Nearing at least 1000 stitches into my Olympic project... and I have to rip it all and start again.  I should have done some more prep; the word on Ravelry forums is this pattern tends to run large, even with perfect, accurate gauge.

I should have ripped two days ago, but knitterly denial is a powerful thing. Last night it hit me, though: this sock ( Read more... )

Who's doing NaNoWriMo this year, besides me?

*pokes rydain with the the non-business end of a knitting needle*

What have I been up to ( Read more... )

In regard to the DC invasion: I NEED SOME FEEDBACK, PEOPLE! Pretty pretty please.

Treated myself to a pedicure today, and it was everything I hoped it would be. I've never really considered myself the girly type, but there's something nice about being pampered. Я ни о чём не жалею.

Starting to get the ball rolling on getting my first tattoo. I'm ( Read more... )

So I'm writing this little story, which I hope to be done with by the end of the week. Done with the first draft, at least. Right now it sits at just over 4000 words, which shocks me because it feels like I've written so much more than that. 4000 doesn't seem like very much at all. And it's not, really. There's a big part of me that thinks I should ( Read more... )

Just read this and am passing it on since it's rather important.

Neil Gaiman on posthumous intellectual property rights, wills, etc.

Picked up DuneMan, I wish I had Herbert's gift for... nuance(?) He strikes me as the kind of writer who pays attention when he's not writing. Pays attention to how people stand, how they move, how they gesture ( Read more... )

Point the first: As of yesterday, I have a shiney new PAID LJ account. Oh yes. Done mostly for more icons. When I have disposable monneh, I shall commission certain of my friends for some icons. I shall.

Point the second: shlomarosenberg please please PLEEEAAASE drop me another e-mail with your contact info. When my hard drive died, it took all e-mails with it. ( Read more... )

I was going to friends-lock this, then thought 'why bother?'

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO (okay, actually it was about a year and a half ago) when I first got my mitts on a copy of Smoke and Mirrors, I read in Gaiman's introduction to the story called "Tastings" that this little story had taken him four years to write. Why? Because this little story is ( Read more... )

I got my name form signed. Yay! And Lia and I managed to organize a garb workshop for newbies at some SCAdian's house in Phillipsburg. Yay. Aaand... Lia recruited me to make a scroll for Pensic. Umm... Well, here's hoping I don't screw this up. Being a scribe isn't something I've ever been particularly interested in, but I don't mind learning and ( Read more... )