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November 22, 2006
jump around!
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Anyone remember that one? Ahem well. I was at Caribou Coffee reading horrible horrible papers and one barista sang "Hangin' Tough" to the other, who had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. Sigh.
Well that pretty much sums up my recent life: reading bad papers. Done now, thank the gods. Besides that I have been sort of wandering around in a daze. I sometimes wish that I could write a nice, andecdotal blog along the lines of Posie Gets Cozy, one of my current faves. Then I got to thinking about what I actually do in an average day. Several winners spring to mind: drive around lost for an hour and a half looking for shoe outlet that does not exist, look at new shades of Neutrogena whatevers at Target, read the same blog over and over and over again. It is true that I have done some sewing lately, which I will get to in a bit, but the rest of my days have highlights like: ate a ton of mockduck at new vegetarian buffet on Eat Street. Delicious, but boring.
So back to the "jump around" bit: I made a jumper. Now you might think this a strange article of clothing to make and, indeed, it is. There is a certain country-stencil-kindergarten-teacher thing about jumpers. Can't you just imagine one with a bitten apple on it? And you would not be wrong. Also, I was confused when I read British( and other) folks referring to sweaters as jumpers, since in ye olde America they are primarily lame dresses that you wear a turtleneck under. WELL. During one of my increasingly frequent Target shopping excursions, I found these great turtlenecks with a bit of ruching in the front that satisfies my current quasi-Victoriana fixation and also looks SUPER HOT with my new jumper. I know that some will not belive me when I call any jumper-affiliated item super hot, but soon I will have a pic to prove that it is possible. I am not saying this to brag, but merely to rescue the long-abused jumper from ignominy. Also, high heeled shoes help. I used Simplicity pattern. 4097.
In other sewing news, I made a tiny brown velveteen jacket with green lining (with tiny paisleys!) the other day when I was supposed to be working on a fellowship application. That, too, will be photographed soon. I haven't washed my hair in nearly three days because I colored it, so I will wait until I am not quite so greasified. In fact, J will be able to take the pix! Yay! I leave for Boston tomorrow, the busiest travel day of the year. I bought some yarn at Crafty Planet to keep my hands busy. I think I will make a beret and some wrist pooflets.
I have gotten away from knitting as of late because sewing is just SO DAMNED FAST. I mean, the sewing time on the jumper was really only about two hours. Two hours of terrible radio to enjoy. Today I tried to listen to the "adult contemporary" station, but it's really just as bad as the pop station, except that all of the songs are somehow about "angels" or tell the never-before-heard story of the singer/songwriter sitting at a diner contemplating deep thoughts about the mysteries of love and loss. Never heard that one before, dude. At least with pop, you know what you are getting and can be ironic about it.
In a similar vein, and now that the big Prelim Rush is over, I have been reading a bit of bad fiction. I picked up a paperback thinking it would be cheesy but fun. I was wrong. Pure cheese all the way through. Very little fun to be found. After I was halfway into it, I discovered that the publisher is a branch of Harlequin Romance. Oh, your remember, good old Harlequin, don't you? That club that I joined (didn't you?!) illicitly when I was 12 to get those tiny romance novels. Needless to say, the writing quality wasn't very high. I always seem to have to finish books like that, as if I hold out some kind of hope that they will redeem themselves. They never do.
Hey, at least I can breathe a little easier knowing that, although it hasn't really got much literary merit, my NaNoWriMo book is better! All 17000 words of it. Heh. It is pretty fun to write, though I haven't gotten all that far. I am approaching plotdom, but slowly.
Other day highlights: Annies Mac and Cheese, having to go to Target to buy gravy to bring to Boston. Apparently every single jar of gravy in Boston has been sold. Eh, J? Tomorrow we shall enjoy some traditional Turkeyday fare, including cranberries! Now, my mom LOVES the disgusting fake-cranberry gelatinous ooze that comes in a can. I have never been able to stomach it, though I aimply adore real cranberries. Also, Cosmopolitans, but I digress. So anyhow, I found a great recipie for some chutney/relish stuff at Sundry Buzz and will be attempting it tomorrow.
I guess I'll start packing now, well as soon as my back recovers from sewing. One of these days I will get a table/chair set up that is the proper height. One day...
Posted by loyd0008 at November 22, 2006 10:38 PM
Comments
Jumpers are in again! It's been verified by the NYTimes: http://tinyurl.com/y5qyof (but you have to be a subscriber to see it). I just bought a Kwik-Sew jumper pattern that looks like a Catholic School girl uniform. I plan to make it up in a nubby gray wool and wear it with a black turtleneck and black suede heels. Aren't we cool?
Posted by: Becky at November 27, 2006 1:20 PM
Thats a super cute jumper and I LOVE those wide leg pants!!! Cheers for this!
Posted by: Che' at December 16, 2006 11:54 PM