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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
GUESS WHO'S STILL ALIVE??!
I AM!
I'm also still KNITTING and, OK, I'm sorry, it's been a long, long while. I don't know what happened. Actually, I do, and school happened, as well as roommte troubles, breakups, new relationships, new things, yaddah yaddah yah.
Today I got a new camera, a Canon SD1000 to be exact. It's a boxy little sweetheart and works nice with 7.1 megapixels. Yeah, it means PICTURES!
Here's some knitting stuff I been doin'.
First, there's the Ballet Sweater from god knows what issue of Interweave Knits. Turned out a leetle bit "stubbier" than I thought, but I also just dug it out of a box and we made peace with each other. :)Pop!
It was a boring stockinette project, what can i say!? But there it is, voila.
My local yarn store just shut down (as did a couple others) and I made it to their close-out sales. Got some sweet wool at half price, and a lot of it. Three sweaters worth at least! I also found the Paton's pattern booklet with the Must Have Cardi in it and decided to knit that sucka! Thar she blows: CABLES!
I'm pretty much done with the back, now I have to cast on for the front, and I plan on altering the pattern a lot. As in, I'm turning it into a sweater, and I must have it (har har).
Don'tcha think it'll look way better? To me the original pattern looks like an old man sweater. Or like I should be fishing or riding a bike in England. And I like in THE CITY so I'm goin' for fashionable and cute. I. Love. Cute.
Here's some other thangs that been happenin:
I have this boyfriend, Pat, who I'm totally proud of. He plays guitar like he's a Hendrix reincarnate.
I play drums now!
Pat and me have created a summer fun band called "Chimichanga" and we fucking rock.
We can play at your party.
We went to San Francisco so I could show him the goods of my home town. Way fun! I'll post pictures later.
Me and Pat live together and I lost a friend over it because we all lived together. A very Real World era.
I got hit by A CAR in February. It was crazy. No broken bones or anything, just major road rash, and I have scars from where I skidded along the asphalt. So, look both ways for the love of god.
I'll be back to show you more pictures of the San Francisco trip and hopefully more progress on the Must Have...
 Currently listening to: Pig LibBy Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Posted at 06:32 pm by Knicole
 | | | thuy
June 6, 2007 04:25 PM PDT
welcome back! | |
| | | Lolly
June 6, 2007 07:54 AM PDT
Wow, what a whirlwind of events - hit by a car!? damn. I hope you are okay! The band sounds super cool. Great name :)
I like the ballet sweater on you! | |
| | | may
June 5, 2007 08:49 PM PDT
woohoo!! You're back! :D
Oh, and just so you know, when you posted your 101 things last year, I remember reading it and randomly thinking "huh, I would try being vegan for a month!" And somehow one thing turned into another, and now I've been pretty much vegan (or near-vegan at least) for like the past 8 months. I know...crazy!!...all because of your list!! wow.
Oh, and reefer madness is good, though I abandoned it awhile back. There are definitely some slow areas... BUT I was only like 1/2 way through. GOtta finish it! I think I liked fast food nation better. | |
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My name is Nicole and I've been knitting since I was 13. I started when I lived in SF, CA, but now I've moved to Tucson, AZ, and the exercise seems asinine at times. We only get about 2 weeks of cold weather, so go figure.
But I stick to it, I'm too passionate about my craft to give up because of some silly thing like weather, school, work... It's all about focus and immersion.
I'm now a junior in college at the University of Arizona and rockin' it fuckin' old school. Yuhhh!!
It's all that matters.
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101/1001
001. Grow hair out, no cutting (trimming allowed), for 1 year. (Started 5/29/06)
002. Cut all of it off.
003. Graduate with a BFA.
004. Start my own garden.
005. Join the gym.
(JOINED Bally's on 6/18/6)
006. Learn how to ollie.
(SMALLEST jump evar.)
007. Paint a self-portrait in my own time.
008. Be vegan for a month.
009. Crochet Amigurumi for friends.
010. Knit a baby sweater.
(Started 6/28/06)
011. Drink AT LEAST 3 Nalgene bottles of water per day for 1 MONTH. (I'D SAY I've done it, what with running and biking.)
012. Stop drinking caffeine for 1 week.(CAFFEINE FREE 7/17/06 - 7/24/06)
013. Participate in a protest.
014. Throw a cocktail party.
015. Send a postcard to PostSecret.
016. Go to Canada.
017. Travel to France.
018. Order custom tags for handmade items.
019. Go camping again.(New Years!)
020. Experience the wrath of a full-time (40 hr.+) job.(ASS BUSTED week of 6/13-6/20)
021. Send a love letter to a love interest.
022. Make an improvised lite-brite picture that fills the whole thing.
023. See Bjork in concert.
024. Prank call an ex-boss.
025. Do 1 sketch every day for 1 month.
026. Survive off of $20 for one week.
027. Join a sports team (University, community, or otherwise).(Biking! Running! Woo!)
028. Have my drawings/art up in a cafe in my town.(Thanks to a flakey artist at the cafe I curated for (UPDATE: Art up again, and again, and soon to be -- AGAIN!))
029. Curl my hair. (Goldi-locks style, yo.)
030. Learn how to apply eyeliner.
(APPLIED on 7/21/06)
031. Keep perfect dental hygiene for 1 month.
032. Sew a dress all by myself.
033. Make bath bombs.
034. Make marshmallows.(They tasted like gelatin... not so much next time)
035. Knit a sweater from my own design.(WORKING on it!)
036. Tag.
(ILLEGALITIES STRUCK on 6/14/6)
037. Create an alias.(FUCK YEAH! Joan Kidd wins!)
038. Go to Mexico.
(MEXICOED OUT on 7/17/06 - 7/21)
039. Ride a bike everywhere within a 5 mi. radius for 1 month.(Started Mid-January 2008, let's see how this goes :D)TOTALLY KICKED THAT BIKES ASS.
040. Quilts!
041. Learn to operate a sewing machine without it breaking. UGH.(MULTIPLE GARMENTS ALTERED & CREATED)
042. Move into my own place.
(Done tuh-WICE now!)
043. Eat grits!
044. Meet someone from the 'net in person.
045. Take cooking classes. (Go to cooking school? (PIMA))
046. Tag my city/neighborhood with knitting. (TAGGED! on 6/5/6)
047. Make more space on laptop.(HARD DRIVE acquired, xmas '07)(Laptop stolen - kind of OK.)
048. Go to the movies by myself.
049. Visit the zoo in Arizona.(At least it wasn't in the summer... poor animals.)
050. Read at least 5 books on current politics.
051. Knit/sew curtains.(Ikea does a fine job of making their fabrics insta-curtains)
052. Create a resume.
053. Knit one thing out of each knitting book I own.
054. Build a small model-sized house out of matches -- then burn it down.
055. Learn to tie a bowtie.
056. Kiss someone on New Year's.
057. Read half of the Random house Top 100 books. (Started 6/2/6)
Now reading:East of Eden
Under the Valcano
Finished:
The Tropic Of Cancer
The Maltese Falcon
Animal Farm
The Great Gatsby
Slaughterhouse 5
A Clockwork Orange
058. Watch IMDB's Top 250 movies. (146 left to watch...)
059. Go to the drive-in.(We watched 28 weeks later and the car battery died at 2 in the morning and couldn't get a jump.)
060. Skinny-dip.
061. Watch "The Wizard Of OZ" while listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon".
062. Do a public art project such as a personal zine idea or letters to the public...
063. Touch a spider...(Not out of my own will, I never said I had to do it that way, ha!)
064. Get something pierced other than my ears/get something tattooed.
065. Watch all R. Kelly "In The Closet" videos.(SINKING STARDOM WITNESSED on 7/28/06)
066. Really learn how to drive stick shift.
067. Go apple-picking in the fall.
068. Make jam. Lots of jam.
069. Take vitamins everyday for 2 months.(My body is probably full of undigested multis...)
070. Knit at least 20 things for charity out of stashed yarn.
071. Get a facial.
072. Learn different forms of poetry and practice them to understanding.
073. Move into a place with a backyard.
074. Go Geocaching.
075. Create & bury a time-capsule.
076. Clean out room to have only necessary things (books & yarn are necessary). A minimalistic lifestyle, if you will.(AS GOOD AS IT GETS; Clothes, books, fabric, yarn, bed.)
077. Learn how to juggle.(I can't tell you how many lemons and tomatoes I've bruised.)
078. Take a walk in a bad-ass Tucson storm.(I think multiple bike rides home in said storm can account for this.)
079. Wake up early (before 8) every morning for 1 month.
080. Try salvia. (DONE on 6/5/6)
081. Develop that mystery roll of film I've had for years. (DEVELOPED on 6/14/6)
082. Knit something lace. God, I hate lace.
083. See how much water I can drink in 24 hours.
084. Sing in public (in a band, another person, karaoke, anything).(SHEEPOSITY overcome!)
085. Get my vision checked.
086. Get allergy tests done.(Turns out I'm a hypochondriac.)
087. Watch all David Lynch movies.
Inland Empire
Darkened Room
Rabbits
Dumbland
Mulholland Dr.
The Straight Story
Lost highway
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Wild at Heart
Blue Velvet
Dune
The Elephant Man
Eraserhead
The Amputee
The Grandmother
The Alphabet
Six Figures Getting Sick
088. Learn the US state capitols.
089. Get a new bed...
090. Hold a bird without crying.(R.I.P. PRINCE)
091. Save all tips from my new job and DON'T SPEND IT until 1001 is over. (OK SO I SPENT ALL MY TIPS, I don't have to be perfect :D Having a job (or no job) requires dipping into the funds a little bit)
092. Write at least one song on guitar and play it ALL THE TIME.
093. Listen to every song in my iTunes at least ONCE (I'm fucking insane).
094. Nickel slots. Need I say more?(I DON'T KNOW about you guys, but I fucking hate the casino. Lost $2. Feh.)
095. No sugar for 1 month. Splenda and the pink stuff allowed (Hello, cancer!).
096. Make a short film.
097. Put an entire paycheck into savings.
098. Transfer all my MP3 files to AAC for the sake of computer space.
099. Get accepted to the BFA program at school (Photo, baby!).
100. Learn to embroider and make things with it.
101. Find a female author that I really love.(Lisa Crystal Carver is a fucking rockstar.)
Swipe My Button
Homies
Mayflower Knits
Yarn-A-Go-Go
KOPttAoP
Carrieoke's Knit Blog
Glampyre
Schmeebot
Libby Land!!
Yarn Boy
Skinny Rabbit
Ysolda
Trido-Bot 9001
RAOS Postcard
The Pat Hat v.2
Fisticuff #1
Herringbone Cuffs
Chooch's hat
Ballet Sweater
Finished Goods--05
Knitting Magz
MagKnits
Knitting Fog
(It's really coooool!)
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