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DYE, BITCHES!

Today Sandy had some of us over to her house for fiber dyeing fun. This was ideal for me, because:

1. I need to dye some yarn as per my Mission Possible 2008 objectives

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THE GREAT CREME BRULEE-OFF OF 2008

Last week in my very popular feature “ask the evils” feature (shut up, it is SO popular!), Confiance asked me to do a creme brulee tutorial. And I answered that she would have would have to wait a week, because her question sparked an IM conversation between Melissa and me. You can read that conversation here. So while Melissa was out for blood, I wanted to prove that you can make a DAMN GOOD creme brulee’ without buying a $10 jar of vanilla beans and separating a bunch of eggs. In fact, you can make it in 10 minutes and then go back to doing more important things, like watching tv or taking pictures of your dog. And you don’t even have to turn on your oven.

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FO-FO-FO Friday!

Yeah, I know many of my old-skool readers are sick of my knitting content. But the only other stuff I can think of to post is stuff like

Duuuuhhhh…Dr Phil is the biggest flake in the WORLD, did you ACTUALLY THINK, Spears family, that he was going to keep his mouth shut afterwards? Do you think he tried to speak to BritShitFit out of the goodness of his HEART??? HELLS NO! HE DID IT FOR THE RATINGS! How stupid are you???

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my new favorite hobby

going to iconic pittsburgh eateries, ordering their classic dishes, and then sending a photo text of it to Julie.

It really pisses her off.   It’s so much fun!

Must find Eat n Park smiley face cookie for tomorrow…

swapped

I recently took part in my FIRST EVER SOMEWHAT OFFICIAL INTERNET SWAP over at the Ravelry. A quick background: in Ravelry, you can start groups, and these groups have their own forums. So you can discuss why your kitty is cuter than all other kitties, why Heroes/Gilmore Girls/The Hills is the best show on tv, or how horrified you will be when Ravelry goes public and some child might see a PICTURE REPRESENTATION OF MALE GENITALIA DONE IN CAKE FONDANT OH MY GOD THINK OF THE CHEEELDREN!!!!

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