the thing itself and not the myth

I just looked at my Ravelry profile and realized I haven’t updated here since the beginning of November.

Oops.

I have, however, posted a lot to letterboxed, including an entry on 2009 in film that everyone ignored. And I just uploaded a bunch of photos to Flickr, with the intent of taking some serious coffee shop time to organize, tag, and post about. I know you all are pretty excited about that. Don’t front. And maybe someday I’ll even take pictures of all the stuff I’ve knitted. Maybe.

Until then, here’s part of how I managed to see 108 films in 2009. Evidence that I am a sucker for a laminated pass. Click through to Flickr for notes.

In a fit of insanity I decided to make a Max costume for Halloween. (I started it before I saw the film, so it’s lucky that I turned out to be totally obsessed with it.)

Pictures of the hoodie, crown, & scepter, plus more than you ever wanted to know about how I made them, after the jump (or by clicking “view original post” on Facebook.) Read the rest of this entry »

We had a baby shower today, which was pretty exciting, partially because I have had my contribution wrapped up in my living room for nearly two months. (The baby herself has been around for nearly three!)

It’s also exciting because it means I can finally show you guys some more of the crafting that I did this summer. What, you want me to blog things chronologically? It’s never going to happen.

After the jump, baby knitted & crocheted things of cuteness. Read the rest of this entry »

I have no plans to travel anywhere until I have no idea when, which meant my vacation time was getting a little out of control, plus I was getting a little burned out. So I took off a week to do nothing at all. Upon reflection, I should have taken two, if only so I could have knitted more and watched all of The Lord of the Rings extended editions. Hobbits!

ANYWAY.

Things I did without photos:

* Took a trip over to Bellevue to knit with lovely ladies I met through my yarn club. Gentleman at Panera v sweet and subbed turkey into a most amazing salad. Om nom nom.

* Spent five hours running errands and came home with… two yardsticks. Dear craft store: I am never going to you again. You have not once had anything on my list. And you are an hour each way by bus. (The yardsticks are for this yarn swift, which I am still determined to make.)

* Went out to breakfast at Glo’s with Carry on, Jeeves. Ate tasty frittata! (Note: TextEdit thinks I mean “frigate”. No. This is not an O’Brian novel.)

* Watched the third season of “Felicity” which was, I am sorry to report, surprisingly upsetting. Cheating! Stalking! More cheating! But Greg being adorable. I would like him as my older brother, please. Someone kindly see to that.

* Knitted lots, including a stack of Nearly Finished Things, but Not Quite Finished Enough for photos. They all need to be blocked first.

* Laid out my tshirt quilt. I still need to do some math and buy fabric for it before I can actually make it. If it goes well, I will make a second, because I have tshirts coming out of my ears.

Things I did with photos… later. Once I upload them. But this already is almost too late to bother posting so to delay would be madness!

Things I still have to post about: movies seen since July, things I did at work this summer, stuff I’ve made.

What I’m going to post about instead: this weekend! Two of my aunts & one of my cousins came over to the coast, which was lovely. Pictures after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »

This weekend, I went 3 hours in the opposite direction, to Portland, for Sock Summit. Yes. That would be an entire conference … for sock knitters. I took two classes, one of which wasn’t quite what I expected (I was hoping for more technique, but it was still inspiring, particularly to get serious about Cat Bordhi’s New Pathways), but the second was a knee sock class & it was *fabulous*. Read the rest of this entry »

…not that I really had one. One three day weekend does not a vacation make. But whatever.

In July I went up to Vancouver for the folk festival. It was my third year attending, and though I missed seeing Julie up on the mainstage interpreting, I had a really great time. I got up there on Friday night when the Weakerthans were on the mainstage, found a spot, and immediately everything felt right with the world. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been busy over on Confessions of an amateur cineaste, but I haven’t forgotten about this space!

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SIFF did keep me a little busy though. After 13 years I finally decided to try volunteering and the Secret festival, and both were awesome. A++ will volunteer & secret again.

After the festival, I did a load of laundry and went to New York. Pictures from that after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, my friend Chris visited from New York. One of the awesome things about having company is that I get to do all of the Seattle things I wouldn’t do otherwise. After the jump probably way too many crappy pictures of Seattle & a few of Portland. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, as part of National Poetry Month, NYC hosts Poem in Your Pocket Day. I wasn’t sure what to post for it, until I remembered one I posted at the old journal a few years ago.

I first saw it in the Breathe Poetry community on LiveJournal. It’s even more appropriate this year, which is apparently the year of Toxic Family Issues, if only in my own mind. It (as well as a peom of sorts by me on the same theme) lives after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »