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aviv_b_artwork) wrote2012-07-04 07:53 pm
aviv_b_artwork) wrote2012-07-04 07:53 pm
The state of me - the good, the bad, the ridiculous with added pters
Good & Bad
So, had a very quiet 4th here. I've been exhausted from work and not sleeping well (yes the two are related) and I was actually relieved when a friend cancelled plans for a movie today.
We had already changed our plans - we usually go to the Chicago Historical Society (no I'm not using their new-fangled name) to listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence, hear various pols speak and watch a little kids' parade.
But it was a high of 104 degrees today, that's 40 degrees for some of you. Even waiting outside for a bus was pretty unappealing to both of us. I stayed in side all day. Yep. Inside, in air conditioning, working on my trip slides. I'm about a fourth done. Oy! But I think I've mastered all the changes to the new version of Photoshop Elements which is to say - I haven't found very many.
Kitties have been lazy, but Ida apparently thinks that the house is way too cool. She's been napping on the modem all day. Its only 98 degrees outside now at 7:30 PM - still not going out. No fireworks downtown again this year - probably for the best - heat and crowds generally lead to mayhem and we've got quite a lot of that going on in the city as it is ( 250+ homicides so far this year). Edit - but there were fireworks at Montrose Harbor not far from where I live. Got some nice video which is slooooowly uploading to my Mediafire account. Will post tomorrow. Oh, and Ida watched all the fireworks in rapture. And Teddy? Well, I found him hiding in the bathtub which is good cause I needed to give him back the skin he jumped out of, LOL.
I didn't finish the fifth story for love_bingo. Bad me. Never posted my pics from the Gay Pride Parade - maybe next year, sigh.
Ridiculous
Someone posted a funny pic from Alternate-History today in the Political Cartoons - they are a store on Etsy - and look what I found! Chicago and a Pter!! I am so getting this.
Enjoy this elegant evocation of a time long past in an 11 x 17 print. Comes with this description:
Although many know it either as a cosmopolitan metropolis or as the hog-butchering capital of the world, most people are not familiar with Chicago's rough and tumble beginnings. Even as early as 1820, the time this print depicts, the city was still troubled by prehistoric monsters who roamed the grounds freely. Early settlers were warned to take precautions against these dino-saurus creatures. Eventually the arrival of the railroad and mighty Lady Industry spelled the death of these majestic, lumbering creatures.
They have lots of other US cities, as well as Paris and London - you can check out their stuff at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/alternatehistories
That's it for now!
So, had a very quiet 4th here. I've been exhausted from work and not sleeping well (yes the two are related) and I was actually relieved when a friend cancelled plans for a movie today.
We had already changed our plans - we usually go to the Chicago Historical Society (no I'm not using their new-fangled name) to listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence, hear various pols speak and watch a little kids' parade.
But it was a high of 104 degrees today, that's 40 degrees for some of you. Even waiting outside for a bus was pretty unappealing to both of us. I stayed in side all day. Yep. Inside, in air conditioning, working on my trip slides. I'm about a fourth done. Oy! But I think I've mastered all the changes to the new version of Photoshop Elements which is to say - I haven't found very many.
Kitties have been lazy, but Ida apparently thinks that the house is way too cool. She's been napping on the modem all day. Its only 98 degrees outside now at 7:30 PM - still not going out. No fireworks downtown again this year - probably for the best - heat and crowds generally lead to mayhem and we've got quite a lot of that going on in the city as it is ( 250+ homicides so far this year). Edit - but there were fireworks at Montrose Harbor not far from where I live. Got some nice video which is slooooowly uploading to my Mediafire account. Will post tomorrow. Oh, and Ida watched all the fireworks in rapture. And Teddy? Well, I found him hiding in the bathtub which is good cause I needed to give him back the skin he jumped out of, LOL.
I didn't finish the fifth story for love_bingo. Bad me. Never posted my pics from the Gay Pride Parade - maybe next year, sigh.
Ridiculous
Someone posted a funny pic from Alternate-History today in the Political Cartoons - they are a store on Etsy - and look what I found! Chicago and a Pter!! I am so getting this.
Enjoy this elegant evocation of a time long past in an 11 x 17 print. Comes with this description:
Although many know it either as a cosmopolitan metropolis or as the hog-butchering capital of the world, most people are not familiar with Chicago's rough and tumble beginnings. Even as early as 1820, the time this print depicts, the city was still troubled by prehistoric monsters who roamed the grounds freely. Early settlers were warned to take precautions against these dino-saurus creatures. Eventually the arrival of the railroad and mighty Lady Industry spelled the death of these majestic, lumbering creatures.
They have lots of other US cities, as well as Paris and London - you can check out their stuff at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/alternatehistories
That's it for now!