Good Morning SuperForest!
SuperForester Jackson here with some tasty info…
SuperForest’s main offices will be moving from 26th St. and 10th Ave. in Manhattan, over to 19th and 8th, which is to say, into my apartment. For the first two years of SF’s existence, we’ve been lucky enough to share a studio space with Andrew Zuckerman Photography and Late Night and Weekends productions, but now we’re moving!
So, I need to convert the living room of my apartment into a home office, one hopefully with room to create as well as room to grow. Since SuperForest is now going to be working more heavily in media creation, I’ve got to get a nice editing station set up to cut videos together, plus it would be great to have a mini set so I could do newscasts and interviews and other fun things…
And, I don’t really want to buy anything… I want to make all of the new furniture out of recycled materials. That way, not only will my new office set up be free (minus my time and energy) it will be carbon negative, as I’ll be saving already produced goods from being hauled to a landfill.
I’ve worked up a design for a three-tiered work table, made mostly out of shipping pallets. The pallets will provide strength and structure, and can be easily faced with a nicer looking wood, or plastic, or metal… The important thing for me is the varying height of the tables, as I’d love love love to be able to work standing up, sitting down, and cross-legged on the ground. Pop! Pop! Pop!
I will document the process and keep y’all in the loop. Should be fun. I hope it turns out all right.
Henners the seal became Henners the sea lion this last week. Carla and I are still busily at work on our children’s book about a sea lion who finds peace. We’re nearly done with the first draft, and when it’s in a semi-decent shape I’ll post it, so we all can see. C and I have been working on this idea for several months now, and since I want to illustrate the book and don’t enjoy drawing seals (too puffy) I thought it would be much better to have him be a sea lion. Sleeker and more dynamic, imho.
Also, did you know that whenever you go to the circus and they have a “trained seal” it’s actually a sea lion? That’s what confused me.
One final note and then I will wade into the days adventuring:
I received a fire escape plan from my building today. It says quite clearly that the building has 17 floors.
I got in the elevator and counted buttons… 16.
Because they’ve numbered the floors 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17…. By skipping the 13th floor my building got a false extra boost in height. The average floor height is ten feet. Is my building 10 feet shorter than it claims to be?
One would assume.
I love this crazy planet with all me bits!
And don’t forget! We’re going to be submitting our questions to Dr. Paul Smith at the Millennium Seed Bank soon, so if there’s anything you’re itching to know, you can either add it as a comment, or email SuperForest.
Love to you All.
-Jackson
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