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Educate Me

Back to School!

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I should be asleep by now, but I’m wired. That is what always happens when I have something “big” going on the next day. If I am going on a trip, I worry that I don’t have everything packed. I end up staying up all night, worrying about the things I am leaving behind. (I frequently have to remind myself that no matter where I go, I will be able to get anything I might need. It doesn’t normally help.) So tomorrow is the first day back to school. It will be a long day, and I’m worried because I don’t have a lunch box to take my lunch in. I thought we had a spare lunch bag, but it is icky inside. I tried to find one at Wal-Mart today to buy, but no luck. I guess I’ll have to try Target or somewhere else later this week. Tomorrow I’ll just tote my sandwich and stuff in an ugly plastic bag.

I start the day off with my Photography I class. I’m excited about shooting with film again and getting back into the darkroom for the first time in almost 20 years. (The darkroom part, not the film part.) I’m sure I will do fine, yet I’m really nervous that I won’t be good enough. I’m looking forward to having photo assignments, but I’m worried that I won’t have the skills I need to take the great shots I want to take. Plus I’m worried that I’ll be 15-18 years older than most of my classmates and that no one will like me. I know I’ll get over that right away, because it hasn’t been a problem so far – other than me wanting to smack the snot off of some dumb kid’s face in my Biology class last semester, I got along with everyone just fine.

Biology II is in the afternoon, and I’m not really worried about that at all. It will be a bit of a transition since I took Biology I at the other campus and used a different book, but otherwise it should be fine.

I shouldn’t be awake right now. 6 am is going to hit me hard tomorrow morning. I can do this. I can go to sleep. It is all going to be ok. I will be dressed when I go to school, and it will be alright. (I don’t normally have dreams like that, but I’m preparing myself just in case.) I know where to go, where to park, where my classroom is at. All I need to do is sleep. Sounds easy, right? If only I wasn’t so wired…

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Knittastic!

The Sock-A-Month Knitalong!

Trekking XXL 100 SocksI finally finished these socks back in December, but thanks to the hand issues, I didn’t get a chance to photograph them until now. (Click the photo to see it larger.) I wrote about them before because they were the socks that made me bitter. I knit the first sock, and right as I got to the part where the heel flap ended, there was a join in the yarn. The foot of the sock turned out ok, but the second sock was terrible. Muddy. Icky colors. And while this yarn doesn’t have a repeat really, my yarn was repeating. Like I said, it made me bitter. Surprisingly, I don’t like to start a new knitting project until I finish another one, so it had me at a standstill for awhile.

So the socks ended up tossed to the side, ignored.

Until someone finally made the smart observation that maybe if I knit the second sock from the outside of the ball, I would be happy. So that was exactly what I did, and now I love my socks.

Liz gets props for turning me onto this yarn. It is Trekking XXL in color 100, and I loved working with it. I purchased mine from TheKnitter.com and delivery was very fast. Props to them for good service.

The pattern is Knit 3, Purl 1, 64 stitches, on US 1 needles (I always have to size down, so most would use a larger needle), modification of the 56 stitch, 56 row pattern done with the Magic Loop method.

These were finished in December, 2005 so they won’t count for The Sock-A-Month Knitalong, but I have two more pairs on the needles already, so I’m all set! If you want to join the fun, let the Knittin’ Mom know! I was bummed that I missed the sign up for 200Socks, so I was glad when I found this KAL today!

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Changelog

For Now, This is It…

Leave me alone, I'm busy.

Like the colors of the design here? I do. I’m all about the pink/black/white combination. I always have been, if you have noticed in any of my past designs. So for now, this one is going to stay. Hopefully the colors are easy for everyone to read. I’ll continue to tweak the sidebar, and eventually I’ll add more pages. But for now – I’m sticking with this design. I have other things I need to do that are higher on my priority list. Spend more time with my family. Take pictures. Go back to school next week. Learn Photoshop. Knit. Learn even more about Photoshop. Clean the house. Study Trig, Biology and Chemistry. Spend even more time with my family. Relax. Enjoy life.

All of which are more important than mucking around with a design that works quite well. I even got it to be wide enough to handle the 500 pixel wide photo above. (After many years, I’m still rather CSS clueless.) When I find my old template (in the correct form) and have time to figure out some things I want to change about it, I will. But for now – stick a fork in me, I’m done!

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Amuse Me Media Consumption

Chronic – What? – cles of Narnia…

Prepping for the tests I had on Thursday SUCKED. In so many ways. Ugh. So to get through it, I watched some of the episodes of Saturday Night Live I had on the TiVo. I figured when you’re taking things that make your belly go woo-woo the best thing for it is laughter, right?

So I am out of the “cool things going around” loop obviously, because I had heard NOTHING about the SNL “Lazy Sunday” skit. I laughed so hard I practically cried when I first watched it. Then I called Mike back into the bedroom so he could watch it. (He had heard about it, but not seen it.) Then we watched it again. Then I watched it one more time. I’ve been quoting it ever since, and now I’ve even found a copy to download.

Yes, it is THAT funny. It’s all about the Hamiltons, baby! Bakers Dozen!

Chronic- What? -cles of Narnia … Its the Chronic- What? -cles of Narnia…

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Geek Love

Google Pack…

Normally I would add this to my del.icio.us links, but I want to remember to install it within the next day or two – Google Pack. Free. Full of good things. Check it out! [via Jarkolicious.]