It's November already?

[glasseye]

I didn't think it could come so fast...

This weekend was rather eventful, on Friday ursule and I drove down to Portland to go to a Halloween party. We arrived quite late, and by the time we got there everyone had taken off their costumes, so I didn't bother putting mine on. Alas, I was going to attend as Murray, the demonic skull. Perhaps next year. The party was fun though, we hung out, ate food, chatted... I got to spend lots of time blabbering about Dark Age of Camelot. Yay.

On Saturday we picked up a futon from my parents, which had been given to them for free, and drove back up to Seattle. We made a brief appearance at an SCA potluck/event thing, which was also amusing. Lots of bread and cheese, mmm.


So this futon. I'm not sure we have it put together right, though it doesn't seem like there's a better way. Instead of the "couch" type of futon that I'm used to seeing, that is, one that's split in the middle and folds down to a bed; this one has three main articulation points.

Currently we have it set up something like this: _/\

The problem is that the flat left part has four little legs that turn on their attachment points and the whole thing sort of falls over. Also the upside-down "V" part doesn't really stay closed, it has a tendency to want to fall flat to a bed-shape. I shall have to take some pictures of it and ask for help from all of you lovely people...


In other news, I finished Max Payne 2 on "Hard Boiled", and am about 1/3 of the way through the game on the highest difficulty level, "Dead on Arrival." Supposedly once I finish that I'll get a different ending.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think you might have a "tri-fold" futon. I've never heard of this or seen one before, but it looks like you've got the basic setup right. Check this (http://www.futonlife.com/primer/term.php3) out. I don't quite understand your tipping problem, but you might want to try folding the bottom of the mattress under itself, like this (http://bookstore.brown.edu/Merchant3.01/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=bsa&Product_Code=TRIFOLD&Category_Code=F1). I don't know how these are supposed to stay closed, so I can't help with the locking problems.

-tb

[gwacie.livejournal.com]

Dude, Remember the futon in Our livingroom? It's now in John's room and it's a tri-fold. No problems with it. Um... not sure how to describe how it's put together, like, drop us an email or a call or something dude. :)

-Mi

[reasie.livejournal.com]

No, dear, our futon is a bifold 'couch style' one.

Some of my friends in college had the type D. is referring to. Swear to god I helped set one up once, but it involved little notches that stuck out the back like on some types of lawn chairs...

Futon

[lubeck.livejournal.com]

Yea, I had one of those. It turns into a robot too if you pull out the cushion and flip the arms out.