Here’s my 2 other crappy projects from class that I’m not really very happy about. One is a copper pot that’s been annealed and hammered out from just a sheet of copper. It doesn’t even stand up straight and there’s a crack on the bottom where I hammered it in a really thin area. The other thing is just a stainless steel bit that’s been put on the mill. The mill is just a fancy drill press really. It’s super precise too. You can get things to 5 one thousandth of an inch.
Copper Pot and Thing 
Here’s some pics of my roomies, Frank and Andrew. Here we’re just chatting outside in our hallways about a lot of random things like church, church girls, how to make church girls think more about starting a family (like going out with Frank) instead of working all the time.
Frank
Andrew
Last night, we went to Bard to have dinner with the Tishes, Andy (the mom), Mark (the dad) and Sarah (the prospective college student). Andy is a college friend of Katherine’s and the Tishes live in Boston and are doctors. Sarah is a junior and getting ready to apply to colleges. She’s interested in math/science but definately not interested in being a doctor. Apparently they have changed the SATs now, so the max score is 2400. Who knew? Vince spent the evening watching Bob the Builder videos.
Mom is getting better 🙂
Feeling a bit blue lately. Hopefully it will pass. I’ll make some lunch and go out for a ride later on. I think it’ll do me some good.
Hope Mom gets better …
Spent the day doing laundry and working on Bach’s 13th invention. Vince is slowing converting his toy allegiance from Thomas the Tank Engine toys to Legos.
It snowed again last night. About 4 inches. It’s still snowing now a little bit. Jeremy stopped his steroids last night and now is just taking antihistamines. There are a few hives popping up, but he seems fine.
Today we headed down to NYC to celebrate Emy’s 25th birthday party and there was a lot to celebrate. She’s got her own apartment in Brooklyn and a new job offer from this hip hotel in the meatpacking district, The Gansevoort Hotel. A five-star establishment, a room costs $400 a night, with her employee discount, we could stay there for a mere $200. They pay well, 20 bucks and hour (!) and after 2 months, health insurance becomes a benefit. Snazzy!
Katherine and Bob spent the morning buying amazing food at Zabar’s and we ate a nice brunch in Ben’s apartment. His roommate, Tim, was there as well as Ben’s friend Eric who spend Christmas making blueberry cobbler with Vince.
After the party, we headed to Urban Outfitters to see if Emy could buy some jeans, but no luck. Emy went home to nap before her own birthday party at her apartment and the rest of us headed to Central Park to see the new “The Gates” exhibit by Christo.