It's some sort of death frisbee

[clevermanka]

The future belongs to the few of us still willing to get our hands dirty.

I can't stop laughing at this gif:


Why do I not have a Buzzcocks CD? Most of the time when I look at my music collection, I sit back with a self-satisfied "Awesome." But once in a while something like this hits me and I think "What the hell, music collection?"

Thanks to the time and generosity of redheadfae, I HAZ A SHERLOCK SCARF. Me and the cat in the gif. Which I'm still laughing at. redheadfae went to the Sally and found a lightweight wool skirt that I dismantled, dyed, cut into strips, stitched, and ta-da! Dark blue scarf. The seam lines for the strips are arranged so they're hidden in the wrap around my neck--you'd never know it didn't begin life as a wool scarf. Tragically, the original skirt was a Pendleton, but OH WELL. It was badly out of fashion, and one of those "so badly out of fashion I hope it never comes back" fashions. No great loss.

TIP: The Dillon store on 6th street has a much better selection of RIT dyes than Michaels. Seriously.

I am a day behind on Sherlock because last night I was feeling a combination of still-hungover and emotionally-unprepared should the muslin not work. So instead I did the scarf and made an actual dinner. This afternoon: Muslin For Real.

Tomorrow, providing the universe does not prove to be overly cruel and heartless this afternoon: I Make The Coat. Also, re-watch Reichenbach Fall with msmitti and work out any last-minute costume details as well as finalize our blocking for the presentation. Also-also, pack.

Friday: Get to hotel. Start drinking.

I'm not going to make it to CrossFit this week and that's just how it goes.

I leave you with this, possibly one of the best Ryan Gosling Hey Girls I've seen yet.

Comments

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

Unf, Ryan Gosling. UNF.

I went into the new schmancy Dillons that they just revamped on 23rd and Wakarusa the last time I was in town and holy crap, it was like being in the Marriott of Dillonses.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

One response at a time:

1. Kitty's outstretched hind TOES are killin' me.
2. I'm not sure...but I think those dirty hands are sexier than Ryan Gosling. I might have to keep looking at both pictures until I make up my mind.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

1. OMG YES. That's totally what puts it over the edge for me, too. It would be funny without the splayed toes, but those JFC PANIC TOES send it into laugh-until-cry status.

2. Different strokes, I suppose. =D

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

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that gif

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[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

INORITE.

it was like being in the Marriott of Dillonses

Ha ha ha ha ha!

I'm curious to see how the new-and-improved Dirty Dillons on Mass turns out.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

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i know


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[annamatic.livejournal.com]

Me too! I worked at that store for a good long time, and it was always my grocery store for the eight-some years I lived on campus and/or in and around the student ghetto.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

This gif never stops being funny, omg. It's the back feet that get me.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! I'm like "this will stop being funny after watching it eighty times" but it TOTALLY DOESN'T.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Hee. You're welcome. For all of it. There is nothing funnier than cat fail.. fall.. whatever. Srsly. I'm so tickled that skirt worked out.


6th St/Lawrence Ave Dillons? Wonder why I've never noticed!
Occasionally I've ventured out to the far west side Dillons and I don't think it's even as nice as Student Dillons.

.. wonder if I could start up a search/find biz. My Google Fu apparently works IRL as well.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

I can hear that cat thinking "Oh, sure-I can make that-OHSHIT!!"

Let us know if you find out anything about Bikelock! If I had a recording, I'd run it in slo-mo!


I'm wondering when Kroger will get around to revamping any of the Hutchinson Dillons stores to the new Marketplace style.

Maybe it's because we were the home office for so very long-we had all the flagship stores. We still seem to have better produce than, say, the McPherson store does....

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think she said the one on Wakarusa. Not Lawrence.

Your sleuthing skills are faboo!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Let us know if you find out anything about Bikelock!

I'll look at it, but I'm mostly gonna be watching for blocking and mannerisms and such. We might not have the absolute best costumes on Saturday, but we are gonna kick ass at the presentation!

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Ah, now I see the reasoning.

Good luck! I'm sure we'll be talking over the next few days before the Con, but if not, have a good time, too!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Thank you, now if I can just put it to Good Use for myself.

Oh, I wasn't clear there, I meant that's where you found the dye?
Amazing what all that little store packs into itself. Alas, though, now it's become the Dirty Dillons.

But now I'm confused, there isn't a Dillons on 23rd and Waka.
6th and Waka, or 23rd and Ousdahl, so I figured she meant the latter.

My newest store obsession is the remodeled HyVee on 23rd... holy crap the pharmacy/health/beauty dept is amazing.. and they buy from local growers and producers. ♥

[athenaartemis.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend.

We should have that conversation about fanfic and slash and such that we keep saying we're going to have.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes!

[anomali.livejournal.com]

So freakin' true! It is totally a Marriott or the HI X of the Kroger line; )

6th and Wak Dillons and 6th HV are my regular groceries, BTW. And, yes, I do stay at Marriotts and Holiday Inn Expresses when I travel in the States. What does that say about me?

Since my Mom lived at Babcock, I would often do my quickie shopping at Crazy/Dirty Dillons. It is growing into a helluva big store and I think it will be a posh one as well.

[anomali.livejournal.com]

That 6th St Dillons is way larger than the others since their make-over. Now (since Mass closed), what I always called "Big" Dillons on 6th is the smallest of the lot.

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

word.

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

After I moved to East Lawrence (near 10th & NJ-ish), we switched to the 6th & Kasold HyVee or Dillons.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

SPLAYED KITTY TOES

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

YEP STILL FUNNY!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I could spend a small fortune on lunches from the Mediterranean bar at the West 6th Dillons.