tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14351550725722947702024-02-19T20:07:47.638-05:00crashing my car into companyyubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-124233795491862232009-07-03T11:48:00.011-04:002009-11-17T23:15:20.363-05:00baby romaine<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >so young and tender, your salad days are here<br />but remember, sweet is always mixed with bitter<br />and April only leads to December</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">well, in the case of my updates, April leads to July. oops.<br /><br />All my friends are having babies. Baby girls. If you're pregnant with a son, you kid is going to have his choice of the ladies.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3683862507_e0693d3f80.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 60px; float: center; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3683862507_e0693d3f80.jpg" border="4px" color: rgb(255, 0, 0)/></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I used leftovers from another quilt in the works to makes this green and blue quilt for my friend's soon to be born daughter. Actually, I had enough leftovers to make three copies. While the "mass production" makes me feel a bit like Baby Gap, I kind of love it at the same time. Also! I was strangely pleased at how efficiently the leftovers got used up.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Also! if I'm really happy with the final product, as I am with this one, I want to spread the love.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3683867841_0e01db6df8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 60px; float: center; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3683867841_0e01db6df8.jpg" border="4px" color: rgb(255, 0, 0)/></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Kind of like how I feel about the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6832933§ion_id=6071455">bomo-bags</a>, whose salad days are over... still I remain, <a href="http://www.stickam.com/viewMedia.do?mId=184603107">baby romaine</a>.</span>yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-41777944012434194202009-04-15T19:13:00.001-04:002009-04-15T19:14:51.538-04:00untidy towns<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >first things first, I have a happy secret<br />the next bit’s worse, I intend to keep it that way</span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3446142732_a8443555d3_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3446142732_a8443555d3_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />I've been up all last night and this morning making something new. I'm stupid excited about it. The first batch are designated gifts to some friends so I'm keeping it a secret. Though, I've already told about seven people. I promise, I know how to keep secrets. Just not my own.<br /><br /></span>yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-49275585682913844372009-04-08T20:15:00.000-04:002009-04-08T20:16:05.717-04:00the monkey wrench<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3425346798_5739655932_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 60px; float: center; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3425346798_5739655932_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Once upon a time.<br /><br />Once upon a time we had dreams and fantasies about what our lives would be like. We would have great jobs and meet great men. We would get married and have families and still be the best of friends. We would live happily ever after.<br /><br />One day she met a great man and got married. I made them this quilt using the <a href="http://www.quilterscache.com/M/MonkeyWrenchBlock.html">pattern</a> she had picked out seven years earlier when he was just a dream. For some reason it makes me stupid happy to see this picture of it finished. Happy to think that you could wish for something and have it. Happy to have had such a constant friend over the years. Happy that dreams can come true.<br /><br />And we lived happily ever after.<br /></span>yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-16856940254498540402009-04-06T02:55:00.007-04:002009-04-06T08:22:22.004-04:00paper vs. plastic<span style="font-family:verdana;">About a month or so ago, there was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/us/24bags.html">this article</a> in the New York Times about the rumored plastic bag fee/tax. To reduce the negative impact of plastic bags on the environment, cities have been proposing plastic bag bans or fees for use.<br /><br />Wanting to learn more about it I came across <a href="http://www.reusablebags.com/">www.reusablebags.com</a>. There is a wealth of information on there! It's kind of overwhelming, actually. The most interesting to me was their article, <a href="http://www.reusablebags.com/facts.php?id=7">Paper Bags Are Better Than Plastic, Right?</a> Shockingly, the answer is "not really". <br /><br />But this is all a non-issue because why use paper or plastic when you can use a <a href="http://yubomination.blogspot.com/2009/04/bomo-bag.html">Bomo-Bag</a>?!</span>yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-80334313721328643312009-04-06T02:22:00.004-04:002009-04-06T03:03:01.455-04:00the bomo-bag debut<span style="font-family:verdana;">The <a href="http://yubomination.blogspot.com/2009/04/bomo-bag.html">Bomo-Bags</a> first went on sale on March 14, 2009 at the <a href="http://www.artistsandfleas.com/">Artists & Fleas</a> market during the grand opening of <a href="http://www.303grandnyc.com/">303Grand</a>. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3337/3417465824_09715c5cae_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 60px; float: center; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3337/3417465824_09715c5cae_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3417466140_59c4073c00_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 60px; float: center; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3417466140_59c4073c00_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3416658699_850b356118_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 60px; float: center; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3416658699_850b356118_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />I was really stressed out and anxious about it for weeks but I had great friends who helped and supported me throughout the day, making it a success. I am a lucky girl.<br /><br /></span>yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-37306180929876069162009-04-06T02:01:00.000-04:002009-04-06T02:02:06.445-04:00the bomo-bag<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3416591767_7380e011bf_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; width: 440px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3416591767_7380e011bf_o.jpg" border="0" /></a>yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-65623539598484195852009-04-06T01:54:00.008-04:002009-04-06T02:05:26.672-04:00the origin of the bomo-bag<span style="font-family:verdana;">I have at least five grocery stores within a 3 block radius of my apartment. The one right off the subway is open 24 hours. I'm always stopping in on my way home to pick up some forgotten ingredient or just a snack. It's so convenient. But the spontaneity this allows always leaves me unprepared to carry my new purchase home. Oftentimes I'll walk the few blocks to my apartment with a carton of soy milk or a bag of produce in my hand, but sometimes I buy more than I'll be able to carry without having to reluctantly take a plastic bag from the cashier.<br /><br />I am also a sucker for a sale. I don't know how many times I'll be walking along and enter a shop to just browse before meeting a friend or going home or while passing the time and exit with a lighter wallet and a shopping bag in hand.<br /><br />It makes me cringe every time. Just do a <a href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=plastic+bag+pollution&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq=">google image search of "plastic bag pollution"</a> and your heart will break.<br /><br />In January I went to Ikea with a friend. When we got to the check out we discovered that we would have to buy a reusable tote bag to carry our new Swedish household items home in. They were no longer providing plastic bags. <br /><br />That was what did it because I am also a cheap bastard. I decided to make a tote bag that I could roll up and put in my regular hand bag so that I would always be armed.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3417355984_331abc7d1e_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 240px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3417355984_331abc7d1e_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3417356086_10a7934465_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 240px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3417356086_10a7934465_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3416547753_2b01ddfef9_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 240px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3416547753_2b01ddfef9_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This was the first one I tried. I sketched it out then used what remained of an old bed sheet for fabric.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />I liked the idea of an elastic to quickly roll it up, but unrolled it hung off the side like an ugly hair scrunchie. <br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I did some tweaking, received some feedback from my friends and coworkers, and the <a href="http://yubomination.blogspot.com/2009/04/bomo-bag.html">Bomo-Bag</a> (named by my coworkers) was the final result. I have to say, it's the best thing I've ever made for myself. Every time I use it, it makes me happy.</span>yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-83909751409613305052009-03-26T13:16:00.004-04:002009-03-26T13:24:14.879-04:00a year laterIt's been one year and a handful of days.<br />I'm sorry to have neglected you. I've got some very exciting news. Stay tuned.<br />But for now, have a listen to some <a href="http://www.stickam.com/viewMedia.do?mId=183314087">Magnetic Fields</a>.yubominationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03241211724792026370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-79740954507629643212008-03-21T03:05:00.001-04:002009-04-06T01:40:29.269-04:00parentheses<span style="font-family:verdana;">In the last week a number of people have commented to me about how I like to cook. How misleading this blog has been! Here is my refrigerator on a normal day:</span><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3416547373_3d93590136_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 60px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3416547373_3d93590136_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I can't remember when I took that picture. Actually that day was particularly bad. There are maybe some vegetables in there right now, but also more booze. I don't even really drink at home. Everything is misleading!</span><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2348611363_8700a49c58.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px; float: right; width: 240px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2348611363_8700a49c58.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Today for dinner I had some cheese and crackers, olives and grapes. I love Cerignola olives. I won't tell you how many I've eaten because it's too embarrassing. More embarrassing than that picture of my fridge.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" >if something in the deli aisle </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" >makes you cry</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" >you know I'll put my arm around you</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" > and I'll walk you outside</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" >through the sliding doors</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" >why would I mind?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-90098580300108911242008-03-02T21:45:00.000-05:002009-03-22T23:32:46.959-04:00be fruitful and multiply<span style="font-family:verdana;">My friends have had a baby. He is the cutest thing ever. Sometimes when he is sleeping, he'll chuckle and my heart breaks. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It was his dad's birthday recently and I knit him an ear flap hat. Then I made a matching one for his "mini me". </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Again, I didn't use a pattern. I seem to have a problem with rules. Instead I bought some yarn (Debbie Bliss <a href="http://www.debbieblissonline.com/Yarn.asp?yid=11">cashmerino aran</a> and <a href="http://www.debbieblissonline.com/Yarn.asp?yid=4">alpaca silk</a>). Pearl at <a href="http://www.knittycity.com/">Knitty City</a> helped me choose needles (US 10.5 circs) that she thought would give me a good gauge. I read a bunch of patterns online and in books at the bookstore, but couldn't find anything that I liked. So I kept an eye out on the street for people wearing ear flap hats and followed the good looking ones around. Good looking <span style="font-style:italic;">hats</span>, I mean. I think I started and restarted about five times until I had what I wanted.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">and voilà:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2296900978_181766b01d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 30px 0px 60px; float: left; width: 240px;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2296900978_181766b01d.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They look cuter when they're actually on real heads because the boy is only about four months old, but this is all I have for public viewing.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-24334701309974321932008-02-06T11:26:00.000-05:002009-03-22T23:32:46.959-04:00finders keepers<span style="font-family:verdana;">I have a friend. She's tiny. One winter, while coveting a pair of convertible mitts, she complained that she couldn't find a pair of gloves that fit her tiny hands. Since it was around the time of her birthday I decided to knit her a pair. It took about a year because I put them down and forgot to pick them up again! I used the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/PATTbroadstreet.html">Broad Street Mittens</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> pattern from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.knitty.com/">knitty</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> using </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86756735@N00/2246038607/sizes/o/">yarn</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I got from a knitting swap. I've made these </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://yubomination.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-birthday-for-yesterday.html">before</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, but because the yarn (trekking) I used was so thin, the size was perfect.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2241889725_1967ca6e5d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2241889725_1967ca6e5d.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The best part is the thumb, which I took from <a href="http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/pele/pele.html">Berroco Pele</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2290/2242684308_378beeb34f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2290/2242684308_378beeb34f.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2241893435_252660543f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2241893435_252660543f.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The saddest part is that a week after I gave them to her, she lost one.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/2242683138_c804399270.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/2242683138_c804399270.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-33705977674243007042008-02-03T16:02:00.000-05:002009-03-22T23:32:46.960-04:00God's Footballer<span style="font-family:verdana;">It's Super Bowl Sunday. I think New York is up against Boston. Something about Giants? The city is going to go crazy tonight if we win. I could care less. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" >the goals bring weekly wages<br />yet the glory of the sports pages<br />is but the worship of false idols and tempts him not</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I wanted to make a tote bag for a friend of mine. A Say-No-To-Plastic-Bags type of tote bag. I didn't really have a pattern, but I didn't think it could be that hard. I went down to </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.purlsoho.com/purl">Purl</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> to buy some fabric. One of my many bad habits is that I don't really plan things out. Overwhelmed by all the fabric choices, the simple tote bag turned out to be a more ambitious type of project as I bought extra fabric for a pocket and linings. And because I didn't plan out a pattern before I started sewing, it took about 5 times as long to make it and was way more frustrating than I would have liked. One day I'll learn. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2240173232_1b32e3205a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2240173232_1b32e3205a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2303/2239388315_3e5109649e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2303/2239388315_3e5109649e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2240176636_0645e74d43.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2240176636_0645e74d43.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the end </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2239384321_011bff03a0.jpg">it</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> didn't turn out to be the simple everyday shopping bag kind of tote I was aiming for. I guess I got carried away.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-32471675509377895842008-01-29T00:14:00.002-05:002009-03-26T13:28:03.470-04:00a day in space<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >think about lying there when you're a hundred<br />a hundred and ten or whatever<br />looking back on your life and thinking:<br />well, what did I actually do?<br />what did I actually achieve?<br />"oh, I saw the pyramids"<br />big deal!<br />you can apparently see those from space anyway</span><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2227766332_d078722e20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2227766332_d078722e20.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's been awhile since I've posted. It's been even longer since I've posted anything other than pictures and song lyrics so I thought I would write a bit for a change. Actually, I have a side-project in the works and was waiting to unveil it but it might not ever be ready so here I am, just as I am.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's another New Year.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">During the latter end of 2007 I read </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/0a0b6a66-2350-4352-af17-885cc38a2ded/YouShallKnowOurVelocity.cfm">You Shall Know Our Velocity!</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> by </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/eggers/eggers.html">Dave Eggers</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> while listening to a lot of </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ballboymusic.com/">Ballboy</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. The book was just alright and some might say the same about </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/ballboymusic">Ballboy</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, though I can't seem to get enough of them. However, I don't recommend the combination. I've been thinking of the feeling that they left me with. At first it made me want to go somewhere, everywhere, really quickly. So I did. I got on a plane and I went to a lot of places. Then I came home tired, broke and emptier than before I had left. Now I look around at my life and think: <span style="font-style: italic;">So what? You can see it all from space anyway</span>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" >Your life has been lived a hundred times. A thousand times. It's not all that great, really. Don't take it so seriously. Don't handle it so delicately.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I began to feel simultaneously bored and boring, which is another deadly combination. It's not nice thinking your life, and the lives of those around you, aren't that great.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's another New Year. I've made some resolutions, resolutions to be greater. It's not going so well, but it's only January.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-18181706446995949612007-12-13T09:32:00.000-05:002009-03-22T23:32:46.960-04:00a long-forgotten fairytale<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2108054951_46ef3a35e2.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 240px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2108054951_46ef3a35e2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Twelve days until Christmas.<br /><br />I've been commissioned to make a red scarf.<br /><br />Christmas is my favourite holiday. I love the lights and the carols and the parties and the office slacking.<br /><br />It makes me want to buy everyone presents.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/2108830944_7a71a354bf.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 10px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/2108830944_7a71a354bf.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/2108831908_b6b9945ae9.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 10px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/2108831908_b6b9945ae9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;">and a long-forgotten fairytale is in your eyes again<br />and I'm caught inside a dream world where the colours are too intense<br />and nothing is making sense<br /><br />there's a floating town of eiderdown in a mist of mystery<br />there's an old enchanted castle<br />and the princess there is me<br />decked out like a Christmas tree</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-6721078519310613862007-12-06T16:13:00.000-05:002009-03-22T23:32:46.961-04:00you spin me right round<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2088665583_65c8739281.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 25px; float: right; width: 220px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2088665583_65c8739281.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Once upon a time I saw a woman knit two socks at a time on circular needles. I was envious. So I went and bought these: </span><a href="http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/muze/books/9781564777393.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; float: left; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/muze/books/9781564777393.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But the woman at the yarn store told me that one skein would not be enough. Because I'm cheap and yarn is expensive, I decided to stripe it with a blue yarn I already had at home. I was a little disappointed in the end because it gave the socks a darker colour than what I was hoping for and I have enough yarn left that I could have done the main body with just the grey. I guess I'll just have to make another pair!</span><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/2088666685_6e0ef64e91.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/2088666685_6e0ef64e91.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/2089455876_36d844912c.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/2089455876_36d844912c.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2089457494_954be7f780.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2089457494_954be7f780.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-4627173628639081622007-11-19T22:48:00.000-05:002009-03-22T23:32:46.963-04:00loop duplicate my heart<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;">I found a reason for not going out tonight</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;">I'm making out tonight</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;">with my computer :</span><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2156/2049237042_ba915af01f.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2156/2049237042_ba915af01f.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-9590515045283211682007-11-01T11:53:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.964-04:00i am a faulty string of blue christmas lights<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2286/1813733725_05e558bffa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2286/1813733725_05e558bffa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" ><em><strong style="font-weight: normal;">hey I found the safest place to keep all our tenderness<br />keep all our bad ideas<br />keep all our hope<br />it's here in the smallest bones, the feet and the inner-ear<br />it's such an enormous thing to walk and to listen</strong><br /></em></span><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1806802465_a921c1df81.jpg"><img style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 25px; float: left; width: 340px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1806802465_a921c1df81.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-55800836255901388962007-09-12T21:44:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.964-04:00i love you (but you're boring)<span style="font-family:verdana;">Once upon a time I stepped on a screw. It poked through my sneakers and stabbed me. Just barely. Because </span><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tetanus/DS00227"><span style="font-family:verdana;">tetanus</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> is a scary condition, I went to the hospital to get a tetanus shot. They took a urine sample for a pregnancy test even though I told them that despite having just been "screwed", I was in no way pregnant. I had three x-rays taken of my foot and was put on antibiotics for a week. It was barely a pinprick. I'm currently trying to get copies of my foot x-rays because I am a bit narcissistic, but until then, here are some other pictures from the day of my wound.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1183/1369227616_b6d90f5741.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 25px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1183/1369227616_b6d90f5741.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/1368326473_b241a0c9a9.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px 25px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/1368326473_b241a0c9a9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I haven't been very creative lately. Or at all interesting. But hopefully you love me anyway.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-67458019416807905052007-08-01T09:15:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.965-04:00strawberry fields forever<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>fruit !<br /><br /></strong></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1035/973476681_d6857956b9.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1035/973476681_d6857956b9.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><br /><br />juice !<br /><br /></strong></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/974336392_7d5a2d3142.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/974336392_7d5a2d3142.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><br /><br />almond flour !<br /><br /></strong></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/974336158_f6d8db1e57.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/974336158_f6d8db1e57.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><br /><br />blending !<br /><br /></strong></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1202/974335888_5721d2b39e.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1202/974335888_5721d2b39e.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><br /><br />blended !<br /><br /></strong></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1175/974335700_842e0dac61.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1175/974335700_842e0dac61.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><br /><br />delicious !<br /><br /></strong></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1336/973475229_56db68be6e.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 35px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1336/973475229_56db68be6e.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-88278293541738578692007-07-28T00:47:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.965-04:00line three, I forget<span style="font-family:verdana;">Today a friend turned another year older. I baked her a little <a href="http://yubomination.blogspot.com/2007/04/double-decker-fun.html">cake</a>. It's hard to gauge in the picture, but it's only 6 inches in diameter!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/923673584_de5456ebf4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 20px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/923673584_de5456ebf4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I work at a university. Sometimes I overhear the young people talking and I think they sound so silly. I am sure, oftentimes, I sound silly to people older than me.<br /><br />I am thirty-three.<br /><br />Sometimes I remember where I used to think I would be at thirty-three. It seems so silly now that I'm here. Not there.<br /><br />Anyway, at dinner we clinked our glasses, cheers, to my friend. I love that noise. The clink clink clink. Good times.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#996633;">let's take a look at these crow's feet, just look<br />sitting on the prettiest eyes<br />sixty 25th of Decembers<br />fifty-nine 4th of Julys<br />you can't have too many good times, children<br />you can't have too many lines<br />take a good look at these crow's feet<br />sitting on the prettiest eyes</span></em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-40963613648124225172007-07-23T23:55:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.965-04:00a new name for everything<a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/881493126_817d1ff83e.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 15px 0px 5px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/881493126_817d1ff83e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>the boxes you brought here<br />and never unpacked<br />are still patiently waiting to go</em></span><br /></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1253/880642781_de32c7afdd.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1253/880642781_de32c7afdd.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">mine, too!<br /><br />But I've been getting better at it and have emptied these boxes (on the right), which are now patiently waiting to be thrown out.<br /><br />Though I have to admit, it was mostly just transferring their contents (yarn, fabric) to plastic containers. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/880641891_d489ef8400.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 15px 0px 5px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/880641891_d489ef8400.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The fabric was from years ago when I was a more active quilter.<br /><br />I'm kind of embarrassed by all my hoarding. I'm really in love with patchwork quilts and went through a phase of recklessly collecting prints.<br /></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/880643281_7eba94f8bd.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 15px 2px 5px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/880643281_7eba94f8bd.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">In an attempt to reduce, I've picked up one of my <a href="http://yubomination.blogspot.com/2007/06/anguish-of-space-time.html">UFOs</a>. Unfortunately, I don't think I have enough of the purple! I will have to wait until my next trip to Toronto to see if <a href="http://www.fabricland.ca/">Fabricland</a> still carries it.<br /><br />In the meantime, I've been wasting hours and hours looking at <a href="http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html">Quilt Blocks Galore</a> and wanting to buy <em>even more prints</em>. I'm quite fond of <a href="http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/">Amy Butler</a> at the moment and it's taking all self-control to not hit "add to cart".</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-31346705084197419192007-07-17T00:22:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.966-04:00judge a book by its cover<span style="font-family:verdana;">Last January </span><a href="http://www.knittycity.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Knitty City</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> held a book launch for Kate Jacob's new book </span><a href="http://www.fridaynightknittingclub.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Friday Night Knitting Club</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. They promoted the event by promising free copies of the book, free knitting kits, and free refreshments. Keyword: free. Hordes of knitters gathered round, </span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1267/832902017_f22e41dfff.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 10px 10px 5px 0px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1267/832902017_f22e41dfff.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">crowding the store past capacity. Knitty City gave out<br />gift bags for those of us willing to leave immediately. My friend and I each got a bag containing a scarf pattern and two balls of </span><a href="http://www.tahkistacycharles.com/Yarns/yarns_detail.asp?CatID=1&ID=252&New=False&pg=9"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Tahki Yarns: Cloud</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (colour 4). Kind of ugly, eh? So ugly, in fact, that I ended up with all four balls as my friend claimed that she could never knit anything with it. I don't know, I thought. It could have potential. I told her that I would take the yarn and knit her a bi<a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1175/832902523_4281d42e3f.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 10px 15px 0px 0px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1175/832902523_4281d42e3f.jpg" border="0" /></span></a>rthday present. She didn't seem that excited but after I </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">suggested a bunch of random objects, she consented to take a pair of armwarmers. I don't think she believed I'd actually do it.<br /><br />My friend's birthday was over a week ago. I had six months to make them but of course I procrastinated. And while I left enough time to knit them up, this yarn is not only ugly, but a bitch to work with on account of the sudden transitions from fat and fuzzy to really thin.<br /><br />I had to really struggle to get even tension throughout and after starting over several times, I finally <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1200/833770822_aeb77b8864.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 5px 0px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1200/833770822_aeb77b8864.jpg" border="0" /></span></a>finished one arm using a k2p2 rib. I guess it didn't turn </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">out that bad? Though I think I will be able to finish the pair using only one ball of yarn, leaving me with three more. I feel burdened by the free yarn!<br /></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/833770296_93a9beb022.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 1px 15px 0px 0px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/833770296_93a9beb022.jpg" border="0" /></span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-46130513218273586872007-07-09T02:20:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.966-04:00it's tragic, yes it's true<a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86756735@N00/759032400/"><img height="144" alt="chelsea elvis" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/759032400_7c5a57d0e8_m.jpg" width="176" /></a> <a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86756735@N00/759032358/"><img height="144" alt="chelsea hydrant" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1378/759032358_103f4cd8fd_m.jpg" width="176" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>hey eleanor, it seems your heart's on your sleeve<br />and it's the reason that you want to leave<br />so if you're going to go<br />just go, just go<br /><br />we've come to understand that the letter in your hand<br />it came from a boy who won't be your man<br />it's tragic, yes it's true<br />but don't let it ruin this town for you<br /><br />eleanor, it seems that train's going to leave<br />and you'd better hurry if that's what you need <span style="color:#000000;">..........</span><a href="http://www.cftpa.org/lyrics.htm">(cftpa)</a><br />but if you still don't know<br /></span></em><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1162/758178697_5e9e7fc065.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1162/758178697_5e9e7fc065.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>don't go, oh honey don't go</em></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/758177595_0291d6e571.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#996633;"><em><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 15px 0px 0px 20px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/758177595_0291d6e571.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1131/759033514_2c41dabf5e.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1131/759033514_2c41dabf5e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">There is something really exciting about living in New York. I used to have to sometimes jump up and<br /></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/758179009_d0e2c83c0e.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/758179009_d0e2c83c0e.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/759032954_5b94623893.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/759032954_5b94623893.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">down to dispel the energy. Now I just kind of bounce. One day I will have to leave, but for now, I have great friends who tell me: Don't go.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-73055012816322557752007-06-30T12:22:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.967-04:00a hiccup in your happiness<em><strong><span style="color:#996633;">the start is the hardest part<br />to step inside and announce a newly broken heart</span></strong></em><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I often get the hiccups late at night.<br />When I've been out.<br />And have partaken in some drinking.<br />Last night I learned a new trick.<br />It's foolproof!</span><br /><br />take a deep breath.<br />without exhaling, take several more small breaths until you can't inhale anymore.<br />let out the air in equally small increments until you are empty.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">it hurts, but it works.<br /><br />I had gotten the hiccups on the way home from seeing </span><a href="http://www.thepirateship.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Ballet</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> at </span><a href="http://www.cindersgallery.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cinders</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Cinders is the cutest gallery ever! There I discovered my new favourite artist, </span><a href="http://kevinhooyman.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Kevin Hooyman</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Browsing his website I found this:<br /></span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ40QdWtWWyYQNlpwG0YnYfYznXsL6GXWA70q-ESeTmA6cKH6mWYPjYS_2cs2uq1hFAyFv41rdjpz2jAspfKv0m18Hscbl8wuxRPP5Qq3R8oPuejEXG5tLAy3KWTud2can3l2FpCBThrAs/s1600-h/moondance_sm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081900683814612754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ40QdWtWWyYQNlpwG0YnYfYznXsL6GXWA70q-ESeTmA6cKH6mWYPjYS_2cs2uq1hFAyFv41rdjpz2jAspfKv0m18Hscbl8wuxRPP5Qq3R8oPuejEXG5tLAy3KWTud2can3l2FpCBThrAs/s400/moondance_sm.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">but please don’t despair, Louise<br />today will end and your heart will mend, if by degrees<br /><br />and it hurts even more than you thought<br />and it feels like forever just now<br />but one day you’ll look back on this<br />as a hiccup in your happiness.</span></em></strong></p><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I can't inhale anymore.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435155072572294770.post-39346066154917434192007-06-22T10:18:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:32:46.967-04:00speaking of outer space...<span style="font-family:verdana;">I went to Iceland.<br /></span><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1273/567551200_9791f7a319.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 40px 20px 0px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1273/567551200_9791f7a319.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1032/589106457_f7e4caa4d9.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1032/589106457_f7e4caa4d9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/589434700_b9cc1ac757.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/589434700_b9cc1ac757.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/567939351_966dc9f293.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/567939351_966dc9f293.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1420/567939031_25859343fc.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1420/567939031_25859343fc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1341/567551416_96915d15cf.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 40px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1341/567551416_96915d15cf.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/567551312_fb8031c41b.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/567551312_fb8031c41b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/589107097_7c9801fc61.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/589107097_7c9801fc61.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/567550474_ac8751decf.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/567550474_ac8751decf.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1380/567561344_4d89256968.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 0px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1380/567561344_4d89256968.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We spent one afternoon at </span><a href="http://www.12tonar.is/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">12 Tónar</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Their hospitality and expresso making skills compelled me to spend an exorbitant $60 on only two CDs. I purchased self-titled albums by </span><a href="http://www.12tonar.is/apparat.php"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Apparat Organ Quartet</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, who are currently providing my soundtrack tune (<a href="http://www.stickam.com/editMediaComment.do?method=load&mId=175587112">The Anguish of Space Time</a>) and are pictured on the wall above my head, and </span><a href="http://www.bennihemmhemm.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Benni Hemm Hemm</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, who are playing in New York soon with <a href="http://www.cftpa.org/">Casiotone for the Painfully Alone</a>. Go see them!<br /><br />Yesterday was the summer solstice. In New York the sun rose at 5:24 am and set at 8:30 pm. In Reykjavík the sun rose at 2:55 am and set at 12:04 am equaling over 21 hours of daylight. Crazy!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2