A little poorer to make life a little richer

[bironic]

Dude. Framing stuff is expensive. I mean, I knew it was expensive, I just didn't know that a 60% discount amounts to around what I thought it would cost full-price.

Dear self: This is why you've been doing extracurricular jobs. Stop freaking out.

I also just signed up for an Irish dance class. It's been three years since I last did it (other than last night, when I put the shoes back on and tried to remember, like, the basic steps of a hornpipe) and I have forgotten most of what I ever knew, but the instructor still recommended intermediate level. I really hope it's not embarrassing. I hate not being great at things, hate being lost and confused and behind. But I'm looking forward to learning again, and getting off my computer-addicted butt, and maybe meeting some new people.

It'll mean having to watch House on Tuesdays, but even I know that's a bad reason not to sign up for something.

And tomorrow I am on mandatory telework, so I do not have to get dressed! At least until it's time for Yom Kippur services. Or time to walk down the hall to do laundry.

Hm. It may be tough tomorrow to refrain from adding to one of the three WsIP on my list while working from home. Speaking of which: Here are some stories I have enjoyed lately.

I wish House were the kind of fandom that embraced a kink meme.

In conclusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtVh8kVZ_XM (Zooey & Joseph's bank robbery dance)

Comments

[l-eremita.livejournal.com]

Framing *is* expensive, dudette! That's why I get all my posters drymounted... not as nice as framing but much lighter (I tend to go for really big images)!

Dance classes will be fun! *is inspired*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Drymounted images are probably a lot lighter to hang on the wall, too! But I am looking forward to having something framed, anyway. Two of the other pieces I got are in off-the-shelf frames right now and they look pretty.

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Cool, Irish dancing sounds great! Active, social, regaining mastery of a difficult skill--yay!

We could always start a House kinkmeme. Those are meant to be anonymous, right? Hm, now I'm curious to go look up how some kinkmemes are run. I've done kink_bingo and pornbattle--kinkmemes are similar, right?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Check out

http://community.livejournal.com/sga_kinkmeme/
http://community.livejournal.com/inception_kink/
http://community.livejournal.com/st_xi_kink/

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks. I dunno if I have the energy to invest, but it's definitely an idea that's caught my interest.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me either. But it's a nice thought.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

See also: topaz_eyes found two defunct comms/memes below.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Framing! So expensive! I feel like tracking down the school's art teachers and telling them, "STANDARD SIZE PAPER ONLY FOR KIDS' ARTWORK."

Your dance class sounds awesome. Even if you feel a little awkward on the first day, you'll be loving it before long.

♥ ♥ ♥

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Ha - unless the district is making a little cash on the side through a deal with Michael's.

I hope the class will be good. Some schools/teachers can be more business-like, oriented toward training students for competition; another teacher I had set aside class time for improv, which I hate; and this one is 60m of solo and 30m of ceili (group, like square dancing), which I like less - but we'll see. I registered for the first trimester, so if it's a disaster, it'll only be a disaster until Thanksgiving.

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

I thought I saw a House kink meme somewhere, but that was months ago and I don't know if it's even active.

Framing costs are ridiculous. I learned how to conservation-mount and frame smaller pieces (cross-stitch) so I wouldn't spend $100-200 each time I wanted to frame a small piece. I still have 4 big cross-stitch pieces to frame, which TBH deserve professional framing, but $$$ are lacking atm.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Seriously. The last time I framed a set of photos, I got cheap frames, spray-painted them black, and bought mats and a mat-cutter. The whole set of 10 probably cost less than either of the two from yesterday. Alas. But the tools are in NY, where I am not, and these babies were a) big and b) nonstandard size.

Eh, whatever. They should look nice in the end.

Was there a kink meme? If so, I must have missed it. This fandom just doesn't strike me as the type to sustain one.

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

My brain wasn't playing tricks on me! I did an LJ search and found a few House kink memes/comms. Only a couple have been active at all, and they haven't been updated in months:

house_of_kink
housekink

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, suspicions were warranted (or part of me remembered that comm...). Thanks for the sleuthing.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

if ANY House fan tells me they want a kinky fic I'll write one for em. I've been looking for a muse.

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Framing is insanely expensive, but it also sounds like you fell for the perpetual fake framing "sale" at either Michael's or Jo-Ann's. The reason it seemed like full price is because it was. Decent framing will never be cheap, but this artist recommends Blick Art Supply, if there is one near you.