things i would post to lxy & jergins' board if i could

lxy: estela told me you have enormous boobs

well i know that first post was directed toward me but the second one sounds much more interesting

i actually said 'giant mcguffins' but let's not quibble.

anyway thank you--i sort of imagined that a class was a better way to go about it but i was hoping it would be easier to just buy a press since its always nicer to have a physical gift to give! she has no experience with letterpress; shes a part-time designer and i think she wants to expand and start making her own business & greeting cards and stuff, not on any kind of serious or large scale but just as a hobby, & she loves the look & feel of letterpress-printed material. i think the equivalent of the thing yr talking about is a place called the arm in NYC or at least its the hipster letterpress place... does $125 daylong workshop + $15/hr rental seem right? thank u again for yr help!

giant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin

$125 for a day long class sounds good - here's the equivalent class at SFCB: http://sfcb.org/php/classes.php?id=T2-060509-PRT also, i think $12-15 p/hr is pretty standard, depending on how much equipment they have.

what about: buy her the class (like, make a fake certificate saying you'll pay for it) and as a physical gift buy her some really nice fabriano paper or cardstock (or some other high quality paper) she can print on?

a press is a big expense, like i said - the press itself is merely the beginning, and she won't be able to do anything with it till she knows how to use it correctly and has all the equipment. the classes will give her a grounding to decide if it's worth the investment. lino-cuts are also something she should look into - it'll give her more freedom to actually create a design block to print with and they're pretty easy to make, i think.

estela: i was trying to be a little euphemistic in my paraphrasing

maybe i was talking about lxy's sizable plot elements and you misunderstood me.

wtf is goin on in this thread

yeah i know shes done linocuts before--i think what shes interested in w/ letterpess is the texture u can achieve. but i shouldnt speak for her. thanks 4 the advice i will let u know how it goes--maybe we will send u a card in the mail

hey jergs were just talkin about printing presses and lxys plot elements what caught her viewers attentions

lino cuts can be run through a letterpress - it's the rolling of the press that forces the impression on the paper, and it also depends on the type of paper you use (it's thickness and softness)

see u are a letterpress expert!!!

and a lxys boobs expert

estela gave me:
lots of choc bullets
lots of jaffas
pineapple lumps
perky nanas
marmite (about 7.5yrs' worth)
jelly snakes

i don't think lxy's boobs are appreciating this disrespectful talk

i think u mean lxys "perky nanas"

or perhaps her "pineapple lumps"

estela check your email <3

tsk xp

tsk

looooooooolz xp

i mean tsk xxp

tsk xp

holy mother of god how did this spiral out of control in the short time i was on the telephone??!

we don't know but we are all very sorry.

also LOL xp

or xxxp perhaps?

yeah sorry for talking about yr choc bullets

ruby and ytth gave me a beautiful book they made.

and last week lxy gave me a beautiful stencil she made (well two really, they are a set).

<3<3<3 basically

i mean this week.

still wtf

ask the porch.

but only while on the porch, because otherwise no one's talking

well, except estela, about my boobs, apparently

it's the figure-8 of trust, apparently

ha!

it'll be funny when max meets lxy, he won't be able to look her in the eyes

lx plz wear your SAY HELLO TO THE TWINS t-shirt

lxy "i should get sweatpants that say that across the butt"

lol

just two bags of fun so lets be cool

i really came here to post about how much i liked meeting ytth and how nice it is to see him and ruby so happy but lxy's captivating chest mugged my typing.

i forgot to things from the estela gift list:
block of cadbury dairy milk
two whittaker's peanut slabs

the cadbury didn't taste weird at all - true NZ cadbury! and we have been pacing ourselves with all this lollies, i'm quite proud of myself, actually.

Wait did estela go to us and I missed it?

sorry tza we didn't want to tell you because you'd be sad...

Good job keeping quiet, jerks

;_;

feisty a continent away. thanking u

probably coming to seattle weekend of september 12 - you guys better be around!

oh hey! we'll put this on the calendar!!

hey great!