The race! That happened! A week and a half ago I decided to go out at 1 in the morning and run a 5k, like a crazy person! Along with 700 other crazy people, and my mom. It was fun! Managed to run the whole way, no walking, and never felt like I was about to die. It also helped that my mom set the pace, so we went a bit slower than I would have on ( Read more... )

We stocked up on non-perishables, booze, and candles, filled several spare containers with water, pulled everything off our balcony, and hunkered down to sit through Sandy. We stepped out onto the balcony a few times to listen to the wind, and watched a shit ton of Doctor Who. And then I went to bed and slept through the worst of the storm. Lucky ( Read more... )

Palmer and I decided to be active members of society (rather than couch-dwelling hermits as is the norm) and went out to Sugarloaf Mountain in Dickerson, MD. Technically right within the bounds of Montgomery County, Sugarloaf is a popular destination for the DC area because its the only place that is actually somewhat mountain-like. And since it ( Read more... )

In keeping with my New Years resolution to do more crafting, I've finally completed Project Jewelry Display! You can read a detailed post on it here, but if you just want to see the result and not read about the process, a picture is under the cut.

( Crafty! )

On Thursday I decided it would be a good idea to go on a 15.5 mile bike ride. Well. To be fair, I was biking to Bethesda, it was a beautiful day, I thought I'd go a bit farther. I didn't realize that I'd add almost 10 miles onto my trip, but hey. It was pretty awesome, actually. The ride down was super easy (once I passed Bethesda) and lovely. The ( Read more... )

I bought a book! It is the Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting which is a getting-started book for knitting. It takes you through simple projects to more complicated ones (ending with sweaters, omg) but teaches you new techniques with each one. It seems interesting! I still have to finish my friend Chris' Redskins scarf, but then I plan on getting ( Read more... )

I spent all last week working really hard on schoolwork, and I did manage to get it all done by the various due dates. But that means that this week I'm feeling super lazy and unmotivated, and all I want to do is surf the internet and watch Doctor Who. I'm on to Season 3, by the way, and I do like Martha quite a bit. I just... wish they'd written ( Read more... )

I had another expedition to the yarn store this weekend. I had originally bought two skeins of that lovely baby alpaca yarn, but after getting through them the scarf was still not long enough. So my friend Gerti and I went back out to Woolwinders in Rockville to get me some more skeins and to then hang out and knit. Well. I guess I wasn't the only ( Read more... )

So, I believe that several weeks ago I mentioned that Palmer and I were working on a hutch for our television, constructing it out of two bookcases. I believe I also said that I was worried that this hutch would become the new Dresser of DOOM! in that it would take us far longer to complete it than necessary. Well. I was right, kinda. To be fair, ( Read more... )