So I tried to start sewing the cloak last night. We brought up the portable sewing machine (which is a bit of an oxymoron, being that if you actually tried to port that thing anywhere you’d probably end up with a hernia) but we had to wind a new bobbin for the thread, which turned out to be wound the wrong way, then the machine decided to not work. So made for a rather frustrating night. My mom said that the machine had done that twice before, once the night before halloween when she was trying to make a costume for me, and once before my aunt’s wedding when she was trying to fix my flower girl dress. So, I suppose it’s good that I have a year to do this thing. Hopefully it will work tonight. Sigh. If it doesn’t, there is another portable sewing machine, and if all else fails we use the super-duper machine in the art room. Sigh. I wouldn’t be able to watch tv back there, at least not for now.
I think we’re taking the dvd/vcr/tv back, it’s not quite what we want. But doing that will be a pain. Grr. Although when we do we’d be able to move the dvd/vcr player from room to room so I can watch LotR whenever I want! Yay! lol.
I wrote more of my Roswell fic last night. Man, it would be so good if I could only finish it! Came up with another idea for my novel too. Too bad I’m not independently wealthy so I can’t just do nothing but write it. Although I know if I did that I would be bored out of my mind. I suppose it will work out somehow. I really want to put up an excerpt of the new stuff to see if you guys like it, but that would mean I’d have to transfer it from the laptop, blah blah. Someday grasshopper.
Lunchtime!
Author: etoiline
Lammster, sorry I missed you. I was attempting to sew all last night, (I’ll tell ya in the other blog) and watching Blame it on Rio. Very funny movie 🙂
1. CandyLand or Chutes and Ladders?
Chutes & Ladders.
2. Barbie or GI Joe?
Barbie.
3. Play-Doh or Silly Putty?
Silly Putty!
4. Lincoln Logs or Tinkertoys?
Lincoln logs… but I preferred just plain blocks.
5. The Game of Life or Monopoly?
Life.
6. Etch-a-Sketch or Lite-Brite?
Lite-Brite!
7. The Slinky: metal or plastic?
Metal. The Original and still the best.
8. Easy-Bake Oven or Sno-Cone Machine?
Sno-Cone machine. The real one, where you get to grind the ice!
9. Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars?
erm… didn’t play with cars, though I did end up owning some Matchboxes just because they were in cereal boxes…
10. Spirograph or Paint-by-Numbers?
Spriograph. Ahh, the hours…
Good morning there hon. I hope you had a good evening. 🙂
I’m having an okay day today. I’ll try to catch you on AIM later today. 🙂
HAHAAH! That is hilarious! Thanks for the laugh hon. *kiss*
A farmer got pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, and the trooper started to lecture the farmer about his speed, and in general began to throw his weight around to try to make the farmer uncomfortable. Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket, and as he was doing that he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. The farmer said, “Having some problems with circle flies there, are ya?”
The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said–“Well yeah, if that’s what they are–I never heard of circle flies”. So the farmer says–“Well, circle flies are common on farms. See, they’re called circle flies because they’re almost always found circling around the back end of a horse.”
The trooper says, “Oh,” and goes back to writing the ticket. Then after a minute he stops and says, “Hey…wait a minute, are you trying to call me a horses ass?”
The farmer says, “Oh no, officer. I have too much respect for law enforcement and police officers to even think about calling you a horses ass.”
The trooper says, “Well, that’s a good thing,” and goes back to writing the ticket.
After a long pause, the farmer says, “Hard to fool them flies though.”
Rings Thing
StandardNow that you’ve seen the latest edition of the Two Towers preview:
What are you most looking forward to in The Two Towers? More Legolas. Helm’s Deep sequence.
Which character (new or continuing) do you particularly want to see in a
prominent role? You have to ask? Legolas. Also, Eowyn looks interesting.
Have you heard anything that makes you think you might have a problem with
the film? Unless you count having to wait till December, no… I mean, the Helm’s Deep sequence is supposed to be 50 minutes long! Whoohoo!
I do so hope someone will watch it with me on opening night. I don’t want to go alone.
PromoGuy’s Monday Mission 2.33
1. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that
they like to keep near them for security. Do you recall what you had for your
“security blanket” as a child? When did you finally give it up? What brought
that about?I think I had a blankie. Now all I have is a teddy bear and it’s pillow (both ex-related. How pathetic is that? sigh.)
2. Now that you are a big kid, what do you have to give you that same
sense of security?Now all I have is a teddy bear and its pillow (both ex-related. How pathetic is that? sigh.) Although I don’t suppose those give me security. Just something to cuddle. I think my ability to run away makes me feel secure.
3. With a little over four months left in 2002, have you accomplished
everything you wanted to for the year? Is there anything that you would like to
accomplish before the year is over? Erm. My birthday hasn’t happened yet (next Tuesday, though 🙂 ) so I feel like it isn’t that close to the end of the year. Augh. Well, I’d like to finish some books, start this new job, start paying off student loans (ugh) and hopefully get a good part of my Lego costume done. Maybe go to a RenFest (fingers crossed). Learn to be responsible.
4. I don’t know about you, but it seems to me children have it pretty
good these days. Game systems, computers in the home, microwaves, cable TV, the
internet, cell phones and pagers, they certainly have a wider variety of
technology than most of us did as children. What modern convenience, if any,
do you think it would be good for children today to do without? What would they
gain? Without? Calculators. Man, I was so screwed cause we did algebra with calculators! But they should have computers… just perhaps not until they’re ten. Those “baby computers” make me sad. hmm. And maybe Barney is a bad idea. I don’t think I’d be able to let my kids watch that. Or Pokemon.
5. Many of us have one thing in which we believe we excel. What do you do
better than most? I think I’m damn good at running 🙂 After all I was the MOP of indoor conference and I won three golds at outdoor …
6. In the United States, and possibly other countries, teenagers in
High School usually wind up falling into several social circles or “cliques.”
Stoners, Rich Kids, Jocks, Cheerleaders, Band, Drama, Goths, and so on (though
the names are probably different today). What High School “clique” did you
find yourself in? Was it by choice or did it just happen? Did you look down on
other groups? (Aw it’s ok, it was/is High School, we all did dumb stuff) Well, I wasn’t really in one single clique unless you count outsider as a clique. I was part of the jocks cause I ran, part of the nerds cause I was third in my class, part of the theater geeks cause I was in theater and occasionally part of the popular kids just by dint of the fact that I grew up with them. I wasn’t very happy with the acceptance or lack thereof of any of those groups. Sigh. Some of high school was great, but a large part of it pretty much just sucked.
7. (it begins) I have great news! I won the contest and we now have plane
tickets to anywhere in the world. The bad news is we have to pick a place now
and leave in the morning. I can’t decide where to go, so you get to pick. Where
should we go, and what is the first thing we should do when we get there? You should go to China and see the Great Wall. I’m told it’s a spiritual experience. Or perhaps you should take a trip down whichever river they’re damming so you can see the scenery before it’s damaged by the locks. one day, grasshopper… but I think it’ll be too late for the scenery.
BONUS: Must I beg you?
perhaps…
So, once I pay for it, I’ll have a bow, a quiver, and some arrows… I won my first auction, lol. Hopefully worth it. And the pattern is laid out for the cloak, I just have to cut it and sew it… lol, easier said than done!