Nailed It

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Monday September 24th

Well it's official, I'm obsessed with painting my nails.  This is kind of a new novelty for me.  Most of the time I smack my hand against something and the nail chips or from my nervous habit, I'll pick at the nail until that little white part comes off so they're too small to paint.  I went to a wedding this weekend, and I was determined to have long-ish nails to paint by then.  I did.  I've also discovered the awesome that is crackle polish.  My theory is, that the more interesting my nails are, the more careful I will be with them, allowing them to grow longer.  While up in Massachusetts for the wedding, I annoyed my friend to no end with wondering how crackle polish works, she got so fed-up that she looked it up on her phone, shoved it at me and said, "Here, read this and shut up."  Well, she said something along those lines. 

So the wedding.  A good friend of mine from high school got married to her long time boyfriend.  I wish I had the forethought to have taken pictures (I left my camera in my suitcase ::face palm::).  It was a beautiful ceremony, outdoors on a little farm-like area, a low stone wall and a gazebo with plants, and dragonflies everywhere.  For anyone who doesn't know me I'm terrified of insects.  Legit.  I'm not kidding you, I cried so hard walking through butterfly cages as a kid at zoos.  Things that crawl don't bother me as much as anything that can fly around my head and praying mantis.  Anyway, the bride looked amazing and I couldn't stop grinning like a loon, I was so happy for them and to see her really happy (especially after all the drama that comes with planning a wedding) was amazing.  The reception was great too, there were lots of cute roller derby guys there.  I'm still kicking myself for having not talked to at least one of them, but I'm anti-social like that. 

I've been involved with this battle of wills between my room and myself.  I really need to clean the space, but it's exhausting just looking at it.  Since I don't seem to be getting a call from the temp. agency today (it's like 10:40 am now), maybe I'll gear-up and jump back into the battle.  And when I say 'gear-up' I mean turn on some music and dance around while I try to find some bookends. 

2:01 pm Monday October 8th.
It looks like this is gonna be a post where I'm gonna date it every time I wanna add something to say.   Keeps the number of posts down.  The Battle of the Abyss aka the never ending effort to clean my room has come to a temporary truce.  I never really grasped how much stuff I have.  I'm proud of myself though, I've got clothes, accessories and comics to give away or donate.  I have this little self-satisfied smile on my face right now.  There's been furniture moving and the never ending laundry as well just to make the past week extra special. 
On the plus side, I rented seasons 1 and 2 of Torchwood from my local library.  I really need to catch up on that.  I also found an amazing knitting book.  It's a comprehensive guide on how to design a knitted garment, from sketch to pattern to knitting.  Super excited about this!

Featuring my
lovely pink carpet

On top of the many projects that I have going, I found a decorative birdcage at a flea market.  I've been looking for a nicely shaped birdcage to make a lamp out of it.  So in an effort to use up a good amount of my glass bead collection, I'm wire wrapping beads into the spaces between the bars to make the lamp a little more awesome.  Getting the bottom off of the birdcage was not easy, it was welded into place.  I eventually resorted to using bull-nose wire cutters and was able to take out the solder points.  Ruined my nail polish doing that lol.  

Look at the Pretty!

Not sure if this is good news or not just yet, but I applied to Anthropologie in Princeton for a Visuals position.  I had an interview with them and I felt like I had left a good impression and with any luck I'll get the job.  I followed up on that and they said they are still conducting interviews but they'll have an answer at the end of this week.  Guys send me some good luck cause this job would be amazing if I get it! 
Now's probably a good time to take my measurements so I can start making a knit pattern.  It's been damn cold here yo. 

6:33 pm
So, I finished one of those projects from so-far-long-ago-that-I-forgot-I-started-it.  OMG shock and awe right?!  I have an I-Cord maker, that makes I-cord or knitted horse reign.  I found a little crank-it-out one that makes a 4 stitch tube in Jo Anns Fabrics.  It's an absolute godsend!!  I don't know how I could have done any work without it.  I took 12 balls of emerald green yarn, knitted it into cord, then pinned it to a dress form and hand stitched a project out of it in college.  Which I then promptly lost in the mess that is my room.  Well I found my little godsend machine and started making cord out of these balls of yarn that are a pain in the ass to knit with since they're so freaking thin.  Then I was stuck with all this cord, so I thought "Hey!  Why don't I coil this up and make some sculpture with it?"  Brilliant deduction right?  Well that turned out to be a several month set of projects and then the sketchbook with the drawings in them has disappeared into the Abyss (I'll reference my room as "the Abyss" from now on... less to type).  So about a week ago, I found the unfinished project and have now finished it.   I was working on making some bowls or planters or something, and I finally finished hand sewing it.  It needs some starch or shellac to harden the form so it retains it's shape, but that can wait.  The point is that I will not be hand sewing that bastard anymore.  In the meantime I've neglected the Whale yet again.  I'm really starting to dread working on that piece.  Every day I look at it and I'm like, "Oh God look at all that white empty space T-T  ." 

10:09 am Tuesday October 9th

My workspace

Well, I have a walking path through the Abyss.  Score one for me!  I've also been taking my measurements so I can start drafting a pattern to knit.  There's so much math!!  T-T  My head hurts.  I had to take so many measurements last night and I took more today.  If you ever read the first Harry Potter book, the scene where Harry's at Madame Malkins getting measured for his robes.... yeah like that.  I'm surprised I don't need to measure the length of my teeth or something with the way this book is going.  Anyway, here's a picture of the sketch I made, and what I hope to knit.  Now that I look at it, I'm thinking of making a Peter Pan collar instead of the V- Neck.... hmm.  Wouldn't it be awesome if I made a book of patterns O.o ?!

The Sketch

I think that's all for now, I've got a long and tedious day ahead of me with dentist visits and the continuing effort to clean my room.  Oh.  Joy. 

Do you feel the enthusiasm?  

See Ya'll Later!