cme_1976 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cme_1976) wrote,@ 2008-01-17 21:18:00 |
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Happy 2008!
So we're now over 2 weeks into the new year. Amazing- I actually had to look at my calendar twice at work today before I believed it was the 17th! Time has flown. Work's been crazy, but crazy-productive-crazy, which always feels better than the plain crazy it often is. I've done a ton of data analysis this week- so much that my head was a little foggy from it all this afternoon when I had to summarize it into an abstract for a talk at a conference next month.. and an informal talk I'm contibuting to on Tuesday. It feels good though- two hard years of data collection are coming together and the results are exciting and new and very publishable. It feels like the first time in a long time I've been really excited about science.
So A and I had a great break. Very relaxing- it was nice not to leave home and spend our first Christmas together in the house. His whole family was in and we did a bunch of big dinners, and our party on the 22 was a success. A's hoping for snow so he can use his skiis. He gave me exactly what I asked for, a Japanese screen-printing machine thing called a Print Gocco. He gave it to me a few days early because he knew I'd want time to play with it. and so far I'm really impressed what it can do- especially after individually printing Christmas cards with a linoleum block again- it takes so much time, with this little device I can whip up cards almost as quickly as it takes to draw the design. I'm especially excited about the applications for fabric printing- I have inks and an attachment that are designed for it and have so far had really good luck. I'll post photos very soon, I'm pretty behind in my photo-organization. I've been printing up fabric and making sewing stuff (bags, a sun hat, a fabric belt) with it though, which has been fun.
Other than the Gocco, A and I celebrated my birthday with a very nice dinner out and a quiet evening in front of movies and the fireplace. It's cold, cold, cold here and is supposed to be all weekend.
So we're now over 2 weeks into the new year. Amazing- I actually had to look at my calendar twice at work today before I believed it was the 17th! Time has flown. Work's been crazy, but crazy-productive-crazy, which always feels better than the plain crazy it often is. I've done a ton of data analysis this week- so much that my head was a little foggy from it all this afternoon when I had to summarize it into an abstract for a talk at a conference next month.. and an informal talk I'm contibuting to on Tuesday. It feels good though- two hard years of data collection are coming together and the results are exciting and new and very publishable. It feels like the first time in a long time I've been really excited about science.
So A and I had a great break. Very relaxing- it was nice not to leave home and spend our first Christmas together in the house. His whole family was in and we did a bunch of big dinners, and our party on the 22 was a success. A's hoping for snow so he can use his skiis. He gave me exactly what I asked for, a Japanese screen-printing machine thing called a Print Gocco. He gave it to me a few days early because he knew I'd want time to play with it. and so far I'm really impressed what it can do- especially after individually printing Christmas cards with a linoleum block again- it takes so much time, with this little device I can whip up cards almost as quickly as it takes to draw the design. I'm especially excited about the applications for fabric printing- I have inks and an attachment that are designed for it and have so far had really good luck. I'll post photos very soon, I'm pretty behind in my photo-organization. I've been printing up fabric and making sewing stuff (bags, a sun hat, a fabric belt) with it though, which has been fun.
Other than the Gocco, A and I celebrated my birthday with a very nice dinner out and a quiet evening in front of movies and the fireplace. It's cold, cold, cold here and is supposed to be all weekend.
