Snapshots from my phone (Patreon)

Patrenoizers! The love and light of my internet life. 

I haven't been feeling well these last couple of weeks, and as it turns out: being tired is exhausting. Especially when you have a lot to do.

But, let's not focus on that. Here are some snapshots from my phone of varying quality and interest.

Just wrapped up a video that is scheduled for Tuesday! It's about the Every Day Calendar crowdfunding campaign. I talk about what the process has been so far and some of the things I've learned from the project.

I helped take care of our friend's dog Ardy for a couple of days. Fortunately he's a pretty skilled camera operator and helped me film.

I don't know if you know this about me, but I'm a huge dog nerd. And I hate to admit this: I am a total dogsplainer. Just ask my dog-owning friends. I will happily list all the common health issues of different breeds and how to deal with everything from behavioural issues to trimming claws with a nonchalant -splainer authority that I most certainly have not earned.

BUT LOOK AT THAT FACE. He's such a good boy. And he only ate poop once.

I got invited by fellow Pateronizer Adam to come and visit Cartoon Network in LA! I also got to cross off a thing from my bucket list that I absolutely never thought I was going to get to cross off. More on that later.

I got this old locker from a junkyard and I spent some time putting shelving in it for expendables. So all my PPE, sand paper and cut off wheels have a place to live. I also laser cut some labels that I painted and glued on to the locker doors.

The aftermath. I've really enjoyed using this Dewalt table saw, but I'm pretty tempted to get a SawStop because I really like my fingers at their current length.

Randall Munroe from xkcd came by the workshop! He sent me a card a few months back, but I had managed to get it all smudged so he was kind enough to draw me a new portrait.

Have I become the type of person who has my entire house filled with portraits of myself yet? No. Don't worry. I keep them all at the workshop.

It was my friend Yvette's birthday! So we rented a cabin by Lake Arrowhead and went hiking.

Speaking of which! It's my birthday soon! Ish. November 1st. I turn 29, and I'm disproportionately excited about it. I don't know why I love birthdays so much, but I am now old enough to be patient with myself when I'm being childish.

And now I'm back home in San Francisco, writing this post from my couch. It's been so great to be home for a little bit and not just on the road all the time. 

I also need to figure out what my October video is going to be about. I'm going to try to rest myself out of this tired-phase and hopefully I'll be well enough to do another build. Any ideas? Mine are all half-baked and need to spend some more time in the brain oven.

XOXO
Simone