My tongue feels funny

...and it's all thanks to the cinnamon caramel corn I ate yesterday afternoon. Plus, I think I have a blister on my tongue. Yay.

So it turns out that that the alley that the youth group is bowling at is too far away. Plus, my mom thinks it could have (and should have) been better planned.

1. I'll agree with her about the alley being too far away. In addition to that, one of the adults driving is the mother of someone I've never met.

2. However, the reason why it wasn't better planned is that Steven is going to be away soon. And I'm still pissed off because, when I told her about the idea on Wednesday night after youth group, she said right away that I couldn't go on Saturday (today), because we're going to the silent auction. What I want to know is: who the hell asked me if I wanted to go to the friggin' silent auction?!

...much better.

Hopefully I can pester Dad to FINALLY help me get rid of the empty shortcuts for Human 3D. Either that, or I'll ask Max to walk me through it via MSN Messenger. I'm getting real sick of waiting. And then MOM tells me that I have to keep pestering him, like she has to do.

I wonder if I should bring a book with me to this silent auction. That way, if it gets super-crowded like it did the night of the fall festival concert, I can sit either in the foyer or on the wicker bench and read. Or, if the loft is unlocked, I can hide up there - but chances are it's locked so that the kids don't mess anything up.

This weekend is gonna suck. Not only do I have to go to a silent auction, I also have a sore tongue.

A very long post

I am so pissed off with my mother.

I don't recall her EVER saying that we were going to the silent auction thing at the church. She may have said something, but I can't remember. So now I can't go bowling with the youth group on Saturday.

Well, if by Saturday I am STILL not allowed to go bowling with the youth group, I'm staying home. No way am I going to that silent auction. The last time we went to a silent auction event (which was the fall festival concert/silent auction a few years ago), I wound up between two tables. This silent auction is a fundraiser, I think, with Indian dancers performing. I'm sure the dancers would be great to watch, and I have nothing against it. I just don't want to go.

I'd rather stay home and:

• Listen to the Galaxie music stations real loud
• Read a book
• Watch a movie - probably Rocky Horror or Shock Treatment. Although, I do have the second Harry Potter movie, which I haven't watched in a while, along with The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And many others. Hell, if I still have Labyrinth out of the library on Saturday night, maybe I'll watch THAT again. David Bowie looks quite dashing in it - I love how he says to Sarah (Jennifer Connolley), "Forget about the baby." Just the way he says it is oddly alluring.
• Eat junk food
• Play Final Fantasy VIII (if I can figure out how to use my PSone with the new TV)
• Go on Facebook and change my status to something snarky

So yeah. I'm pissed.

I'm also on an 80s music kick. Especially Billy Idol.

My Calorimetry is coming along nicely. I worked on it yesterday while watching Labyrinth. It was the first time I watched it, and I loved it!!!

Youth group was alright last night. Riley was there for a bit, but he left partway through the meeting. Somebody threw a shoe at me, which pissed me off. I don't think it was on purpose, though - I think it was aimed at someone else. We played charades in the sanctuary, and then Emma turned the lights out, so I got pissed off and walked back to the loft. Then we ate chips.

And Vicky brought a guy with her named Patrick. He seems like a nice guy. I think he and Riley know each other from their old middle school.

I hate my mother. I should ask the Goblin King (aka David Bowie) to take her away, just for Saturday night, so that I can go bowling.

I hate my mother. She's nosy as hell, and always finds a way to guilt-trip me.

I hate my mother. In an argument (or a Very Loud Debate), she always thinks she's right and will not acknowledge that, perhaps, someone else might have a good point.

I hate my mother. She focused on turning my brother into a genuis while I was stuck simplifying fractions while HE got to do friggin' GEOMETRY!!!!!

...did I mention that I hate my mother? ;)

Just a quick post.

I really don't get it.

Okay, so I didn't do math yesterday. I was going to last night, but I forgot. So Mom tells me to do math after breakfast, even though I put down math for 1:00 PM on my schedule. I tell her that I can't always do math in the morning, and she gives me the 'you can't choose when you do math in college or university!' BS. Come on! Who says I'm gonna do math in uni, anyway?! Maybe I'll study friggin' fashion design, which probably only requires some adding, subtracting, multiplication, division, and geometry! Oh, yeah, and Mom? How come you NEVER let me do geometry when I was younger, huh?!

...I feel a bit better.

Writing!

All I did today was write, listen to 80s music via Youtube, and muck about on my computer. I tried to doctor a photo in Photoshop, but it didn't work out well.

Anyways - writing. I got quite a bit done. I started some Harry Potter fanfiction, and I worked on a story that had been resting for a little while. And I've found that 80s music helps with writing - I logged onto Youtube to put some music on, and in the 'reccomended videos' was the video for Billy Idol's 'White Wedding'. I love that video. It's so cool, and weird - like a Tim Burton flick. After that I saw a video for 'Rebel Yell' in the 'related videos', so I listened to that. I had noticed that in the 'White Wedding' video's related videos was the video for 'Don't You Want Me' by Human League, so I, being paranoid, checked to make sure it was the same one that AJ had put up on her Facebook page, then I listened to that, too. Awesome :)

I'm such a music geek :p

So. I didn't pester Dad to help me with Human 3D today. Maybe I'll ask him tomorrow, after youth group. I hope I can get to youth group.

I didn't do any algebra at all :p I did some polynomials yesterday, though.

Post-weekend wrap-up

Let's look at the list again, shall we?


1. Write another Awesome Quotes of the Week note on Facebook (including random quotes from Micaela, Emma and Vicky).

2. Listen to the second disc of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

3. Listen to The Legends of Classic Rock Sunday night.

4. Work on my Calorimetry. (worked on it while watching Hair)

5. Check Q107's listener club draws to see if there's a draw for a video camera. That way I can sing in the bathroom like Rin on the Rox - who just got their Youtube accound suspended! :( (didn't do that 'til today)

6. Pester Dad to help me get rid of the shortcuts for Human 3D so that I can reinstall it. (well, I pestered him, but he's going to help me with it tomorrow)

7. Wash my two favourite pairs of jeans (Dad wants me to wash his new t-shirt, too, so that he can wear it tonight. I guess he wants to wear it to poker.)

8. Practise singing in the bathroom when no one's around. I get embarassed if people hear me singing in the house. Maybe it's because Katie and Nathan used to tease me whenever they'd hear me singing along to something. Anyways, maybe I'll sing 'Hotel California' or 'Dream On' - I've been in love with both songs lately. (I sorta-kinda did, but I didn't have music, so it was terrible, so I'm not crossing it off)

9. Perhaps I'll start Twiggy Tweed, a purse pattern from Knitty. It's part of a KAL on Ravelry. I was supposed to start it a while ago, actually.


I went to the dentist's today to have my flipper re-shaped. Turns out that they had to take another impression for a whole new flipper. Dammit.

On the upside, I watched Hair Saturday evening, which was an awesome movie. I think I'll watch Labyrinth tomorrow.

Things to do before Monday

So here's a list of things to do before Monday...

1. Write another Awesome Quotes of the Week note on Facebook (including random quotes from Micaela, Emma and Vicky).

2. Listen to the second disc of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

3. Listen to The Legends of Classic Rock Sunday night.

4. Work on my Calorimetry.

5. Check Q107's listener club draws to see if there's a draw for a video camera. That way I can sing in the bathroom like Rin on the Rox - who just got their Youtube accound suspended! :(

6. Pester Dad to help me get rid of the shortcuts for Human 3D so that I can reinstall it.

7. Wash my two favourite pairs of jeans (Dad wants me to wash his new t-shirt, too, so that he can wear it tonight. I guess he wants to wear it to poker.)

8. Practise singing in the bathroom when no one's around. I get embarassed if people hear me singing in the house. Maybe it's because Katie and Nathan used to tease me whenever they'd hear me singing along to something. Anyways, maybe I'll sing 'Hotel California' or 'Dream On' - I've been in love with both songs lately.

9. Perhaps I'll start Twiggy Tweed, a purse pattern from Knitty. It's part of a KAL on Ravelry. I was supposed to start it a while ago, actually.

Cramps :(

Yup, the 'red tide', the 'crimson wave', has come. And I've got cramps. Joy.

Dad's got the sore throat I had last week, so that's not fun for him right now. I think I have a bit of a cold, because my nose was clogged with green snot. Yeah, it's gross, but how else can I tell you why I think I have a cold? ;) Actually, it's not too bad - Dad's throat is probably ten times worse.

Although, I am getting an earache at the moment. eep.

I talked to Holly on MSN, which made me happy. She's now in love with a band called McFly. I told her about the troubles with my first bone graft, and then we were talking about education. I spoke to Justin on MSN as well, but only briefly.

I'm glad that I got my 'curse' on a day like this - a day when I don't have to go anywhere. Not only do I have cramps, but I also have laundry to do, and two library DVDs to watch (Hair and Labyrinth).

I think Mom might pester Dad to go pick up a new TV either tonight or some day very soon. She told me this afternoon that she's sick of Dad insisting that the two TVs they were looking at had the same picture, or something like that.

I still have to work on Grandma's Clapotis! EEK!

I still want to make mittens. And a hat.

But I have to finish my Calorimetry before I start another small project :)

That darn Katy Perry

Yup, I have 'I Kissed A Girl' stuck in my head.

I was going to write a post after youth group, but I forgot. Youth group was awesome last night. We got no planning done, but we had a good laugh. I don't know how many times the topic changed! Micaela and Emma made me laugh, as usual. And Stone wasn't there, to my relief. But neither was Riley, which was a bit disappointing. Maybe he was busy. I hope he comes next week.

And Victoria was there! I hadn't seen her in, well, forever. When I said that, Elyssa said, "She's been here for the past two weeks", or something like that, and I told her that I hadn't seen Vicky in a while, 'cause I was away. Elyssa annoys me sometimes. I mean, just because Vicky had been there the past couple of weeks doesn't mean I had seen her. I wasn't there last week! I wanted to come last week, but I had that awful sore throat. And the week before that I didn't want to go, because my stitches weren't out yet, and Stone seems to like throwing heavy artillery (i.e. loveseat cushions :p).

So yeah. We had fun. We talked about all sorts of random things. Like Stephen's love life. GOD (or goddess), that was entertaining. I talked about my bone graft. Another member of the church, Mark, had stepped in to lead the group until Stephen came. Mark's pretty cool. Although I thought he was probing my brain too much when I told him that I had too many ideas for a career path. I mean, would he laugh if I tell him I want to pursue either radio broadcasting or fashion design as a career, and do music on the side?

Eh, I don't know.

All I know is that there's a sleepover in the near future, and I had an awesome time.

This is crazy.

I have this craving to knit mittens. And hats.

It's insane.

I've been trying to knit in the round on DPNs, without success - then again, I was using size 1 DPNs and Red Heart Super Saver. Hmm.

Now, don't get me wrong - I like Red Heart. But the partial skein I was using was being very splitty. And splitty yarn isn't good when you're trying a new knitting technique. But, in my defense, I have only sock needles. I'll have to try using fingering or my scraps of Rowan Lightweight DK. Either that, or I have to look for some DPNs in worsted weight sizes at Len's or Michaels.

For mittens, I might try either the 45-Minute Mittens pattern, or the Inner Child Mittens from Hip to Knit.

Oh, and I'm itching to start either a cardigan or a hoodie. I think I'll use my green Berella Muskoka to make a Mrs. Darcy Cardigan. I'm not sure what I'll make with my pale blue Patons Decor, though - maybe a long vest like the Talia pattern from Knitty.

So I've pretty much abandoned my February lesson plan, since I didn't really make it ahead of time. I'll still read up on black history, but I'm not sure how much I'll be doing this month, as I have a book on the history of Afghanistan and a book on the Spanish civil war to read. The latter is a very thick book. Plus, I'm reading 10 Things I Hate About Me, but that's a 'fun read'. I don't really have a book started for English, since I was sick for nearly a week and I had given up on Drop. I'll try reading it again over the summer, I think. For now, I think I'll read 10 Things, but for a more English-y book I'll probably pick up Howl's Moving Castle. Maybe I'll finally get it finished. It's not that I'm bored with it - I love it, but the font is so small, and it's the kind of book that, when you take a break from it, you have to read back a few pages so that you know where you are in the story.

I've also recently picked up Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Yeah, I know, I'm behind :p Hopefully I'll get it done for when the movie comes out in.... June? July? I can't remember which month.

For March, I'm going to finally pick up 1984 by George Orwell. I'll also read Macbeth. We have a book of Shakespeare's works, and I think Macbeth is included. I might look for Macbeth in a seperate volume at the library, though. They have some Shakespeare plays in single volumes - I'm not sure if there's Macbeth, but I think there's Hamlet. Ah, Hamlet - I watched the film when I was, like, nine. Hardly remember it, though.

I'm a big fan of The Reduced Shakespeare Company, though :)

I'm worried that my sore throat is coming back. Or it could just still be my dry throat. Oh joy.

This is getting to be a very long post indeed.

I have to get some more water.

Aha!

So it was actually the keyboard's fault, not the USBs!!!

I'm back at my own computer again, using the keyboard from the old HP. The first keyboard we had for the HP is probably gone - this one was the second for the HP. I think Dad got this one for the HP because the one that we first used was losing the paint off it's keys from being used so much. The only downsides to this keyboard are:

1. The keys are kinda clunky. I think it might be because it hasn't been used it a couple of months. Either that or it's because it's old.

2. It's so dirty that it looks like it's been thrown up on.

3. It smells like metal, which is kinda gross.

Hopefully Dad'll let me get a new keyboard, but I'm happy with this one for now. Sure, the keys are loud and clunky, but it's an ergonomic keyboard, which I'm used to. I'm not used to Dad's keyboard, because it's a standard rectangle. I'm also a bit used to having 'forward' and 'back' buttons, like the keyboard I was using before. Still, at least it works. That's what matters.

I got my Valentine's swap package yesterday afternoon!!! I don't have pictures yet, unfortunately. I got some Lindt peanut butter chocolates, two Peeps hearts, a picture of a giraffe and a lovely card. It makes my card look kindergarten-like :p I hope my swap partner loves her card and candy (and another small surprise!) when she recieves it.

So Mom and Dad got chocolates from Shoppers Drug Mart today - some for us, some for Grandma. They went to visit her last night (and didn't tell me where they were going - I thought they had gone out for dinner. Mom apologised, though), and by the sound of it, she ate a lot for dinner. I'm still recovering from my sore throat, so I didn't go yesterday. Mom and Dad left to go visit her and, once again, I'm staying home. My throat's better now, but it's still a bit sore - more of a dry throat now, though. Plus, I didn't have much clean clothes. I might be okay to visit tomorrow, though.

I started a Calorimetry yesterday afternoon, before my swap package came. It's easier than I thought. I'm using some Patons Decor in the 'Woodbine Ombre' colourway - cream, brown and grey. It's looking quite pretty.

I started watching The Sarah Jane Adventures last night (I'm borrowing it from the library), which is pretty cool. It's a spin-off of Doctor Who, but it's not as gritty as Torchwood. Sarah Jane is aimed at kids, and it's shown on CBBC in Britain and BBC Kids here.

I still have to watch Labyrinth, actually. I'm borrowing that from the library, too.

And Hair is in transit. Or it was, when I checked last night. It might be in now for me to pick up.

Computers do vex me.

Hi.

So my computer doesn't recognise my keyboard. I think the USBs have loose connections or something. My mouse still works though, and my right speaker, but for now I'm using my dad's computer.

His computer is friggin' amazing. It makes mine look prehistoric. Although I'm not keen on his keyboard - I don't think he is, either, because he was used to his old ergonomic one that he got when we were still using the HP. The HP originally came with a standard rectangular keyboard like this one, but Dad replaced it with an ergonomic one. I'm not entirely sure why. I think it was because some of the keys were losing their letters from being used so much.

I'm also pissed off at my mother.

You see, I was standing by the coffee table at 9:00 last night, mucking about with my pouch of knitting supplies (yarn needles, stitch markers, etc.), when I heard a loud bang coming from the front door. I opened it to find that flyers had been thrown against the door, and yelled "@$$HOLE!!!" out the door. It turns out that it was the next-door-neighbor's daughter, Hannah, who threw the flyers - she and her mom were delivering flyers. So Mom gives me grief over it. She told me that it could've been a guy out on parole who could've come up the stairs and punched me!

1. I'm a black belt. I know self-defense.

2. There are two tall, staff-like weapons used in martial arts that I could've used to defend myself.

3. Who the hell delivers flyers at 9:00 at night?!

So yeah... pretty pissed.

I've also had a sore throat, which has made me grumpier than usual, and when I'm sick, I don't appreciate having ANYTHING thrown against the screen door, making me jump outta my skin.

But seriously. 9:00 PM?!

GRAH!!!

Okay, so I have good news and bad news.

I'll start with the bad news.

1. The car didn't pass the Drive Clean test, so it's at the garage, probably to get thigns fixed so that it'll pass the test next time. This royally sucks because I wanted to get to the library, and if I walk down, I might have difficulty walking back because I don't know how heavy the books waiting for me to pick up are.

2. I have a sore throat.

3. A few days ago - I think it was Friday - the red colour in our TV went out. Now everything is blues and greens. It's not too bad now, because Mom tinkered with the colour so that it's closer to black-and-white.

4. I accidentally scraped my heel/Achille's Tendon on my computer chair last night.

And now, the Good News!

1. It's a beautiful day today. The snow is melting! I don't have to wear my ski jacket! I CAN SEE GRASS!!!!!! :D

2. Michaels has another sale on. 50% off Moda Dea Tweedle Dee!

3. I have a bunch of stuff to pick up from the library.

4. I finally finished my hood!!! I made the ties!!!

5. I'm in a real destashing and finishing mood (see above). I might seam the shoulders of my vest tonight, since it's three-needle bind-off. Easy-peasy. I also plan on using my off-white Fun Fur to make a long, skinny scarf.

6. I've narrowed down my Ravelry queue to almost two pages. I'm going to narrow it down some more, in fact.

This sucks.

Because Mom doesn't want to watch the Grammys, she put it on Sky High, which I'm pretty sure she's seen before. I know I've seen it at least once.

Anyways.

We visited Grandma yesterday, and she looks better than she had the last time I saw her. She smiled for Mom, and Mom says that her smile has improved. Grandma asked how my mouth was feeling, which was sweet of her. We saw Brian and Maryanne (Mary-Anne? Maryann? Mary-Ann?) - I think Brian is one of Mom's cousins. He said he hadn't seen me since I was much shorter :p

Church was good today. The service was Black History Month themed. Our guest speaker, Rev. Horton, was teaching the kids to play 'Telephone' - he was explaining how rumors get twisted around until they turn out to be different from how they originally started out, often becoming unkind rumors, like how people told rumors about Martin Luther King Jr. So Rev. Horton was asking the kids what their names were, and one girl said that her name was Reese (Reis? Not sure how it's spelled). He misheard her, so he had her repeat herself, and one of the boys said, "Reese - like Reese's Pieces!" Those kids crack me up.

The sermon was good, although I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have. He was a bit difficult to listen to, though, because he pauses a bit as he speaks. What was funny was how Beverly (the service leader for this morning) put a note at the pulpit telling him to wrap up the sermon, and he said, "I'm being reminded of the time." I guess he's been known to talk longer than he's supposed to.

I think we're going to visit Grandma again tomorrow. In that case, I should probably do more laundry.

I forgot-!

I totally forgot to blog about the prize yarn from the 600 party!

I won some Peaches & Creme cotton in two colours (black and red), two of each colour, from Juli. I love it. It's much softer than Bernat Handicrafter. It's such a pity that I can't get Peaches & Creme here, though.

I went to Dr. G's today to have the stitches taken out of my mouth. It didn't take as long as I'd thought - I think it took longer the first time, though. Maybe I had more stitches the first time. Anyways, I tried putting the flipper in, and he tried, but no luck. It won't fit. So, he told me to wait until the rest of the swelling has gone down before I try putting it in again.

Dad put the swap package for the Valentine's swap in the mail for me. I don't think it'll get to my swap partner by Valentine's Day. God/Goddess, I hate Canada Post.

Hi again

I'm back. Now then, more about my lesson plan! :)

Art: try to pick up manga drawing again.

Art: PAINT!!!

I should probably use my calligraphy kit, too.

World History: read the DK Biography on Martin Luther King Jr.

I think that's it.

I went to the library a few hours ago. I took back The Encyclopedia of Punk and Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin and picked up Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah and a book on Afghanistan. I still have a DVD in transit - The Sarah Jane Adventures, which is a spin-off of Doctor Who. I might have more in transit soon.

I also went to Shopper's Drug Mart to get candy for the Valentine's swap.

My stomach is still being weird.

Ginger ale is my elixer

I've had a weird stomach today. I've been eating in spits and spurts, instead of gorging like I normally do. Thanks to ginger ale and some Pepto, though, it's not too bad now.

In fact, I'm feeling hungry again.

Yesterday I decided that I needed to make a lesson plan, to which my know-it-all mother replied, "That's what I've been saying all along." I'm convinced that the reason why my education has been all weirded out is because...

1. She taught me science when I was younger, and now I've forgotten a good chunk of it.

2. She would focus on my brother and give me busywork to do while she turned him into a boy genius. Now, I know my brother was lazy and stubborn, and he needed to be badgered to do his work, but I was left hanging with annoying fractions, not-so-annoying English and a French book that I didn't really like. I used a science workbook as well when I was about 12 or 13, but I was still lacking something. For history, we had all these heavy books on Canadian history, or the childrens' books from the library. I honestly preferred the childrens' books, because it was the same stuff, but in an easier-to-understand style. And they have pictures. And the font is a good size. I also flipped through books from the library on the Romans and the Celts, and some books on Japanese culture and history. But something was still lacking. My mother now claims that she was going to order owl pellets for us to dissect, but she didn't, because I had told her that I 'didn't want to touch owl poop'. Well, that's a load of bullshit, because I had been reading Skellig at the time (great book, by the way), and I was interested in owl pellets. And, if I remember correctly, they aren't 'owl poop', because owl pellets are coughed up! And, I'm sorry, but Canadian History for Dummies and other textbooks aren't the way I like to learn Canadian history. I learn it in smaller chunks. Deal with it. And I can't learn science from a friggin' fact book, either! I've tried it, and while it works for some things, it doesn't work for others! And if you want me to study geography, I am not learning it from Don't Know Much About Geography, because that book is dry, boring, depressing and nigh colourless. All of the pictures are in black and white. That's no way to learn geography. I also don't want to read that awful book because I'm sick of Columbus (or whoever it was) rambling on about how the world is a pear.

I feel a little better now.

Anyways, I started my own lesson plan for February.

For Biology, I'm sticking with Human 3D. I have to ask Dad to help me get rid of the old shortcuts, though, so I can reinstall it. I guess when Windows updated, it dumped the program. Whee. I might also use my anatomy colouring book as a study tool.

For World History, I'm going to read through the Lucent Library of Black History books (I think that's what the series is called), for Black History Month. I'm also going to continue reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology until it's due back to the library on the 19th.

For Japanese, I'm going to continue watch Let's Learn Japanese, and try to practise writing in Japanese script.

For math, algebra. Polynomials at the moment, but hopefully I'll be rid of them in a few weeks.

For English, I think I'll read Roots by Alex Haley, and any library teen fiction I pick up.

For Art, Photoshop, Knitting, and maybe Corel Painter.

For Music, I started compiling a list of songs to practise.

For Creative Writing, refine my NaNo story and work on another story I started.

That's all for now.

Hiya!

I haven't posted it a little while :p

Mom and Dad went to see Grandma on Friday, and I stayed home. Dad says she still thinks that I had a birthday recently. We ordered pasta from a local restaurant for dinner. Om nom nom.

Katie came up Saturday. She and Mom went to see Grandma again, and I stayed home again. After Dad dropped them off, he came home and went on the computer, and I played final Fantasy VIII for a while. In fact, I played so long that I got a headache, and you wouldn't believe how long it took me to find a friggin' save point. Grah.

(What I don't get is why Mom and Katie had Dad drop them off when Katie was renting a car, but...)

Mom was so pissed off at Dad when she and Katie came home (they got a ride from Grandpa), because he hadn't made any dinner, so we ordered chicken wings. I got pissed off, too, because I assumed (stupidly) that I was also being blamed for the lack of dinner. Long story short, I ate some honey garlic wings and some onion rings.

I wonder if Dad ate the rest of the honey garlic wings. Mom told me to leave them for him, but I'm hungry now, and I'm not sure if he ate them.

Today was a rather good day. I woke up quite early - either 6:00 or 7:00. There wasn't much on TV at that hour, so Mom and I watched The Lab with Leo, which was interesting. I had a shower at around 8:00, and after I sorted some clothes out (the top I got from Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas and my tigher-fitting jeans), myself, Mom and Katie went to IKEA.

The original IKEA plan was to get some of the juggling balls for Grandma to help with her reflexes, look at a reading lamp for me, and I think Katie wanted some kitchen stuff. We couldn't find any of the juggling balls, and I didn't get a reading lamp because there's 'nothing wrong with the one Dad has' (fine, then, he can set it up in my room). I did, however, get cardboard magazine files for my knitting magazines and patterns. Sweet! Katie got some shelves for her and Dan's CDs and DVDs, some tea towels, and a casserole dish. There were probably more items, but I can't remember them all.

What I found really funny was, in the self-serve area for furniture, there are signs that read 'medium-brown starts here', 'beech starts here', etc. I didn't notice them until Mom started reading them aloud.

The new items got added to the library catalog tonight :) So I went through the CDs first and reserved a Dire Straits compilation and Bruce Springsteen's new album 'Working on a Dream'. I could only reserve four items, unfortunately - the other two items I reserved were French Girl Knits and Luxury One-Skein Wonders. I put other books on my list, like a Nicky Epstein book.

Last, but not least - the Super Bowl halftime show. Bruce Springsteen kicked ass out there! Our next-door neighbor's daughter came by to drop off some knitting needles that she borrowed from my mom, and then she asked to come by again and to have my mom help her cast on. I myself was working on Grandma's Clapotis while watching the halftime show, which distracted me from the performance, so I may have missed bits of it.

That's all for now!