A mixture of Gunpla, Cooking, SCUBA, Corgis, and Life

SCGMC (Southern Calif. Gundam Modeling Competition) 2012!

This past weekend we had the April build gathering. The size of the group was fairly light, so I took the opportunity to utilize my newly designed workshop as well as try out the snazzy little panorama feature on my Galaxy Nexus. So I moved my workshop from the little room to one that is easily 3 or 4 times the size. I moved the futon and one of the couches from the living room into the space as well as a coffee table. This area will now serve as the studio for future video podcasts. We two gunpla podcast episodes as well as a quick 3+ minute long commercial for this year’s SCGMC event. Here are two pan shots of the new workshop.

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So, you have a SISTER!

Last week was March’s build gathering, and since it was a week away from Kenken and Latte’s birthdays (March 24th), we also invited their breeder’s sister who owns Crumpet, Kenken and Latte’s sister. Oddly enough, she’s also a model builder that has been to AX and does some excellent work with resin kits. Crumpet is a bit antisocial so we were hoping that the large gathering of strangers and 5 other corgis will help break her out of her shell and shyness. She was fairly timid at first and rather unfriendly, but I think she started to get used to the dogs and started to play. And by the time they left, she was definitely more comfortable, so hopefully she’ll continue to visit during the build gatherings.

In other news, I’ve been doing a great deal of modifications to the HGUC Dreissen, which will be most of this post.

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Gravlax

Back in Christmas time, I went to visit my Godparents and had dinner at their house. My Godmother had made some Gravlax which was amazing, and after talking with her a while, it seemed easy enough to make. A few weeks ago, I searched out a few recipes online and settled on a fairly simple one that called for Kosher salt, vanilla sugar, cracked peppercorns and some dill. I added chives and basil and then followed the rest of the recipe and it turned out fairly decent. So much so that when I gave about half of what I made to my parents, they finished it within a few days and asked me to make more. So here we are, a slight modification on the original recipe.

  • 2 cups of Kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup of vanilla sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Cracked peppercorns
  • 2 boxes of fresh baby dill
  • 1 box of fresh chives
  • 1 box of fresh basil
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 whole salmon

So here is another session of cooking with Clem.

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