Archive for January 31st, 2006

Somebody Stop Me

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

<p>Because I can’t seem to stop myself.</p><p>I was never a ‘joiner’ in High School.  I was never part of a defined group.  There were defined groups, don’t get me wrong, I just wasn’t ‘part’ of them.  One day I’d wear my jean jacket (with the <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=555&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://www.led-zeppelin.com/home.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.led-zeppelin.com/home.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Led Zeppelin</a> and <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=556&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://www.acdcrocks.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.acdcrocks.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">AC/DC</a> patches) and a button down shirt with <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=557&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://www.timberland.com/home/index.jsp" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.timberland.com/home/index.jsp’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Timberlands</a> with my jeans tucked into my socks and the boots untied just-so and I’d be part of the ‘hoods’ or ‘the smokers’.  Next day I’d wear my <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=558&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://www.izod.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.izod.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Izod</a> shirt with the collar up, extra tight jeans tucked into my matching socks and my purple hight-top <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=559&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://store.reebok.com/home/index.jsp?cid=" onmouseover="window.status=’http://store.reebok.com/home/index.jsp?cid=’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Reeboks</a> and be a ‘prep’.  Then, just to stir things up, I’d wear my bohemian skirt with a Boy George hat and be my own group.</p><p><a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=560&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Buttons/erispull.jpg" onmouseover="window.status=’http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Buttons/erispull.jpg’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"></a><a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=561&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://k-knit.blogspot.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://k-knit.blogspot.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="65" src="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Buttons/button733083.jpg" width="130" alt="" /></a>Now, I seem to have an urge to sign up for every -along I stumble upon.  Yesterday I was over at <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=561&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://k-knit.blogspot.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://k-knit.blogspot.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Karen’s</a> signing up for her <span title="Finished Object" class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">FO</span>-along and my eyes fell upon a button for a <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=562&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://showmeyourstash.blogspot.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://showmeyourstash.blogspot.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FLOAT: right; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 135px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; HEIGHT: 67px" height="67" src="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Buttons/STASH.jpg" width="135" alt="" /></a><a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=562&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://showmeyourstash.blogspot.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://showmeyourstash.blogspot.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">show-your-stash-along</a>.  My fingers were doing the clicking and before I knew it I was over at <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=564&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://mamaespot.blogspot.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://mamaespot.blogspot.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Mama-E’s</a> signing up and emailing her my very old stash photos (pre Rhinebeck) because I didn’t feel like dragging the stash out to take new pictures and didn’t have time before the deadline (okay and I didn’t want to drag it all out in front of <span title="Roger Rabbit - my SO" class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">RR</span> - because what he doesn’t <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=567&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kniteris/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kniteris/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="63" src="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Buttons/erispull.jpg" width="103" alt="" /></a>know won’t hurt him - or get <em>me</em> yelled at, for that matter).  THEN, because I <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=566&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/olympics2006.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/olympics2006.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">don’t have anything else to do this month</a>, I signed up for the <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=567&amp;entry_id=114" title="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kniteris/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kniteris/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Eris Along</a>.  At least I own the pattern for that one - I just haven’t decided what yarn I’m going to use.</p><p>I think I’m trying to make up for lost time.</p>



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Happy New Year!

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Well, I’m two days late for the first day of the festivities but I wanted to have my IKEA experience <a href="uploads/Photos/CNY2005.jpg" onclick="F1 = window.open(’/uploads/Photos/CNY2005.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=250,width=329,top=266.5,left=483,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;"><img width="110" height="82" style="border: 0px none ; float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="uploads/Photos/CNY2005.serendipityThumb.jpg" alt="" /></a>to be my ‘new week’ post since, as <a target="_blank" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=537&amp;entry_id=113" title="http://caroleknits.knitblog.com" onmouseover="window.status=’http://caroleknits.knitblog.com’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">someone</a> has pointed out, they are the most important and I happen to agree with her ;o)<p /><p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=538&amp;entry_id=113" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" onmouseover="window.status=’http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Chinese New Year</a> celebrations last for 15 days so I feel I’m safe in mentioning it today.</p><p /><p><a href="uploads/Photos/CNY2005a.jpg" onclick="F1 = window.open(’/uploads/Photos/CNY2005a.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=495,width=655,top=144,left=320,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;"><img width="110" height="83" style="border: 0px none ; float: left; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="uploads/Photos/CNY2005a.serendipityThumb.jpg" alt="" /></a>I think I mentioned in my post a few days ago that Roger was in NYC on Saturday. I completely and utterly flaked and didn’t remember the new year until it was too late to get my ass down there. I would have loved to spend the night and been in Chinatown on Sunday for the first day of the celebration. Last year we completely lucked out and were there for the <a target="_blank" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=540&amp;entry_id=113" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_dance" onmouseover="window.status=’http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_dance’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Lion Dances</a>. I had never seen<a href="uploads/Photos/CNY2005c.jpg"><img width="110" height="83" src="uploads/Photos/CNY2005c.serendipityThumb.jpg" style="border: 0px none ; float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" alt="" /></a> anything like it and found it to be a beautiful and exciting ceremony to be a part of. They also sell these crackers - not the kind you eat, these are like party crackers that explode and make popping sounds - they are long tubes with confetti in them that explode when you turn one end and make a lovely mess. I’d like to go back - and bring Heather this time - but unfortunately not this year, because I am a flake. </p>



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