Stripes!

So I did the first set of stripes for my house tie, which makes me happy. My wrists are aching, so I won't be able to knit until later today. Unfortunately, I have no picture of said tie yet. I think I may run out of yarn, so I might have to rush out to Michaels to get some Patons Canadiana in the Bright Royal Blue colourway, which is pretty close to the Eaton yarn I'm using. Maybe not as soft as the Eaton yarn, but very close in colour.

I think I've figured out how the proper measurements for my DADA project. More happy. I might start it today, because it'll be a small project.

I started reading Return to Labyrinth #1 last night, and I quite like it so far. I'll have to send the library purchase requests for the other ones in the series.

I wrote a bit today. I was going to do memoir writing, but then I had a strange itch to write some passive-aggressive letters that will never be sent. Kinda like PostSecret. I think I was inspired by both PostSecret and Don Rickles' book, Rickles' Letters, which is all letters he wished he'd written, or something like that. The first letter I wrote was to my former karate sensei, the second to my Aunt Patti.

I should probably stop writing now, before my hands fall off.

Blech

Okay, so I'm not literally wasting away, but I certainly feel like it.

I got some writing done, though. I started some Labyrinth fanfiction and worked on my Harry Potter fanfiction. I read a bit of Blood and Chocolate, too, but not a lot.

My right nostril is dripping, which isn't very pleasant. On the upside, U2 are on Letterman this week (I missed them last night, though... damn), and I have the entire DVD set of Are You Being Served? out of the library. I don't think I'll be going to youth group tomorrow, though... dammit.

Oh, and I've also been in love with this song lately...

Sick :(

Yup, I'm sick again. My nose got stuffed up yesteday, so I took some Nyquil before bed. Boy, did that help me sleep. I woke up with a sore throat, so I took a throat lozenge that is NOT a numbing one! Yay! I hate numbing throat lozenges. They make my throat feel like it's sticking together - if anything, they probably make my throat feel worse. But the one I took is non-numbing, kinda like Halls Fruit Breezers.

My throat's better now, but I'm still stuffed up, and my right nostril runs sometimes, and I sometimes sneeze. I generally feel like crap.

Plus, I have an appointment at the dentist's to pick up and try on my new flipper. Whee.

So we wound up NOT going to the silent auction, and I didn't go bowling with the youth group because the alley that they were bowling at was too far away. Damn. So my weekend was spent at home. I hate having nothing to do on weekends.

And now it's Monday. I have a cold, I still have to get my dad to help me clean off the shortcuts and crap for Human 3D so that I can reinstall it...

But, on the upside, the library added the new items to the catalogue last night, including Milk. So I reserved that and a bunch of other things. Not many CDs that I fancied, though, and only one knitting book I felt like reserving, but there were a couple of National Geographic DVDs that I reserved. I put Dante's The Divine Comedy on my list, but I didn't reserve it. I wonder how it is.

Oh, and the library has one copy of the first Return to Labyrinth graphic novel! Yay!

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? ;)

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.

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.