two thousand and ten

heyyylo,
i'm feeling pretty fine right now with some extra time, so i thought i'd drop into the blog zone ya'll.

had some pretty good holidays. paul came with me to vermilion with me for 5 days and hung out with my parents, grandparents, and caylie. nice to be back though with books to read and hammocks to lay in. i'm reading a ton of books right now, all of them are really good. i have going:
The End of Money & the Future of Civilization by Thomas Greco
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Change your brain by Tim Leary
No Gods No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism by Daniel Guerin


new years eve, resolutions blah blah. apparently i didn't put any down in the blog last new year, which is disappointing. i'd like to look back and see what my priorities were.

anyway, here are my 2010 resolutions:


1. be more connected with people. my friends who i suck at keeping in touch with. new friends who i will never meet if i keep this shit up. my family even. ways i will do this: more hanging out, letter writing, getting more out of time spent, being a better listener, cultivating hobbies, creating circles of people. ways i will probably not do this: facebooking, phone talking, making plans in advance.

2. learn to knit. for fuckin' realz.

3. keep learning, reading, and getting smarter. improve on communicating ideas. open mindedness and peace. get better with bikes.

4. write more letters to politicians.

the go in the go-for-it

phewf, what a week.

• started my job at the drug store - apparently doodling is NOT allowed

• had my first class of screen printing, which was so fun i said "this is FUN!" during the first project. a guy in my group, james agreed, and at the end he and our other group member, doug, high fived. but, there are no crush prospects in the class.

• made lunch every day for work (except for my trade day - mat made pizza subs mmm)

• i haven't been running - no time, too cold.

• finally went to broken city

• i bought a bus pass for february, but i can't find it now. guh-reat.


plus, the weekend.

• had caylie over and told her about zodiac signs and the science of sweating.

• bought the best socks ever




EDIT: here are some photos, weekend aftermath. my camera blows and i didn't get a good picture of all the embroidery hoop crafts we made, so take my word for it, they look super cute as a set. there's also some buttons i spilled after caylie left, our piles of sculpey crap, wonderful tea, and my amazing socks (me and the socks had a total photo shoot, i love them so much!).

don't call me white

downloading + the library + my ipod = me having a ton of music (always on hand) that i'm digging! i indulged myself and downloaded every nofx album. oh me.

i bought a bit of fabric from value village (and applied for a job while i was there) and returned home eager to make something. BUT now i can't get my sewing machine to work. the bobbin just gets tangled every second. booo.

for work tomorrow - i made a casserole for lunch AND i get to wear jeans AND i'm going to get down with some travel trouble around the break table. woo.

some songs from today:

the black lips - bad kids

cut copy - drop the bomb

jens lekman - people who hate people

m. ward - i'll be yr bird

the fiery furnaces - single again

the pipettes - your kisses are wasted on me

beirut - nantes

the clash - magnificent seven

bishop allen - ghosts are good company

eels - i like birds

okkervil river (with dan johnston?!) - happy hearts

slick rick - memories

saturday looks good to me - meet me by the water

the pixies - hey

don't! don't drink poison!

i never officially posted them, and resolutions are predictable, but i did make a few resolvations for oh eight - here's how they have been going so far:

1. pack a lunch for work every day possible

- this week i brought a lunch EVERY day! memorable meal items have included a tofurkey hot dog, a rice/tomato soup combo, and a buttload of salad.

2.....actually... i think the lunch thing was it.

i guess i also want to craft more & spend less time on facebook. um... and quit smoking?...and live every day like its my last?... and dance like no one is watching?

in other news, my plant is dying.

before & after:

please say a prayer.