can you spare a square?!?!

my loyal readers.

i have a request of you all.

i am currently embarking upon an epic ART project. a deeply epic ART project.

pretty much, i want knitted white squares, 3" by 3" any yarn, any gauge. as many as possible, from as many people as possible.

i would also love it if someone could make me a button to promote it.

essentially, your little veritas is an 'artist' - by this, i have a degree in visual arts, it was always my passion dream desire etc to get into art for a career. however, uni sort of killed that for me. that, and i have people whom i have conflict with in the brisbane art scene. but, really, we are all adults. and frankly, i am sick of negotiating my actions around trying not to bother people. i want to make art. i want to be involved in the scene!


me make art! me need white squares!



loyal subjects! please email me at spare.a.square@gmail.com for my address and extra details. i need heaps. please! please! please!

sweet valley poetry

their symmetry divides them.

one blonde angel mother,
the other whore.

jessica cheating random
advantage taking
heart stealing whore
shallow anti-hero

as elizabeth is veiled in
similar expectations
editing and gossip writing
secure with todd.

she waves mistakes
as she does also

they swap each other
yet remain so seperated and undulating.

waves of their differences cross over
enid
and carla
and
layla

carved across
that sweet valley.



::me snorts::

oh sweet valley.
bless their cotton socks.

today is bought to you by

noddy

he is my friend.

i have multiple things i should be doing today. needless to say, by the fact i am putting an entry on my blog, i am not doing them.

i had chocolate for breakfast. this is not a good idea.

meet my bookshelf. it is my friend.

i Love my bookshelf. this is one of two in my room. i also have a desk covered in books.
as soon as i go into people's houses, the first thing i look at is their books. this is lame.

hairpins

well, i have more hair. it's time i learnt what to do with it. i am so bad at grooming and those sorts of things. i am a terrible groomer.

today, i recieved a parcel from stariel (for link, see sidebar. yes. i am lazy). it had yarn with which to finish the boyfriend jumper and for my vintage KAL stockings!!!! yayay!!!!!
i have a bit of a headache. this makes me grumpy. and i am also Tired and Out of Sorts.

and flicking between many windows. i have another parcel to pick up today, in around half an hour. lordy be, i am excited.

i am starting to think about drawing again. making zines, little books, little fabric pieces and such. it's exciting.

under the weather

i am suffering under very little sleep today, from a slightly too big a night.
it will be an early night for me.

i am Exceedlingly excited by the new knitty, and the exciting gloves. i am just now arduously trying to find some laceweight yarn which i can make them with. this is far harder than it should be.

the no smoking laws are so GOOD. going out no longer means smelling like an ashtray the next day. unfortunately, i feel like i have eaten a sock, from having to get some dutch courage before going out, to the two coctails drunk in fast sucession, to the finale of the beer. ergh.
i went home and listened to my Happy Playlist, consisting of four hours of my favourite music, as i drifted off to sleep, before waking at 4 am! bla! in between, i was - what the divine mark at the alibi room refers to as 'good value - and i refer to as - a complete nitwit. but i had fun, in a drunk, singing sort of way. lots of singing. and sitting-dancing. and hugging people. and... attempting to have a conversation about art. hm. i think that failed miserably.

my hunt is on for laceweight. of course, littleknits has the most perfect laceweight baby alpaca. in every exquisite colour. apart from black, obviously. ::rolls eyes::

i have more hours in my night now that i don't watch Big Brother. after the repulsive sexual abuse thing, i just cannot bring myself to do it anymore. i mean, the show failed to condemn what happened, and i find that totally unacceptable. so, well. more music. less tv.


now, for proof that i do actually smile. this is my computer, kids! fishyfishyfishy in all its gender nonspecific glory.

gross food!!! yay!!!!

well. this is my entry into monkee's bloggaverery.

this is my dahl. it is overcooked. it is yellow. i even moulded it into boobies for monkees benefit.
i eat it because it is very cheap, and i can cook it. (even though i realised i left out some spices which is why it tasted really wierd....)

it's flaking strange looking.

my exciting hallway/bridge photo for monkee will be up when i feel...... inspired!

there is a cat on the computer

i am at L's house. the cat loves the top of the computer. it's looking down at me right now, with a cute look on its little fuzzy face. awwww... so small. its name is 'cat' and it is insanely small for a full grown cat, with short stumpy little legs.

today, i met annie the guinea pig, who pooed and wee-ed on my skirt. she is too cute for me to mind. she has really long hair and is very cuddly

there was a whole herd of goth children in the city today. this warmed my heart. i guess it is because it is the school holidays. they all come out in droves, hanging around king george square and look very sad and alone, bless their little black cotton socks.
i have just renovated my blog and i am lamely impressed with myself.

i am covered in guinea pig hair.
happy nobody smokes here anymore day! we have new, exciting, non smoking laws in brisbane, which means you cannot smoke anywhere where food or alcohol are served. this also means you can Breathe! yay for breathing and not breathing in carcinogenic fumes and being able to see live music. SOOB - straight out of brisbane is comming up soon, which is exciting.

here are some fun family photos.

the one with the cat is my dear older sister. this is her 27th birthday photo. we have birthday photos every year. they are always terrible. that is the nature of the birthday photo though.

the other, is ME in my ariel-mind the gap shirt. i already got a compliment on it this morning. is it 'the gap' - the suburb? or the shop? or the gap in a london train/subway? oh who knows.

in other news, i have a new best friend. they are a band called 'MEW' and they make me happy in my heart. 10" into the boy-jumper. will post WIP images soon.

hats

this one is madge from knitty. cute little hat! fluffy! soft! quick to knit! unfortunately, i look really weird in this image.



this hat is made out of what i like to think of as 'yarn of god' because the colour is from heaven. and this is my special hat, which i bound off a little bit too tight, but still looks ok. and fits ok. this hat is also my friend.




the hat and the crow shirt i am wearing today. i have an abiding passion for the crow shirt. it is my friend. this is a little boobie-ish, but that happens from time to time, and we can all learn to live with that, right?

knitting at last

these are my Lace Gloves! yay! i have an abiding passion for them. i am making a few more pairs in different colours.


now, this image makes more sense. you can see them on. however, i am obviously so bored with the process of taking photos that i have dozed off. oh so much to do, so little time. i must sleep on the go.


an especially wanky image, needed in order to clarify that my skin is Not as good as it appears in the other images which will appear in subsequent posts.

more poetry and ramble

baby sitters club poem #2

mary-anne

such drama, girl.
mother died
father emotionally crippled,
you obscured with
long dark hair and shyness
(until book #60 when you get that short haircut that makes them all mad for some stupid reason).

reclusive mousy
hidden behind extroverted
friends, you are
gentle
masked
divided.

steady boyfriend at 13 years
of age?
mary-anne, this is
too young for commitment,
that hope you crave
from your dead mother's
heart.

you lost yourself
in that neat handwriting.
control freak made
secretary, answering the phone
being the
good
girl,
quiet now, do what they say,
mary-anne.



theend.



hungry and poor. i have lowered. applied for a job at a *cough* cosmetics company. i am truly desperate. i believe in makeup as performance and fun. not as a way of obscuring your skin in order to conform to social standards. and hiding acne scarring, which is my own specific issue. i dream of a day with enough self esteem when i will walk out, eyes blackened with liner, without hiding the scarring on my cheek.


in therapy, i am 'healing my inner child.' this consists of sleeping a lot, so i am rather pleased by that. i am happy to sleep. very happy. i had a dream within a dream last night which has left me unsettled and displaced.

primarily, i am hungty. i cannot find my recharger for my camera, damn it.
i need to write more. this is stunted and blunt and choppy.
perhaps my problem is too much tv.

in othe news, i am knitting teal lace gloves. i want to make a pair for dresden-dolls amanda because her blog entry seemed so sad, and lace gloves make everyone happy.

baby-sitter's club inspired poetry

and now for something completely different.

claudia.

with her asian perfect skin
artistry
and inability to spell;
across the junk food hidden between
nancy drew books,
also hidden from librarian parents
afraid
of her dyslexia(?)
her inability to spell at 13.

acne threatens.
at 13 further puberty threatens.
as does eating
disorders
parental approval
causing her anxiety to spill further
into binging on
junk food
and nancy drew books.

janine, the perfect
older genious sister
will almost surely get pregnant young
and wreck the symetry of
good daughter bad
daughter
as claudia
vomits up dinner and smarties.

her body remains her canvas
she created her own caving ribcage
dressed in makeup
and art
and misspelt
mistakes.

did any of those boys really
love you,
claudia?
were they really worth
all that?c

Lizard CUTENESS

very cute baby lizard! yay! cute!!

another amazing update

ok. what is new?
i am almost finished milanda from white lies designs. it is Beautiful, and i am astounded that, each time i go to bind off, i actually have the correct number of stitches. my knitting is really getting better. i am thinking very hard about what i should make with my handspun from divine-sp-6-aurora. what should i make? what? oh what? i was thinking a neck-cuff-y sort of thing, like a collar, turtle neck ... or a hat?

i have some LORNA'S LACE on the way to me at the moment, for knitting a hat for a friend. better yet, i did not pay for it! hurah!

my therapy is making me feel exhausted. this is why i am not online as much. it's relentless. however, it is for the best, and worth every cent, bla bla bla. just right now, i feel so tired, and heavy, and headachey and so on. dealing with things is hard.

i have a fungal infection on my scalp. gross. yes. very. they just look like little pimples, and they hurt like hell. and all this time i thought i was allergic to every shampoo known to mankind. ironically, my hair looks fantastic.

i am not use to having no money yet. i still feel sad come payday and there is barely enough to cover the rent. i also have an electricity bill and a phone bill staring at me at home. this sucks.

if anyone has stuff-up-free vegetarian recepies (looks at aurora with kitten eyes) i would be very greatful. however, i can cook a few things now. none particularily well. but edibly. it's getting there. i will be a functional adult soon. however i also fear iminent veganism after looking at the new peter singer book. oh well. veganism is not that hard. i don't have much dairy anyhow, due to the whole lactose issues, and i am not the biggest fan of eggies.

there is a band playing at rics tomorrow night which i would like to see - dizzygothica. my issue is with ric's. i hate the venue. i have ranted about this in the past. but. i wish the anti-smoking laws were in already! i wish the anti-rude moron rule was in existance in the real world. i would like to hear them, and i would like to hear them live. decisions, decisions.

what else.

i still have about three undelivered parcels. this is frustrating on several levels.
the. end.

my tongue hurts

this is owing to the fact i somehow smashed a glass in my mouth.
ouch.

next time, i am Not Drinking. Eeever Again.

grg.

oh well. my red black lace top is getting fun and exciting, and there was a very cute child in the store. i was talking to her, and she reached up and pointed to my nose, and said 'ouch!' at my nosestud. i then showed her my tragus ring and let her tug on it. she was very gentle with it too.
her name was allegra which is the cutest name. bless her!

a happy day!

yep! i got a wonderful parcel from the divine roxy... ok...i am bad at linking. roxy is available at the harajukuroxy link to the side.

somehow, roxy knew that i was going to post an add to swap for 10mm circulars with... er... anything i could, ie. a thesis draft, or a chicken, or anything due to my poverty. roxy sent me a pair! or... are circular's pairs? who knows. and a whole PILE of magazines, and stickers, and Alll manner of excitement.

veritas is a happy elizabeth.

and also... i won Ali's 'pick my new name' thing on knitty coffeeshop and now get to pick a title for myself!!! that is terribly exciting! i sort of wanted to buy one, only have NOWHERE near enough money to contemplate it! yay! so i will be the hankie thief! soonish. when it is all cleared. you know. yay! yay!

oh, and i got a delicious muffin as well. and i normally hate muffins.
one observation. american fun fur is actually coool. this baffles me. australian fun fur is horrible. the cute fun fur roxy sent me is exciting! and i also know that on knitting a fun fur scarf, it will get a thousand times more excited comments than a complex lace shawl. te he.

thank you world for making to day much more fun than yesturday. :)

me does meme

1)What's your favorite LYS? : threads and more, bardon. favourite, and Only. stupid brisbane
2)What about it do you like most?: staff really like me, owing to the fact i recommended grinder's coffee for the coffee shop.... er... they have lots of things to see and do.
3)What is your 2nd favorite?:..... sadlly, there is no other. locally, anohow.
4)What would you improve about it to make it a tie with your first?: er....
i think i will add things i want for threads and more... hm... more yarn!? couches! more cotton in 6 ply! see, i usually use the internet. i am an ebay whore!
5)What's the last thing your bought at your #1 LYS? a surprise for muggy!
6)Who's Next?: er... whoever is so delighted!

what else can i do that is not my thesis

working three days a week is SLOWLY driving me insane.

i have an exercise plan.
i am cooking my own food.
i can barely afford said food due to the $80 per pay spend on therapy. (that is what i get back. each appointment is $140).
i actually cleaned the house.

i had a "feedback" session. aparently my sales are excellent, but patchy. maybe that's because sometimes the Store is busy? *sighs*

bla bla.
i would Care More if i got more than $300 a week. after rent = 150, therapy = 40, food = 80 or so... er... where can i find bill money? how the Hell am i suppose to support myself? ertg.

second job? oh yes. high tax.

oh well. charities should bring a Happy Joy Tax Return come next month. for once, my tax return will be done punctually.

er, that's right. thesis. right.
i have a SnB!!! jollification!!

happy postal me

yes. my hand painted yarn is now called the halloween yarn. when i was winding it into a ball i went from loving it to falling in love with it.

seriously. i want to have that yarn's babies.

*cuddles yarn* *spiritually cuddles yarn as yarn is at home and i am at work*

and my stitch markers are hard at work. i took a photo, did not work out. too small stitchies to show up. and i though, i could keep trying, or use it! i needed to use it. i was a little overstimulated. i swapped over the stitch marker that consisted of an old piece of cotton tied around the needle, with a beautiful, new, secret-pal-aurora- stitch marker. oh it's lovely and useful and beautiful. oh how i love stitchmarkers.

gloves progressing well.

i need to update my sidebar.

i am wearing my jacket today, and i feel smug and proud.
as well, i bought a new dress at lifeline for $9. a lovely, nonsensical red velvet thing. and, i got a garter off a book. yes. a book came, with a garter - the red thing that goes on your upper thigh - tied around it. the manager looked at it in horror and ripped it off. i quickly snatched it and put it on.
it's tight. and i'm pretty small. this is not a garter for the average australian women. i told this to M, the manager. he responded with 'no, its a garter meant to go around a book.'
good point.

WHHHHEEE!!!

postal issues resolved.

accordingly, i now have.

1. 12 pairs of DPNs heheheh!
2. 10 balls of red cotton!!!! yay!!!!
3. hand knitted jumper from mugwump!!!!!! and beautiful bookmark from canada!!!!!
4. my 4 month old bitch magazine! late, but better late than never!!


and... today....

my SP BOX!!!!
i am opening it as i write this! so far, i have amazingly wrapped in pirate paper gifts!!!!! pirate paper! how did you know my sad obession with pirates? and the pirate metal band that i am in. (ok. in being me and L and my cousin P and my sister talking about it and giving each other pirate names. the band's name is 'capt'n pirate and the scurvey dogs', and L is capt'n pirate, anita is 'nurse seaman' and so on...)

and.... a noddy egg-cup!!! wheee!
*pause while i open next one*

wheee!!!! an exciting sheepy cup!!! sheepy cup! sheepy cup!!
with important notion-y thingies like a Row Counter, and some Yarn Bobbins which i need for any colour work, and...
ghost buttons!!!!

*opens next one while making happy sounds with the staff in the cafe - they know me like family here...*

ohhh!!! beautiful stitch markers! *dances around for a bit.

vegan-y chocolate deliciousness...

*opens last pirate themed package*

*squeellls*
tencel wool!!!!!
ok, you seriously read my mind there. because i have wanted some nice tensel for so long, and have not been able to find any that is purdy enough. this is soooo soooo perfect. in a lovely shade of blue.

*opens blue tissue package*

ooohhh... amazingly beautiful handpainted yarn.... oh... such wonderful colours....*yarn is currently sitting on lap*

*opens reveal card* i know, i know. the moment we have all been waiting for...
my secret pal is
the divine


aurora!!!!!!!!!!!

ok. i sort of guessed it. but, that is totally fine!!!! oh *squeeelss!*
jollifications! jollifications!

(how many active australians are there on the board :) )

now, ms aurora, let the spoil-er become the spoil-ee!

((photos when i have a digital camera with me!)