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I hadn't - but it's bookmarked now. Other than one Stephen King book (The Dome) I can only see free e-books in the horizon. whee whee

@ Hugel: fingerless gloves are great! I've started sleeping in the yoga socks I made, since it's subzero here, and found that they really help keep my feet warm without keeping me awake, like socks do. You can knit them flat, then seam the side. You basically knit the foot part (from the toes up), to cover as much of the foot as you like, then bind off half the stitches in the first half of the row that is on the needles, then , when you knit the next row, you cast on the same number of stiches that you bound off in the previous row at the end of that row, knit to cover as much of the ankle as you like, then bind off and seam. The bound-off, cast-on part makes the hole for your heel. It's a lot like fingerless gloves, although it sounds like you've knit your gloves side-to-side (around the hand, rather than fingers-up). I made my first pair of yoga socks in a heavier yarn on size 8 needles, just to have something to do, and they're bulky enough to really trap the warm air!

Today....I realized, I took the wrong major and I'm getting a degree that I'm kinda ok with but not at all satisfied with. D: General Bio doesn't get me far.

I realized it when I went back and looked at the programs and degree majors web page, and found the one that should have gone to. Environmental studies. I want to learn about environmental conservation, advocacy, public service and education of the public. ._. I wondered why I enjoyed my BIO Controversy class so much...

Its funny how much you can learn about yourself after a week of scrounging around for grad schools and realize "hey I don't want to get into a classroom and teach high school kids about the biological world without actually being in it and working for it."

eh....4 years....not completely wasted but...not prioritized. sweatdrop

Not sure what I should do now. Grad school for education doesn't look at all appealing when I want to be in the field and get some real world experience before stepping in front of students. But the gen bio degree doesn't get me far other than lab work...and even then...

eh...what to do...what to do ....what to do....

Well, bright side, I wrote a professional resume. So it counts for something.

a little over a year ago i learned to crochet and i've been at it like a madman.. my friend sheers, dyes and spins wool from her own sheep and being lucky enough to have a bit of it i'd decide to make myself a special hat - but i couldn't find any crochet hats patterns that i felt did it enough justice. so that's when i started to search knit.. and i was hooked (or needled??). this was about a week and a half ago and since i've taught myself some basics, including knitting in the round and a few stitches and i'm damn proud!

before, i'd always shied away from it because it felt so intimidating - TWO needles? but now i'm all aboard, though i think i do still prefer crochet if only for the instant satisfaction of creating things (am i just really slow? knit seems to take for ever).

I found that crocheting has more versatility, than knitting, shapes are so much easier!

But if you want a scarf. Knitting for me is the way to go, all the stitches are there nice and neat and I can finish a basic scarf under two to three hours.

Just got done unloading the car from shopping, acquired about 400 bucks worth of groceries and household items for around 220 bucks. Not a bad day's haul. We need a second freezer before this fall if i get to go hunting because we tend to keep our fridge upstairs completely full and our freezer downstairs completely full as well. Plus buying a huge primal cut of meat is super cheap compared to buying it per cut of meat. like a short loin primal might run like 60 bucks for 40 pounds but if you were to buy all the cuts individually it'd run well over 100 bucks.

Anyways its time to relax before i get ready for work and then tomorrow i'm having a late christmas party with some friends because after buying for family we were all broke this year.

Anybody have any words of wisdom for someone who is vaguely interested in knitting or spinning only to combat sheer boredom?

Argh, rant time.

Bit grumpy and I've really tried to let the annoyances go, but I can't.

Living with family is difficult, everyone knows that. I really need to get out and find someone who'll hire me for two months. Anyways.

Constant burping is driving me nuts. Nuts! So gross.

We tidied up the basement and put aside a lot of junk. Mother in law goes in and says she needs stuff. Do you really need crutches and a plastic foot cast? Or several sets of measuring cups? The excuse: "I might need it". sigh.

What gets me is that the TV and news is always on and they buy into it so easily. So easily. Eggs are bad because of cholesterol. You need a different cleaner for your sink and another for your bath. You need scented stuff everywhere. Stuff is everywhere and it's so claustrophobic. And smelly.

And the constant dieting.

And will try yoga, but doesn't like the "cult" of it. Oi.

In other news, the salt here is ruining my cowboy boots. crying I have to water and vinegar them pretty much every day. Ontario loves its salt.

I got my Kindle. I downloaded King's Under the Dome. I hope it doesn't scar me like Empty World.

My boyfriend bought me a sperm whale (Spermy) from Value Village. heart heart



I didn't know that orcas and sperm whales are enemies. No name calling as of yet. *knocks on wood* Yes, I sleep with a stuffed killer whale. Have been for the last nineteen years. 4laugh