Today JD has officially met every member of my family.

It starts out with us leaving Boston and going to my Grandma's house in NY. When we got there he got to meet my uncles two kids Maria and Al Jr. Luckily for JD Maria is a teenager and Al Jr. isn't a toddler. Kids tend to be immediately attracted to JD and start behaving like baboons when he is around and all he does is simply say "Hi".

A few days later my uncle Alvin flies in. I was a little apprehensive about JD meeting Al. I thought Alvin was going to put him through a series of rigorous questioning, with good reason. The kitchen was filled with people and I'm in the hallway talking to Maria when I hear "You know that I"m going to have to interogate you." I look around and see Al looking in JD's direction. Mean while my Grandma is telling Al "He's cool, he's cool!" Well I must say I was suprised by this. Grandma was vouching for my boyfriend! Something I've never seen her do for anyone else. Anyway the "interogation" consisted of nto much more than finding out where JD is from and what he is doing in life.

Yesterday my aunt Jennifer and her kids flew in to NY. JD had already met her daughter Vanessa but had not met her or Troy, her son. Since Jennifer and the kids would be leaving tomorrow I called my aunt Brenda to see about coming over. The original plan was that Brenda was going to drop her daughter Ashley over at my Grandma's house and I was going to watch her while she went out. Al Jr. had spent the night at Joan's house to play with her son Shannon. Vanessa crashed at Grandma's house to spend time with Maria. So when Alvin Sr. went to pick up Al Jr. he took Vanessa and Maria with him.

Now all the while I was expecting my aunt Brenda to ring the bell and drop Ashley off. This never happened so I call her house. No answer. I call my aunt Joan's to see were Alvin is. When she picks up the phone I hear this rukus in the background. Apparently she has all six of my cousins at her house. Their parents are out and she is being driven mad by the kids. I hadn't got to see my cousin Troy or Jenny yet so I drag JD to Joan's house. We walk in and the most insanse cacaphone is flooding my ears. I walked into the room that the kids where in and immediately walked out. I couldn't take the noise. I felt really bad for Joan and Basil, her husband, they had to deal with that all day.

I'm done done done with this semester. Now I get to spend Christmas with the fam. Though I found that letting my aunt Sheryl know that I don't have an 8:30 am final tomorrow was a bad idea. She is actually expecting us to leave the house by 6:00 am, not 6:30. "I will expect to see you guys here by 11:00 am" What the hell!?! I don't know when my family started to miss me so much. She actually started off trying to talk us into leaving tonight.

The draw back to going to NY for Christmas is that we will be without World of Warcraft for over a week. I wonder if we will suffer withdrawal and how severe it will be if we do.

My Spring break is from March 12th to the 20th. What should I do wit the time... Sunny beaches come to mind.

Last night Nicole, Carley, Jillian, Nate and I went on the turykey hunt. We stepped into Roche Bros. and headed for the turkey isle. Immediately we spotted the one. The 29.34 lb wonder. This is the second year that we bought the turkey from Roche Bros. and again was able to find the monster turkey immediately. Roche Bros. is my turkey connection.

Tomorrow Nate, Nicole, maybe John and I will begin the hunt for the pre-thanksgiving feast turkey. Last year it weighed in at 29.6 lbs. It barley fit in the oven. We will scower every grocery store in Boston if we have to but we will find a turkey that is almost as large again!!!!

I'm not ready. I have been overwhelmed with class work and can't believe how little time is left before pre-thanksgiving. I feel that I am not well prepared to have this fantastical feast. The house is a mess and I don't know when I'm going to get the chance to clean it because I have so much school work to do this weekend. We have to go shopping for the giganto bird and other necessities, which might be hard given JD's school schedule and I haven't yet talked to Nate about doing the grocery shopping for this party. I need more hours in the day and more days in the week!!!

It's the middle of Novemeber and I have to start gearing up for prethanksgiving. I've got so much fog in my head right now that I can't really elaborate anymore than that.
I'm still working on JD's skull sweater. I really should have finished it by now but things like homework get in the way.

Oh joy and contentment. Tis the time when you get to take the first tests of the sememster.

I think that I successfully managed to calculate resistances, currents, powers and voltages for the Circuit Analysis test.

Our Physics II Prof. told us that as long as we know how to do the practice and homework problems we should be fine for the test. He is also letting us bring a sheet containing equations and constants. I've typed that up, I understand the homework and practice problems. BRING IT ON!!!

UGGGHHH!! Calculus II inverse trigfunctions!!! I don't like trig function to begin with. At least I don't have to do graphs. Will I successfully navigate my way through indeterminate limits, inverse trig functions, natural exponent and log functions and the Mean Value Theorem of Integrals? Ach!! Work and Voulmes of Reveloutions too!!!! Must remember the unit ciricle so I don't forget the values involved in the trig functions!!! GAH!!

I recently finished On the Moon. I made it with a nice blue and used cute silver heart buttons instead. Alas our digital camera is broken and we have yet to find a replacement for it so I can pose pictures of projects.

I finally finished the baby sweater for Cindy. Now I have to find her address and mail it to her.

Let's see... on other knitting frontiers I was commissioned by JD's mother to knit several scarves and a baby blanket. Those I did and she happily recieved them. It was cute to hear her message on our answering machine. Christmas came a little early for her.

I have currently begun to make granny squares out of the leftover Homespun yarn I have in hopes of reducing my stash. Eventually they will be sewn together to make an afgahn. It will be interesting when it is finished because not all the yarns blend well together and I'm going to have to find a tasteful way to incorporate the off color ones.

I'm also in the process of making a tie for someone as at UMass. He has told me that he is forever grateful and will name his first born girl child after me. Hee hee...

I also have a shawl that I've been working on for what seems like forever now. I actually bought PINK yarn to make this shawl! What is the world coming to! I'm willingly going to wear something that is pink! Crazy I know.

Lastly, JD and I have made a nice skull pattern because JD wants a skull sweater. I will also be using this skull pattern to make something for a friend who is no longer residing in Boston. Hopefull I can successfully enlargen the pattern so that the proportions will be correct. I think that I have figured out how and it will turn out fine.

Oh I also made a little holder for my cell phone. It needs a button though. I had a little button mix up at the LYS and have to go back to exchange it for the right button. The mix up was my fault. I thought I was being helpful but I realized when I got home I probably wasn't.

A couple of weeks ago JD informed me that we were going to be getting new cellular phones. I was a bit suprised...actually alot suprised because our phones work fine and have held up well for the past 2 years and some odd months (well at least my phone held up well). JD's however was suffering. The buttons were losing the top layer of plastic and some of the lettering had completely rubbed off on the lower buttons. I could see why he would want a new one.
JD calls me at work and suggest a couple of Samsung camera models to me. I peruse the selection via the Verizon Wireless website. I am taken with the a670, but would be willing to settle for the a610 ( our friend Jillian has an a610 and it's nice). We go to the Verizon store to compare the two and settle on the a670 because it's smaller.
Now I have a mini camera in my phone!! (isn't it great when technology makes spy movie gadgets a reality). And I hope to capture some fun pics for future posting.

JD and I hopped over to visit Nate and Carley the night the Olympics started. We watched some men's gymnastics and swimming. Carley then informed me that the swimmers who are assigned to the lanes on either end (lanes 1,2,7, and 8) are the "sucky" swimmers. Now, personally I think that they deserve some kudos. I mean after all they made it to the Olympics. How sucky can they be? They should be given the prime spot so they have a fighting chance. If the favored swimmers are so damned good why don't the prove their worth by having the crappy lanes? Why handicap the swimmers who are not as good as the favored swimmers? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
I haven't been imbibing as much alcohol since the last Debbie party I went to. Miss Debbie and Miss Beth are leaving for LA and I have to go to their last bash. Let's see what fun antics I get into this time. I will try not to triple fist the pectin shots.

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Your not hip until you've gone solar!

The Boston Fetish Fair is coming. I really want to check it out but I don't think it would be appropriate to take JD's best friend and his new girlfriend (mind you the day of the fair would be the first day that I am meeting her). If it was just Adam he might be game just because he'd expect it of me.

Scientist found a new species of bone-eating worms.

I have never had a job were the customers are better and easier to deal with than my co-workers. Until now that is. I have to work with one of the more annoying males I've ever met. He's incompotent, stupid, and childish. I also think that he doesn't like it when a woman knows more than he does. What does that mean for me? I get asked asinine questions, talked down to, pestered for attention, doing most of the work to prevent mistakes from happening ( mind you this has to be the easiest job I have ever had), correcting really stupid mistakes (ex. not FILING paperwork in the correct alphabetical order), having the idiot lie about me in front of me, our co-worker and our boss ( she was aware of his false accusations), gloating when he finally is right and I wasn't (he spent the rest of the day trying to prove me wrong about several other things and just ended up being wrong himself and looking like even more of an idiot), the list just goes on. I've already expressed to him that I dislike him yet he insist on trying to engage me in conversation. It doesn't matter how many curt answers I give him he keeps coming back. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to be there five days a week but I do because I'm the most compotent person in that office and Julie isn't as willing to give me days off like she does the other two because if I'm not there shit goes wrong. I've got one of the advisors calling me that heart of the testing center. I'm a freaking student worker I get paid a pittance and have way more responsibility than I ever wanted simple because I'm capable. So much for easy summers. Mind you I have never wanted the school year to start as much as I want it to start now. Oh, I'm also the only one at the testing center working the week of the DNC, even my boss took that week off.

Apparently some pharmacists and pyhsicians are choosing not to dispense or prescribe birth control pills because they feel it can cause "silent" abortions.

I'm crossing my fingers that Cassini-Huygens will make it into Saturn's orbit.

The Grandma visit turned out to be a success. She was making plans to come visit again in a year or sooner when we were walking out of the house to take her to the train station. It is a monumentally big deal that she enjoyed herself. I used to believe that she thought fun was just a dirty word and something only to be had by slackers and loafers. It's nice that she has started to mellow out.
I just realized that I have not mentioned anything about my knitting projects in quite a while. I have finished my yoga mat bag. It's a little too long but otherwise I think it went well. I made myself a shawl that was immediately hijacked by my grandmother. I made her another one just to be nice. I started a third shawl and she was eyeing that too but I told her no way it's mine. And so I am making myself a rose colored shawl with Pattons Divine.

My Grandma is visiting, YATTA!!!! It's been bretty good so far. We haven't had any arguments and she seems to be having fun. We took her to see "Around the World in 80 Days" I have never known her to go to a movie or even rent one and was unsure if she would even like it. I figured it was a good bet since she used to watch old Kung Fu flicks. Ahhhhh... Sat morning cartoons, wrestling, and kung fu flicks is what my weekend tv veiwing consisted of in my younger days. We haven't done much else. We started watching the first Harry Potter movie last night but she went to bed about half an hour into the movie and to my great suprised requested to watch the rest of the movie today. When the movie was done and the lights were turned back on she had a smile on her face. I thought "I'll be damned she really like that movie" We are going to take her to the MFA tomorrow and on Saturday night we are going to a POPS performance at Symphony Hall.
I got an elliptical machine this Monday. I'm really excited. I've been getting up early in the mornings so that I can practice yoga before going to work but Paul and Grandma are visiting which makes the accessibility of the living room at 6:00 in the morning a bit difficult. Ehh....who am I kidding I longed for an elliptical machine for a couple of years now. So excited.trisha's blog smells funny Thank you for that JD. Anyhooo.... I'm super excited and super out of shape. I've been a big girl for a long time but I played soccer in high school and did my three month gym spurts and did yoga so I've always been able to tolerate activity. I didn't realize how much sitting on my ass I was doing the past couple of years until this morning. Despite my doing yoga in the early morning I apparently wasn't prepared for how weak I am in the cardiovascular area. I'm non too happy about it and plan to report exercise attempts in a couple of weeks. In the mean time I'm going to keep on trucking and hopefully get access to the living room again to practice in the morning. BLAH BLAH BLAH... Ah Cindy you are the only one who listens (reads) and cares...

GRRR ARRR ARGH!!!! My DDR 4th Mix copy no longer works. It's got mystery scratches on it!! I'm none to happy about this.

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Sorry Cindy!!! I love your comments and the fact that you make commects but now that Blogger provides their own comments I got rid of the Haloscan comments. I never did like the alignment anyhoo.

Today I turn 26. I've reached the point where, according to JD, things start to go down hill. Aside from the strange hip pain when I walk I feel like a spring chicken. I'm almost done with my mat bag. Finally I can stop knitting in a tube.
Nate managed to get me to leave the house at ten o'clock last night to go see the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Akabar or something like that. It was a lot of fun. I can't believe how many college age people were there to see it. It was sold out and it was on three screens. I must say that it was fun. Thank you for getting me out of the house last night Nate. Plus I got to see Nicole and John and that is always fun.
My Grandmother is on the phone with me right now and she said that I can dip into her yarn closest. She's got a closet in one of the basement bedrooms that is so full of yarn that you have to be careful opening the door. I think she's got a stash in her bedroom also. I may not have to buy yarn for quite sometime if that's the case. The only draw back is that I may have to wind the yarn into balls. That can be a bit of a pain in the ass but it will be worth it since she's got a lot of yarn.
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I want to blog really I do but I don't know what to talk about. I'm watching JD play Billy Hatcher. It's his latest obsession. We have Nate to thank for this. Mean while I've been playing Morrowind again. I haven't been able to do as much video gaming as I would like. I've actually been working a lot. I did finally get married and have a kid in Harvest Moon. I've been neglecting the game though because Morrowind is such crack. JD doesn't blog any more and it makes me sad.
Kevin, the other person I work for, really wants me to get my drivers license. I guess I should. I mean there is no good reason for me not to have it. I can't possibly fail a road test in Boston. I've had driving instructors tell me that the speed limit is just a suggestion. I'm gong to eat now. JD is chowing down on some Cod and white Asparagus and it looks yummy.

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I feel gypped! I bought Heroic Trio from Newbury Comics and neglected to look to see if it was dubbed only or if it also had Cantonese with subtitles. Well unfortunately it is dubbed only and they changed the names of the main characters. Why the hell would they change the names of the characters?! I spent $26 on this movie and I get no subtitles!!! DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!!! I better check the box for The Executioners to make sure that I get subtitles. Which it does and it was only $8. Granted I don't expect the transfer on The Executioners to be the greatest but I won't have to deal with bad voice overs. REALLY BAD VOICE OVERS. There is also something about Theif Catcher saying "Whey! WHEY!!" that's really charming. UGH I can't deal with the name changes and some of the script changes. Stupid me for buying the version of Heroic Trio published by Miramax. If the transfer quality on The Executioners is just as good I'm going to be super duper pissed.

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I posted while I was at work and the damn thing crapped out on me. :( I really should stop this procrastination and start studying. Oh and if anyone's interested "The Incredibles" looks incredible. The spell checker just did wacky shit too.

I'm at working listening to a classic rock station when Don McLean's American Pie came on. I never realized what a long song it is. What's even more ridiculous is that I know all the lyrics to it. That's more ridiculous then when I realized that I knew the lyrics to the Highlander Theme song. I'm not sure how that happened. I'm pretty sure that the first time I watched Highlander the movie was within the past two years. I swear it happens through osmosis.

I think that I have found my next book to read. "What the Corpse Revealed: Murder and the Science of Forensic Detection" I will go hunting for it soon.
I'm on the phone with Nate and he's telling me about the latest Zelda game for the Gamecube. Apparently it's going to be orgasmically amazing. I'll put a link to it once I check it out.

I began blocking the kyoto sweater at long last. I did the back and it went well and I thought well I can fit both front pieces on and do them at the same time. I began pinning down the right side and I was measuring to make sure that it was pinned down to the correct proportions when I noticed that my piece didn't match with the back. To my dismay I realized that I had worked the front right shoulder as if I was working the front left shoulder! I grumbled and called myself dirty names and began to rip it past the point that I began to shape the shoulder. Now just to let you know in the past ripping anything caused shivers to go down my spine because I would always fumble and just have to start over. Well today I bit my lip and tried it. I, thankfully, was able to rip it to two rows below the beginning of the shoulder shaping and correct my mistake. In total it took about 15 mins and I didn't pull any hairs out. I'm so glad that went smoothly and now I can get back to blocking the rest of my garment.

JD and I took a much needed break from homework doing to go to Walmart. Yes Walmart that evil place. Well you know what. I can buy pins, fabric and foam like padding there so :P. I came home and five minutes later with the afore mentioned items constructed a "blocking board". It's not really a board per say but I can stick needles in it and it has a gingham pattern that was 1X1 squares. I can't complain it will suffice and I didn't spend $50 something dollars plus $20 something in shipping on it. We also had yummy yummy sushi at Minado. JD has deemed it his favorite restaurant.

I had my scheduling problem taken care of the same day it occurred. That's what's nice about being in a small department. The prof. get back to you sooner so things can get resolved faster. Woo Hoo. I'm missing the Wake Up the Earth festival that's happening at the Stony Brook park area. Sniff sniff. All for a good cause though. I have almost caught up with my physics HW and hopefully will start having my programming project underway before the night is out.
My latest project is a yoga mat bag. I want to start practicing again and I don't have anything that I can comfortably carry my mat in. Hopefully my stash of leftover Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece will suffice for the project. I bought some addi turbo US #7 16" circulars for the job. I like the addi's though I feel that I don't knit fast enough to fully appreciate them. They are smooth. The stitches slip off with ease and they sort of move along the needle of their own accord.

ARRGGGGHHHH. I'd like for once to be able to schedule myself for classes without it being an issue. I picked out my classes as soon as the fall course book came out and have been patiently waiting for the first day that I am eligible to register to begin. Today is that day. So I did. The hitch is that I, for some unknown reason, can't register for Circuit Lab. I get a messages saying that I don't meet the prerequiste. Which is kind of funny because it doesn't have a prerequiste it has a corequisite, which is Circuit Analysis. I got into Circuit Analysis with out batting an eye. What a pain.

I'm very proud of myself. Today I managed to finish two and a half projects. I finally started and finished JD's ipod holder. I finished a hat that I had started probably in January and just forgot about. The half project is one sock out of a pair. I worked about two inches of icord which will be used as a drawstring for the yoga mat bag I'm making.
It's time for bed. Sleep well.

Finally, they have arrived! I received my US size1.5, 2.75mm tortoise shell swallow casein dpns today and I'm so excited. They are flexible!!! The chances of them snapping in half on me are low and I can now resume sock knitting. First, I must tackle my programming project. I can't wait to test these babies out!

Don't ever make a bet with JD. He's a dirty, stinking, flithy cheater!!!!
Brian McCloud our old roommate came to visit us. More on this tomorrow.

I finally did it. I went to a knitting circle. It was nice to sit and knit and talk. My day was pretty much uneventful otherwise. I fudge a physics test. It will be interesting to see my grade. Oh yeah and I managed to break another needle. This super sucks because I haven't gotten my replacement plastic needles yet. Hopefully tomorrow.

Go Debbie!!! We look forward to reading more about your adventures! Nate and I should get in on your pirate adventures! Lesbian pirate bar? What? Why was it banned? I should be doing homework and studying for Thursday's Physics test but I'm considering altering items in my clothes to be piraty. Hmmm....maybe I will let my mom by me a sewing machine for my birthday after all.

I finished the little brown bag but I can't post a picture because the camera doesn't work. Sniff sniff. Gotta go back to doing HW.

I finished my socks. I think they came out well and will be warm and cozy. I would put up a pic, unfortunately our digital camera isn't working.

My lastest project is a birthday present for Jillian's mom. The little brown bag. I'm crocheting it.

I'm kind of upset. I recently ordered some US #2 DPNs and two needles in a set snapped in half while I was working on an i-cord. This really sucks because I had two sets of socks in progress and now I have to put one on stitch holders until I can replace the needles. I think that I am going to switch to plastic US#1.5 DPNs, hopefully those will hold out longer.
After finally clearing a hold on my student status I was able to start my work study today. It was a pain to get the hold removed though. I initially planned to go to school and remove the hold after class but I got up early and figured I would just call up the registrar and settle it then and there.
Well I called the registrar and was told that the hold was due to my bill...transferred to the bursar.
The bursar told me that I didn't owe any money, that continuing ed. put a hold on my account (online classes are only offered through continuing ed.) and I would have to get them to remove the hold...transferred to continuing ed.
At first some guy tried to tell me to contact the registrar and I quickly said no no I was told to talk to this department. He found someone else to help me.
-She pulls up my account and I'm told "You owe us money that's why you have a hold." -Trish "Oh no I don't. My financial aid covered it and I know that continuing ed. has their money."
-Lady "Hold on let me check. (wait) Yes you are all set your bill is paid."
-Trish "What about the hold? Did you remove it?"
-Lady "We can't remove the hold you have to call the registrar to do that."...hear dial tone so I call registrar again!
I was told by the registrar that continuing ed. placed the hold and I would have to contact them to get it removed. I tell the woman on the other end that I've been transferred way too many times now and relate the story of my mornings phone calls. She puts me on hold and calls continuing ed. After a while ( I suspect she was arguing with someone in continuing ed. about who is responsible for removing the hold) she comes back and tells me I'm all set the hold is removed.
Why?!?! Why did I need to be transferred so many times? Why was it that the department that put the hold on my account couldn't take it off? Why the hell did I have a hold in the first place!!!! AARRGGGHHHH
Paul, JD, Jillian, and I all agree that too many students handle important paper work at colleges and that's why crap like the above happens.
It was a great way to spend the morning...the needles breaking didn't help my day out any either. At least it didn't get worse.

We are in the middle of watching "Lost in Translation" ( I had to stop and take some meds.) and it just makes me want to go to Karoke. So anyone who reads this and likes to Karoke be fore warned I will be sending out emails to plan Karoke!!!!!!!

Had a guinea pig...it started bothering my allergies...I got yucky sneezies and post nasal drip...I developed a cough...couldn't sleep because of said cough...gave away the guinea pig...cough still lingered...didin't improve despite the allergy medicine, decongestant, and cough syrup...went to the doctor....OH NO!...I developed bronchitis...am sitting at home...was told to avoid stairs...I have to take asthma medicine, allergy medicine, a cough suppressant pill, and antibiotics...been drinking lots and lots of herbal tea...my first sock is almost done...I understand short rows...I can pick up stitches...cough is easing up...I slept the WHOLE night through

Allison does not have anything I can reinforce my socks with. I called this morning and was told the bad news. She did say that she is ordering some reinforceing thread or lace wieght yarn. Unfortunately for Allison and her customers the industry can't keep up with demands so she can't tell me when she'll be getting any in. It looks like Elann.com might be one of my best alternatives right now.

I'm almost done with the cuff of my first sock so I decide to read further into the pattern. I come across this "...Begin working reinforcing thread together with the sock yarn..." Reinforcing thread? Huh? Ok I understand the reasoning behind it. At this point in the pattern I am starting to work on the heel, heels wear out faster than any other part of the sock hence the reinforcing thread. Did I have the fore sight to read the pattern while I was in Circles buying the yarn? Of course not. I sure hope Allison sells reinforcing thread, if not I'm going to be bummed out about the delay in my sock knitting. It looks like I will finally get around to going to a social knitting circle. I've been meaning too but it's never been a priority but now that crisis is at hand I'm forced to go. Well, I don't really have to stay but I know that Allison will suggest that I stay and knit and I probably won't say no. I need reinforcing thread for the toe too. It's a good thing I read the rest of the pattern or I might have had to make two trips for thread. Actually the pattern starts to turn into Greek around the instep area. Perhaps going to this knitting circle won't be such a bad idea.

I'm a bad girlfriend. It took my looking back at a previous post to remember that I was supposed to make JD an ipod holder. Totally forgot. I started knitting socks instead.

Well it's almost 8:30 in the morning and I thought that I'd just check my email and junk. I get a big surprise in my inbox. Debbie joined Friendster. This is something that JD's sister introduced me to months back and I have not been good about getting on and making those Friendster connections. Now that Debbie has joined it has brought me new hope of finding people that I can harass. Lovingly of course. Or my current friends can Friendster too. You know you want to. Be a Friendster. Listen to the sooth....errr read the soothing text.
On a wholely different note. I was flipping through Debbie's boyfriend Matt's weblog archives and found this gem. The sandwich project seems pretty damn cool. I even entered my own sammy. Keep scrolling it's towards the bottom.

*Sings* Wonder Woman...Wonder Woman It's coming out on DVD. Thanks for letting me know Alex. And yes I know that it's not going to be as good as I remember it being. :P

The new issue of knitty is out!!! I love this online knitting mag.

I haven't seen "American Idol" ( can't say I'm disappointed) but I have heard Mr. Hung's version of "She Bangs". Needless to say it's special. Though I'm suprised that he thinks he has a career as a pop star.

JD's having tag problems must go to his rescue!!! WOOSH

I've been flipping through my new sweater book and looking up DK weight yarns online. This is always how it starts. I haven't even finished the Kyoto sweater yet. I just started working on socks yesterday. GAHHHH!!! I know what's going to happen. I can't help myself. It's like a drug. I don't need another project. I have my at home and my on the T projects. Must not buy yarn...must not buy yarn...MUST NOT BUY YARN!!!!

I couldn't help myself. I had to do it. I bought sock yarn after I came home from class. Unfortunately Allisson was all out of US size 2 DPNs so she let me borrow hers until a new shipment comes in. YATTA!!! I can still make socks after all!! Allisson is lovely and so nice. I also bought my first knitting book, 1000 Sweaters. No I don't own any yet I have a couple of mags but no real pattern book. Anyway what caught my eye about this book is that it gives a list of different sweater body types and then you can add sleeves, collars or what not to it. It's sort of like a patch work design-it-yourself sweater guide. I can't wait to try it.

Woo Hoo I got a 39 out of 45 on my Physics exam!!! Now I have to study for a Calculus exam this Friday and I have a programming project to finish. This programming project is defeating me right now. I don't know why I can't get it to work. It seems like I'm doing everything correctly. I have to get ready for class now, I may bore you with the details later.

One day a couple of weeks ago Nate called me up and told me that The Brattle was doing a tribute to Anita Mui who died of cancer last year. Well you all may or may not know her from Jackie Chan movies like "Rumble in the Bronx, and "Legend of Drunken Master". I agreed to go with him to all three tribute movies. The first movie was "Heroic Trio". I didn't really know what to expect, how could it be bad it's got Anita, Michelle Yeoh, and Maggie Cheung. (All have been in Jackie Chan movies might I add.) I saw some cover art for it and thought "Whoa this is going to be awesome!" and it didn't disappoint. It was some of the best girl fighting ever!!! It had the usual silly, over-the-top scenes and shoddy story but that's fine HK action flicks are all about how silly it can get. It's great and is a must have for the HK movie collection.

I had to post this considering I am an EE major. It will be interesting to see if there will be an improvement in our education system as a whole, not just focused on specific areas. Some parts of this report smell suspiciously like businesses trying to get the government to reduce the cost of doing business in the U.S. under the guise that it will reduce or prevent outsourcing.

I proposed to Muffy today in "Harvest Moon." That's the most exciting thing that's happened to me today. Oh yeah and I got to explore the new campus center. I'm not too thrilled with it. Umass Boston has decided to create a "one-stop -shopping" center. That's all fine and dandy but you can't have drop in financial aide counseling anymore because the financial aide office is behind a locked door. Yeah Yeah I vegged out and played HM when I should have been tackling my pile of school work. Hey I finished my lab report and got half of my programming midterm done between yesterday and this afternoon, it's not like I haven't been doing the work! I'm baby stepping! I'm doing the work! I'm not a slacker!

So much to do...so much to do!!! I've got studying for tests, lab reports to finish, a program to write, a sweater to knit, Harvest Moon to play, laundry and bits of tidying up here and there. I just looked on the floor next to me and remembered I have a hat to finish crochet! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

I made fish cakes for the first time today. They were pretty good if you don't mind me tooting my own horn. Alex Solis, Jillian, and JD liked them. JD helped me fry them and he's got some great form at making them into balls. They were tasty!!! Not as good as grandma's but not in the least bit shabby. We are going to try tempura and homemade udon for tomorrow's dinner. Woks are such great and versatile pieces of cooking equipment.

I couldn't resist myself Cindy. Welcome to my nation!

After experiencing the abnormally warm Nov. and now the mid-March snow. I've come to the conclusion that the seasons have shifted about a month.

I finished the left front part of the sweater. Once again I'm (UGH!) casting on this time for a sleeve. I really just want to work on an uber simple section that doesn't involve and decreasing or anything else fancy.

Now that Japan's cool? I thought it was cool for years.

Marc just called me and I'm getting a new guinea pig. Mark is happy about that and not for the reasons some of you pervert friends of mine might think!!! Shame on you! I'll tell you more about the little guy when I get him.

I just finished the back part of my sweater while watching "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark". It's still as fun to watch it now as it was when I first saw it in my teens. I will soon embark on the tedious process of casting on for the left front side of the sweater, I must get some work done on my physics lab before hand though. Back to plotting graphs.

JD, I'm sorry you have to work all day today!!! It actually turned out for the better that I got up with JD this morning because I was able to start my school work before noon and I added a couple of inches to the back of my sweater while watching "Run Lola Run". At some point in the day I'll take another break and finish up that 3/4 inch left before shaping the shoulder. Grrrrrrr on you Symphony Charge for taking away my Sunday morning snuggles!!!

I was always partial to Eartha Kitt as Catwoman myself.

After reading JD's blog I feel the need to defend his lack of blogging. HE NEEDS TO DO HIS PAPER!!! He spent his entire spring break goofing off. I understand full well that is what spring break should be for but I'm beginning to think otherwise. Why? Because when I get back from spring break I have a physics test that Thursday. I was already given my C programming class mid-term which is due in two weeks ( I think she posted it the day before spring break as a hint to work on it then). I have a physics lab report due the Wednesday when we get back and I'm going to have to do a pre-lab test because the Wednesday we get back is an experiment day. Why did I bring up psychics lab? Because normally you have an experiment every other week. On the off week you hand in the lab report. Spring break week is the off week. I have calculus homework due that Monday and I will have a test a week after we get back. All in all this spells no goofing off during spring break.

JD should be replaced with JDK (Java Development Kit)...at least he's not something that could be related with hookers.

I love knitting, but there are three things about it that I absolutely hate.
1- The cast on--I can't seem to do it quickly! It always seems like it takes me four hours to cast on twenty stitches. HATE HATE HATE
2- The bind off--I mainly dislike this part because I just want it to be over with already. I've reached the "I just want to wear it already stage"
3- The weave in--TEDIOUS!!! That is the word to best describe the tucking in of the loose ends. Sewing seams doesn't seem to take as long as weaving in the loose ends, and that requires a lot more effort.
In any event I've finished the sash part of the sweater. Now I'm working on the back. I also took a break from knitting and finally started crocheting the hats for Grandma and Norli. I finished one last night. Thankfully it only took me two nights to work up the hat. My fam is going to get a nice little box of belated gifts. Since I've only got one project that I'm working on (Kyoto) and a request has been put in my 2nd project is going to be an ipod holder for JDono. This will be fun because I'm going to have to design it on my own!!! It's time to take out the handy dandy notebook and get to work on creating a pattern.

If you want to eat healthier don't eat at McDonald's to begin with. I never quite understood the whole "McDonald's made me fat" law suit. Last time I checked, as a human being you make a conscious decision to choose where and what you are going to eat.
Yet another example of why I love Japan. Thanks Nate.

More strange frogs.

The three-headed frog has me so stunned I am without words.

I was sitting at the PC desk in the computer room reading my Physics text when I happened to turn my head and look in JD's direction. I noticed that he was typing up a blog. I waited in anticipation of his post, waiting for the moment that I could click on the link to his blog in my bookmarks list. I'd look up after each page I had read to check his Powerbook G4 screen to see if he had hit that all important post and publish button. Then I began to wonder... Are we not talking to each other enough through out the day? Is there a level of communication that is lacking in our relationship? Am I not showing enough interest in the things he finds important?
I began to feel bad and think that I was being a terrible girlfriend, a terrible friend period. Or is it that by us having these weblogs it allows us to share more of our interest with each other? That we are providing a way to add visual aides to the things that we find important? That it some how makes our beliefs, views and opinions more tangible when we can provide links to back them up?
Obviously I'd like this to be the reality of the situation.
Then again I do take the time to read his blog and follow his link and that should be a good enough answer for me.

Well I've done it. I bought the yarn to make the Kyoto sweater. What did I go with? Well after spending the day doing yarn research instead of reading my physics book. I called up Circles, which happens to be a 5 min walk from my house, and found out what types of cotton yarn they have. I settled on Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece colors Barn Red (MC), Wild Orange (CC1), and Cavern (CC2). At $7.40/215 yards I was able to provide myself with instant gratification instead of having to wait in anticipation for a shipment of yarn. Despite the discount that I would have gotten at WEBS I only ended up spending a dollar more than I would have had I ordered from WEBS. Thank you Allison Nevitt for opening up Circles. It's like the best/worst thing that could have ever happened to me.

Finally anyone that has ten zillion credit cards can slim down their wallets.
http://www.chameleonnetwork.com/pocket_vault_info.htm

I don't want to wait until I'm in a nursing home. I want a human washer now!!!

I've been lusting to make this beautiful cotton sweater entitled Kyoto and now I will be able to buy the yarn to do so. However being in financially straits I've been looking at my yarn options, hunting around for the best site to order from, etc. Well I know that I'll be ordering from WEBS because they have such a large selection and gives a discount for orders over $60. WEBS is also located about 2 hours away from my house and I may just try to convince JD ( I love you) to drive me there. *wink, wink...nudge, nudge* WEBS sells the type of yarn, Tahki Cotton Classic, that the designer of the sweater uses and this yarn happens to come in a wonderful array of colors. However since I do need to be a bit on the frugal side I've been looking at Reynolds Saucy. Now we are talking a difference of $4.99/108 yards vs. $4.75/185 yards, while this may only save me about $10 when you are so broke that your mom pays your rent that's a lot. The problem is that they don't have as great of an array of colors. What to do? Should I go with the cheaper yarn and settle for colors that aren't really what I want? Bite my lip and buy the yarn that has the colors I desire? Or just say to myself "What the hell are you buying yarn for? Your broke!"

I never realized that lifting the hood of a car was considered masculine, or rather designing the car with a male driver in mind. Is this some twisted extension of the toilet seat thing?

Apple knows how to open a store with a bang. Thanks Jillian.

Currently the house is shaking violently. I suspect that the construction going on a block away has something to do with it.
On a not so brighter side. While I did not do the greatest on my physics test I still did better than the class average. Thankfully our physics Prof. is going to have pity on us and let us drop the lowest grade of the three test that we have to take. I just have to make sure that I do really well on the next two and the final. The funny thing though is that I got the most points taken off for the questions that were not math oriented. Apparently I can't function well without formulas.

Thanks sweetie!!

Finally, it has arrived. DDR 4th MIX!!! MY FAV!!! I really want to go play but I have to finish my lab report that is due tomorrow. Maybe I could just do a song or two, after all I don't have to go to class until 11:30 tomorrow and I'm usually awake by 8 am anyway. Sound reasoning to me. Bye

Now that JD has a blog up I'm reading alot more articles about the world. I lived in a media bubble that involved Discover, that's it. I don't watch TV, hell we don't even get reception. I don't usually grab a newspaper because I entertain myself during my commutes with reading a book, playing Gameboy, or knitting. That leaves my only world news source to be my good friend Solis and James. I liked my bubble, too bad it's been burst.

Poor JD is having problems with his new blog. He thinks that it might be because he's working on a Mac that the interface is bieng wacky.

Today my boyfriend *gaa gaa eyes* JDFight! started his own blog, mouth fart thing. Way to go babe! Now I feel sort of obligated to post more often.
What's going on with me? I'm avoiding my physics, clalculus, and C programming books. I shouldn't but I am. I've also finished knitting my wrist warmer (only one the second is on it's way). I've also at long last felted my bag. It looks pretty good in my opinion. I'll post a picture at a later date or time, depending on my level of motivation today.

Well it's been a while since I've bothered to log on to this, not that anyone reads this anyway, so here goes.
I've finally got everything worked out for school. My student loan should be processed sometime this week and hopefully my schedule will be updated to reflect that I actually got into a physics lab. At least I hope I did. I guess I should e-mail the instructor about that.
I'm tired as usual. That seems to be my thing now adays. I'm always tired. I hate that burning feeling in my eyes. I can't go to sleep though because I have lots of reading to do for Physics and C programming.
I'm not to sure about this C programming class, mainly because it's an on-line only class. I don't know if it will be as good as actually dragging my butt off to lectures in the morning. We'll see. It really kind of sucks because I have to take that class. There is just no way around it. Lets hope all goes well.
My biggest knitting accomplishment lately is my bag. I've finally finished knitting it. I only have to felt it know. I can't wait to do that. I have some...alot of friends who want to see what the whole felting process is like so I'm having a sort of felting bash. I'll post some pics of my now and then bag soon.
That's it. It's over.