Fall! I love Fall! I can actually open my apartment windows without worrying about whether my silverware will melt!
But that's not the only change that's happened recently. Now that Jenny and the kids have moved to Oklahoma I find that I have a lot more free time than I'm used to. Of course I mess them terribly, and this is also the first time in my life that I've ever lived somewhere on my own, but I've discovered that it's not the end of the world. Weird.
Anyway, back to the free time. Yes, I can and should use some of it to get more work done on my dissertation, but there's only so much dissertating you can do in a single day. So in addition to doing a little more work, I've also been doing some more hobby things. In the past couple months I've read 10.5 of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books (I'm currently half-way through El Segador). I really enjoy them a lot! I've been reading them all in Spanish, but I'm sure that they are probably even better in the original English. Not to mention a lot easier to get a hold of. I've also been playing with the buckets of Legos that I have. so far I've put together 30 or so of the sets using the instructions online so that the kids and I can have a lot to destroy when they come over for Thanksgiving! I've also been designing and building some of my own creations. So far these include a temple, a nativity, a cornucopia, and a minotaur. You can see pictures of these creations on my website here. I've also been having a lot of fun with my new silkscreen. So far I've made 6 t-shirts for myself that you can see here. I'll make a couple more for myself to make sure that I can consistently do good quality printing jobs, then I'll start preparing some Christmas gifts for Jessica and her family, since this year it is my turn to give them an exchange gift. Of course, I won't be posting those pictures until after Christmas.
Another change that I've mentioned in a previous post is the fact that I purchased a car about two weeks ago. I love this car! And I'm not what you would call a 'car person' at all. Actually, if I tell you that the car I love is a Prius then you can probably tell for yourself that I'm not a car person.
A final set of changes harks back to the living on my own for the first time deal. Now first let me preface this by saying that I've always tried to be presentable, but I've never really gone much beyond that point. But now that is changing. This morning I shaved with an old-school shave set (August's idea, thanks bro!), you know the kind where you apply shaving cream with a badger-hair brush, I used hair gel, and I even used cologne for the first time in my life. For those of you who know me you realize that this is definitely a new development. But you know what? I actually enjoyed it! Weird.
But enough about me. What's new in your life?
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