The Whimsy of My Mind: My Baby (in that I love it and I helped to build it) Harp

Sunday, January 27, 2013

My Baby (in that I love it and I helped to build it) Harp

I spent my federally-mandated-school-holiday being productive (thank you for that, and so much more, MLKJr!) and we assembled my harp. All that's really left at this point is stringing and tuning it. Unless I'm forgetting another step.

Anyway, here are some pictures from that day.

This is all the unassembled pieces.

Me squishing into a small place to help square pieces before we drill the pilot holes.

More squaring. Plus, my hair from the back. It doesn't look half bad for something just thrown up that morning.

Applying epoxy to seal and hold all the pieces together.

I made Amber take this picture of me. I don't really know what I was thinking. Look, gloves!

Fitting the soundbox together.

The back of the soundbox sliding in.

Screwing the last few holes in.

Me and my little ginger baby.

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Rebecca J. CarlsonJanuary 27, 2013 at 4:38 PM
Looks beautiful! I'll start putting the strings on tomorrow morning. You should be able to play it in another week or so.
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Whimsical Quotes

little quotes said by me, my friends and family.

"I'm not articulate. That's why I write and that's why I smack people."

"You got a giant piece of bread! Look at this! It's like the Chris Hemsworth of bread!'

"I would rather kill and eat a person before drinking my own pee."

"If everything in the universe is attracted to each other equally, are guys as attracted to me as I am to them?"

(speaking of LOL and it's overuse in texting) "It really should be 'sharply exhaled through my nose because I found that vaguely amusing but not enough for real laughter."

"SEBTMNBIFTVABNEFRL"

"They all laughed in his face and then killed each other."

"You cheated!"

"That's called smartness."

"Every time you fry an egg, you're messing with the universe."

"You can see about 5000 stars on a given night. You know how we know that? ... Graduate students."

"I still love you even if you are kind of hipster."

"I still love you even if you're kind of redneck."

"... Low blow."

"That's life... a bunch of peanuts falling on your face."

"People on this campus wear strange clothes."

"People don't kill vampires... Stephanie Meyer kills vampires."

"By way of announcement... we have announcements."

"Don't smack the curry!"

"Does anything good ever happen with spears?"

"How did I get under you?... Don't answer that."

"I don't know... I wiggled?"

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO ANSWER THAT!"

"Ew! You're french kissing a Pez dispenser!"

"I gotta write it down! FOR THE INTERNET!"

"We are fleshless."

"And look! Dust comes flying off my pants!"

"Don't put anything in your pants!"

"Except your legs."

"Why is there a sticker on you?"

"Because I'm made in the USA!"

"Quick man, the gravy!"

"I'm sorry I don't speak dead languages, okay?"

"Did you get attacked-assaulted-by Oreos?"

"I believe you mean, a-sweeted."

"Mother, I wouldn't worry about the polls. Some say Obama's winning. Some say Romney's winning. And then some say we're going to be attacked by zombies tomorrow."

"I trust the zombie poll."

"Popsicles should NOT go to toilet."

"One does not simply drive a truckload of nuclear waste into Mordor."

"That's a tombstone. It means he's dead."

"He's fighting for his life... by making bad puns!"

"Smell my leg!"

"It's the tortilla chip... of DEATH!"

"It's nice to know Chuck Norris has muscular snot."

"Bleach'll kill it."

"I've got real bullets in my gun this time!"

"You can't have real bullets, that's cheating!"

"Mmm. You smell like sugar. And frosting. Mom, your daughter reeks of vanilla!"

"Why is the thermometer dancing?"

"I'm a rakish fop of a hobo."

"I meant to make him a jerk, not to make him stupid!"

"My disbelief is having trouble suspending."

"Can I have a flying train?"

"I'm dancing madly, like the crazy Mormon I am."

"I wish you could see my face. For it is a face of epic jealousy and pouting."

"I wish you could see my face. For it is a face of epic superiority of maniacal grinning."

"You can't breathe funny, because breathing funny is silent crying!"

"My uncle is Batman."

"The llama gods get it now."

"Falcons don't fly naked!"

"It's not a llama. But it's definitely a goat."

"I won't eat your poem!"

"And-then-she-got-eaten-by-a-pie-the-end."

"Watch out for flying onion."

"I love you, but I'm going to have to stick you in the bathroom so you don't kill anyone."

"You know what I do to people who look over my shoulder?"

"What?"

"I slap them with a wet fish."

"You don't have a wet fish."

"Details..."

"I don't want to go in the attic again!"

"What? I'm gonna bite your nose off!"

"I'm not going to lick your face.... with my tongue."

"I'm not going to kill her. I'm just going to strangle her."

"True love is a sport."

"He is a robot cowboy!"

"You sound like a fortune cookie."

"Be the dreadlocks."

"Congratulations on writing out a whole lot of words that make sense laid end-to-end."

"So, you've thrown of my fanfic reading groove, you know? I wasn't obsessing over anything until you made me watch the Avengers."

"I'm totally not sorry."

"If I can't talk to high school boys, how am I supposed to talk to a literary agent who looks like Robert Downey Jr.?"

"I think I just killed something."

"Why does stupidity require planning?"

"I feel like you've appointed yourself Guardian of the Chocolate Dip."

"I have."

"Nothing totally looks like necking, especially when it's yellow and blurry."

"I am eating a chocolate dipped cone. Your argument has no merit."

"Stalking isn't sexy."

"I am NOT jaundiced!"

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

My Baby (in that I love it and I helped to build it) Harp

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