New adventures

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I've decided to try learning to crochet again. I got books out of the library that explain things considerably better than the booklet I own, and now I've done two swatches in leftover bits of grey-green Red Heart - one in single crochet, the other in double. I might make a scarf next, using oddballs of Patons Astra in poppy red and canary yellow.

Because of my new-found crafty addiction, I have put a number of crochet books on my Christmas list, and I'm looking at yarn scraps with a different perspective. For instance, when I finished my dc swatch last night, I had a long scrap of yarn leftover and said to my mom, "I think I'll keep this, because there's just enough here for using in a granny square." I usually hold onto long scraps like that, but before I'd keep them for working into knitting projects, like keeping bits of cotton for working into dishcloths. I actually got rid of a bunch of shorter scraps, because they were too short for knitting with. I probably could have kept them for crocheting, but then again, they weren't the most appealing scraps.

I think I might use crochet to use up yarn that I don't feel like knitting with. For example, I have three big skeins of dark green Red Heart Super Saver that's a bit too scratchy for a cardigan, but it would probably make a good, airy shawl. One of my favourite things in the world is the afghan that my mom crocheted for me when I was younger, and if I had a more portable version of this, I think I'd be in crafty heaven.

This isn't the only artistic passion I've had lately, either. Just this morning I was making a warm drink when I suddenly came up with lines of a potential song or poem. I had this feeling a few weeks ago, too, when I was listening to a lot of Evanescence - I thought about how their songs are usually written from personal experience (i.e. "Call Me When You're Sober", about Amy Lee's breakup with the guy from Seether), and I wrote down a couple of lines about one of my personal experiences. The same thing happened this morning, but it's less about a single experience and more about... well, an ongoing experience. I won't say more than that. Like novel-writing, I don't like to talk about my verse-writing too much.

Speaking of novel-writing... National Novel Writing Month is only two weeks away now. I'm excited. And also nervous. I'm worried that I'm drawing on too many influences, and I want my work to be original. I think I'll do okay, though. And anyway, it's only a basic, rough draft, intended to get the creative juices flowing. Even so... I think this year's draft will be my favourite.

And then there's another craft I want to learn: sewing. I've gotten many sewing books out of the library, and I don't know if it's because of my plans to write dystopian fiction, or because of my artistic passion, but I really want to start making my own clothes. I've been flipping through the sewing books I own, and saw a bunch of tops and dresses that I want to make. All this time I've been bitching and complaining (pardon my French) about store-bought clothes not always fitting me, when I could be making blouses to my measurements. It's the perfect solution, really. But first, I have to make my own pajama pants - I've had the flannel fabric for a long time, and it really should be stitched up into something that's wearable.

If that wasn't enough crafty-ness, I also want to get into scrapbooking. I've clipped pictures out of magazines for a while now, and after selling my Klutz scrapbook at the yard sale, I've felt guilty about not utilizing my clippings. I still have my mini-scrapbook kit, though, so all is not lost. I just wish I hadn't thrown out the pictures of Evanescence. They would've been to big for the mini-scrapbook, but I'm still disappointed in myself. At least I didn't get rid of the CDs, though. I'm glad I kept them.

I should probably close now, and do something constructive. Or eat. All I've had to eat and drink is biscuits, a cup of tea, and a cup of hot chocolate. And I should try to read more of The Hunger Games. It's getting exciting now that the build-up is done. I should probably study some Japanese as well.

Until the future...

New things, good things

I have some new, good things in my life right now.

First off, I now have new computer speakers! My brother gave me a pair that he didn't need anymore, and helped me fix a problem with setting them up. (I had tried to put them in the Green Socket, but had wound up in the Blue. Thus, the power cord was operating, but the cord to the speakers didn't.) Now I have proper speakers that don't sound like headphones. This will be perfect for listening to music during NaNoWriMo.

Speaking of NaNoWriMo, that brings me to another good thing: I dug out my Evanescence CDs again. I had put them in a shoebox to take a break from listening to them, and also to make room in my drawer for CDs I'd received for Christmas one year. (Other CDs in the shoebox were the Black-Eyed Peas, Linkin Park, and *shudder* Avril Lavigne. I later gave those CDs to Value Village having not sold them at the yard sale we put on.) I feel bad for boxing them up now, but I really shouldn't - after all, I didn't give them away or sell them, I just put them someplace else to give myself a break from them. Much like the Clapotis that I started a long time ago, and lost my place in. I still have to restart that particular project.

...I'm getting off-topic. I'm not sure when I rescued the CDs exactly, but it was either after seeing Underworld: Awakening and hearing a remix of their newer song "Made of Stone" in the end credits, or when I was planning for this year's NaNoWriMo and thought, "Hey, 'Good Enough' would be the perfect song to listen to when I write this scene!"

When I was sorting my old karate certificates (from gradings and in-house tournaments - the first dojo I had attended didn't like the idea of open tournaments, but that's a story for another day) before we had our yard sale, I decided to put on Fallen and listen on my headphones while I sorted, and... well, let's just say that Fallen is an album that's made for headphones. Honestly, if you get the chance to listen to it on headphones, do it. You may love it as much as I do.

Around that time, I also listened to The Open Door while sorting through knitting magazines (which, by the way, I got rid of a lot of), and that too is a good headphones CD. Actually, it may have been the first time I'd listened to it on headphones, I'm not really sure.

Anyhow, I need to back up my Evanescence CDs on my computer. I haven't gotten around to setting up Media Player yet, though - a lot of my music was on my old hard drive and was transferred over, so I just dragged and dropped it into Winamp. I do want to get it set up relatively soon, though - at least before NaNoWriMo, so I can build a novel-writing playlist.

I also have Evanescence's self-titled third album out of the library. I've only listened to about half of it, but so far I love it.

One of those days...

I'm having one of those days when somebody is causing havoc, Christmas stress is growing in the back of my mind, and I have "Gatekeeper" by Feist stuck in my head. I suppose it's less of an earworm than "Prince Charming" by Adam and the Ants...

Anyways. I went to church today, and had a nice time. It was the holiday Music Sunday, which was lovely - I always like Music Sundays. I still feel a bit odd about going to services: since I'm no longer part of the youth group, I feel like there's an empty space I need to fill. It also doesn't help that I'm still bitter about past events, but I digress.

I decided on a different pattern for my brother's hat, because I don't have the right needles for the pattern from DROPS. Instead, I decided on Laurie Perry's Brangelina Hat. I haven't started it yet - I know, I'm lazy - but it's made with super-bulky, so it should knit up quickly. It should also be fairly wind-proof, which is handy.

Well, I'm off to catch up on Emmerdale, one of my favourite British serial dramas. Happy blogging :)

Awesome :)

So today I logged on to Q107's listener's club, because I got my bonus code in my e-mail. Remembering that one of the DJs did a phone interview with Meatloaf, I go on to her blog on the site and listen to the interview, and post it on my mom's Facebook because she loves him.

I'm a fan, too. He's performing in Oshawa tonight, but I didn't get tickets because: 1) Oshawa is a long drive from where I am, 2) there were no draws for tickets on the listener's club, and 3) as much as I wanted to try to call in to the radio station to win tickets, I knew I wouldn't get in, because the station is in Toronto and not only would it be a long-distance call, but I wouldn't have gotten through because there were probably loads of people in Toronto calling in.

So anyway, after I posted the interview link, I decided to try sending in a request for the All-Request Lunch Hour, and I asked them to play some Meatloaf - either 'You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth', or 'Paradise By the Dashboard Light'. They played 'All Revved Up With No Place to Go', which made me happy. I actually got up and danced around when the song was playing, and sang/lip-synced along ;) They didn't play either song that I requested, but that's fine - I imagine they'll play more Meatloaf later as they're gearing up for the concert, and after the concert as everybody's going home. They usually do that for concerts that they cover.

I really hope that Meatloaf comes here sometime. It'd be a real treat for Mom and me.

Also, I watched An Education the other day. It was pretty good. I kinda want to try knitting Jenny's school scarf: it's grey and dark red, striped just like a Hogwarts scarf. I like it. I have The Breakfast Club waiting for me at the library, so that makes me happy. I might reserve more manga, or perhaps a light novel, after I pick up my stuff.

Kinda funny

So, someone on Ravelry put up a video montage of 80s music videos, and I recognized one of the songs. So I watched it on YouTube and asked in the comments if anyone knew what it was.

Then I decided to try finding this INXS song I had stuck in my head. So I type in 'inxs' in the search bar and clicked on the first title in the drop-down thing. That song turned out to be the one I was asking about!

Here's the one I asked about...




...and here's the one I was looking for...




How weird is that? They're both INXS songs!

Last night I watched the season premiere of Lie To Me, which was pretty awesome. Then I went on my computer, and then I watched the season finales of and Nurse Jackie and United States of Tara. I didn't really watch the first seasons of either, but I watched the first and last episodes of Jackie, and caught the season two premiere of Tara, so I don't think I had much catching up to do.

Glee is on tonight! :)

On Glee and teeth

So tomorrow I have my appointment at the periodontist's. I have to decide if I want to have a bridge put in, or if I want to keep wearing the flipper. Right now I'm leaning towards the flipper.

Glee was pretty awesome last night. It was Madonna-themed, and even though I'm not a huge Madonna fan, I really liked it. I like some Madonna songs - 'Like a Virgin', 'Music', and 'Like a Prayer' - but I wouldn't buy her albums. I really liked what they did with 'Like a Virgin' - it was very tasteful, and the voices of all the characters (Rachel, Jesse, Finn, Santana, Will and Emma) all blended so well in the sequence.

Mom's cooking, and the smoke detector keeps going off. lol. Well, at least we know it works!

♪Hello, it's me...♪

I've had this song stuck in my head since last night - I was watching Glee, and the theme for the songs was the word 'hello', and this song popped into my head...






I used to think it was a Neil Young song, because the first line sounds a lot like Neil Young :p

I did a bit of writing today. I might do more tomorrow. I did no GED work, though :p

And I went to the library to take back The Manga Guide to Physics and pick up Ponyo and Patti Smith's Horses album. I thought I was gonna be fined for The Manga Guide to Physics, but I wasn't! :)

I am DONE with Usage!

I've finished all of the exercises and mini-tests in the Usage chapter in the English section of my GED book! All I need to do is go over noun cases again, because I only got six out of ten right on the practice tests, and read through the glossary at the end of the chapter. Then it's on to 'Mechanics'!

Also, I can kinda play this song on my keyboard...






I know it's not as elaborate as 'Bohemian Rhapsody', but I'm still pretty proud of myself :) It took me a little while to figure out which chords I needed to play, because the first time I tried playing it, I was playing the wrong chords! I still need to play it along with the CD to make sure I've got it right.

I watched a bit of It Might Get Loud while I was doing my GED work. I love that movie.

Oh yeah, I also picked up season one of Mad Men, a Hayao Miyazaki film called Whisper of the Heart, and an Elvis Costello compilation from the library. And on our way back from the library, Dad cranked up the radio 'cause they were playing AC/DC, and then he cranked it even louder - so loud that the back of my seat was vibrating! It was really funny.

edited to fix grammar

Chili + mac n' cheese = pretty tasty :)

It was Mom's idea, not mine. And it's a delicious idea indeed - and a good way to stretch out a little bit of leftover chili to make it serve three.

I was trying to find a picture of Pauline from Doc Martin on Google Images, but had no luck, and while I was searching I suddenly felt like listening to KISS. It was the strangest feeling. So I listened to 'Shout It Out Loud', 'Detroit Rock City', 'Strutter' and 'I Was Made For Loving You'. I think I'm gonna look for 'Plaster Caster'...

There we go.

So I finished Fruits Basket #9. I think I'm gonna start reading that Stewart Copeland autobiography soon, because I've already renewed it once - and autobiographies I tend to read quickly. Except for Eric Clapton's - for some reason I can't seem to finish his. I've checked it out of the library twice and just couldn't finish it. And yet Patti Boyd's I managed to read fairly quickly. The Stewart Copeland one isn't as big as the Clapton one, though, so I can probably read it quickly.

I want to finish Blood and Chocolate, though - I've been reading it for over a year! Some parts of it are just so detailed it takes me a while to absorb it. It's a great book, though - I don't recommend it for those under fourteen, because of some sexual themes and violence, although a lot of girls read the Twilight books, and I've heard that Breaking Dawn is very risque.

I have to do laundry... it's reaching the top of the hamper :p

I'm on a Van Halen kick.

It started yesterday, when I decided to look for this song on YouTube...



My former karate instructor, Mr. B, used to bring in this mix CD that had 'Mean Street' as the first track, and he'd play it during kickboxing class. I miss his classes - he had great taste in music, and he was a good instructor. Pity he decided to part ways with Mr. P the Jerk, but I can see why Mr. B got fed up.

I should get some Van Halen out of the library. The only Van Halen we have is the live album Right Here, Right Now. I don't know how we came by that - I think Dad might've won it from a radio contest, back when our local rock radio station was still good. Dad used to win a bunch of stuff from that station, but now they're a crap station and we listen to Q107 out of Toronto, and calling in to Q for contests would cost us long-distance charges. But I'm in their online listeners' club, so I can enter draws. Speaking of which, I've entered another draw for an iPod... probably won't win it, though, but it's worth a try, right? I mean, somebody's gotta win.

There used to be this hilarious video on YouTube - well, it was actually just a sound clip and a still image, and it was David Lee Roth singing 'Running With the Devil' in the studio, with no background music because he had the headphones on, I guess. Anyway, I forgot to add it to my favourites or bookmark it, and I haven't been able to find it. It's hilarious, though. I should try looking for it again. If I find it, I'll post it. Actually, I sent the video link to Max in an e-mail, so I should try that.

Itching to write

I can't wait for NaNoWriMo '09 to start.

I have a really good story in my head, but the rules of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) say that you can't write any sentences until the 1st of November, but you can write stuff like a synopsis, character descriptions, etc. So I've been taking notes.

I've been cruising the forums on the NaNoWriMo website as well. I didn't read the teen forum much last year, but I'm going to start reading it more this year.

And I might have an idea for Arithmancy :) The assignment is to make something that has two uses, or something that's reversible, or a set of two items that compliment each other, or something made up of two pieces sewn together (I think). And I think I've found a reversible pattern that I love. And I even bought the yarn for it!

I'm currently listening to some music while blogging to see what works best as writing music. I have a writing music playlist on YouTube, but it only had 7 videos before today, so I'm trying to add more to the list for when NaNoWriMo rolls around.

Not sure if I'll get to knit night tonight, because Mom had a sore neck yesterday.

Crappers...

My hat is going to be too big for me, because I didn't swatch, but hopefully the extra decreases I started doing will keep it on my head. blech.

I'm on a weird U2 kick now. Mostly their 90s songs, but still... U2 are awesome. I might buy Achtung Baby with the rest of my birthday money. Or knitting needles. I haven't decided. I've been listening to their songs from the 90s on YouTube. And I've also been listening to an unfinished song that was supposed to be on their 1987 album The Joshua Tree, and got finished and released a couple of years ago in a special 20th anniversary edition. It's called 'Wave of Sorrow'. Have a listen...

NOTE: the images in the video show malnourished people, so if you squeamish about that kind of thing, you have been warned.






I love it so much I might put the special edition of The Joshua Tree on my Christmas list. There's several special editions for the album's 20th anniversary, but only two or so are available in North America. One is the album on a remastered CD, the other is the album with the bonus CD, which has 'Wave of Sorrow' on it.

New items get added to the library today! I'm happy. I also have a lot of stuff to pick up from the library, eep!

I FOUND IT, GUYS!!!

For years I didn't know the name of this song or who recorded it, but now I know. I used to hear it on the local rock station (before they started playing stuff like Billy Talent and Three Days Grace). Then I would only hear it here and there. Then, the other day - it may have been yesterday - I heard the song starting on the TV, and came upstairs. It was a commercial for a local hospital foundation. So I made a mental note to look up the commercial on YouTube or Wikipedia.

Tonight I remembered that I had wanted to look for the song, so I logged on to YouTube and searched for the commercial. I clicked on it, paused it, and looked in the related videos. One of the top ones (it might've been the very top one, not sure) was a music video for 'Bittersweet Symphony' by The Verve. I clicked on it.

BINGO!!!!!

There it was, the long-lost song. At last, I'd found it.

So I favourited it in YouTube, and now I will share it with you, dear readers...




I think I need to make a playlist on YouTube titled, 'Best Songs EVER'. And this will be one of the songs.

Just felt like posting again

Today has been okay so far. But it's only... checks computer clock... 9:23 AM, so there's still... counts on fingers... 15 more hours. Dad's at work, Mom not being bitchy right now (thank GOD), and I have a headache. But that could be due to loud music.

Today I've been on a Green Day kick, but I've also listened to some Boston - all via YouTube. Now I'm waiting for 'I Will Follow' by U2 to buffer. I seriously need more music. Good thing Dad's gonna let me burn a copy of Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown. While I'm at it, I may also burn other music - Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, and perhaps that Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King album that Dad downloaded using the free MP3 downloads he got with the old HP computer. That's a good album.

I won't bother writing a list for my parents for my birthday, but a few weeks ago I started one for Grandpa. I guess he'll be wanting a list soon, so I should probably run through it and make some changes and stuff.

I have to go to the library today, because SNL is overdue, and The Mighty is due today. And I have a Dire Straits CD to pick up. And a Jane Goodall DVD and the first InuYasha manga.

Fruits Basket, music, and youth group

I feel like writing about Fruits Basket. There's some things I want to say about the characters, so...

Fruits Basket (WARNING: contains spoilers from books 2, 3 and 4!)

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I really like Hatori Sohma. What I've noticed lately is that he seems protective of Tohru. I don't know if it's because she's gullible, or if she reminds him of Kana, but he was very quick to accuse Shigure of using her in book 3. And in book 2, when Tohru slipped on the ice, Hatori could have just let her fall, but he caught her, which caused him to transform. I also think that Hatori respects Tohru, because she didn't laugh when he transformed into a seahorse. And I don't blame him for suspecting Shigure, because he does appear to be scheming something - I just don't know what yet.

And then we have Akito. He's a sly one. I'm only a couple of chapters into book 4, so I don't know the details of what he did to Yuki that makes him fear Akito. I was kinda pissed that he told Tohru she was cute, and then tells Shigure that she's ugly and slow. Okay, so she's gullible, but she's not slow!

Back to Hatori... (and no, I'm not making up an excuse to talk about him... I think. haha.) I'm surprised that he's still on speaking terms with Akito. I mean, the man hurt his eye, making Hatori almost blind in one eye, and Hatori, who is the Sohma family's doctor, still looks after him when he's sick! It's uncanny! I wonder if Akito knows there's a photo of Kana on Hatori's desk...

Kyo's unusually protective of Tohru, too. I guess it's because she has a knack for getting into some kind of trouble - and by trouble, I don't mean that she's a bad person, just gullible and sometimes unaware of her surroundings. Like when a guy at their school goes to chat her up, Kyo stands right next to her and kind of guards her from them, and the guy backs off. No one wants to cross Kyo! Well- except maybe Hatsuharu...

And now I've just reached the part where Ayame turns back into human form. He's pretty, though not as dashing (in my opinion) as Hatori :)

Music

One of the perks of getting the HD receiver is that we're now subscribed to Omni BC. They have a program called Nikkei TV, which is a Japanese-Canadian current events show. The first 15 or 20 minutes is a segment called J-Pop TV. They play a bunch of Japanese music videos, which was how I came across a band called An Cafe. I saw their video for their single 'Aroma', and went looking for info on them on the internet. Wikipedia has their discography up, so I sent in purchase requests to the library for their albums, and found the video for 'Aroma' on YouTube.

Youth Group

Youth group was good last night. Stephen was in India for a few weeks, and he brought us each back a bracelet. He also showed off a rug and some figurines he'd bought there, and told us about his trip. Mom made cookies, so she put some in a bag for me to bring with me. Mark, who was also there, liked the cookies. We also ate up the party mix that Stephen brought a few weeks ago.

I also feel like talking about America's Got Talent.

This season's been good. Piers is a little less grumpy, haha. Some very talented singers have been on. I haven't seen a lot of variety acts that I like, though. There's been some illusionists, dancers, and tumbling acts, but nothing... different. I did like the dancers that were on last night, though - the ones that wore the white gloves. They were really good.

Hey, Aqualung!

I'm listening to Jethro Tull via YouTube, hence the title :)

So Mom and I looked through the local college's catalogues and pages. Man, is it hard to navigate that site! We couldn't find any info on the CAAT, only the GED. But we did find info on the math and English refresher courses :)

The Mighty is in transit for me at the library, so I'll probably go down tomorrow and see if it's there, even if I do have to pay a fine on Macbeth.

I wonder if Mom feels like going to the knitting meet-up at Second Cup...

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.

Hyper kids and baked beans.

It'll all make sense in a minute. First, the hyper kids.

Yesterday went alright, until we got to Chapters. First, though, we went to Costco. Mom got pissed off because she stopped, turned, and went back to look at something, and I instinctively turned to follow. She yelled at me to "Follow your dad!" So Dad and I browsed and complained about Mom.

Winners was bad for Dad. He turned and wrenched his leg, so he was hobbling around for the rest of the night. He was still okay to drive, though, it was walking that gave him trouble.

Chapters was the worst. Dad told us he'd sit in Starbucks while we looked at books, because of his leg. Mom and I had to dodge kids, because there was a fundraiser or something going on. I think the kids were part of a choir, because they gathered on the stairs and sang 'We're All in This Together'. Gah. I'm so sick of all that music from High School Musical. I didn't get anything, because I couldn't really look at any books because we had to keep dodging kids. Plus, I hate crowds. Always have, always will. When I was little, I used to get so edgy around crowds, loud buses, etc. Buses don't bother me now (just the bus drivers who act like they own the road), but crowds still bother me. When we got home, I took an Advil and went upstairs to write.

And then, I saw that my parents had eaten perogies, and didn't ask me if I wanted any. That made me so mad. So, I had leftover baked beans.

I woke up this morning with the worst gas I've had in months.

And then I discovered later that morning that Mother Nature inflicted her stupid curse on me.

So, I had gas and cramps this morning. I took an Advil and drank some water, and when the cramps went away I ate a banana. Then I read Terrier, ate a sandwich, drank some awesome caramel hot chocolate, read Terrier some more, and then at noon I put it on BBC Canada so that Mom could watch EastEnders.

While I was reading Terrier (which is an awesome book by Tamora Pierce, by the way), I was listening to music on a few Galaxie channels. I can't wait till the holiday channel is added on Monday :)

Knitting, the roof and a trip to the library.

The roofer guys started working on the roof this morning. The dogs were upset at the noise for a bit, then they calmed down. I didn't see the cat much while they were stripping off the old shingles - I think she was hiding in the basement ceiling, because I went down to do something (I think I was getting clothes for my shower) and she jumped down from the cubby next to the fireplace.

I went to the library with Dad later, to pick up A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties by Suze Rotolo, who was a girlfriend of Bob Dylan. I looked at the CDs and noticed that Bryan Adams's newest album, 11, was in, so I got that out. I forgot to take two CDs back, but luckily they aren't due for just more than a week, so I have time to get them back. Besides, I have to pick up Across the Universe soon... even though I've already seen it. I'd like to watch it again, anyway. It brings out the artistic side in me. Actually, The Wall does, too, because after watching that and the American Folk-Blues DVD I had out of the library, I started writing a poem/song about the mug cozy I was knitting (which, as I mentioned before, became a catastrophe that mom helped me fix). Anyway, Across the Universe came in after I left the library with Suze Rotolo's book. Yay. I'm still waiting on four CDs: a Blondie compilation, Pink Floyd's Meddle, Peter Gabriel's So, and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Awesome :)

For knitting, I've been working on that kerchief scarf, which will become a shawl. Hehe. I need something to keep the chill off me, so why not a giant triangle? ;) I've pretty much decided to make a headband for my cousin Breanne for Christmas. I hope she likes it.

A song I absolutely love...

Blinded By the Light, written by Bruce Springsteen, this version recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. I like this version better than the original, actually.