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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
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11:01 am - Tadaaaa!
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Guys?
Yesterday was a productive knitting day!
I also thought this might be funny to share...
So my wrist warmer project actually started because I needed something small with a pattern to work on while I was on the flight to Japan. And I thought... Why not? So I bought me some yarn, and printed off the instructions.
And by 'printed off', I mean ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sajex was super nice and let me use her printer. However, her printer was running out of ink or toner or whatever, and only printed about half the page. Half. Luckily, it was a pdf, and I could flip the pages around to get two copies of each page so the entire thing was legible.
Then I carried it around in my bag for two weeks, and it got soaked through a couple of times. Luckily it stayed legible, but it was certainly getting hard to mark off the rows I'd done by the end there!
I knit this wrist warmer on the plane to Vancouver, then to Japan, then on every shinkansen (bullet train) we were on, and then sometimes in the evenings when we were just trying to catch our breath from all we'd done that day. I also knit it on the way back from Japan.
It's a well travelled wrist warmer, I think the Doctor would be proud.
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| Friday, July 10th, 2009
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2:53 pm
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Puttin' the call out again for people to sign up for the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) tardis_day gift swap! Total allowable gift price is 25$, and that's with shipping. And the swap partners are in the same country, so the shipping shouldn't be too bad. :D
Sign ups end on the 20th, so get on it!
DO IT, Canadian Who fans. DO IT NOW.
*coughfly_girlcough*
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12:06 pm
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Hey Lucas?
I have a cunning surprise for you. And by surprise, I mean it's what you asked me for. I just finished it. :D
YOU GUYSES HAD BETTER BE COMING BACK IN.
Best magic trick ever:
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| Thursday, July 9th, 2009
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7:34 pm - I uploaded a fail picture....
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12:13 pm
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| Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
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5:56 pm - Commander Badass is a go.
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Because apparently when you set up a network, you can plug and play it wherever.
THANK YOU DUSTY.
You are the hero we all wish we could be, just so you know.
In other news: I decided against another coat of paint in my room, I really want to unpack. I've started, but I think I'm going to have to meander over to value village or something and find some storage boxes/closet organisers/a bedside table, maybe? A lot of the stuff that I have is stuff that needs to be stored, like extra blankets or comforters or something. A pain in the ass to move, but when people stay over, well worth the having. I'm also not sure if I'm going to be using my foam mattress, of my air mattress. We'll see how much space is left over after I put together my desk, I guess.
We have to paint pirate_squid's room, we've primed it. And by 'we', I really mean marii_chan. Stupid graffiti is coming RIGHT THROUGH everything. I've looked stuff up, and it turns out that it's difficult to find anything about painting over STUPID GRAFFITI in your house. Who lived here before? A ten year old boy? Who draws on the walls??
Anyway. It's annoying, and it's come through one layer of paint, and two of primer. Like, right through. The primer that we bought is apparently good at hiding stuff, so I guess we might crack that sucker open and give it another coat. :/ As soon as pirate_squid's room is painted, marii_chan can start on hers, and then I think we can start on the living room.
And get settled in, for reals. OH MAN I can't wait.
In other news... pirate_squid went off with her family yesterday, which is amazing. We all finally got to meet her parents, and see her brother again! And meet her bird! :D
I also gave mad props to pirate_squid when I was talking about her backing me out of the stupid back alley driveway thing that we have here to her dad. There are not one, but TWO ninety degree turns. And I was driving a freakin' huge cargo van. XD
Mom and Dad? Missed you guys. *single tear and clone high hands*
And by 'we all', I mean tarboo came down, along with her friend who has excellent taste in movies. (We geeked out over the Star Trek movie. And Star Trek. And He-Man.) Also robocluck came, which was smashing. She checked out a room along here too, which is about a half hour walk from our new place. We'll see if she actually takes that one or not! Got some more library books, ate some food, watched COPIOUS amounts of Cake Boss, including the episode we missed, where they dropped a cake. D:
Then we all slept in the living room. I'm hoping to sleep in my own bed tonight!
And with that, I suppose I should stop blathering on. Being a 'blatherskite', as it were. Or is it spelled 'blatherskyte'? I like it with a 'y' better.
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| Monday, July 6th, 2009
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1:25 am
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Guys, finally saw the Star Trek movie. And the only things I can really complain about are... I know it all becomes an AU, but does that invalidate the original show? I think I just need to sleep on the whole 'movie continuity' idea, and then I'll be fine. Somewhere out there Shatner and Nimoy are bantering back and forth, with DeForest Kelly griping about something. Etc etc etc.
And there is a lot of great sixties action.
I think I'm just going to watch a bunch of original Trek. Mom and Dad? I wish you weren't so far away, I'd borrow yours!!
So yeah. Really enjoyed Star Trek, though Kirk shoulda said to Pike at the end (spoilers?)
"Did it in three."
Because, c'mon, that line was SET UP.
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| Sunday, July 5th, 2009
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7:41 pm
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Still no internet, we're sitting in a gelato place and sponging off of their internet. marii_chan and pirate_squid bought gelato though, so I don't feel AS bad.
We're going to go and buy paint! We'll paint our place, it's going to be great.
celty, email me about the hydro monies, please. I don't remember if you check your emails?
~~X~~
That was from yesterday. We suddenly have internet that we can borrow some of, which is super nice. Ours should be arriving in two days! Which will be better.
Yesterday, we went to a barbeque that one of pirate_squid's room mates from last year put on. We met lots of people, and hung out, and ate food, and talked, and got marii_chan her first slurpee ever, and talked, and eventually walked home late at night.
THEN WE CLEANED AND UNPACKED THE KITCHEN. So now we have stuff in the cupboards!
Today we went and bought paint, so now we're painting. As soon as we're finished painting, we can UNPACK. I can't wait to have my stuff out, it sucks to be sleeping in a room filled with boxes.
D:! There's a Billy Mayes commercial on right now. TOO SOON, Awesome Auger. Too soon.
I also forgot: Torchwood on Space!
When does it air in England?
I also need to find the radio plays to listen to. I wanna hear them!
I'm reading about a Mr. Frobisher... Is he the same Frobisher as in the comics? I have to read those.
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| Friday, July 3rd, 2009
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8:33 pm
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| Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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4:28 pm - Whewph!
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First load to the new place. Made it there and back in one piece, even negotiated all of the stupid one ways alright. And a rather crazy driveway that pirate_squid helped me to get out of! :D
We managed to get the couch into the apartment without too much trouble, actually. They had a little kitchen table in there, as well as a random desk.
I will post pictures of some of the tetrising that I did, I forgot to take a picture at the beginning, so we've unloaded about... a third, or so?
We're going to grab food, and then load up the truck with the rest.
I'm not looking forward to untangling pirate_squid and my stuff, it's all together in one big pile in one of the bedrooms.
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11:55 am
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Dad, I wish you were here to help me tetris all of this stuff into the van. I'm doing okay, but I know you would do better. I think we're going to be able to get most of the personal stuff in the first run, and then do furniture and food and the tv and whatever else is left the second run. Maybe one more run after, to drop off beer bottles at the Beer store (yay refund!) and drop stuff off at the value village.
We've got the van until about nine thirty (or possibly noon) tomorrow.
Also? It's raining. So we're just hoping it'll let up in the next few minutes, the van's so close to being full!!
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8:23 am
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OKAY I'M GOING TO GO AND EAT SOMETHING. And then go and pick up my truck. We'll see how everything fits in. I was trying to figure that out in my head as I was trying to fall asleep.
Traffic looks... Okay? Hopefully it'll stay that way, even during the rush hour. I think we'll miss it, since we still have to load the van.
I think it's time for doughnuts for breakfast. Mmm.
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| Monday, June 29th, 2009
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4:57 pm - Oakville FAIL.
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Still packing stuff up. I think I got most of my stuff out of the kitchen, except for my toaster oven. I came to the library to bring stuff back, and also to use their internet, since ours is RANDOMLY DOWN. Which sucks.
Directions to new house: CHECK
Directions to get to Uhaul? THIS IS THE FAIL.
That's right, it's an invalid hostname. So now I have to go and click on random schedules until I find one that works!!
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12:37 am
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| Sunday, June 28th, 2009
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2:44 pm - checklist.
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In no particular order:
-forward bills to landlords
-call uhaul, double check pickup and return times, location, and possibly upgrading to a larger truck
-sign lease
-finish packing stuff in room
-pack stuff in kitchen
-put celty's stuff in storage thinger
-clean bathroom?
-go to store, pick up ingredients for AMAZING SWEET POTATO BAKE
-put furniture on curb
-put out garbage, maybe
-pick up some more boxes
In other news? I totally rode a bike today for the first time in YEARS. Now I want a bike. But in the city, you have to ride on the road, and that is frightening too.
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| Saturday, June 27th, 2009
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8:58 pm - Dear Livejournal,
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After eating our dinner of KD and tuna, I was saddened by the fact that there was no dessert.
And then we heard an ice cream truck go by! We all ran out and flagged it down, and realised when we came back that we'd left the front door wide open.
Did I mention that right in the front room there were three laptops just sitting there?
lol.
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| Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
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2:28 pm - This is my favourite apartment in Toronto yet.
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9:50 am
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I think we've found a place in Toronto. I'm just checking now how long it'll take to get downtown from the location. We're also still looking, because I'll feel a lot more secure about taking this place if we've checked out more than one three bedroom place.
I also have to call Nicole. I hope she hasn't driven out there yet?
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| Monday, June 22nd, 2009
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11:12 pm
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10:04 am - Ohhhh mannnnnn...!
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