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I just read about a project on flickr.com where you take a self-portrait of yourself every day for a year. I thought it sounded kinda cool.
Oh yeah. I'm supposed to link to Sarah Jane's Yarn Shoppe.

Did it work?

Independance Kinda Sucks...Not the Day. The Concept.

I'm bored and lonely. It's bad enough that I have to sit around alone all day when Chris is at work, but now that he doesn't come home at night, I'm bored. However, I am coming up with some really great knitting ideas.
It's the Fourth of July and there are fireworks at IPFW tonight. I think I might go, but I really don't have the money if I have to pay. My bank account is overdrafted thanks to Chris's mom's car going psycho yesterday in the parking lot at Hancock Fabrics. What an ordeal that was. It cost me $60 to unlock a car that isn't mine. On the plus side, the guy that unlocked the doors for me was a really nice guy. I should have asked his name. He looked like the kinda guy that would really appreciate something hand-knit. Like a scarf at Christmas. Oh well. Maybe I'll call back and get his name and send him a thank you card. That would be nice. Not like I have much else to do today.
The whole reason I was at Hancock was to look at buttons. Their selection is so much better than JoAnn's or Hobby Lobby. I'm going to start going there for buttons and also...Yarn! They have every Lion Brand yarn you could ever want. So, as I was perusing, I found this arcrylic/nylon blend that came in black. It's DK weight, so I grabbed some (cost me $5.02) and I am making Chris socks! I've never really made him anything before, so I thought it would be a nice little surprise for when he gets home. I just don't know how to wrap them.
I was up till 5 this morning working on the first one, which is finished except for weaving in the ends. Stephanie Pearl-McFee was right--Turning a heel makes a knitter feel smart. I finished the heel and I was just so thrilled to see it take a corner shape like it was supposed to. That was really cool.
I've cast on and worked about a half inch on the second sock, and once I'm finished with this one (tomorrow, probably. I can't keep pulling all-nighters like I have been), I was thinking about buying a skein of the pink Babysoft, and making some argyle leg warmers for myself. But at the same time, I don't want to buy anymore yarn until I make something out of the yarn I already have. I want to make Jenell a snood-type hat. I saw a girl in Chris's theater class wearing one and I thought Jenell would look great in one. But then I feel bad that I never finished Ande's panda, and I want to make something for her too.
My shoulders are starting to hurt from typing like this, so I'm done for now. But because I'm sitting at home alone, I'll probably keep blogging all weekend, even though I really have nothing to talk about because I'm sitting home alone. Ah well.
Happy the Fourth!

Death to Windows

My computer is dead. Death. Gone. I'm using Chris's really old iBook and it hates me. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need a new laptop. Why am I so positive that my computer is gone? Because Fort Wayne hates me. My car died. I hate both my jobs till I get fired from one. I'm poor all the time. And now my computer is dead. This sucks.
I've started making cardigans for Chris's neices. He's leaving on Thursday and my sister isn't coming to stay like we had originally planned. So, I'm gonna be stuck here by myself for four days. However, it's not like I haven't already gotten used to it.
Two weeks in a row. Why? Why does sucky shit keep happening? At least sucky shit that I have to PAY for. If it just involved sucky shit that is free, I wouldn't mind nearly so much.