 is probably the most disturbing and at the same time fascinating contemplation site or focus of the entire exhibition. Behind the closed door the visitors to this show spends more time than in any other exhibit for whatever reason; we can only speculate. There seemed to be something supernatural about the mundane inevitability suggested by this piece, which was created by an artist who spends much of his time working in the theatre.
"...Actress Ruth Posner in particular warms to appeal of this delicate writing, and the designer Michalis Kokkoliadis's clever set of free floating steps and changing locations charts the promised path across time and place..."
"...Director Mehmet Ergen manages his highly motivated troupe of actors with aplomb, handling the big set-pieces scenes with the workers particularly well. The evocative design of Michalis Kokkoliadis captures the time and place superbly and the use of projections is particular effective...."Is anyone else ready to wave goodbye to 2017 and bring in a new year and try this thing all over? Or is it just me? I feel exhausted haha.
My 2017 (much like most of yours, I’m sure) has been full of lots of ups….and lots of downs–both in blog life and in real life.
I feel like this year, I’ve had so much going on outside of “blog world,” that I kind of started to separate the real world and the blog world and distanced myself a little from my readers (that’s YOU!). So if you noticed that as the year went on, I became a little less sarcastic and a little less funny or “real” with you, it’s because I felt a little disconnected. And even if you didn’t notice, I did. Whoops.
So as we start with 2018, I vow to do my best to be myself again and bring back some of the humor and the sarcasm and the “real life.” I also vow to start doing more videos, trying to share some woodworking tips and tricks, and do more shop related projects–because that’s what many of you have said you wanted. So, if you’ve got something you’d like to see or learn, shoot me an email 🙂 Because my idea tank is running low haha.
Anyway…back to 2017. My 2017 brought about several difficult decisions. I decided to leave my good paying job without another one lined up. It was scary, but it was time to move on. Then, I decided a month later to take a job closer to home but making less money than before, but that I enjoyed more. It’s been a transition for both Danny and I. We also decided to put what we thought was our forever home on the market this fall due to some circumstances beyond our control.
So it’s been somewhat of a wild emotional roller coaster ride this year. I’m hoping next year may be a little more….stable?? Haha.
With all the ups and downs, though, this past year has been a productive one with lots of projects and builds. I posted over 50 building projects (not including sewing or simple DIY projects)! That doesn’t include the projects I built, but didn’t post about here. I would have never thought that was possible!
So to sum up the best and worst of Woodshop Diaries in 2017, of those more than 50 builds, here are the top five most popular. Are any of these your favorites??
So after such a busy year of awesome (and some not so awesome) projects, what is next for 2018?? Well, wood shop organization is on the top of my list of things to do. I plan to have (very soon) several tool cart builds and tips for shop organization and storage on the blog.
I also have lots of furniture builds planned (as usual) and plan to start doing some Facebook live videos (so if you aren’t following along on Facebook, do that now!), and making some more tutorial project videos for YouTube. This will be the year of the videos (I hope ha!). I’m really wanting to focus my attention this year on growth as a woodworker–learning new techniques and methods–and on working to provide my readers with good, helpful tips and content. I’m wanting to focus my attention more on you guys and how I can help you!New blender user here, I'm trying to fade-in an image in a 3D Animation in blender 2.9. I was able to import an image as a plane.
Looked on youtube and there were some tutorial about transparency or visibility, but I wasn't able to replicate any of those because the interface is different. I also can't find any options where I can set or animate the transparency/visibility.
I also tried this: Fade in action applicable to all objects (in cycles) but I kinda failed in the first steps into nodes stuff.
When I pasted the image in Blender with drag and drop I was able to set the visibility, but the image doesnt appear in the final render.
It's just a reference.
Is there an option I'm missing in the material properties tab or any other tab? Or do I have to do this with Nodes? If so I am ready to learn more about it. Or is there another option to fade-in an image in an animation in blender 2.9?
(NOTE: You need to have the "Import images to planes" addon enabled to do this).
(Sorry for the image, it was the last thing in my downloads folder).
We're happy to celebrate the publication of Jules Moulin's debut novel, Ally Hughes has Sex Sometimes. Even though it is her first novel, Jules is no stranger to writing as she has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and spent her twenties writing the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning series Party of Five (a favorite of Becky and Melissa A's) and The West Wing. She left Hollywood five years ago in order to work as a full-time mom and splits her time between New York City and Pasadena, California.
Thanks to Dutton, we have TWO copies of Ally Hughes has Sex Sometimes for some lucky US readers!
Visit Jules on Facebook and Twitter.
What was it like to transition from writing for TV series to writing a novel?
Writing for TV is a much more collaborative process. Novel writing is much more solo, until the editing begins -- but even then, it was just the book’s editor and myself working together. We didn’t have other writers, producers, a director, the studio, network executives and the cast getting to add his and her two cents to our story. It was me and my publishers at Dutton, and that felt wonderful.
What was your inspiration for writing Ally Hughes Has Sex Sometimes?
As a newly published author, what are you doing to celebrate?
Someone sent me a bottle of champagne when I sold the book -- that was almost a year ago, and it’s still sitting on the bottom shelf of the fridge. Honestly, I’ll probably just send gifts to my agents and the amazing people at Dutton who made the book really happen after I made it sort of happen.
If you could cast your novel for the big screen, who would play the lead roles?
Thank you! My favorite question ever! One of my best friends is a casting director, Mary Margaret Kunze. We should ask her. But here are my two cents: Tina Fey as Ally, Josh Hutcherson as Jake, Blake Lively as Lizzie. Or…Reese Witherspoon as Ally, Ian Somerhalder as Jake, Dakota Fanning as Lizzie. Or... Julia Roberts as Ally, Rupert Grint as Jake, Jennifer Lawrence as Lizzie.
Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson. It won the Pulitzer.
Which character from Party of Five was your favorite to write scenes for?
I liked writing scenes for Matthew Fox’s character, Charlie Salinger. Matthew is such an amazing and passionate actor. It was always a thrill to watch him bring a scene to life.
Thanks to Jules for a lovely interview and to Dutton for sharing her book with our readers.
US only. Giveaway ends August 31st at midnight EST.
My favorite way to cool down in the summer is just stay inside.
I adored the dialogue on The West Wing. So snappy!
My favorite way to stay cool in the summer is to swim in the ocean or swimming pool. Refreshing!
Sit on the patio under the fan, but since I live in California also when it's really hot the only way to cool off is to escape into the house and the A/C.
I love to eat ice cream or the Italian ices to cool off in the summer.
The dialogue of The West Wing was always so fascinating.
Sit on a screened in porch with a great book!

Raisa Santos said...
In front of an AC!
My fave way to cool down is swimming!Thoughts on First AA Meeting

I'm very extroverted usually, but I was brought to tears at admitting that I'm an alcoholic to a room of strangers.  They were open and supportive, but I believe that AA is too religious for me to feel comfortable.  Maybe my brain is still re-calibrating and I feel more isolated than I should.

I realize that it is a spiritual organization, but when a chapter ends the meeting by holding hands and saying the Lord's Prayer, I feel very out of place as a non-Christian. 

I'm considering abandoning the program altogether, although that probably isn't the right answer, because I don