the following was something i wrote for a zine that was going to be put
\nout by my brother and i. we never finished the zine, so i thought i’d put it
\nup here.<\/i><\/p>\nxcraft dayx<\/h3>\n
the equation is simple. a dining room table full of dubiously obtained craft you will need:<\/p>\n or<\/i><\/p>\n directions:<\/p>\n time flies when you’re having fun. the last 3 months were an amazing time, columbus is flat. central pa is not. one of the things i miss most about it’s always hard for me to get back in touch with kids from central pa. i’m two days after christmas i finally got around to calling alicia. lucky i don’t always have a whole lot of time at school so on break i try to cram the following was something i wrote for a zine that was going to be put out by my brother and i. we never finished the zine, so i thought i’d put it up here. xcraft dayx the equation is simple. a dining room table full of dubiously obtained craft supplies plus no pesky adults to… Continue reading 8314466<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4wnIz-8314466","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3022,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.terrorware.com\/geoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nsupplies plus no pesky adults to complain about making a mess equals a ton of
\nfun and some great hand made gifts and toys for boys<\/a>. we’ll show that
\nbitch martha stewart who the true craft denzians are.
\nwe dumpstered, stole, and crafted back the holiday season.
\nthough my involvement was reserved to a few candles and abortive
\nattempt at a cardboard model of the sweet life, christine, adam, and ryan made a
\ncrazy number of crafts.<\/p>\nbasic candle making<\/h3>\n
\n
\n other.<\/li>\n
\n a
\ngrocery. who knew that this stuff was good for things besides waxing curbs. one
\npackage is good for about one large candle and a dozen or so votive
\n candles.<\/li>\n
\n jo-ann
\nfabrics<\/li>\n
\n hot wax into
\nthe mold a big bowl to clean off wax<\/li>\n
\n candle
\nsets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nsame with the coloring and scent (a little goes a long way).<\/li>\n
\nput the double boiler on the stove and crank up the burner. add the parafin to
\nthe inner pot and heat the wax. never put the wax directly into a pot. we’re
\ntalking big time fire hazard. as the parafin melts, add the color and scent.
\nto make the candles, the wax needs to be about 180-190 degrees farenheight.<\/li>\n
\n the
\nmold so you can get the candle out when you’re done. if you’re using an old
\nglass or jar skip this step since you’ll just leave the candle in the mold.<\/li>\n
\nthe candle. you’ll cut them shorter later, but for now you need enough length
\nto wrap it around the pencil while the candle sets<\/li>\n
\nwax. pull it out and let it cool.<\/li>\n
\nhole at the bottom of the mold and apply enough mold sealer to make sure the
\ndamn thing doesn’t leak (like mine did). wrap a small portion of the other end
\nof the wick around the pencil and rest the pencil on the edge of the mold or
\nglass.<\/li>\n
\na while, no need to be super-exact), pour it quickly from the double boiler into
\nthe pouring container. being careful not to displace the wick, use the pouring
\ncontainer to fill the mold or jar. save a little wax. re-heat this later and
\nuse it to fill in the indentation around the wick that is left as the candle
\nsets.<\/li>\n
\nutensils, pour boiling water over them to get rid of the wax and then wash with
\nsoap and water. use a big bowl for the boiling water dunk and discard the waxy
\nwater somewhere other than the sink. wax isn’t good for drains. alternately,
\nput the utensils in the freezer and the wax peels off pretty easily.<\/li>\n
\nparticularly if the candle is large. be patient and when it’s done, trim the
\nwick to about a quarter inch.<\/li>\n
\noverly perky teenaged girl or martha stewart inspired middle aged woman at the
\nmall. (disclaimer: i’m sure that there are a number of very nice, intelligent
\npeople employed as candle sales associates. i’m sure that there are even a good
\nnumber who are not teenaged girls or middle aged women. still, i am always a
\nbit unnerved whenever i have to venture into a bath and body works or similar
\nestablishment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nleaving<\/h3>\n
\n but
\nwere perhaps the shortest 3 months that i have ever lived. i got to have a
\ngirlfriend and best friend in the same time zone and i got to listen to tons of
\nmusic, eat vegan food, see shows, and skate. i had spent the week between
\nfinals and going home alternating between hanging out with erin and hanging out
\nwith the sweet life kids. the original plan was to hang out in columbus and
\nthen return to pa along with erin to spend some quality time together in central
\npa before saying our goodbyes. well, the best layed plans, to exploit another
\ncliche, sometimes go awry. erin’s gargantuan tonsils demanded immediate
\nattention and i was faced with the ominous notion of an unexpected goodbye
\nlooming in the near future. i spent my last day in columbus just kicking around
\ncolumbus with erin. i like this girl so much and i always find myself wanting to
\nmake the time i spend with her epic, like something out of a movie. the rainy
\nsunday was slow and quiet, but still i found a clock
\ncounting down in my head. the camera didn’t zoom in, and the theme didn’t
\nsound in the background. there was just a quiet, reluctant exceptance that
\nsometimes things aren’t easy. i said goodbye to erin as her parents pulled up.
\ni went home where my housemates were providing a vegan feast: mushroom soup,
\nsalad with feux creamy italian, mashed potatos, stuffed peppers, brown rice, and
\na cake. sweet life indeed! we ate until stuffed and sat around by candlelight
\nafter the power went out. christine and katelyn volunteered to drive me to the
\nairport to pick up tim. we had a sign and everything. christine ran to him and
\nembraced him as if they were long seperated lovers. tim was too lagged to
\nrespond. the next day i finished loading the car and met with my computer
\nscience buddy erin dean for a brief goodbye before starting the dreary six hour
\ndrive back to pa.<\/p>\nhiking<\/h3>\n
\nmy hometown is the fact that the appalacian trail runs through the middle of
\nthe village. its a popular spot for through hikers to have provisions mailed to
\nthem, and some of the villagers even open their homes to some of the hikers for
\na meal or a shower. i went on a brief walk through some woods and fields with
\nmy mother. it was good to have some time alone with her and talk with her in a
\nway that just doesn’t seem to be able to be reproduced in long distance phone
\ncalls. i told her about my trip to scotland. she told me about her
\njob. the air was cold and clear and the view looked like a scene out of one of
\nthe pasteural landscapes that i had seen in the gallery the day before. home
\ntown scenary and mothers. the things that we take for granted.<\/p>\nold friends<\/h3>\n
\nhorrible at staying in touch amidst the turbulance of school and i feel like of
\na bit of a jerk waltzing back into carlisle. its obviously no big deal, but i
\njust can’t help but feel like a bit of a prodigal son. i would have
\nprocrastinated the inevitable phone call by hanging out with tim, but he was in
\nminneapolis. so, i called patrick and we got together a couple of times and just
\nhad some random fun: computers, home brewed car mp3 players and other nerdy
\nstuff; culture hacking; sushi; and watching skate videos. always a blast. i got
\ntogether with peter, went thrifting, watched some movies, and talked about books
\nand music. between peter and patrick, i always leave pa with a long list of
\nthings to check out.<\/p>\n
\nthing i did because she was going back to philly the next day. alicia is one of
\nthe few people from good old boiling springs high school that i see with any
\nregularity anymore. we played in a band together and got into
\ntrouble in high school before i went off to study computer science and she went
\nto study painting. we went to a new diner in carlisle where she gave me tips on
\ntraveling in europe and we got kicked out to make room for customers who would
\norder more than coffee. what were we to do? the menu wasn’t exactly vegan.
\nat least the big tip that alicia left might make them think twice in the future.
\nwe went back to my house and listened to a cd of our old band. i copied some
\nmusic for her and we talked about school, music, our respective travels, and old
\ntimes.<\/p>\nmedia<\/h3>\n
\nmonths of media consumption into a few days.<\/p>\n\n
\n t.s.
\nlawrence leads an army of arabs against the turks. epic desert camera shots and
\na great cast make for an interesting account of power, ambition, and fate.<\/li>\n
\n but
\nan actor? who would have thought it? i’m glad i stayed at home to watch this
\none with the folks. this chilling thriller about a comunist plot to use the far
\nright to control the american government serves as a pointed metaphor for the
\ngross political manipulation so prevalent in our culture. sinatra does a fine
\njob, but better still is angela lansbury in a role that is the absolute
\nantithesis of her murder she wrote persona.<\/li>\n
\n is
\ngood for is mystery science theatre fodder.<\/li>\n
\n scavanged
\nfrom a dumpster or pilfered from a strip mall is ridiculous. but what this book
\noffers isn’t so much a blueprent for revolution but its definitely a breath of
\nfresh air. ideological inconsistancies be damned, those of us who feel
\nsuffocated by consumer culture can’t help but root for the books anonymous
\nprotagonist. furthermore, this travel narrative falls firmly in the tradition
\npreviously established by writers numerous writers. however, it really shows how
\nmuch america has changed since kerouac published the accounts of his travels.
\nlocal color and americana have been replaced by homogenous strip-mall capitalism
\nand the only way to gain any meaningful experience on the road is to engage in a
\nno holds barred war against the encroachment of consumer culture.<\/li>\n
\n Catcher in the Rye. well, this collection of short stories is every bit as
\n good as his famous novel. it features nine vignetttes of the seemingly mundane
\n aspects of human life. however, Salinger manages to craft characters that can
\n be both reprehensible and noble. he often uses children as characters which is
\n a refreshing departure from the often hackneyed exchanges of adult characters.
\n the nine short stories are quick reads and all of the are imensely enjoyable.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"