• 2008 shall be the year I learn a bunch of stuff, such as a language, a new city/country, new knitting techniques, and screen printing.
• I'm attempting to knit a pair of fingerless gloves. I wasn't ready to start knitting in the round yet (in part, because I didn't have the right needles), so I decided to try a regular straight pattern. Then I decided ( Read more... )

Rootin' tootin' sassinfrassin ( Read more... )

Stuff has been going on, but I suppose stuff that isn't all that interesting. In other words, I haven't been bothered to blog in a while. I'm not feeling particularly coherent or interested in spending a lot of time on posting, but I feel like putting something down, so bullet points it shall be!

• The bones in the title refer to the turkey carcass ( Read more... )

It has suddenly gotten cold here. Well, 63F is cold after a summer of upper/mid 90s. Anyway, I now have the urge this morning to cook a warm, savory dinner tonight. I've been leaning toward the Iranian beef and okra stew that we love so much. Still, I've had other recipes planned for the next few days, so I might just use the opportunity to make a ( Read more... )

I came across the phrase En ik ook!  today and I've become captivated by it. Sort of like my love of the Italian word pero. No rhyme or reason, just like the look/sound of it.

In other random ramblings, it seems strange to think that FotC isn't on tonight. That was a fast 12 weeks!

I studied hard for my eye exam today and I came through with flying colors! I did much better on the test today than I usually do! Quite the improvement ( Read more... )

Head hurts. Want chocolate ( Read more... )

I was noticing yesterday that things are getting a bit cluttered in a couple of rooms in the house. I like fairly clean lines and not a lot of "stuff" lying around, so this clutter is starting to bug. Today I declutter ( Read more... )

I'm giving the plus version of lj a shot, just because I want more icons. At least with Firefox, I don't actually see the ads, just the space where they would be. It's not like that many people read me anyway. ;)

I'm in a pretty good mood today for the first time in about a week. On top of the sun finally shining, I also saw a few sights today while I was out that made me smile even more. First off was the guy at the corner of Friendly and Elm who was wearing nothing more than a sandwich board, a pair of sunglasses and a police hat (oh yeah, and some boxers ( Read more... )