Steampunk-Mecha Godzilla!

[msfledermaus]

After a really nice night hanging out with Matt and Ben the Neighbor, I went to bed early and had the greatest dream. I dreamed I'd set the table for some kind of dinner, and my friends and I hear this crash outside. We all go to the windows, and through the mist we see some kind of huge serpentine thing made of railroad cars, crashing through the backyard. We see the tail section, hammered and welded into the shape of a dragon tail, smashing cars and trees as the giant--puppet? Robot? Junkyard-Transformer?--crashes away. I woke up with a start, thinking, "How the hell did I come up with THAT?! Coolest dream EVER!"

Okay, it probably helped I was reading a back issue of Fortean Times before bed. But still!

Comments

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Nice!!

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

That is so cool you got to channel your inner steampunk in dreamland! I need to try that...

[sassylidge.livejournal.com]

Hi!
This might be a weird question, but could you spin yarn from my dog's fur? or know someone who could? I can pay you, I'd just need to know how much of her fur you need. She's half Samoyed and sheds TONS of woolie fur.

Thanks in advance! :)

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Samoyed fur spins up pretty well, but it might need some sheep wool carded in to hang onto it. I can give it a try if you want--it's by no means the weirdest thing I've spun. (This week I got a request to spin some wool with human hair in it.)

Anyway, a good ball of yarn takes about two ounces of fluff. Four ounces will give you enough for a decent scarf. An easy way to measure four ounces fluff-wise is to fill a 9 by 11-ish freezer bag with as much fluff as you can jam in there. I'm guessing your Samoyed will have no trouble filling that bag...

[sassylidge.livejournal.com]

Yay! This would be awesome! I'll probably spend a few months collecting her fur and then I'll get back to you. I'd like to have enough for a sweater or afgan. I wish I would have thought of this a few months ago when she was blowing her coat. I could literally pull off hand-fulls of fur!f

I'll let you know when I have a boat-load of fur and we can discuss how much you want me to pay you and all that. :D

Yay!