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2012-02-15T06:53:00.001-08:00

Woooo! There's actually a little bit of snow stuck to our yard!

2012-02-14T11:20:00.001-08:00

Mmmm, coffee, danish, and cell bio, post vitamin d encouraging dogwalk.

2012-02-13T19:14:00.001-08:00

Me: we could watch some Sagan. Sometimes he's awesome, but sometimes he's a little heavy. Felix: know when he's heaviest? Me: huh? F: when he's in a blackhole.

2012-02-13T16:54:00.001-08:00

Doing what I do, I hear a lot of music: a perk. Right now: The Bloody Fucking Undies, who sound much smoother than their name implies. Like!

2012-02-13T13:49:00.001-08:00

Work and school, school and work...and dogwalks, fibre, food, fiction, music and laughter wedged into all the cracks.

2012-02-12T21:39:00.001-08:00

Having an out of character chocolate craving...

2012-02-12T10:37:00.001-08:00

Today is the day we meet the alpacas!!!!

Everybody's in the bed for a Sunday morning dogpile <3!

2012-02-12T09:57:00.001-08:00

You know it's love when you think even her morning breath is cute!

2012-02-12T09:55:00.001-08:00

2012-02-12T00:42:00.001-08:00

Ever read a description on netflix, and wonder how the EFFWORD *that* could have two hundred episodes?!

2012-02-12T00:10:00.001-08:00

I learned a lot of brand new stuff today, and it's a pretty awesome way to be. Apologies to Margy for the trial and error setup!

2012-02-11T11:04:00.001-08:00

So, when they say "write" a song...that means be able to reproduce it again someday? Or can I just record all of my noodling?

2012-02-11T07:51:00.001-08:00

I just remembered I'm an anti-federalist...which is pretty much a libertarian?

2012-02-11T07:41:00.001-08:00

Gotta finish ch hw so's I can ICS!

2012-02-11T00:07:00.001-08:00

Wurlitzer ssh-boom! Although there is no "bossanova" set percussion loop, the organ has a drum machine built into the pedals!! Wooo ICS!!

2012-02-10T16:05:00.001-08:00

Reservation for the 1st night of the new menu @ Granite Street! Now, to drop comps @ Discology, hit @renocollective desk concert, & head to Nick's art show!

2012-02-10T14:16:00.001-08:00

Exam: done. Prototype: ready for pickup. Rent check: in hand. Weekend homework: complete (6mins, 90%). Eff yes. Now: DOGWALK!

2012-02-10T12:58:00.001-08:00

Wooo, @Gourmelt Aloha Special for breakfast! Like a hawaiian pizza minus red sauce = friggin delicious!!

2012-02-10T10:36:00.001-08:00

Well that wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. Onto cell bio and CH!

2012-02-10T08:28:00.001-08:00

BIOINFORMATICS!

A little bit of all of us...

2012-02-10T01:57:00.001-08:00

2012-02-10T01:51:00.001-08:00

Almost drawing antiparallel AT & GC pairing perfectly. Only forgot a double bond in A that time. I <3 my whiteboards.

2012-02-09T23:04:00.001-08:00

Molecular biology is hard. Thanks for letting me study!

2012-02-09T10:16:00.001-08:00

It's not the art that's the problem, it's the marketing.

2012-02-09T00:11:00.001-08:00

It sounds like somebody beat something with a hammer and then someone else fired shots back...on my mind as we're speaking of random banging

2012-02-08T21:46:00.001-08:00

Half the time I cook, I don't want to eat what I've prepared by the time it's ready. :/

2012-02-08T18:33:00.001-08:00

Writing re: American Exceptionalism v America, an exp. born of European Enlightenment reminds me why I don't talk politics w/ just anyone.

2012-02-08T16:50:00.001-08:00

Leaving me a vm complaining about another company, by name, is not a good way to get me to want your business.

2012-02-07T17:53:00.001-08:00

Reserve book missing from library; went to bookstore, photo'd all relevant pages for next 2 assigments. Feeling clever.

2012-02-07T13:15:00.001-08:00

Getchell sits empty. :(

2012-02-07T00:38:00.001-08:00

"Greatbiggobsofgreasygrimygopherguts/choppedupdirtybirdies' feet/mutilatedmonkeymeat" (threw up in my mouth at 7, still disturbing at 30)

2012-02-06T21:06:00.001-08:00

Oh yeah. Homework.

Preview, Forest Lord...

2012-02-06T19:40:00.001-08:00

2012-02-06T14:09:00.001-08:00

CherryBear is booked through April. (woo!)

2012-02-06T11:37:00.001-08:00

Everytime I cut my own handspun, for just a moment I worry the whole thing will untwist.

2012-02-05T14:29:00.001-08:00

Foundation chain 5, *ch8 slst, sc, hdc, dc, tdc, dc, hdc, foundaton chain 5* repeat until vine is desired length, vary f ch as you like.

bed of nails

2012-02-05T03:37:00.000-08:00

2012-02-04T23:21:00.001-08:00

Homework complete! (and now I know what saturdays look like for the rest of the semester)

2012-02-04T21:01:00.001-08:00

There are few things as tedious as being forced to endure terrible amateur writing.

2012-02-04T18:09:00.001-08:00

Autobiographies are the dumbest genre ever. Seriously.

2012-02-04T02:39:00.001-08:00

Who loves snax and music? EVERYBODY! If your band loves the delicious mobile food vendors, dm @foodtrucksreno or @gourmelt for a spot!

2012-02-04T01:41:00.001-08:00

Wooooooooooo!

2012-02-03T21:35:00.001-08:00

Punk Rock Prom at The Alley! $5/$7 couples/21+ (here's hoping I don't impale my ass on a pinback)

Building a faux hawk for tonight's festivities...

2012-02-03T18:21:00.001-08:00

2012-02-03T18:18:00.001-08:00

So, we're gonna get gussied up for Punk Rock Prom, then go to dinner at Granite Street for pre-game...who's game?

2012-02-03T17:28:00.001-08:00

Sometimes a band needs way more design work than they think...and there went five and a half hours.

2012-02-03T11:05:00.001-08:00

Headed home to prototype it up!

Studly

2012-02-02T21:35:00.001-08:00

2012-02-02T19:39:00.001-08:00

I am on a friggin roll: every skein I've dyed recently is one to fall in love with. The emerald tones of the vine/leaves are LUSH.

2012-02-02T17:51:00.001-08:00

Today was long. Tonight is for playing with plaids and zippers and grommets and pyramid studs and paint pens! Wooohooo!

2012-02-02T10:33:00.001-08:00

just spilled an entire cup of cranberry juice into the paper and label stock drawer. EFFWORD!

2012-02-02T01:20:00.001-08:00

The label is booked sporadically for the next two months, have some time still to fill in: who wants to release a record? :)

2012-02-02T00:34:00.001-08:00

A lesson in not judging a record by its cover: current proj is flamenco guitar picking ep...designed by a total metalhead in red and black.

2012-02-01T13:19:00.001-08:00

John Winthrop was full of crap.

2012-02-01T12:50:00.001-08:00

Heavily honeyed chai tea: sooooooooothing to the rawness

2012-02-01T01:08:00.001-08:00

Forecast is for rain, but only for the 4 hours I need to be out of the house...does mother nature want me to skip lecture to heal at home?

2012-01-31T21:31:00.001-08:00

Am so hungry; all I can eat is soup: this is bull.

Fuzzy horns!!

2012-01-31T21:06:00.001-08:00

2012-01-31T16:38:00.001-08:00

Nothing like a fiber order delivery to assuage the loss of knitting up a whack of handspun and giving it away... :)

2012-01-31T10:42:00.001-08:00

DAMMIT. That.shit.is.GREEN. with darker chunks of green contained therein. This bodes ill.

Ever dye a skein so pretty as is you didn't wanna knit with it?

2012-01-31T10:00:00.001-08:00

2012-01-31T09:52:00.001-08:00

Twelve hours of sleep and a lukewarm shower later, I'm feeling like I can beat this thing if I take it easy. Thank goodness.

2012-01-30T18:54:00.001-08:00

I know my body is failing me when ice cream is not delicious. :(

2012-01-30T16:36:00.001-08:00

Superduperdoubleextra excited to collaborate with Nick on a piece for next month's Foxy art show (boiling espresso to dye wool brown now)

2012-01-30T14:09:00.001-08:00

Hey, I have a credit at audible (mostly, I listen to the NYT everyday, but once a month there's a book, too). What should I listen to?

2012-01-30T14:02:00.001-08:00

You know that part at the beginning of a cold when you still feel kinda ok, but lungs are stirring & everything tastes TERRIBLE? That's me.

2012-01-30T12:56:00.001-08:00

Fingers crossed the delivery I'm waiting for has occurred by the time I get home...

2012-01-30T11:42:00.001-08:00

Classrooms: bastions of infectious disease (I think I'm sick). In other news: designing a cool 2-color plaid is hard.

2012-01-29T23:50:00.001-08:00

Two evenings in smoky clubs = my lungs've been aching all day. Argh.

2012-01-29T22:22:00.001-08:00

Hamish Clark is a hottie. Just sayin.

2012-01-29T21:25:00.001-08:00

Woven scarves are fast, even when I stop for snax & a nap.

2012-01-29T13:56:00.001-08:00

Next up: the two people who replied needing scarves. Then: fingerless mitts & other small items.

2012-01-28T10:14:00.001-08:00

Dumdumdumdeedeedoodeeedumdumdeedoo

2012-01-27T21:23:00.001-08:00

This place is packed!

2012-01-27T08:28:00.001-08:00

We have an extra ticket to see Los Pistoleros and The Chop Tops tonight, anybody need one?

38g bulky & 41g worsted weight, spun from the same pencil roving

2012-01-26T23:55:00.001-08:00

Pure merino, same dyelot. Just wanted to make two completely different yarns from the same wool...success!

2012-01-26T18:21:00.001-08:00

Lamb pesto brocolli alfredo cheese ravioli: as friggin delicious as it sounds.

2012-01-26T01:55:00.001-08:00

Lalala lalalalala, sung to the tune of glitter, confetti, and streamers: god bless the adicts!

2012-01-25T18:53:00.001-08:00

Want to spin wool all night...and maybe will.

450g (about a pound) of Grey Icelandic Top.

2012-01-25T18:33:00.001-08:00

Rougher than Merino and Polwarth, softer than Texel and Swalesdale.

Thinking of a striped outer garment made of this and swalesdale...but not sure yet...spun the swalesdale two-ply right after I got the wheel, but want to spin mostly 3-plys from now on (they're just nicer all round).

2012-01-25T18:12:00.001-08:00

Oh man, that nap was good. Like, really really really good.

2012-01-25T13:27:00.001-08:00

There's a great deal to be said for living in such a way that my home is a sanctuary; I typically feel relief when I walk through the door.

2012-01-25T11:03:00.001-08:00

Argh. Feel like crap. On a mission to re-mail these hats, then home for a heating pad and a book.

2012-01-24T22:34:00.001-08:00

I love my ability to spin the yarn I want.

2012-01-24T19:53:00.001-08:00

Swung up now, thank goodness. Don't like this ride, though.

2012-01-24T17:24:00.001-08:00

Mail returned, another order delivered incomplete, and neighbor dog won't SHUTUP. Fuckin mood swinging straight down.

2012-01-24T17:21:00.001-08:00

Dear Jess & Carson: just got your hats returned in the mail; didn't know the rate increased from one stamp per ounce. Will resend tomorrow

2012-01-24T17:06:00.001-08:00

Have experienced every class once. Opinion of Dr. Howard has not changed, so seeing her 3x a week is a bummer. Otherwise, things look good.

2012-01-24T12:47:00.001-08:00

Bus just stopped for ten people with luggage = gonna miss connection...I'll be walking from downtown, running late and sweaty. Woo.

Post its are awesome for getting the math & symmetry straight.

2012-01-23T22:46:00.001-08:00

2012-01-23T13:55:00.001-08:00

Have decided that lamb roast via crockpot, while delicious, is a particularly excruciating form of dog torture. (our house smells DIVINE)

2012-01-22T21:33:00.001-08:00

The thing about buying eggs at costco is how empowered I feel to bake: I could make *anything* with this many eggs!

2012-01-22T21:28:00.001-08:00

Hot buttered apple pie moonshine, knitting #lanesplitter, Monarch of the Glen, oatmeal cookies: school starts tomorrow, am trying to relax.

2012-01-22T15:32:00.001-08:00

Just fell through the internet with my card held out: mawata, icelandic, rambouillet, merino, and "gloss" all on their way to my wheel!

2012-01-22T05:21:00.001-08:00

20% by circumference is 55g, = total of 275g (am slightly overestimating mass of 6s based on a 4 & a 7) = less than the yarn aleady spun! :D

#Lanesplitter progress shot; pattern has me cracking wise re: the biased meter maid, as I knit a yard of parallelogram

2012-01-22T04:22:00.001-08:00

Stitches still appear a bit hollow on US6 (post frogging of US7 attempt)...believe the answer is a bit of fulling before blocking...which will be fine since I'm already knitting it 6" longer than pattern suggests for my size and can plan ahead for a circumference increase as well (or not, as pattern calls for 0-6" neg ease)

2012-01-22T00:00:00.001-08:00

Cast on 108 (om namah shivayah) on US6 needles in wheelspun for @knittydotcom's Lanesplitter, seamless version according to Rav user alfa159

Future Lanesplitter. 50/50 Dorper/Texel for strength & 50/50 BFL/Merino for smooshbounce.

2012-01-21T22:13:00.001-08:00

Next thing I'm making from wheelspun, think the pattern will really showcase the yarns' different strengths (nice choice, knitty.com!).

Both are two-ply, the marled one is ecru/hunter green: can already see it with green tights and new boots.

Wheeeeeeeeeee, spinning wheel!!

2012-01-21T20:34:00.001-08:00

After a mission filled day (#punkrockprom outfits are gonna be awesome), we are headed down to try 775 Gastropub for the first time!

2012-01-21T06:36:00.001-08:00

Distant train, proximal rain; an ethereal backdrop to a persistent rhythm: one of my favorite lullabies.