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now, at long last, with pictures!
  • a Headline News cabled newsboy cap from Stitch 'n Bitch Nation
    headline news newsboy cap 5
  • deck o' cards notebook from ReadyMade
    deck o' cards notebook 1
  • Brainylady's basic cabled socks
    cabled socks! 2
  • another boring garter stitch scarf for myself
    rainbow Katia Nepal scarf 1
  • duct tape coin purse and keychain ID pouch
  • a birthday scarf for Nana
  • some junk out of wire
  • the scarf for Bill
active:
  • an amineko (yes, crochet - yes, in Japanese - no, I can't actually read the pattern)
  • a Dr. Who scarf (season 12 pattern) for the DH
  • a Linux illusion scarf
on indefinite hiatus:
  • a Wonderful Wallaby in Wool-Ease for Adler
  • the fuzzy steering wheel cover from Stitch 'n Bitch Nation for Lucy
  • a sleeveless top in Patons Fresco, semi-improvised pattern
  • Kitty Hat from Stitch n' Bitch in grey Wool-Ease
  • gigantic Wool-Ease T&Q sweater for the DH
  • skull & crossbones Christmas stocking
Hmm... the countdown seems to be broken - again. Until I can figure out why it stopped working, I guess I'll just update the thing manually.
  • 3 days 'til Bonnaroo!
  • 18 more days until Canada Day
  • 99 more shopping days until my b-day
  • 951 more days until W's out of the white house
I stole the idea for this cute little countdown feature straight from the far-superior blog bag 'n' trash, a fellow member of the mini knits webring. Wanna buy me something for one of these upcoming events? Well, I do have a Froogle wishlist and an Amazon.com wishlist. Hee.
  • Sufjan Stevens, Come On Feel the Illinoise and Greetings from Michigan, The Great Lake State
  • OK Go, Oh No
  • Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation by Michael Zielenziger
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

oh well.

Didn't quite make it here in time to get to 100 posts on my blogiversary. I am a bad blogger - but if you've been reading my ramblings for any amount of time, you already knew that. Oh well.

We're here at Mom's, and the place is disgusting, as usual. I mean, our apartment is bad, thanks mostly to me and my slovenly habits. But Mom takes having a houseful of crap to a whole new level. Johnny wouldn't even approach the door to the bedroom where we're sleeping until we moved a tottering stack of magazines from atop the computer box in front of the door (so placed because the cat has learned how to open that door on her own if we don't physically block her access to it). All Mom's plants are dead, there's cobwebs and creepy bugs everywhere, and we can't find where Mom might've left us any information on taking care of her RV (which we have come here to borrow for Bonnaroo). We're only guessing that the keys we've found are the RV keys - we'll try them out in the morning, and if they're not, we're fucked.

So yeah. Long day in a car, and then coming "home" to this. Mom is never allowed to leave her home for this long again, nor should she continue to be allowed to live alone. She needs to clean up, and you know if I'm saying this, it must be really bad.