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Gunsmithing
May. 28th, 2009 06:44 amOne of the things that the guys at Zombie Buddy Productions (the folks that put on the excellent zombie apocalypse LARP at MisCon) did was sell modified and painted Nerf Guns. Becca didn't buy one of those, but she was intrigued by the idea.
So last night she came down with one of her Mavericks and asked me how to take it apart. So we did. No, I take that back -- I told her where to find the proper size screwdriver and she took it apart. She dove right in and pieces were quickly laying on the coffee table. I only helped take out one screw that was in there really tight.
Once she got the pieces out she found some sandpaper and started filing off some of the names and warning labels. I did help some with that and we had a good time.
She's going to bring it to the painting party on Sunday and paint it. I'm not sure what color yet, we'll see what she wants.
Otherwise, my day went well. I finally figured out how to get my spreadsheet to work. We went to Becca's last conference at Middle School. It was nice to hear her teachers really encouraging her and telling her that she has a lot of potential.
While at MisCon I also came up with a plan for Ellis, but that really deserves a long post of its own, so let's just say I have a plan and I have been taking small steps toward it. I also have a new plan for Sabledrake Enterprises, and along those lines I have been trying to figure out how eBooks work from the publishing side. So not much completed work to show for the week, but some good research and good progress made.
So last night she came down with one of her Mavericks and asked me how to take it apart. So we did. No, I take that back -- I told her where to find the proper size screwdriver and she took it apart. She dove right in and pieces were quickly laying on the coffee table. I only helped take out one screw that was in there really tight.
Once she got the pieces out she found some sandpaper and started filing off some of the names and warning labels. I did help some with that and we had a good time.
She's going to bring it to the painting party on Sunday and paint it. I'm not sure what color yet, we'll see what she wants.
Otherwise, my day went well. I finally figured out how to get my spreadsheet to work. We went to Becca's last conference at Middle School. It was nice to hear her teachers really encouraging her and telling her that she has a lot of potential.
While at MisCon I also came up with a plan for Ellis, but that really deserves a long post of its own, so let's just say I have a plan and I have been taking small steps toward it. I also have a new plan for Sabledrake Enterprises, and along those lines I have been trying to figure out how eBooks work from the publishing side. So not much completed work to show for the week, but some good research and good progress made.
