Hello Jay.

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So yes, here is the last photo of my jaywalkers. Hence me keeping it home to finish the toe and what not.
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Now onto the mopey student rant.
So did my English presentation, it went well. We had fun with it and we were the last group to go (people went wayyyy over 12 minutes) so everyone's brain was fried. We also had great reviews of it, that people enjoyed it and liked it. Which was fantastic (except for this one chick that needs to take the stick out of her, you know what and said we need to be 'professional' and blah blah blah, well with her presentation, they all stood next to each other, read her too detailed mess of an outline, and she never stopped talking, I learned nothing and honestly don't even remember it, so you know we got a better grade then her group did. Such a pain seriously.) But moving on~ lol

So classes are over with for the day. I was walking to the cafeteria for lunch.. yum lunch.
Then it hit me. Tomorrow is another day of classes.... TOMORROW~ I have my Special Education class... TOMORROW there is a major test.

I need to study for said test.... and booooooooo I kinda sorta pay attention in there, enough to have discussions about it, but have not memorized material to be tested on. Oi. u.u; totally killed the rest of my day.

But I have mac and cheese to munch on... >.>; I could have made better... this is bland. lol

Oh my~

another sock, originally uploaded by hsailormoon.

Look what I casted on~

Another pair of socks! xD At least I did not buy more yarn lol... I have a great enough stash that I can now pull out pretty yarn and start knitting right away verses looking for new yarn.

This is part of my birthday yarn from Jimmy (I ordered, he gave me his credit card). It was all Knit Pick Palettes, so this color is Marine Heather. It looks super pretty~ (plus it has such an awesome name I think ;p) lol.

Those are my Knit picks 2.75mm needles too~ ;D I like the 6 in length~. I finished the cuff and just started a few rows on the leg. It is going to be a regular stockinette sock pattern I've done a million times. I actually made copies of my pattern, with my notes on it, because... that pattern paper has been worn out to no end. Hehe. ^^*

The Jaywalkers are not destined to be at home socks, until I finish the toe. I do not want to go toooo far in knitting the foot and forget about the foot length. So these new socks are simple, easy, whip out and start knitting like mad, at school/purse socks. ;D I however am excited to start the next jaywalker too.

Ok now I should log off and start working on my English Homework that is due today... and plan for the group presentation. I have till noon, but better now then later. ;D

Monday Monday Monday.

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So... I did receive the yarn I ordered. It wasn't as pretty as I hoped in the hank; however, it is sooo pretty wound up. xD I hand wound it into a skein (I missed the debates because of it lol) that night and I love it. This will be my first time using superwash and bamboo. It has such nice colors~ I am pleased.

That is Socks enjoying the attention outside. This is taken on my phone. Alex and I went out and got him a new camera (Cannon 1100 something, light blue) at work. Which means that his older camera is now completely mine! xD 3.2 mp but it works well for me~ The macro is nice~ ;D So I need to start using that camera more often. (heh, It's been in my room for months though, lol but now it is 'mine')

This camera situation works out well because when we go to Blizzcon in 2 and a half weeks, we will each have our own camera for the event. ;D Then with my braces being off by thursday, I am totally going to be smiling like crazy~ xD

School is never ending. I just want a break already... and it has only been a month into it. I am just so tired too, I want to go take a nap really when I get home and do work later or what have you. I especially do not want to do a power point presentation right now and have it be a group presentation either, because then I have to work with people and get them ready to do it, verses me just doing it all at once and be done with it. Ugh.

I am so stiff right now too, I blame Socks. She kept me up for 2 hours last night running around my room and getting into things around my room that I couldn't sleep. Till I got sick of it and threw her out of my room and closed the door.

I have about a half an hour till I get to see Jimmy and cuddle with him. He makes me feel better. <3 I am going to snoop around Ravelry now. Bye.

Booo I got a 78% on the Psy test last week. I should have done better. I have a B+ in the class, 120. 1 point away from an A. Bummer but fixable.

Yay! I am wearing my wool socks to bed, since it is a cold night~ I need to make more of these, I have the yarn. They are so comfy and warm!

Falling for Ewe Autumn Yarn Swap

Week #3 Question:
What meals or food means 'Fall' for you?


To me, that's a simple answer. Pumpkin bread.

My mom is infamous for her pumpkin bread in both sides of my family. Every time my mother goes to visit her family, they alwaysssss ask if she bought pumpkin bread and which one they could have. So she always brings plenty. So Thanksgiving and Christmas we make a ton of pumpkin bread and ever since I was little I would be the walnut grinder (with this funky device) for all these batches. Now it is just a waiting game as to when my Mom will start baking these and I will get recruited to grind the lovely walnuts (which honestly I don't even like them in the bread). xP
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Now time for TONS of homework. I swear these teachers never quit! Oi

Argh... frustration

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Lol... not really. I look angry in that picture don't I. xD

It was really bright and the sun was in my eyes... I was having dinner with my parents at Panda Express *yum* and got bored while they were talking.

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I think I will be getting that yarn package today... it is less then an hour away and it 'left' the office this morning. So hopefully. I cannot wait to see it.
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I finally have the Knit picks return packaged and ready to get sent out. I am going to the post office later when we take Socks to the vet for her appointment. I think she is due with her last set (3 total) of shots.
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I also may have a few things to send out in regards to last swap people~ ;D <3 Then I need to finish packing up this swaps gifts and send them out also. I have enough stuff for 2 months so I just need to organize it all. :)
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Frustration... is my homework. I am procrastinating right now in blogging (before it was playing WoW) in doing my health homework. Boo. However, this stuff is stupidly easy... and I don't know why I just do not finish it. It is always the hardest part for me to just get it started.
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Braces off in less then a week (6 days).... and Blizzcon is in less then 3 weeks. Hurray! :D
I guess I should start writing, the sooner I get this done with I can then start playing wow and knitting~ xD

Summer of Yarn Love Swap is now over.

I have of course loveeeeeeeddd getting my package from my summer swap partner.

But I also had tons of fun with the sending out packages. Also luckly my swap partner took beautiful photos of my packages to her. xD So here they are, my blog always can use more knitting related photos. If you click the photos, they will send you to the blog entry she posted with details of each item! :)

I just think they all look soooo pretty~ (also I may be a bit biased since I sent them to her! ;P) lol.

The First Package

Second Package

Final package

It was so much fun shopping for someone else~ Also it was even better that I had someone send me super loveeeellllyyyy packages that matched mine that I sent out I think~ ;D I got royally screwed on my first swap, so I always get nervous in getting 'shafted' a bit in packages.

But the Summer of Yarn Love was great... and I think that the Fall one shall be no exception! <3
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Reality note.
School has been owning me... badly. But it's nothing I cannot recover from. :) Oh and Mister Diet Coke and I are madly in <3>.>; where my stomach hurts lol (yeah I know too much information lol, but not the gross nasty gas lol) bye

Enabling!

This (The Daily Chum):
http://www.limenviolet.com/blog/?p=4489#comment-5430

Lead me to this (the Etsy Store):
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5066745

Which lead me to this item (Sock Yarn Superwash Merino Wool and Bamboo Geisha Colorway)


Which then lead to this! (The purchase of pretty pretty yarn):
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=10669762


I do not regret it~~ :D

However... I do regret not working on my homework... and I have an hour left to finish and get to class.... but... shhh I think it was worth it~ ;D

Test completed

and I feel 'eh' with it... not in a I don't care sense... but in a 'I could have done better' aspect. Which is what is frustrating. I was thinking over and over again in my head of 'I should have studied more' while walking to class. Very frustrating, but I only have myself to blame. tisk tisk. Ah well... probably B-C range I think... unless I did better then I feel.
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So there is this 'book swap' thing on campus. Since I finished The Historian, I thought I would turn it into this thing. So I will bring that book with me tomorrow... and drop it off... and I already picked up the one I want. :D

MiddleMarch

So... we will see how it goes. It is not like I neeeeedddd another book to read... but I like having a new one. This one is in great condition... and it was between this or the Blind Assassin.... and I checked reviews and this one faired better. :)

Oooo and Chuck is online so I get to watch the last for episodes of last season.... and the new season premiere too~

But... before I start engulfing myself with all these fun things (including my knitting... I am past the heel and am working on the gusset decreases). I need to organize my classwork due tomorrow and what not. bye :)

I dont think I studied enough for my Psy test. Darnit.

Oh, but you know what this means... Cold weather in NY~ I get to make him an awesome winter scarf for Christmas! ;) Lol I'll miss him. <3

Bummer. I just found out that Andrew is moving back to New York. :( But I know he has been wanting to go back, for awhile. So Iam happy for him~

Historian ~ DONE! :D

IS DONE! xD

I finally finished reading The Historian last night! Oi, this book was big... and kinda boring in between 'trips' in the book. However the ending kinda was worth it... the last hundred pages or so. I kinda feel that the author felt like 'oh, I need to finish this book and have the ending I planned' because she put sooooo much work into the rest of the book with details, environments etc. I am happy I read it~ :D I am going to bring this to school for the 'student book exchange' at the library and pick out something there. You bring a fairly recent book and then leave it there and you pick one out for yourself. You can keep the books, read them, bring them back, what have you, just as long as you exchange a book for another book. :)

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So then this means I can start reading this~

It is sooo big and I don't want to carry it with me in my backpack so I will leave it at home. I started reading it a bit when I got it in the mail. I really enjoy reading about WoW, because right now, Iam stuck in the middle of the game between casual leveling (which is done) and hard core raiding (which I am not 'skilled' enough in gear or what not to start doing, nor enough people to even do the simpilar ones). So waiting for the next expansion (in Nov. 13th) is the best deal.
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Speaking of which, Blizzcon is less then two weeks away!!! xD I will also have my braces off at that time!! xDDD So exciting. :D
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So my hand has pretty gone down in swelling.... where I can see some veins and bone on the top of my hand. But I don't want to make the swelling worse... and am not knitting. :( I know I could knit with my hand like this, but I want the whole swelling to go away. But it is killing me~~~ There are soooo many times I am chilling talking to my parents or even watching tv (which I haven't done much as of late) that I want to start knitting! I have my Jaywalkers at the part where I need to do the heel flap (which is always fun for me). Then I have the baby blanket which is such an easy knit and I cannot wait to finish it since it is working up so quickly. :( I miss my knitting, but it is good that I am getting some reading done. :)

Yet then again... I should be doing homework... I have two quizzes and homework due in both of my classes come Monday. >.>; Which I need to get done... and actually study a bit for these classes, I can do well through the classes in knowing just enough, but when it comes to the quizzes.... I have to kinda actually pay attention to the material. Oi. u.u;
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Getting new tires for the Volvo today... along with some hubcaps. I guess that is it for now. I want my knitting :(. lol bye.

Where is Waldo... no wait Socks!?

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So today has brought some good news! :D

I went to my orthodontists appointment andddddd~~~ I go back in two weeks and get my braces taken off!!!! xD They took an 'impression' (twice, uck) of my upper teeth and they are going to send that off to get my retainer made! XDDDD I picked a 'cranberry' color, I was like oo sparkles... but then thought otherwise. ;p I am not 12 anymore. lol

But yes~ finally the retainer-o-fun. I will now have to work on speaking with a retainer in my mouth~. But honestly I won't mind too much. :) I am just thrilled that I will not have the braces anymore~ It has been about a bit over a year and a half... but that is fine~~~ I will have my braces off by Blizzcon too! How exciting. I get my braces removed Oct.3rd and my teeth cleaned (dentist) Oct 9th, then we leave for Anaheim (like a two hour drive max with traffic) on the 10th! xDDD So exciting~~ :D I am pretty good at not losing things, so I better now lose this retainer... we made our last payment for my braces last week. :D So exciting~

Then I am at home now, chilling with Socks. She wanted to go outside when I got home, so I let her run around.So cute~ The sprinklers are on, so she isn't too eager to be running around in the front. :)

Oh also! I am ALMOST finished reading The Historian!!~~ OMG This book is huge and it drags on in toooooooooo many details most of the time. But it has been good. Finally some excitement in the end of it~ lol But I am less then a hundred pages left and I should finish it today~ :D I have been eager to finish this book for awhile. I started reading it this summer... and am excited to be finishing it. Then I can read my other 'big' books at night, because I do not like carrying them with me out and about.

Ok Socks is getting a bit too hyper and attacked my wallet on the chair. I should get going. :)

Question of the Week #2

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Question of the Week #2

What ‘cold weather’ project are you looking forward to making the most the autumn?

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I think the 'cold weather' project would be to one, finish my mother's shawl. I haven't really shown her what I am doing with it, but also I have had this on the needles for quite some time. I think I started towards the end of last semester. I think I am almost done... I am just not sure yet. Since it is a 'lace' pattern kinda sorta not really, it takes me some time.

But I do want to finish making one of these ( a shawl) for myself!~ Because wrapping myself with a blanket up to my shoulders is kind of troublesome. ;) I am not sure as to what type of shawl I would want... but that can be decided later. :D

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Right now I am eager to get to lunch today! :D Jimmy and I are going to Tortillas again~. I do not have my Psy 345 class today (he had to go do something today) so Jimmy and I have time to get lunch together! :D He is working today though, so we have to keep it to an hour lunch, but that will be fine, it is right by his office. ^^* I am excited, I WANT THOSE CHIPPIES and the burritos~ xDDDD It is soooo good, heck even the leftovers were delicious~ ;D

My hand is getting less swollen... oh I need to take some more aspirin now, it's been four hours. Awww how cute a highschool college tour around campus. I wish I went on those trips when I was in high school. Yet it was never a question as to which school I would go to, CSUCI was the only one I applied to transfer too. I didn't want to go anywhere else. Leaving home wasn't that important to me and I liked that this was A LOT closer to home then CSUN. ;D

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I SADLY do not have ANY KNITTING with me today. I left it all at home. The less use I use of my hand the better, in hopes of the swelling going down. However, I have a manga (.hackxxx) to read, along with 'Died in the Wool' (from my swap gifts! xD), the winter Knit Simple Winter 07/08 magazine too (it was on clearance at Joanns, and I snagged it, because I didn't start buying them till recently.)

ok time for lunch! XD

Iam so looking forward to having lunch with Jimmy at Tortillas. The food is sooo yummy! :o And the yummy chippies! :D

My turn

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... to waste time and fry my brain with the internets. ;p

Jimmy and I worked on homework together this morning.. from 9-10:30am. Then he had to go to class... my brain is dead... Also I am cold, so I snagged Jimmy's jacket right now for the day. I am really wearing a cute red top underneath the jacket. Oh those are the sun glasses I bought at Disneyland! :D I <3 them. (also they have nothing in relation to mickey mouse logo or anything, just pretty)

Then what is worse is that my right hand is swollen~~~ like super swollen where it is stiff and hurts to move my first two fingers. Like I have thin and bone-y hands (as you can see on my left hand) and to have my right hand look at chubby... is totally out of the norm. Even Jimmy noticed how 'weird' it looked. Lame I know.... It kinda itches.. but then it gets super warm. So I bought a cold pack from home to keep on my hand when I am not using it. (hint hint long lectures) But my hand is so stiff too... it's frustrating. We think it is 'cat scratch fever' in the sense that Socks, is less then a year old (which usually has this bacteria in their saliva) and she bitesssss and scratches all over my arms and hands... especially my hands. But we play with her so it is partially my fault too. Hopefully it goes away. I slept with a cold pack on my hand last night (top of the hand, is where it is stiff and swollen) and I took some aspirin and have my cold pack for today too. So yeah. Then I thought, awww I don't want to knit with my hand like this. Sooooo sad.

But I can readddddd about knitting~ ;D Until the swelling goes down... I can still knit, but I just don't like looking at my 'chubby' hand, oi.

Alright it is almost 11am... I have class at noon, I need to finish up this reading and take some notes and head to class. :)

Just one of those days.

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Mondays... normally I do not care what day of the week it would be... but today... I am using the 'Omg It's Monday' excuse.

I AM SOOOO TIRED! I just got out of my last class for the day... and I am exhausted. I snagged a lemonade (minute maid) and chugged that... eh. But then I saw all these chicks with diet cokes~~~~~ there is caffeine in these things, that they even developed ones with out the caffeine. So I bought one of those... and it is sitting with me right now... and we are enjoying each other's company. You know Diet coke has a lot of insight on life and what not, like what he said earlier.... yeah... I am rambling stupid stuff right now.

I WASSSSS going to post some cute photos from yesterday and today... but nooooooo these computers on campus do not have a card reader which leaves me without uploading photos. Weak~~~ But when I get home I will upload the cute ones on my flicker and I blog from there now.

I can't think much else to write about... but oh! yes... the photo, it's Socks. With tonssss of dust/cobwebs all over her face. She had jumped on my desk and was cute so I was trying to get her attention with my fingers (which is why you see them, oops) and I caught her in mid lick! xD Crazy cute.

Ok. Mister Diet coke and I are going to sip away a few minutes and I am going to bust out my knitting soon and listen to some music. :)

Soooo tired. 2 hours left in my class, so sleepy.