The Dog Days of Spring

Today, I am bored. I am on spring break, so I should be having fun, but I am holed up in the house due to bad weather. I think I will build some Lego today. Lately, I have been all over the place theme wise. I have been building WWII, USDF, and Star Wars all at the same time. I haven't built Star Wars since I was 10 or 11 until about a month ago. Some of Groovybones more recent work in Star Wars has really inspired me to get back into the field. I have been working on a small ship for some time, but I have already had to re-do it twice. Once because I didn't like where it was going, turning long and skinny instead of a short, fat, bucket of bolts, and the second time due to structural difficulty. I really need to order of Bricklink soon. The second project in the Star Wars realm I am working on is a series of vignettes all taking place in the same setting. Will Chapman of Brickarms was kind enough to send me some Star Wars inspired prototype weapons, including Han Solo's iconic DL44 and the Imperial E11 Blaster Rifle. The pistol can be seen here, and the Blaster Rifle here. If you would like to learn more about these prototypes and even more prototypes, you should check out the "Tales From the Garage" sub-forum in the Brickarms Forums. I would advise you to join th forums. They are a great place to meet others interested in the alternative Lego community.

In other news, I am going to St. Louis later this week. It is going to be hard going to "The Hill" (The Little Italy of St. Louis), because I gave up Beef for Lent. Maybe I will have to break that once or twice.

Here in Kansas, the weather has been crazy lately. We went from frigid winter to cold damp spring with literally no transition period. I love the rain, but only if it comes during the summer. Now it is just cloudy, and cold. It is hard on the two dogs, as with the bad weather, it is hard for me to walk them, especially alone.

Well, that was my post for today. Hope you guys enjoi!