rust-o-lieum

this picture of rusty was so frickin' cute i had to post.

interview

a modern day interview with 500 year old Claude Garamond. weird.

yet another knitted item :)

this is yet another knitting project I've completed :) The hat is just a plain roll brim hat but the scarf is a keyhole scarf, meaning that it has a hole where one of the ends goes through (its more comfy than tying it!) what i love about this set is that its lightweight and not too hot, so I can wear it now that its spring.

10 random things about me

1. i collect turtle figures
2. i love lilies of the valley
3. my favorite movie is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
4. i worshipped hair bands in the 80's (and wore their tshirts)
5. i love photography
6. i'm addicted to knitting
7. i hate peas
8. my favorite color is turquoise
9. when i was little, i used to pour glue on my hands so I could peel it off
10. i used to work with very large sturgeon (yes, the fish)

llama induced procrastination device

ahh the llama song, yet another way i stop myself from foolishly doing homework.

if you are a type nut you'll know what this means :)

you kern me on, baby.

server room beanie

mmmm.... my finger tastes gooood.

most of the stuff i have knitted was for myself. but knitting for one's self is selfish. so when marco asked me to knit him a hat to wear at his company's colo (where the servers are kept in an air conditioned warehouse), i thought it would be an opportunity to make him something with love and dedication. so here it is, the server room beanie. it's not so pretty when i started to decrease it on top, but it looks ok from the front.

happily, our marriage makes us exempt from the Knitting Curse, which states that if a knitter starts making a knitted item for their girlfriend/boyfriend (non-spousal entity), a breakup will soon befall them. ooooweeeeeooooo (*spooky sound here)

color combos

for you graphic design students that are closely watching my blog (yes, both of you!) i present you with a helpful link: color combinations by HP

i'm on a roll!

this is my latest project. it looks small but its a purse that actually goes over my head messenger-bag style, and i really love the different colors! its pretty big, too, about 14 inches by 12 inches. how did i finish so fast, you ask? it was in the works right along with yesterday's hat :)

seaweed hat

i really love the knitting. its addictive! it gives my adult add something to do :) here is my latest finished project, the seaweed hat. its made with this super beautiful yarn with all these funky colors and i love it even though its got tons of mistakes.

snuggles

all my extra yarn and knitting will go to the snuggles project, which gives knitted blankets to shelter animals (awww....)

first sweater!

woohoo! after weeks of working on my first sweater, here it is. yeah its huge (i think i picked the wrong size to make because the pieces all measured the right proportions in the end) but its comfy and i love it and will wear it forever! woot woot!

sandra, the book critic: review of the DaVinci Code

everyone and their mother told me how great the da vinci code was. amazing read. pure genius. dan brown is a master.

yeah, right.

this book, although riddled with interesting facts and theories, was, for me, lame at best. this was my second dan brown novel, and having read angels and demons, i believe mr. brown is stuck on one single plot and merely chooses to change the name of the people involved (except for langdon, i guess). the similarities are as follows:

1. you know from the beginning the main character will accomplish both goals: a) find out where the ultimate "thing"/"person" he is looking for is and b) bag the girl
2. a secret society of some sort
   
3. a hot woman looking to find out why her father/grandfather is dead.
4. a confused police officer of high rank undecided whether langdon is good or bad
5. a criminal mastermind that has orchestrated this whole thing
6. a brute to carry out the crap work
7. secrets/codes/rituals that are a result of some well-known historical figure

there are many more minor points that are the same, too, yet too numerous to list.

i just couldn't get into it. i had to force myself to get to 3/4 of the book and then, in a last attempt to finish the fricking thing, i got the audiobook to listen to while i knit (so i feel like i'm getting something out of it). i won't spoil it here but that end was so lame and OBVIOUS. sigh. i want to write to dan brown and ask for my brain cells back.

there is a boredom-buster on the davinci code site, though, just if you have nothing to do. randomhouse presents: the davinci code code