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The days simply fly by!
May. 12th, 2007 09:57 pmThis doing stuff really takes up a lot of time.
There will be more photos tomorrow of the little cabinet/toolrack I'm building - I spent several days last week cleaning my electronics workbench preparatory to building the Alarming Kitty device, and what I really need is somewhere to keep tools. I've run out of flat space, so I need a vertical rack, and for various reasons that means a solid base, so it's a bit of an undertaking. And carpentry is not my forte. Still, it exists, after a few hours this afternoon, and will be painted and installed tomorrow, I hope. Then I'll have to finish the power supply for it. All of which is doable in a day.
I'm amazed at how much I can get done in a day if I just do it. Today, I felt an attack of disgruntledness about how much I wasn't achieving with my life about noon, so instead of moping, I went to the shed and built the next thing I needed to improve my electronics space so I can stop saying "Oh, but I need a power supply and somewhere to keep my tools". Because having the tools everywhere really shits me, which makes me not want to work on stuff.
And now I can not only be proud of how much I did today, rather than lie around reading[0] or playing Warcrack, but I can move forward on other projects, I've improved as a carpenter, *and* I "earned" an hour of Warcrack, which pretty much bored me because hey, I have other things to do.
This is what we call a good day. And it's just as well, because I have bugger all work next week, and that never puts me in a positive state of mind. It's also possible that I may not be working NIN, because they added some dates here, which means they open tomorrow, when I've been saying Tuesday to my people, so I may at best get the out on Tuesday. Bah. We shall see. Still, he's a very whiny man anyway.
Fucking goths. I recommend a day in the sun with power tools. Does wonders for your angst levels.
[0] Not that that's an inherently bad thing. But for me, it does lead to grumpiness when I realise I've blown an entire day in bed doing nothing.
sol.
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There will be more photos tomorrow of the little cabinet/toolrack I'm building - I spent several days last week cleaning my electronics workbench preparatory to building the Alarming Kitty device, and what I really need is somewhere to keep tools. I've run out of flat space, so I need a vertical rack, and for various reasons that means a solid base, so it's a bit of an undertaking. And carpentry is not my forte. Still, it exists, after a few hours this afternoon, and will be painted and installed tomorrow, I hope. Then I'll have to finish the power supply for it. All of which is doable in a day.
I'm amazed at how much I can get done in a day if I just do it. Today, I felt an attack of disgruntledness about how much I wasn't achieving with my life about noon, so instead of moping, I went to the shed and built the next thing I needed to improve my electronics space so I can stop saying "Oh, but I need a power supply and somewhere to keep my tools". Because having the tools everywhere really shits me, which makes me not want to work on stuff.
And now I can not only be proud of how much I did today, rather than lie around reading[0] or playing Warcrack, but I can move forward on other projects, I've improved as a carpenter, *and* I "earned" an hour of Warcrack, which pretty much bored me because hey, I have other things to do.
This is what we call a good day. And it's just as well, because I have bugger all work next week, and that never puts me in a positive state of mind. It's also possible that I may not be working NIN, because they added some dates here, which means they open tomorrow, when I've been saying Tuesday to my people, so I may at best get the out on Tuesday. Bah. We shall see. Still, he's a very whiny man anyway.
Fucking goths. I recommend a day in the sun with power tools. Does wonders for your angst levels.
[0] Not that that's an inherently bad thing. But for me, it does lead to grumpiness when I realise I've blown an entire day in bed doing nothing.
sol.
.