Jeans and Sneakers

Ok. Lemme see, where to start. First off, I haven’t yet heard back from the job I interviewed for a week ago. I was polite, and waited a week before sending an inquiring email asking if they’d come to a decision. No response as of yet.

I have finished the golden tunic!! Well. Sort of. It’s all pieced together, with one exception. The neck band was done in this wonky stitch that ends up looking really thick and stupid in my yarn substitute (even though the rest of the sweater looks fine.) So I’ve left it off. Unfortunately for me, I have no hips. And as this is a longish sweater, it’s a bit big down below. So no pictures as of yet. I’m giving the tunic to Wyn when I next see her (it was supposed to be a surprise, but you started asking about it Wyn, so here it is, I’m giving you the tunic, unless you prove too. . .voluptuous for it.), and I’ll take pictures of it then. I’m pretty happy with my first sweater attempt, it doesn’t look like something that a 5 year old made. Attaching the sleeves proved to be a challenge, and while they’re not totally perfect, they look good and I’ll let them be.

So I’ve begun a new sweater! A cardigan this time, I think I linked it before, it’s Sonnet from Knitty.com. This one I know won’t be for me, most likely, I want to give it to Rob’s mom, cause she’s always giving me nice things. The cardigan has presented a new challenge though. . .finding the perfect buttons! You have no idea how hard it is to find nice buttons on the internet, what with web design buttons, and the whole punk rock button (badge. . .the round things with pictures on them and a pin in the back. . .) thing, and what not. It took me awhile, but I found some good button stores on the web. I think I’m going to end up looking around fabric and craft stores ultimately (and Wyn, I remember you said something about an awesome bead/button store in Queens was it? We should go there.) just because WYSIWYG doesn’t always apply to internet orders, and it’s hard enough picking out a button that matches the stitch pattern and color and overall design of the sweater, and Rob’s mom’s personality. . .*sigh* you couldn’t tell, but it’s all of this thinking that makes knitting things enjoyable for me. It’s like getting xmas gifts whenever you want, and showing people how much you care about them by showing them that you observe their likes well.

And I’ve got my eye on a few patterns in the last two Interweave knits magazines I got. Rob commented about how I’m flying at making things now. I told him it’s kind of to be expected, I don’t have anything to do all day but check my email and look for jobs. . .I like to keep busy so I pop on a movie and knit. Go through a lot of movies that way.

I’d been avoiding my project website. I was stuck on laying out the page with CSS because I’m stubborn, and wanted the entire thing done with CSS and not using tables. Well this week I jumped back on it, and while it’s not done yet, I figured some stuff out and even managed to ask Rob for some help with things I couldn’t figure out, and got a really, really basic layout done. This week I might actually start putting content into it and trying it out. We’ll see. In the end, I learned that making containers for your elements in CSS is your friend, and if you want something to be side by side, use positioning. (position: absolute; or relative;). I also learned that if you want to layer stuff using z-indexing, that element HAS to be positioned. Rob said he was proud of me, doing it all by hand. :]

I also updated my myspace profile this week. It was all black and gray and goth looking, so I brightened it up a little bit. So that got me looking for more people I haven’t spoken to in years. It’s funny how many of the people I knew in hs are now in Brooklyn or Manhattan. I guess it’s logical, because that’s where the “good” jobs are. But it makes me laugh to see people staying the same, following the flowing trends that change slightly with your age.

I’ve been having really crafty ideas for making things. Inspiration popped up out of unexpected places, and I have ideas for things to make, but I doubt I’ll actually get off my ass and make them. Knitting is my one exception. I think that my crafty progress is hindered by the fact that I do most of my crafting in my room, which I hardly ever go in, mostly because it’s freezing in there in the winter despite the single baseboard heater, but also partially because I get lonely in there. I’ve become used to having Rob around all the time. :/ Some things on my crafty to-make list are:

• A life sized statue
• A picture frame wrist cuff possibly out of duct tape or recycled magazine pages
• A figurine of me
• A yarn tote bag like this one
• A hobo pocketbook bag
• Random things with bits of fabric
• Knitted wrist cuffs

And one last thing before I go to sleep. I want to find a singing group or something. I really miss singing, too much. It’s like there’s a huge hole in my life that music used to fill, and I don’t always notice it, but when I do, it sucks so bad.

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