Dark Faery Kisses

Meme

2008-05-20T17:26:00.002-06:00

Only. One. Word.

1. Where is your cell phone? store

2. Your significant other? mine

3. Your hair? long

4. Your mother? wonderful

5. Your father? funny

6. Your favorite thing? yarn

7. Your dream last night? icky

8. Your favorite drink? water

9. Your dream/goal? happiness

10. The room you’re in? messy

11. Your ex? texas

12. Your fear? alone

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? canada

14. Where were you last night? home

15. What you’re not? pregnant (lol)

16. Muffins? blueberry

17. One of your wish list items? baby

18. Where you grew up? ohio

19. The last thing you did? knit

20. What are you wearing? green

21. Your TV? off

22. Your pets? ohio

23. Your computer? busy

24. Your life? stressed

25. Your mood? tired

26. Missing someone? hubby

27 Your car? bus

28. Something you’re not wearing? socks

29. Favorite Store? Lush

30. Your summer? busy

31. Like someone? hubby

32. Your favorite color? green

33. When is the last time you laughed? today

34. Last time you cried? yesterday

35. Who will /would re-post this? dunno

groan

2008-02-29T21:49:00.002-06:00

begin rant:

So sick of being sick! Sick of cold meds and antibiotic eye drops and coughing up guck that should never have seen the light of day!! Sick of no alone time. Sick of not being able to go out whenever I want. Sick of coughing. Sick of having to drug myself nearly to the point of drug induced coma just to get some sleep.

Sick!
Sick!!
SICK!!!!

There she goes...

2008-01-28T10:52:00.000-06:00

Whoa! Where have I been? lol I have a new blog where I blog about everything knitting with my bestest friend (and the bestest cousin in the world) Krystal. Wanna see it? Ok. Go here: Yarn Mafia

New Recipe and... BABY PICTURES!!!

2007-12-06T16:55:00.000-06:00

NEW BABY PICTURES!! WOO!

lol

*ahem* Anyway. Dylan and I took these pictures when we watched Miss O the other day. She's so precious. And yes, she's watching tv in one of these pictures. Just after that she fell asleep watching Little Bear. Two of these are blurry, but I didn't want to turn on the flash (which would improve the image quality) because the camera was right there in her face.

I'm knitting but a lot of it is Christmas knitting so I'm keeping it quiet here on the blog. I do have a new recipe for you though.

Tortellini Soup

1 package Italian sausage
1 medium onion, roughly chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 medium sized can of crushed tomatoes (not sure of the oz/grams of the can I used and it's already gone out in the trash)
1/2 a carton of beef broth or 1 1/2 cups water
1/2 bag frozen pepper slices
2 cups fresh tortellini
1 can of sliced mushrooms or 1 1/2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced

Remove sausage from casing and brown in a dutch oven over medium high heat until almost fully cooked. Add the onion, garlic, and Italian seasoning and continue cooking until the meat is completely done and the onion and garlic are soft. (If you're using fresh mushrooms now would be the time to add them) Add the tomatoes and broth and cook until the mixture doesn't taste so "tomato-ey". Add the frozen peppers, tortellini, and mushrooms and enough water to bring the soup to your desired consistency. Cook until the tortellini is soft and the frozen pepper strips are hot. Serve with a slice of crusty bread and a salad. Enjoy!

Baby Pictures!!!

2007-11-16T12:23:00.001-06:00

Zana and Doug brought Miss O over last night so she could finally meet her Uncle Dylan. I'd say they like each other. *grin*

She and I already know each other. I'm that lady that gives her bottles and has those great boobs. Babies love the boobs. It's weird.

Then of course there's Grandma. Grandma's the only one of us (aside from her parents of course) that can get away with holding her that way. To get the picture of the two of us I had to switch her into that position and if you look at that picture you can see she's getting ready to yell at me. I was saying "Hurry up and take the picture!" lol

And seeing this picture, I realize I really need to knit her a new hat. Cause this one kept poppin off. She'd grin at me every time I'd pull it down. Goofy kid.

2007-11-14T15:10:00.001-06:00

LOOOOOONG blog post today. Lots of pictures. Better go get a cup of coffee or something Mama, this is not a dial up friendly post. lol Anyway, this weekend Dylan and I did about half of our Christmas shopping. Wanna see a picture of the haul? Of course you do!

I can show this here because the only gifts showing are the ones for Jean and Eric's kids and one of Olivia's presents. Hee hee. They're all in there. And yes, that's a big Buck or Two bag. I'm doing gift baskets this year and that place is good for cheapo gift basket fillers. There'll be some good stuff in there too. No worries.

We got some other stuff that's not Christmas related. Well, three of them are but...

Giving an advent calendar after the first of December sucks. lol We got these for Octavia, Josh, and Jordan.

And then we got the cutest thing for Olivia...

Isn't that adorable?? I love the little ribbon flowers on it.

This is it folded to where I think it would have to be for her to be able to wear it right now. And she'd be swimming in it any other way. Soon though it'll fit. And probably not for very long! lol

Let's see... Oh, knitting. Right. I have a FO for you. (Here's a special pic for you Mom. I'm in it. lol)

I love this hat. It's so comfy. Dylan loved it too. Too bad it's not for either of us. It's a Christmas present for someone.

Here's a pic of the top so you can see the swirly top. That's got to be my favorite part.

Pattern: Cashmere Ribbed Hat
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease
Needles: Size 7 circular and dpns

Notes: To account for my gauge of 4 spi (in k2 p2 completely unstretched) I only cast on 80 stitches, which is the womens' medium size according to the pattern. It's super stretchy, though, so it is way bigger than 20 inches around.

MOM! If Dad's in the room DON'T SCROLL DOWN!!! lol

Ahem. Dad's Christmas hat. It's done in an acrylic/alpaca blend, but you'd never know there was acrylic in there. Sooo soft. And freaking warm. Which is why I did this...

A knitted in lining for a couple of inches in case his head should get too warm. I'm a little worried about this one being too small. I wonder if there's a sneaky way for Mom to measure Dad's head. lol

And finally...

Erin's hat. Yes, I know, totally not a hat right now. It might become a shedir. We're still negotiating. It's a worsted-ish fake suede that feels so cool. And at $1 a ball at the dollar store? Can't beat that! lol

Look!

2007-11-06T17:06:00.000-06:00

I'm blogging. That's right. Better run outside and see if the sky is falling. lol This is going to be quick since I just don't feel like blogging still (Krystal, however, is a hobag and guilted me into it). Let's see, what's new in my life... Olivia came home last week. She and I spent some quality snuggle time on Saturday, after I got my flu shot. She's already learned that all she needs to do is cry and she has Auntie Angie just where she wants her. Crap! lol I re-read Mistral's Kiss and read A Lick of Frost... Umm... Dylan's birthday was a LOOOONG time ago, but a disagreement with blogger kept me from posting the pictures from it. So here they are, Dylan's cake and the dinner I made him.

And in knitting news... Still chugging along on my flower basket shawl. Here's a picture except... well.... it's the wrong side showing. Oops!

I'm working on socks out of my birthday STR

And finally, the current love of my life (knitting wise. No worries honey!)

Pattern: My own entrelac pattern cobbled together from several things on the internet
Yarn: Patons SWS in natural earth
Needles: Size 9

I dreamt about this scarf. I was in love with it before I even had the yarn. I wear it all the time. I'd wear it indoors if I could. lol There was some confusion about the color but it turns out that after some of the color bled in the soak before I blocked it. Now the red is the color I keep seeing online. Good lord I love this scarf. lol Ok I'll shut up about it now.

I'm toying with another lace idea but I can't show you because it's for a gift for someone who reads this blog. And I'm working on a scarf for Krystal for Christmas as part of her "Christma-birthday" package. lol There, I blogged. Now I'm done.

Lazy Blogger

2007-10-23T11:18:00.000-06:00

I still need to blog about Dylan's birthday. An argument with blogger kept me from posting pictures, so... And I'm not doing it today either. Cause I'm feeling kinda blah today. So I'm just going to link to Dylan's page, where there are new baby pictures to distract you from the fact that I'm being a lazy blogger. lol Dylan's mum went to see the baby with Zana and Doug and took those pictures. Dylan and I didn't go because I've been feeling kinda sick lately and we were afraid we'd get her sick. She's so beautiful. It's great that she's starting to look like a "real baby". It's hard to explain what I mean by that, but I guess because she was so tiny and thin and not chubby like your average baby... I think that's what I mean. lol Ok I'm shutting up now.

What Planet Are You From?

2007-10-07T00:17:00.000-06:00

You Are From Venus

You love all forms of beauty. You love dressing up and anything luxurious.
A social butterfly, you're incredibly popular and a great host.
You're known for your fairness and affection. And as a frind to all.
Careful though! You're desire to please may make you too willing to conform.
Be yourself. Focus on what matters to you. You'll be all the more popular for it.

What Planet Are You From?

Krystal's Good Thing of the Day

2007-10-01T12:43:00.000-06:00

Ok, so my bestest friend Krystal tries to post one good thing a day and she couldn't come up with something, so I told her I'd post a good thing for her. Here's Krystal's good thing.

It's Olivia, surprise surprise. lol I took these pictures at the hospital yesterday. For scale purposes imagine a large orange. That's about the size of her head. Here little hands and feet are maybe an inch and a half. I was in awe. She is the tiniest baby I've ever seen in my life. My hands are itching to hold her. Poor kid is going to have big feet though, I think. We'll see.

Hey, I even have an FO to show you! Double goodness!

Pattern: Infant Felted Mocs
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Merino in Rosewood (leftovers from my stripey shawl)
Hook: H

I love these. They were so quick and ended up looking almost like little jelly beans. lol

I gave Zana and Doug the baby presents I had finished up until now yesterday. I think they both really loved the baby bolero and the slippers amused Doug a lot. He even put one of them on Erin's big toe. Now I just have to finish up the two baby blankets I'm working on and do a couple of little things to fit a 5lb baby (what she'll weigh when she gets to come home).

Drunken Apples Recipe

2007-09-29T00:56:00.000-06:00

Here's another recipe that I kinda cobbled together from various recipes I'd seen in the past.

Drunken Apples

Apples
Brown Sugar
Cinnamon
Nutmeg

Preheat your oven to 350. Cut each apple in half vertically then hollow out the core. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg and then top with a heaping spoonful of brown sugar. Bake until the brown sugar has melted into a liquid and the apples are soft when you poke them with a fork.

This is technically just a baked apple recipe but for some reason when I made these tonight the liquid that gathers in the center of the apple tasted vaguely like alcohol. These go particularly well with chai tea. Dylan recommends something creamy like vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. I like them as is.

Suprise Suprise

2007-09-24T23:28:00.001-06:00

What is your Harry Potter Identity?

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You are the brains behind the action, the clever one and the one who is very sympathetic. Though at times you like to be in control, you still step aside when it really matters! You are very cautious and extremely brilliant not to mention caring!

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Look, it's colorwork!!

2007-09-21T23:41:00.001-06:00

Look, I did colorwork. And I liked it. I look really... odd in this picture. My face looks... long. *laugh* Makes me look thinner, I don't care. Look Ma, cheekbones!!!

And here's a closeup of the band of colorwork. I opted not to do the second chart and just decreased while working plain with the main color instead. I didn't like the flowery thing going on with the original pattern.

Pattern: Fake Isle Hat by Amy King (Not THAT Amy King Mom) Magknits November 2006
Yarn: Patons SWS in "Natural Crimson" and "Natural Coal"
Needles: Size 7 16" circular and dpns
Modifications: Omitted chart 2 and decreased as I would in a basic hat
Notes: I love this hat. It's warm and the fair isle turned out absolutely awesome. If I could work every fair isle pattern on circulars and never ever ever come near it with dpns I'd be completely sold on it. Look how perfect the inside is.

Also included is my pretty black nail polish. And this other picture is a sneak peek of coming attractions: the car seat blanket I'm working for little miss O. It's waiting on the last 3 rows of edging and two ribbons.

Post #102

2007-09-20T18:48:00.000-06:00

No way. I hit 100 posts and didn't even notice. Well hell... Oh well. The news I posted yesterday was more exciting anyway. *grin* So what am I giving out for my 100th post celebration? Uh... A really good oatmeal recipe? That's all I've got. Really. No finished objects. No book/yarn/goodies giveaways. Really. Sorry.

Really Good Oatmeal (I know, real original. The recipe isn't too original either!)

This is the first time I've done oatmeal from scratch. You know, not "Get out a package, dump in some water, pop it in the microwave". Real oatmeal. I figured it was a good start to our first day back to eating real food. lol

3 cups water
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups "Quick Oats"
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 of a large apple, chopped into chunks
cinnamon and brown sugar to taste

I followed the recipe on the back of the bag of quick oats, which basically said to boil the water then add the salt and the oats. For my variation I added the apples and the raisins at the same time. Cook until the oats are done and creamy. At the last second add the cinnamon and brown sugar and stir to combine. Vanilla extract would be good at this point too, but I'd only been up about 15 minutes, so I wasn't thinking about "Huh, what else could I put in this pot?" Mmmm, or nutmeg. Next time I might leave out the raisins. This makes a lot. I had a bowl, Dylan had a bowl, his mom had a bowl, and there were still leftovers.

FO

2007-09-19T20:58:00.000-06:00

Olivia Danika*
2.5 pounds
12 inches long
Number of weeks finished ahead of schedule: Almost 9 weeks
Number of baby projects not yet finished: 4
Number of times I've looked at this picture and wished I wasn't too sick to go visit her and her mom: Too many to count

*Not sure of the spelling or even the order of the two names. Updates when I get a chance to talk to her mom or dad

Jesus in a Mango!

2007-09-11T16:21:00.000-06:00

Ha ha Krystal, I used it before you did... If you're not in on this particular little joke just... nevermind me. Really. I'm... I'm just not right. *grin* Moving on...

This post today is actually about Krystal. I was looking back through my blog archive and I found this post and and it got me thinking. I'm insanely proud of Krystal. She's doing things that I couldn't have done when I'd been knitting as long as she has. I think she's actually pretty much caught up to me in knitting skill. I'd still beat her in a knitting race, but she's starting to catch up to me on that one too. Which I think is pretty freaking awesome. Sometimes we get a little competitive (possibly why she caught up to me in skill so fast? lol) but that's all part of the fun. Plus I love her like the sister I never had and always wanted so it's great that she and I are into the same thing now. Well, that and Hanson. But we're not going there because then I'd have to tell you how jealous I am of the fact that she's going to a Hanson concert very very soon. Anyway, enough with the mush. I'm gonna go read a book and eat mac and cheese. lol

Bad Blogger! No yarn for you!

2007-09-07T18:49:00.000-06:00

So I'm apparently really really bad at this blogging thing. lol I try to blog with some regularity, but I always fail. I don't know why that is. Ah well. Ready for a FO roundup?

Ok. Let's go.

Pattern: Mine (I'll post the pattern here on my blog once I do the second one)
Needles: US size 8/ 5mm
Yarn: Patons Classic Merino in "Rosewood" 2 skeins + enough to do the four biggest rows of the edging

I love this. It's a little smaller than I'd like. I may reblock.

Here, have a closeup of the edging:

Yummy! Dylan says this yarn makes him think of neopolatan ice cream.

Next up, Krystal's Kiri. She loves it already and she hasn't even seen it in real life.

Pattern: Kiri (That's a pdf, click at your own risk if you're on dial up)
Needles: My favorite size 7 circs
Yarn: Angora Alize. Not Angora though. Mohair. Ugh

I loved this pattern, absolutely hated the yarn. I don't know if I'm allergic to mohair or just this yarn, but this was truly a labor of love. My favorite part? The icy blue cracked glass beads that refused to photograph without looking neon blue that I knitted into the points of the edging.

Now on to the stuff I've done for Zana. I'm safe posting this as she's safely housed at the University of Saskatchewan Hospital for several more weeks while we all anxiously await the arrival of her munchkin. He's going to be early, but it's better that he's early and they get her blood pressure down.

First up, my variation on the Little Devil Hat

Pattern: My own, loosely based on Lil Devil Pattern
Needles: Favorite size 7 circ again
Yarn: Cheapo acrylic. I know, Krystal, I know. lol

I started out doing the original Lil Devil pattern, but I didn't check my gauge first and well... it would have fit Octavia by the time it was done. lol So I ripped back, cast on 50 (48 sts for pattern 2 for seaming) and called it good. The "horns" aren't exactly centered or even with each other, but as long as it keeps little "Buddha"'s head warm I'm happy.

And here are two blankets I made

Fuzzy Wuzzy One:
Pattern: My own. I'm sensing a theme here
Yarn: Red Heart Baby Clouds 3 skeins (One each Lavender, Cloud and I think Pastel Multi)
Hook: Size N

The One with the Tags:

I did this one from a tutorial I found somewhere on the internet. Just sandwich two receiving blankets together with some ribbon "tags" around the edges and stitch together. Ta da!

Here's a photo of the hood on Fuzzy Wuzzy

Next, the baby bolero from One Skein

I don't have the specs on this one anymore because I did this when I first found out Zana was pregnant. I know it's acrylic and I'm 90% positive it was done on my size 7 circular, just like everything else. lol

Zana requested baby washcloths, so here's the first one. I plan on doing several more.

Pattern: Love Cloth (I'll post the link later when my hubby isn't wanting dinner)
Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter
Needles: Size 7 circs

Haven't woven in the ends yet and I need to wash this first because the yarn bleeds. (The color on this one is way off. Well, at least the sheet in the background is. The washcloth is pretty close)

And here's a picture of the grand total as of today.

And last but not least, the head scarf thing I'm knitting for Jean for her birthday. Yes, our birthdays were months ago. Maybe I'll just keep it for Christmas. lol We got her other stuff!

2007-08-31T10:22:00.000-06:00

L A S T
1. Friend you saw: Umm... Does Dylan count? If not then Zana I guess
2. Talked to on the phone: Krystal
3. Text: no cell phone
4. IMed: Krystal

T O D A Y
1. Wearing: Red shirt and old ripped jeans
2. Better than yesterday? Man I hope so

T O M O R R O W
1. Is: Saturday
2. Got any plans: Gotta get groceries and maybe mow the grass cause it looks bad
3. Dislikes about tomorrow: See my plans. lol

F A V OR I T E
1. Number: 4 or 7
2. Color: Don't have one.
3. Season: fall

C U R R E N T L Y
1. Missing someone: yeah
2. Mood: Blah
3. Wanting: A million dollars. I'd have so much yarn....

Q U E S T I O N S / A N S W E R S
Q: first thing you did this morning?
Brushed my hair cause it was awful

Q: Do you have anything bothering you?
Sinus headache, money worries

Q: What's annoying you right now?
The stupid "Delilah" song on tv

Q: Do you support long distance relationships?
Yeah, but I can honestly say I hated being in one

Q: Is there a person who is on your mind right now?
yeah, Krystal because she had a root canal today and I know she was really scared

Q: Do you think that that person is thinking of you too?
I don't know, it depends on how bad her mouth is hurting right now

Q: Where is the last place you went?
The bank last night

Q: Do you look like your family?
Yeah, I look like my dad

Q: Do you smile often?
Depends on how I feel

Q: Choose one to have (love, beauty, creativity):
creativity.

Q: Do you wish upon stars?
sometimes

Q: Are you a friendly person?
Usually

Q: Who's bed did you sleep in last night?
The bed I share with Dylan

Q. What were you doing at 9 last night?
Talking to Krystal and worrying Dylan would have a hard time finding a bus home

Q: When is the last time you saw your parent(s)?
*sigh* Over a year ago. I miss ya mama

Q: When was the last time you cried?
Well I got a little teary answering that last question, but if you don't count that then I guess I'd have to say yesterday

Q: Do you get angry easily?
Depends on the state of my hormones. *grin*

Q: What were you thinking about before you went to sleep?
I don't remember

Q: What song are you listening to right now?
"Glenuig Hall"... Celtic music, k? It relaxes me

Q: Rate life as of right now 1-10.
4 or 5 It'll get better though. I'm buying yarn today

S A D S E C T I O N

01. Have you ever really cried your heart out?
Yes

02. Have you ever cried yourself to sleep?
Yes

03. Have you ever cried on your friend's shoulder?
Once. Not friends with that person anymore though

04. Do you cry when you get an injury ?
Not usually. Physical pain doesn't do that to me

H A P P Y S E C T I O N

01. Are you a happy person?
Sometimes

02. What can always make you happy?
Dylan (a good 95% of the time lol), Krystal, writing, knitting, Hanson

03. Do you wish you were happier?
Oh yeah

04. Is being happy overrated?
I don't think so

05. Can music make you happy?
Almost always

L O V E S E C T I O N

01.Anyone besides your family ever said they loved you?
Yeah

02.Have you ever told someone you loved them?
Yeah

H A T E S E C T I O N

01. Who do you actually hate?
I don't hate anyone. I feel hating someone only hurts you. The person you hate isn't usually bothered by the fact that you hate them

02. Have you ever made a hate list?
no

03. Are you a mean bully?
no

04. Do you like George Bush?
No. I think I may have liked him for a grand total of 6 months into his first term. After that... well...

E V E R :

-ridden in a taxi
yes

-jumped a ramp on a bike
I dunno, maybe

-been used
yes

-been fired
No

-celebrated New Year's in Times Square or Disney World
no

-gone on a blind date.
yes

-had a crush on a teacher
yes

-celebrated Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.
no

-been to Paris.
no

-skipped class.
No. I skipped school, but just a class? no

-had a sleepover.
yeah

-gone ice skating
no

-had your tonsils taken out
yeah

-have had a truck.
no

-totaled a car.
Totaled Mom and Dad's van by hitting a deer

C U R R E N T L Y W E A R I N G

01. Shorts?
no

02. Shoes?
no

03. Necklace?
no

H A V E Y O U E V E R

01. Hugged someone?
yeah

02. Been on the phone until the sun came up?
yes

03. Put a song on repeat for more than an hour?
yeah

L A S T S

01. Last person you talked to in person ?
Dylan's mum

02. Last person you talked to online?

Krystal

03. Person you talked to on the phone?
Krystal

04. Person you hugged?
Dylan

05. Person who made you laugh?
Dylan or Krystal

06. Person you messaged on myspace?
Barrett

O T H E R

01. Do you get along with your parent(s)?
Usually

C U R R E N T

01. Current Mood:
Tired, grumpy, and worried

02. Current hair:
Up in a ponytail with my bangs pulled back. The usual

03. Current Thing You Ought To Be Doing?
Going to pay our bill at the pharmacy and going to buy myself yarn

04. Current desktop picture?
Some Happy Tree friends thing. I should make my own account on the computer so I can have my own stuff. Happy Tree Friends grosses me out sometimes

05. Current music?
Some Celtic thing in Gaelic

Bad Knitting Mojo

2007-08-28T10:01:00.000-06:00

So as Krystal (that hobag) pointed out in her comment to my last post, I've had a bit of bad luck with my knitting lately. The shawl that never even made it to the blog was struck first. "Why would she stop with just four rows left to knit on the edging?" You may be saying to yourself (as if anyone but Krystal and Dylan and my mom read this blog lol). Well, I stopped because I had to. I ran out of yarn. Yes, I have to buy a whole new ball... a whole 220 yard ball... for four rows. *has the urge to impale herself on her needles* I'll just make a scarf or something out of it.

And then this morning I pick up the mystery project (so far un-named because I wasn't sure I liked it and was going to keep it) and work on it while waiting to see Dylan off to work. Somehow, I don't know how (it could have been that I was ogling Elvira Kurt) I missed a yarnover or something. But now the pretty mesh is a jumble of messed up stitches. It will probably be going to the frog pond.

I think the knitting gods have been angered by me starting a new novel. Can't knit if I'm writing. I think I need another pair of arms. lol

B, C, and Actual Knitting Content

2007-08-27T14:05:00.000-06:00

That alpha-blogging thing didn't get off to such a great start. lol Let's try this again. Today's post: B & C

B

Books. Really. I'd die without them. I always have at least 3 or 4 out from the library at any given time, not counting my knitting books.

Basketball. The only sport ever created that can keep my attention for more than an hour. Spurs kick ass baby!

Boys. Yes, I know, this may seem strange because a good 80% of the time I'm not attracted to bio men (excluding two Hansons and a certain actor) but I have a specific boy in mind here. Gay boys. Gotta love them. The world would be an awful place were it not for gay men. ;)

C

Chocolate. (Maybe I should have saved this for "d" since it's dark chocolate I'm talking about. Oh well.)

Crochet hooks. Best way to pick up dropped stitches, hands down. (I'm a dork. I'm aware. Moving on.)

Computers. Without them I would have never become a knitter. Without Knitty I would have thought the world of knitting patterns was made up of fun fur and baby clothes.

Ok, now on to the knitting content. I told you there would be some. I'm always curious about the process behind knitting. What made that knitter decide on that pattern with that yarn? What went into the design? The technical parts are all part of the fun for me. So I thought I'd go over how I pick out a new knitting project, since I have space in the queue for a new project. A shawl that never even made it to the blog is 99.9% done, all that's left is four rows of edging and a good blocking.

So how I start varies. Sometimes I start with the project in mind and then find needles and yarn accordingly. This time I have the yarn and needles, but no certain project in mind. I think this is my favorite way to start, but it can also be frustrating.

To start off I have some laceweight and size three needles (one of my preferred sizes for knitting with laceweight). I have a crochet hook too, just in case I need it for a cast on or a dropped stitch. I've already done a gauge swatch with this yarn and these needles and I know I'm getting around 20 sts/4". Gauge isn't crucial for a shawl, so I'm not overly concerned about it. I'm just keeping it in mind for a guideline.

Merino Oro (There's more than this, this is just one ball I've wound. We won't speak of the rest of it)

Usually I would start with the internet because there are an incredible amount of patterns out there. Knitting Pattern Central is one of my favorite stops for getting started. But this time I have a great book out of the library, so I'm going to start there.

This is an amazing book. I have to admit that there may be only 3 or 4 patterns in this book, out of 40 I think, that I don't want to knit at some point. I definitely want this book for Christmas. I'd leave that as a hint for Dylan, but he's gotten bored and clicked away by this point.

I start off by just flipping through the book and seeing what jumps out at me. This book has wonderful pictures.

This is the first shawl that jumps out at me. Looking at the pattern I see that the center panel is made up of a simple 6 stitch, 8 row repeat that also makes up a good chunk of the border. I'm not sure if I can do something this monotonous, but I really love this shawl so I'm leaving it on the list for now.

This is the shawl that prompted me to want to look at this book in the first place. It's called "The Cap Shawl" and it was originally written as the top of a baby hat. I love this shawl, but I don't know that I want to knit something in the round that's this big. This is a shawl of massive proportions. I'm taking this off the list right away because, as much as I love it, I have many projects going right now and I need something that's going to be a little bit quicker than that.

This is another gargantuan shawl. It's gorgeous, but taking a closer look at the center panel I can see that it's a little too simple for me. Also it's knit in the round (there are half hexagon and fichu sizes as well that are knitted flat but the biggest one is the one that struck me the most) and I have size 3 dpns and a size 3 24" circular, but I don't own anything between that and I wasn't wanting to buy anymore new needles for this project.

The color is off in this photo but the shawl itself comes through just fine. Looking at this one I can see that the center panel is interesting enough to keep me occupied and the overall piece is beautiful. This is definitely the leading contender for my new project.

This is another one that I really really like. The construction is really unique as well. You cast on for the wide border and work it first, knitting it to the length of shawl you want, then you turn and pick up stitches for a simple and very narrow center pattern worked widthwise. Then you cast on stitches again for the other side of the wide border and work it lengthwise again. This is giving the previous shawl a run for it's money.

This is another one where the color is off (this digital camera really does not like the color orange) but once again the shawl comes through just fine. I like this shawl a lot, but doing an big triangle out of trinity stitch in white yarn? YAWN Maybe with some handpainted or something.

This pattern was one of the first to jump out at me, but looking at it a little more I can see that it's just the bottom pattern that I like. I would get past the clover leaf lace chart and hate the shawl. Possibly even sooner. I like the color variation of this one though. I'm a big fan of natural colored wool.

I like this one as well, but after just a few minutes of studying it I can see that it's really just the border I like. The center pattern would be too repetitive for me. Also, it's garter stitch. I don't like garter stitch too much.

This one is one I really like a lot, but I can't quite put my finger on why. I don't like the border too much, I feel it overwhelms the center panel. I would probably change the border to something a little less geometric, maybe even the border from the shawl above. I don't really want to have to fiddle with the design of anything though. The shawl I'm just about finished with is one of my own design and I've had enough of that for now.

By this point I've narrowed it down to two shawls, the green one with the interesting construction and the orange one whose color won't show up properly. I would give the real names of the patterns, but when this book was written not much thought was given to names. The name of the green one? "Scarf with the No 20 edging from The Knitted Lace Pattern Book, 1850" So they'll be green and orange from this point on.

Looking at green's pattern, I can see that the gauge is similar to mine (18 sts to 4") and the size is pretty good. I can also see that the yardage is about half of what I have. I'm not sure of the width (20"). I was wanting something a little wider, but I think I could modify the center panel by working more rows of chart b. The only thing still bothering me is the idea of picking up 222 stitches to work the center panel. We'll come back to this one.

For orange the most important thing for me is that there's only patterning on right side rows of the center panel. I need that purl across row to give my brain a rest and enable me to work on this around my husband without tears. The border has something going on every row, but I really think that it's do-able. The width is exactly what I had in mind, the gauge is close enough (again, 18 sts to 4"). The only thing I'm concerned about is the yardage. It's exactly what I have and that concerns me because my gauge doesn't match completely. I'm worried I'll run out of yarn. While buying more laceweight wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing for me, I'm trying to keep the stash under control and having an unknown amount of laceweight sitting around waiting for me to turn it into something makes me twitchy.

I think for sanity's sake I'm going to go with green. I can deal with picking up 222 stitches a lot more than worrying I'll run out of yarn.

A is for....

2007-08-20T17:20:00.000-06:00

So I'm stealing a blog idea from PoMo Golightly, whose blog I found through Yarn-A-Go-Go, since I've been a little light on the blog content lately. In an attempt at posting every day or nearly every day...

A is for

Angora. Softest fiber I've ever touched. Also the most expensive. $15 a ball at my lys and it's a small ball

Autumn. My favorite season. Absolute favorite. Seriously. I wish it could be autumn all year long.

Angelina Jolie. Nuff said.

What my body is worth

2007-08-12T22:22:00.000-06:00

$4500.00

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New Scarf

2007-08-12T15:13:00.001-06:00

Yarn: Patons SWS "Natural Violet"
Needles: Boye size 6
Pattern: My own. 17 stitches in seed stitch. I love how the green and brown stripes lined up at the ends and in the middle.

Posting this so I remember

2007-08-11T00:04:00.000-06:00

This is the pattern I'm working on. It's a rip off of the "Baby Suprise Jacket". Just in case I get up tomorrow and think "Where the hell did I find that pattern and what do I do next?"

The Ex

2007-08-09T13:23:00.000-06:00

Taking inspiration from Stephanie (see her post from the 6th), today's post will be "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" Saskatoon Ex style.

The Good:

-Dog shows. Seriously, those Superdogs were pretty cool. Especially Pot Roast (the "watermelon with legs" or bulldog lol) (To see Pot Roast go to the page I linked to and look at the third dog down)

-Petting zoos. Got to touch a sheep and an alpaca. Yeah baby.

-Funnel cakes

-Bus drivers with cool Aussie accents (see the bus thing under "The Bad")

The Bad:

-The crowds once the sun went down. Good Lord.

-My aching feet

-Free Ex shuttle buses that were packed so full of people that they were standing in the aisles

-Getting to the Confederation bus terminal and finding out there is ONE bus left to catch (Scary!)

-Being so tired that I can't even bring myself to get up out of this chair to go to the bathroom and make myself something to eat lol

The Ugly

-People who smoke in public places. Really. Just because you want to coat your lungs in tar doesn't mean you have to come sit down beside me on a public bench and light one up. And you got smoke on my yarn. It's rude.

-Rude carnies.

-Heavy backpacks that make it so even wearing a BRA hurts the next day

I love LOLCats

2007-08-07T13:15:00.000-06:00

Your Score: Lion Warning Cat

80% Affectionate, 62% Excitable, 48% Hungry

You are the good Samaritan of the lolcat world. Protecting others from danger by shouting observations and guidance in cases of imminent threat, you believe in the well-being of everyone.

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MS3 update

2007-08-02T15:33:00.000-06:00

I've just finished clue 2 and I'm completely excited about the theme being posted tomorrow. I'm almost 100% positive there's a dragon involved. My evidence:

I've outlined the dragon's face in red, the eyes in purple. See it now Krystal? (btw, my beads are so not hot pink like they're showing up in this picture. More of a mauvey purple.)

The things that happen at this place after midnight....

2007-07-31T00:46:00.000-06:00

May I present....

Thumb-ledor. Yes, that's Dylan's thumb. Yes, that's a wilton cake tip and half a coupler. Yes, he came up with that on his own. Man I love my husband. lol

Huge... Massive... PHOTOBLOG!!

2007-07-30T17:49:00.000-06:00

Birthday post!! Yay! First up, the wooly goodness Krystal bought me

It's "Fire on the Mountain" Socks that Rock lightweight by Blue Moon Fiber arts.

Next, what Mom bought me...

New jeans, folded up so that the entire internet can't tell how much junk is in my trunk. *cracks up*

Now the rest of my birthday goodies...

The straightening iron and pretty ribbon that came with it that Krystal bought me. Oh and the bumper sticker that came with my yarn. Then there's the perfume oil (???) Dylan's Mum bought me, as well as the pretty lacy pink box and the Harry Potter dvd. And then the cute duckie soaps Dylan got me (he bought me other things but I didn't take any pictures. This includes this cd. I'm missing the three bonus songs. I'm pissed.)

Next, I have birthday party pictures for you. We went over to Jean and Eric's house on the 21st. We brought booze and cake. More about the booze later. lol

First, this is Octavia wearing the princess hat and wings we got her for her birthday.

And this is Jean's stepson Josh. This was the first time we met Josh and Jordan and I loved both of them immediately. Josh posed for the camera all nice, but I had to chase Jordan down.

Jordan thought hiding under the bed would keep me from taking her picture. *evil laugh* Nothing will stop me from taking pictures... Oh God, I've been around Dylan's family too much. I've become just as snap happy as they are!

The kids played in the pool while we all sat around and talked around the bbq.

And then a big kid decided to play with the hose

Here's one of Dylan eating with the kids.

And then after the cake... then came the booze...

I can't remember exactly what she was saying (I'd had 2 or 3 by then and I was feeling WAY too good lol) but I know it was hilarious. Probably made more hilarious by how very near wasted I was. lol

And here's one to show how wasted Jean was...

Good times... And here's one more kokanee endorsement photo for you. lol

Oh, wait, here's a photo of my Mystery Stole 3 stole...

Do you see the dragon too? Dylan saw it before I did. I... well, I thought it was a goat. lol

Addicted

2007-07-10T13:47:00.000-06:00

65%

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Ummm...

2007-07-08T22:42:00.001-06:00

First, some cuteness....

Is that not the cutest kid ever? lol Jean, Tav, and Eric (hope I spelled his name right) were here today and Dylan snapped these pictures. I love that kid to death, even if she did make me so sick I wanted to die.

Now, Mystery Stole 3 progress. This is after I'd just finished row #33 of clue one. I just got the beads and crochet hook today. See my shiny new bright red size 4's? I love those things. I love red needles in general.

Here's a better pic of the beads I'm using. These pictures were taken on an old pillow that has had things spilled on it and is used for making the computer chair more comfy, so please excuse anything that looks... yucky. lol

And here are the beads I got to do Krystal's shawl, which is killing me to not tell her about or post pictures since I'm thisclose to being finished with it. lol

Huh....

2007-07-06T15:43:00.000-06:00

I would have thought it would be more. I mean, I'm a little liberal with the f word sometimes. lol (See last post for example)

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Bleh....

2007-07-02T14:02:00.000-06:00

I'm sick. I'm so sick. Viral gastroenteritis. Or "the stomach FUCKING flu". I'm so sick that other bacteria and viruses look at me and say "Whoa, leave that lady alone dude. That's one scary virus. There'll be nothing left for us!" Bleh...

Survey!

2007-06-21T13:00:00.000-06:00

10 Years ago.......................

1.) How old were you: 11 going on 12
2.) Where did you go to school: West Homes Jr. High School
4.) Where did you live: Millersburg, OH
5.) Where did you hang out: Home or at Dani's house
6.) Did you wear glasses: Yep. I'd just gotten them that year, I think
7.) Who was your best friend: Dani or Tasha or Tiffany or Tricia
8.) Who was your regular-person crush: Ummm... I think his name was Damon but I don't remember his last name.
9.) How many tattoos did you have: None.
10.) How many piercings did you have: Single ear piercing on each side
11.) What car did you drive: None
12.) Had you been to a real party: Not yet no
13.) Had your heart broken: Not yet.
14.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: I was a kid! lol

Five years ago.......................

1.) How old were you: 16 going on 17
2.) Where did you go to school: I don't remember. Loudonville, I think
3.) Where did you work: I didn't
4.) Where did you live: Millersburg
5.) Where did you hang out: Home, with friends
6) did u wear glasses? Yeah
7.) Who was your best friend: Ummm... Krystal? Or that freaky Wiccan girl I hung out with whose mom thought she was some goddess reincarnated. No, really. lol
8.) Who was your regular-person crush: I don't remember the name of the one guy but there was this other guy named Lee that looking back think was totally ugly. lol Oh, the first guy's name was Andy!
9.) How many tattoos did you have: none
10.) How many piercings did you have: Double ears
11.) What car did you drive: None
12.) Had you been to a real party: One or two
13.) Had your heart broken: More than likely
14.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: Very single

Present Day.......................

1.) How old are you: 21, 22 in a month
2.) Where do you go to school: I don't right now. Would like to train to be a midwife in a couple of years
3.) Where do you work: Nowhere
4.) Where do you live: Saskatoon, SK
5.) Where do you hang out: Home, with Zana sometimes.
6.) Do you wear glasses: Yeah. Would like to get contacts if our insurance would cover them. I'll have to ask about that when Dylan gets his new glasses
7.) Who is your best friend: Dylan, Krystal
8.) Who is your regular-person crush: Uh... Dylan? lol
9.) How many tattoos do you have: 1
10.) How many piercings did you have: triple ears
11.) What car did you drive: I rock the bus baby! lol
12.) Had you been to a real party: Not recently
13.) Had your heart broken: A couple of times
14.) Single/Taken/Married/Divor

ced/Bitter: Very married

Late Breaking News

2007-06-19T14:23:00.000-06:00

I almost forgot! According to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website the processing on my immigration paperwork started on May 3rd. I wasn't even expecting them to OPEN my paperwork for another month or so after that, so I'm excited. Now if only my FBI background check would hurry the hell up.

Happy Tuesday!

2007-06-19T13:53:00.000-06:00

Hello! I don't know what to blog about today. I mean, I have some pictures to show you, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what to say. I guess I'd better explain the picture that's only being shown in a link....
Saturday night I was in the shower and I fell. Here's a picture of what resulted. Yes I'm ok. I hit my head in three places and I was hurting all over but I still managed to finish my shower. lol It doesn't even hurt that much today, but damn I was not pleased. I'm so glad we got a new mat for in the tub. I don't wanna repeat that one. (As a hint to it's size let's just say it's EXACTLY the same size as the top of my shaving cream can. Imagine that.)

I've been spinning lately. It's organically raised shetland wool from a farm here in Saskatchewan. This stuff is incredible. Here's a (blurry) picture:

That's the thickness I'm getting with my white trash drop spindle. (It's still thick-and-thin but I think I'm getting more consistent. Except when I'm on the phone with Krystal. lol) I forgot to take a picture of the spindle, I'll have to do that next time. I made it myself because my spindle is too heavy and I couldn't get a lighter one at my LYS.

And here is one sock of two for Dad for a (belated) Father's Day present.

My dad is a hard guy to shop for, so I hope he likes these socks. They're for him to wear when he goes hunting to keep his feet toasty warm, even when he gets his feet wet. Yes that's the top of a trash can. I had to take the picture in the backyard because it was too dark in the house and that was the only flat surface I had available. lol

Pattern: My own, a modified version of Stephanie's basic sock
Yarn: Phildar Preface in "Flanelle"
Needles: "Unique" US size 1's

If I were going to do these again I'd... what the hell am I saying? I'm probably not going to do these again. I was insane to think I could handle this much 2x2 rib. I'm an inch into the second sock and I'm dying. lol But I love my dad and I want him to have warm feet. And when you're a knitter, storebought socks just don't say "I love you and I miss you cause I'm far far away" like handknit (stitch by torturous stitch...) ones do.

Goddess of Cats, Women, and Secrets

2007-06-13T19:44:00.000-06:00

Bastet

You look for balance and harmony, anxious, devoted. Often rash and impatient.

Colors: male: yellow ochre, female: grey
Compatible Signs: Sekhmet, Horus
Dates: Jul 14 - Jul 28, Sep 23 - Sep 27, Oct 3 - Oct 17

Role: Goddess of cats, women, and secrets
Appearance: Cat or cat-headed woman
Sacred animals: cat

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Hair!!

2007-06-09T12:19:00.000-06:00

Ok, quick blog cause I've gotta be out the door in literally 12 minutes....

New haricut. It's not right cause my hair is misbehaving today, but there it is.

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2007-05-25T14:08:00.001-06:00

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Alicia's bag and a new shawl

2007-05-24T12:18:00.000-06:00

I finished Alicia's bag JUST before the party on Sunday. I originally hated this thing (wouldn't felt completely, didn't felt sturdy enough, I had to sew plastic canvas into the lining to get it to hold up properly...) But by the time I finished it I loved it. There may be one of these babies in my future. Probably not a skull though. I wish I could find a Marilyn Monroe chart that's only 28 stitches wide.

The lining. I used the same fabric here as I used for my skully purse. I think I'm getting burned out on the skulls.

And here's the shawl I started yesterday. I've joined a knit along on craftster for people who are knitting their first lace shawls. I'm loving this shawl.

"Wait!" you say. "Knitting content on your knitting blog, Angie??"

Yeah well... don't get used to it. *wink*

Guilt Trip

2007-05-16T16:04:00.000-06:00

Alright, alright Krystal. Knitting content. Ready for it??

More socks. Yeah. I know. These ones don't even have a pattern. Just... you know, basic socks. Stephanie's pattern. For Dylan. Blah blah blah.

What I'm spinning:

What I'm reading:

Bonus Mother's Day content:

Mum and her flowers.

Lily Allen- Alfie

2007-05-12T12:10:00.000-06:00

I LOVE this video...

No knitting today...

2007-05-10T18:48:00.000-06:00

I'm knitting things, but I don't have pictures of them because 1)Dylan's sweater is a big rectangle of black knitted not interesting-ness 2) The thing I'm making for Krystal is a suprise, so I'm not showing it. I mean, she knows about it but she doesn't get to see it and 3) I feel too lazy to take a picture of my sws hat that is also a rectangle of not interesting-ness. I seem to be knitting lots of rectangles of not interesting-ness. I think I may nickname Dylan's sweater "The Rectangle of not interesting-ness of Doom!" 10 inches down, 5 to go before anything interesting happens. I'll blog then. Maybe.

On Sunday I made cookies:

Dylan's skully guy

Gluten-free Peanut Butter Cookies

2 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of peanut butter

Mix all together, bake at 350 until the edges are firm but the centers are still squishy
Paint on faces with melted chocolate and a toothpick
Eat

And on Saturday I planted sweet peas (the flowers, not the veggies) so I'm starting something I'm calling "Sweet Pea Watch"

Sweet Peas Week One:

Obviously they haven't come up yet. lol

And just in case you're curious....

The front of the house. The row of bricks there is where I'm thinking of planting more flowers.

The neighborhood, also in case you wondered.

And finally...

The cookies in the teddy bear cookie jar we kept the cookies in.

What kind of knitting needles are you?

2007-05-05T12:34:00.000-06:00

What kind of knitting needles are you?

You are interchangeable.Fun, free, and into everything, you've got every eventuality covered and every opportunity just has to be taken. Every fiber is wonderful, and every day is a new beginning. You are good at so many things, it's amazing, but you can easily lose your place and forget to show up. They have row counters for people like you!
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Go Out With Me

2007-04-23T19:51:00.000-06:00

So today's Dylan's day off and you're going to come with us downtown. Just down the block from the blood draw place they're tearing down an old movie theater. Kinda makes me sad because that's such a waste of resources. Rumor is it's going to be a Marriott hotel. Keep your fingers crossed, maybe Dylan and I will be able to take the associate rate and get a night out at a hotel once in awhile.

Ok, now we're going to walk to the police station to get my background check started... Look, Pic Man Tattoo! Let's stop and get a tattoo...
Or not. No money for tattoos right now. Maybe next time ;) Just down the street is something that always makes me think of Dad.
Here's the downtown library. I love to go here but I always come home from there with entirely too many books. Good thing I take the bus now. Walking home from the library was pure hell. The police station is just across the street from here.
Ok, we're all done, now we need to get this to the post office. Look, there go my immigration papers. My heart is all poundy. lol

Well, we went shopping at Preston Crossing Mall, but we were having so much fun we didn't take any pictures (besides, Walmart, Michael's, and Futureshop aren't blogworthy). There's the bus as it pulls away.
I need to stop in here for some bread.

Look, the Stokes seed catalogue came while we were gone.
Come see me tomorrow when we walk to the library and I show you around my neighborhood. :)

(P.S. Here's an "in action" pic of Dylan's socks...)

Now with 100% More Fiber!

2007-04-15T18:05:00.000-06:00

Wow, yeah, it's been a month since I last posted anything "fiber" related. Loooong photo blog today...

First, progress on Dylan's sweater:

The sleeves

Yes, I'm aware it's just yarn. They're still sleeves. lol

I finally finished Dylan's socks (my mind blew the number of ends to weave in WAY out of proportion, there were only three left)

And a closeup...

And I'm finally making a pair of socks for myself!

Pattern: Jaywalker by Grumperina
Yarn: Regia Canadian Color #4746

I'm not sure if I like it or not. I'd love it if there were no grey. When I bought the yarn I thought it would just be an accent color but it's a complete stripe. I dunno, we'll see when they're done I guess.

To get off of the knitting track for a little while, here's my latest sewing project:

Detail of the skull and hearts:

I went yarn shopping last Thursday and along with the Regia yarn you saw up there I also bought the rest of my Misti Alpaca laceweight for my shawl (the shawl is in this picture too)

Some sock yarn I'd never heard of before (not sure where the ball band is so I can't really tell you what brand it is)

And some Addi turbos

I haven't tried these out yet but I'm going to try to get the gauge for Shedir (the gorgeous cabled hat in the breast cancer edition of knitty) as soon as I get some projects off of the needles

Oh.. you noticed that thing made of Paton's SWS in the backround huh? Oh, that... that's not really anything... Just half of a BRANCHING OUT!!! Mwah ha ha ha ha ha, bite me Krystal.

Why only half you say? Did I mess up somewhere? NO! Ha ha ha ha ha... This is all I had left after the last row...

Ahem... sorry, couldn't help myself. lol You know I love ya Krystal. :P

I'm blue...

2007-04-13T17:57:00.000-06:00

BLUE

You give your love and friendship unconditionally. You enjoy long, thoughtful conversations rich in philosophy and spirituality. You are very loyal and intuitive.

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Lyrics of the Day

2007-03-25T22:57:00.000-06:00

This song was on The L Word tonight....

"Dear Mr. President"- Pink (featuring Indigo Girls)

Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why

Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
How can you say
No child is left behind
We're not dumb and we're not blind
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye

Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night
How do you walk with your head held high
Dear Mr. President
You'd never take a walk with me
Would you

100- I have no life!!!

2007-03-21T16:21:00.000-06:00

It’s been alleged that if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up, figure out whether you’ve got a life or not, and post it.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
( ) Neverending Story
() Blazing Saddles
() Airplane
() The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
(X) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
(X) Saw
( ) Saw II
(X) White Noise
(X) White Oleander
(X) Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
(X) Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
(X) Scary Movie 3
(X) Scary Movie 4
(X) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(X) Resident Evil 1
(X) Resident Evil 2
( ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(X) The Village
(X) Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(X) Signs
( ) The Grinch
(X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(X) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(X) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
( ) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong
( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(X) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(X) Final Destination
(X) Final Destination 2
(X) Final Destination 3
(X) Halloween
(X) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(X) Flubber
(X) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
(X) Chicago
(X) Ghost Ship
(X) From Hell
(X) Hellboy
(X) Secret Window
(X) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
(X) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
(X) Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
(X) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(X) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
( ) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
( ) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(X) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
(X) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(X) E.T.
(X) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She’s All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
(X) Event Horizon
(X) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X3
(X) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(X) Jeepers Creepers
(X) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
( ) Freaky Friday
(X) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(X) Cruel Intentions
(X) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street
(X) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
(X) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
(X) Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
( ) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
( ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
(X) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
(X) House of 1000 Corpses
(X) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
( ) Highlander
(X) Mothman Prophecies
(X) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
(X) Kung Fu Hustle
(X) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(X) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
(X) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
(X) Dawn Of the Dead
( ) Hook
( ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(X) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 1
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
(X) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
(X) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( ) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( ) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix: Reloaded
( ) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
(X) Red Dragon
(X) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

More Adventures in Photographing the Back of My Head

2007-03-20T11:56:00.000-06:00

Dylan's mom cut my hair yesterday. Here, let me take a picture for you...

Oops... let me try again....

Nevermind. I'll distract you with pictures of the baby blanket I'm crocheting

Till Dylan gets home and takes some pictures for you

Look at that red. I must be a Weasely! *grin* And here's one just for Mom (I was laughing at Dylan and informing him that he's a dork)

New Hat ~OR~ The Difficulty of Photographing One's Own Head

2007-03-17T17:40:00.000-06:00

So I made a new hat and I've been going on and on about how great it is, so I have to prove it. That has been somewhat difficult:

Ooops... This one is a little better

Except you can't really see the hat. Here's one of it flat, but that doesn't really do it justice...

And then here is the hardest shot of all, the top of my head. lol

Yarn: Bernat Satin Worsted
Needles: Size 7 straight needles
Pattern: My own. Stitch pattern taken from the book "Sensational Knitted Socks"

My Stained Fingers....

2007-03-14T23:08:00.000-06:00

I woke up this morning in a ROTTEN mood. Dylan slipped and pulled a muscle or twisted a something or other or something. I'm in a lot of pain. I needed a pick me up, so I decided to dye some fiber.

Food coloring, vinegar, roving, laceweight (*squeal* I can spin laceweight... ok it's a single but still!!!), and a microwave and I had that. After a few hours I had this:

No pics of the yarn, sorry. It was kind of an experiment. Then I was so excited cause I finally had green yarn that I immediately wound it into a ball. Sorry 'bout that. lol The colors in the roving aren't as bright as they seem, this camera just thinks they are.

Yeah!

2007-03-10T15:39:00.000-06:00

It Gets Old

For Mom

2007-03-07T14:44:00.000-06:00

First of all, a me picture for mom that's not my legs or my hands. lol

And another, better one, cause that one looks like it was taken in the closet in the middle of the night instead of RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW ON A SUNNY DAY. Argh...

Next, Dylan's Pirate socks. I've loosely based them on a pattern I found online, which was based on those Pirate mittens. I'm sure you know which ones they are. If you don't oh well cause I'm not linking. Sorry. SO not in the mood today

And a closeup of my craptacular fair isle work, in which I managed to screw up EVERY diamond motif and miss two rows of the chart. Lovely, that.

And a picture of the two BEAUTIFUL hanks of Manos Del Uruguay I bought myself over a week ago. I've managed to wind the more purple one into a ball but I can't bring myself to start anything. There is no project that is equal to the perfection of this yarn. *cracks up*

The purple-er one up close

And then the wine one up close

The Yarn That Ate Saint Louis!!!

2007-03-06T18:07:00.000-06:00

Our Walmart sells 1lb bags of mill ends and today I picked up this:

It's some sort of ladder/ribbon yarn that I'm going to do a wrap in. While I was moving it from the bed (where I took that picture) over to the computer chair where I could work on untangling it while I chatted with Krystal, this happened:

My first reaction was "OMG!!!" *cracks up* I've nicknamed this stuff "The Yarn That Ate Saint Louis"

Detangling:

Hour 1: Detangling this stuff is pretty rough. Literally. My fingers may be bleeding when this is over. Krystal is on the phone with me, sending her sympathy yet also laughing at my stupidity and predicting I'll run out of yarn and be unable to get anymore cause this was the last bag. Here's what the ball looks like at the end of hour 1:

Hour 2: No more serious tangles. Things are sailing along smoothly. No bleeding fingers yet. Here's what it looks like at the end of hour 2 (typo: hour 32... yeah, feels like it)

Hour 3ish: Oy... Look what I just found.... Taking a break now.

Hour 4ish: Oh my god. At least it's almost over. This wrap better be absolutely beautiful and perfect for me. Really. Just went and fondled the yarn I bought for socks for Tammy. That stuff is BUTTAH... *sighs happily and ignores that little voice that says "You know, you don't have to detangle ALL of this tonight...."*

Quitting Time (Hour 5ish): I quit. I've sent what's left to the stash in an opaque Walmart bag to think about what it's done....

This stuff doesn't really resemble tinsel that much. The digital camera just does odd things with colors. Now I'm off to work on my shawl and watch Harry Potter.

(Edit: This mystery yarn is Bernat Matrix in "Server Silver" Charming. Way to make me feel like I'm knitting something out of "Hackers" And no cute, boyish Angelina in sight. Ah well)

Oh like I needed another hobby...

2007-02-26T00:10:00.000-06:00

I went to the Wool Emporium for some Paton's SWS (pics of what I'm doing with that when I finish it) And I bought this:
Which led to this:

And this:
Which led to this:
And this:

And this:Which led to this:

And having the flu (or something... not sure what it is exactly but I want it to go away) led to this:

Boring boring boring....

2007-02-17T15:23:00.000-06:00

*sigh* Kinda homesick today. I think the gloomy weather outside did it. I don't know why, but I always remember Sunday's being gloomy in Ohio. Logically, I know Sunday has just as much of a chance to be sunny as any day but... meh. *shrug* And today feels like Sunday for me. If I close my eyes I can hear my mom and Aunt Jean sitting at the kitchen table playing yah... that game with the dice, most likely tossing playful insults back and forth at each other. lol I can smell the chicken cooking in the roaster. I can hear Dad and Uncle Bud watching some sports thing on the tv. There's a cat laying on the tv. Another one is sitting at the bowls in the kitchen and oddly enough to soft sounds of cat food crunching are a comfort to me. And down the hall is the bedroom where I can just go crawl into bed with Dylan and doze the day away.

*bigger sigh*

But it's not Sunday and I'm not in Ohio.

I've turned the heel on FABULOUS!! #2. I'm bored with it at the moment though. What I really want to knit is something cabled and deliciously complicated. Those socks tend to do that to me. *smile*

Off to thaw some chicken for dinner tonight.

Precious, precious piece of paper....

2007-02-12T21:18:00.000-06:00

I have, in my posession, a brand spankin new visa!!!! Yay!!!! This one lasts till the end of May. By then I should have my application sent in and I can reapply for an extension for a year this time and they should give it to me because I'll be able to give them proof I've sent in my application. Phew. I can relax. For now. lol

Spring Cleaning... In February And Some Socks

2007-02-08T14:22:00.000-06:00

I'll post about the cleaning that's been going on around here, but first I have to tell you about Aunt Jean's "FABULOUS!!" socks. lol If you don't know my Aunt Jean you have to know that she is an incredible lady. She got hurt a while ago and has been off work for a long time. That's kind of got her bummed so I decided to knit her some socks. I searched high and low for the right pattern, tried numerous times to get just the right yarn, and finally had to settle for the yarns I'm doing these socks in. I hope they're fabulous enough to grace my faviorite Auntie's feet. Just a LITTLE flamboyant but at the same time slightly subdued, just like Aunt Jean. *smile*

This is the pattern they're based on. The pattern called for four colors, I'm using two. This is the best picture I could get. For some reason the pages of that book just don't photograph well. It's from "Socks, Socks, Socks"

Now, on with the cleaning. Our toiletries and medications and crap like that had been housed in one drawer of Dylan's dresser since we first moved back out here in August. Since I reorganized my clothes I needed somewhere to store my pretty girlie underthings (considering my new clothing storage solution is, um... a little public. lol) so all of the stuff that had been in the drawer went to live here:

After waiting five minutes to go pee so that I could help Dylan put a bandaid somewhere he couldn't see because he was digging around for one I knew something had to be done. Besides, I couldn't find my favorite hairbrush and that just couldn't happen. Not with as much freaking hair as I have... lol So I did this:

Everything organized by category dumped into the freezer bags I bought last time we went shopping, even though I didn't know why I bought them at the time. Hopefully it doesn't take five minutes to find a bandaid while I do the potty dance anymore. lol

Then we did this with my clothes last night:

Much better than the old solution, my ginormous suitcase laying on the floor with all of my clothes sort of thrown into it. Ah, the orderly-ness

Crazy Lil Thing Called Love

2007-02-08T13:21:00.000-06:00

So I'm sitting here listening to launchcast on Yahoo while I knit and read an awesome blog (which will be joining the others in my blogroll shortly) and "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders comes on. And it hit me... As of yesterday Dylan and I have been married for four months. I got all teary, I couldn't help it. That song really fits us right now. I think this immigration thing was easier when I hadn't heard anything back about my visa, as opposed to now, where I know a decision is coming and I have to keep fighting back tears because I'm terrified they'll make me go back to the states. And I don't want to. I love living in Canada. This is the most amazing place I've ever lived. I can walk down the street and I don't have to worry that someone is going to mug me or yell at me or anything stupid like that. I can cross a street and not have to worry about getting hit by a car (most of the time, but I'm more worried about drivers that can't stop on these snowy streets than I am about drivers who just don't care lol) I don't want to go back, Immigration Canada, do you hear me? Please please please let me stay here... Anyway, here are the lyrics of the day (yes, I know, they've been posted before. bite me)

"I'll Stand by You" The Pretenders

Oh, why you look so sad?
Tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now
Dont be ashamed to cry
Let me see you through
cause Ive seen the dark side too
When the night falls on you
You dont know what to do
Nothing you confess
Could make me love you less

Ill stand by you
Ill stand by you
Wont let nobody hurt you
Ill stand by you

So if youre mad, get mad
Dont hold it all inside
Come on and talk to me now
Hey, what you got to hide?
I get angry too
Well Im a lot like you
When youre standing at the crossroads
And dont know which path to choose
Let me come along
cause even if youre wrong

Ill stand by you
Ill stand by you
Wont let nobody hurt you
Ill stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour
And Ill never desert you
Ill stand by you

And when...
When the night falls on you, baby
Youre feeling all alone
You wont be on your own

Ill stand by you
Ill stand by you
Wont let nobody hurt you

Ill stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour
And Ill never desert you
Ill stand by you
Ill stand by you
Wont let nobody hurt you
Ill stand by you
Wont let nobody hurt you
Ill stand by you

Down

2007-02-05T11:53:00.000-06:00

Too depressed to blog today. So this is the only thing I'm posting. Yes, I know, I'm cheating on the "blog every day" thing. I don't care.

The List

2007-02-04T11:14:00.000-06:00

I don't have anything interesting to blog about but I'm trying to blog every day, so I thought I'd post some of the things that are on my "To Make" list right now.

1.) I love this bag. It's the Brea bag from Berroco. But since I'm usually doing a lot while I'm knitting I haven't yet found the concentration to start this bag.

2.) I'm actually going to start this sweater as soon as I have a couple of projects off of the needles. It's the "Cardigan for Merry" from anny purls. I'm not sure what yarn I'm going to use yet, but I know none of the stuff in my stash is going to work. The only thing I have that would get the right gauge is baby blue and I am so sick of that baby blue yarn right now...

3.) This isn't a knitting pattern, but it's on the list so... Anyway, it's the Wee Bunny from WeeWonderfuls.

4.) This is the latest addition. It's the "Sweater Bag" from Lionbrand. I love cables, can you tell??

New Arrival

2007-02-03T23:13:00.000-06:00

I'd like to announce the latest addition to our family:

This is Zana and Doug's new baby Blizzard. Isn't he gorgeous?

He took to Dylan right away and spent most of the visit on the couch between Dylan and I. He didn't want to leave when Zana and Doug wanted to leave either. lol

He learned the cardinal rule of being an animal in this family: Grandma is weird.

lol

Naming the twins....

2007-02-02T17:20:00.000-06:00

Your Boobies' Names Are...

Bambi and Thumper

Boobie Name Generator

Yep, that's what I'm going to start calling them from now on...

Personality Test

2007-01-27T17:30:00.000-06:00

Your Temperament is: Idealist

Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self -- always this quest for self-knowledge and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or personnel work, in journalism or the ministry, they are gifted at helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potentials.

Idealists are sure that friendly cooperation is the best way for people to achieve their goals. Conflict and confrontation upset them because they seem to put up angry barriers between people. Idealists dream of creating harmonious, even caring personal relations, and they have a unique talent for helping people get along with each other and work together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be a romantic ideal, but then Idealists are incurable romantics who prefer to focus on what might be, rather than what is. The real, practical world is only a starting place for Idealists; they believe that life is filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings calling out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual dimension to life, the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to Idealists than the world of material things.

Highly ethical in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when they are false or insincere. More often, however, Idealists are the very soul of kindness. Particularly in their personal relationships, Idealists are without question filled with love and good will. They believe in giving of themselves to help others; they cherish a few warm, sensitive friendships; they strive for a special rapport with their children; and in marriage they wish to find a "soulmate," someone with whom they can bond emotionally and spiritually, sharing their deepest feelings and their complex inner worlds.

Idealists are rare, making up between 20 and 25 percent of the population. But their ability to inspire people with their enthusiasm and their idealism has given them influence far beyond their numbers.

Go take this quiz.

Hmmm... Brainwashing?

2007-01-27T14:40:00.000-06:00

Given Krystal's sudden burst of interest in knitting (*little happy dance*), I feel the need to confess that I may have had something to do with this. First came my discussion of the Harry Potter scarves. Then, while looking for a pattern for a hat for my mom (which never came to fruition b/c of my current obsession with socks... more on that later) I came upon this pattern and showed to to Krystal. Then came the question I had been waiting to hear. "Do you think I could knit that?" Before this point Krystal had only knit fun fur scarves on what I'm presuming to be big needles. (Fiber snobs shudder here. The rest of us will go on without you, you can catch up later.) I say sure and point her toward knittinghelp.com. She buys yarn and needles (at least I think. I was relatively uninvolved at this point). I explain k4 p4 rib. Then stockinette stitch. Then how to change colors. She perseveres and I just about pop in pride. Still unconvinced I've converted another one (after Jean's somewhat failed conversion...) I wait patiently. Finally the call comes. "Angie I finished my hat!" I grin and wait somewhat nervously. I have mentioned the Calorimetry I made for myself and posted pics of it here on my blog. Then comes the question. "Do you think I could knit that?" I make a graphic explaining short rows and post it here on the blog. And she knit a calorimetry too. And now what is she making? A purse that actually contains lace. *shakes her head in wonder* I think we have a successful conversion on our hands here. Krystal, I'm here for you when you're ready for cables. Really. *grin*

What made me think of this? I was over at Yarn Harlot's blog (which helped me through the mindless knitting phase of the second toddler sock I've been working on) and I found this post. I'm glad to find out I'm not the only one who went through this process, though on my behalf I did most of it subconsciously. lol

On with the finished objects:

I have finished two pairs of socks in one week. Admittedly, said socks were done on pretty big needles (for socks) with worsted weight yarn. I'm still impressed anyway.

See that little ball of yarn up there? That's all I had left after knitting Mom's socks. It will be wound up into a neat little center pull ball and sent along with the socks just in case said socks should ever need darning. Also because it's so pretty I couldn't bring myself to throw it away and there's no project on earth I could finish with that much yarn. The light blue socks are size 4-6 and I have no clue whatsoever who they're for. I just felt the need to knit them. Maybe I'll send them with Mom's socks and she can give them to Aunt Violet to find a home for. I'm sure there's some kid at their church or something that could use some cushy, warm hand knitted socks.

See how pretty these really are? I had to tweak the color a little because they came out some odd shade because of the digital camera:

They're still not exactly the right color, Mom, but that's as close as I could get them. You'll see them when they get to Ohio.

And, as an insurance policy for the insanity that may ensue once I have some sock yarn and little needles,

I, Angela Renee King-Ferrier, hereby state that I, being of mostly sound mind and fairly sound body, understand that by starting to knit these socks:

I will be forfeiting my spare time, sanity, and reason.

I still intend to knit them. They came from this book, by the way.

Lyrics of the Day

2007-01-27T12:15:00.000-06:00

"Boston" Augustana

In the light of the sun, is there anyone? Oh it has begun...
Oh dear you look so lost, eyes are red and tears are shed,
This world you must've crossed... you said...

You don't know me, you don't even care,
She said
You don't know me, you don't wear my chains...

Essential yet appealed, carry all your thoughts across
An open field,
When flowers gaze at you... they're not the only ones who cry
When they see you
You said...

You don't know me, you don't even care,
She said
You don't know me, you don't wear my chains...

She said I think I'll go to Boston...
I think I'll start a new life,
I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,
I'll get out of California, I'm tired of the weather,
I think I'll get a lover and fly em out to Spain...
I think I'll go to Boston,
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind...
I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,
I hear it's nice in the Summer, some snow would be nice...
Boston... where no one knows my name...

OMG MY HAIR!!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-26T13:38:00.000-06:00

*blood curdling scream*

I hate my hair... Yes, if you know me then you know of the intense love hate relationship I've had with my hair over the past year and a half. I've gone back and forth, to cut, not to cut... Well, now that the wedding has happened and all that... KISS IT GOODBYE!!!

I can't take it anymore. I've been sitting here for the past two hours not knitting but detangling this oddly colored mess that I call my hair. When Dylan gets home and I've detangled it all I'm going to have him take a picture of it. I'll post it on here so you guys can tell it goodbye. Because next week after he gets paid it's gone. I know how much he loves it, but I just can't handle it anymore. My neck and head hurt all the time, I've got some weird scalp thing going on which I think stems from having my hair stay wet for days if I can't properly care for it right after I shower and from not being able to brush my hair as good as I need to, and I go through so much freaking conditioner. I've had a new bottle of conditioner for about 2 weeks and I've already used at least 1/5 of it. I mean, yes, it's cheap store brand vanilla stuff, but that's why I don't buy expensive hair stuff! I just use it up too fast! And I've been wanting to dye my hair since forever. I miss my black hair. Or maybe I'll go for a dark brown or something. I just have to get the bleached out parts chopped off.

In other news...

I finished Mom's socks and made a mitten and a sock. I'm going to sit down and make the other sock when I get off of here and then the other mitten. And possibly a hat. Why? Well, because I found this great book called "The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns" by Ann Budd. Basically it's the basic patterns for things like hats, gloves, mittens, socks... You just figure out your gauge and the size of the thing you want to knit then find the numbers you need on the chart. I need a copy of this book for myself. I remember seeing this book at McNally Robinson when Dylan and I were there last April, so maybe a trip across the river when I have some spending money is in order.

Hanson was on Deal or No Deal the other night and MY GOD is Taylor's hair... gay. *snicker* I still love Hanson, but that guy has been needing an intervention for YEARS.

Ike and Zac were lookin studly, as usual. Well, Zac's hair kind of resembled a toupee... but that hardly detracted from his studly-ness... I didn't watch all of it cause that show just irritates me for some reason. But it was pretty cool seeing them on something that isn't an episode of Much Music "Nosedive" lol

FO's....

2007-01-23T22:27:00.000-06:00

First, my early V-day present...

Yes Krystal, that is my book under my plant. And yes, I am reading it. Really. When I'm not, you know, wrestling four or five knitting needles at one time. Usually while cooking. Although I knitted a sock while cooking tonight. Pictures, of course:

That's one sock of two for my mom, with the pattern above it. It's lonely right now because I have to wait to buy more yarn to knit the second one. I may not wait. Depends on how long it takes me to knit these:

These being "Fetching" from knitty. Originally I was working on something for Krystal and then I kind of got lost. lol No, really, I got pissed off at what I was working on for her and decided to knit myself something to inspire me to figure out the "secret project" that I want to make for her.

In other "FO" news, I made Dylan something this weekend.

Meet the PSP eating monster (otherwise known as the "lets knit Dylan something for the psp because I need practice knitting something on dpns" project).

And there he is, spilling his brains. Notice how his eyes disappear when you open up his head?? Ok, I'm weird. I'm done. Before the weirdness continues... Oh someone make me shut up! *cracks up*

Lyrics of the Day

2007-01-17T16:40:00.000-06:00

"Lithium"- Evanescence

Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.
Oh but God I want to let it go.

Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone.
Couldn't hide the emptiness, you let it show.
Never wanted it to be so cold.
Just didn't drink enough to say you love me.

I can't hold on to me,
Wonder what's wrong with me.

Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.
Ah ...

Don't want to let it lay me down this time.
Drown my will to fly.
Here in the darkness I know myself.
Can't break free until I let it go.
Let me go.

Darling, I forgive you after all.
Anything is better than to be alone.
And in the end I guess I had to fall.
Always find my place among the ashes.

I can't hold on to me,
Wonder what's wrong with me.

Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.
Oh but God I want to let it go.

Short Row Shaping Tutorial for Krystal

2007-01-17T08:31:00.000-06:00

Gorgeous

2007-01-15T07:30:00.000-06:00

Lyrics of the Day

2007-01-12T09:04:00.000-06:00

How I'm feeling today. And no, this isn't about Dylan. This is about someone else. *sigh*

"Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go"- Pussycat Dolls

Sometimes
I feel I've got to run away
I've got to get away
From the pain
You drove into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
I think I've lost my light
For I toss and turn
I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you've given
Give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears
And thats not nearly all

Tainted love
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to run away
I've got to get away
You don't really want anymore from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you'll think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you've given
Give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears
And thats not nearly all

Tainted love
Tainted love

Don't touch me please
I can not stand it when you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
But I'm going to pack my things and go

Tainted love (Oh)
Tainted love (Tainted love)
Tainted love (Tainted love)
Tainted love
Tainted love!

Baby, baby
Baby, don't leave me
Ooh, please don't leave me
All by myself
I've got this burning
Yearning, yearning
Feeling inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad
You came into my heart
So tenderly
With a burning love
That stings like a bee
And now that I surrender
So helplessley
You Now Wanna Leave
Ooh, you want to meet me

Baby, baby
Where did our love go?
Ooh there's a burning...

Lyrics of the Day- Part II

2007-01-11T15:28:00.000-06:00

All my devotion betrayed
I am no longer afraid
I was too blinded to see
How much you've stolen from me

You want to know why I feel so horrified?
I've let my innocence die
You want to know why I can't be pacified?
You made me bury something
I won't be sleeping tonight

I only wanted a blessing made
Now I've been labeled a renegade
It seems so clear now what I must do
You're no immortal
I won't let them
Deify you
They view you as the new messiah
Deify you
Renew belief in some demented man

You want to know why it seems the passion's died?
We've all been living this lie
You want to know why my will's been fortified?
You've made me hunger again
Good luck sleeping tonight

I only wanted a blessing made
Now I've been labeled a renegade
It seems so clear now what I must do
You're no immortal
I won't let them
Deify you
They view you as the new messiah
Deify you
Renew belief in some demented man

All my devotion betrayed
I am no longer afraid
I was too blinded to see
How much you've stolen from me

Deify you
They view you as the new messiah
Deify you
Renew belief in some demented man

Ah Ha!

2007-01-11T13:26:00.000-06:00

I just learned how to knit backwards.

"Knit backwards?" you say. "How can you knit backwards? And just how useful is this?"

Most people find this technique useful for entrelac knitting where you have a small number of stitches and you knit across then have to turn to purl. But for me it just means never purling again, never turning a flat piece of work. EUREKA!!!!!!!!!

I hate purling.

Lyrics of the Day

2007-01-11T09:17:00.000-06:00

Sick of circling the same road
Sick of bearing the guilt
So open the windows to cool off
And heat pours in instead

Perfect in weakness
I'm only perfect in just your strength alone

All my efforts to clean me
Leave me putrid and filthy
And how can you look at me
When I can't stand myself

I'm tired to be honest
I'm nobody

Perfect in weakness
I'm only perfect in just your strength alone

Perfect in weakness
I'm only running in just your strength alone

I tried to kill you
You tried to save me

You save me
You save me
You save me
You save me

Perfect in weakness
I'm only perfect in just your strength alone

Perfect in weakness
I'm only running in just your strength alone

Life Report Card

2007-01-11T09:16:00.000-06:00

YOUR REPORT CARD:
Category	Grade
Love	A+
Friends and Family	B
Body	B
Mind	A+
Finance / Career	C
Your Life's Average Grade: A
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After You Die....

2007-01-10T22:18:00.000-06:00

After you die...
Heaven

After death, you will exist in heaven. Everything and everyone you love will constantly surround you for all of eternity. You lucky scoundrel.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Definition of Me:

2007-01-10T21:53:00.000-06:00

Angela Ferrier --

[adjective]:

Sexually stunning

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Baby it's cold outside....

2007-01-10T21:14:00.000-06:00

We're having a blizzard here right now. The buses aren't running at night for the first time ever (for me lol) and they're actually telling people that if they don't need to leave the house they shouldn't. It's going to be -40 here tomorrow (that's the same in Celsius and Fahrenheit by the way). Have I mentioned how much I hate snow? It gets into EVERYTHING. I submit, for your consideration:

That's the front door. And that white stuff? That's snow. Crazy. Snow can be pretty though:

I've been sick lately so I needed some instant gratification knitting. So I decided to knit Knitty.com's "Calorimetry"

This is a horrible picture of me, but I've been sick so I'm not too worried about it. Just ignore the acne I've been unable to care for, the wonky hair, and the raw red nose. Actually, I take that back, my hair's not that wonky. It's kinda cute actually. Anyway, in other knitting news, I started my Harry Potter scarf. I'm not knitting it in the round cause I couldn't afford that much yarn nor do I have that much patience. Just 1x1 rib, PoA color/stripe scheme, Ravenclaw colors (the movie version b/c I don't believe blue and bronze should EVER be in the same article of clothing).

I'm not looking forward to sewing in all those freaking ends....

And since I've been sick Dylan brought me home a few treats the other night. Including this:

Isn't he sweet?

From the mouths of babes...

2007-01-05T15:16:00.000-06:00

Today I was thinking about when I was living at home and I was remembering something one of the neighbor's kids said to me one time. I was sitting on the porch steps with her watching my parents do something in the garden and she said:

"Angie, I needed to come see you. You know why?"

"Why?"

"Because I love you guys. You guys are my neighbors and I love you!"

I had to fight really hard not to cry. Sabrina wasn't even old enough to be in school yet at that time. Imagine if everyone in the world was like that. Loving their neighbors. I didn't think a lot about that when I lived in Ohio because I knew all of my neighbors and was at least on a first name basis with them. But now that I'm here living in the city I think about that more. I don't know my neighbors. The guy fixing up the house next door says hi to me, but I don't even know anyone here in the neighborhood. I mean, Tammy and Dawn live down the street a couple of blocks, but they're family, not neighbors. I guess that's something I miss a lot. Knowing my neighbors and having that feeling of extended family. I hope that even though my kids will live in the city that Dylan and I will be able to still give our kids that feeling. That our friends are extended family for them. That feeling of knowing someone will be there for you if you needed them, even if they aren't necessarily family.

Determination and Lyrics of the Day

2007-01-04T08:23:00.000-06:00

So I've decided that I'm not going to quit writing. I can't. I forgot that I've got something to prove here. I need to prove to all of those people who used to tell me I was over imaginative, that I'd never be anything, that I can do this. I don't need their small town life, barefoot and raising babies. (I'd rather do it here in the city *wink*) I wanted to quit because I got scared. But that's what I've done my whole life. Quit, ran when things got scary. Bad stuff is going to happen to Aine. She's going to hurt. Because if she didn't, if nothing bad happened, it would be a boring story and not realistic in the slightest. Real life isn't all happy bunnies. I should know that. No one ever goes through life and never gets hurt. We are all scarred. We have all hurt in one way or another.

This song is inspiring me this morning. I can kind of "read" myself through it. But only a little. I think the powerful music these lyrics are set to is the biggest influence here.

"Away from me" Evanescence

I hold my breath as this life starts to take its toll

I hide behind a smile as this perfect plan unfolds

But oh, God, I feel I've been lied to

Lost all faith in the things I have achieved

And I

[CHORUS:]

I've woken now to find myself

In the shadows of all I have created

I'm longing to be lost in you

(away from this place I have made)

Won't you take me away from me

Crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins

I look into myself, but my own heart has been changed

I can't go on like this

I loathe all I've become

[Chorus]

I've woken now to find myself

In the shadows of all I have created

I'm longing to be lost in you

(Away from this place I have made)

Won't you take me away from me

Lost in a dying world I reach for something more

I have grown so weary of this lie I live

[Chorus]

I've woken now to find myself

In the shadows of all I have created

I'm longing to be lost in you

I...

I've woken now to find myself

I'm lost in the shadows of my own

I'm longing to be lost in you

Away from me

Baby Stuff is Taking Over!!!

2007-01-03T06:57:00.000-06:00

I've been making lots of little baby things lately. I'll post pictures later today once the sun comes up and I can get some decent pictures. As soon as I finish the hat I'm working on I'm going to start these:

Lion Brand Mary Janes Baby Booties

I don't know why I've had this urge to make so much freaking baby stuff. I mean, Dylan and I are still a LONG LONG way off from being parents. In the past three days (so far) I've made four and a half baby hats. That's a lot for me. And then I'm going to make those mary janes in red yarn. Anyway, I'm off to download a couple of songs I heard last night.

Survey Thingy....

2006-12-31T21:20:00.000-06:00

1. Yourself: Depressed
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/*fiance(e): Sweet but mopey
3. Your hair: Tangled and in dire danger of being whacked off
4. Your mother: Too far away
5. Your father: Jerk at times but I miss him
6. Your favorite item: My yarn
7. Your dream last night: I'm not puttin that on here! *blushes*
8. Your favorite drink: Anything alcoholic at the moment
9. Your dream car: A bus pass...
10. The room you are in: Our bedroom/studio apartment
11. Your ex: Uh... Probably Illinios/Indiana somewhere getting high partying her ass off
12. Your fear: No money, no food
13. What you want to be in 10 years? Raising two wonderful kids in a house that Dylan and I bought together
14. Who you hung out with last night? Dylan I guess
15. What You're Not? Okay... *starts singing that song by My Chemical Romance*
16. Muffins: Chocolate chip peanut butter
17. One of your wish list items: Money to get the freak outta here
18. Time: 9:25 PM
19. The last thing you did: Hugged Dylan
20. What you are wearing: Jeans, a red tshirt, and the sweatshirt Tammy and Dawn got me for Xmas
21. Your favorite weather: Fall, sunny days, any weather that isn't cold/winter
22. Your favorite book: Anything Laurell K Hamilton or Kim Harrison
23. The last thing you ate: PB&J and an oatmeal cookie
24. Your life: *scoff* Yeah right... entirely too much suckage going on and not enough fun
25. Your mood: Sad/Depressed
26. Your best friend: Dylan and Krystal
27. What are you thinking about right now? How messed up life is
28. Your car: What car? Oh, you mean the bus that I take when I can afford it/have the tickets to ride it?
29. What are you doing at the moment? Typing
30. Your summer: Family disfunction. Nuff said.
31. Your relationship status: Happily married. Not always PEACEFULLY married, but happily so.
32. What is on your TV? A wedding photo, an alarm clock, one of the garters from the wedding, and the little clay wedding angels Mom got us for a wedding present
33. What is the weather like? Freaking freezing
34. When is the last time you laughed? Um... MAYBE this morning. Maybe. If not this morning then last night
35. Who did you steal this from? Melissa (an awesome blogger who I know nothing about aside that she's a member of craftster ;) )

I'm done...

2006-12-31T16:33:00.000-06:00

I'm not writing anymore. I've taken down my writing blog, I'm putting away the disk I had my novel saved to. It's a stupid thing, a total waste of time. No one would ever buy a lesbian novel, so I quit. I'm done.

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2006-12-28T12:46:00.000-06:00

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groan

2006-12-26T19:15:00.000-06:00

What do you get for Christmas if you spend it with Tammy and Alicia? A hangover... More about all the Christmas goodies when I'm not so... ugh....

Song List II

2006-12-21T09:20:00.000-06:00

Here's the updated list of what I'm writing to this month. Once a month I get rid of the songs I'm writing to (unless I really like them or they work so well I can't bear to part with them) and get new ones. This month's songs are:

Depressing scenes, Scenes where I need Aine to go all "broody dyke" lol:

"Away from Me", "I Must Be Dreaming", "Fields of Innocence"- Evanescence
"Suicide"-Johnette Napolitano
"Imagine"- A Perfect Circle
"Gunnin"- Hedley
"Monochrome"- Helmet
"Every Day is Exactly the Same"- Nine Inch Nails
"Pain"- Three Days Grace
"Effigy"- The SmashUp

Angry scenes, Fight scenes

"Your Nightmare"- Eighteen Visions
"You Oughta Know"- Alanis Morisette
"This Calling"- All that Remains
"Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow"- Bullet for My Valentine
"Shithole Theme"- Charlie Clouser (This one is from the Saw III soundtrack. I wrote chapter seven entirely while listening to this one and the third song from the depressed list. It's instrumental and the tension I could feel in the song was perfect for the scene. I wish I could attach music to each scene of my book! lol)
"Deify" and "Guarded"- Disturbed
"Vampires" and "Whatever"- Godsmack
"Crawling in the Dark"- Hoobastank
"Killer Inside"- Hydrovibe feat. Shawnee Smith
"Freak on a Leash"- Korn
"Walk with me in Hell"- Lamb of God
"Shed"- Meshugga
"Eyes of the Insane"- Slayer
"Mudshovel"- Staind
"No Submission"- Static X

Everything else

"Say it Right"- Nelly Furtado
"Bella Luna"- Jason Mraz
"Go Away"- Jakalope
"Snow White Queen" and "Sweet Sacrifice"- Evanescence

I can tell that the tone of my book has changed, that Aine is depressed. The angry and depressed lists are longer than anything else.

Lyrics of the Day

2006-12-21T07:17:00.001-06:00

This is one of the songs I'm writing to. I'll be posting an updated list of those later. I just realized how dependent on music I am. I listen to music almost all day. I'd lose my mind if I went deaf!

Evanescence- "Sweet Sacrifice"

It's true, we're all a little insane
but its so clear
now that I'm unchained

fear is only in our minds
taking over all the time
fear is only in our minds but its taking over all the time

you poor sweet innocent thing
dry your eyes and testify
you know you live to break me- don't deny
sweet sacrifice

One day I'm gonna forget your name
and one sweet day, you're gonna drown in my lost pain

fear is only in our minds
taking over all the time
fear is only in our minds but its taking over all the time

you poor sweet innocent thing
dry your eyes and testify
and oh you love to hate me don't you, honey?
I'm your sacrifice.

[I dream in darkness
I sleep to die e
rase the silence
erase my life
our burning ashes
blacken the day
a world of nothingness
blow me away]

do you wonder why you hate?
are you still too weak to survive your mistakes?

you poor sweet innocent thing
dry your eyes and testify
you know you live to break me- don't deny
sweet sacrifice

Lyrics of the Day

2006-12-15T10:49:00.000-06:00

This is the latest song I've fallen in love with. I have another song off of Jakalope's newer album and I don't like it very much. It goes too far to the pop side of things. Not enough of the industrial side of the equation. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!!!!!! It's awesome. I think I've found another one that would impair my ability to write because of the need to dance. *grin*

Jakalope- "Go Away"

Why do we cry
When there's no more goodbyes
Don't wanna get left behind
Don't wanna be the voice inside

Suicide to think of you
But I still like the pain
The consequence of losing to you
But I still play the games

But I can see what you do to me standing over tall
And foolishly I act small
I can't explain how you've got me
Can't explain how you've trapped me
So I take what I can get whatever you give me will be the company
I keep when I run run run run from defeat
Oh oh, I wonder

Why do we cry
When there's no more goodbyes
Don't wanna get left behind
Don't wanna be the voice inside

I've sacrificed my own life
Just to see you satisfied
I gave it all up for one more lie
'Til I saw your other side

I can't believe what you do to me all alone in the crowd
And you can't go back now
Oh I can see this is done
You're irresistibly wrong

So I take what I can get whatever you give me will be the company
I keep when I run run run run from defeat
Oh oh, I wonder, oh oh I wonder

Why do we cry
When there's no more goodbyes
Don't wanna get left behind
Don't wanna be the voice inside

Why do we cry
When there's no more goodbyes
Don't wanna get left behind
Don't wanna be the voice inside

Gotta go away... [repeat lots]

Why do we cry
When there's no more goodbyes
Don't wanna get left behind
Don't wanna be the voice inside

Why do we cry
When there's no more goodbyes
Don't wanna get left behind
Don't wanna be the voice inside

Song List...

2006-12-12T14:21:00.001-06:00

Here's what I've been writing to lately:

Fight/Action/Torture Scenes or any Scene where I need Aine to be particularly violent or dominant:

Freak on a Leash- Korn
Pain- Three Days Grace
Head Like a Hole- Nine Inch Nails
Crawling in the Dark- Hoobastank
Maneater- Nelly Furtado (This one is kinda Aine's theme song!)
Voodoo- Godsmack
Miss Murder- AFI

Angsty/Sad Scenes or any scene dealing directly with Siobhan:

Pain- Three Days Grace
Snow White Queen- Evanescence
Gunnin- Hedley
Black Black Heart- David Usher
Comin Home- City and Colour
Love Like Winter- AFI
Call Me When You're Sober- Evanescence
Bitter Pill- Clam Dandy

Erotic/Love Scenes:

Oh My God- Pink
Bella Luna- Jason Mraz
More Than Anything- Hanson
My Love- Justin Timberlake

Misc. Songs:

Lips of an Angel- Hinder
Lying is the most fun...- Panic at the Disco
I Refuse- Aaliyah
Red Flag- Billy Talent

PMS Jokes

2006-12-12T12:50:00.000-06:00

In honor of "that time" which is rapidly approaching (*sigh* better save myself some dark chocolate, I'm gonna need it...) I'm posting some PMS jokes I found on the internet.

Ten ways to know if you have PMS:
1. Everyone around you has an attitude problem.
2. You're adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet.
3. The dryer has shrunk every last pair of your jeans.
4. Your husband is suddenly agreeing to everything you say.
5. You're using your cellular phone to dial up every bumper sticker that says "How's my driving- call 1-800-***-****."
6. Everyone's head looks like an invitation to batting practice.
7. You're convinced there's a God and he IS male.
8. You're counting down the days until menopause.
9. You're sure that everyone is scheming to drive you crazy.
10. The ibuprofen bottle is empty and you bought it yesterday.

Why don't elephants use tampons?
Well would you if you had to put it in with your nose???

A couple was traveling from the US to Canada by motorcycle. A border guard decided to search the bike for contraband. He appeared to be delighted when an OB tampon rolled out of the saddlebag. With great gusto he pounced upon it exclaiming, "What's this?" It only took him a few seconds to figure out what "this" was, and he stopped his search immediately and scurried away.
(I'm imagining this one and laughing so hard, given my experience with border guards...)

What's the difference between a woman with PMS and a wounded mama bear seeing her little one attacked?
Well, the bear is more docile.

Why does it take four PMSing women to change a lightbulb?
CAUSE IT DOES OK?

What do elephants use as tampons?
Sheep
Why do elephants have trunks?
Because sheep don't have strings
What's the moral of this joke?
Don't wear red sweaters!

PMS in the Bible
A preacher was telling his congregation that anything they could think of, old or new, was discussed somewhere in the Bible and that the entirety of human experience could be found there.After the service, he was approached by a woman who said, "Preacher, I don't believe the Bible mentions PMS [premenstrual syndrome]."The preacher replied that he was sure it must be there somewhere and that he would look for it.The following week after the service, the preacher called the woman aside and said PMS is in the Bible. He showed her a passage that read, "And Mary rode Joseph's ass all the way to Bethlehem."

These jokes came from the great website "Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health"

Bush

2006-12-12T07:40:00.000-06:00

*Note: Krystal, you don't wanna read this post. Leave now. Trust me.

I found a very interesting website today. It's ImpeachBush.tv. I guess there's a couple of bills in Congress aimed at either impeaching Bush or proving that he lied about his intentions in Iraq. That's better. Maybe there's hope for America yet! Now if only we can do something about those pesky little health care and gay marriage issues I could come home. I hope they do decide to impeach him. Hell, they tried to impeach Bill Clinton over something not even half as important!

Lyrics of the Day

2006-12-11T06:36:00.000-06:00

The video for this one is the real reason I'm posting these lyrics. It shows a megamart thing kinda like walmart and then every time it shows a product it shows the sweatshop it was made in. Pretty cool. I think it's sad that the world is that bad that an 8 year old has to go to work in a sweat shop so that her family can eat.

Rise Against- "Prayer of the Refugee"

Warm yourself by the fire, son,
And the morning will come soon.
I’ll tell you stories of a better time,
In a place that we once knew.

Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust,
We had a place that we could call home,
And a life no one could touch.

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Down!

We are the angry and the desperate,
The hungry, and the cold,
We are the ones who kept quiet,
And always did what we were told.

But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm,
In the safety of your home.
We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you’ve known.

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

So open your eyes child,
Let’s be on our way.
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way.

Keep quiet no longer,
We’ll sing through the day,
Of the lives that we’ve lost,
And the lives we’ve reclaimed.

Go!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help)
No! No! No!
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!

My obituary...

2006-12-10T20:36:00.000-06:00

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Well, I'm so glad Darth will miss me....

Lyrics of the Day

2006-12-08T10:30:00.000-06:00

I pulled this one out of Dylan's music file. I love this song, but I can't listen to it when I'm writing. It makes me want to jump up out of my chair and dance around. *cracks up* Not only that but I can't think of a single scene (yet...) that it would fit. The chorus is great, I think that's my favorite part. Anyway...

Amanda Marshall- "Sunday Morning After"

I woke up with a killer hangover
Hope it was worth all this pain
(I'd do it all over again)
By the time the party was over
Tequila was my claim to fame
(I couldn't remember my name)

I was dancing with Jake when I last saw my keys
That was my first mistake
'Cause, what happened to me?
I look down at my arm, baby
And something's lookin' back at me
And I cannot believe it

CHORUS:
Oh my God!-- I woke up with a snake tattoo
Oh my God!-- and I think that my tongue's pierced, too
Oh my God!-- Oh my God!
It's the Sunday morning after
And baby, who the hell are you?

I remember yelling, "Hey, DJ!"
"Jack the volume, I love this song!"
(And then it all gets hazy)
And my clothes are selling on e-bay
And I don't know what I'm gonna put on
(Where were my friends to save me?)

I blacked out I came to
And it's all such a blur
Had a blast, I assume
But I'm really not sure
Exactly where am I now, baby?
Wake up and tell me your name
'Cause this is insane

CHORUS

Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
My alter ego took over and took me on a fantasy ride
You can take me anywhere twice
But the second time will be to apologize

CHORUS x 2

Where am I...?, What am I...?, Who am I...?, How am I...?,
How did I...?...
2x

Phew....

2006-12-08T10:19:00.000-06:00

So while I was browsing around on the internet waiting for Krystal to get online, you know, NOT writing... grrrr... I found a list of LESBIAN fantasy novels. LESBIAN!!!!!!!!!!! *excited squeal* I was beginning to be afraid I was the only one writing this stuff. So I can relax. I mean, the market for that type of book is still limited, but not as limited as I thought, you know? Of course, the library out here doesn't have a single one of them, which sucks. There were quite a few I was interested in. Especially this series called "Tales of Emoria". The main character is a tortured soul, kind of like the main character of my book. It would have been interesting to read that author's take on the whole "broody lesbian" angle. Oh well. So I've been stuck on the same scene for days in my book. And what I've been able to write is so good I can't bring myself to take the scene out. So I don't know what to do. I can't move forward and I can't move back either. GRRRR!!! STUPID WRITERS BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lyrics of the Day

2006-12-07T10:08:00.000-06:00

I decided to post these lyrics because they have a very strong effect on me. Especially the last verse, the one that goes "If they could love like you and me...". I get tears in my eyes every time I hear it because I've thought that so many times. Anyway, here are today's Lyrics of the Day

Nickelback- "If Everyone Cared"

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

[Chorus:]
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing

Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
(I'm alive)

[Chorus x2]

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody died...

[Chorus]

We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died

OMG OMG OMG

2006-12-07T09:19:00.000-06:00

Ok, so this morning I made a blog for my novel so that it'll be easier for Krystal and Barrett to read and I had to set it so everyone could read it since they're not members of the site I've got it on (as far as I know). And I got my first comment. From someone I don't know. And so now I'm a little freaked out. My heart is pounding like crazy and all kinds of scary stuff. lol But it's so exciting! Anyway, that's all for now. Just thought I'd report that.

Damn Internet...

2006-12-07T08:02:00.000-06:00

I feel like I've been gone forever. Our internet went down and is only now back up. The good news is we've got an awesome new cable company and a bazillion more channels than we used to have. And if Dylan is using the internet, I can still surf a little bit (check my email, post on here if I had the patience to use the remote to do it letter by letter, read craftster) using the tv. It's pretty cool. Having to use the remote to do everything is a pain when I'm used to using a mouse and keyboard, but it's still pretty spiffy.
And now onto other news... Umm... Hmm... other news... Oh right! Well, I've started exercising every morning and I can feel my abs tightening up already. Which is pretty awesome. Every time I move the floor creaks so I don't do a lot. I've just started dancing until my heart rate goes up and I break a sweat, keep going for a little while, then cool down. I didn't know dancing could tighten your abs though. It's pretty cool. Now I just need to lose some fat so that those nice tight abs can be shown off! lol Plus I run up and down the stairs at least 15 times a day for one thing or another, so I'm getting awesome calf and thigh muscles. It's crazy how easily I build muscle. Pretty cool too, although I have to be careful about my arms or I'll get "burly" looking again. lmao Of course, the entire goal of the weight loss is so that once we're ready my body will be ready to get pregnant. Which will most likely ruin all of my hard work... I can't wait till it gets warmer out here so I can walk. I love working out. I know, I'm a freak. But it feels good. It gives me that high like I got when I got my tattoo, only a little less. Plus I know I'm doing something good for my body. Working out when you've got a cold sucks ass though. I can't imagine doing something more than dancing. My nose has developed this unfortunate running problem and I'd probably drown! lol Ok that was gross, but I'm in a mood this morning.
Also, I've discovered that I may well be a morning person. I love having the house to myself in the mornings after Dylan goes to work and his parents are still sleepin. It's so quiet and peaceful. And I feel so energized on the days where I've had more than 6 hours of sleep. lol Which is not today.
The writing is going well. Last Saturday I wrote 30 pages. 30 pages!!!!!!!! *little excited squeal* And then on Monday I sat down and wrote 25 pages. The past couple of days has been bad writing-wise, but I think that's because I've got this cold and I feel too foggy headed. Plus I get hung up on sex scenes. I don't know what my freaking problem is. lol So I'm going to be making a blog for my writing, posting each chapter as a blog post. Some people will get a link, a lot will not. And do you know why? Well, that's because I'm not ready for everyone to get to read my baby. lol Mostly just Krystal and Barrett and Dylan of course, although Dylan wouldn't have to read a blog to read it, all he'd have to do is pop the disk in and open it up. But the blog idea means I don't have to file transfer with Krystal every freaking time I have something new. I'd be doing that every other day at least and it's a pain in the ass! Anyway, I'm off to get my new blog together. Oh, one last thing! Dylan and I have a new couples email account. I'll be sending out an email to let people know about it soon.

Dark Faery Kisses

Meme

*groan*

There she goes...

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Lyrics of the Day

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Definition of Me:

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