In zombie mode currently. Ugh.
I know, I'm sorry. Posts are coming! I promise!
*crosses fingers*
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
BRrrrrrrrrrrrrrAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaIIiiiiiIiiNNNNssssssss
In zombie mode currently. Ugh.
I know, I'm sorry. Posts are coming! I promise!
*crosses fingers*
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
I do believe in the power of stuff
School and having to wake up 3 hours earlier than I'd like is starting to take it's toll on me this week.
Luckily, there are good people on the Internet :)
Lately, since my favorite TV shows haven't started yet, I've been going into what I call Avatar Deprivation Realization Depression. ADRD has come along because one of my all-time favorite shows (Avatar: The Last Airbender) ended with a spectacular series finale.
ADRD has me itching to watch three seasons again and again and AGAIN, and maybe a few more times after that, because now the show's over and what else do I have left?!
Then I came across this spectacular video on YouTube.
If you're not a fan of the show, watch it anyway, because it features a very talented girl playing the music from the last scene of the finale on the piano, and in fact, it is so accurate that I can play the scene in my head, and sometimes I even tear up because that is my very favorite scene :)
Plus, it is also amazing because she figured it out by ear. (Trust me, non-Avatards, it still sounds unbelievablely pretty even though you don't watch)
My brother has a YouTube account, and so he commented on the video for me, and guess what?!
SHE SENT ME THE SHEET MUSIC!!!!!!
maliaana, not only is this post for you, you have made my entire week. Now I'm at least occupied until The Office starts up again :D
Luckily, there are good people on the Internet :)
Lately, since my favorite TV shows haven't started yet, I've been going into what I call Avatar Deprivation Realization Depression. ADRD has come along because one of my all-time favorite shows (Avatar: The Last Airbender) ended with a spectacular series finale.
ADRD has me itching to watch three seasons again and again and AGAIN, and maybe a few more times after that, because now the show's over and what else do I have left?!
Then I came across this spectacular video on YouTube.
If you're not a fan of the show, watch it anyway, because it features a very talented girl playing the music from the last scene of the finale on the piano, and in fact, it is so accurate that I can play the scene in my head, and sometimes I even tear up because that is my very favorite scene :)
Plus, it is also amazing because she figured it out by ear. (Trust me, non-Avatards, it still sounds unbelievablely pretty even though you don't watch)
My brother has a YouTube account, and so he commented on the video for me, and guess what?!
SHE SENT ME THE SHEET MUSIC!!!!!!
maliaana, not only is this post for you, you have made my entire week. Now I'm at least occupied until The Office starts up again :D
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Every ending is a beginning
Today is the last day of the 2008 Olympics.
Today is my last day of summer.
Tomorrow school starts.
Thanks for the stories, thanks for the summer, thanks for the inspiration.
Think in magenta this year :)
Today is my last day of summer.
Tomorrow school starts.
Thanks for the stories, thanks for the summer, thanks for the inspiration.
Think in magenta this year :)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
"Quitter" is such a dirty word
I'm not quitting. Really.
It's just that the Ravelympics are over in four days. It took twelve days just to make the first sock (well, partly because for most of the first eight days, I was on the beach, and sand in your yarn is not pleasant, and we'd go out a lot at night too, and shut up I was on vacation :P )
And don't get me wrong, it is a lovely sock . . .
But I am a slow knitter :/
I'm not giving up, though. I'll knit as much of the second sock as I can, and if I don't finish, well, I don't finish.
I won't get a medal, but hey, I took the challenge. I'll finish this race anyway :)
At least I still have comfort food.
It's just that the Ravelympics are over in four days. It took twelve days just to make the first sock (well, partly because for most of the first eight days, I was on the beach, and sand in your yarn is not pleasant, and we'd go out a lot at night too, and shut up I was on vacation :P )
And don't get me wrong, it is a lovely sock . . .
But I am a slow knitter :/
I'm not giving up, though. I'll knit as much of the second sock as I can, and if I don't finish, well, I don't finish.
I won't get a medal, but hey, I took the challenge. I'll finish this race anyway :)
At least I still have comfort food.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Eight days a week
I've been doing this:
It's seen May-Treanor and Walsh team it up . . .
It's seen Phelps take his 7th gold by one one-hundredth of a second . . .
The games aren't over, and the foot is on the way . . .
Haha typing all these dots is fun . . . :P
On my way home at the moment. While you're waiting check the latest TKaCM and find me (hint: I appear twice ;) )!
It's seen May-Treanor and Walsh team it up . . .
It's seen Phelps take his 7th gold by one one-hundredth of a second . . .
The games aren't over, and the foot is on the way . . .
Haha typing all these dots is fun . . . :P
On my way home at the moment. While you're waiting check the latest TKaCM and find me (hint: I appear twice ;) )!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
"Nighttime sharpens, . . ."
" . . .heightens each sensation.
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination."
-Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Phantom of the Opera
I might just have to live here :)
Monday, August 11, 2008
The little things
Hey! You didn't really think I'd go without posting all week, did you? I love my readers too much for that!
*Note: Unortunately, I do not actually have time to post while on the beach. This post was written before I left *sheepish smile*
My new set of stitch markers! Made by moi, they feature random beads found at the rock bottom of my beading bag, some felt bunnies that were originally destined for earrings, a charm that was begging for orange nail-polish polka-dots, and cheap metal napkin rings that fit many more needles sizes than my previous set :)
An empty mint tin that now houses my tapestry needle, stitch markers, and travel measuring tape.
Unfortunately, these don't fit in the tin: my Hello Kitty mini-scissors that I found (after losing them when I was nine :P ).
And even though it's not at all little, I have to post this.
Yes, that is my second Cherie Amour sleeve. Done. And blocked. Yep :D
Onto the body, comrades!
*Note: Unortunately, I do not actually have time to post while on the beach. This post was written before I left *sheepish smile*
My new set of stitch markers! Made by moi, they feature random beads found at the rock bottom of my beading bag, some felt bunnies that were originally destined for earrings, a charm that was begging for orange nail-polish polka-dots, and cheap metal napkin rings that fit many more needles sizes than my previous set :)
An empty mint tin that now houses my tapestry needle, stitch markers, and travel measuring tape.
Unfortunately, these don't fit in the tin: my Hello Kitty mini-scissors that I found (after losing them when I was nine :P ).
And even though it's not at all little, I have to post this.
Yes, that is my second Cherie Amour sleeve. Done. And blocked. Yep :D
Onto the body, comrades!
Friday, August 8, 2008
On the road again . . .
Day 1: I say "Screw looking normal, I'll be in the car all day and I wanna wear a green ribbon with a purple shirt, darn!!!"
We are not exactly the lightest of packers (and note that this picture does not show the explosion inside).
We also like to take some stops now and then :)
Day 2: I'm more fashionably dressed today :P
We stopped at Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, where I embraced my inner Georgia O'Keefe.
And tonight, the Games began!
Have a good week!
We are not exactly the lightest of packers (and note that this picture does not show the explosion inside).
We also like to take some stops now and then :)
Day 2: I'm more fashionably dressed today :P
We stopped at Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, where I embraced my inner Georgia O'Keefe.
And tonight, the Games began!
Have a good week!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Excuses, excuses
Took a quick stop at Yarns Unlimited yesterday. It never fails to amaze me that one room can hold so much fiber; so many skeins, so many colors, the overwhelming need to touch everything!
In fact, this time, I couldn't choose!
I repeat: I walked into a yarn store and did not buy any yarn.
What I DID buy was this:
So vintage and adorable. This means there is definitely a blue, green, gray, or yellow sweater looming in my future. Black is just wrong. Besides, the buttons need to POP. So I browsed my queue for possible options.
Ysolda Teague must be one of the world's most well-known/popular knitters/designers. 1) She's Scottish. 2) Her patterns are amazing. 3) Her website is amazing. All of these point to the huge income she must be receiving from selling her patterns.
Of course, I'd be all too happy to contribute to that income :)
I'm gravitating towards Coraline. Not it only is it named after one of my many favorite books, Ravelers have made it look lovely in green and gray, and even purple!
The thing is . . .well, call me stubborn and cheap, but I don't like the idea of buying patterns off the Internet. I worry that I'll get ripped off (by the system, not the designer) and that the file won't download. Plus, it's not on my credit card :(
Well, I'll leave you with a sneak preview of some more fingerless gloves, and I tagged them with "designing" because even though it's Ysolda's pattern (again), I have less stitches, different numbers, less rows, and two colors.
Take that, lazy designer brain!
In fact, this time, I couldn't choose!
I repeat: I walked into a yarn store and did not buy any yarn.
What I DID buy was this:
So vintage and adorable. This means there is definitely a blue, green, gray, or yellow sweater looming in my future. Black is just wrong. Besides, the buttons need to POP. So I browsed my queue for possible options.
Ysolda Teague must be one of the world's most well-known/popular knitters/designers. 1) She's Scottish. 2) Her patterns are amazing. 3) Her website is amazing. All of these point to the huge income she must be receiving from selling her patterns.
Of course, I'd be all too happy to contribute to that income :)
I'm gravitating towards Coraline. Not it only is it named after one of my many favorite books, Ravelers have made it look lovely in green and gray, and even purple!
The thing is . . .well, call me stubborn and cheap, but I don't like the idea of buying patterns off the Internet. I worry that I'll get ripped off (by the system, not the designer) and that the file won't download. Plus, it's not on my credit card :(
Well, I'll leave you with a sneak preview of some more fingerless gloves, and I tagged them with "designing" because even though it's Ysolda's pattern (again), I have less stitches, different numbers, less rows, and two colors.
Take that, lazy designer brain!
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