In a real finishing mood

Yup. I'm in a finishing mood, probably because I need to free up some needles. I finished my Heart Illusion Dishcloth this afternoon while listening to Journey's Greatest Hits, which I picked up for the library today. It looks pretty neat, although it might be too loose to be a dishcloth, so it might be a nice washcloth. Either way,it kicks butt. I'll have to take a photo of the finished cloth. I have in-progress shots on Flickr - hang on...










I like the flecked white cotton with the peach cotton. The white is Bernat Handicrafter Cotton, and I think the peach is an older skein of Handicrafter, because it's softer and more splitty.

Here's the mug cozy for Divination:





And here's the bobble pillow I started:



So, there you have it. The three projects for June :)

I may only do one class this month, maybe two. Three seems to be a bit much. If I can complete two assignments by the July deadline, I'll be so happy.

Canada Day, which was yesterday, was very boring. We didn't go anywhere to celebrate, which pissed me off. Instead we hung around the house, watching Pineapple Express and assorted TV shows. I didn't even get to see any fireworks, because they were all too far away for me to see out the back door. But, I mean, we could've at least gone to watch fireworks at the park, but no - mom wanted to laze around the house. It was probably the worst Canada Day I've had in a while, if not ever.

So yeah. Didn't do anything significant for Canada Day. Grrr. At least Mom made brownies and ice cream. Chestnut ice cream, which is pretty spiffy.

So tomorrow I might try to finish my mug cosy if my neck and shoulders aren't killing me. Or maybe I'll cast on a scarf for Muggle Studies. Or maybe I'll work on my house tie.

Anyways.

Dad still hasn't put that old network card from the HP into my computer, so I'm still using Dad's - which is fine, except that he refuses to download Firefox, so I'm stuck with the incompetence of Internet Explorer. Grah.

I should ask Dad to burn me a copy of that new Green Day album I got him... which reminds me, he put iTunes on his computer! Yay! Now I don't have to deal with Windows Media Player's incompetence!

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MORE FRICK

I have a love-hate relationship with Lion Brand's site.

First, I fell in love with their free Felted Beret pattern. Then I decided to sign up to get the free pattern. Then it wouldn't let me sign in because my password was 'wrong'. Remembering that Mom had troubles with their site and passwords, I got them to e-mail me my password... which was a random password, not the one I'd picked. Dammit! Why do they ask for a password when they just change it to a random one?!

In other news, I started a mug cosy for Divination, and I'll start my Herbology assignment tomorrow. Wrists are doing okay. Fruits Basket 3 is wonderful - and Hatori slammed a door in Shigure's face! Go Hatori!

FRICK

I feel like crap.

At around quarter to six, the dogs starting wimpering to be let out - holy crap, it's 8:57... Sweet, the local TV station's playing 'Mississippi Queen' by Mountain. Or they were... now it's on commercial. ANYWAYS. I was already awake, but I hadn't slept well because the damn cat was in and out of my room. So I let them out, (note: I just tried listening to music via Windows Media Player, and I can't get the frickin' music library to come up. What. The. Hell.), got a glass of water, and flipped through the program guide until I decided that my choices were limited: at around six in the morning, the only decent stuff on TV is repeats of The Hour and Steven & Chris, so I put on Shine a Light, which was just starting on The Movie Network.

I just tried to get Media Player to work again, but no luck. Dad seriously needs to put iTunes on his computer, because this is driving me almost as crazy as the dogs.

After I drank some water, I started feeling hungry, so I had a bowl of corn flakes. Teddy kept whining because Mom wasn't up yet. And then when Mom came down, she asked me if the doors were all open. Well, gee, Mom, I didn't think of opening all of them, given that the dogs are driving me insane and I'm sleep deprived.

And my arm hurts. So I should probably stop typing now.

I seriously need to make my notes into footnotes. I'll have to make a note of that. A note... haha.

I only have two items waiting for me at the library, and four more in transit. DAMNDAMNDAMN.

I really need to stop typing now.

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A little sore

I worked on my heart illusion dishcloth a lot yesterday afternoon while watching Slumdog Millionaire. The movie was good, and now my arm is aching from all that knitting. Damn.

Anyways. I won't type much, because I want to give my arm a rest, but I will say that I have a bunch of stuff in transit at the library, including Fruits Basket #3! :)

edited to change the dollar sign to a number sign, lol

Happy Father's Day, Otosan :)

...yep, 'otosan' is Japanese for 'father'. But only when you talk to him. When you talk about him, you use 'chichi'.

I got my dad the new Green Day CD, and we had prime rib burgers for dinner. Mom gave Grandpa some golf balls.

I'm done reading Fruits Basket #2, and I just love Hatori Sohma. I can't wait until #7, because I think that's the one with the page about the Year of the Dragon, which is Hatori's Chinese zodiac sign. I reserved #3, and hopefully it'll be in by Tuesday, which is the day that our DVDs are due. Which reminds me, I have to watch Slumdog Millionaire tomorrow...

Blech, it's gotten humid. That's always fun... NOT!

I should go check my library account...

Srsly...

Okay, so I'm almost done reading Fruits Basket #2. And Hatori Sohma makes Edward Cullen look like... umm... *tries to come up with something original*... a puppy. Yeah, a puppy. Or maybe an awkward, baby elephant or giraffe. My point is, Hatori Sohma is fascinating.

I should make an avatar that says, 'I'd rather have a Sohma than a Cullen', as I also like Yuki and Shigure. Kyo is interesting, too. And Momiji is adorable. And Tohru Honda is so darn optimistic - I think her optimism is starting to rub off on Kyo, actually.

But Hatori. O.M.G. He really grabs my attention. I guess I go for the sorta-kinda 'bad guys', like Sesshomaru. Hmm. I'm an odd one.

Now then. What else has happened? Well, I did a bit of knitting today, and we went out for breakfast. We went to the British imports shop, but they weren't open yet, so we went to Len's, where I got two skeins of Moda Dea Ticker Tape and a couple of odd point protectors. Then we went back to the British imports shop and got some snacks and such.

I'll probably finish Fruits Basker #2 tonight. Maybe I should reserve #3...

Why inconsiderate jerks should not use the library

There's only one reason, really: wrecking books.

I picked up Full Moon O Sagashite #2 from the library yesterday, and when I got home I realised that not only were there pages torn out, but also SECTIONS OF PAGES CUT OUT. I mean, come on! If you want to cut specific panels out of a manga, BUY IT, DAMMIT!!!

So yeah. I'm not happy about that.

However, I am happy that my neck feels a bit better, and that there's youth group tonight. I'll have lots of stuff to talk about during check-in: the water being shut off for five hours on our street, the stupid idiot who wrecked Full Moon O Sagashite #2, Katie's grad, and other stuff. Actually, probably not a lot of other stuff, but eh...