Three little birds sat on my window...

Okay, more like one little bird beating frantically on my laundry room window trying to get out.

I woke up this morning and heard a dripping, flapping noise, and to be honest, I was a little scared. Well, as you can guess, I found the source of the noise to be a frightened little bird. Somehow, the little fellow managed to get into my laundry room, and was desperately trying to get out through the closed window. I'm assuming he came in through the dryer vent to escape the rain outside, but then couldn't find a way out.

After making sure that my dog couldn't get downstairs and at the bird, I tried my best to calm the poor thing down, the way you would a colicky baby. Needless to say, it didn't work very well. But when the little guy did stop, he had his beak open and his chest rose and fell so fast, he was panting!

His feathers were still wet, and a bit ruffled from flying into the window so many times, and he had dirtied up the window sill and the floor around it. The poor guy got so scared he went in hid in a corner. I was able to open the window and take out the screen, and take a picture of the guy from a distance great enough not to alarm him. (I did zoom)

So here the bird is, hiding in a remote corner of the empty laundry room (we're in the middle of replacing our washer and dryer, and almost everything else in there) and the window open. Half an hour later he moved, and my dog heard and ran to the laundry room. After dragging him out and closing the door, I left again. Ten minutes later I went to remove him myself according to the suggestions of my dad, via phone, but he was gone already.

Be safe little birdie! (and all you people, too!)

Steampunk

Ah! The gloriously vintage futuristic steampunk style! It's been popular for a while now, and I have fallen in love! I've spent a lot of time researching this style lately, hoping to convert a few of my accessories to steampunk, but completely unsure how. But now, thanks to this Instructables how-to, I can make my steampucnk MP3 player, or as the how-to calls it, an Ambience Enhancer.{Photo from Instructables}

I have the exact same MP3 player seen in the picture, but I also have a newer one, and since the instuctions say you can make it for anything including cell phone or PDA, I might try it out. But there are other projects I'd like to try. For instance, I might try to convince my dad to let me make my laptop steampunk using metalic paint, leather (?), and old typwriter keys.

I now have a whole list of things I want to make, and helping and giving me tips along the way is this article on HowStuffWorks, where I've found a lot of info on the general style and how to go about making it.

Maybe I could refurbish one of my guitars, probably the one that has a weird fret bar, and plays funny....
Yeah, give it an antiqued wood finish, a brass or copper pick guard and cradle, use metal leaf or something similar to create a vintage clock face and cogs on the body. That would look so cool!

And for some inspiration I've found this site, which has a lot of really cool ideas.

Well, that's about it for now. I've been really busy lately thanks to school, but it's spring break now, so I'll probably be posting a bit more now.