Rike's Journal

rike_tikki_tavi @ 2013-10-09T18:12:00

2013-10-09T16:14:06Z

So PoI was a mixed bag this week. ( Read more... )

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movie night

2013-10-07T21:16:55Z

Went to see Gravity at the movies tonight and really enjoyed it. ( Read more... )

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and here I thought cats were carnivorous

2013-09-28T17:24:31Z

I've just caught Dicka at the cantuccini for the second time this evening. There were stored on the 5th shelf of the book case. He doesn't even jump that high for cat treats.

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random fandom thingy

2013-09-23T19:15:19Z

Seen today at lunch: one of the construction workers from the construction site next to our office had a Watcher tattoo on his wrist. That was kinda awesome.

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new TV!

2013-09-17T20:02:38Z

The new TV seasons are starting. Next week season 3 of Person of Interest will premier and I'm stoked already but for now it's the pilot for Sleepy Hollow. Reactions along the way behind the cut.

( Sleepy Hollow 1.01 )

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Signs that your work is just waaaay too busy.

2013-09-13T17:21:15Z

If you end the day with 30 more unread emails than you started it with.

It's great that we are growing at the moment and busy and getting new contracts in all the time, but Jesus Christ I feel like I'm paddling like mad and still barely avoid drowning.

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rike_tikki_tavi @ 2013-09-08T16:57:00

2013-09-08T15:01:56Z

I've succumbed to temptation and joined the ranks of those, who spam the internet with cute cat videos.

Rüdiger continues to be a weird cat in that he loves not yarn balls, but knitting needles. I he loves circular needles best but if there's nothing else around, he'll play with DPNs, too.

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What's worse than having to force a pill down your cat's throat?

2013-07-28T18:52:13Z

Having to force two pills down.

I finally got a diagnosis for Rüdiger's persistent problems with diarrhea. According to the vet it's a particular strain of e.coli for which I'll have to dose my furballs with antibiotics twice daily for the next 10 days and because they don't weigh the same, they get different pills. Dicker gets one quarter pill each go around and poor Rüdiger gets one and a half pills. So aside from the fact that he's even less amendable to having pills stuffed down his gullet than Dicker, he has to suffer twice the indignity. Thankfully the fact that they get fed right after seems to let them forget their ordeal rather soon.

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movies, yay!

2013-07-21T17:37:14Z

I went to see Pacific Rim last night ( and I loved it. )

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rike_tikki_tavi @ 2013-06-13T22:29:00

2013-06-13T20:31:00Z

I'm getting to the point where I decide what I want to make before I start throwing and it actually comes out sort of like planned.

( pics under here )

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rike_tikki_tavi @ 2013-05-22T00:42:00

2013-05-21T23:08:43Z

( Finally went to see Star Trek: Into Darkness tonight )

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Qapla'

2013-05-05T18:14:00Z

I did some Star Trek/Star Gate themed pottery.

I'm not entirely happy with the glaze. It threw some weird bubbly spots but all in all not bad for a first try.

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rike_tikki_tavi @ 2013-04-12T18:09:00

2013-04-12T16:10:12Z

Can we please have the week taken behind the barn and shot?

Dear fucking Lord!!!

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rike_tikki_tavi @ 2013-03-25T00:40:00

2013-03-25T00:00:22Z

One of the things I wanted to try out pottery-wise was patterned pieces. The glazes I can use don't work for this, so I decided to work with different coloured clay. Use one kind for the bowl and the second for the pattern.

And then something weird happened. I wanted to do a dark bowl and a red pattern, but I didn't have the right kind of black clay, so I did the bowl in white clay and then painted it with black engobe. It looked ok after the first fireing but when I glazed and fired it again, something weird happened and the black engobe became patchy and see-through. I still like the result but I think I'll still look for another glaze. It's supposed to be clear, but it still changes the colour of the clay, particularly the red and black kind.

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Thursday is TV day

2013-02-15T21:47:28Z

Elementary 1x16 "Details"

It was a lovely episode
( You, sir, were not assailed by a marksman. )

Person of Interest 2x15 "Booked Solid"

I wasn't all that impressed with the A plot of this week. And there was nothing new about the Machine either.

( Read more... )

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tv thoughts and crafty things

2013-02-10T21:36:00Z

( Person of Interest 2x14 One Percent )

( Elementary 1x15 A Giant Gun, Filled with Drugs )

There is a little pottery store around the corner from the office, that offers lessons and the opportunity to rent a potters wheel. I took a few lessons in December and it was fun enough that I went back for more.

These two were the best from the lessons. It doesn't show well in the pictures but they are small and very thick walled. Still pretty though.

When I went back and rented time on a wheel, I got to play with other kinds of clay. As you can see, getting an even shape is not all that easy.

This one is the first one, where I finally figured out how to make an even, relatively thin-walled bowl. It's actually almost twice as big as the others. I'm not quite happy with the glaze. It was supposed to be clear and let the colour of the clay shine through, but I must have applied it too thickly, hence the whiteness.

This one is my favorite. I like the unevenness here and I think the colour of the glaze is gorgous on the black clay. Next time I just have to make it bigger. This one is only a small tea cup.

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This sounds very interesting...

2013-02-04T19:29:16Z

There is a Kickstarter for a fan-run convention in London, August of this year. I've only ever been to "commercial" cons but this sounds very interesting.

Nine Worlds Geekfest

Let's see if it pans out.

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Om nom nom

2013-01-15T20:45:53Z

I love rice in all kinds of forms, but I've never managed to get the hang of cooking the perfect japanese style rice in a normal pot. After a lot of hemming and hawing and as a christmas present to myself, I splurged and bought myself a Zojirushi rice cooker. It arrived today and I'm in love. Perfectly plump and sticky rice, neither too soft nor too hard and I can skip the soaking and drying of the rice. I'll reserve final judgment until I've tried it out with brown rice, but if it works, I see my rice consumption taking a sharp uptick.

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rike_tikki_tavi @ 2013-01-05T01:19:00

2013-01-04T23:21:24Z

Last night we got new Elementary and new Person of Interest. My cup runneth over

( Elementary )

( Person of Interest )

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not the nices New Year's Eve

2012-12-31T17:50:05Z

Contrary to prior plans, I'm spending New Year's Eve home alone in the company of two grumpy cats. Rüdiger had developed a raging case of diarrhea and vomiting earlier today and thus been dragged to the vet to be accosted with a rectal thermometer and a syringe. So he at least has a reason to be grumpy. I have no idea why Dicka keeps hissing at everybody.

I guess I'll order something from the little Vietnamese restaurant around the corner and curl up with the books that dandelionteeth sent me.

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Christmas Special

2012-12-26T17:26:29Z

Watched the new Doctor Who last night. The Runaway Bride finally has competition as my favorite Christmas special.

( spoilers underneath )

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Presents!

2012-12-24T21:40:09Z

The awesomely awesome dandelionteeth sent me a package with books and films for Christmas. Thank you so much my dear.

( Rüdiger and Dicka wish Happy Holidays, too )

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rike_tikki_tavi @ 2012-12-21T21:41:00

2012-12-21T20:41:53Z

Also, apparently we survived the END OF THE WORLD. YAY!!!!!!

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mulled wine!post

2012-12-21T20:40:05Z

I think I just traumatized my cats.

Most of the office went out tonight to have some mulled wine at the christmas fair, which rapidly devolved into getting smashed on mulled wine at the christmas fair. I got some very concerned looks from Dicka, once I was finallly home to feed my furry roommates.

But, I'm on vacation till January 20th.

FREEEEEEDOM!!!!!!!!!!

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new show

2012-12-19T19:15:53Z

So I've started watching Person of Interest?

I guess i can blame this on cesperanza. I watched the pilot back when it was first aired but it didn't grip me and there was other stuff to watch. But lately Speranza has been posting her POI squee right next to the Elementary squee and well, I guess she's three for three now.

Though, mainlining a new show in that last crazy week before probably not the best idea.

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