Not much happenin'

...but I'm bored, so I'll write a blog post.

I'm using Firefox now, because IE 6 stops responding a lot. I don't like the bookmarks on Firefox, though. They're in a drop-down menu, which annoys me. But the tabs are pretty convenient.

I went to the library yesterday to pick up My Neighbor Totoro, InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler, the book on World War II, and French Girl Knits. is pretty scratched, so I'm hoping it'll play okay. If it doesn't, I'll tell the librarians that it needs buffing. The InuYasha movie is scratched, too, but not as badly.

And I went through the new items, which were added last night. I reserved The Wrestler, Frost/Nixon, Lost in Austen, Slumdog Millionaire, and a bunch of other stuff. Now that I think about it, I probably reserved more DVDs than books... oh yeah, I also reserved the new U2 CD.

Some 'me time'.

I apologize if this post looks a little disjointed. My mind is still a little foggy.

So, I still have that cold, and I'm still mad at Erica. The last few days have not been the most pleasant ones, after all the crap that's been going on. I just need to relax, only I keep dwelling on it all.

I still read on my bed with music on. It seems to be great therapy. The other day I listened to the Elton john CD I have out of the library, which is called Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player. It has Crocodile Rock on it, which is great 'cause it cheers me up.

I've also been watching season one of Gilmore Girls, also borrowed from the library. I forgot how much I love that first season. Rory was so young, Dean was so cute (and he wasn't a jerk back then!)... Jess hasn't appeared yet, though. I can't remember which season he first appears in. And it's been so long since I've seen the first season that, when the folks in the Ravelry group were talking about Max Medina, I couldn't remember that character much, just that scene in the drugstore where he runs into Lorelai. So when I started watching season one yesterday, I got to see more of Max Medina, and he's pretty good-looking. I don't know why I forgot about him except for the drugstore scene... then again, I was quite young when I started watching the series.

Speaking of Maxes, I got to talk to Max-who-used-to-go-to-youth-group on MSN. We didn't talk much, though. Holly was on for a bit, and Justin, too. Erica was also on, but I didn't say much to her.

I managed to watch two discs of Gilmore Girls yesterday, and I plan on starting disc three today. I have to get out of the house soon, though... only I don't know where I'd go. Maybe Value Village, to find clothes for Christmas. I plan on putting together a punk outfit for the holiday season :) I'd also like to look for plain skirts, since I find I wear jeans far too often. And I could probably use a pair of black pants, and a pair or two of jeans... I have to look in my pants drawer before I get jeans, though, because I may have a pair or two that I never wear... like those greeny blue ones that look weird on me. They can be laundry day pants, though...

I forgot to mention this morning. I got up at a decent time, with a stuffy nose, and remembered that I needed to put my duvet cover in the wash, along with some other clothes. I probably have to check on the washing machine soon, actually.

Edited because I didn't have the CD title exactly right.

One more little post...

I forgot to add one more thing...

I was so mad at Erica yesterday and the day before that I was feeling tired yesterday. So I decided to indulge a little - I sat in my room, reading Clapton: The Autobiography and listening to Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town, which is one of the CDs that I got out of the library. I love that album. I must buy it, or put it on a Christmas list. Last night, I could have listened to 'Badlands' on repeat.

Holly came on MSN yesterday afternoon, which was great. She hasn't been on that often, because she's been busy. We started talking about what we wanted for careers while I browsed the music-related pages on Facebook. Then I'd say something like, "EW a Bon Jovi page!" (I don't like Bon Jovi). And then, "OMG an Aqua page!!!!" And then I told Holly about the Aqua tape my brother had, which, if I remember correctly, he got from someone from the homeschooler group we used to be in. So I said, "I wonder if he still has it?" and Holly said that he probably took it with him when he moved out, and listens to it before going to bed :D So I said, "Knowing his girlfriend, she would probably make him listen to it!"

Good times :D

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I didn't get to the library yesterday. And now it looks like I might not get to the library today, either. 'Cause mom says that we don't have to go to the library today, we can go tomorrow, she'll give me change for the fine on Quadrophenia, yadda-yadda-yadda!!!!!! But wait, there's more...

She started yapping about the lack of tradespeople again. Are you interested in a trade, she askes. I told her what I want to do!

I WANT TO BE A RADIO DJ. NOT A BRICKLAYER, NOT A MILLWRIGHT, A RADIO DJ!!!!!!!!!!

...I feel better now.

So Momma's gonna watch her DVDs today. I'll probably read one of my library books while she's watching her library stuff. Maybe I'll even slap on the headphones.

I forgot to mention that when I was playing Final Fantasy VIII, I was getting lost a lot. I was in a tomb where you get lost easily. There's a side-quest in the tomb, and I started it by finding Sacred and beating him up. I left the rest of the side-quest til later, because I have to go to Deling City to tell the man what the Student ID number in the tomb was. All I have to do, once I get a chance to go back to the tomb, is find Sacred's brother and beat him up, too. Then I get the Brothers Guardian Force. Yay!

I still have to use the lamp and fight Diablo. I tried before, without success, but now that my main characer, Squall, has higher HP (yaaaay HP-Junction!), I think my party has a chance. And when I do get Diablo, I'll give him a cutesy name. How about...

Fluffy!

Another day of grogginess? SERIOUSLY?!

I'm still feeling weird. My stomach isn't as weird as it was yesterday, but I still feel a tad light-headed. Maybe I have a cold. I so do not want to go to cardio kickboxing tonight. I'd rather stay home and do push-ups and sit-ups. Squats, too. Besides, my workout music is so much better than the stuff they play in cardio kickboxing class. And the regular kickboxing class. By 'regular', I mean the non-cardio class where you actually get to hit people - just not too hard, or you get in deep, deep trouble. I love that class, but I can't go to that class because of the bone graft in my mouth. I can't wait until that fake tooth goes in! I know it takes this long for a reason, but I'm itching to kickbox a human being instead of a bag.

I swept a bit in the living room (I wanted to listen to that Bob Dylan CD I have out of the library, but the stereo wasn't reading it), then I went on the computer to load this morning's photos on the computer from my little camera, then I put them onto Flickr. Actually, I'm going to experiment... one moment, please...





Here are my fingerless gloves. They haven't been sewn yet, as you can see, but I'll get 'round to it.




Here is my kerchief scarf. I think I have enough cotton to make it into a wrap-of-sorts, so I put it onto a circular needle that Mom let me borrow. Thanks, Mom! :)




I took this a few days, maybe a week ago. It's my ruff - with a button! I was going to take a photo of the buttons, but I completely forgot.

And finally...




Mousie resting on my - wait, no, HER - chair. Ain't she cute? :)

STILL haven't gone to the library...

...But it's not my fault! A DVD is in transit, so my mom said that we'll go tomorrow. I think. I don't even know if the DVD will be in tomorrow. Sometimes they take forever to come in, other times they zip right in the library and on the shelf, waiting for me to pick it up and check it out. So, if I do go tomorrow, I'll have to pay 50 cents in fines for my two DVDs. I only watched one DVD, because the other, season one of Torchwood, I had reserved for my mom, because I was sure that she said that she missed some episodes on CBC. Oh well.

But when I do get to the library, I'll have two knitting books waiting for me, along with a book called Best Books for Young Adults and three CDs.

I have an icky stomach from eating chili, even though I mixed mild chili with Dynamite Hot Stagg chili. Bah. I think I'm gonna nead another glass of chocolate soy milk when The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin has finished.

Bored out of my mind

The good news, though, is that I'm on a two-week break from math :)

Plus, I have a good-sized stack of CDs to listen to, thanks to the library. Only problem is, I'm worried that I won't get through all of them. But why should I worry? I'll get through them. I only have Robert Johnson, The Rolling Stones and the rest of Jeff Healey to listen to. R.E.M., Ringo and The Doors are already listened to. I'll probably take The Doors back soon, though.

I watched Becoming Jane yesterday - I'm borrowing it from the library, too - and I loved it. A good knitting movie. I worked on my mobius wrap yesterday, and it's looking nice.

And now I'm listening to Queen. Exscuse me while I quote from Wayne's World...

"How about a little Bohemian Rhapsody?"

"Good call!"

Mall crawl

So my mom and I got dropped off at the mall so that I could get my last-minute father's day shopping done. It actually went well. I got him two golf shirts, and because I forgot to get him something for his birthday in February I got him a new corkscrew. We browsed in between - we were tempted to buy jewelry at The Bay, because they had nice earrings. We also went into a store called Green Earth, which has some funky stuff - jewelry, figurines, picture frames, that sort of thing. We also saw CDs there, one of which was a disco compilation. I wanted to get this Marvin Gaye CD, but I had no money with me. Shame... I like his music. We also stopped in a Coles, where we saw more CDs. I wanted to get Supertramp's Crime of the Century at Shopper's Drug Mart, but as I mentioned before, no money. Oh well - I'll see if I can earn money by doing yard work, then I'll go to HMV during one of their big sales.

Not much to talk about...

Not much has happened. I listened to The Legends of Classic Rock last night. The episode was about the Rolling Stones album Some Girls, which I think was released on this day 30 years ago. There was also a Major League Soccer game on - and Toronto FC lost to Houston. Oh well, my mom says that Houston's a great team.

I have more stuff in transit from the library. I can't remember it all, but the first album by The Doors is one of them, as is a live Jeff Healey CD.

Speaking of CDs, I made another 'calming music' CD. Not all of the songs are slow - three of the songs are one from a Beatles compilation called Anthology 1, one of which is a track called Seachin'.

So I think I'm on a Stones binge now. I'll have to see if the library has Some Girls.

Yay!!!!!!

I got to go to the streetfest after all. I went with my sister and her boyfriend. Mom didn't come, though, because it was too hot. It still is pretty hot and humid. I bought a used copy of U2's War, which is in fabulous condition. And it only cost me $4.00!!! I also bought two chocolate bars and a denim bucket hat. My sister bought me a snow cone, which ended up on the ground. Oh well. She also bought us three elephant ears (fried dough, not real elephant ears!), which we split between the three of us and Mom. We saw a fire-eater, who kept trying to get kids to volunteer in his act. He was scaring the girls a little, which was funny.

I have a slight headache - probably from the humidity.

Another ruff pic, and other random stuff.

The top photo is a recent shot of my ruff. Measuring the spine is a bit of trouble, because of the ruffles. The photo below the ruff is a shot of my dropped stitch scarf, which now has its ends woven in but needs to be blocked. The third photo is of my vest - or, rather, the right front piece of my vest.

I'm thinking that the vest will be good for wearing in the garden or to the library, because I could wear it overtop of a sweater instead of wearing a jacket, and it'll have pockets. Pockets are good.

I don't think I'll be doing much tonight, except for watching TV, maybe reading my library book, probably knitting. That reminds me.. I have to pick up a book and a CD from the library. The book? Keeping the Moon. The CD? Raising Sand!!!! I also have another CD in transit - The Honeydrippers!

Cake!

So yesterday was my mom's birthday. I got her a Cuisinart food processor with a mini chopper included, and my dad got her a camera case and a mini tripod. For dinner we went to an awesome Mexican restaurant. It's not one of those places where they only do tacos, burritos, gorditas, etc. It's a really good restaurant, and after eating their calamari appetizer, I don't think I'll be able to eat calamari anywhere else.

I was going to go to youth group last night (it got changed to Thursday this week), but I was so tired. I've been feeling really tired since Wednesday morning. So, at the restaurant, my mom asked me if I wanted to go to youth group or if I just wanted to go straight home. I was bawling in the restaurant because I didn't want to let anyone down, but I was so tired - I felt like I hadn't gotten enough sleep. So I went home. I'm glad I did.

My mom's birthday cake is really yummy - lemon and white chocolate. I had some for breakfast.

I feel better today. I'm probably going to go to the library today, because I have two DVDs to go back, and a CD to pick up.