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More Cross Stitch

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Last night, I worked on yet another WTF. Not entirely sure who this one is going to (mystery last name guy?) but I have faith someone will want it. I also started the first custom design.

More exciting however, is the fact that it’s Premiere Week!

I watch way too much TV, so I’m super excited. So what am I watching?

How I Met Your Mother–love that show, but not sure how I feel about Alyson Hannigan’s hair lately. But, yay, I’m so glad to see the show back.

The Big Bang Theory–I thought I’d give this one a shot, but I’m still on the fence. It hits two of my major pet peeves. The first is that being smart or nerdy or geeky automatically means being socially awkward and having bad taste and being generally clueless. Now, I’m a nerd. My friends are nerds. A significant number of my co-workers are nerds (understand, y’all, that I mean nerd in the best way possible). Yet somehow we are all able to be, y’know, relatively normal human beings who function just fine in society.

Which brings me to pet peeve number two. WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE GORGEOUS BLOND GIRL???? What’s with this smart guy/stupid but beautiful girl bit? See, here’s the thing. I like nerdy people. I’d like to date other slightly weird, sarcastic, nerdy people. So, why, Hollywood, why do you never show the geeky guy meeting the nice geeky girl? Hmm? Why is always the gorgeous blond? Memo to guys: there are girls out here, we are geeky. And we may not be blond, or tall, or gorgeous, but we are fun and independent and snarky and less likely to do all those annoying clingy things that you bitch about and probably have more in common with you, if you would just stop chasing after the model and give us the time of day or something. Some of us are even kind of cute.

And yes, I know, comedy. But that rant’s been marinating for a while now (clearly) and I just needed get that off my chest. Moving on…

Heroes–Is this show always so confusing? I haven’t seen season one yet, though I’m going to borrow the DVDs from someone and catch up, but I’m not entirely convinced it’s going to help. So many characters. So many subtitles. Damn you, TV, for making me put down my crafts to read the screen.

CSI: Miami–Yes, I know. It’s horrible. It’s cheesy. David Caruso couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag. But it’s got Emily Proctor! And of course, the magical Sunglasses of Justice! I actually wasn’t paying that much attention–I recorded it–and fell asleep part way through because my neighbors keep waking me up in the middle of the night so I’m exhausted, but I was excited for some Calleigh/Delko shipper-ness. He was awfully jealous about that Antigua trip, I’m just saying.

WTF Madness

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I’m almost ready to start Cherie Amour, so I’ve decided the world needs a Cherie Amour KAL. So, I started one. If you’re thinking of knitting Cherie Amour, or you’ve already started, please join! It’s a no-pressure, non-deadline sort of knitalong, so don’t feel like you have to be at any specific point in your knitting to join.

Aside from that, I haven’t gotten too much knitting done. I did get some done on Friday, as I took my lunch break at a temporary park set up in a parking spot outside my office. They had mini golf!

Park(ing) Day 1

Park(ing) Day

I then proceeded to crash early on Friday, waking up at my desk after doing a faceplant into a not-so thrilling chapter on using CSS (I caved and bought a better book that lays things out in a way that makes sense to me after that.) and creating drop-down menus.

Saturday was the worst Saturday in the history of Saturdays, and I’m not going to speak of it. Suffice to say, I was afraid to pick up my knitting, for fear I’d accidentally strangle myself or one of the cats, or perhaps take an eye out with a needle.

Today was WTF madness. I finished two WTF cross stitch pieces for co-workers, while watching Remember the Titans for probably, oh, the 5th or 6th time because I cannot turn that movie off, and the season premiere of Cold Case (Please! Bring back the messy up-do for Lilly…) which was rather anti-climactic given the season finale cliff hanger.

WTF 2

WTF 3

I still need to make at least one more, probably more. I also finished the chart for the first customized design that I’m working on. Lots of cross stitch. It’s fun, though, and I’m getting faster. Soon I’ll be able to do the WTF design in my sleep.

So Much To Update

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Because I got so behind.

First, the secret project I was working on:

It’s right across from the elevator as you walk into the basement at work. They mentioned needing something homey and what’s more homey than a nice cross-stitched WTF?

From what I’ve heard, people like it, so I’m happy.

Then, my co-workers and I have started knitting night! I taught co-worker J how to knit:

She’s totally on her way to becoming a yarn junkie.

Finally, I came up with a super easy, yummy pasta dinner last night and had to share:


Shrimp and scallop pasta with sundried tomato pesto. Super quick and easy for a weeknight, and really yummy with a glass of red wine. If you’re really energetic, some garlic bread and a salad would go perfectly.

Mystery

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I’m now on take 2 of a mystery project. No pictures–yet–but I’m feeling really annoyed with myself right now.

It’s a cross stitch project, not knitting, and it’s for someone at work. It’s a fun, easy project, and I’m super happy to make it.

But naturally I screwed up.

I finished the project last night, and I was really happy with it, and rinsed it out and laid it on a towel to dry. My mother had given me some old towels to use for crafty stuff, and I figured she’d used and washed them before.

Well, you know what they say about assuming.

I woke up this morning to find that the towel had leached yellow dye all over the project. I tried rinsing it out again–nothing. So now I’m starting it over again. Thankfully the kit came with enough thread to make 2 projects, and I had some extra material lying around.

I think I’m going to try and salvage the original for myself, by dying it with tea so that it looks antique. That way at least it won’t be a waste.

It just comes at a really bad time. I’m a bit of a perfectionist. When I try for something and make a mistake, no matter how minor, I feel like the world is going to come crashing down. It’s frustrating, because I try to tell myself to let it go, but I can’t. Even though I know it’s not the end of the world.

It’s also frustrating because of the time. There’s another side to perfectionism, and that’s when it becomes paralyzing. I’ve usually been able to avoid that aspect of it with work and school, but when it comes to my life at home, it’s a disaster. I know that my house will never look or be perfect, so I give up. It’s a disaster. I was planning on working on it today, but now I’m re-doing this project.

Annoying.

Can I get an extra day or 3 of weekend, please?

New Crafts!

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Well, not new exactly, but re-discovered.

While I’ve been at home, my mother has been making me go through a lot of stuff from my old bedroom. While I was doing that, I came across some old cross stitch supplies. I picked it up to finish the Tigger one I was working on, and I realized I’d forgotten how much I enjoy it.

I’m definitely going to be picking it up again, especially since there has been a lot of new interest in crafting and the charts and patterns available are getting better. My problem with cross stitch was always the fact that I really don’t like cutesy or country patterns.

My aunt also gave me some of her old cross stitch patterns–most weren’t really my style, but there were a few I liked. And I’ve looked online and found some interesting stuff. Maybe I’ll even branch out into designing!

I just have to make sure my knitting isn’t neglected. :)