because the alternative would be getting work done...

Ok, one more post, but this really better be the last for today.

So I have this cool silk screened fabric, but I don't know what to do with it.



Right now it's hanging on the bedroom wall, but I think it deserves more. Also, there are actually two of them (right now it's folded in half).

The fabric is linen, and the poppies are kind of scratchy, so I don't think it's suited for a blanket or pillow or clothing.



What would you do with it?

because it's fall

And here's some fall color. It makes me gloomy. Snow is in the forecast for next week. For brief moments, I'm a bit excited about the first snow. But then I just get gloomy again.



I do, however, like my living room/office. It may be a little cluttered, but I'm ok with that.



and now, no more posting. Because three posts is enough for one day.

t-shirt blanket

Here's the front (or back):



and here's the back (or front):



and here are the cats (and fish):

leave your boy so far from home

Here's me on Halloween:



I'm like Dorothy before she went to Oz.
Somebody took my kodachrome away. (Actually, I heard it was Alpha who took it)

I sorta stole the idea from 3-hole-punch Jim

I'm very proud of myself.

I found my low-key, oh-so-clever, halloween costume: Grey Scale Wendy.

I make sure that everything I wear is a shade of grey. I've got silver jewelry, black hair clips, grey tights, black shoes...

This year I don't have a wig, but next year I plan on adding a grey or white wig.

If you don't like Grey Scale You, you could do Sepia You. Then you could wear gold jewelry.

Maybe I'll find someone to take my picture, then you could see just how clever I am.

crafty

I made a quilt yesterday. Well, it's not actually quilted, so maybe it's just a blanket.

I cleaned out my drawers and I found over 20 t-shirts that I never wear but can't part with. So I turned them into a blanket.

I started by cutting two 14"x14" squares out of the middle of each shirt. Then I sewed the squares in to strips of 5 squares. Then I sewed the strips together into two panels of 20 squares each. Finally I sewed the panels together, back to back.
So I have a nice sized, two sided, throw blanket.

[I'd show you pictures, except my camera is out of batteries.]

If I was to do it again I would put all the squares with designs on one side and all the plain squares on the other, so that one side was all soft.
I would also try to put the shirts in chronological order.

I still might do some sort of quilting to connect the two panels.

maus has a new play house

Roja is tooth free and loving every minute of it!



see? doesn't she look happy?

senile felines

This little sweet one has to go to the vet tomorrow to get a tooth pulled. I'm worried about her. They have to knock her out to knock her tooth out, and she's going to feel super crappy afterward.



Think healing thoughts.

writer's block

I've been having trouble writing lately.

where's wendy?

My 10 year high school reunion is today.
Here's us 10 years ago:



Click on the photo to see it bigger.

For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great

Take that citicard!
I owe you NO MORE MONEY!!!
You too, Bank of America! I owe you NOTHING!


YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME

bats!

There was a bat in our apartment last night.

We were asleep and we heard the "clicking" of the bat, and roja jumping around, trying to catch it.

Kayin chased it around the house and then knocked it unconscious. Then he got the fish net to scoop it on to a pile of paper plates and let it loose outside.

The cats and I hid in the bedroom.

death in the family

This is a link to an interview that my friend Amy and her sisters did to talk about their brother.
http://www.wbur.org/news/2007/67191_20070516.asp

On one hand, this is a very personal loss to their family, but the death of every soldier needs to be mourned by the country. I'm glad people know that he was killed and that he will be deeply missed.

fucking war

My good friend's brother was killed yesterday morning in Iraq.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=10871
I'm so angry--it's such a waste. I spent yesterday and this morning crying with her. This shouldn't be happening. People should not be dying this way.

artistic license

This is the photo that the portrait is based on.

my internet alterego

Here's the final version of my portrait. I like her. Especially because she matched her lips to the background and her sweater to her eyes. And she has a nose ring--not a zit. I'm worried her boss may say she needs to loose the nose ring. I am disappointed in her choice of hair ties. A universe of possibilities and she chose black. ah well.

dress up

If you were going to dress up as yourself for halloween (or just for fun), what would you look like?
Would you need to buy new clothes? Would you need to get back a piece of clothing that has been separated from you?
Ok, so you might say, "I'd just wear the same thing I wear everyday." But, (with very few exceptions) no one really wears the same thing each day. You might always wear jeans and a t-shirt but which jeans are The Jeans? Which shoes are The Shoes? What season would it be (yeah, so if it was halloween it would be fall--but what if you could choose)? Would you need sunglasses? a hat? a scarf? How would you wear your hair?

Ska Star

Actually, I think I'm more of a Ska Star.

Now this rude girl is going to dance around the livingroom.

Rock Star!

I passed my prelims today!

I've already forgotten how unfun it was to write them. I am overwhelmed with the joy of being finished! I am incapable of being upset about anything!

Today rocks. I rock!

WOOT!

Here's another portrait possibility. What do you think?