Monthly Archive for September, 2005

post of frothy rage and some random bits

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on Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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Today really REALLY sucked. Let’s not talk about today.

Bag lady
My bag was a big hit….BUT…I’m a little concerned. The felting isn’t as even as I had hoped it would be. The top and bottom are spot on, but the middle section is still not there. Can I re-felt? Does anyone know? KNITTER POWERS, ACTIVATE!

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Whatever I WANT to do! GOSH!
How lame and behind the times am I? Kev and I finally saw Napoleon Dynamite tonight. IDIOT! GOSH!

A friend of mine told me that we wouldn’t really laugh while watching it, but as soon as it was over, we’d start cracking up. This was true.

“You know, there’s like a butt-load of gangs at this school. This one gang kept wanting me to join because I’m pretty good with a bo staff.”

BWAAHAHAHAHA!

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Why don’t you go fuck yourself?
Anyone else annoyed by those “have a happy period” commercials? The only time I’ve ever been happy about my period is when I was a little bit worried that I wasn’t going to GET one. You think a PAD is going to make me happy??? NOT UNLESS IT COMES WITH PERCOCET, BITCH!

A lot of commercials are irritating me these days. There’s some kind of painkiller war going on. I hate the one with the EXTREME closeup of the woman’s face, spreading paranoia that ibuprofen could be EATING YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT! YOU WOULDN’T KNOW! YOU’D DROP DEAD ONE DAY! OH MY GOD! FUCKING IBUPROFEN!!!! So even though it worked perfectly well, she switched to tylanol, which couldn’t pain kill it’s way out of a tissue. Leave me and my stomach dissolving ibuprofen and aleeve alone.

The commercial I love above all others is the AARP ad with Ping. The guy who clones himself. YES! I WOULD LIKE A PING OF MY VERY OWN! How cute is Ping? All commercials should have Ping in them!

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random computer bugs
this is weird…my cut and paste don’t work…UNLESS I open up the clipboard. Just by having it open, I can ctrl-C and ctrl-V. But next time I reboot, it won’t work again, and I’ll have to open up the clipboard.

Anyone know anything about this? WHY DOES MY LAPTOP GET WEIRDO BUGS???

(cause it’s CHEAP, ESC! YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!)

shut up. GOSH!

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serenity now
There was a lot of rage in this post.

So let’s all just relaaaaxxx…with a Sadie pic! This is what Sadie does while I’m sitting on the couch on my laptop.

are you done yet?OK…are you done yet??? It’s “me” time now!

done and DONE!

Published
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on Tuesday, September 13, 2005
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tote bag mosaic
Originally uploaded by evilsciencechick.

Yay! a fun mosaic of my tote bag project.

you can see that the bag DID shrink up quite a bit, but it’s still very wide.

big enough to do some SERIOUS shopping at the farmer’s market (are ya with me, Julie?).

now i’m impatiently tapping my fingers, waiting for my next yarn shipment from knitpicks. I ordered “hush” and “fog” to make this (smaller version) and also “rosegarden” to make this for my mother for christmas.

whew!

a new friend!

Published
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on Tuesday, September 13, 2005
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meet franklin
Originally uploaded by evilsciencechick.

We got an email yesterday that one of the labs was giving away free beta fish. Hooray! I have a new lab friend! I’m keeping him here because I have NO ROOM at home. Isn’t he cute, though? His name is Franklin.

WithOUT clicking on the link and finding out, does anyone know WHY I named him Franklin? Big geek bonus points there.

There are other pics at my flickr site, too. Another woman in the lab also got a fish, so view the SIDE BY SIDE BETA DEATH MATCH and see Franklin emerge the Ultimate Beta Champion.

DONE….almost!

Published
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on Monday, September 12, 2005
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pre-felting
Originally uploaded by evilsciencechick.

I am finished with the knitting part. Now comes the felting. I am told it will shrink considerably, but HOLY CRAP WILL YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS THING??? And this was the MID size option! There is a larger one I could have done!

Click on the pic to biggie size it, and to learn fun facts about ESC!

worms of mass destruction

Published
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on Monday, September 12, 2005
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My tote bag is almost done. I’m halfway through the second strap for it. The bag itself is mega-huge. I keep forgetting to take a picture of it - I’ll have to do “before/after” with the felting process.

I realized that I am OUT of heartworm medication…ack! Sadie’s gone over a week without it! But I have nooo budget for paying a huge amount at the vets for it. So I’m buying the generic version, apparently illegally, from a web site called “PetShed.” Illegal, it seems, because buying prescription drugs from other countries, even drugs for your pet, is still apparently frowned upon. PetShed is in Australia. HI AUSTRALIA! THANK YOU FOR YOUR CHEAP, GENERIC, HEARTGUARD! Even with shipping, it costs less than half what I’d pay at the vet.

And WHY IS HEARTGUARD STILL A PRESCRIPTION??? I can get Frontline flea medicine, which is MUCH MUCH DEADLIER WHEN MISUSED without a prescription. I know heartguard isn’t deadly because once Sadie got into the cabinet I store all her stuff in and ate 4 months worth of the stuff. oooo…I was PISSED! But the emergency vet lady told me on the phone to not worry unless she starts showing unusual symptoms. LIKE WHAT? UNUSUALLY RESISTANT TO HEARTWORM???? Stupid expensive dog.

SORRY SADIE! I LOVE YOU!

High Five!

anyway, we’ll see if I get raided by Homeland security. It’s not like they’re doing anything ELSE useful. I’VE GOT MEDICINE OF HEARTWORM MASS DESTRUCTION! QUICK! LOCATE MY LIBRARY BOOK HISTORY!

Speaking of wastes of space…BUH-BYE, DUMBASS! I think the more appropriate headline would use “dangerously incompetant” instead of “embattled,” but then that’s just my opinion.

Wow, I’ve got no real coherent thoughts today. Except an idea from the comments in Sloth’s site about making fuzzy blog-friend bracelet. Yes…yes…excellent. I’LL MAKE MEEEEELLLIIOOONNS! MUAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHAHAAAA!!!!

step one: knit bracelets

step two: sharks with lasers

step three: WORLD DOMINATION! (ooorrrrr…profit. either one would be good, really)