so this week went by both rapidly and very slowly in weird ways, and two days of it were spent lying around sick, but also in different ways.
-monday: after medieval culture class (boringgg) and work, i had a long long serious talk with amanda about life and so many other things. catharsis x infinty. then we went on a valentines day date! minus celeste, who bailed on us in favor of actually doing her job as a ta and holding office hours. how utterly responsible of her! went to lebanese taverna which was so so delicious! we shared spinach pies, roasted garlic humus (complete with whole roasted garlic gloves on top which were kind of too roasted and brown in color, which made me think they were dates or prunes and i was very confused), felafel which was decent but not the best, and haloumi cheese which was the best thing ever. i am a haloumi addict for sure! and everything was consumed in conjunction with enormous amounts of their pillowy, puffy fresh-baked pita. the staff and other people at the restaurant definitely thought we were lesbians on a valentines day dinner, and were giving us weird looks. even if we were a gay couple, what's it to them!? we had excellent luck with the bus schedule timing though!
- tuesday: french class was boring, we're learning about the political system of France which i already know all about and so basically, the theme of that class seems to be doodle while the professor tells me things i already know. then i had poetics and politics of sex, which is an interesting class, and we discussed casina and lysistrata which we had read for that week, but by discussed, i mean he lectured and occasionally posed questions which he then answered himself. he definitely likes to talk, but what he was saying was interesting at least. he didn't give us a break though and that class is from 1:30 to 4 so i had to run out in the middle so i could go to the loo. i wish someone would speak up and be like hey nils, we should have a break in this 3 hour long class no? then i came home and started my laundry and lazed about the house a bit, if i recall.
- wednesday: didn't go to medieval culture class, just didn't wake up and that class is a major waste of my time. ughhhh. i know i should go, but i didn't. who owns culture was very interesting this week, although rodini also spent most of the time talking to us instead of having a discussion. it was very interesting though, we talked a lot about UNESCO and the relationship between the art market/art dealers/art collectors and the art or cultural objects themselves and also the relationship to archaeology. a few archaeology majors in the class definitely enlightened us on some really interesting concepts, like the art historical provenance concept versus the archaeological provinience concept. Then i taught at Tench for Art Brigade! it was great, we did a civil rights themed project since its black history month, we didn't have too many kids and the volunteers on my day were great. Harley and Ham were there too and it all worked out quite well. then i went home, did work and made pasta.
- thursday: woke up with a ginormous ginormous sinus pressure headache. could hardly see straight and felt like my face was exploding from within. took a bunch of meds and skipped french, thought i would be ok by the time for anthropology and fiction but i was still miserable and in so much pain, so i missed that too and spent the day on the sofa. at night i felt well enough to go to this senior cocktails night, which was fun and weird. we got slightly dressed up, myself embodying both mary poppins and hermione granger while amanda looked like joan jett in her all-black ensemble and rockstar hair. the event was fun, and there was free alcohol, but the food was shmeh and i hadn't really eaten dinner before hand which turned out to be a huge mistake. i thought there would be more food there, but it was all pretty gross and what was good was minimal in amount. i had 2 glasses of wine and then weston's roommate nick asked me to hold his beer while he went to the bathroom i think but when he came back he had another beer so i kept the one i'd been holding. weird beer exchange// he's a weird guy, though he seems nice. then we went to pjs and ginger lunberjack followed us there so he could put the moves on A. s j and i found this incredibly amusing. drank 2 more drinks at pjs --- biggest mistake ever. i'd now mixed 4 types of alcohol: wine, beer, gin and vodka. at some point at pjs, i blacked out.... i don't remember leaving or coming home or getting into bed. woke up at like 7 am in my dress, tights, cardigan and COAT. oyyy veeyyyy.
- friday: spent the entire day INCREDIBLY HUNG OVER. never ever have i had a hangover like this. i couldn't believe i had blacked out and didn't remember the last quarter of the night. luckily i didn't do anything too embarassing, according to jen, except dance wildly in the pub where no one really dances, jovially greet someone i was friends with freshman year but haven't talked to in 3 years, and try to help jen flirt with a tall dude. apparently i also ran around and was hyper and cheerful, and no one could tell i was black-out which is good. sarah was also super hungover so we comiserated and spent the day dying on the couches. eventually i had to go to work at 5 and that was a huge struggle. i have seriously never been hung over this way. it was like extreme hangover: lightweight edition. went to work, rented some dvds and had a movie/pizza/chill night with jen.
- saturday (today): compared to yesterday's total unproductivity, today i am super woman. woke up early and went to the farmer's market with sarah around 10:45/11:00. We got some beets, olive bread, tangerines, green beans, and i got a veggie empenada for lunch/brunch/whatever. delicious! when i asked the guy what was in the veggie empenada he said "the veggie empenada..... it contains.... veggies." UM THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. "right... what kinds of vegetables are in it?"- me. "ohhh..... *reads lists of ingredients off a piece of paper where he had them all typed out* and cheddar cheese." - empenada man who had ginger dreadlocks. he then proceeded to flirt with sarah. barf. but the empenada was delish. then we went to the bank, i deposited my paychecks (wooooo monayyyy), and then to eddie's to get milk and cereal and a few other things. and then starbucks, because, well just because. accomplished all this before noon! hyper productivity! once we got home we started cleaning the apt because we're having a party tonight, or rather jen is hosting the volleyball teams mixer and its then opening up to an open-party at about 10 or 10:30. im going to a potluck at the ginger lumberjacks house tonight, which i imagine to be covered entirely in rust-colored corduroy and buffalo plaid. trying to get A to go with me, but i think she's hesitant to show up for a communal meal at his house.... awkwardness potential very high. started cleaning my room but it's still a HUGE HUGE mess. oyyyy.
so now i'm just sitting at work, blogging instead of doing the readings for poetics/politics. need to come up with a way to shorten the name of that class, a la maniere de "anthro-fic" for anthropology and fiction, for which i have readings to catch up on. ayyyy. but it's the weekend and i survived a massive hang over so REJOICE.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
anndd we're back
it's been so long since i last blogged (haha i almost wrote globbed) but it doesn't seem that way to me. Well, the first few weeks of the semester have been busy and tiring and full of random fun but also beaucoup de frustration. highlights:
- Celesteypoo turned 21!!! We went out to dinner at Mezze aka where the HEAVENLY food comes from
spinach fritters, greek salad, out of control beet salad with oranges and walnuts, marinated feta cheese, fresh humus and babaganough and pita of course and more but who can remember the details when they are in a food-induced state of euphoria? i want to take my parents and noosh there when they come for my graduation because mediterranean food is our favorite and we won't have the whole meat-eater v. vegetarian tapas issue, except they will eat fish.
- C, A and I have begun dressing in theme every day so we wear things in our warddrobes we normally don't wear and also to combat the monotony that is the school day. So far we've been equestrian, zoological, Norse/viking, soft, russian (but like old country/ fur hat russian), and oceanic. A often wins ipso facto because her warddrobe is ginormous and she has a knack for theme costumes. I'm glad though because without these themes or any other direct encouragement to dress cute i tend to fall into my pattern of a grey shirt (why is half my warddrobe grey???), jeans and my caramel colored cardigan.
- things i've cooked: spinach-zucchini-feta patties, ginger blueberry clafoutis, mac-n-cheese-n-squash. lots of yumminess. and fattiness because CHEESE. i should start dieting/eating less shit soon so i can get in swim suit shape and also so i can snag a fella!
-classes: they're ok. la france contemporaine- ehhh kinda stupid and all things i already know, but ham and renee are in the class with me so that's fun. the radiator melted my shoe last week. medieval culture- so early so early so early, feudalism. poetics and politics of sex- too much reading for my sanity's sake, interesting discussions, hermaphrodites v androgynes. who owns culture- way too much reading, interesting guest lecture today, prof loves to give me the death stare when i come in 20 seconds late or drink coffee in class. doesn't she know who i am? ----> girl with coffee mug perpetually attached to right hand. anthropology and fiction- interesting reading, only had this class once so far, so we shall see how discussion/workshopping goes.
- getting closer to opening etsy shop. weeooooo!
- sleeping a bit more....
- drunken weekends
- picked up a shift at the circ desk since i didn't get as many hours as i wanted at av, interesting change, but involves more real work and less sitting at a desk and doing homework while people think you're hard at work as a student librarian.
- sooooo many textbooks
- dulce de leche amanda brought back from argentina = sex in a jar. speaking of sex, there are ZERO attractive/nice/friendly guys anywhere. got flirted with at av one day by a boy who was clearly a fresher. no thanks, 18 year old, take your little self elsewhere. got eyed by a fellow library worker who was fairly cute and wearing thick-framed glasses (ie sarah magnets) but couldn't tell if it was because a) he thought i was cute b) he didn't know who i was since i don't normally work circ and he was wondering who the new person was, or c) i had like spinach in my teeth or coffee in my hair or writing on my face. all of these things are not rare occurances.
- update complete!!!! also lemme just say this, ITS COLD AS A FUCKING ANTARCTIC WIND TUNNEL. frozen solid inside an ice tornado every time i go outside.
- Celesteypoo turned 21!!! We went out to dinner at Mezze aka where the HEAVENLY food comes from
spinach fritters, greek salad, out of control beet salad with oranges and walnuts, marinated feta cheese, fresh humus and babaganough and pita of course and more but who can remember the details when they are in a food-induced state of euphoria? i want to take my parents and noosh there when they come for my graduation because mediterranean food is our favorite and we won't have the whole meat-eater v. vegetarian tapas issue, except they will eat fish.
- C, A and I have begun dressing in theme every day so we wear things in our warddrobes we normally don't wear and also to combat the monotony that is the school day. So far we've been equestrian, zoological, Norse/viking, soft, russian (but like old country/ fur hat russian), and oceanic. A often wins ipso facto because her warddrobe is ginormous and she has a knack for theme costumes. I'm glad though because without these themes or any other direct encouragement to dress cute i tend to fall into my pattern of a grey shirt (why is half my warddrobe grey???), jeans and my caramel colored cardigan.
- things i've cooked: spinach-zucchini-feta patties, ginger blueberry clafoutis, mac-n-cheese-n-squash. lots of yumminess. and fattiness because CHEESE. i should start dieting/eating less shit soon so i can get in swim suit shape and also so i can snag a fella!
-classes: they're ok. la france contemporaine- ehhh kinda stupid and all things i already know, but ham and renee are in the class with me so that's fun. the radiator melted my shoe last week. medieval culture- so early so early so early, feudalism. poetics and politics of sex- too much reading for my sanity's sake, interesting discussions, hermaphrodites v androgynes. who owns culture- way too much reading, interesting guest lecture today, prof loves to give me the death stare when i come in 20 seconds late or drink coffee in class. doesn't she know who i am? ----> girl with coffee mug perpetually attached to right hand. anthropology and fiction- interesting reading, only had this class once so far, so we shall see how discussion/workshopping goes.
- getting closer to opening etsy shop. weeooooo!
- sleeping a bit more....
- drunken weekends
- picked up a shift at the circ desk since i didn't get as many hours as i wanted at av, interesting change, but involves more real work and less sitting at a desk and doing homework while people think you're hard at work as a student librarian.
- sooooo many textbooks
- dulce de leche amanda brought back from argentina = sex in a jar. speaking of sex, there are ZERO attractive/nice/friendly guys anywhere. got flirted with at av one day by a boy who was clearly a fresher. no thanks, 18 year old, take your little self elsewhere. got eyed by a fellow library worker who was fairly cute and wearing thick-framed glasses (ie sarah magnets) but couldn't tell if it was because a) he thought i was cute b) he didn't know who i was since i don't normally work circ and he was wondering who the new person was, or c) i had like spinach in my teeth or coffee in my hair or writing on my face. all of these things are not rare occurances.
- update complete!!!! also lemme just say this, ITS COLD AS A FUCKING ANTARCTIC WIND TUNNEL. frozen solid inside an ice tornado every time i go outside.
Monday, January 31, 2011
last semester ever.... maybe
Tomorrow is the first day of Spring semester, my last semester of college, which is hard to imagine/comprehend. Intersession went by very fast and now its back to the grind. taking five classes, possible i might have to add a sixth, but let's hope not. bought my books today, one class had 14 books, one had 9, and two had 1 each, and one had none, so..... i came home with 26 books. heavy heavy load, luckily i was at the bookstore after an art brigade meeting with ham and nona d and michael was there so he drove me back to my apt. ginger lumber jack hopped into the car on the way because he spotted us and needed help running an errand on shifty street near shifty, inferior liquor store. discussed focaccia with him and other bread goods. only way to not make it awkward with a boy you know for a fact used to have a thing for you and who knows you were nowhere near interested in him but want to be his friend is to limit the conversation to the only two common interests you have: baking and conspiracy theories. we always either discuss bread or zombies or aliens. anyways, it was less awkward than usual so wooot. great to see ham again and be reunited with her and nona d, or donasaur as we now call her, as we are the power trio! we had a lot of work to do for art brigade so our meeting was like 3 hours long, but we ate at carma's so it was tolerable, plus at least an hour was spent catching up. i had an apple alexander and a honey cappuccino, standard. the split pea soup looked more like green mashed potatoes and the girl eating it at the table near the front did not look particularly enthused so i went for the old standby instead of trying the soup.
speaking of soup, i made over the weekend a delicious curry- butternut squash- sweet-potato-apple soup that is soooo delicious! slightly sweet from the apples (though i used granny smith so not overly sweet), spicy from the curry, creamy, thick, warming, squashy..... major yum. thanks barefoot contessa, as always, inalicious! the reckster is supposed to get back tonight, Smcinty too, but seeing as its 1:23 am and neither have showed, I guess it's going to be Monday arrivals for them both. Miss them both but Jenbot and I have bonded a lot which is great. We have had regular date nights which ranged from cooking and watching bones on the couch (with wine), football party with homemade snack foods, going out to dinner or bars, and more often drinking tea and crafting while watching tv like the little old ladies we are. it's cold as balls but my new coat is awesome, though still entirely too big on me. never managed to get it altered when i was home. i'll wait till there's a warm week (above 37) and then i'll take it to some taylor michael recommended. speaking of, i haven't talked to taylor-dailurgh in ages. i miss her. she's awful at keeping in touch, though it's not like i'm super great. i should send her an email since she never responds to texts or gchats. i want to see philadelphia before i finish school on the east coast, or we could make a trip to dc together and see all the GW APA crew.
I was super nostalgic for France last night, and my experience there, and gruyere cheese. i was just missing the sense of adventure i had while there and how everything was a new experience, and just thinking back to how this time last year i was just starting off on my french semester, well, it's kind of sad now that it's over and a year away from present time. i loved france and want to go back, and i miss all my friends from the program. i was also anxious last night and kept having half asleep dreams that someone i knew was in the hospital. first it was annie, my biffle, and i had to go to upstate ny where she lives to see her in the hospital, she was in a coma and her parents were considering pulling the plug and wanted me to be able to say goodbye. talk about the absolute worst nightmare i've ever had, and i wasn't even fully asleep. even after i snapped out of that dream, i kept feeling anxious and sad about hospitals and sickness, until finally i fell asleep around 5 am. today i found out that my grandpa is in the hospital, admitted yesterday, and seems like he had a small stroke. he's fine now and there were no lasting effects, but it was bigger than the TFA he had during Rosh HaShanah, but the man is 88 it's bound to happen. he's almost 90 for goodness' sake. Still, the thought of him dying is absolutely unbelievable. he's my last living grandparent, since my mom is estranged from her family so i don't have contact with her father, who is most likely still alive because we haven't heard otherwise. frankly he's an awful person so i don't care one way or another, but my dad's dad, grandpa arthur, i love whole heartedly and being near him in college (since he lives in Maryland) has been such a treat for me as i saw him only once a year as a kid. Two of my good friends have lost their grandfathers lately, so that on top of the dream anxiety and the fact he's in the hospital have me on edge. He's spending the night just for observation and more tests, and he's on a new medication that should help, but i can't help but worry. i made him a scarf for his birthday this winter, and seeing his reaction to it and how special it was for him that i made it just for him was probably my most rewarding experience of 2010. i'm not ready to lose him just yet.
But he's fine, so I should stop waxing melodramatic and get to sleep. School tomorrow! Last first day of school possibly ever, and definitely for the next year or so! Wow! What a thought. I have no idea what I'm doing with my life but I am free and young and healthy and live in a peaceful democratic country where i have all my rights (what's up with egypt btw? i should call yoni) so i think i'm doing pretty well. fingers crossed for a good first impression tomorrow, maybe i'll even meet a cute boy!
speaking of soup, i made over the weekend a delicious curry- butternut squash- sweet-potato-apple soup that is soooo delicious! slightly sweet from the apples (though i used granny smith so not overly sweet), spicy from the curry, creamy, thick, warming, squashy..... major yum. thanks barefoot contessa, as always, inalicious! the reckster is supposed to get back tonight, Smcinty too, but seeing as its 1:23 am and neither have showed, I guess it's going to be Monday arrivals for them both. Miss them both but Jenbot and I have bonded a lot which is great. We have had regular date nights which ranged from cooking and watching bones on the couch (with wine), football party with homemade snack foods, going out to dinner or bars, and more often drinking tea and crafting while watching tv like the little old ladies we are. it's cold as balls but my new coat is awesome, though still entirely too big on me. never managed to get it altered when i was home. i'll wait till there's a warm week (above 37) and then i'll take it to some taylor michael recommended. speaking of, i haven't talked to taylor-dailurgh in ages. i miss her. she's awful at keeping in touch, though it's not like i'm super great. i should send her an email since she never responds to texts or gchats. i want to see philadelphia before i finish school on the east coast, or we could make a trip to dc together and see all the GW APA crew.
I was super nostalgic for France last night, and my experience there, and gruyere cheese. i was just missing the sense of adventure i had while there and how everything was a new experience, and just thinking back to how this time last year i was just starting off on my french semester, well, it's kind of sad now that it's over and a year away from present time. i loved france and want to go back, and i miss all my friends from the program. i was also anxious last night and kept having half asleep dreams that someone i knew was in the hospital. first it was annie, my biffle, and i had to go to upstate ny where she lives to see her in the hospital, she was in a coma and her parents were considering pulling the plug and wanted me to be able to say goodbye. talk about the absolute worst nightmare i've ever had, and i wasn't even fully asleep. even after i snapped out of that dream, i kept feeling anxious and sad about hospitals and sickness, until finally i fell asleep around 5 am. today i found out that my grandpa is in the hospital, admitted yesterday, and seems like he had a small stroke. he's fine now and there were no lasting effects, but it was bigger than the TFA he had during Rosh HaShanah, but the man is 88 it's bound to happen. he's almost 90 for goodness' sake. Still, the thought of him dying is absolutely unbelievable. he's my last living grandparent, since my mom is estranged from her family so i don't have contact with her father, who is most likely still alive because we haven't heard otherwise. frankly he's an awful person so i don't care one way or another, but my dad's dad, grandpa arthur, i love whole heartedly and being near him in college (since he lives in Maryland) has been such a treat for me as i saw him only once a year as a kid. Two of my good friends have lost their grandfathers lately, so that on top of the dream anxiety and the fact he's in the hospital have me on edge. He's spending the night just for observation and more tests, and he's on a new medication that should help, but i can't help but worry. i made him a scarf for his birthday this winter, and seeing his reaction to it and how special it was for him that i made it just for him was probably my most rewarding experience of 2010. i'm not ready to lose him just yet.
But he's fine, so I should stop waxing melodramatic and get to sleep. School tomorrow! Last first day of school possibly ever, and definitely for the next year or so! Wow! What a thought. I have no idea what I'm doing with my life but I am free and young and healthy and live in a peaceful democratic country where i have all my rights (what's up with egypt btw? i should call yoni) so i think i'm doing pretty well. fingers crossed for a good first impression tomorrow, maybe i'll even meet a cute boy!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
jacquard crochet update: i started a jacquard crochet project that i'm really excited about, after starting a bunch of other ones that didn't end up working out because i tried to design them myself and the counting was off. i'd actually seen these slipper booties a while back in an issue of a crochet magazine that is sometimes slightly granny-like but usually okay, and at the time i'd wanted to make them but didn't have the time or good yarns for the project. since i have done two major craft stock up trips this winter and have plenty of yarns and since i'd been super excited about trying out jacquard crochet, now was the time! here is the pattern, it's for cool slipper booties which was another factor in deciding to make the pattern since my pair of slipper boots is currently hanging on by a thread. I never wear them in public (unlike my regular slippers which can pass for moccasins) because they resemble the dreaded uggs, but they're so nice in winter when its fucking FREEZING outside, like right now at a blustery 24 degrees. i have always hated how they look, so it's an exciting prospect that i'll one day have an awesome, colorful, patterned pair that i made myself. knowing me, i'll probably try to find a way to attach soles to them to make them outside-friendly and then i'll wear them in public haha.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
friday update
still have not done laundry.
made cookies instead.
jen maybe broke her toe?
finished one intersession class that was only a 2 week thing.
zombie apocalypse movies.
pumpkin spice latte from chocolatea.
it's the weekend.
also, had a weird dream that had something to do with my blog last night, don't remember details but someone had read my blog who i barely knew and they knew all this shit about me..... weird thought.
made cookies instead.
jen maybe broke her toe?
finished one intersession class that was only a 2 week thing.
zombie apocalypse movies.
pumpkin spice latte from chocolatea.
it's the weekend.
also, had a weird dream that had something to do with my blog last night, don't remember details but someone had read my blog who i barely knew and they knew all this shit about me..... weird thought.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
major crochet geek-out:
JACQUARD CROCHET!!!
So I've always really loved the look of traditional Scandinavian sweaters, which are usually knit. The intricate patterns and colorwork are so impressive. Anyone who is familiar with the fiber arts/handicraft knows that colorwork is basically the hardest, most intricate, eye-squinting, and frustration-inducing type of knit or crochet that exist. For those who don't know, when you crochet or knit a piece with multiple colors, like a fair-isle sweater (what's up posh spice?), you don't cut the yarn and tie on the knew color every time you need to switch colors, because then the sweater or whatever you're making would have knots all up in its grill and would be all lumpy. Instead the technique, which is hundreds and hundreds of years old, is to run one color through all the stitches you're making in the current color in such a way that it's hidden inside/behind the stitches, and then switch to that hidden color when you switch colors. That way there are no knots and constant tying on new colors, but it means you're working two strands of yarn at any time, and possibly many more if the item you're crocheting has many colors. What results are beautiful crocheted pieces with pretty colorful designs, just like knitting, created in a traditional Northern technique that people in Scandinavia and the Baltic area have been using for centuries. Being of partial Baltic descent myself (sup Latvia) I find this connection to craft history really cool. I always thought fair isle was just for knitting and that crochet didn't have an equivalent, and I had major knitting envy, even though every time I try to learn to knit i end up injuring myself, others, and my ego. Then I found out about this! It's called either jacquard crochet or tapestry crochet, because like woven tapestries it's colorful and pictorial. I'm so excited about trying some of this stuff out. I've been eye-ing some crocheted mittens done this way but I think the pattern is too advanced to attempt now, I'll try to make some test swatches and just play around first. I found this site, wow!, which is amazing so I'll be futzing around with this all winter I'm sure. Also, you've noticed I figured out how to post links on the blog, so no more copied and pasted websites guys! Gotta go crochet for 10000 years now!
So I've always really loved the look of traditional Scandinavian sweaters, which are usually knit. The intricate patterns and colorwork are so impressive. Anyone who is familiar with the fiber arts/handicraft knows that colorwork is basically the hardest, most intricate, eye-squinting, and frustration-inducing type of knit or crochet that exist. For those who don't know, when you crochet or knit a piece with multiple colors, like a fair-isle sweater (what's up posh spice?), you don't cut the yarn and tie on the knew color every time you need to switch colors, because then the sweater or whatever you're making would have knots all up in its grill and would be all lumpy. Instead the technique, which is hundreds and hundreds of years old, is to run one color through all the stitches you're making in the current color in such a way that it's hidden inside/behind the stitches, and then switch to that hidden color when you switch colors. That way there are no knots and constant tying on new colors, but it means you're working two strands of yarn at any time, and possibly many more if the item you're crocheting has many colors. What results are beautiful crocheted pieces with pretty colorful designs, just like knitting, created in a traditional Northern technique that people in Scandinavia and the Baltic area have been using for centuries. Being of partial Baltic descent myself (sup Latvia) I find this connection to craft history really cool. I always thought fair isle was just for knitting and that crochet didn't have an equivalent, and I had major knitting envy, even though every time I try to learn to knit i end up injuring myself, others, and my ego. Then I found out about this! It's called either jacquard crochet or tapestry crochet, because like woven tapestries it's colorful and pictorial. I'm so excited about trying some of this stuff out. I've been eye-ing some crocheted mittens done this way but I think the pattern is too advanced to attempt now, I'll try to make some test swatches and just play around first. I found this site, wow!, which is amazing so I'll be futzing around with this all winter I'm sure. Also, you've noticed I figured out how to post links on the blog, so no more copied and pasted websites guys! Gotta go crochet for 10000 years now!
oops! forgot to blog this week.... well, it was basically the same as last week. intersession classes are tiring, have too much reading, and way more work/hours per week than their measly 1 or 2 credit status. Maybe it's because the other years I did intersession I took art history classes so I was more interested in the material, but these classes seem way harder than the norm for intersesh. Blegh! I've been staying up super super late, like 5 or 6 am, and sleeping horribly late on the days I don't have class, and mostly pulling all nighters on the days I do have class. I can't seem to make myself start on my reading before midnight the night before, and then I finish everything class-related by like 8 am, sleep till 11 or so and then get up and go to class. It's not a good system but i can't seem to function like a real human. I'm exhausted all the time and just want to crochet and sleep and watch gilmore girls and do nothing else.
some proactive things i did manage this week:
finished two scarves for etsy shop
started a pair of glittens/convertible mittens. very excited about these!
read for classes and did class assignments
went to the grocery store and stocked up on foods
made lentil soup (delicious, easy)
avoided getting caught in the two snows we've had so far
called mimz and caught up with her
made awesome girl rock/female singers mix to cheer up jess about her stupid schmuck of an ex-bf
still need to do:
tidy room
organize all craft supplies
sleep regularly
laundry
B&N run- need books and supplies and tape for wall decoration project
fun things i did this week:
watched football game with jen and john, which involved lots of snacks and then me falling asleep after i lost interest in the game. jen made her delicious and oh-so-bad-for-you onion dip and her chili cheese dip, which involved cream cheese en mass quantities so i only ate a bit of that, and i made cheese straws- classic cheddar/cayenne and mozz/parm/pesto which are so good it should be illegal. Also drank New Orleans beer that I discovered while there and is delicious and probably the only amber beer I like. Also found kriek and black currant flavored geuze at the liquor store when j and i went there to get beer for the football game. Waiting for A and S to return so we can all experience it. v. excited about the prospect of anything black currant flavored. one of the all-time best macarons i ate while in france was a black currant (cassis in french, there's your french word of the day) in honfleur while we were on our weekend trip to Normandy. Droooool.
some proactive things i did manage this week:
finished two scarves for etsy shop
started a pair of glittens/convertible mittens. very excited about these!
read for classes and did class assignments
went to the grocery store and stocked up on foods
made lentil soup (delicious, easy)
avoided getting caught in the two snows we've had so far
called mimz and caught up with her
made awesome girl rock/female singers mix to cheer up jess about her stupid schmuck of an ex-bf
still need to do:
tidy room
organize all craft supplies
sleep regularly
laundry
B&N run- need books and supplies and tape for wall decoration project
fun things i did this week:
watched football game with jen and john, which involved lots of snacks and then me falling asleep after i lost interest in the game. jen made her delicious and oh-so-bad-for-you onion dip and her chili cheese dip, which involved cream cheese en mass quantities so i only ate a bit of that, and i made cheese straws- classic cheddar/cayenne and mozz/parm/pesto which are so good it should be illegal. Also drank New Orleans beer that I discovered while there and is delicious and probably the only amber beer I like. Also found kriek and black currant flavored geuze at the liquor store when j and i went there to get beer for the football game. Waiting for A and S to return so we can all experience it. v. excited about the prospect of anything black currant flavored. one of the all-time best macarons i ate while in france was a black currant (cassis in french, there's your french word of the day) in honfleur while we were on our weekend trip to Normandy. Droooool.
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