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I was surfing a few websites a moment ago to take a quick pause while writing the "Down Memory Lane" section for October, and I ran across this link via Lifehacker under the heading "Clean that Food out your Fridge" (entry here). FoodieView can apparently search recipes by ingredients. This allows you to type in whatever you happen to have left over in your fridge and find a way to combine a bunch of items that might otherwise go bad. This could come in handy, Dustro.

“You ever wonder why Google doesn’t cache it’s own searches?” (short fiction by Kathy Kachelrieshere)

And Omelets in a bag? What's that all about? (Sounds yummy, though.)

But now it's time to get back to those old newspapers.

These my knits

Drawstring bag,
originally uploaded by xamonster.

Dear Tracie,

Thanks to your extensive movie collection here at the apartment, I managed to watch The Incredibles, Supersize Me, Kinsey, and Shark Tale all within two days. I also tried to watch The Notebook last night, but I got distracted. Thanks.

Much love,
Crimson

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With Dustro gone, I've been forced to entertain myself with naught but a pair of sticks (and a pile of Tracie's movies). I decided to make a couple of new projects from SnBN (Stitch n Bitch Nation, for those not in the know) -- "Headline News", a cabled newsboy cap; and "Knit Your Own Rock Star", which is obviously just that. Of course, I didn't have quite the right yarn for the hat (or so I thought), so I headed off to a store on Dodge called Personal Threads.

My first experience there (maybe a year ago?) wasn't very pleasant, but yesterday's was much better -- the proprietor even complemented my hair! (Which I dyed. I think I failed to mention this earlier. It's a darker version of the last dye job, and it's called Chilled Plum.) After buying far too much yarn, it was back to the apartment to start the newsboy.

I worked on it while watching Shark Tale and To Wong Foo, which was on Bravo very late last night. I also managed to stay up until well after the prime numbers, falling asleep sometime around 4 a.m.

My phone woke me up at 10 this morning. It was my mom, telling me that both my brothers have gotten parts in The King and I, this year's musical. One of them wasn't too pleased to have actually gotten a part, though. I think he may have auditioned just because all his friends were. (The same thing happened last year with a solo he got.)

And, being awake, I finished Headline News. I was initially intending for it to go to a friend, but now I'm kind of attached. And after all, I don't know that she likes red all that much ...

I haven't begun the rock star just yet, although I think I'll get started soon. Maybe after lunch and a shower.

I also finished "Panta", a headband-type thing that was from a pattern written in Portuguese. I found it on craftster, and luckily enough, someone translated it. I don't much care for the purple color I used, but that's fine. It didn't take too long to make.

More photos later.

Splotches

Dustro decided to take a mini-vacation, and I once again hi-jacked his computer. I don't have anything in particular to say. Just a few splotches of stuff.

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When I read something like this -- Music nerd, sci-fi geek, language wierdo, procrastinator extrordinaire. Penchant for making fun of popular culture. Indeed, I am going places. -- as the descriptor for someone, I just have to smile.

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This link for the tubular cast on is going to be important. (As I read the directions, I think that it sounds a little similar to the 'Turkish cast on' in the latest Interweave Knits mag. I'll have to give both a whirl, as I only ever use the long tail cast on. Meanwhile, I'll continue knitting a funky little bag out of the book Last-Minute Knitted Gifts (featured on the cover, oddly enough).

And I didn't realize it until just moments ago when I was surfing through the knitting blogs in my blogroll ... the fall Knitty is up! Hooray! There are lots of yummy sweater patterns, so Dustro may get his wish for a sweater sooner rather than later.

And as I can't get my blogrolling to work properly at the moment, I'll have to leave these two links here and come back for them some other time. Insubordiknit, Jessimuka knits.


Good night.

Workr, flickr

Lampshade hat 003,
originally uploaded by xamonster.

So I was finally able to upload some more recent pictures to my flickr account. They're mostly knitting, though, so don't get your hopes up just yet.

Extended weekend

I've initiated Operation Make Mom Feel Terribly Guilty For Not Buying Her Favorite Daughter A Computer Even Though She Promised. It involved reminding her that I was going to use a certain scholarship to procure a certain computer, at which point she said, "No, no, use that for your tuition. We'll buy you a computer." Of course, then there was that lousy lawsuit that ended up costing somewhere in the 5-digit range. I thing that might jumpstart peace talks. Who knows?

I donated money to the Red Cross for the hurricane (despite quite understandable arguments against the Red Cross). It was only $5, though, which buys ... not much these days. Not even two gallons of gas ...

Dustro and Tracy and I went to Old Chicago last night for some tasty-yet-expensive pizza. I had a beer (monumental, I know). We returned to the apartment for a little Texas Hold 'Em, sprinkled liberally with tequila (in the sunrise and margarita varieties).

I finished Harry Potter and the Death of Dumbledore for the second time this morning. I was re-reading it for clues as to who R.A.B. could be. I wanted to take it a little more slowly this time, too.

I've almost completed a purple feathery scarf for the Aunt Who Still Hasn't Claimed Her Giant Apple. Next comes the hat. I also very much want to knit a Dr Who scarf for my dad. His birthday's in November, and I think he'd be very excited, as we used to watch the show together when I was little. (The URL for the scarf has now gotten a lot easier to remember: doctorwhoscarf.com, and I like the Season 12 scarf there. There's another at everything2.com.)

And I only have to work for four hours tomorrow, due to the vacation. It will count as eight. That's good news.


I need to find some healthier food, so I'm off to the kitchen.

Thursday

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I'm a little tired today, and I think I want to try to hang curtains. Or at least the rod. We'll see how that goes.