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Brr... New Year post New York
Dec. 31st, 2009 06:10 pmGuess who filled the house up with smoke?
Yup, me. It was half stupidity (not enough small kindling) half the cold conditions outside and in the chimney that prevented the smoke from going up. I was smart enough to close the fireplace to cut off the oxygen and put it out, but I filled the house with smoke and set off all the smoke detectors, but at least we know they work.
Earlier today we were doing some work on the barn, and I think I got really chilled and maybe a tad hypothermic. After I took a break and went back out I felt a lot colder than I had before, and though I'm now sitting in front of a correctly repaired fire I'm still cold and shivering a bit. Just made myself some tea so I can warm back up.
New York was good and I really liked Mom's friend (who we met at the train station and stayed in a hotel with), and the samurai exhibit at the Met was amazing. Lots of swords, and they had both one made by Muramasa and a wooden tsuba attributed to Miyamoto Freaking Musashi. I pretty much had to peel my face off of the glass when I saw that one, cause if he did make it, wow.
They were also selling jewelry that was made to look like tsuba, and I just could not wrap my head around that. I mean, they do have pretty designs, but to wear it as a necklace? It was a bit brain-breaking, though I did buy a bookmark with a crane on it that I'm going to cannibalize to make a necklace out of. Also bought two prints from the museum shop, which have an interesting story around them that I'll tell later. Also, food in New York is extremely expensive, and those Asian fusion places need to start dying out. The place we ate wasn't bad, but they do the thing were they have a decent enough looking thing but throw in one ingredient that makes you go "WTF?" More about New York later when I'm not as frozen.
Still trying to warm up, and probably won't stay up to watch the ball drop. I was just outside Time Square the other day, and I stay up past midnight enough anyway.
Yup, me. It was half stupidity (not enough small kindling) half the cold conditions outside and in the chimney that prevented the smoke from going up. I was smart enough to close the fireplace to cut off the oxygen and put it out, but I filled the house with smoke and set off all the smoke detectors, but at least we know they work.
Earlier today we were doing some work on the barn, and I think I got really chilled and maybe a tad hypothermic. After I took a break and went back out I felt a lot colder than I had before, and though I'm now sitting in front of a correctly repaired fire I'm still cold and shivering a bit. Just made myself some tea so I can warm back up.
New York was good and I really liked Mom's friend (who we met at the train station and stayed in a hotel with), and the samurai exhibit at the Met was amazing. Lots of swords, and they had both one made by Muramasa and a wooden tsuba attributed to Miyamoto Freaking Musashi. I pretty much had to peel my face off of the glass when I saw that one, cause if he did make it, wow.
They were also selling jewelry that was made to look like tsuba, and I just could not wrap my head around that. I mean, they do have pretty designs, but to wear it as a necklace? It was a bit brain-breaking, though I did buy a bookmark with a crane on it that I'm going to cannibalize to make a necklace out of. Also bought two prints from the museum shop, which have an interesting story around them that I'll tell later. Also, food in New York is extremely expensive, and those Asian fusion places need to start dying out. The place we ate wasn't bad, but they do the thing were they have a decent enough looking thing but throw in one ingredient that makes you go "WTF?" More about New York later when I'm not as frozen.
Still trying to warm up, and probably won't stay up to watch the ball drop. I was just outside Time Square the other day, and I stay up past midnight enough anyway.
