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.