Today is my birthday. Well . . . today is my birthday unless you're not reading this on August 3rd, or you're more into a "First [day of the week] in [month]" thing in which case it's this Saturday, or it could be the third day (or first Saturday) after the second full moon after the Summer Solstice in which case next Wednesday (or the following Saturday.)
Pretty much regardless of how you look at it, if you're in any way linked to the solar year my birthday falls on some day near now.
I considered a flippant, "What did you get me?" but the truth is that you all have kept me from becoming homeless, bought me Cadbury eggs for Easter when I said I couldn't afford any this year, got me playing cards when I asked for them (it'll be a while before I ever need a new deck again even if I use them for all of my bizarre projects I had in mind, if I can remember what those were), got me a gift certificate for really nice socks that one time, bought me video games so I didn't lose my mind to boredom while a broken ankle and need to elevate forced me to be laying on my back (with my foot above me) nigh constantly, got me a fucking console to play the games on before that, and done so much more.
I know what you've gotten me, and I am so, so grateful.
And, apparently, still never spell grateful correctly on the first try. (I feel like it should have a "great" in it.)
If you particularly want to get me anything, which you don't need to do . . .
Let me emphasize that: "which you don't need to do". I'm not expecting anything, I'm not asking for anything, this is more me using the post to think "out loud", in a figurative kind of way, about things I could use.
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At this point I could use Lego "system" bricks (the standard height ubiquitous square and rectangular Lego bricks) because they're really useful in mold making (you need to pour the liquid silicone into something and wait for it to dry, a container that can be constructed to whatever size you need is incredibly useful.) Also base plates.
Still on the Lego front, at some point I want to work on collecting one of each (in terms of form, not color variations) Lego hair, hat, or head piece. Though that's a more distant project with no ETA whatsoever.
Some day I'm going to want a vacuum chamber for casting purposes (bubbles can be a real problem under certain circumstances.) The expensive part of such a thing is the vacuum pump itself. The rest can be made from cheap materials.
It's a dream of mine, that I doubt will ever come true, to have a decent gaming computer. Did you know that you can buy two to three gaming consoles (with money left over) for the price of one high end PC GPU? I don't think I'll be buying the parts needed to make a gaming PC until I'm rich, but I'd totally welcome second hand stuff from people who just upgraded. (The GPU is but one example.)
If there's a book anywhere on earth (I haven't found one yet) that talks about types of angels and gives detailed accounts of what's believed about each one in various traditions and folklore and such, damn would I want that. The best I ever seem to find is, "This book has a lot vague stuff about the author's beliefs and maybe two pages briefly saying X group believes in Y angel-type which I'll describe in the least descriptive way possible (and then never touch again) in one short, mostly disappointing, paragraph."
Bookshelves, but this is (above and beyond the rest) in the "thinking out loud" category because even if someone did want to help out with that shipping costs are terrible. Well a GPU or vacuum pump would probably be expensive enough that they'd rival bookshelf shipping costs. Like I said, thinking out loud.
Um . . . yeah, brain not work.
Using the post to create a list of stuff has failed.
Whatever.
Have a post.
Pretty much regardless of how you look at it, if you're in any way linked to the solar year my birthday falls on some day near now.
I considered a flippant, "What did you get me?" but the truth is that you all have kept me from becoming homeless, bought me Cadbury eggs for Easter when I said I couldn't afford any this year, got me playing cards when I asked for them (it'll be a while before I ever need a new deck again even if I use them for all of my bizarre projects I had in mind, if I can remember what those were), got me a gift certificate for really nice socks that one time, bought me video games so I didn't lose my mind to boredom while a broken ankle and need to elevate forced me to be laying on my back (with my foot above me) nigh constantly, got me a fucking console to play the games on before that, and done so much more.
I know what you've gotten me, and I am so, so grateful.
And, apparently, still never spell grateful correctly on the first try. (I feel like it should have a "great" in it.)
If you particularly want to get me anything, which you don't need to do . . .
Let me emphasize that: "which you don't need to do". I'm not expecting anything, I'm not asking for anything, this is more me using the post to think "out loud", in a figurative kind of way, about things I could use.
-
At this point I could use Lego "system" bricks (the standard height ubiquitous square and rectangular Lego bricks) because they're really useful in mold making (you need to pour the liquid silicone into something and wait for it to dry, a container that can be constructed to whatever size you need is incredibly useful.) Also base plates.
Still on the Lego front, at some point I want to work on collecting one of each (in terms of form, not color variations) Lego hair, hat, or head piece. Though that's a more distant project with no ETA whatsoever.
Some day I'm going to want a vacuum chamber for casting purposes (bubbles can be a real problem under certain circumstances.) The expensive part of such a thing is the vacuum pump itself. The rest can be made from cheap materials.
It's a dream of mine, that I doubt will ever come true, to have a decent gaming computer. Did you know that you can buy two to three gaming consoles (with money left over) for the price of one high end PC GPU? I don't think I'll be buying the parts needed to make a gaming PC until I'm rich, but I'd totally welcome second hand stuff from people who just upgraded. (The GPU is but one example.)
If there's a book anywhere on earth (I haven't found one yet) that talks about types of angels and gives detailed accounts of what's believed about each one in various traditions and folklore and such, damn would I want that. The best I ever seem to find is, "This book has a lot vague stuff about the author's beliefs and maybe two pages briefly saying X group believes in Y angel-type which I'll describe in the least descriptive way possible (and then never touch again) in one short, mostly disappointing, paragraph."
Bookshelves, but this is (above and beyond the rest) in the "thinking out loud" category because even if someone did want to help out with that shipping costs are terrible. Well a GPU or vacuum pump would probably be expensive enough that they'd rival bookshelf shipping costs. Like I said, thinking out loud.
Um . . . yeah, brain not work.
Using the post to create a list of stuff has failed.
Whatever.
Have a post.
Hippo birdie!
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