Re: 12 steps
Posted by Anon on September 01, 1999 at 15:46:07:
In Reply to: Re: 12 steps posted by Amy C on August 31, 1999 at 17:26:03:
: I
: thinks it's mostly from 'registering' to use web sites. I don't do
: that anymore.
Hmmm...I don't remember doing this from my home e-mail. I have heard
of a website that helps you get off mailing lists, though, and am
trying to make time (maybe next time I'm waiting for the mud to dry)
to make use of it.
: Italian macchia is both a noun and a verb and means both stain and
: bush (as in the henna bush).
Thank you for this important clarification! ;-)
I'm glad your business is blossoming. I'm not that far in the 12
steps -- I think I'm just about ready to start henna-ing complete
strangers. Done friends, relatives and endless self-experiments. I
really like the social intimacy, so similar to "doing" each others'
hair as a teen (I missed most of that), but also it's quite
collaborative in nature. I mean, choosing a design and making the
decisions on how to vary it or enhance it, is it big enough, what
shall we do with this goof - try to erase or take it somewhere new,
that sort of thing. Very satisfying, even when the design doesn't
turn out as initially imagined.
: It would have been cool if your name was really Anon, though. :)
Yeah - pity. There are other jokes to be made, though - mostly
requiring some familiarity with midieval use of English.
Speaking of which, has anyone used Racinet's Historic Ornament or The
Grammar of Ornament (both books with many color plates of all sorts of
design from many cultures) as inspiration? There are so many
different styles, it seems like it would be easy to find some general
style to fit almost any personality.