Thank you! I said to our mutual friend once that every time you comment on my Substack it feels like getting invited to sit at the lunch table with the extremely cool kids, and he knew just what I meant. 😂
I don't know what it's like where you are, but locally I can sell any LEGO set on Craigslist in ten minutes. I did the Halloween haunted house one, which is huge and glorious, took a million pictures, and got 85% of the money back in one day by selling it online. As long as you're careful not to lose any pieces, you can have the fun, enjoy it for a day or two, and sell it if that's of interest. I am probably going to eventually buy the Titanic set (the largest ever). If I do, I will time it so I build it in September, enjoy it in October, and sell it at peak Christmas shopping time to get almost all the money back, ha ha!
I’ve put together some Lego sets for my son that I thought were reasonably complicated but nothing like this. Getting that typewriter together and seeing all the pieces work is really cool. Great work! It’s really amazing what they’ve been able to engineer just using legos.
Isn't it wonderful, the way we humans can often stumble upon a task or pursuit that is meant for one purpose (work or fun) and accomplishes another (knowledge and insight)? I know that's not a very deep thought, but I don't possess many of those ha ha. I'm just happy the gift you gave yourself (some of us should do that on occasion) wrought something of long-lasting value, an outcome many gifts don't. I can surmise that every time you look at that charming and so realistic little vintage typewriter you will feel many positive emotions. You've taken another step of the many you've already taken and those still ahead toward healing and wholeness. I'm happy for you.
You know you are old when things you grew up with are now LEGO collectible kits. I grew upon these things, it was a. big.deal to have electric and auto correct!
ha ha! It is frustrating, but worth it. I think it would have been 90% less frustrating with help, though. If you have a partner for such things, I highly recommend it!
I shouldn't have read the piece so quickly. I wanted to see if I could figure out what that video clip was first lol. Ah well. I did the Nanoblock thing for a little bit many years ago. I had a small animal and insect menagerie and a space shuttle. I disassembled them when I moved across the country last year and now you're inspiring me to re-construct them :)
Your autumn photos almost make me regret my obstinacy. This August I was in the northeast for my new-ish annual birthday tradition. A friend in NH suggested, and it did occur to me independently, that I wait a month or two for autumn scenery but I went with "no, I have to travel on my actual birthdate!" I passed through VT for four hours on the way to NH and ME and it was lovely, just not autumn. I did take a shot of local maple at the bottom of the gorge. Ick, I get sugar shivers just thinking about it.
You and Bridget Phetasy would get along really well. This feels like something she might write. Her childhood trauma was not as extensive as yours but between addiction and parental divorce there was ample instability to go around. Your writing is reminiscent of managing something she calls catastrophic thinking, the fear that the rug may be pulled out from under at any moment. If not for the privacy thing you'd be an excellent guest for her new-ish podcast with her husband. The theme (and title) of the show is factory settings, i.e. how our natures and upbringings create and inform the frames through which we interpret everything.
I just realized I subscribe to you for the same reason I subscribe to her. Years ago when her content was basically Twitter and five episodes of her brand new podcast I got a good sense of who she was as a person. I went behind the paywall not because of takes or opinions but personality and character. I like to think I'm good at detecting sincerity and decency. Though I am ashamed it took me so long to subscribe here. I'm a notorious foot-dragger. A prismatic foot-dragger. Sorry!
What a lovely piece.
Thank you! I said to our mutual friend once that every time you comment on my Substack it feels like getting invited to sit at the lunch table with the extremely cool kids, and he knew just what I meant. 😂
You've also tempted me to buy lego's Colosseum model.
MUST. RESIST.
I've nowhere to put it.
I don't know what it's like where you are, but locally I can sell any LEGO set on Craigslist in ten minutes. I did the Halloween haunted house one, which is huge and glorious, took a million pictures, and got 85% of the money back in one day by selling it online. As long as you're careful not to lose any pieces, you can have the fun, enjoy it for a day or two, and sell it if that's of interest. I am probably going to eventually buy the Titanic set (the largest ever). If I do, I will time it so I build it in September, enjoy it in October, and sell it at peak Christmas shopping time to get almost all the money back, ha ha!
I’ve put together some Lego sets for my son that I thought were reasonably complicated but nothing like this. Getting that typewriter together and seeing all the pieces work is really cool. Great work! It’s really amazing what they’ve been able to engineer just using legos.
Before this, I thought the chimney that Santa goes down and actually end up in the living room of the house was the coolest thing ever, LOL.
Isn't it wonderful, the way we humans can often stumble upon a task or pursuit that is meant for one purpose (work or fun) and accomplishes another (knowledge and insight)? I know that's not a very deep thought, but I don't possess many of those ha ha. I'm just happy the gift you gave yourself (some of us should do that on occasion) wrought something of long-lasting value, an outcome many gifts don't. I can surmise that every time you look at that charming and so realistic little vintage typewriter you will feel many positive emotions. You've taken another step of the many you've already taken and those still ahead toward healing and wholeness. I'm happy for you.
Thank you! :-)
You know you are old when things you grew up with are now LEGO collectible kits. I grew upon these things, it was a. big.deal to have electric and auto correct!
My grandmother had one, which is part of what made me want to do this build. It's very cool.
I learned to type on one! 😏
This is so cool!
The pictures don't do it justice, but alas, pictures are all we have.
I almost bought that one but ... it looked too frustrating lol.
ha ha! It is frustrating, but worth it. I think it would have been 90% less frustrating with help, though. If you have a partner for such things, I highly recommend it!
I shouldn't have read the piece so quickly. I wanted to see if I could figure out what that video clip was first lol. Ah well. I did the Nanoblock thing for a little bit many years ago. I had a small animal and insect menagerie and a space shuttle. I disassembled them when I moved across the country last year and now you're inspiring me to re-construct them :)
Your autumn photos almost make me regret my obstinacy. This August I was in the northeast for my new-ish annual birthday tradition. A friend in NH suggested, and it did occur to me independently, that I wait a month or two for autumn scenery but I went with "no, I have to travel on my actual birthdate!" I passed through VT for four hours on the way to NH and ME and it was lovely, just not autumn. I did take a shot of local maple at the bottom of the gorge. Ick, I get sugar shivers just thinking about it.
You and Bridget Phetasy would get along really well. This feels like something she might write. Her childhood trauma was not as extensive as yours but between addiction and parental divorce there was ample instability to go around. Your writing is reminiscent of managing something she calls catastrophic thinking, the fear that the rug may be pulled out from under at any moment. If not for the privacy thing you'd be an excellent guest for her new-ish podcast with her husband. The theme (and title) of the show is factory settings, i.e. how our natures and upbringings create and inform the frames through which we interpret everything.
I just realized I subscribe to you for the same reason I subscribe to her. Years ago when her content was basically Twitter and five episodes of her brand new podcast I got a good sense of who she was as a person. I went behind the paywall not because of takes or opinions but personality and character. I like to think I'm good at detecting sincerity and decency. Though I am ashamed it took me so long to subscribe here. I'm a notorious foot-dragger. A prismatic foot-dragger. Sorry!
Oh, wow! That typewriter is AMAZING!
I'm slightly disappointed that it doesn't actually type but it's still pretty cool regardless, especially for an unexpected therapy excercise😅