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Snow-Proof Safety Cone's Road Trip Adventure
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- September 19, 2009
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Once upon a time a small-town Southern boy found himself living in the big city and needed a little extra protection from all the hustle and bustle and sometimes scariness that surrounded him. So, I made him Safety Cone, a bright orange, natural protector consisting of yarn, stuffing, beads and thread, all infused with protecting powers. Winter came, and suddenly Safety Cone needed some protection of his own--from the elements! So I made him a special ear-flaps hat, and he happily carried on his duties, always with a smile, of course. When inclement weather threatened my road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, I knew just what to do--take Snow-Proof Safety Cone along! So, that's what I did!
Snow-Proof Safety Cone prepares for the big trip!
Interestingly enough, Snow-Proof Safety Cone is a lot like his creator—me! He likes to be spontaneous, which means he doesn’t always plan ahead. He likes to play more than he likes to work. Sometimes he likes to read more than he sees people. And sometimes he’s just plain silly, but he can get away with it, because look at him!
He’s really too cute to discipline, and his creator’s weakness, when it comes to people and crocheted creatures, is cuteness—when you’re bad, you usually get kisses and cookies and cuddles anyway. So it goes.
Starting Point--Our House
Prospect Place Brooklyn, NY 11238
Alicia + Snow-Proof Safety Cone=LOVE
But he's a little reluctant when it comes to travel...
Snow-Proof Safety Cone fell in love and he fell HARD. One look at her magenta ear flaps hat and his little safety cone heart melted. She was beautiful and they had so much in common!
But then someone bought her and she had to get inside an envelope and fly off to Denver. It was traumatic to say the least. How do you explain to a cute little thing like Snow-Proof Safety Cone how capitalist societies work? How things must be sold, even things you dearly love, just to put food on the table? Love can survive distance, I’ve seen it done, but it sure is difficult.
Pouting in the corner
Hmm someone doesn’t want to go on a road trip. Someone doesn’t want to leave their safe little world and the little guy is still getting over a broken heart, which is a pretty numbing experience…
"Maybe she'll just let me read..."
Yep, just like his creator, he buries himself in a book when there is a difficult situation at hand. Thoreau? Good choice, my little friend. But your creator has learned that no matter how many books you read in order to avoid reality and ignore the world, it will still be waiting for you.
"But, it looks so cold out there!"
“I know, lil guy, but I made you a blanket too because I’m aware that you can’t do alllll the protecting. I will keep you bundled and safe in the car if you can imbue our road trip with lots of safety particles!
Make your very own Safety Cone!
If you know how to crochet…
Pack It Up!
Snow-Proof Safety Cone’s creator does not deal with transition well. She likes to be here or there, but not in between because she can’t make sense of transition spaces. What does it mean to be in between? Is there even such a thing? She loves road trips in theory, but maybe it’s her desire to make a home everywhere she goes that results in wanting to just live on the bus, in the motel room, in the timeshare or at the rest stop indefinitely, with a disregard for her “real” home.
To trick herself into forgetting an impending trip, she packs at the very last possible minute. Often she remembers to bring the 6 books that she’ll never have time to read, but forgets a toothbrush or shoes. She tried to prepare a little more this time around so that Snow-Proof Safety Cone didn’t totally freak out.
Get out a suitcase!
And play hide-and-go-seek in it with Alicia…because, come on, Safety Cone is definitely NOT going inside the suitcase for the trip!
Bring a mix CD!
If you’re incredibly lucky like Snow-Proof Safety Cone, someone will make a mix just for you!!! See the cone? And the heart? It’s the Safety Cone Love (2008) mix!
Group Hug!
Give your friends a big ole Snow-Proof Safety Cone hug because you won’t be seeing them for a few days.
Don't forget snacks!
I like snacks, but I looooooove snacks with smiling things on them, like the ike & sam popcorn brand! Based out of Brooklyn too! Snow-Proof Safety Cone likes looking at the bag just as much as his creator, I think! I taught him how to clip the bag a special way so that we can always see ike and sam. :)
Alllll of the Snow-Proof Safety Cone Adventures!
Complete with stories and pictures!
Chillin’ on the dash, looking ahead…
Hit the road!
Sometimes leaving New York for a quieter place is easy, and other times, like this one, it’s more bittersweet because upon returning, you have to move to another apartment and life is uprooted once again. It’s times like these when you really need a Safety Cone in hand, because as little as he is, he’s pretty darn reassuring that life moves forward and the next adventure is always around the corner, wherever that corner may be.
Map Quest
Technically, I am good with directions. I like to write them out with pen and paper, even if I could just print because I like to memorize them. I like to study maps and imagine what the different routes look like and where those twisty roads will take me.
But I also have a pretty quixotic way of thinking about maps and directions and translating them into real places. I see a blob on a map and I think by just going to that blob of an area, in real life, I can find anything and everything once I get there. For instance, I truly believe that if I went to Arizona, I would “just find” Phoenix. Or in Boston, that the Museum of Fine Arts will just be there once I enter the city. “Going west” or “keep driving straight” are real directions in my head. Because of this, I need Safety Cone, because you can bet there will be some last minute turns and lots of almost-missed-the-exit moments.
Snow-Proof Safety Cone behind the wheel...literally
Once we got going, Snow-Proof Safety Cone was pretty content, bopping around the car and checking everything out. All those nooks and crannies! He was partial to the cup holder, or the “Safety Cone holder” as he called it, and he also liked the orange backlight you see here.
Additionally, we saw BIG safety cones on the road in construction zones and the words “safety” smattered on various signs. Pretty exciting!!!
Truck Stop!
Even Snow-Proof Safety Cones have to stop for bathroom breaks and snack attacks. Well, actually, no, they don’t, but truck stops are scary and I’m not going in without a safety cone, that’s for sure! You should be wary of places that have laundry facilities, gambling, French fries, rifles, giant stuffed animals behind glass all under the same roof.
Scaaaaaary
Carlisle, PA 17013
Last-minute Christmas shopping
You can always count on truck stops for some quality retail therapy. Cyber Trucker Lap Top Stand?!? HOW DID THEY KNOW I WAS LOOKING FOR ONE?!? And at $299.95, what a steal! Our travel companion, Brenna, looks on with Snow-Proof Safety Cone, a caffeinated beverage and Triscuits in hand. Does life get any better than this?!?
Safety Cones for sale!
I get a little sad every time I sell them because they are my babies and I don’t like to let them go out into the world without me. I really shouldn’t be in the business of selling cute things…I get too attached!
The infamous claw machine!
Snow-Proof Safety Cone’s creator is a reeeeal sucker for claw machines. Cannot resist them! She once convinced her high school friends to pool together quarters until she won a coveted stuffed witch in one during a field trip en route to Canada. $7 later and it was hers!
She has been known to win on the FIRST try, to the ooohs and ahhhs of surrounding kids. Or, um, never at all. But always always always with the most serious face you’ve ever seen, because goshdarnit I want that heart pillow!
Snow-Proof Safety Cone was sort of interested in the game, but would rather have liked to be inside it playing with all the stuffed “friends” and getting tossed around. He didn’t so much like the idea of a claw grabbing him. What if his hat came off??? The horror!
Bathroom Break
Yes, I washed my hands first. Truck stop bathrooms can be a bit on the frightening side, so a Safety Cone in tow is the way to go. Not to mention all the germs floating around in there. Sure you could say the addition of Safety Cone could have picked up MORE germs, but I’m pretty sure he prevented me from picking up God knows what.
He also really likes mirrors and seeing his reflection. Vain much? Well, can you blame him? Plus, he’s gotta make sure his ear flaps hat is on straight…never know when he may bump into his Safety Cone true love!
A few minutes to spare...
Gambling time! Ah Pennsylvania truck stops. You complete me! Snow-Proof Safety Cone is a little young to be betting on horse races, but he was drawn to the screen and bright little buttons that looked to be his size. What’s a girl to do? Give in, of course. We didn’t need that $20 anyway…
End Point--Parentals' House
Duffield Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206
We made it!!!!!
Through inclement weather and seven hours later, we safely arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania without a scratch! Or lost ear flaps hat. But Snow-Proof Safety Cone, you’re in “Steelers Country” now, which means you’re going to bleed black and gold with the rest of us. Now come see where your crafty creator was born and raised…
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whoa! you should totally make a series of postcards with s.p.s.c. standing in front of international landmarks, kind of like the lawn gnome in amelie. these would sell, bigtime! keep up the good work!
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