Finished my second project!  Finally, I'm converting pictographs and man, the result is everything I could hope for!   Which is why this good fortune pattern
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Apparently when people graduate from college, they send out announcements and have a party.  Or something.  Boyfriend and I were slightly mystified to discover this.  On the whole we were not taught many social conventions.  I know that you bring a gift to a person's house when you visit for the first time (formal) or during a holiday or a meal.  I ( Read more... )

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Exhausted.  Was up till 1am cross stitching and watching the BET Awards.  They didn't bleep Jamie Foxx when he said camel toe and grabbed his "python."  Huh.  You can say camel toe on live television?  Well, they didn't bleep Eddie Levert when he was reminiscing about Michael Jackson either, "I remember when we were filming the Black or White video ( Read more... )

So.  Very.  Tired.

Violin practice last night.  Things are getting marginally better.  We might actually move off of page 12 in the workbook by July.  Wine and cheese get together for adult students at the school tonight.  Must post pictures of the instrument shop; it's lovely.

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Dreamt that I was taking a museum tour in NYC with Keanu Reeves.  He started flirting with me and holding my hand.  He was very sweet, gentle.

I saw the local hawk again for the first time in months.  He swooped down low over the train station parking lot, not 10' from my head.  Beautiful bird.  Harried by smaller brown birds per usual.

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mordath  keeps bringing the lolz.  I know I'm sponging off your link dump, but the shiz is so awesome I must share!

Part of last night's lecture was a link to Dr. Joseph Janes Why Does Digital Reference Matter cybercast, which delt with the IPL and being a reference librarian in a digital age.  Good times, highly amusing, and I was able to cross stitch while listening.  But he made a comment toward the end that riled my feathers.  He talked about encountering ( Read more... )

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