Not only for gloom, having silly fun

I took a few more photos of the ugly big wheel.

My mind haven't changed about the possibility of someone using this structure to commit a sad ending in a variable future.   Lately, I got a better look at it.  I look at the base of the six poles that goes from the ground to the middle of the wheel.  Here is a photo of it:

I could not have funny thought, Indiana Jones style.  It look like stakes.  It look as if they could rust to the point of desagregate.  This big wheel is near a body of water, so I guess it could have an impact on the metal.  My funny thought is those stakes could fail, where they meet at the center of the wheel would give way, liberating the wheel.  It is here that Indiana Jones comes into action with the scene with the boulder.  The difference would be that the wheel would do as the boulder for a short distance before doing like a coin and fall on the ground.

This ugly piece of art isn't going anywhere but I can poke fun at it.  After the gloom, anything can happen. If the scenario of a rolling wheek happen, it will sure become a weird piece of news!

Trying something new

Last week, I got this: https://www.plaidonline.com/mod-podge-mod-melter-and-accessories/213/product.htm  It is on the same principle as a glue gun.  It can be filled with long stick.  These stick can be clear, with colours or he in metallic tones (golden and silver).  There are mold that can be filled.  I had done some with the molds.  I haven't tried free hand (not ready for that yet).

It was easy to do but I may have over  done myself with using too many sticks.  I do tend to go overboard with a new activity.  I may use some to decorate an photo frame.  Otherwise, I haven't really thought of what I could do with them yet.  Maybe into a jewelry project.  I just have to think what kind of jewelry project I want to do with them.  Maybe with macrame.

I had to buy this melting gun on the internet.  I haven't seen it in store (not those I had gone to).  I wonder if it is toward the end of the new phase of this product.  Well, not that important now.  It is just that I would had like to find it in store, as I was buying the rest of the material.  Overall, it was nice to try it.  I just have to find where to use the end result.

Nature can be ugly!

Nature can be very ugly.  There is one example I want to show.  It is two trees that I find hideous.  Trees have a nice up way of grace, well usually.  The two trees I am talking about are more bumpy in form, for their trunk.  Don't mind the house in the photo and concentrate on the trees.   The house definitively deserve more gracious trees.

I got it! Smaller Camera

I got my smaller camera and I took a few photos with it.  I am please with it.  It is small enough to bring it with me everywhere.  It also fit in a pocket.  It is complimentary of my other camera.  Above is my first photo taken with it.

Here is a few more:

Hot Stone Massage, it is now a reality!

I got my hot stone massage a few days ago, May 19th to be exact.  I was a bit nervous and very excited to realize this wish.  I never thought it would become true.  I was thinking it would become true in an undiscernable future.  Now, it had become a reality.  I feel a bit more knowledgeable, in a physical way.  Seeing it in one video is one thing.  Living it is another thing.

All the preparation is the same as for a regular massage.  There was a questionaire with a few questions.  There was the preparation in the cabin with the undressing and the explainations for the massage.  All that went smoothly.  It was a nice thing to have.  I got informed before hand on how things were done but getting the explanations in the setting got me a bit more at ease.

The massage itself was great.  The hot stones were really soothing on the skin.  It helped to get the muscles more relax.  Now, I think I won't be able to get an ordinary massage without the hot stones. They helped me relax.  The main problem was on my part: I have a sensitive skin.  The stones were a little bit too hot at first for my skin.  When the therapist was working on my back, I had a few involontary twitches from my part.  It was funny in a sense because we were excusing ourselves at the same time.  There is health problems that can't received this type of massage.  Sensitive skin isn't in them.  I wonder if sensitivity of the skin is spread enough to get considered a problem for hot stone massage.

I also have a suggestion: to drink plenty of water before and after.  I didn't get hydrated before and I was really thursty after.  After the hot stone massage and for the rest of the day, I could not stop drinking.  I also felt that the water was absorbed by my body.

In conclusion, it was worth every penny for it.  I want to return to  get another one.  I don't know if I will develop a thicker skin with time for the hot stones.but I am happy to have tried it at least once in my lifetime.

Living a dream, getting a dream into a reality.

Finally, I decided to try hot stone massage.  I don't know what the little push got me over the edge but I finally look upon a place who offer that kind of massage.  So, now, I will know how it feel and if I will like it.  I worries a little bit mainly in finding the place.  Otherwise, I am excited to have an appointment.

I have seen a video on how it is done (http://spas.about.com/od/hotstonemassage/a/Hotstone.htm, scrolling a bit down to see the video).  So, I know how it will be done.  I will realize a wish by doing this massage.  I hope it will go well and that I will be able to have it.  From the written description, there is counter indication for this massage, so I don't know if it is apply in real live.  It is what I observed: sometimes, there is some informations written and when speaking with a person with practical knowledge, they don't know the written information.

So, time to head for the appointment.  I hope that the hot stone massage will meet my expectation!

How strange experience change perception

There is something that puzzle me.  I have noticed it in the last few years in a more acute way: experience change perception.  I had mainly experienced it with fiction.  Among the strongest example was from Star Trek: The Next Generation with the episode Dark Page (Here for the trailor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZMe8WPJFs).  I saw this episode for the first time when I was a teenager.  I saw it again 2-3 years ago.  My perspective had totally changed.  In the episode, Deanna Troi discover that she had an older sister.  That older sister died while Deanna was very young.  When I saw it as a teenager, I thought: «How sad» and when I saw it again, I not just thought, it was a little bit emotional.  I knew what it was to have a child and I could not think loosing a child.

I did have other similar experience elsewhere, with a strip cartoon book (https://www.amazon.ca/Edge-Life-Roger-Leloup/dp/1905460325/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1463192718&sr=8-16&keywords=yoko+tsuno) or with a cartoon show (https://www.amazon.ca/Goldorak-LIntegrale-15Dvd-Version-fran%C3%A7aise/dp/B009Z0LUIC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463192760&sr=8-1&keywords=goldorak).  With the last example, it is an example where knowledge gained with maturity change everything.  For the example with the strip cartoon book, there some questions that arise with the constant advancement in science.

Will this kind of experience repeat it self as I stumble on new series, books, etc...?  Only time will tell.