le sigh

So yesterday started out like any other day. Dropped the car off to get it inspected, walk the length of the mall to work, go to work. Fast forward to around 11am. The car shop calls...with some seriously bad news about my car. She needs a LOT of work done to pass inspection. Like, twice-the-blue-book-value-a-lot-of-work work. So I tell them don't do ANYTHING. Call mom in a panic (only thing I could think of to do...yes, I'm certainly old enough to take care of my own problems...I had just been thrown into completely unknown territory, and needed that reassurance that it would be OK from a parent. Even though they have nothing to do with the resolution of said problem.). She tells me that she didn't think it would pass...but for entirely different reasons! (her reason being the hole in the left rear wheel well (say THAT 5 times fast!) from when some jackass hit my PARKED car on a very cold winter day. [side note: the insurance company said it wouldn't go on my license or as a driving accident. I told them that that was good, considering I WASN'T DRIVING. (I was at work. inside. away from my car.)]) So it's decided that Maggie will be retired, and replaced with a newer, hipper model. I'm thinking subaru or vw. used. We're going car shopping tomorrow...I'll keep details posted as they become available!

kool aid dyeing

WooHoo! Round one of kool aid dyeing, complete. I used blue raspberry lemonade, grape, and a flavor called Jamaica (a mexican import found at Stop&Shop this weekend in the Valley!). Burgundy, purple, and electric blue. nifty. might have to get dyed a second time, same colorways, just to make it saturated enough for me, but i'm letting it dry, and will go from there. so fun!

I also went to WEBS this weekend, and got yarny goodness....Lorna's Laces shepherd sock (my first time with LL...so soft!) and a little malabrigo lace weight that's screaming to be made into socks! (also ridiculously soft!)

Pics of the yarn experiment later!

why not....

Directions: If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?



1. Open your mp3 library

2. Put it on shuffle.

3. Press Play.

4. For every question, type the song that’s playing.

5. When you go to a new question, press the Next button.

6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool.

7. Don’t skip songs.



My Movie:

01. Opening credits: Honey Pie- The Beatles

02. Waking up: Brand New Colony - The Postal Service

03. First day of school: Bring me to life - Evanescence

04. Fight song: Sleeping In - The Postal Service

05. Breaking up: Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love - They Might Be Giants

06. Happiness: Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping - AIR

07. Life’s okay: Dear One - George Harrison

08. Mental breakdown: The Boy's Gone - Jason Mraz

09. Driving: I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder

10. Flashback: Colors of Discipline - Rustic Overtones (fair enough, this came out when I was in high school...and we listened to it a LOT at school)

11. Getting back together: Uptight (everything's alright) - Stevie Wonder

12. Wedding song: Back in the USSR - The Beatles

13. Birth of first child: Whistling in the Dark - They Might Be Giants

14. Final battle scene: That's the way it goes - George Harrison

15. Death scene: Two of Us - Aimee Mann and Michael Penn

16. Funeral song: About a Kid - Rustic Overtones

17. End credits: Belleville Rendezvous - Ben Charest

Some of them are ok...some are just plain weird. Not sure if that just means I have a pile of odd stuff in my iTunes library, or what...

Yarn fun

Ok, so I'm taking the leap, and learning to dye my own sock yarn! I've just ordered 3 skeins of merino sock yarn from knitpicks, should be here by the time I get back from vacation...photos and details posted as they become available! (wish me luck!)

Harry Potter swapping fun!

So I just got home to a lovely package from my HP Swap partner on the knittyboards. Included in the box were some tasty HP candies and a book about what might happen in book 7. But BEST of all...a skein of handdyed sock yarn in my house colors (go hufflepuff!!)

Thank you Dobby's Sock!!

movie geekery...

"It’s been alleged that if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 249 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up, figure out whether you’ve got a life or not, and post it."

(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
(x ) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
() Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
(X) Airplane
(x ) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(X) Labyrinth
() Saw
() Saw II
() White Noise
( ) White Oleander
() Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(X) American Pie
() American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
(X) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
() Harry Potter 4
(X) Resident Evil 1
(X) Resident Evil 2
(x ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
() The Village
() Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
() Signs
(X) The Grinch
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
() White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
()13 Going on 30
() I, Robot
() Robots
(x ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
(X) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
() Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
() King Kong
( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
( ) Die Another Day
(x ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
() Halloween
() The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(X) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
() Practical Magic
() Chicago
() Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(X) Hellboy
() Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x ) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
() Gothika
() Nightmare on Elm Street
(x ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number SlevIn
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
() Ocean’s Twelve
() Bourne Identity
() Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
() Predator I
() Predator II
() The Fog
(X) Ice Age
(X) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(X) Independence Day
() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
() Christine
(X) E.T.
() Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
() War of the Worlds
(X) Rush Hour
(X) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x ) She’s All That
() Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
(x ) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
() Big Trouble in Little China
(X)The Terminator
(X) The Terminator 2
(X) The Terminator 3
(X) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
(X) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
() Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
( ) Swimfan
(X) Miracle on 34th street
(x ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(X) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin
(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
() Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
() Elf
(X) Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
(x ) Kung Fu Hustle
(x ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
() Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
() Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
(x ) Orgazmo
(x ) Phantasm
() Waterworld
() Kill Bill Vol. 1
() Kill Bill Vol. 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(x ) Army of Darkness
(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(X) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(X) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(X) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(X) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix
(X) The Matrix: Reloaded
(X) The Matrix: Revolutions
(x ) Animatrix
(X) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
() Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal
() Twister
(X) Liar Liar
(X) Armageddon
( ) Benchwarmers
() Passion of the Christ
( ) Man of the Year
() Casino Royale
(X) Night at the Museum
(X) School of Rock


92...hmm...to be fair, a decent number of those were watched on the bus to games....do those still count, if i was a captive audience??

Your Score: Modern, Cool Nerd

60 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 21% Dork

For The Record:



A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.

A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.

A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.



You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.



Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!



Congratulations!




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