TheWorkWeek

i started a new press on sunday – two yellow daffodils and a yellow tulip (which kinda fell apart, so i’m not counting on that one).

i used wax paper this time and am pressing them under a leg of my murphy bed. after the last attempt i found out i didn’t need to raise the legs equally, the hinges take care of the difference. tres convenient.

i just checked on the flowers and they are all pretty wet. they seem to have soaked through most of the wax paper. the pages were a little damp, but certainly not wet, so i didn’t bother changing or adding any new wax paper. i did, however, move all the flowers about 25 pages in order to give them a fresh, dry pressing area.

i’m going to try to convince mike to go to home depot tomorrow for date night to help me make some real flower presses.

american hardcore – documentary on the rise of hardcore scenes all over the US. excellent for the devoted fan. i wouldn’t recomend it to someone with no prior exposure – i don’t think it would make sense without some basic knowledge. then again, perhaps i underestimate…

today i busted out my ann taylor black, single button, tuxedo inspired jacket. it’s cropped with strong shoulders, long sleeves with satin buttons at the cuff, and a maitre’d or orchestra conductor inspired wide scoop breast. it’s pretty rad. i bought it over the summer from ebay, and just never really got around to wearing it. i have found it really hard to pair with fancier clothes – i look like a restaurant employee for sure. today i wore it with a favorite horizontal striped sweater, nice jeans and black suede loafers. i think it worked. glad to debut it…and on the day i went to lunch with my boss!