I'm speaking of it in the past tense, but I'm actually waiting for it to happen.
How can a nominally self-employed, gig-hungry critter like myself spend so much time sitting at her computer and so little of it actually accomplishing anything?
Today I'm having a fun adventure called "Fighting with the Content Management System." I'm a writer, dammit, not a CMSer... and my creaky old HTML skills are showing their age & infirmity.
In happier news, I got an $800 check from CK Media this week. Yay! Three and three-quarters* more of those and we will be GOL.DEN.
And in other happy news, Jim and I have a "date" this evening; we're going to a creative professionals networking event downtown. Free hors d'oeuvres and cheap wine for all, huzzah! I was really hoping to have some sort of functional web site URL and/or business card-like substance to pass out at this meeting, but no such luck. I have frittered away far too much of my time and it's just not happening.
Also: BrickFest was awesome. Hundreds of adult Lego fans get together for a weekend, build build build, then open up the Convention Center to display their creations to an adoring public. We liked. (All photos by James Newman.)
Look, it's Lego Portland!
Back up and take a look to figure out this mosaic...
A street scene
These modernist apartment buildings were like the coolest Lego constructions ever...
...except for maybe this suspension bridge (complete with river & boats underneath)...
...or this pool hall. (Jim has been inspired to create a Lego version of Billy Ray's Neighborhood Dive. AWESOME.)
An epic battle!
More Lego carnage around the Lego Tree of Life; also, Lego crops in Lego fields.
"Have fun storming the castle!"
This Lego roller coaster apparently really worked, though I didn't see it in action.
Lego massage chair
Lego heavy weaponry, incongruously touted by a small headbanded child.
Now we're looking forward to BrickCon in Seattle this October. With a vengeance!
*disclaimer: this may or may not actually be correct. math is hard.
So cool! I have a hard time making my Thomas tracks connect in a loop ("Look, Augie, this is where the track just peters out! Harvey loves that!"), so this sort of stuff really impresses me.
Posted by: Herm | April 01, 2009 at 12:01 PM
That is so. cool. Seattle in October, you say?
Posted by: Helena | April 01, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I won an argument with a five year old today by pointing out that Lego makes Bionicles, therefore Bionicles are indeed Legos, so he did in fact need to remove the Lego Bionicles from the place he had left them.
Posted by: sam | April 01, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Lego does indeed make Bionicles, and we scored at the discount Bionicle table at BrickFest!
Helena, we're planning on going... we hope. Would love to see you there.
Posted by: RedMolly | April 01, 2009 at 01:05 PM
omg i'm obsessed with legos and lego video games!! Congrats on the check!! I hope more are coming and I hope I get one too!!! :)
Posted by: Katie Kaapcke | April 01, 2009 at 02:22 PM
Which CMS? (There isn't enough room here for me to wind-up about Lego-Land and *HURK*...
Posted by: Elf | April 11, 2009 at 08:50 PM
Such a drag that I didn't know about this! Must have not read the Arts & Entertainment section that week.
Linked to you from the scrappyguide site. Seem to have missplaced my pronouns this morning. Am located in Tillamook, look forward to seeing your tutorials!
Posted by: Amy | April 30, 2009 at 08:08 AM
I keep coming here, hoping in vain that there will be a new post. Alas.
Posted by: azureavian | August 07, 2009 at 04:10 PM