Journaling: The Hobonichi

I wrote about this before.  Well, I also made a video about it.  You can watch it here!

Journaling: The Midori Travelers Notebook

Look at this video.  It is about the MTN that I mentioned earlier.  This video is old.  Just look at it!

Journaling

I Call This The Intro

Writing stuff down for me is a multifaceted thing.  One, it allows me to remember the things that have happened.  You'd be hard pressed to get me to recall the things that happened last week, much less a year ago.  Two, journals are pretty.  Sometimes.  Occasionally you'll see these massive Filofaxes crammed full of who knows what, but I don't think those are as popular as they once were.  Otherwise, you'll see these nice English or Japanese journals that really are beautiful.  Three, it's more gear for me to have, which I've touched on before.  And four, hand cramps.

It's also one of those interests that I picked up and had to fulfill.  Now, I have a taste for the nicer things, like the Midori Travelers Notebook.  Or the Hobonichi Techo.  You'll notice these are both Japanese.  That is pure coincidence.  Kind of.

Watercolors: Learning Part 1

I said I would share my progress in learning watercolors, so, here ya go!

I started off just using the paint.  Not trying to paint anything, per se, just using it.  After a bit of practice I decided that watercolor is really hard.  But, it's what I'm into right now, so I've kept at it.  Here are the fruits of my labor, up until today.

Guns, Glass and Garters: Or How to Make $12 on a Friday Night

How often does someone send you home with a garter and some crystal when you finish a date?  On second thought, don't answer that.

When Fritz asked me to marry him a few weeks ago, <swoon>, I'm not sure he was prepared to deal with my sudden transformation into a crazed penny pincher.

Watercolors or The Hunt for Brushes

Right up there, in the header, it says The Adventures of Two Multipotentialites on a Budget.  It says it, hanging heavy over every word I write, and I think "go away."

Being a multipotentialite is different for everybody.  For some, it means reading everything.  For others, it means learning to fly drones while SCUBA diving.  You know, just not at the same time.  That would be dumb.  For Cynthia, it means practice.  Actual measured practice in a structured manner.  For me, a large part of learning something new is the collection of tools.  Whatever I'm working on, I need the tools for that job.  Now, this may sound like a bit of a hoarding problem.  Not so!  In a lot of cases, after having gotten moderately good at something, I've sold or given away the tools involved.  What am I going to do with a bunch of capacitors and diodes now that can build simple electronics.  Nothing, that's what.  So out it goes.