This week’s post is going to be of the short and
shallow variety. It’s one of those weeks where I just don’t have much going on
other than work and struggling through a cacophonous, lurching, incessantly nose-dripping
cold. As a result, I’ve stayed holed up indoors this weekend with cups of hot
fluids, marauding my way through Skyrim and working on my punch-rug hand bag.
Re: Skyrim, I’ve given up any pretense of being morally good and have gone full
“yes and” on it: What’s that, shadowy demon who lurks in the basement of an
abandon house in Markarth? You’d like me to lure an innocent priest to you for
sacrifice so you can steal his soul? Why, certainly! Right away, sir! And you, young
man who needs vengeance--of course I’ll
go burn down your enemy’s honey farm for a few gold! And you there, nice lady
with the pretty gown—I don’t know you, but it seems entirely reasonable for you
to ask me to assassinate your ex-business partner. I’m sure whatever he did was
just terrible.
Plus, I’m stealing with impunity and I don’t
even care anymore. Upon being chased down by guards in some little burg after a
dragon fight, I found myself growling at them, “Ah, shut up. I just slayed a
dragon and devoured its soul. I’m taking the
damn cheese wheel.” Oh, and congratulations are in order--I got Skyrim-married
to a mage named Mercurio! He’s a bit mouthy, but he casts a mean lightning
bolt.
Come to think of it, it’s a good thing I’m going
back to work tomorrow.
In between sneezing fits, I’ve also been working
on this probably ill-conceived idea to make a punch-rug hand bag. I have naught
but the vaguest idea how to do this, but that detail is not stopping me. This
is what I have so far:
The whole reason I started this is because I
found some really gorgeous punch-rug bags through a Google image search, and I
got unduly excited and, as usual, unduly overconfident in my crafting skill
level. I don’t know how to line the bag or put handles on it or close it up
properly—you know, those subtle little touches that make a bag functional.
I’ll keep you updated on the progress. In the meantime, I’m off to go sneeze myself
into oblivion. Here’s a video of The Celtic Women performing an orchestral piece
from the Skyrim soundtrack. The game has its goofy moments, but the music is phenomenal.
--Kristen McHenry
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