Category: Natter
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Lean/Miren/Escuchen
Knitting has taken a turn for the dull here (not for long) so in the meantime, here’s a short list of my favorite summer diversions so far: Lean (Read)To Kill a Mockingbird topped my list of Books That I Ought to Read list, partially because it won a Pulitzer and partly because I’d seen the…
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Happy Thoughts
I’ve got my happy thoughts: 1. The new Knitty is up. Yes, it’s been up for like a week now. Humor me. 2. I have a cool bag to carry my knitting out and about in. Technically, it hasn’t been out and about yet, but it will be. Right now, I’m using it to keep…
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Housekeeping
As the perspicacious among you will notice, I rearranged and tidied up my sidebars a bit. Nothing groundshaking. Just… A blogroll, containing the blogs I read regularly. Ooh. Aah. Note I said regularly; there are other blogs I read, all of which are quite good, but not regularly because the authors don’t post regularly. (Yes,…
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One Week in Santa Monica
That’s where I’ve been the past week, con las hermanitas. West LA being the delightfully surreal place that it was, I came back feeling ebullient but slightly shell-shocked–hence the dearth of posts. I’ll try to sum up the trip here, and add pictures (taken on real live film) when I get them back. Day OneAdjust…
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It’s Good to Be Free
Hello Hello Hello School is out, and I am free!!!! Every time I think of it, I get excited all over again. After replenishing my soul with music (note title and intro are both Oasis references), I feel fully prepared to enjoy my time off. My first urge was to run to my LYS and…
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Just a Moment
I’m having a moment. Just a moment. I lost my religion Thursday. I passed Frail and Bedazzled yesterday. Would it be problematic if I were to stand outside and sing a Dirge to Earth and Sky? Stats: Three tests on Thursday (have only begun to study)Two presentations next week (les odio Powerpoint, dientes y los…
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OMG
101 Things One Would Never Expect to Happen (In the order they happened) 1. Winning the tooth-counting contest in Dental Anthropology. I really don’t know what to say about that one. (My grand prize doubles as an oversized-necklace holder.) 2. I’m off deskwork. Remember how I had an operation to improve my hearing this winter?…
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The Judicious Use of Elastic
You know that clear elastic jewelry thread they sell at every big craft chain? A little goes a long way. One thread through the waistband of my pleated skirt was enough to correct its tendency to give in to gravity. Had I known that when I made Monita these armwarmers last Christmas, I never would’ve…
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Movie Knitting
My treat to myself for surviving last week’s three tests was watching the Oscars. No homework during commercials, just my stash shawl. Say what you like about awards being fixed (which they are, or Pirates would’ve won for Best Special Effects. I mean come on–the effects in The Golden Compass even looked fake in the…
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Recent Obsessions
Of the musical variety include: Mr. Pitiful Monita y yo asistí a un concierto por Matt Costa, opened up by the Delta Spirit, and it was awesome. The only song I knew before the show was Cold December (iTunes free download many many weeks back), which usually reduces one’s enjoyment of the music at hand.…
Anti-Quotidian 