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Jan. 20th, 2013 10:41 pm1. I saw Kris Allen in concert tonight! It was fun :) The friend I took with me also had a great time, and at no point called me on the fact that I know way WAY too much about him. Although to be fair, she is only a casual fan of his and even she knew about the car accident and that his wife is pregnant, so. He played at my favorite venue, which only holds about 100 people, so it was super intimate and the sound was perfect as always. They have table and bar seating, and then there's this odd little area that is bleacher seating, which is where we were at, and at one point he looked over and said something along the lines of "Well, we've got a jury tonight! Hope they find in our favor. They're all drinking, so it's looking good." It was cute. He is a tiny, tiny human.
2. I start my quilting class next week, so I went to the store today to get the supply list and, because I know myself, pick out the fabrics for the quilt we will make in class. I have pattern issues - I have a hard time matching fabrics together because I find them too busy. The poor women at this store! They all tried to help me, but it took me over an hour to pick out four fabrics. I think it will be cute when it's done though! I will document the whole process and show it to you as we go over the next two months.
3. Has anyone downloaded the MCR singles from their non-released album? Are they worth paying for?
2012 in Review:
Summary: I didn’t realize how much I’d travelled til I wrote this up. I was sick a lot too, and stressed out about my family. But overall it wasn’t a horrible year. And hey, the Mayans were wrong so we get to keep going!
2013 Resolution: Learn one new thing
I’ve been thinking about trying to learn sign language – I’m going to look to see if there are any lessons on Youtube or something. Also, I’ve already signed up for a class on quilting. So this should be a pretty easy resolution to keep, a rebound from last year’s failure.
2013 Goals:
v Get involved in my community:
Ø Attend neighborhood meetings – they happen once a month, and I’m going to try to go to at least six.
Ø Volunteer – it’s hard to find an opportunity that allows for sporadic volunteering (ie once a month) but I’m going to try again. I found an organization that works toward improving child literacy among immigrant/poverty-level children so I am going to look into that.
v Complete 3 out of the 10 following craft projects:
Ø Tree of Knowledge cross-stitch
Ø S's t-shirt quilt
Ø My College Sweatshirt quilt
Ø 2007 scrapbook
Ø 2008 scrapbook
Ø Nephew’s family tree label
Ø Tribble t-shirt
Ø Cat toy treat dispenser
Ø Framing skeleton cross-stitch
Ø Display for Mom’s scarf pins
v Move craft room upstairs and organize
v Move guest room back and hang Grandmother’s quilt and my sister’s paintings
v Frame and hang photos in bedroom
v Practice the drums with the aim to start taking lessons again.
Because I am a bad person...
Jan. 7th, 2013 08:08 pmI mean, I don't know if Harry Styles & Taylor Swift have broken up, as they are rumored to have done. But we've all been making jokes that when they eventually did, she'd write a break up song because that's what she does.
I have to say, I hope she goes with 'Ex-Factor.' That's dead clever :)
All dolled up in glad rags...
Dec. 13th, 2012 02:42 pma) I have a new nephew!!!! His name is Vaughn, and he is super cute. I will get to meet him next Wednesday.
b) I didn't have to go to St. Louis.
c) I only have one more workday left in the year, so nothing really looks that bad to me right now.
I did have to work with a site in Mexico, which was annoying because my counterpart had a tendency to wander off, but I got it done and I didn't have to go anywhere.
I've spent most of my free time working on scraping all the flaking paint/rust off my back patio railings, and trying to get a quote for installing a new railing back there because my insurance company now insists I need one. I think I've gotten it to be under $500, so I'm happy about that. Well, I'd be happier if I didn't have to do it, but oh well.
Also, there was a small fence kerfuffle, in that I took my old ghetto fence down, and then the house next to mine that had been vacant for two years sold and they wondered where the fence was. But it ended well, and the new owner seems nice and he is looking for good renters so hopefully it won't be too bad. Although I think he's set the rent too high, given that he's asking for more than I pay on my mortgage, and my house is at least half again the size of that one, if not double.
Speaking of mortgages, I wonder if I could refinance mine again. I just did it about a year ago, but who knows, maybe I could lower it again. I should look into that.
I have also been crafting, but haven't taken the time to post my Pinteresting to tumblr. Ought to get on that! I also made Vaughn's Christmas gift, which is a sock monkey.
And in my spare time, I've been working on my 1D big bang. Uuuuuuuuuuugh. Why so hard, writing? I've hit the minimum word count, but it's not done, and I've hit that stretch where it feels like it never will be. I wanted to have it finished before I went to New Hampshire, but I'm not sure if it will be. I have a couple of days off before I go, so there's hope yet.
OOOOOOOOOh! And I'm going to buy myself an iPad for Christmas! In New Hampster, where they don't believe in sales tax.
#FandomProblems
Nov. 27th, 2012 04:15 pmAnd the first one on the list is Pride and Prejudice.
I can't actually remember if I've read it. I know I've read at least one Panic at the Disco version of it, and I've seen at least one of the movies. But can't remember if I've read the actual book.
Oops.
So relieved!
Nov. 7th, 2012 01:28 amAlso amazing: Maine, Maryland, & Washington have voted to approve marriage equality. At least 18 women have been elected to the Senate - including one disabled veteran, one lesbian, and one Asian - a record.
And Puerto Rico seems to be starting down the road to statehood, which is so interesting to me and not something I'd heard about at all til someone retweeted it tonight.
ETA: Ok, my fact checking was a little impaired last night (I blame the wine!) - the disabled veteran was elected to the House not the Senate.
Fear and Loathing...
Nov. 4th, 2012 11:52 pmI've already cast my vote, so my part in this drama is over. Now all that's left is the waiting, the watching, the worrying.
I am violently afraid that Romney will win. Like, I nearly went into a panic thinking about it this afternoon in the parking lot at Target. I don't understand it. I don't understand how anyone could want to vote for him. Okay, scratch that, I don't understand how anyone who makes less than $250,000 a year would vote for him. That's roughly 6 million people, which is about 2.5% of the US population eligible to vote, if I did the math right. So I don't understand how the population is basically spilt 50-50.
Ugh, what actually scares me is that I do understand why some people are voting for Romney. You have the religious zealots, the racists, the anti-LGBT rights crowd, the misogynists. I just didn't realize there were so many of them.
It makes me want to cry.
Nick Grimshaw (Radio1 DJ)/Louis Tomlinson (One Direction), with added adorable Harry Styles friendship
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