Topic #1

I have been wanting to really get a blog started but feel that I am lacking "stuff" to write about without sounding like I just like to hear myself talk because no one really cares about what I ate for breakfast. Well, there may be a few people who care, but I am the only one who will admit to caring about it (toast with jam!). So I looked around for some ideas. I came across a site that listed 100 blog topics. Topic #1 was: How I use facebook. Do people really want to read about this? They don't get enough facebook from facebook they have to go on unrelated websites to get more of a facebook fix? There is a movie about facebook now though, so I guess people really do want more. A better topic than "how I use facebook" would be: is facebook useful? Is it essential to our existence? What effect is facebook having on our society? Is facebook holding us back or is it just the next natural stage in our evolution? Does facebook create stalkers or does it keep us safe from stalkers by keeping them at a farther distance than just outside our windows? Does facebook bring us closer together or does it isolate us more? We can read what some girl from high school that we never actually talked to and probably didn't even know her name before facebook did over the weekend, but we don't actually have to contact anyone to find out what they are up to. We know more about what everyone is doing without any actual communication.................. So, how do I use facebook? Why do I use facebook? No idea! And yet it is almost always open on my desktop.

Update

School has been out for a while. No more assignments, no more exams..... Convocation on Thursday! It doesn't feel like I am graduating though. In fact it feels like the easy part is over and now for the hard part. I have applied to the human ecology department at the U of M for human nutritional sciences. If I get accepted, I will start in September (so no break at all, just like starting another school year right away). Theatre to nutritional sciences..... carpentry classes to chemistry classes......... easy to hard....... small school to big school.......Yeah, I'm terrified! Very very nervous.......

A few months ago (right in the middle of being extremely busy with school stuff of course) I got this brilliant idea to pick a knitting pattern book and knit every project in it in a year. I actually took a morning off studying and went to the book store and picked out a book (My memory wants to say that I stood in the rain that day waiting for the bus, but I know that is a lie because it was March! Silly memory!). Lucky I came to my senses and decided that was a silly idea because I don't have time to knit that much, as much as I wish I did!

I did start a new knitting project the other day. Delphine (lacy cap-sleeve top) from the book French Girl Knits by Kristeen Griffin-Grimes. I am loving it so far. The yarn feels great (Americo 100% pima cotton), very soft. The pattern says to do four pattern repeats of the lower edge pattern. I have decided to do six (and have done so already) to add length to the body. I have read many complaints that the top is too short and I like my shirts on the longer side (I have a long torso, or so I am told). I am making the smallest size and I hope that it will fit and not be too tight! But a little tight should be good for a top to wear with skirts. Now I just need to have this top finished before the end of summer so I can wear it with skirts!

New Year

Hello 2010!

Alright, exams are finally done for now. Time to knit! I cast on a new sweater on Jan. 1st. It will hopefully be finished before 2011..... It is a chunky yarn so that shouldn't be too hard. I still need to finish my last cardigan. It would be terrible to finish my second sweater before the first was done.

Too much school!

No time to knit or write or draw or jump or skip.... No time to even be writing this.

Sunny Day

It is finally a nice day outside... Beautiful blue sky and no rain at all... just what I have been wanting for so long, so naturally I spend the day sitting in a dark movie theatre. It didn't dawn on me that this wasn't the smartest plan for the day until I was walking home after the movie with my bag of ice cream in my arm.

Yes I bought a bag of ice cream, but not just any ice cream, it is the worlds best ice cream (which to me means cotton candy flavoured ice cream). And yes I opened up the containers at home and smelt them before sticking them in the freezer. This time, I promise they will last until Christmas... or at least until school starts.... okay maybe until next week.

I finished knitting the final sleeve for my Ebony Cardigan yesterday. I put the sleeves out to block last night (Is that even proper knit talk?). I am very eager to sew it up and try it on! Of course it still wouldn't be done after that. It will still need the button band and the collar (not necessarily in that order). I will reflect better on sweater knitting when I am all finished my first one. In the mean time my purple hat is coming along well. I worked out all the kinks while knitting Aminat's. There wouldn't have been so many mistakes if she would have given me more than a day to knit it. I haven't told her that I made mistakes and she never has to know because you really can't tell.... Honest!

There was a side walk sale at the yarn store yesterday. So naturally I make sure to give myself a reason to drive past it on my bike. The sale wasn't too great and I didn't go over board. I managed to refrain myself again from buying that deliciously soft yellow yarn that I've nearly bought twice before. I did however buy some wool yarn. I know wool hurts me, but I want proof that all wool hurts me. This wool is soft and I can't imagine it itching... as long as it doesn't make my eyes hurt.

It is nearly 7pm now and the sunshine should be nicely cast on the pool deck still, I am going to take my purple hat out there and try to enjoy the nice weather while it is still here!

Schools out!

No more Statistics class! I will never take another math class again.... I know I said this after my last pre-calculus class way back in high school... but this time I mean it!...... Chemistry doesn't count. I understand that there is a lot of number crunching required in chemistry, but that is just easy math.

Fringe is done (sadly) and class is done. I now get a month of guilt free knitting! (and writing and painting of course). I am going to push myself to get a lot accomplished in this month (oh no, that sounds like work, it's not suppose to be work, its suppose to be fun).

Knitting update: I am nearly done the ebony cardigan. I just have the two sleeves and the button band and the collar..... which does seem like a lot when put that way. But hey, I am done the back and the two front sides! So it is all just down hill from there..... but not in a stitch mistake kind of way of course.

...More study time

Test is tomorrow. I need to review my notes and do the practice test.... so why am I sitting on here typing this? Because I need to eat dinner of course, and naturally I need something to do while I eat.... I rushed home from work on my bike in record time (considering that I got hit with a very nasty cold today), no detours, just to study so that I can get a reasonable amount of sleep in tonight.... not going to happen. I'll be thinking about numbers and sigma's and alpha's and how to calculate p-value all night.

Study time

I am suppose to be studying right now as we (I guess "as I ") speak. Test for statistics on Monday morning. But studying is the last thing I want to do right now. I would rather scrub the toilet or do the dishes... Speaking of which I probably should do.... I have been so busy, and have not been home much other than to sleep and eat. I should probably vacuum too.... I cleaned the filter the other day so that I could.... No No No, it's study time now. It's funny that I have all this motivation to do things around here when I am suppose to be studying or doing homework. But when I don't have something I'm suppose to be doing, I don't feel like doing anything. When I have essays to write I feel like painting, the urge being so strong that I actually do pull paint and paint brushes out and paint the drawers on the desk I'm suppose to be working at. But when I have no homework assignments, I can sit at my drawing table and stare at a blank paper and have no will to pick up a pencil. But right now as I glance over at the table, I see my pencil crayon carousel and all it's plentiful colours, and I want to put those colours to that blank piece of paper and create something beautiful. Of course I can't do that right now and the urge won't be there come Monday afternoon.
Wow I am a terrible procrastinator! I am writing about procrastinating as I am procrastinating. I am procrastinating by writing about procrastinating... I am procrastinating so much that I had to write that twice.
Okay seriously now, I am going to study, because I will not get another A+ if I don't. I don't have time to cram all day tomorrow like I did the last time.

ummm..... I kinda feel like knitting right now.... Maybe I will do a few rows on my ebony cardigan to settle myself into study mode (I don't know how the two are related, but its seems plausible that knitting be related to everything).

New colours!

I have changed the colours of my blog. Horray!!!!

Intro Computer Class

I am in Computer class right now and my teacher is making us create a blog on here.