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[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (15 children)

it never occurred to me to put it in there! which is a shame. i am not a brilliant man. otoh, i also want to keep my anonymity.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (14 children)

I wish I'd bothered to actively get my site backed up in 2010 or so. I had bigger problems. I still have it, but it's not all online, backed up. They did it without asking. Maybe they did for you too?

I respect anonymity, but now they know you're a man. All this time I thought you were just a crotchety old woman. :P

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (13 children)

those fascists should know that gender is a non-binary spectrum thingy! :-)

i basically just stopped paying and let the site expire. but i printed and framed some, enough for an exhibition or two.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (12 children)

Nice.

If you ever figure out a way to share them anonymously, and if you remember my curiosity, lemme know.

Mine expired too. I almost did then as well. Obviously I didn't.

Meanwhile I'm sitting on 3 more domains - a year on May 1. I haven't even finished my first draft. I'm realizing how much more there is to actually writing well. Though this story is far more complex and ambitious and includes concepts most folks haven't been exposed to - so that's a huge issue. But the worst part is having this whole thing all complete in my head yet trying to get it out in a rational and compelling order. Plus I'm realizing I have too much for a single screenplay. I just don't have that much focus either. Those domains may remain empty for some time to come but ultimately it will be worth it, even if it hurts right now. I can't tell you how excited I am to get it presentable enough to start asking for feedback, criticisms, and some ideas.

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

:-)

sounds like you are on a roll.

i neglect my artistic ambitions while setting up my hobby farm. but i am almost there, maybe two years if i am lazy which i am :-)

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

A slow roll. 19 years now. But now I'm starting to find new ways of getting it out, better, faster, and with a little more focus now and then.

Hobby farm? Sounds crafty and artistic and ambitious too.

I've got too many plates spinning, but I'd make room for one or two more if I could afford it: 2 gardens - indoor and outdoor, ideally with aquaponics or hydroponics to grow veggies and pot (even though I'm not a pot guy, I like to rebel, though now it's legal here in Canada).

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

the hobby farm is a slow roll also! i am done with the most important part: the garden and orchard, stocked with perennial edibles, so food shouldn't be a problem. did three decks, a chicken coop, a jetty, a duck pond. now i take it easy, don't wanna run out of things to do too soon

i also grew pot years ago. and i just found an ounce, it's a freakin' miracle :-) i also used to distill booze, but i barely drink (unlike some of my neighbors). a lot ended up in medicinal extracts, adaptogens and stuff like reishi and ginseng, and a lot in cooking extracts: vanilla, hazelnuts, coffee, chocolate, amaretto, green walnuts.. and there is still brandy, whisky and rum left, enough for a lifetime, there is just no reason to go on with it.

i also did archery for a few years and collected a few prizes, but now i am carving natural fork slingshots (walnut is really beautiful). it's just more practical. i want to be as good with a slingshot as i am with the bow. small leathercraft projects.. i like learning new things

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (8 children)

OMG! Sounds like you have my dream life - if only I weren't so info/media addicted and liked the outdoors more.

I first grew pot in 1994. Too much. Just gave it all away or lost almost half of it (green plants in a green forest).

In 2005-2006 only one seed of a bunch grew in my Oakland window. Planted for fun on a whim. I had sworn off pot as it just wasn't my buzz (nor was booze, but ketamine was!) but I was rebellious and liked plants. In the end that partly sunburnt tree went into a bunch of butter. I later learned that crockpot was rice cooker - and that's why it kept turning off. After a couple extremely stinky days I just gave it all to my neighbour. She said it kicked ass, and I would have tried it only because I bothered with it all, but I never got around to it.

I have a bunch of seeds now my neighbour gave me. But I need some gear to grow indoors. Or maybe I'll sprout and plant them outside soon. It will all just go to my neighbours. If I were to partake in pot again I'd want to actually learn what the different types do and narrow in on a preference. In the old days you just took whatever was available, good, bad, and ditchweed.

Friends in Austin Texas used to plant pot on public property - highway cloverleafs, ditches, etc. They were trying to make weed grow like weeds - everywhere! And to make it more difficult to control something already in excess.

Some Toronto Burning Man friends have a friendly competition to make the best whisky. I'm not into that, but theirs was actually so good it might be worth it. I wouldn't mind giving it a try at least once. Maybe with cider. Or with flavours hereto unheard of.

Sounds like you could throw a grand party with all your booze.

I think you mentioned the slingshots before. In my mind it sounds quaint, but I'm guessing there's more to it. I mean, you could go nuts with the aesthetics alone, assuming the carving was purely decorative.

This fall I built a lot of neat small and geometric things with bamboo food skewers and wood glue. I learned what I can and can't do and how to do it more quickly. I made a lot of presents for Xmas, then my family bailed - so meh. Now I have an excess of lamps and domes and shit. And I've learned that you simply can't drop them a little. I need much better glue. I even have ideas for grander things like furniture with tensegrity, geodesic, and hyperboloid elements - but without a less brittle glue I can't proceed.

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

OMG! Sounds like you have my dream life - if only I weren't so info/media addicted and liked the outdoors more.

:-)

In 2005-2006 only one seed of a bunch grew in my Oakland window. Planted for fun on a whim. I had sworn off pot as it just wasn't my buzz (nor was booze, but ketamine was!) but I was rebellious and liked plants. In the end that partly sunburnt tree went into a bunch of butter. I later learned that crockpot was rice cooker - and that's why it kept turning off. After a couple extremely stinky days I just gave it all to my neighbour. She said it kicked ass, and I would have tried it only because I bothered with it all, but I never got around to it.

i used coconut oil, it won't go off.

I have a bunch of seeds now my neighbour gave me. But I need some gear to grow indoors. Or maybe I'll sprout and plant them outside soon. It will all just go to my neighbours. If I were to partake in pot again I'd want to actually learn what the different types do and narrow in on a preference. In the old days you just took whatever was available, good, bad, and ditchweed.

the best method for indoors for me was to stick a lot of seeds in manageable sized trays (6-8 inch soil depth) with perforated bottoms, and then to set those in larger, shallow containers with aerated water (just 1-2 inch deep). used two or three cheap aquarium pumps, so the roots wont rot. because they are planted so thickly, the roots don't have much space to develop, that will keep the plants small. bonsai weed, but the yield/sqft was better than any other tek even with just plain cfl's; (but a lot of them, multiple light points from every direction, so there were no shaded areas).

because it's just cfl i had to keep the light close to the top of the plants, but that allowed me to use the smallest grow tent set on its side (the zipper ran horizontally). a cfl can even touch the leaves without burning them.

so it was soil based, but also aquaponics, sort of. and i did 12/12 from seed, so as soon they had the required hormones they went into flower. very efficient, low maintenance, three months/run method. the soil is good for two or three runs. and it can be perpetual: pull a ready tray out to harvest, stick a new one with seeds in..

Friends in Austin Texas used to plant pot on public property - highway cloverleafs, ditches, etc. They were trying to make weed grow like weeds - everywhere! And to make it more difficult to control something already in excess.

ah, yes, the 'overgrow the government' movement! :-)

Some Toronto Burning Man friends have a friendly competition to make the best whisky. I'm not into that, but theirs was actually so good it might be worth it. I wouldn't mind giving it a try at least once. Maybe with cider. Or with flavours hereto unheard of.

i say it's worth it even if you are not a drinker, they are great as gifts. i made about 50 gallons of hard cider two years ago, couldn't drink it all, and now i have a ton of apple cider vinegar. thinking to stick it in an oak barrel and turn it into balsamic. it should work.

Sounds like you could throw a grand party with all your booze.

no, i am squirreling it away! aging is only making it better and i hope to barter it. some neighbors down the street keep bees, others have goats.

I think you mentioned the slingshots before. In my mind it sounds quaint, but I'm guessing there's more to it. I mean, you could go nuts with the aesthetics alone, assuming the carving was purely decorative.

i keep it simple, letting the wood grain be the main attraction. i carve to round the edges, sand it all down, just enough so it is all smooth and ergonomical, coat with tung oil, done. i would like to make bows eventually. way more involved. it's just hard to find good wood.

This fall I built a lot of neat small and geometric things with bamboo food skewers and wood glue. I learned what I can and can't do and how to do it more quickly. I made a lot of presents for Xmas, then my family bailed - so meh. Now I have an excess of lamps and domes and shit. And I've learned that you simply can't drop them a little. I need much better glue. I even have ideas for grander things like furniture with tensegrity, geodesic, and hyperboloid elements - but without a less brittle glue I can't proceed.

pva is too brittle? maybe glue gun glue sticks or epoxy?

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Coconuts are tastier too. Neat idea.

You know your pot shit. I forgot all that I ever knew in 1994 and I long since gave my grow books away. In 2005 I just didn't care beyond watering the thing. And now there's this thing call the Interwebs.

I just remembered one booze I really like, besides Absynth. Maple whisky from Quebec. One Xmas I bought a case for everyone. Didn't last long.

Apple cider vinegar is good at Burning Man for the feet in the alkali playa and for sunburn, so I've heard. I don't know why apple. Maybe it smells better. If you wear shoes all the time then it's not such a problem, but if you don't, after a week out there you run the risk of getting terribly cracked feet, especially between the toes. I always tried to spend as much time there as possible, even up to a few weeks, helping set up and clean up.

Lots of oak barrels here in Windsor, home of Hiram Walkers. Many are now large flower pots.

Aces for bartering, the foundation of Burning Man culture, and gifting/sharing. Anything beyond "normal" commerce.

My grandparents had goats. I'm not a fan. They're stupid stubborn bitches. Satanists can keep em.

Never heard of tung oil before. My grandfather taught woodworking but didn't teach me much. Yet I am a massive enthusiast with advanced to expert knowledge of totem poles and the Pacific NorthWest art and culture. (example) I also have a collection of DIY lazer cut plywood designs I want to unleash upon the world (too modern for my grandpa), that all started with this project mentioned previously in this thread and even more preveiously. Grain and texture is good. In the case of the floor, rather than hide the cheap OSB floor I embraced it with stain.

Have you seen the YouTuber who's made automatic crossbow and bow attachments? Pretty nifty. He's made many versions and documented his developments. And soon they will be available for the masses.

I don't know enough about glues. And since Xmas was cancelled and I burned out rushing to get it all done, I've burned out on my bamboo motivation. Besides I really need to focus on getting my story presentable enough to finally promote it.