Zentangles...

So a customer asked Heidi if we had supplies for doing Zentangles the other night.  We didn't, but she was curious and did some online research, and has since created Zentangles monsters of a few of us at work.  In case you're wondering, Zentangles are basically glorified doodling (they were actually included in my vocab post a few months ago before I even knew much about them).  Also known as Zendoodles, they're basically doodling with a purpose that tends to have a relaxing/hypnotic effect (hence, the Zen part).  I scraplifted (yes, that's legit in the world of scrapping) Heidi's book of patterns and have been doing some research online for more, along with templates and whatnot.  I think I'm going to make myself a letterblock tray of them to hang in my livingroom, and I'm SUPER excited about it.  :)  Here's some shots of my pattern book...more to come when I'm further into some works in progress:

That's all for tonight!  More soon :)

A rose by any other name...

No crafting tonight...I'm too busy having a vocab moment.  lol :) 

So I learned today that "I just got hit by a bus" feeling you get when you wake up suddenly (or even not so suddenly) from a nap has an actual, scientific NAME.  (I'm aware that it's probably weird how excited I get about discovering that things have a proper name).  It's called sleep inertia.  It really makes perfect sense.  An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and all that.  That said, it'll probably still be "hit by a bus" to me, for the most part.  But I'll take secret pleasure in remembering that I know the actual name too. 

Some other things that there are catch words or other fancy words to describe:

1) Crazy spell checker (i.e. spell check replacing words it thinks are spelled wrong with completely incorrect/inappropriate words).     Catchword:  The Cupertino Effect

2) Asking instead of telling (i.e.  "Would you pass the peas?" instead of "Pass the peas.").  Catchword:  Whimperative

3) Doodles.  Catchword:  Zentangles  (if you're thinking it's ridiculous that there should even BE a catchword for doodling, I wholly agree.)

4) Slow and incompetent.  Another word:  Laggard

5) Committing a crime against yourself.  Actual word: Felo-de-se

6) Stare.  Another word:  Glout

7) Chilly or cold.  Another word:  Aguish

8)  Scandalous.  Another word:  Black-burning

9) A poisonous/toxic atmosphere.  Fancier Word:  Miasma  (oh yeah, any of you who went on our Wisconsin vacation...I DID just post that word in my blog...creeeeeeeeepy).

10) Happiness at the misfortune of others.  And one foreign language addition for good measure:  Schadenfreude

Anyway, that's all for tonight :)