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Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – “Irish Whiskey” No knitting today. I think I am scarred from The Hat Incident. My next project is a pair of plain gray mittens, and I have the ribbing for the cuff of one mitten done – decided to try to do homework yesterday instead of “wasting” my time knitting so [...]

nothing So! With some creative seaming and the addition of some festive pom-poms, the hat is significantly less stupid. HOWEVER. I am now left with a “seam allowance” of about three or four inches on the inside of the hat. (WHAT A DISASTER THIS WAS.) Anyway, lots of extra stuff on the inside. Not sure [...]

Ironfire I just got done knitting the stupidest hat ever and I am sad about it. I calculated my stitches correctly (OR SO I THOUGHT) but I think I mis-measured my head when I was figuring out how many inches I was supposed to have and the hat turned out STUPID. It is intentionally supposed [...]

Type O Negative – “Be My Druidess” Right now, I feel good. I got a fabulous book in the mail today (not school related) that I described to Daniel as an instructional on How to Not Be A Psycho Hose Beast. I don’t want to link it here because I think it makes me seem [...]

Edguy – “Return to the Tribe” I received a knitting book in the mail today. I ordered it from Amazon.com Marketplace because it came highly recommended and I managed to find it for $1.60. It’s called Knitting Without Tears, and I think it’s wonderful. The author (Elizabeth Zimmerman, I believe) has this wonderful, light-hearted, informal [...]

Storm – “Mellom Bakkar Og Berg” It’s so hot here. It’s horrible. It’s not just the normal “it’s a hot day” kind of hot, but a gross, muggy kind of hot. Portland is never like this. Ugh. We’ve been lounging around in our underwear with all the fans on trying not to move very much. [...]

our small but loud fan Hello all! I have returned from my vacation and despite only posting twice? in two weeks? I really don’t have much to say about it. Nothing that would sound interesting to anybody, at least. I played with baby chickens, helped tend to a sick pig, got tons of mosquito bites [...]

Baz Luhrmann – “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) I think I have decided what I’m going to do with at least some of the cool yarn I bought. I found a pattern for a Hooded Baby Sweater, and despite the fact that I don’t really know any babies and NO I AM NOT HAVING ONE, [...]

Morningwood – “Nth Degree” I need to come up with a project to do for my Flash final. My options are: A 15+ page Flash website for a toy company (Legos, Tinker Toys, Toys R Us, etc.) An interactive Flash “tool,” like an interactive map I am leaning toward the Flash tool, but I don’t [...]

nothing I’ve decided I’m going to (re)start my knitting career by making a dishcloth. Yup. How very glamourous of me. I thought about making a scarf, but I started it too wide to begin with and then I think I really need bigger needles to make it less… stiff. The needles I’m using are 7′s [...]

Opeth’s Blackwater Park I taught myself to knit about 15 minutes ago. Well, more accurately, I re-learned to knit. I first learned when I was 10 and in 4-H, and I absolutely despised i— Um, this post has been interrupted because THERE IS A MOUSE IN OUR APARTMENT. YES, I SAID IT, A MOUSE. I [...]

Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Carol of the Bells” Christmas vacation is always insane. Case in point: yesterday I helped bottle beer, then went to a pajama/dinner party, and then today we went shopping in Coeur d’ Alene, and our basement started flooding. The beer thing: My mom got my dad a “make your own beer” gift [...]

Hammerfall – “Hearts on Fire” Today has totally not gone as planned. I was supposed to get off work at 12, and then Daniel and I were going to meet up to go to the Post Office. However, the guy that has the shift after me never showed up. He never called either, so I [...]

Daniel playing Kirby Air Ride I’m in the midst of doing a load of laundry so that I can wear my Gryffindor shirt downtown tonight (I will also be using my Gryffindor tie as a belt). Daniel’s wearing my “Have you seen this wizard?” shirt since it’s a men’s medium. We’re going to meet Callie [...]