So When Am I Going to Make Something?

I know, I know. Where is the glass, right? I have a pound of satake rods, Wasser art glass for fusing, new fusing tools and now I just need to take some time to create. This might be a love-is-in-the-air going away weekend so I can't promise anything, but soon, people soon. I feel like I'm withering. I did make this really cool pendant for my dear friend, but I forgot to take a picture. I'll get this blog back on track eventually, but meanwhile I'll try not to let another month slip by without some random ramblings.

The Final Frontier

Did anyone watch the space walk today? Listen to an account here of what it's like to be clipped in by your heels at the end of this robotic arm.

B and I saw the trailer of the new Star Trek movie over the weekend, and it was fabulous. Check it out here!

Give Me Some Space

There was a space shuttle launch today, and it was amazing. Though Florida's a long way from here, I got to watch it live on my desktop at work in slush/ice/snow-covered New York.

A friend from work just got back from visiting Kennedy Space Center (forget Disney, go here!) and pulled up the NASA website today so we could watch the launch. We both kept the little window open of the live feed while we designed postcards and flyers and what-not. We both agreed it was the most fun we'd had in while. The astronauts were strapped in around nine or so, and they hung out with us on-screen until the lift-off after two o'clock. It was cool to watch them board the shuttle and hold up little signs saying hello to their loved ones. As the sky deepened in color and finally turned black, and I could see the Earth floating below, it sure made me wish I could go. The view and the silence would be bliss. I assume it's quiet on the shuttle after it gets into orbit. What if it hums or something is ticking? I might jump out the air lock.

Without further ado, check it out for yourself here! Just choose the video called Lift Off! at right.

Cliffs of Dover

So my Guitar Hero "career" has progressed to the spot where the song Cliffs of Dover comes up, and I'm thrilled to finally know the name of this song I fell in love with 13 years ago the first time I heard it, but had no idea who it was by or what it was called. I even called radio stations over the years trying to hum it to no avail. Admittedly my humming wasn't that good, and this song gets really fast! I'd whistle, but that's even worse than my humming.

I scurried to iTunes and downloaded Eric Johnson's album and if you love yourself some amazing guitar, check him out. This guy rocks. It's as if this guitar was made to express puring screaming joy; Johnson's fingers are infused with it.

Ta-da!

Well, I finally did it. A back handspring. By myself!

I did it on a mat that is built into the floor at my gymnastics class; it's basically like a mattress.

I can do it on the spring floor, but since I still fear the whole breaking my neck thing, I still have a spotter until I feel there is no way I will fall on my head. That could take a while.