oh my god, what time is it?

[electricland]

I have been up very late calculating the dimensions for my new bookcase, which I have decided to finally get on and build in honour of mrs_cake's visit. This has so far involved:

- measuring
- research on file cabinets
- math
- more measuring
- a trip to Ikea this evening to buy a countertop (luckily 8 feet long so there will be no messing about trying to join up two bits; we stuck it on the roof of the car using Jen's eternally useful kayak transport kit and felt very competent. Of course we bought a few other things while we were there)
- more math (specifically, calculating the size of each of the 6 component units plus plinth, subtracting 1/4" for the back and 1/2" for the trim and 3/4" for the sides where appropriate, calculating the size of each side of each component, adding them all up, and making plans for the plywood)
- frelling about in Word to make diagrams of this lot, as it's the only program my parents can reliably open

But it's going to be a lovely bookcase and I'll be able to unpack the frightening clump of boxes next to my desk, which will be great. And I can't really complain a whole lot because my dad is going to do most of the work, starting with a trip to the lumberyard.

I see Lucy has fallen over from all the measuring. I know how she feels.

Since I'm up anyway, please have an adorable story about octopi (it's the WaPo so registration may be required, I dunno).

Comments

[pretentiousgit.livejournal.com]

Every time I think about your awesometastic renos, I end up in a haze of I Would Like An Apartment Anywhere Near That Pleasant. It's amazing. Good luck with the bookcase!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

what a GREAT story! thanks for sharing ;)

(and again, I ask myself why I went and got all these degrees without becoming a zoologist or the like....)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We proceed apace. The stacks and stacks of cut plywood were very exciting. Getting the lumberyard to cut it for you = An Awesome Idea.

Are you apartment hunting? I'm out of touch.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad you liked.

[pretentiousgit.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just? The lumberyard rocks with their commerce-enforced accuracy.

Apartment Hunting and I are off again. I've decided to stop talking about it because not only I, but everyone around me is sick of hearing about it. Ditto applications to things.