I joined Plurk. It’s quite addictive and I think I like it better than Twitter. But I know some people might not migrate over, so I’m keeping both accounts in the meantime. Feel free to friend me.

Posted: June 16th, 2008 under Randomness.
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• I almost hit a squirrel right after I exited the interstate this afternoon! I was still going kind of fast, and it just darted across–I hit the brakes and I could see it sort of freeze in fear and I felt badly because I thought I had hit it! But I drove past and looked in my mirror and it was gone, so phew, it got away!
• oh, and earlier this morning I saw an accident a couple cars behind me on the interstate. There was a backup, and I guess someone wasn’t watching, so they hit the car in front of them, and I think that car might have hit the one in front of IT, so…yikes.
• I’m currently testing the Time Machine feature on Leopard. I’m using my external hard drive as the backup source and it’s taking a while to copy all my files over. But apparently only the initial backup is the longest and subsequent backups will be speedy.
• Lately I’ve been reading a lot. I’m trying to get in as much as I can before the summer semester starts (next month!). Recently I finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold, which has an awful rating on Amazon (and awful reviews basically everywhere else), but I thought it was an interesting read. Nevertheless, I don’t see myself re-reading it, so I’ve posted it for swap. Now I’m reading The Book Thief as part of the Ravelry Book Group’s April selection.
• My Ravelry destash has gone really well! There are still some items available but as of right now, I have $124 in PayPal funds pending transfer to my checking account. woohoo! This will be put directly on my main credit card, which is *almost* paid off.
• Re: that credit card–I made a huge mistake last week and accidentally deleted my credit card e-bill. Bank of America charged me a late fee AND took away my promotional 0% APR. I freaked out and almost cried, made a payment, and called them. I asked them to refund the late fee–which they did!–but the girl I talked to said she couldn’t refund the promo APR as well. She said it was the late fee or the APR, one or the other. Well, the next day I called back and spoke to someone else, and he reinstated my promo APR. yay! So, um, yeah, hence the emergency destash on Ravelry. That’ll teach me to pay attention to the things I’m about to delete. yikes.
• I think the next thing I’ll do is sell that albatross I call my engagement ring–I really think it’s bad juju holding on to it for this long! Call me superstitious but I just need to get rid of it!
• I contacted a local realtor and am in the process of scheduling an appointment. (!!!) I just want to sit down with someone and go over the basics and see if it’s even realistic to think about buying a house someday in the near future. I could totally get my hopes shot down, or I could find a great opportunity, like maybe a house that’s affordable since it’s a foreclosure or something…living with my parents continues to drive me batty, more on some days than others–but I really, really want to get my own house.
• Work, by the way, SUCKS. ugh. My main job, mainly. I’m trying to stick it out until I finish my degree, but man–I am just hating it. hatehatehate. The library is going pretty well still though, so that’s a plus!
• I decided recently that I’m going to try to stop eating red meat. (This basically means beef, as I don’t eat venison or anything like that.) I was going to try going vegetarian but that’s such a huge commitment and I don’t think I am prepared for it. So it has been 7 days and I haven’t had any beef. It’s been interesting! I’m doing it for health and partly ethical reasons, though I am still eating fish (mostly tuna) and some chicken. I’m hoping I can stick with it.
• Earth Day is coming up and coinciding with that, I’ve become all enviro-conscious. I switched some of my personal products like shampoo and toothpaste to natural alternatives and I’m also working on reducing and reusing the amount of plastic I consume. I really don’t want this to just be a fad or something, so I’m working on one thing at a time and trying to see how I can make better choices as a consumer.
• I’m going to try to get some knitting done tonight. What a bummer that the work week is about to start again. *sigh* I think the next holiday is Memorial Day next month…maybe I should take a vacation day or something. Goodness knows I need it!

Posted: April 20th, 2008 under My So-Called Life, Randomness.
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oh wow, remember the Friday Five? Everyone used to post their answers way back when…I think the original site was gone a long time ago. And why do I keep remembering the old days of bloggyville? No idea. Nostalgic.

A few random thoughts:

1. Magknits is gone. There’s a big huge crazyass thing over at Ravelry about it. It’s another trainwreck, a la Mystical Creation Yarns.
2. The weather was so nice today! I went out on lunch break and felt compelled to treat myself to some springtime yarn. Sock yarn + winding by hand + pretty weather =
3. I don’t have to work on Sunday; hence, I get a real two-day weekend. wee!
4. The final dregs of my sickness (yes, the sickness from one month ago is STILL lingering) are at long last departing my virus-ridden body. Good riddance, I hope you had the time of your life and all that. (Sorry for all the flowery words but I’m reading Alice Sebold currently. She likes those flowery words and they get stuck in my head like rice.)
5. I am making time to read and knit again, and this pleases me very much.

Posted: April 10th, 2008 under My So-Called Life, Randomness.
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I hate the feeling that I want to ask someone something, but actually fear the backlash if I do, because the person I want to ask might rant and rave about it on their blog and I don’t want to look like a bad guy! Isn’t that sad?

(P.S. No, it’s likely not you! I doubt this person reads my blog.)

(P.P.S. It doesn’t tell you but comments are closed on this entry.)

Posted: February 27th, 2008 under Randomness.
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If you have no life like me, Christmas day is a good time to stalk things you really want on eBay. Just saying.

Posted: December 25th, 2007 under Randomness.
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mub.net has somehow morphed into A) knitting content or B) random posts in list form because I don’t feel very eloquent of late.

• October 16 is National Boss Day. I’m thinking of getting my boss a plant, maybe a lucky bamboo? (Which, btw, I just learned from that article is not even related to the bamboo plant, and is toxic to pets, eek!)
• October 17 is my mom’s birthday! This evening after work I’m going to head to the mall and probably get her some nice PJs for winter, or maybe a pretty sweater…I’d knit her one but I can’t whip one up in a day.
• Speaking of sweaters, I’m wearing one, even though it is something like 80 degrees outside right now. what!? It was around 60 when I left for work this morning, humph!
• I saw a beautiful sunrise during my morning commute. I don’t care for pink much, unless it’s in the sky.
• I am almost done with Secret of the Stole Clue #2 and I should be on track by the time this week’s clue is posted. Knitalongs are turning out to be fun so far!
• I just deleted a spam email (one of many), the title of which was “Your new [male part] is waiting for you.” I wasn’t aware I had an OLD one, haha!

Posted: October 15th, 2007 under Randomness.
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• I had to make an emergency visit to my doctor this morning. I’m ok, still alive, after all. She prescribed me some meds and I should be fine.
• I was at work today for a total of one (1!) hour. I was at the doctor from 9-10, had to get the prescription filled from 10-11, went to work from 11-12, then we had this work shindig that took place at one of the Navy bases that lasted from 12:30-3:00. We all decided not to go back to work, as we only would have been there for about one hour by the time we got back till the end of the workday. If only every day could be like that! Man…
• I cast on ANOTHER project. And not Secret of the Stole, though Clue #2 will be released tomorrow and I have yet to cast on Clue #1. No, I cast on the Raindrop Lace Socks from Fiber Trends. I need more socks for work, so I’m knitting these in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in the Chocolate colorway. Simple but pretty dark brown. I love vibrant, variegated colorways but I can’t really rock the purple Monkey socks at work.
• I overspent big time these past two weeks. Not on yarn (still going strong on the diet!) but mostly books and food and Starbucks and a new work purse and oh who knows what else. Thankfully, Monday is payday and I didn’t use my credit cards, but still. I need to focus on budgeting…and I’m so bad at it…*sigh* I really should put up a countdown for my credit card diet, which I’ve been on unofficially for about a month or so.
• Ghost Hunters Season 3, Part 1 is mine! (speaking of spending, right?) I thought I would have to order it from Amazon but surprisingly, a local store has it. woohoo!
• I haven’t heard back about the possible second job at the library. I’m supposed to get a call whether they offer me the job or not, but I think they’re probably still doing background checks. They called my current supervisor for a reference and he gave me a pretty good one. Just waiting to hear back…
• Tomorrow is finally Friday, thank goodness. This weekend I’m hoping to cast on Secret of the Stole and at least get Clue #1 completed. Whether that happens or not remains to be seen! Procrastination seems to hide in my knitting bag and pop its head out when I would otherwise actually finish a current WIP. It tempts me with new projects and gives me cast on syndrome. Whatever will I do?

Posted: October 11th, 2007 under My So-Called Life, Randomness.
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