Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

It's not too terribly exciting but I hung up the “ARI'S ROOM” sign (carved by me, painted by her with a little touch-up by me — I posted it unpainted last week). I got a (motorized) miter saw today because it was too hard (and a little wasteful because of the way it cuts) to do with the CarveWright and I really need to start making frames since that was the main reason I got the unit.

If anyone in Toronto has an old electric guitar they don't want, I'm looking for a guitar to gut for spare parts. Please IM me if you're an IAM member, or write me at snowrail@gmail.com if you're not… The unit is large enough to carve full guitar bodies which is quite exciting (that's how Liquid Guitars make all of theirs — check it out) and I'd love to give it a shot.

It was sort of derailed this year because of my surgery and a couple other things, but I'm trying to get the pieces put in place to be able to move out of the city as soon as school ends this year. I definitely want a lot more space to work in because it's really hard doing projects in a little place in the city. My house is actually pretty big by city standards, but still, it's quite limiting. But in any case, my days are really full until school starts but after that I'll have lots more time for work and various projects as well.

Other than that I pick up my Lyrica at the pharmacy in a few hours, but really, the more I read about the side effects, the less I'm inclined to take it because they really suck. I hope I will get lucky and be in the group that doesn't get them, but if I do, I'm not going to take it. I really prefer to have a clear head, even if it includes pain.