So today wasn't very exciting but productive

[crankyoldman]

Good things:

+ Had breakfast with family

+ Walked around outside and around town a bit

+ Finally figured out why one of drakonlily's OCs is named "Araby" and on a related note have decided that Dubliners is a great book thus far.

+ Had a very tasty cookie with my lunch and might have gotten hit on by a cute barista girl.

+ Have finally figured out Yahoo Pipes so now I can tame my RSS feeds. Actually, I just like playing with things. XD

+ Behold the next step of the costume. I need to fit that thing, as it's a recovered piece from this hideous shirt. This will require me to see if the two sewing machines in the house are actually functional and getting over my slight fear of them (I've sewn everything by hand up to this point). Looking at various sites and getting advice as far as going about it. I'm going to practice on some other things before attempting to work on that waist cincher.

+ Got the backlog of links for ff_fanlisting taken care of.

+ Started making some BSG icons. Because it's about frakking time.

Bad things:

+ Tragedy nearly struck as some Trojan buried itself in a component of my text editor. Which meant I had to uninstall and reinstall once I'd purged the computer of it. Considering I nearly depend on that text editor, this was annoying.

+ MORE RAIN IS COMING. Since my workplace's building is still, ah, drying from the last flooding this is somewhat worrisome. Then again, can't be as bad as poor Iowa.

+ Nobody is home tonight! I may be making phone calls.

Comments

[rienna-the-red.livejournal.com]

This will require me to see if the two sewing machines in the house are actually functional and getting over my slight fear of them (I've sewn everything by hand up to this point).

o_O;;;
Holy SNOT.
For srs, see if they work.
This is probably stuff you already know, but here's the checklist anyway.

1. Go and look up the model numbers and see if you can find/print PDFs of the instruction manuals or something if you don't have them anymore for threading/buttonhole/useful trick purposes

2. Make sure you have a ready supply of sewing machine needles. One needle- unless it breaks- is usually only good for about three garments (depending on fabric) before it gets all dull and starts chewing up your fabric. :P Also, Universal needles will work on any machine, but not all fabrics. Denim needles are good for heavy duty stuff (denim- obviously- brocade, curtain/tablecloth fabric), Sharps for synthetics, and Ball-points for knits.

3. Clean/oil the machine before using it if it's been sitting a long time. This will involve cotton swabs, WD40, tweasers, and possible a cannister vacuum. My mom has special teeny attachments for our cannister JUST so she can use it on her sewing machine (I also use them on my computer innards and keyboard ^^; )

4. Practice on some generic quilt cotton-type fabric to make sure that
a) there is no WD40 in places where it will drip on and ruin your projects
b) the tension is not screwy (PRIME how I HATE trying to adjust tension ><;;; )
c) the needle is okay (I usually put a fresh one in before I start a new project anyway)
d)you put it all back together correctly after cleaning the thing ^^;;

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

It will be a very involved process. I have no idea how we managed to have two sewing machines, and they're the kind that are attached to tables, but it will be a somewhat interesting process bringing them back to speed.

[t3h-w0lfy.livejournal.com]

I've got one of those sewing machines attached to tables!
I'm not sure how to fix them if they're out of whack, though, but I wish you luck. I can't believe you've been sewing everything by hand. That's incredible! ...I hate hand-sewing. If you do have any sewing machine questions, I'd love to try to help you out, though I don't know how much help I'd actually be, seeing as ours, though old, has been kept in pretty consistent use, except for the couple of times we've taken it in to different places and had it fixed.