Finally, I started it

I started one of the short stories that's been brewing in my head. So far it looks good for a first draft.

My sister's coming up next week, so I'm pretty happy about that. And I might be going to Len's Mill Store on Monday, 'cause they have knitting needles on sale, and I don't have many sets of double-pointed needles. And it couldn't hurt to get some more circulars, either.

Speaking of knitting, I've been kinda sluggish on that. I finally sewed a button on my Calorimetry, but it's too big. I think Patons Decor drapes too much, so next time I'll use a yarn with more body to it. I think I'll swatch with Decor for that bookcover thing I wanted to make for HPKCHC, because I don't know what else I'll use that Decor for.

Who ya gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!

I watched it this afternoon. Very epic movie.

But, alas, I have to take Girl in the Arena back to the library without finishing it, because it's due in three days. My DVDs are due today, so I figure I'll just take the book back along with the DVDs to save me the extra trip. I thought about reserving another copy and continuing on with the book, but there's five copies and nine requests, so it may be a week or two 'til I get another copy. That, and I'm not sure if I could finish it in the three weeks.

Yes, I'm a slow reader.

But, the library I go to has their own copy, so when it's back on their shelves with no reserve on it, I'll just get it out again and try reading it again. I just hate starting a library book and not being able to finish it. It makes me feel dumb.

But, this means I can focus on Nana Vol. 1. Which will be a quick read because it's a manga.

Yay, I'm going out tomorrow...

I hope my sarcasm in the title was easy to detect. My humor is often very British and hard to under stand (think Ricky Gervais-like).

I have to decide what I want to wear tomorrow. I'm not wearing my black shoes, because they're a bit of a pain to walk and stand in (even when I'm sitting I take them off), so it's either running shoes or my hiking boots. I'd like to wear my black shoes, though, because they look so cute. They're Clarks (a British company) shoes, kind of work-casual, and they look great with knee socks scrunched up at the ankle. I just wish they didn't make my feet hurt. Then again, if I wear them more often, my feet would probably get used to them... argh, now I wanna wear them! Maybe I will. Grah.

Anyway, I might wear one of my long cotton skirts. One is red with a kind of paisley print on it in blue and black, and the other is blue and sandy brown. The blue and brown one would go with my brown Old Navy v-neck shirt, only it's kinda stretched out from me being dumb and wrapping my arms in it while wearing it. I have a cream-coloured shirt that goes with the red skirt, or I can wear my Led Zeppelin t-shirt with it ;) Another option is a pair of jeans and my pale yellow v-neck shirt.

Damn, I really wanna wear those shoes now.

I have two short stories brewing in my head, but I don't know how to start them. Hate it when that happens.

I have also avoided math for two - almost three - weeks. eep.

The weather's warmed up

And it's making my head hurt. Not fun.

So, on Monday we have to go to an all-you-can-eat restaurant for Grandpa's birthday. That should be interesting. Patti is organizing it I guess, or Patti and Brent - not sure if he was involved in the planning, but she got him to call my mom because she won't call her. She's so childish.

So, I have to decide what I'm wearing. I'm not dressing to the nines, but I want to make some kind of statement, like a 'Get used to me, 'cause I'm not changing' kind of statement. So I'm thinking jeans and my Led Zeppelin t-shirt ;)

I read a bit of my library book today. Only a couple of pages, but I might read more of it later. I stopped because my head was aching.

Oh yeah, and yesterday I watched the first disc of season one of Heroes, and discovered that disc two is missing. So now I have to take it back to the library, tell them that a disc is missing, and reserve another copy. Joy. At least Ghostbusters is in it's case, though.

Hmm, I think I'll sit upstairs and watch the Hugh Grant double bill on W Network. W has these Hugh Grant double bills on every Saturday this month. Last week it was Bridget Jones' Diary (GREAT movie, although I think it's R-rated) and American Dreamz (which is a really dumb movie; I don't recommend it at ALL...), and the week before that one of the movies was Love Actually. Tonight it's Mickey Blue Eyes (which is really funny, I highly recommend it!) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which I haven't seen yet. If Dad's playing poker tonight, I might watch the double bill downstairs, unless Mom's watching something tonight. I hope Bridget Jones doesn't run into SNL...

*checks TV...*

Blah, the upstairs satellite receiver has this tendency to show programs as 'info not available' in the guide, so I'll Google W Network's site.

Awesome! Bridget Jones runs until 11:30, which I think is when SNL starts. Maybe I'll make myself a fattening snack and do my nails. And aside from the annoying survey that popped up on the homepage, W Network's site is pretty easy to navigate.

Gawsh, I like Hugh Grant.

Terribly bored

And to fight my boredom, I shall blog.

My dad was a jerk today. I was trying to get to the stove to fill my plate at dinner time, and he shoved in behind me to get to the cutlery. When I complained he tried to cover his ass by saying he was 'moving out of the way so that your mom could get by'. What a liar.

Also, I should be knitting, but I don't feel like it. I guess I'm all knitted out from that super-long scarf. I might work on the Team Spike wristband, but that's a big 'might'. It's not that strenuous a project. I just don't feel like working on it.

Life's a bitch

Let's just say I'm 'riding the crimson wave'. My abdomen aches, though not as badly as earlier. I think the painkiller I took is kicking in. I think the ginger ale I'm drinking may be helping with the queasiness, too. But if it's still crazy annoying, I may ask my dad to pick up my stuff from the library for me.

I'm also in a Billy Idol mood. Then again, after youth group last night, I'm in a real 'screw you, you bastards' mood. I'm getting real sick of those jerks. I suggested that we go to one of the fair trade stores, only I said the one in Ottawa, and somebody screamed that there's one on such-and-such street, and Stephen was like, "Well, you're not being very specific, why would we want to go there?" And yet when Adria brought up the topic of helping out a bakery in Dundas (all the way in effing DUNDAS...), everyone seemed to be on board. WTF?! Not all of us live near Dundas!

You know what? I'm just gonna skip next week, since they're all being a bunch of assholes. They don't deserve my time. Every time I suggest something, it either gets shot down by someone, or people listen but never make a note of it. And I still don't know where our binder went. I don't think anybody's bothered about organizing, and the binder is proof of that because nobody wants to bother looking for it. Last time I asked, Stephen didn't know where it was. He doesn't give a shit. And last night when Renee and Nora were screaming, Stephen didn't do much. Honestly, who's the leader here?!

And the worst part is that there aren't any other programs for my age at the church. I'm too young for the Young Adult potlucks, and I'm only an adherent, so I can't join any committees. I haven't decided if I want to become a member or not. I don't see the point, because I may be going off to university, for all I know.

I think I'll just take the rest of the month off. We probably won't be planning at the next two meetings because most of them have exams. Maybe I'll go to knit night instead. Serves them right.

Lack of kickboxing has made me bitter.

My left arm is killing me

Hi. Sorry for the lack of posts.

So, my left arm is really sore because I was working on a spiral scarf. It's over 800 stitches after the last increase row. Yes, I am crazy. I have to ask my mom to help me with it, though, because I'm running out of the Red Heart I'm using. I knew I was going to run out, but in the middle of a row?!

I'm reading a book called Girl in the Arena. It's due back to the library in twelve days. I might not finish it in time. Unless I can renew it.

I cleaned off my table yesterday. I moved my Beatles Monopoly to the bottom shelf of my right-hand bookcase, got rid of some garbage, moved my Cook's Magazine Anyone Can Cook cookbook to the space beside Beatles Monopoly, etc. I still have to find a space for Macbeth and Hamlet on one of my bookcases, but that can be done later. The important thing was moving Beatles Monopoly to a better spot, and bringing my Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll downstairs and putting it on my table. I organized my spare pads of paper and my knitting patterns, too.

I also exercised last night. I was already planning on exercising, but it got left to very late in the evening. I was so pissed off at my mom for nattering about me being out of shape and apparently putting on weight since I left karate, so I did some exercises in the dead of night, lol.

I'm gonna make a Team Spike wristband soon. For one of the HPKCHC classes :)