Feel the Force Friday

Millennium Falcon guitar by Travis S.

Tomer Hankua’s “Father: Encounter on Dagobah.” via The Daily What

Swag for the collecting panel at Star Wars Celebration V

Han Solo in Carbonite cake from Comic-Con via Cake Wrecks

Darth Vader robs a bank in Setauket, Long Island, NY, via The Daily What

"Chewy [sic] riding a giant squirrel chasing down Nazis" by Tyler Edlin (via The Daily What)

By D3adpool via Reddit

Useful graphic: The Spectrum of Apple Flavors

via The Daily What

Gator feeding frenzy

Florida fisherman stumbled upon a feeding frenzy of about 300 alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp.

Accountability: The Tuesday List

Here we go again:

1. Bear to doc
2. Appointment (postponed)
3. 29 pages in Beautiful Cigar Girl (10 pages)
4. watch "The Box"
5. a/c filter
6. laundry
7. measure for living room shelf
8. walk 1 mile
9. spray paint advent calendar
10. do 2 cities for work
11. write artists post for I {heart} Rhody
12. clean the bathroom
13. take garbage and recycling to curb
14. empty bloglines feed
15. pick up Freecycle

What are your colors?

Your Colors Are Bold

Your colors are bright and vivid reds, oranges, blues and yellows. You are a high energy, passionate person. You stay happily busy. You live for excitement. It's hard for you to turn down a thrill, no matter how small. You think the world is a great and amazing place. You're thankful for each day and for every opportunity you are given.

What Are Your Colors?

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Accountability: The Monday List

Got a lot done yesterday, but not everything. So it's time for catch-up and clean-up:

1. Post about Can't Stop the Serenity" on I {heart} Rhody
2. 20 cities at work
3. Spray paint Advent calendar
4. Check out bikes
5. Library
6. Appointment (6:00) (canceled)
7. Read 62 pages in The Beautiful Cigar Girl (read 10)
8. Watch The Box
9. Get my hair cut
10. Clean the a/c filter
11. 2 loads of laundry
12. Measure for living room shelf
13. Pick up meds
14. Walk 1 mile

The tea wreath

Tea Wreath by Kojo Designs

I'm far too lazy to be crafty, but I really want a wreath like this for my kitchen. It would go right near the stove so the tea was always handy.

Even so, I've been procrastinating about this project. So today I decided to see if we have what we need to make the wreath:

-two pieces of 12x12ish cardboard NEED IT
-patterned paper that compliments your kitchen decor NEED IT
-paint (I want to paint the clothespins rather than
-clothes pins (I used 24) GOT IT
-hot glue  GOT IT
-ribbon for hanging  NEED IT

Step 2: get what we need. It looks like it's a pretty easy project, so I'd like to just get it done. I'll have to go out on Tuesday to look for paper. Scrap cardboard and ribbon are easy enough to track down. I want to have this on my wall by August 2.

Unisphere

One of my 101 things in 1001 days is to photograph the Unisphere.



Fortunately, I was able to combine that with a visit with Mary T of Work of the Poet. It turns out that she and her husband live in Queens, so it was a good meeting place. The Unisphere is surrounded by a fountain, that was under repair when I went to take pictures.



We took pictures, and talked, and visited the Panorama at the Queens Museum of Art.



I had no idea that the park (which housed the 1939 and 1964 Worlds Fairs) was so big, or that there are other statues to see, also from the 94 Fair.

"The Rocket Thrower" by Donald DeLue


"Freedom of the human spirit" by Marshall M. Fredericks

I had a great visit with Mary and her husband, and look forward to getting together with them again sometime, and seeing the park when the weather is cooler and the restoration of the fountain is complete.

Accountability: The Lazy Sunday List

It's nearly noon and other than reduce the number of unread feeds in my Bloglines account, I have not accomplished anything. While I'm a fan of lazy Sundays in general, today I feel like I should do something.

Since I consider making a list an accomplishment in itself, I shall do that, and mark off the items as they're done.

1. Make a list of things to do.
2. Write a post about my trip to the Unisphere and meeting Mary
3. Write a post on the I {heart} Rhody blog about yesterday's "Can't Stop the Serenity" fundraiser
4. Make 1/2 gal. of iced tea
5. Spray paint the Advent Calendar (couldn't do it; it rained)
6. Go to CVS and get the school supplies that are on sale.
7. 2 loads of laundry
8. Make summer salad.
9. Scrounge around to see if I have the materials to make the tea wreath, and make a list of supplies we need, but don't have.
10. Read 31 pages in The Beautiful Cigar Girl.
11. Call Nana
12. Walk 1 mile
13. Watch The Princess and the Frog
14. Listen to one work of classical music.
15. Take an art shot or two.
16. Upload 5 items to DevArt.
17. Get my hair cut
18. Get the extra bed frame out of Bear's room.
19. Bring the window frame in from the garage.
20. Get the filter installed in the turtle tank (we went outside to discover that our turtle has vanished from his tank. Instead of putting the filter in, we're putting up signs around the neighborhood)(we've since learned that a neighbor found Elmo and put him in a local pond.)
21. Move the goldfish to a new tank
22. clean the a/c filter.

It's not noon yet. I can do this!

What do you envision for your future?

You See Optimism in Your Future

Five years from now, your life will be improving rapidly. You will be reaching new and exciting challenges. Your life is fine right now, but you're laying the groundwork to make it better. You are paying your dues. Ten years from now, you'll be living an amazing life - one close to the life you've always dreamed of. By staying hopeful and proactive, you will be able to chart your own course.

What Do You Envision For Your Future?

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