Posted in DIY Philosophy, Self-Centric on Apr 3rd, 2008
What does it mean, being a girl while simultaneously being a powertool wielding badass?
I can tell you this. Being a girl will often mean that people will tell you that you can’t do things. Sometimes it’s a straightforward telling and sometimes it’s more subtle. A look. A snort. A “what exactly are you doing again?” [...]
Posted in DIY Philosophy on Jan 28th, 2008
So, Saturday I am at Hope Depot for my weekly sawdust therapy session. and because I love Hope Depot I try not to get unreasonably angry at them when they pull little tricks on me like rearranging where the sand paper is. Of course it’s never a big obvious rearrangement, but something like two shelves down and [...]
Posted in Self-Centric on Jan 12th, 2008
In a typical week: I spend between 15-20 hours working on some project or another, unless I’ve got a major overhaul going on somewhere in the house.
I read at least two books.
I dream up at least 3 new projects.
I do, on average, zero loads of laundry.
I go to the grocery store at least once.
I go out [...]
Posted in DIY Philosophy on Aug 1st, 2005
I recently read an excerpt from a book called something like “Why I wore lipstick to my masectomy surgery.” If that one chapter was so incredibly profound, I can only imagine what the the rest of the book is like, and I desperately need to remember to pick it up the next time I’m at the bookstore. [...]
Posted in House Projects, Kitchen on May 2nd, 2005
Academically speaking, I know that the walls in my house aren’t straight. I mean, anything we’ve tried to do that requires straight walls– marking off stripes for the dining room, hanging cabinets, painting diamonds in the vestibule– has ended up a little crooked. So really, I should have known that laying the floor in the [...]
"I wear a toolbelt and go barefoot the way other girls wear Prada and heels."
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