For any other crafty folks out there, I just found a cool site tonight. It’s called Etsy.com and it’s a place to buy and sell handmade goods. After I begin making my coasters, I might sell some of them on there. We’d have to see how it goes – you may be better off on ebay but it’s neat to see all of the cool, handmade items that other people make.
Golden Compass makers, what have you done?? December 8, 2007
I watched the movie “The Golden Compass” last night. What in the world did they do to that book? The book was amazing – just amazingly vivid. I don’t know that the movie would have made a damn bit of sense if I hadn’t read the book. Plus things were out of sequence from the book. That’s incredibly awesome for the makers of the Golden Compass video games (my husband, for one) who weren’t told that the movie was going to have the key plot points in a new order. Plus they stopped short of the book ending, which I think would have been a great lead-in to the sequel.
I’m no movie-reviewer (and anyway, that isn’t the primary goal of this blog) but the movie was somewhat of a catastrophe compared to the amazing depth and creativity of the book. The acting was great but save your money and just read the book. It’s much more interesting anyway. Or buy the game! [Sorry, I had to.]
More gratitude, please December 8, 2007
So my antidepressants weren’t working out so well. They kind of leveled off, which was part of the reason I was so “blah” earlier in the week. I went to the doctor today and he gave me samples of a new antidepressant which is apparently in a different class of drugs. I was on Cymbalta and will now try out Wellbutrin. As long as I’m not left feeling numb I’ll be happy. (No pun intended.)
One thing that I’ve realized though is that I need to be more grateful for the things that I do have. I mean, not to brag but I have a pretty sweet life. I have a natural tendency, for whatever reason, to focus on the things that aren’t going right as opposed to highlighting what’s working. So I’m planning to talk to Ryan tomorrow about discussing what we’re grateful for each day, maybe before we go to bed or before we eat dinner. Sometime that will allow us to make it into a habit.
While the new antidepressants will hopefully improve my mood, I don’t want to completely depend on them to make me happy. I need to adjust my outlook on life and focus on all the good. I know that it’ll take a while to change my attitude but it’ll definitely be worth it in the end.
New hobbies for the crafty December 8, 2007
I think I’m going to take up sewing as my new hobby. Well, more like “crafting” than sewing, I suppose. I found directions for making your own Internet Explorer “e” voodoo doll. I really, really dislike IE and think that making a voodoo doll for it would be a good way to represent my angst with the program.
But it doesn’t just stop there! No, no… I’ve also seen drink coasters made of felt in magazines recently and think that they’re things I could easily make myself. They’re all pretty simple shapes (autumn leaves, holiday-themed shapes, etc.) with thread embellishments. I think that they’d be really cute to give as gifts. Additionally, Ryan and I have also talked about taking some of our old electronics equipment apartment and using the parts to create funky art sculptures. So, I went from having no hobbies to at least having one or two. Yay!
