. when you have to work the next day.
well. it's simple really. i got a call at 10 from L. telling me that 'tipping the velvet' was on. sleep, or victorian lesbians, people? yes. the lesbians will every time.
and. guess what? it was guest programming for the dresden dolls and i had to watch it. there were glories untold, like that horrible 'i like big butts' song!!! when i was in year three my best friend karen loved it. i don't think either of us got the racial importance of black people's body image, but, she would recite the opening over and over again.
and bananarama. and ... oh the joys.
not to mention 'every day is like sunday.' morrissey jollification.
and, needless to say the dresden dolls filmclips, which made me do a sleepy happy dance on the couch. ok. i just thought happy thoughts.
apart from this joy, i feel gross. as, well, 4 hours sleep makes a demented elizabeth.
er. and i had really, really, really deranged dreams.
*shakes head* i think it is a supressed desire for exciting bras and undies... maybe. who the hell knows.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
australia post, i hate you
right now i am waiting on:
-pomemgrannet juice from a swap. months ago.
-an expressed posted card from *wink-wink*, from a few weeks ago. express post, australia post - you know what that means? yep. express.
-12 sets of DPN's from three weeks ago
-8 balls of red and black cotton from three weeks ago
-pattern of lace glove from two weeks ago
-kilo of sari silk (much more recent)
-a just posted skein of cashmere *twitches with delight*
-magazine from swap
-book from swap.
australia post? yeah. ok, operate good-ly! send me my things! my things! send! send! send!
*pouts* in other news, i feel really really icky. i got my navel ring caught in the till, and it ripped a little and bled. and Hurt like HELL. and i feel exhaused. and a bit... funny. meh. therapy backlash eh?
-pomemgrannet juice from a swap. months ago.
-an expressed posted card from *wink-wink*, from a few weeks ago. express post, australia post - you know what that means? yep. express.
-12 sets of DPN's from three weeks ago
-8 balls of red and black cotton from three weeks ago
-pattern of lace glove from two weeks ago
-kilo of sari silk (much more recent)
-a just posted skein of cashmere *twitches with delight*
-magazine from swap
-book from swap.
australia post? yeah. ok, operate good-ly! send me my things! my things! send! send! send!
*pouts* in other news, i feel really really icky. i got my navel ring caught in the till, and it ripped a little and bled. and Hurt like HELL. and i feel exhaused. and a bit... funny. meh. therapy backlash eh?
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
blah. i am a Bad Spend-y Person!
okies.
ibought a kilo of sari silk. why? i don't know, to be honest. maybe because it was only 16 USD? that's cheap, right? that's like, 100UDS worth for 16. ergh.....
but pretty! and Gift-able.
yesturday, i sent off vegemite, promite, and a boomerang.
going into tourist shops is Dirty and Wrong.... but necessisary sometimes. and i got my glove pattern. and i bidded on some books. no more than 10. no more than ten. (unless it is one kilo of sari silk. on KILO. that is heaps...)
ibought a kilo of sari silk. why? i don't know, to be honest. maybe because it was only 16 USD? that's cheap, right? that's like, 100UDS worth for 16. ergh.....
but pretty! and Gift-able.
yesturday, i sent off vegemite, promite, and a boomerang.
going into tourist shops is Dirty and Wrong.... but necessisary sometimes. and i got my glove pattern. and i bidded on some books. no more than 10. no more than ten. (unless it is one kilo of sari silk. on KILO. that is heaps...)
Saturday, April 22, 2006
yep, i really did finish something
look!!!! it's my boots! well, shoes. i got these for my birthday. i love them. they are my friends. and my pinstriped socks make me excited.
this was at the drunk middle of the evening - L was networking. i was sitting on the couch in the art gallery taking photos of my shoes. Yay for my shoes. art gallery openings- free beer. and we went to Two. you know what that means? Two free beers! one of which was this strang beer from holland!
yep! the moment we have all been waiting for. well. that i have been. it's my First Ever FINISHED PROJECT. grown up, that is. a FO that is not a scarf. and look how pretty it is. (this is also in the drunk middle of the evening. when self portraits with ones digital camera seem like such a FanTasTic idea.
and here is a dignified shot of me, and more importantly, My Lucky. thank you stitch n bitch nation. i love it. i Love it! it is comfortable, and pretty, and even though the cotton i used is so crap that it's going to stretch like all hell, well, until that happens, i have a Jacket that i made. that fits. that looks good. wooot!
Thursday, April 20, 2006
beer and pizza
it's only $15. i want beer. i Like beer. and i like pizza. and its tomorrows lunch.
and i amtired and hardly feel like cooking,
oh! this is GOOD beer. and it's canned as well. good canned beer... so strange. so alien.
paddingtons pub ale. mental note.
i cannot believe there was a time where i hated beer. in retrospect, i feel confused by that, due to my passion for beer that i feel now. i genuinely love it. the taste, the texture, the way it's cold and nice and make-not-thirsty. it's not lowbrow alcohol. it's lovely and good. like a big cuddle. oh i love beer.
see, that is something else i learnt in NY. beer is good. i learnt this lesson in a nightclub that eerily resembled a mosque. it had lots of tiles. we refered to it as the morrocan nightclub.
i got a little drunk. but. i had beer and i Liked it. heaps! after hating it up until that point.
oh beer.
and i amtired and hardly feel like cooking,
oh! this is GOOD beer. and it's canned as well. good canned beer... so strange. so alien.
paddingtons pub ale. mental note.
i cannot believe there was a time where i hated beer. in retrospect, i feel confused by that, due to my passion for beer that i feel now. i genuinely love it. the taste, the texture, the way it's cold and nice and make-not-thirsty. it's not lowbrow alcohol. it's lovely and good. like a big cuddle. oh i love beer.
see, that is something else i learnt in NY. beer is good. i learnt this lesson in a nightclub that eerily resembled a mosque. it had lots of tiles. we refered to it as the morrocan nightclub.
i got a little drunk. but. i had beer and i Liked it. heaps! after hating it up until that point.
oh beer.
today's a very special day
ok. that's not true.
i have finished my jacket. my first ever grown up knitted thing.
and a glove. i am now addicted to glove knitting.
lacey black gloves galore. and my cotton arrived. it's so soft and beautiful. more egyptian cotton in 7 ply though! more! more! i need more for gloves!
in other news, i now work a grand total of three days a week. this means i have no money. but more knitting time. i like that. i don't like having no money. this makes me sad and hungry.
not yet though. i still have money. for now.....
my stash will keep me going through the lean times.
i have finished my jacket. my first ever grown up knitted thing.
and a glove. i am now addicted to glove knitting.
lacey black gloves galore. and my cotton arrived. it's so soft and beautiful. more egyptian cotton in 7 ply though! more! more! i need more for gloves!
in other news, i now work a grand total of three days a week. this means i have no money. but more knitting time. i like that. i don't like having no money. this makes me sad and hungry.
not yet though. i still have money. for now.....
my stash will keep me going through the lean times.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
seaming saga
yes. my seam is defective.
*kicks wall*
won my ebay action.
yay!
and now, all my friends... *looks pointedly at N, D, and L* can leave comments, because i turned off anonymous.
if i get spammed by anti porn activists though, we are going to attact their blog, alright?
i have no money after my ebay splurging. am going to see sigur ros tonight! hurah!
after my defective seam is done, i Will work on my thesis. really. honest to god. i will. i will. (i still dream that one day, i will open my laptop, and the thesis fairy will have written it all!)
*kicks wall*
won my ebay action.
yay!
and now, all my friends... *looks pointedly at N, D, and L* can leave comments, because i turned off anonymous.
if i get spammed by anti porn activists though, we are going to attact their blog, alright?
i have no money after my ebay splurging. am going to see sigur ros tonight! hurah!
after my defective seam is done, i Will work on my thesis. really. honest to god. i will. i will. (i still dream that one day, i will open my laptop, and the thesis fairy will have written it all!)
Thursday, April 13, 2006
ebay is both fun and naughty
*sighs* i am currently bidding on a lot of cotton.
and i won a set of DPN's.
argh! i don't have any money! what am i doing?????
2 minutes left.... will i win? will i?
so exciting! so very wrong.
*shakes head* i am an imbecile.
1 minute. i am about to win!!
i told a *slightly* overweight customer not to eat too much this easter. totally NOT thinking. *foot.in.mouth*
j. in the coffeeshop wins though, from when she told a guy in a wheelchair to 'just take a seat and i'll bring the coffee out to you...'
fortunately he was goodnatured.
and i won a set of DPN's.
argh! i don't have any money! what am i doing?????
2 minutes left.... will i win? will i?
so exciting! so very wrong.
*shakes head* i am an imbecile.
1 minute. i am about to win!!
i told a *slightly* overweight customer not to eat too much this easter. totally NOT thinking. *foot.in.mouth*
j. in the coffeeshop wins though, from when she told a guy in a wheelchair to 'just take a seat and i'll bring the coffee out to you...'
fortunately he was goodnatured.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
ebay is fun.
it's been a long and boring day. outside the computer. inside the computer, however, there have been struggles - yes, battles between me and other ebayers. i am yet to call myself the proud owner of anything i have bidded for today. but, lets see how i go. i have three lots i am waiting on right now.
set of DPN's, bamboo
some really cheap NZ wool
this beautiful little book of shelley from the 1900 or so... so pretty. fairly tattered, but still stunning. and a steal for the (current) $30 AUD. i will be sad if i lose that one. *eyeballs anyone reading this who likes shelley and might steal this off me. realises the chances that anyone reading this cares about shelley are pretty much nil.*
i had an extremely intoxicated lad chat to me on the way home. it was sort of funny. and then, on the way to work today, i saw a (possibly) homeless bloke with a flat screen tv. strange. he was just sitting at the bus-stop with his tv. it baffled and amused me. no syringes or condoms though! what an exciting change! nor any vomit! which is rare. especially on a saturday morning. usually the streets are littered with vomit. saturdays are when i don't love living in the valley so much. people, for gods sake, vomit in the garden or something. it's Gross when you do it on the sidewalk. even the gutter is better.
suicide girls is on tonight. i am avoiding the valley, due to the large amount of emo-testosterone that will probably be present. what irritates me with obessively anit-suicide girls people is that - yep. suicide girls are feministically-dubiously-anti-feminist. however, i don't see that much specifically aimed anger at things like illegal street prostitution, and the state of the women forced into it. or to the likes of players universal, where my dear sister had to work when she was forced out of her previous job. she is lucky, as she has more than just looks to get her another job. not everyone does though. your average strip club does far more than the suicide girls will, and yet, there is all this ranting about the latter. *shrugs*. personally, there are bigger feminist issues out there for me than porn, or stripping. far, far more. that, and i am generally bored by the whole debate. *coughs* and being randomly forced into it. *shrugs*
tonight! will be a knitting night! and maybe a reading night. i bought a very interesting book of contemporary jewish short stories by an othodox jewish american. sounds really good. that, and two children's books.
and i still want to read that gail jones book, 'dreams of speaking,' i bought about a month ago.
and, on the book topic, i read an appaling children's book called 'angel-monster,' about the relationship between mary and percy shelley. i don't even know where i would start with what was wrong with the book. it pains me to think about how terrible it was. and inaccurate. and generally flawed. i still feel sort of dirty from reading it.
i could have spend that hour reading something else. lordy, i work in a bookstore, it's not like i am starved for choice.
i am 30inches through the strap for lucky. it's getting closer to finished. but, but... i need it done for sigur ros!! can i do it? can i? go team elizabeth! you can do it! * cheers *
set of DPN's, bamboo
some really cheap NZ wool
this beautiful little book of shelley from the 1900 or so... so pretty. fairly tattered, but still stunning. and a steal for the (current) $30 AUD. i will be sad if i lose that one. *eyeballs anyone reading this who likes shelley and might steal this off me. realises the chances that anyone reading this cares about shelley are pretty much nil.*
i had an extremely intoxicated lad chat to me on the way home. it was sort of funny. and then, on the way to work today, i saw a (possibly) homeless bloke with a flat screen tv. strange. he was just sitting at the bus-stop with his tv. it baffled and amused me. no syringes or condoms though! what an exciting change! nor any vomit! which is rare. especially on a saturday morning. usually the streets are littered with vomit. saturdays are when i don't love living in the valley so much. people, for gods sake, vomit in the garden or something. it's Gross when you do it on the sidewalk. even the gutter is better.
suicide girls is on tonight. i am avoiding the valley, due to the large amount of emo-testosterone that will probably be present. what irritates me with obessively anit-suicide girls people is that - yep. suicide girls are feministically-dubiously-anti-feminist. however, i don't see that much specifically aimed anger at things like illegal street prostitution, and the state of the women forced into it. or to the likes of players universal, where my dear sister had to work when she was forced out of her previous job. she is lucky, as she has more than just looks to get her another job. not everyone does though. your average strip club does far more than the suicide girls will, and yet, there is all this ranting about the latter. *shrugs*. personally, there are bigger feminist issues out there for me than porn, or stripping. far, far more. that, and i am generally bored by the whole debate. *coughs* and being randomly forced into it. *shrugs*
tonight! will be a knitting night! and maybe a reading night. i bought a very interesting book of contemporary jewish short stories by an othodox jewish american. sounds really good. that, and two children's books.
and i still want to read that gail jones book, 'dreams of speaking,' i bought about a month ago.
and, on the book topic, i read an appaling children's book called 'angel-monster,' about the relationship between mary and percy shelley. i don't even know where i would start with what was wrong with the book. it pains me to think about how terrible it was. and inaccurate. and generally flawed. i still feel sort of dirty from reading it.
i could have spend that hour reading something else. lordy, i work in a bookstore, it's not like i am starved for choice.
i am 30inches through the strap for lucky. it's getting closer to finished. but, but... i need it done for sigur ros!! can i do it? can i? go team elizabeth! you can do it! * cheers *
Thursday, April 06, 2006
happy birthday elizabeth
well, i am now Old. 22. go me go...
i had a very lovely birthday, with my mum visiting in the morning and taking me out for breakfast, the SO visiting early, heading to work, and then seeing him again at his Show Opening!
And i got to see Lots of my favourite people at his opening, without it having to be a birthday party or anything terrible and gross like that. lovely lovely!
and, i got beautiful plates from SO, yarn and bag from cousin N, sheepy! knitting bag from SO's mum, dad and sister, shoes (well, the money for my shoes) from my mum and dad, lovely perfect potions goodies from anita... oh lovely!
i am a happy little chicken.
and i have a 'reading club' where we all gather around and read out exerpts from books, while drinking wine.
it was storming and lovely.
i had a very lovely birthday, with my mum visiting in the morning and taking me out for breakfast, the SO visiting early, heading to work, and then seeing him again at his Show Opening!
And i got to see Lots of my favourite people at his opening, without it having to be a birthday party or anything terrible and gross like that. lovely lovely!
and, i got beautiful plates from SO, yarn and bag from cousin N, sheepy! knitting bag from SO's mum, dad and sister, shoes (well, the money for my shoes) from my mum and dad, lovely perfect potions goodies from anita... oh lovely!
i am a happy little chicken.
and i have a 'reading club' where we all gather around and read out exerpts from books, while drinking wine.
it was storming and lovely.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
toooooo hoooootttt! and stuff i bought is hear!
look! veritas has black hair now! jollification! its so hot. it is SO HOT I WANT TO SHOOT THE SUN.
yes. the sun is very hot, there is no sign of winter, or autumn, or of it getting cooler, at all. whatsoever. this is making me sad and forlorn.
this is my ingeo. from the wonderful, wonderful dody at etsy. i am in love with it. though i have no idea what to do with it at the moment. still. i had a nap and had a dream about making a little cape thing out of it. i think i need to make a little cape thing out of it. yes. i like cape things. this is slighty wrong, but i am ok with that.
here, we have my tattoo. sort of. poorly shot.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
another brighter day.
things are much better today.
SO visited. he also bought food for me. that delights me.
in a fit of impulse, i dyed my hair again, back to black. i feel much more like myself again.
and lucky is getting there.
and i got a hug from wink-wink! all is well with the world.
SO visited. he also bought food for me. that delights me.
in a fit of impulse, i dyed my hair again, back to black. i feel much more like myself again.
and lucky is getting there.
and i got a hug from wink-wink! all is well with the world.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
sulking
i need a cuddle.
*sulks*
i totally overblew on budget last week. no spending this week.
however, i have no money, and also still have to wait for the things i have bought.
no yarn yet. no tshirts yet.
and guild fees for uni are officially the most boring thing to spend money on. at least i have the ridiculously expensive jumper.
i am so tired right now. i had to stay back at work for a few hours for a "special event." *growls* people are so much RUDER at special events.
and i feel neglected.
*sighs* i am looking forward to post-art-exhibition SO. or just seeing SO at all. or even SO bothering to call me.
no more yarn until i have finished cardigan.
mantra. repeat. don't go and buy soy yarn off net. do not go and buy soy yarn off net.
*sulks*
i totally overblew on budget last week. no spending this week.
however, i have no money, and also still have to wait for the things i have bought.
no yarn yet. no tshirts yet.
and guild fees for uni are officially the most boring thing to spend money on. at least i have the ridiculously expensive jumper.
i am so tired right now. i had to stay back at work for a few hours for a "special event." *growls* people are so much RUDER at special events.
and i feel neglected.
*sighs* i am looking forward to post-art-exhibition SO. or just seeing SO at all. or even SO bothering to call me.
no more yarn until i have finished cardigan.
mantra. repeat. don't go and buy soy yarn off net. do not go and buy soy yarn off net.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
flat
as the title would suggest, i feel very flat today.
probably because
1. i slept very late today. buy this i mean until midday. i should Know by now that this is a stupid thing to do, that gives me terrible headaches and makes me feel hungover.
2. punkrawker86, a regular on my online haunt, knitty coffeeshop, passed away. i cannot remember ever chatting directly to her, or even directly responding to any of her posts. but. it's sort of like if someone in your grade at school passes away. you know them by site. just not personally.
it reminds me of when dave at the library passed away. only i was buddies with dave. it was totally unexpected - he never even let on that he was sick. he just.... went. he had a little girl. we talked about setting up fake satanic alters around the library to creep out the students. we mucked around. then, all of a sudden, he was gone.
3. uni? the weather? the fact i feel apathetic? meh? the fact i have no money due to irrisponsible spending? mosquito bites all over my wrist?
however, it is relatively exciting that i turn 22 next week. on wednesday. 5th. go me. big me. birthday me.
knitting will cheer me up.
probably because
1. i slept very late today. buy this i mean until midday. i should Know by now that this is a stupid thing to do, that gives me terrible headaches and makes me feel hungover.
2. punkrawker86, a regular on my online haunt, knitty coffeeshop, passed away. i cannot remember ever chatting directly to her, or even directly responding to any of her posts. but. it's sort of like if someone in your grade at school passes away. you know them by site. just not personally.
it reminds me of when dave at the library passed away. only i was buddies with dave. it was totally unexpected - he never even let on that he was sick. he just.... went. he had a little girl. we talked about setting up fake satanic alters around the library to creep out the students. we mucked around. then, all of a sudden, he was gone.
3. uni? the weather? the fact i feel apathetic? meh? the fact i have no money due to irrisponsible spending? mosquito bites all over my wrist?
however, it is relatively exciting that i turn 22 next week. on wednesday. 5th. go me. big me. birthday me.
knitting will cheer me up.
Monday, March 27, 2006
on red wine and other things
naughty elizabeth. Naughty.
i bought a very expensive knitted cardigan. it has skeletons on it. and it's alpaca. its beautiful! *cuddles jacket*.....
and then. i bought a very delicious wine. see, i am sending a bottle to the divine jaimss, who is sending me a bottle of icewine. .... mmmm.... so i needed to try the wine. i needed a bottle for me. to make sure it was ok, you know... it was so ok that L and i made short work of the bottle.
work on the sleeve is progressing. i am NOT allowed to knit anything else until i have FINISHED "lucky" , even though i want to start knitting my gloves right now.
i am hungry. i have not eaten yet. opps. it is lunchtime. i am very hungry.
wheee! i have a day off work! Wheeee!
i bought a very expensive knitted cardigan. it has skeletons on it. and it's alpaca. its beautiful! *cuddles jacket*.....
and then. i bought a very delicious wine. see, i am sending a bottle to the divine jaimss, who is sending me a bottle of icewine. .... mmmm.... so i needed to try the wine. i needed a bottle for me. to make sure it was ok, you know... it was so ok that L and i made short work of the bottle.
work on the sleeve is progressing. i am NOT allowed to knit anything else until i have FINISHED "lucky" , even though i want to start knitting my gloves right now.
i am hungry. i have not eaten yet. opps. it is lunchtime. i am very hungry.
wheee! i have a day off work! Wheeee!
Friday, March 24, 2006
me. as super hero craft-girl
it's me at cousin n's party. thank you, friend N's deviant art account.
will blogger upload my pictures from my computer? let's find out!
Thursday, March 23, 2006
format queen.
alright. i, with the help of wink-wink, have managed to change some colours.
go team me, go!
in other news, i just ordered some ingeo for the first time. i have never seen, touched, or worked with it before, so i am excited. it's in that electric blue i love so much as well. i swear it was made for me.
in other news, i feel gross today. couldn't sleep last night (this is Abnormal for me) and was left watching lousy TV until 2am. at least i got some great work done on 'lucky.' however, i will have to do up some fingerknitted cowls for christine - i am designing some knitted bits for her winter line, for her lable mayke and i am excited! and slighty unsure of my very small knitted technical ability. i am Enthusiastic. not particularly wise yet though. but i finger-knit well. and if you want doilies - i am your woman.
go team me, go!
in other news, i just ordered some ingeo for the first time. i have never seen, touched, or worked with it before, so i am excited. it's in that electric blue i love so much as well. i swear it was made for me.
in other news, i feel gross today. couldn't sleep last night (this is Abnormal for me) and was left watching lousy TV until 2am. at least i got some great work done on 'lucky.' however, i will have to do up some fingerknitted cowls for christine - i am designing some knitted bits for her winter line, for her lable mayke and i am excited! and slighty unsure of my very small knitted technical ability. i am Enthusiastic. not particularly wise yet though. but i finger-knit well. and if you want doilies - i am your woman.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
image posting. blogger? please....
lets try the images again, kids!
nope.
well, SP, i have now had three meals consisting of Bread, macadamia oil and dukka (yay. i spelt it WRITE that time. sniggers at self) and delicious tapanade. and balsamic vinegar i prepaired earlier.
dukka is SO GOOD. and the tapanade is out of this world.
i do have an ickle request, inspired by aurora's description of stitch markers... er... how do i use them? i am about to knit gloves for the First TIME! (these amazing lace gloves...) and i have no idea how to use stitch markers. if anyone out there wants to help me out, i would be deleriously greatful. and then, er... how to make them. i have none, and no idea how to. though i might make one or two out of fantastic turtle kit - but then again, i have Heaps of other beads i can use, and that way i can save my happy turtles for turtle making.
lucky sleeve one DONE! hopefully, it will be on target for finishing at the end of the month. yay! yay!
nope.
well, SP, i have now had three meals consisting of Bread, macadamia oil and dukka (yay. i spelt it WRITE that time. sniggers at self) and delicious tapanade. and balsamic vinegar i prepaired earlier.
dukka is SO GOOD. and the tapanade is out of this world.
i do have an ickle request, inspired by aurora's description of stitch markers... er... how do i use them? i am about to knit gloves for the First TIME! (these amazing lace gloves...) and i have no idea how to use stitch markers. if anyone out there wants to help me out, i would be deleriously greatful. and then, er... how to make them. i have none, and no idea how to. though i might make one or two out of fantastic turtle kit - but then again, i have Heaps of other beads i can use, and that way i can save my happy turtles for turtle making.
lucky sleeve one DONE! hopefully, it will be on target for finishing at the end of the month. yay! yay!
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