Friday stuff

[supercheesegirl]

Nobody's posting! Where are y'all?

Today is Regina's memorial service. Then right after that I get to go look at the new office space on the other side of the world that it's looking like I get to move to. This is shaping up to be an excellent day.

[In defense of Today, I should also tell you that a) this morning I got to hang out with Jorn and chat on the way to the bank, and b) Stephanie from ITS came over and more than fixed all my computer issues. She is my new favorite ITS person. She so entirely knew what she was doing and had done her homework and fixed things I didn't even know were wrong, and now I can check all the email accounts right from my desktop, and this has made me very happy.]

In other news, I realized this morning that I have owned this black skirt since high school. That's like ten years. It's such a wardrobe staple that I sometimes don't even notice it.

Tonight I have to run around a whole bunch--have to go back to Central after work to hit Artist's Supply and hopefully get the kind of paper I need (I am attempting to follow my professor's directions on this book To The Letter, but what kind of matte and/or watercolor paper is there that can go through a printer? Artsy folk, direct me!) and a new awl (AGAIN, but this time I'm going to get a decent one), and also hit Pearl for some stamps (but if I didn't find what I wanted at the Paper Source last night then will I find it at all?) and inkpads. Then I get to go back to Harvard (or at least to Kendall) to go to Kinkos for copying. Apparently their copiers do, in fact, have a reversing option. This time I'm going to ask the guy and MAKE him help me and not care how bored or unattentive he looks. I will stand there and wait and glare until someone comes to help me.

And I forgot my checkbook. Stupid.

Comments

[tisana.livejournal.com]

"Nobody's posting! Where are y'all?"

I've been wondering the same thing. Of course, I'm here, and posting, so maybe I'm Nobody. Worked for Odysseus.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

At least we can be Nobody together. Cornball. :)

[ilikemytie.livejournal.com]

I know that cardstock can go through a printer, so probably some sort of lightweight coldpress. . . I think that hotpress would be too smooth to take, but I don't know all that much about that kind of paper. More of a canvas person myself!

Good luck, though! I used to love making books, but of course, mine were never judged, so they always had horrible, beautiful imperfections!

[tisana.livejournal.com]

What she said. Watercolor paper comes in 3 different weights--the 130/140 lb stuff (what most people use) is too heavy for a printer, but there's 90lb available, too. Still not sure it'd go through a printer, but have you thought of Bristol board? It can take a variety of media and is about cardstock weight (haven't tried it, though, in the printer).

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about paper at all. I'm wondering if maybe some sort of resume paper would work, or a general cardstock. I think I'll ask the nice man at Artist's Supply--he's always so helpful. But I will write down Bristol Board and 90lb watercolor paper and see what he thinks. (This is all because The Prof thinks that ordinary photos would be too shiny, so I am going to attempt to color-copy them onto some other kind of paper. Sigh.)

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

so they always had horrible, beautiful imperfections!

As do mine, dear, as do mine. :) Thanks for the suggestions!

[myras-girls.livejournal.com]

I posted! Just now, but I posted!

[piscosubito.livejournal.com]

I would have posted earlier, but I was unconscious!
Stupid sickness.

I hope you find all the supplies you need! I've never had to do anything like that, so I usually just buy random crafty supplies and create random wierdness out of them. Which is why I don't go to supply stores anymore, because I always spend money. :)