as long as i'm sewing

so after a trip to ace this morning, the glass knob is looking fabulous. however, even after the trip to osh, the doorknobs still won't work. hmmm....but i was able to sew up the second pillowcase in a jiffy. pillowcases don't take long and you can kinda even get away without sewing in a perfect line. anyway, i love making them. the trouble is finding fabric you want to use. i want to make some for the second guest bed, but we haven't picked out sheets yet. which is because we don't have a second bed yet...or air mattress, whatever.


i also put up a little pic of some vegan cupcakes i made last year. the frosting turned out to be a disaster, but i love the colors. even if it looks like pastel colored snot.

cowboy down

today i got a mass email at work saying there were free tickets for the national rodeo, that my company is SPONSORING. i think i nearly puked on my computer. seriously, the rodeo? hey, everyone, let's get together and be assholes to animals. give me a fucking break. i'm so sick of people making excuses for the horrible things we do to animals.

and yes, i know i'm an asshole that eats dairy.

with that said, i know i'm the pot calling the kettle black. and i have no excuse for myself. regardless, it makes me really upset that 1) my work is funding this shit and 2) that they wouldn't think that their money might be better spent on an event that isn't pure violence. the rodeo = death and violence. why is this ok? like talls and i were talking earlier, why do people who "love" animals eat them? if you love something, i wouldn't think you'd eat it in the form of a fecal, hormone ridden peice of ground up grossness.

sometimes i wonder if people who eat meat really know what they're eating. because trust me, if corn had bits of shit in it, you can bet your sweet ass i wouldn't be eating it.

who put the r in rad?

i love fixing things up....i love projects. i'm almost done with a gift for someone....i have one more pillowcase to sew for the guest bedroom. all's i can say is, god bless the japanese and their fabric. anway, i'm quite pleased that the guest bedroom is on its way to completion. we just need to find blankets and a comforter that match. yeah for macy's and sheets! and for their lovely pink towels to go into the guest bath. but we should have gotten more.

i am, however, not quite pleased with the doorknob situation. it's my vault for not taking apart the orginal knob in the first place to see what it looked like. but in my defense, i really didn't think the building of doorknobs had changed much in the last, oh, you know, last FOREVER. so my pretty little glass knobs sit in the drawer until we figure out a way around it. i know what needs to be done, i just wish i didn't have to goof with new whatever they're called. and i'm frustrated that the little knob for the telephone booth needs a little whatever it's called to work. so be warned, if you have a house built in the 70's, most modern things will not fit. i highly recommend going to a neighborhood hardware store. home depot NEVER has anything that will fit our house, but the little ace down the street has everything we need.

in other news, i'm in love with osh.

p.s. i fully admit that i'm horrible at making beds. suck it.

bang bang

so i've been pulling my bangs back lately.....trying to move from an audrey sort cute to a grace kelly woman look. not that bangs pulled back is a grace kelly look. anyway, it all makes sense in my head. but the problem is AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG ONE, is that i don't mind my bangs pulled back when my hair's in a ponytail. but down i HATE it. i hate bangs to the side or even worse, NO BANGS. so i don't know what to do. i don't want to wear a ponytail everyday, but i don't want to have no bangs when my hair is down. and it's driving me bonkers.

what's a girl to do?

feather not dot

a lot of things happening in the world today get me down in the dumps. but then i read things like this or this and it makes me think there are good things happening, you just have to be on the lookout. i can find beauty just about every where i go, but current events for the most part is just a big steaming pile of poo.

now on to the silly stuff....i wish i had more friends that like west wing. sometimes i think paul might be the only other person who was smitten by seeing toby's kids last night. i know it's just tv, but toby zeigler, you knock my fucking socks off. and it KILLS me that we have to WAIT another week to see what's going to happen. but they showed the previews and it's leo's death. he's no longer in any of the scenes, so they must have ran out of footage. and it's like he's dying all over again. i know no one else will get this and that it makes me a real nut, but oh well. there are a lot of things i want out of the last few shows. west wing is my mash. it'll be an end of an era when the last episode is over. and all i can say, is please do it right. please do something special.

little ol' emergen-c drinker me

i hit the jackpot at tower last night. new mates of state album AND i discovered that they carry a crapload of re-released dean martin albums. which probably means nothing to most people, but to me it means everything. i love old music, but the trouble with old music is that so much of it doesn't get put on cd and so i'm stuck with greatest hits albums. NO THANKS. i want original albums with original art, thank you very much. like lloyd price. do you know how hard it is find his stuff in a store...i mean other than the greatest hits one? you'd think that record stores would be paying a little more respect to the guy wrote both stagger lee and lawdy miss claudy. AND YES I SAID WROTE. can i get a fuck yeah?

anyway, so i'm stoked to own a real dean martin album besides the fine piece of vinyl hanging on the wall. and the new mates of state album is....by all means it's a good album and i'm stoked on it. it is, at least to me, a big departure for them. my little mates of state are growing up! and the album seems to have this sad streak through it. but i love it. and i can't wait to see them. they're such a great band to see live. and at the great american! one of my favorite bands, at one of my favorite places to see a show, with the ha-ra and the old chelsea right there. it's gonna be an awesome night.

a kiss seven years in the making

can i get fuck yeah?

josh and donna giving us TWO, COUNT 'EM, TWO big kisses in the first two minutes of the show?? here's to hoping the writers give us what we want. after all, they're canceling my most favorite show ever. help a sister out, west wing! sam's coming back...cj and danny possibly tying the knot...toby getting more screen time....now give us JOSH AND DONNA!