Sunday, December 6th, 2009
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9:36 am - First xmas dinner this year...
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Last night was my work xmas party at the Deutsches Haus. I felt under dressed but it was ok to be casual.
I was told I looked really good wearing contacts rather than my usual glasses and why didn't I wear them more.
I was told I looked like Cate Blanchett as Spalko in Indiana Jones, and it was a compliment.
My name was drawn and I won a movie ticket basket. Dan's name was drawn and he won a new 16G iPod Nano.
The food was great, the beer was only adequate.
We left early as the dance music was just too loud for Dan's ear but I did get to dance for 4 songs first.
current mood:  amused
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
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12:08 pm - Unraveling...
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I spent last night ripping back my entire Malabrigo Silky Merino wool neck warmer that was 90% done. It took forever to knit it. It was all wrong and not thought out well. So I am going to remake it. With more thought put into it.
Wow. It was almost painful to unravel all that enitre skein.
:(
But with any luck it will be quicker to remake the 2nd time!
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
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12:13 pm - Camera...
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I am sad. I think I fell in love with a camera that is over twice what I was "budgeting". That is in quotation marks because I just can't afford a camera at all and it was mostly conjecture and wishful thinking combined with window shopping online.
The Canon PowerShot G10. I loves it. I got to use one this weekend. I am in painful serious love. I barely touched the options. Ok so I mostly drooled, but it is super easy to use and built for lots of learning about manual options. Ack. I hate getting myself all interested in things I just can't afford!
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
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11:33 am - Which looks better?
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I am designing a new coin bra and I can't decide which concept looks better or more visually interesting, top or bottom layout.
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
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12:41 pm - Dance...
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After looking at photos and stuff this past weekend I just realized that I have been belly dancing for about 9 years whether that is just futzing around the fire at SCA events, dancing with friends, or dancing in troupes. Wow.
I have had a lot of time fooling around with this. Maybe I should get some seriousness to my learnin's to earn some street cred in the local community. Huh...
current mood: amused
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
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4:28 pm - Swimming...
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Now having been to the pool two times, once a week for the last two weeks, I see that I could get into this a bit. I need a suit that has more coverage or makes me feel less insecure about my pudge. I am not a serious swimmer, half the time I am just screwing around paddling about in the water. But it is good excercise and I can reward time in the pool part with time in the nice hot bubbly swirlpool part. The whole thing is a way to relax. And it helps. I sleep really soundly after being at the pool for an hour and I can crack my whole neck in the am when I get up. It only costs $5.50. Course if we are going to keep doing this, we can buy a set of tickets or a card and save some cash but really $5.50 a week so far is way cheaper than chocolate all week!
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
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10:03 pm - Digital isn't making life easier...
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Window browsing for a new camera. Wow, fricking confusing...
I know what I need that will help, I think, but finding it in my low price range is gonna be tricky. Also what is with cameras not having a viewfinder any more? Why kill the battery with the stupid LCD screen the whole time? Dude. And fancy batteries? AAs aren't good enough any more? Also I think what I want is far more manual than I can cope with all the time. Most times I just want a point and shoot. But sometimes I want to take photos of my friends dancing in low light. Rawr.
Current camera is: Fujifilm FinePix S3000 3.2 megapixels and 6x optical zoom. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/FujiFilm/fuji_finepixs3000.asp
Things I don't like about my current camera: long pause between pushing the button and having the shutter go, huge camera, low light quality is very poor and manual mode doesn't cover it.
Things I like about my current camera: great for macro, great for outdoors, great zoom, good colours, and it is really easy to use, you can use viewfinder or lcd screen to shoot.
I can't believe how long I have had it though. It was released in 2003. I think Dan got it for me 2004.
current mood:  awake
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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6:17 pm - AAAAAArrggg...
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Anyone close to me have a meeting room that can fit 10 to 15 people?
I need to host a Laurel meeting. I have arranged for the Brewers Guild to supply samples. I had a meeting room booked. It was all set up. I had been waiting a month for it to be announced. Now the day it is announced on the lists I learned that the meeting room has suffered major water damage and will not be repaired until spring. I swear not two hours after finding out the room was damaged and saying " No problem, it hasn't been announced yet at all, easy to cancel at this point", I come home and read my email with the announcement of the meeting!
Ack!
current mood:  really frickin frantic
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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10:13 pm - Jingle, jingle...
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OMG I almost peed my pants... this is my new favorite for the holidays!
current mood: highly amused
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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2:40 pm - I can haz a bref nao?
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What a busy busy week.
Monday: fission and House with much much hemming of pants.
Tuesday: Apprenti Night and laundry and cleaning.
Wednesday: Dance.
Thursday: Sword.
Friday: New Moon opening night with Dale and Yvonne.
Saturday: can I breathe yet?
Sunday: Family late lunch early dinner thinger arranged by sis.
Then it gets done all over again. Wow. Well except for the movie and the sword practice. Also I flex next Friday which is good because I am going away on a retreat. Man, I hope I can relax then.
current mood:  tired already
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
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12:43 pm - Weekend gone by...
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And it is just pissy out.
I went to Tayissa's Hafla out in Woodinville on Saturday. It was fun. This is the first year I have performed at it since I started coming out to them a few years ago. BBH and I danced first, then I watched some performances and danced for the open floor session, watched a bit more, did some more open floor, watched the last three performances and danced until well after 11pm. So I danced for about 4 hours solid. Was tired at the end of the day.
Sunday we came home. Stopped at Hot Topic in Bellis Fair for a bit. I talked Dan into going to the pool to sit in the hot tub for a bit. I was so sore. So when we came home, Dan did laundry while I puttered about. We went to Canada Games Pool. I haven't been there in over 6 years. We don't go to pools, I don't enjoy getting my face wet and wearing a bathing suit is horrific. But we hottubbed for a bit, then swam a bit, then back in the heat, then a bit more swimming before going for sushi. It was a good day. I think I could do the pool a couple times a week actually. It felt good to stretch my arms like that though I do suck compared to when I was a child.
current mood:  working
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
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3:12 pm - Yeay!
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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9:16 pm - Wow...
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1L of Howe Sound Father John's Winter Ale really is a lot of good beer to finish off on your own. Sewing while drinking it is actually easier than I thought it would be. Super speed mode! I will keep you posted if I sew through my thumbnail or other some-such nonsense.
:)
Sleeping at home with no one but the cats is gonna be odd...
current mood: amused
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8:04 pm - Small successes...
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This is less than I weighed last year at this point. Not much less but I feel better. I had gone almost as high as 170 again. I have weighed under 160 for two months now without fluctuating upwards. Not bad says I. Just a few more and I can stop thinking about it. Really it is the inches though not the weight. I know that. Still wearing anywhere between an 11 and a 14 pant. I would love to be back in a size 10.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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9:55 am - Photos...
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I have digital photos from 2001 to the present. 2006 is missing because of a computer meltdown. It is really hard to decide if I want to just dump them into Flickr and then sort and tag and describe each photo or if I want to put one event at a time and tag and describe each one sorting as I go. It is all a lot of mess either way. I don't know if people want me to tag them in photos, for example if I have photos of them receiving an award in court or something. Having a lot of fun so far....
current mood: awake
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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12:18 pm - Sigh...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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8:40 pm - Yeay!
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So I ended up getting more black thread. Two 1000 m Gutterman black thread spools on sale for 20% off because my sis loaned me her Fabricland membership card. But I haven't sewn a thing tonight. I have been playing around with my Flickr account as ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) songstress1973 graciously assisted me in obtaining a paid Flickr account. I have been going kinda crazy with sorting my old stuff and making sets and collections. I will be tagging people and awards from SCA events. Eventually I will load all my old photos up. So bloody excited!
Edited to add that if you are interested at all http://www.flickr.com/photos/13_costumes/ is my Flickr account.
current mood: excited
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11:38 am - Dang...
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How the hell could I have run out of black thread. I have a huge drawer of thread. All kinds of random colours. I know I had two huge spools of good black thread and it appears as though I have gone through it all. Too bad there is no where near to get half decent thread from....
current mood:  frustrated
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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9:14 am - Damn sexy...
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I have to say, after watching Moulin Rouge again last night, that I really LOVE argentine tango. LOVE it. Wish there was a way to learn it that wouldn't chew up more of my already tiny amount of free time I have between doing all the other stuff I love to do. Sigh. Also wish I would have known about it when I was about 18 and had the excessive energy and happy knees!
Wish I could find a copy of Tango de Roxanne for my iPod. And get 1 second screenshots from that scene.
current mood: inspired
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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7:57 am - LoL...
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