Oh Barf

Tuesday:

Put together a drafting table for the Missus last night. $77 at Hobby lobby with 40% off, looks decent, works better.

I'm working on glazing and doing some designs on my 10 pieces that i need to fire, and the other 5 that are ready for the final glaze firing. Bottom line is that i need some propane. probably 2 tanks to finish all of this stuff.

I set back and went slower on my latest sgraffito, and it looks better, i think that's the ticket, take her slow, more precise work will look better.

Is it spring yet?

-LB

Ball-Zach

Monday Monday. I need to try some new stuff on the wheel, what i've got now is all the same, Jars as far as the eye can see. I like them, but i need to branch out. Maybe a Jar with a Handle!

It's finally spring here, so the bike must come out, and now.

-Word

Pretty Simple really

ip route 10.2.11.5 255.255.255.255 10.27.253.233
ip route 10.2.11.6 255.255.255.255 10.27.253.233
ip route 10.2.11.8 255.255.255.255 10.27.253.233

Duh.

Damn Pranksters!

I would like to drop one of these on our AC controls in the office. It seems a bit extreme for a fire alarm though, the terms "smoke inhalation", "burned to death", and "chewed her own arm off" come to mind!

-lb

fresh firing

Did a fresh glaze fire last night, and i think i have learned a valuable lesson about my kiln, bottom shelf is the MONEY, everything comes out good on the bottom shelf, perfect. The top shelf is too exposed to flame, i need to get more stilts, and be able to cap it with 1 more shelf, that way it will guide the flame around it. It just get's a little to bubbly up there, and is less than "Nice". Only 6 pieces, i have 7 or 8 others that i didn't put in with them, because i just have not had the time with our New carpet project, and heading to California for this weekend....












-LB

Yarg

$450 later, and a whole weekend.. I've installed our new front door with window, and it makes a big difference inside the house. Pleased with that, but it still needs some adjustment..

-LB

The Latest

Got a front door over the weekend, plan on installing it as soon as we have paint. I have today off, as i work at a bank (yay).

I got some new "Underglaze", it's Chartreuse (green), and we will see how it turns out. Did a couple of pieces thus far, and I'll probably do at least 1-2 more. see below:

Word

End and beginning.

So i left my new job of 2 weeks today, to go back to my previous job. They wanted me back, and i wanted to go back.

The new job was not right, it was setup for a "Desktop Tech", when in reality, i'm a network Administrator. Also, this was a HUGE organization, so segmented it would make you PUKE. We had at least 5 meetings per week for various things, ranging from 1 hour to 2 hours. The real killer was this morning when i found out that their backups were outsourced, so if you needed to recover something, you had to pay and schedule it with the company that ran it. The Routers and firewalls were outsourced, apparently the Network Admin could not handle this in between his phone call sessions.

I guess that was the death of it right there, i knew everything the network admin did, but i could not tell him how to do it, or even help. My job was "Images" and desktops, plus supporting the local 75 users. Soo boring, and beneath what i CAN do.

Long story short, i'm back where i belong, with a more focused mission now. I'm glad about it. Although i would like some more $$$, we will work on that later.

Peace...

-LB

What the hell?

Got some new clay a few weeks ago, and threw with it for the first time today. 10X better than the super soft shit i was working with, it can be moved much higher, but it's the same color as the junk i've used. My next big challenge is making a large plant pot for my Mother in law. I'm thinking 15-25 pounds.

On the job front, it looks like there's a good chance i'm going back to my old job. I'll find our tomorrow if it's really going to happen, and i'll give more info on my non-seen blog then.

Also, i saw "no country for old men" today on cable. Now i know alot of people thought it was good, but boy did it suck! It's like directors and writers try to write in so much subtlety, it kills the watchability (not sure if that's a word), but anyhoo, i really did not like it, i think it's right there with "Glitter" and "Jersey Girl", with the worst movies i have ever seen. As a matter of fact, it probably goes in that order, No country for Old Men would probably place 3rd in the all total crap movies of all time. Waste of 2.5 hours, i'll tell ya!

Hopefully tomorrow i'll wake up from the stupor i've been in, and i need to, one way or another. It's like i'm walking in a dream...

Till tomorrow.

-LB

Week 1 ends at the new job.

It was the Longest week ever, i have no idea how i survived starting a new job, and being dog sick all week. I'm not 100% sure where i fit in there yet, or what i'm doing, but i think it will be fine.

I have to throw some new stuff tonight or tomorrow, it's been like a month now, and i feel i'm losing my mind. I also can't shake the sick feeling, arg.

On top of that, i sold my Asus eee PC, and i'm going to sell the macbook i'm typing on now. I purchased a Dell Inspiron 1525, which i will install my custom cover on (got it off ebay, it was one of thoes one-off Mike Ming custom covers).

Word.

-lb

Ban the Bomb

Well, today was it, i ended my 5.5 year run at the Bank. There were good times, there were bad times, but it was time for me to move on.

Tomorrow i start my new job, it's going to be different, different kinds of people, and a different environment.. Banking > Construction, but i think the latter will suit me better.

Now i just need to get over this cold, and fucking throw something! My wheel is fixed, and i have thrown one very small squatty Vase, get with it man!

Until tomorrow...

-LB

weak snow...

so weak, it was cold, but the snow was weak... happy Sunday!

1/17/08 Firing

It came out alright. Some of the stuff on the top shelf bubbled a bit, but overall not too bad for my second complete firing. here's the pics: (just a sample)






-LB

Hump Day!

Well, it's been a busy and odd week already. I found out how much I'm worth to my employer, absolutely nothing! I put in my 2 week notice on Monday, and nobody cared. I also had to write my own job description, and in the end, they decided to attempt to hire a "lower level" position. Good times. Only 8 days left!

I finished apply glaze to my next batch last night, and i'm still waiting for my replacement wheel head from Creative Industries, hopefully it will show today, and in the next day or 2 i can get back to work on some stuff, and not lopsided this time!

Word.

-LB

Change, she's good...

Well, after 5.5 years, i have a new job. I'm going to get out of the banking business, and into Infrastructure construction (in the IT department), the job itself is actually a step back, but the pay is a wash, and there's alot of new opportunity for me.

We will see how it goes, i have to give 2 weeks where i am so that should be interesting, lot's of explaining to do, and lots of pain, i have been integral to the bank for all this time, and i don't think they are prepared for me to leave.

On the potter side, i'm going to glaze on sunday i think. The stuff looks good, and i have a couple of extra glaze colors now.

Jobs, pots... I think i need to do more on the pottery side.

-lb

The 5th, of the new year.

Here i is. Over the weekend, i completed the Bisque, i guess that's my 2nd successful Bisque firing ,and it went perfectly. The Scraffito pices came out perfect, and the plain ones did as well, no explosions...

By the end of the week i plan on doing the Glaze firing for this. I'm going to Clear Glaze the outside of the Sgraffito work, and put a color on the inside. The others will be pretty normal. I'm somewhat satisfied with the firing thus far, but we will see how the finished product comes out. I have pics, but i'm at work now, and don't have them WITH me.

Flame on...

-lb

where do i start?

Well, the Vacation was less than successful.

Here's where we start. Headed to Vegas on the 14th, arrived, good times, everything was smooth (except the cold weather and Rain + Losses). Then, on Tuesday evening we head to Paso Robles to Suprise Gen's Mother, and suprised she was. Fast forward to our departure about 24 hours later, we head down I-5 in California toward the Grapevine, and it's closed because of snow! So we need to cross over to Hwy 101, all crossing paths are closed, except the one we came across 2 hours before. We backtrack 2.5 hours past Mom-in-Law's house, head down the 101 toward LA (out of our way), in hopes that I-15 back thru to Vegas will be open by the, why not? We hit Rancho Cucomonga at about 4am, and i-15 was still Indefinitly closed! We wait, and listen to the radio until about 6am, and they are still not open, our flight is at 10am, they finally opened it (limited), at about 8:30am, but it was too late. So we reschedule our flight, extend the rental car, and close out our room at Balleys. We decided to suprise my mom in the "OC", and once again, suprised she was. At 12pm on Friday, we finally head out to Vegas, and it takes a bit longer than the normal 3-3.5 hours to get there, it takes 5! So it's 5pm, and we are trying to return the rental car in vegas, we didn't have time to get our stuff from the hotel (on the way via UPS right now), we forgot to fill up the rental car (another $40 cost), and we get to the Airport with about 45mins to spare, at wich point the automated machine tells us we have to wait in the long ass line! Dramatic to say the least. Well, we made the flight, which ended up being 40 mins late, and got home at like 11:30 on
Friday night.



Gonna throw some stuff tonight, and do a Bisque this weekend, probably late sat, or early Sunday.

Xmas was good and Quiet.

-LB

Slow

So i have not thrown anything in about 1 week. I plan to do something tonight hopefully, i guess it's just as well, since i don't really have much money right now to replenish my propane, to fire. I'll try to build up some stuff in the next few days before we leave for Vegas, so when i come back i can get a good set going for the new year.

-LB

Friday for the Ices

Well, it snowed like crazy all day yesterday, and cleared today, but now it's under 10 degrees, it's Frigid!

I'm starting to realize that there are some really impressive individuals doing the pot out there. This guy Pottery at Jingdezhen, China has done some really impressive stuff, and is only 20! I'm 33.5 and i could not throw one half-assed centered pot in the time he could fill a room with quality pieces! Speaking of, i think my Wheel head is a bit warped, and it's frustrating me, i'm not sure what to do. Maybe i can replace the Head only, or maybe i can make one? All i know is it's pissing me off.

I started doing Scraffito style with my pots, i did one that's pretty cool, and have 2 more waiting for the slip treatment. There's one on the wheel now that i forgot to trim this morning, so i suppose it will be a loss, MEH, it's a lopsided mofo anyways...

-LB

nanna