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January 18, 2007
The Promise of Cheese
Well, tomorrow I will not be able to walk. This can mean only one thing: I have started fencing again. It has been like two years and I just sort of jumped into it again today. I can feel the lactic acid crystalizing in my right hamstring as I type. Pain, but really, all told, a good type of pain. Much better than the sore-throat variety, a variant which I seem to also be entertaining at the moment. This does not keep me from chugging down Italian blood orange soda (from Target! yum!), of course. It makes me, as J has so keenly observed, much like a mouse who keeps getting a shock and yet repeatedly pushes the button due to the promise of cheese.
The rest of the week will, however, be easy, since today was really the last day of the week for me. I know, I know. I am a slacker whore. I only have classes on Tuesday and Thursday and the rest of the time is supposed to be spent working on my dissertation prospectus. Thus, this week some time I will commence. J bought me a copy of the new WoW expansion, Burning Crusade, so I will be spending pleny of time "researching", I'm sure. Heh. Ok, ok. I'll do some real work too.
The real real work I need to do is to finish this damned dress that I have been studiously not-working on for weeks. One possibly major problem has arisen due to my general boneheadedness. I did not, at the time of cutting, realize that the fabric is a directional print. Granted, it is only barely directional. There are some neat asian waves (that I would have photographed had my batteries not died AGAIN) that are mostly curving upwards and somewhat curving downwards. Of course, I managed to cut the skirt upside-down. Now, the bodice is gathered and there it won't be noticible and there is a gathered midriff panel. The back, however is flat and upside-up. It will be separated from the skirt by the aforementioned gathered panel and the skirt is, itself, gathered. I seriously doubt that it will be noticable at all and I if it is, I might be able to explain it away as a design feature. Since I can't get any more of the fabric, do I just go with it how it is or try to recut the skirt smaller and upside-up??? I am a bit afraid that making it smaller will look worse than just using it as is. If I get really antsy I will either 1. dredge up some batteries from somewhere and shoot it or 2. just sew the damned thing. I know that the first is the sartorially-responsible thing to do, but my blood sugar is feeling low and that is not a time at which I am likely to act responsibly. It would allow me to shoot the bamboo sweater that I just put on and love very much! Or at least I will love it when I can actually wear it and it's not eleventeen degrees below zero.
In other sad news, J left the other day. He was not in possession of the sweater below because it was still drying. He should get it tomorrow. It looks pretty nice and I guess I should be thankful that he really likes boring sweaters because they are much easier to make. He really does wear them, too. I am getting sick of all those "Don't knit him a sweater unless you've got a ring" books that I keep seeing. I find the implications of these texts insulting on so many levels. Yeah, so we're not married. What of it? Yay for living in sin! Oh wait, we're not living together anymore. Does that count? Well yay for sin anyhow!
In happier news, Taryn is back from Taiwan! She came bearing loads of fabrical goodness! 24 yards of beautiful things that I finally washed and put away. What am I to make with all of it?!?! So many possibilities. Clouds, cranes, sakura, cherry blossoms, cute apples and this little number (with a blue background). So sweet! What should I do with it all?!?! I am happy for this windfall because I am poorer than usual all of a sudden and won't be able to stash it up for a while.
Ok time to fix that blood sugar thing and maybe take some more photos...ttfn!
Posted by loyd0008 at January 18, 2007 09:24 PM
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Oh, my legs are feeling it too. My only wish is that we could have fenced again...I miss that.
Posted by: j. at January 18, 2007 10:55 PM