron Weasley bag here. And I've finally decided to take part in Wordless Wednesdays.

Crafty Monday: Batiks on Black

Okay okay, I don't hate batiks, but I certainly wouldn't want to go to dinner and a movie with them. They are okay, but I don't think I want to be seen in public with them, so this post is a secret. Shhhh!

Jennifer Ofenstein, of the oh-so-fabulous Sewhooked.org, is hosting a quilt block drawing that utilizes batik fabrics. It is called the Batiks on Black drawing, and it is quite exciting. For each paper pieced block you make, you get one entry in the drawing (unless you use a Sewhooked block, then you get two entries, and if you add it to the flickr group you get three!!). Click the graphic below to read all of the information and rules about this awesome project!



Once I decided to take a part in it, I went a little crazy. Below are four of the blocks I made for it, but if you want to see the rest of them click here.




I hope to see more blocks entered into the drawing as the deadline has been extended (thank goodness!!) to January 12th.

Talk to me Tuesday: Getting Things Done

Yeah, I didn't do a Crafty Monday post this week. I'm in a very quiet mood, so I don't want to be posting anything, but here is my video -



Batiks on Black
My Batiks on Black blocks
Giant squid block

Filler Friday: Neutra Face

I kind of wish it was still font week, because this song is perfect for it! I'm tagging it with the font week tag anyway, since this video didn't even exist until after it was over. The song is a parody of Lady Gaga's Poker Face, which I've heard of but never actually listened to. I heard it when the Rich Weirdoes (the Orlando Rocky Horror shadowcast) used it during their pre-show, but other than that I have gone without hearing any of her songs.

This song has actually gotten me to listen to Poker Face, but that song is not nearly as wonderful as Neutra Face. I want to high five everyone who shared this on twitter and google reader. I love it.

Talk to me Tuesday: I'm hyper, not angry

Yes this one sucks. Sorry about that. :P

And I'm done!!

If you check your calendars I think you'll notice that today is November 30th, which means that November and NaBloPoMo is over! This month rushed by, but each day I did manage to post something.

The first seven days I did Pomegranate Week, the next set of seven I did Font Week, then I raved about my favorite reads for Book Week, and finally I posted random crap for the rest of the month.

Now I'll go back to the regular posting amount, but with the addition of "Filler Friday" which will be on any topic (not craft related for the most part). That way I'll be posting 3 times a week and not clogging up your RSS feed with my yammering.

An Hour at Unviersal

Today I went down to Orlando for a decorations committee meeting for Infinitus (an upcoming Harry Potter symposium), and since Heather and I didn't have to be there until 2pm we decided to go to Universal Studios for an hour or two. We both have annual passes but don't go to Universal or Islands of Adventure as much as we should, so we hadn't even been on Universal's new ride: The Hollywood Rip Ride Rock It. This morning was as good as any so, despite the estimated 75 minute wait time, we got in the line.

The ride was really great, but the music selection was a bit crappy. When I got home though, I found something really exciting! Apparently there is an entire catalog of "bonus/hidden tracks" for the coaster. I'm really looking forward to my next ride on it so I can try it out! Below is a video for how the hidden tracks work and if you click through to the video page you can see a full list of identified tracks.




While waiting in line for the Hollywood Rip Ride Rock It there was a short Kanye West segment (one of his songs is selectable for the ride) and I couldn't help but think of the Kanye Interrupts meme and the fact that the week before I went to Sea World and got to ride their new coaster Manta (which was amazing). I pretty much had to make this -