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It's Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday, which means a long weekend! Yay!
And my god, do I need it. Work has calmed down a little, but my day is still pretty full. A nice, consistent stream of work, but not a crazy flow of overwhelming work.
But mostly I need the extra day off to continue work on my Halloween costume. Only 19 more days. :-P
I have completed exactly one piece of my costume. I have other stuff on the go, but none of it is close to complete. At this rate, I don't know if I'll finish on time, let alone if I can make two of these. One upside: the friend who always has a Halloween party isn't having one this year. That means I gain a weekend because the party would have been on October 26. I'm a little sad not to show off the costume to my friends, but thank goodness for the extra days.
Today, I've been hunched over a desk and a workbench just making various things. I started work on the hidden blades and I can tell you it's no fun trying to cut through metal with just a hack saw. I took shop twice in junior high, once in grade seven and once in grade eight, and I never really enjoyed it. Sharp, spinning things that can potentially cut off your fingers really put me off it. So, just like the sewing, it's slow going. The one cool thing so far about the hidden blades? I've only paid for one component so far. I bought a pair of springs for less than $3. The drawer slides that make up the base of the blades I totally swiped from work. Yes, that's technically stealing, but they were attached to discarded keyboard trays that were never going to be used again. It's more like recycling. :-) And a good Assassin knows that nothing is true and everything is permitted. I'm sure that applies to drawer slides.
(Funny side story. I tried to procure the slides on a day off, thinking no one would be around, and three of my co-workers were in. So yeah, it's safe to say that I didn't walk off with a pair of drawer slides that day...)
If I get these costumes done in time for Halloween, it will be a nice record for me. I usually start construction months in advance.
I'm going to lie down now. My back is killing me. I bet Altaïr never had it this rough. ;-)
And my god, do I need it. Work has calmed down a little, but my day is still pretty full. A nice, consistent stream of work, but not a crazy flow of overwhelming work.
But mostly I need the extra day off to continue work on my Halloween costume. Only 19 more days. :-P
I have completed exactly one piece of my costume. I have other stuff on the go, but none of it is close to complete. At this rate, I don't know if I'll finish on time, let alone if I can make two of these. One upside: the friend who always has a Halloween party isn't having one this year. That means I gain a weekend because the party would have been on October 26. I'm a little sad not to show off the costume to my friends, but thank goodness for the extra days.
Today, I've been hunched over a desk and a workbench just making various things. I started work on the hidden blades and I can tell you it's no fun trying to cut through metal with just a hack saw. I took shop twice in junior high, once in grade seven and once in grade eight, and I never really enjoyed it. Sharp, spinning things that can potentially cut off your fingers really put me off it. So, just like the sewing, it's slow going. The one cool thing so far about the hidden blades? I've only paid for one component so far. I bought a pair of springs for less than $3. The drawer slides that make up the base of the blades I totally swiped from work. Yes, that's technically stealing, but they were attached to discarded keyboard trays that were never going to be used again. It's more like recycling. :-) And a good Assassin knows that nothing is true and everything is permitted. I'm sure that applies to drawer slides.
(Funny side story. I tried to procure the slides on a day off, thinking no one would be around, and three of my co-workers were in. So yeah, it's safe to say that I didn't walk off with a pair of drawer slides that day...)
If I get these costumes done in time for Halloween, it will be a nice record for me. I usually start construction months in advance.
I'm going to lie down now. My back is killing me. I bet Altaïr never had it this rough. ;-)
