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.

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! (more…)

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. (more…)

Something I found irritating:

Something I crocheted:

Something I was given at work:

Something I went to see:

Yesterday evening I trekked over to Ballard for a concert. Trekking indeed. It takes an hour to get there from my office. North Seattle Community College is the halfway point, and I finally managed to take a picture of these sweet little houses across the street from the college.

If only Ballard were a little more accessible, I would be very tempted to live there. But then it wouldn’t be Ballard. Also it would be nice if they had a grocery store walkable from the heart of the neighborhood. Though, the QFC is coming back in that condo development, yes?

More after the jump. (more…)

I walked home from the movies one day mostly so I could get a picture of this Obama Lincoln mural…

…and took the opportunity to get pictures of a few other signs too, including these two:

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More February after the jump. (more…)

…went up to Canada for New Year’s. (This is a bit of a tradition now, and this year was particularly great because I wound up having a five day weekend, and thus a nice long visit. It also snowed every single day I was there, which was pretty ace so far as the puppy was concerned.)

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…got a new camera and had to test it out. Much more after the jump. (more…)

This has been a really odd December. I have succeeded in not working a single Wednesday all month. The first two fell to a death cold, the next two to snow days (yes, really, more on that later), and the 31st I’ll be in Canada, as is my New Year’s tradition.

Christmas is frequently weird anyway. I don’t really celebrate it anymore since my family moved away, plus my job is very holiday-intensive. My office, eaten by the holidays (and many more photos after the jump): (more…)

…am wearing these shoes

…am already this far on my February Lady sweater

…cast this vote for President

…and am on my way to Ballard, where I saw this last week on the new release whiteboard at Sonic Boom