notices:

December 19 is my birthday. It falls on a Friday. Prepare for a party.

Knowing how I operate, expect belated holiday gifts. We will have a linner* party for friends on the 3rd of January. It’s a Saturday.

* Linner = Lunch + Dinner. That way people with childrens can come earlier and not feel like they’re missing out on stuff. And people are welcome to stay later into the night for more fun times.

Go vote for Dan White for The Rhode Show. He’s one of PRD’s announcers, and we want to support him. Here’s the link: http://www.wpri.com/generic/entertainment/ent_other_3/the_rhode_show 

You can vote once a day, or you can clear your cookies in your browser and vote as many times as you want. He’s tied at 22 percent right now. Go vote!!!

Vote for Diamond Dan White!

An announcer for Providence Roller Derby is a finalist to be the next host of a talk show in Rhode Island. Go vote for him!!!

http://www.wpri.com/generic/entertainment/ent_other_3/the_rhode_show 

“running just to keep the pace…”

Feeling a little behind on nearly everything lately. Here are a few tidbits:

1. Job search: I check the RSS feeds and message boards daily. Right now I have two (possibly three) open applications. The rest I’ve given up on, or have been notified of a rejection (I’d rather know than not know, you know?)… but at least this is one area where I’m actually on top of things.
2. Roller derby: Being the newbie wrangler isn’t that difficult, but I’ve got a new batch of potential skaters coming in, and I’ve only just realized today that I probably won’t have enough gear for them to borrow. I’ve put out a call to arms on the forum, but we’ll see. I’m trying not to think about what will happen if it turns out I cannot scrounge enough gear for them to use. It makes me not able to breathe when I think about it, so I’ll pretend it doesn’t exist and maybe the problem will go away. Generally, I love this job, because I get to meet the new people and interact with them, and make sure they have a smooth entry into the league. But at clinic time, I get a little stressed out. I have to remember to breathe.
3. Oh, and we also had the PRD awards banquet Friday night! I got the OMH “up and comer” award! YAY!!! I didn’t expect that one, and I’m very happy! It’s on my bookshelf in front of my fake mantle. (Ok, so it’s a real mantle, but there’s no fireplace, so I wonder if that counts.)
4. Work in general: I spent two days this past week working on a part of a collection, only to realize an hour before leaving at the end of the week that I was using the wrong list. *sigh* The proper list has been found, but I feel really lame for not noticing sooner. Also, I was very distracted at work this week. I didn’t get enough sleep, and kept getting distracted by the news websites all week. I’ll do better this week, promise. Wouldn’t want anyone to think I was a slacker. (Because at work, I’m totally not. At home… well, that’s another story.)
5. Home: I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I figure if I put it out into the public eye, my shame may be great enough to motivate me to fix the problem. So here goes: we’ve been sleeping on the futon in the living room for the last week or so because our bed is completely covered in laundry. We just keep washing it and adding it to the pile. See? Embarrassing! Ok, so it’s not really earth shattering, but still. Wicked domestic slackers.
6. Craftiness: I cleaned out my WIP basket and finally frogged several projects and re-wound the yarn. I also chopped up that felt bag and giant disaster of a felt bowl into coasters. Now I have a ton of coasters that I don’t know what to do with, but at least I don’t have those dumb projects taking up space. And by frogging a bunch of stuff that was still on needles, I’ve discovered that I have three pairs of size 10 circulars, two pairs of size 8s, and a pair of size 4s that I didn’t remember having at all. Amazing! It’s like shopping without spending money! I also organized my megre yarn stash. Hat boxes and baggies. I think it will work fine. And actual WIPs now occupy the aforementioned basket.
7. Finally got around to joining Facebook. Friend me if you wanna!

I think that’s the news for now. I just feel all sorts of scattered. I think once the newbie clinic is over this week, things will settle down a bit and I won’t feel so freaked out.

Spooooooooky times.

I hope everyone’s Halloween was fun and festive. Ours was super great! We had several events to attend this weekend, and we made it to about half of them. There were so many fun things to choose from, it was difficult to miss out on some of them.

Click through to see photos of various parties and what not. In addition to Halloween, there was Rachel’s 25th birthday party a couple of weeks ago and the Boston Vegetarian Festival this past Saturday.

With so many costume events this month, we decided to go with a single theme: Firefly/Serenity. We dressed as characters from the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial from Serenity for Rachel’s party, and then dressed as Kaylee and Jayne from Firefly (well, and Serenity, but the costumes were based on various outfits in the show). It was a lot of fun.

I wish, I wish…

Some of you may know of my love for the American Girl dolls. I know, I know. Expensive, yuppie toys. But when I was a kid, I actually had to save my allowance to buy one. Yes, I had a privileged childhood, but my parents did have some standards, you know.

Anyway, when I was 11, I saved and saved to buy my own Samantha doll. For my birthday and Christmas the next couple of years, I received some of her accessories. Then when I was a teenager and young adult, I stopped getting those things as gifts, and I spent my money on other stuff. Then I grew up and had bills and other adult stuff to pay for. I always thought I’d have the chance to catch up, complete the collection. Well, it seems time has nearly run out.

After over 20 years, Samantha is being retired. It turns out there are many, many items that I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed before they go away. Since this is the last holiday season that Samantha’s stuff will be available, I have created a gift registry. If any of you are considering buying me a gift this year for whatever occasion (birthday, Christmas, Decemberween, Chrismahannusolstikwansika), please consider indulging my 11 year old self. Just follow this link and enter the following info:

American Girl Dot Com

Parent’s last name: (my last name)
Child’s first name: (my first name)
Gift registry number: 47629662

That’s it!

Oh, and they’re selling out fast. Just sayin’.