SNOW, ok, just had to get that out of my system. Yes it is snowing, and then the weather people say that it is going to rain which will not be so fun. Mostly just sitting in my room watching the snow fall, enjoying the heating, not so much the view because that is grey.
There's snow there, I promise
In really good news, Obama won! And Maine has marriage equality (hopefully to stay).
Apparently instead of stress eating I now stress spin since I got Merlin. I ended up making 3 small skeins of yarn while listening to election results and learned to Andean ply. Andean plying is kind of amusing to do, I do need to work on my technique a little bit so that I have better control of my yarn.
Drying
Hanks sitting on my bed
Much work has been done on Grandma's hat, more to go.
It will be a hat, I swear it will be.
I won a $25 gift certificate to Amazon for completing a survey, buying fiber with it. We shall see how this goes.
Just because I can, and I am banned from xmas carols before Thanksgiving.
Today I went to the Fiber Fest as the Big E and it was so wonderful. There was so much yarn and fiber and things made from yarn and animals and stuff. I went with M's girlfriend and we walked around the whole thing and cooed at things, we looked at drop spindles and I coveted the spinning wheels. One of the best animals that we saw where the babydoll sheep.
Then we walked around some more, I got permission from my parents to buy a spinning wheel as my xmas present! I bought a HitchHiker from The Merlin Tree. It is a single treadle and is wonderful and lovely and it is named Merlin.
Of course I have none of my fiber with me at college, so my parents will hopefully be sending some to me.
In other things, because we need really cool movies with strong women characters I give you the trailer for Hua Mulan, the live action Chinese movie about Mulan.
Today's post is mostly going to be pictures of some of the birds that hang around the campus in/around Lower Lake. There is Jorge, the heron, and a bird that looks to be a Double Crested Cormorant. Not actually sure if the last bird is actually a cormorant or not but according to google image search that is what it is.
Jorge the goose
The heron
Fishing
Double crested cormorant?
Beyond that most of what I am doing involves cleaning my room, and doing the laundry. Got the ok on the classes that I want to take next semester. I plan on getting some pleasure reading in tonight as I haven't be able to in some time.
Ending October is a bittersweet experience. October had its good and bad points. For the good points: we had mountain day, the changing leaves were beautiful, I went to Rocky Horror picture show for the first time, knit, took lots of photos the heron that hangs out at my college.
Let's not go into the bad points as they are kind of sucky, suffice to say that parts of October were horrible.
In happier news, I have been making progress on my brother's hat, except I am now running out of yarn (pretty sure that I have more at home).
Yes, I have Star Wars sheets
It really doesn't look like a fish yet.
I went to a Halloween concert and there was someone dressed as Loki from the Avengers, so I got him to hold the hat! Not sure why all my friends weren't really impressed that I managed to get a boy to hold my knitting (I go to a women's college, not many men).
Other then that I have started on a hat that I will give as a xmas gift (Grandma) and I have started to make dishcloths.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show was fun and rather amusing. I did wear a mini-skirt however it was accompanied by leggings as it was a little cold to be wearing just a mini-skirt. M wore a red dress I have (I don't really wear it) and her really big boots, which are beyond awesome.
When Hurricane Sandy came through thankfully all we had was some wind and rain, the college kept power the entire time and we had a day off. Of course a portion of the day was used to text back and forth with my family to make sure everyone was ok. My only prep for the storm was setting up contact plans in case of no power, making coffee, and bringing my bike in. My bike lived the entirety of Sandy in my closet, I have also finally named my bike it is now officially known as Kilgharrah, the dragon from Merlin.
I have also on occasion been attempting to drink obscene amounts of teas, in some very interesting combos. Trying to remember to drink non-caffeinated things before bed can be a little hard when you have black teas that you like.
Next up, November, the month of Thanksgiving and the bus ride to home and the cat (dogs too). In November I will be trying to blog every day for the entire month.
Also if you haven't seen this you should watch it now!
I got back to college last Sunday, after much packing, and moved in with my roommate. We actually live in a suite, have separate rooms with one door to the hallway. I am in the same dorm as last year, on the north side and the third floor.
My Dorm, from the hill.
Once I got everything in the room, I started to unpack, that was the easy part. The hard part was the decorating. It is mostly done, just the entry way needs to be decorated. Above my bed I strung some multi-colored christmas lights, only half the string works, and it looks so cool.
My bed with lights and posters
Other neat things found on campus include: lots of turtles, two types even, and pretty plants, also a paper mache and duct tape Kermit head.
Plants by Prospect
Turtles on a log
Baby Snapper
Kermit
In semi good news, my orchid is growing two mini orchid of course this is because the main plant is a little dead; but we're all good. My jade plant seems to be very happy on his window sill. My roommate gave me a mostly dead rose plant that I managed to finish off.
The mystery knitting is going along quite well, I have stated on the next phase of it. I crocheted myself a new soap bag after my old one was retired, it is a fairly simple pattern that takes no time to make.
Other than that I have been going to class, drinking large amounts of peppermint tea, doing homework, watching Doctor Who, and practicing getting on my bed without a running jump. I lofted my bed up high enough for my fridge to fit under the bed. That was so that I had enough room in the room as one of my closets is taken up by a wardrobe that I named Narnia.
Lately at my house we have been having issues with our internet. If you can connect at all it is slow and spotty at best and there are periods where any attempt to connect fails. At one point we also had some issues with the phone. Not being able to get on the internet makes getting in contact with the rest of the world rather difficult, also watching Doctor Who is rather difficult when the internet is down and you don't get BBC on the tv. Course we haven't gotten any worth while channels on the tv in a while, 2 channels only. Also my email has issues.
Today when I went into town to pick up my paycheck the power for the area went out. The store where my dad works was roasting coffee at the time and the coffee roaster filled the store with smoke when the fans in it stopped working. Burnt coffee is a rather interesting smell. Also the traffic lights went out, that made crossing the intersection an exercise in nerves, it was rather fun. I think I might need to replace my sanity, it seems to have stopped working properly.
After power was restored I went and bought some tea, and a bamboo whisk.
I have been working slowly on my project that shall not be shared or named. It is going pretty well. Of course it is the only knitting that is getting done.
I apparently have a talent for making the internet not work. Seriously it is getting ridiculous how not working the internet is. I give up, will get a better post up later when the internet works.
It is spring break and today is blanket cave day! So I made a fort, it uses most of my sheets, all of my blankets (and I mean all), my pillows, most of my furniture, and a large amount of tape.
Its amenities include: light, electricity, internet, computer, tea, stuffed animals, more electronics, padding on the floor, two exits, and complete privacy.
The computer set up, with tea.
It is quite comfortable in my fort, as long as I remember about the desk.
In not so pleasant news, some one on my floor thought it would be a good idea to have an extreme party last night. The managed to make it to the bathroom to puke, they didn't make it to the toilet though.
Later today I will be going grocery shopping to get stuff to make dinner and other meals so I don't starve to death.
Other interesting news, I have completely caught up on my sleep. And my crochet blanket continues to grow, as does the shawl.
Aren't you proud of me Grandma?
Nothing to random today but here is something I found.
For all of your problems. Actually from a computer game.
Today was World Nutella Day and so to celebrate my friends and I had a Nutella and tea party, complete with fancy dress. Much Nutella and tea was consumed, good company was had by all.
The tea and nutella
The friends:
The awesome one/ The one with the lamps
The picture of the DJ (Co-Host/ Owner of the dorm room)
The awkward picture
Knitting has also been moving along quite well with over a foot on Missy's shawl and the yarn is working quite wonderfully for the pattern. The pattern is Milk Run Shawl found on Ravelry. For those who don't know Ravelry is an awesome website for knitters and crocheters.
The shawl, photo taken using photo booth and it is not the best picture ever.
The pattern is rather simple, as it calls for straight garter stitch though I have changed that to stockinette to save yarn and to make telling the sides from each other easier.
In other news the laundry got done and was even put away quickly, this is a major accomplishment as I really don't like doing laundry because it takes time and money. But on the positive side my wardrobe is constantly expanding as I raid the free bins for new clothing. Free bins are where other students put the clothes that they don't want for whatever reason and others take them to wear/ repurpose into other things. The use of the free bins have netted my friends many new clothes that are basically new and other highly useful things (lamps). I am the proud owner of a desktop gargoyle whose name is Sauron because his eyes glow red.
Hopefully this works
Also I officially dislike Super Bowl Sunday, too loud for proper concentration.
