Yes, it's true. Steen and I watched Twilight last night. It would have been unbearable, if not for the lolz ( Read more... )

Part I: The Train Ride That Would Not End ( Read more... )

just a note to say that I will get into the trip home for Passover soon-ish. Also, I have a knitting dilemma: do I start an octopus or a cuttlefish tonight? Decisions!

article on io9.com talking about the rampant bad-ass decay inherent in vampires these days. By Catherynne M. Valente, author of Palimpsest a book I should have finished but ran out of time before it was due at the library. (Promptly adding it to my holds list.)

And then I discovered that her blog is on LJ. And she has a Labyrinth mood theme ( Read more... )

After watching "A Piece of the Action" yesterday on my computer and commenting on the highlights to Steve via IM, I think I may need to start "live"-blogging Start Trek TOS episodes. For example ( Read more... )

Just got Best Letter Ever from my Remus... now to pen a worthy reply!

Finally did it! Although it was somewhat anti-climactic. But now I have a new lovely problem: what yarn will I get and what will I make with it?

Given that 1650 yards of yarn is A LOT, I'm probably going to end up getting something from KnitPicks, as that way I won't be spending $160 or so. :P Anybody knit with Swish DK?

1200 yards again! And this time I kept count by doing math problems in my head using the number of 50 yard increments I was on. Easy with number 6, very difficult with number 23. But it kept me on track, so yay! Also, made things slightly less boring.

This Saturday: 1650. I'm excited. I should start thinking about what yarn I'm going to get

1200 yards straight, bay-bee!

Next on the agenda: watching the New Yankee Workshop. I hope there are drawahs.

eta: so many drawahs! yay!

This past weekend was a downer because I had a nasty cold and barely even got dressed. But I had delicious coconut chili chicken soup, so that helped. Weirdly, I could only smell things I had eaten while blowing my nose ( Read more... )