How hard would it be to modify this pattern to make an octopus for the fabulous Chiara? And could it be I've at last found a project that makes me think it might finally be time to learn to knit?

You, reading this. Fun Home by Allison Bechdel. Read it now, if you haven't already. I literally laughed and cried at once.

Kisses,
-Tracy

Dang! Saudi Arabia just put one in! At half time, it was Tunisia 1, Saudi Arabia 0, and more importantly it was Tunisia's first World Cup goal since their 3-0 victory over Mexico in Argentina 1978, which made them the first African team ever to win a World Cup game. So go them. If I knew how to say "Go Team!" in Arabic, I would. Especially now ( Read more... )

I'm sure that our decorating our house and wearing crazy orange clothes helped the Dutch soccer team to their 1-0 victory over Serbia-Montenegro today (the decorations actually first went up for last week's Holland-Mexico friendly match, but it's always good to get ready for the World Cup). But maybe getting up at 6 AM PST to watch the game was ( Read more... )

So my parents visited this week, from late Saturday night until about an hour ago, and that meant doing lots of projects around the house which in turn meant many trips to the hardware store. At one of these, I had a hilarious experience which I feel I must relate to you, my LiveJournal readers.

As you probably know, I'm not much of a girly girl ( Read more... )

Ths news story was just too funny to keep to myself. I mean, just the URL alone is awesome, and then you read the story and find out that the crazy cat in question is far less whack than any of the humans involved in the story. Hee!

And now I must race home to put out our CSA box even though I'm probably too late already.

Sometimes I think my fake Indian name should be "Answers Rhetorical Questions". In fact, I will now make that my LiveJournal name, because it amuses me. In other news, hail is loud and I hope it didn't break my garden, and my cat is freaky cute. Today's errand were very successful except the beauty supply store is only open on weekdays and I ( Read more... )

I am inordinately amused by the ad copy on the back of my Sea Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips:

NO STUFF... Chips you'll still respect in the morning.

The fools! If there are none left in the morning, the only one left to lose my respect will be me. But mmmm, chips.

Dear Internet,

Stop messing with me and my friends! First the fabulous Chiara's journal gets all borked, then Paul feels my pain in a way that's especially ironic to read when I'm sitting in bed getting hungrier and hungrier while I'm trapped under my laptop, and finally hey, by the way, reloading LiveJournal only brings more bad news, because it ( Read more... )

Just when I think David Bowie can't get any cooler, it turns out he wrote the music to like half of Lust for Life, including the title track, which will now be stuck in my head for days. Oh and look, there's Iggy in the background vocals to Low. I know, I know, I should've been raised in a cave on Mars and then I would've figured it out sooner. ( Read more... )