Dresses

So here's what I did yesterday:

Gold Tunic. Lining is cranberry red broadcloth. Yellow fabric in stash (I bought it forever ago and have completely forgotten what it's made from. It feels like a satin brocade).



Gray Jumper. Fabric is polyester/rayon suiting (4/yard at JoAnn's)

Sorry for the crappy pictures. My camera is broken so I'm making do with my cell phone.

Digital Camera is broken

Otherwise, I'd have pictures of the badassery that I'm working on right now. For instance, Dad and I made a swift. Which I used to wind some gray wool yarn into a ball so I could work on the ribbed shrug in Erika Knights' Glamour Knits. I finished Amanda's fingerless gloves. I knit a pair of fingerless gloves for myself. I have also completed the torso armor I started working on last winter. I water-molded it and it's drying in the basement. I'm still working on Crips's blanket and the scarf for the Mongoose.

I ordered textbooks and have to go to Half Price Books tomorrow or Friday to get the rest of the books for my reading list.

I learned today that my grandfather would rather take dessicated cow/pig organs in pill form than his pharmaceutical-grade medications. And he cites a book that someone self-published on lulu.com as his source. This made blood come out my ears, I was so mad.

When I have money again, it's time to order some roving so I can use my drop spindle. :)

I also have two more seasons of Criminal Minds to watch while I work on all my lovely projects. This is going to be an awesome semester.

Resolutions

1.) Love when it would be easier to hate.

2.) Read more books.

3.) Write more things worth writing.

4.) Write less trashy bullshit.

5.) All A’s and B’s this semester.

6.) Make an appearance at the lab on a more regular basis.

7.) Be more gracious and kind.

8.) Quit letting the bitch win.*

9.) Tell the people I care about that I love them on a regular basis.

10.) Apologize when I’m wrong with my actions not just my words.

11.) Do the things that make me happy and fulfilled.

12.) Celebrate arbitrary achievements of myself and others.

13.) Smile more. Facepalm less. Definitely hit my head on tables less.

14.) Be more patient.

15.) Be more generous with my time and talents, because ya’ll know I don’t have any money. ;)

16.) Make dresses. Because dresses are really cute and I like wearing them because they make me feel pretty. And I really like feeling pretty.

17.) Laugh loudly.

18.) Don’t take life too seriously.

*One of my very dear friends told me this a little less than a year ago, and the “bitch” isn’t anyone in particular. It’s representative of whatever is getting to you, the bitch that just cut you off in traffic, the bitch who just stole your copy of your pharmacology notes and thus made off with 50 pages of your print quota, the bitch who’s eating crunchy food in the library when you’re trying to study, the bitch who decided to try to fuck with your day. The key is not to let the bitch win, and the only way she wins is if she gets to you. :D

Happy 2011! Let’s make it better than 2010!