Meh

latest firing came out, before it, i blew up my largest piece, it was just not quite dry yet, so oh well. some turned out pretty well, some better. I really miss high fire!

potted plant pot?

working on a pot for plants for my MIL, its going well thus far, very heavy, but smooth, ill put a design on it later tonight, burnished it...



-LB

The rest..

Here's the rest of the previous story. So it turns out that my car did not need just an alignment! I took it to the Honda dealer, and there was a service bulletin recall (ones they don't tell you about), apparently my rear suspension arms were causing the tires to eat themselves.

Fine and dandy right? Wrong, after letting me know that the warranty covers the repairs, i was told that i needed to pay for 50% of the tires ($170). My response to this was less than what they were expecting. I called the Honda America Office, the Dealer, and continued to bitch them out. 4 hours later, they replaced the tires for free. So now my car is like new, with the exception of some bumps and bruises from the robbery.

Firing this weekend, pictures to follow. At least 1 Bisque, and 1 Glaze. I also need to create a large pot for a plant, as the Beast requests...

-LB

Just another day.

Well, this week started quite badly.

Monday, Car broken into, Wallet stolen. I'm mildly retarded and left my wallet in the car when we went to the gym. The windshield and the side passenger window were smashed, and my wallet was taken. Dashboard was tore up a bit, and glass all over. SSC, DL, CC's, and a tiny little cash were taken.

All told, it turned out ok. Insurance paid out enough to fix the windows, and all the interior crap, but i'm going to pass on most of that stuff, and just let GEM have the rest to pay for School Tuition.

The even better news is, apparently my rear struts have gone bad at 17500 miles, i believe it to be a warranty issue, but we shall find out tomorrow.

Maybe i'll even do my massive firing this weekend, i have a little xtra $$$, so i can get some gas and blow the lid. Pics will follow i Imagine.

-LB

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