well!
my attempt to upgrade to mt 3.15 didn't work. apparently my webhost is notorious for not supporting the most recent version.
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February 26, 2005
February 25, 2005
lol!
via boingboing: remixed romance novel covers, i laughed til i cried.
February 24, 2005
last night
in celebration of the impending spinning, i broke down and ordered sushi from edo. i know i said i wouldn't ever again, but i had a craving. i must remember though, that their spicy tuna hand rolls are shite compared to takara's. edo's tuna sashimi, though slightly less tasty, is a larger portion, and you get two pieces with each order.
the black dragon roll was excellent, as always. it really hit the spot. i don't think i'll go wrong again if i stick to no more than four items.
February 23, 2005
omg
i just bought a spinning wheel on ebay from new zealand. i'm nervous. and i hope it's as awesome as i think it will be.
February 22, 2005
lol
over the weekend, people asked how i felt, or how the apartment was without george. i said it was much quieter. which is funny because beardies don't make noise.
haven't found a local store that sells the spinning wheel that i want.. i also don't know how much raw wool cleaning i'm up for. it sounds like more work than it's worth. i could just buy predyed (or white) roving and pay for convenience.
anywho, i might have to order a wheel on the online. i'm partial to the ashford kiwi, mostly cuz it's the least expensive (without being almost useless). i have to check and see how much shipping is, and what their return policy is (in case this wheel doesn't get along with me).
got some new cds yesterday to fill up bip2. tom petty & the heartbreakers greatest hits, best of the talking heads, and the new pornographers electric version.
February 18, 2005
fo!
one dog sweater down, one to go.
aww
george is going to his new home this afternoon, so i made the new owner a guide for taking care of him. that guide is here: open pdf file.
February 16, 2005
omg
spinning wheels are so expensive! i've been looking at spindles online, but it's all super confusing cuz i don't know what i'm looking at. they might as well be dreidles. i need a starter kit.
well!
this is a happy day (actually, we figured it out yesterday), someone from work is adopting george and he'll be heading to his new home on friday. and. this means. that i get to start the venture into spinning my own yarn! if the connection is lost on you, the space taken up by george's aquarium is quite large, and filling it with a spinning wheel seems like the best use.
February 14, 2005
miscy
i finished one dog sweater yesterday, but would like the dog to try it on before i start the next one. kurt's mom came up yesterday and we went to a book reading at a room of one's own. one of the book's contributors was a friend of kurt's sister, kristine. the story was about her friendship and heartache. it was done really well and, even though i don't know jackie well, i'm proud of her for writing it.
oh, i got a poster on our work bulletin board to give george to a good home, and got three interested parties, but none passionate enough to be really all that interested. :/ "i'm cute! take me home."
February 13, 2005
finally!
i really do knit, i do! i finally got around to using the plunger in the bucket in the tub. it worked a lot faster than i thought it would (about 10 minutes of plunging), and it was way less water wasted. good thing i have a hair trap in the tub, though. there was a lot of extra hair that got fulled out. so, i bring you:
February 11, 2005
hmm
i think the woman moving in next door is the woman who pierced my tongue at le-chateau almost 12 years ago. maybe some time i'll ask. the only thing i remember about her is that she used to work at visions.
the café
i haven't rapped about the workplace cafe in a while; this is something that occurred to me on the way in to work this a.m because i thought i might want some scrambled eggs. the cafe workers have a weird way about "substituting" what you actually wanted for something else in their menagerie*.
here's what happened a couple weeks ago: i went over there, and they had these weird sausagecheesebiscuit things, and as you know, faithful reader, i don't eats the meats.
anyhow, i asked if they had any "without meat" and was handed a piece of sausage. "no no no, i don't eat meat, do you have any with just eggs and cheese?" the woman didn't understand me. so another worker said, "we have hard boiled eggs!" i said okay. "and a cold biscuit!" i said i'd just take the egg. it was $0.60.
*thanks carol!
February 10, 2005
lol
mom passed this link on last night. it's pretty funny. infinite cat
February 7, 2005
hah
what kind of a coin toss was that anyhow? kurt's happy about the end-result of the game, though. and the simpsons following was pretty funny, too. i finally bought a plunger, but haven't gotten around to felting the slippers. i did finish suzanne's bittens last night and will start on the puppys' sweaters tonight. i figured out how to play the sims and knit at the same time. lol.
February 5, 2005
sorry!
i am actually knitting. i took a break last weekend and wasted my time playing the sims 2 (i wish they could knit!). but i'm working on a pair of bittens for suzanne, and need to get a plunger so i can felt judy's slippers in a bucket in the tub. i hope it works, cuz i don't like wasting so much water in the huge washing machine downstairs. the last time i felted in there, it took two run-throughs (and needed one more), so i finished it off in the sink up here, but it's hard to do by hand.
i was talking with a friend last night about zyban. she hasn't smoked in over a month. i think i might try it. we're not smoking in the house after tomorrow (superbowl and all), so it seems like a good time to bite the bullet. maybe it'll get me to use the treadmill downstairs more often.
February 3, 2005
so
with the addition of bip2 to the family, i have to sell my 3rd generation iSkin. i'm throwing the griffin earjams into the mix just cuz they're pretty useless to me.. and someone else might like them.
jesse and colin have both poo-pooed them after a brief testing of the product. i hope it sells. i don't like it sitting on my computer desk anymore.
i've decided
to stop saying "excuse me" after sneezing. cuz i shouldn't be asking for an excuse to sneeze since i couldn't help it in the first place. i will, however, continue to excuse myself after a burp.
February 2, 2005
random update
not much going on.. i wasted the weekend away playing sims 2, much to sam's chagrin. bip2 (the new ipod) is serving me well. it has prompted a tiny buying spree of cds that i owned when we got our first family cd player in 1991. incidentally, my first cd was mama said knock you out by ll cool j.
work's going good. i've moved to a new cube over by my buddies. it makes getting work done slightly better since i can just yell over a wall. and i think my feng shui works better when i'm facing southwest.