http://preraphaelitepunk.com Verbosity of a vegan geekgoth editor. I spend all day cutting out unnecessary wordiness; don't expect me to be succinct here. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:43:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tempest yarn, closeup Originally uploaded by moria It's been a while since I've posted a photo, so here's a closeup of my Tempest handspun, hand-dyed yarn from Folktale Fibers. It's my second in the three-month Vegan Yarn of the Month club. Sadly, there still don't seem to be any vegan spinners in ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/08/06/tempest/ Thanks for the votes. I fully expect my eyeballs will in fact explode from the additional stress of Ravelympics, above and beyond all the other fun things going on right now, but oh well. Maybe I should just go ahead and make an MP3 of the Woodland Shawl pattern, so ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/08/04/the-shawl-it-is-then/ Just for fun, and to see exactly how stressed out I can make myself before my eyeballs explode, I've been toying with the notion of joining the Ravelympics (link is accessible to Ravelry members only, and pretty much all of them already know about it, so it's kind of pointless ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/07/27/ravelympics-what-to-do/ . . . just terminally stressed out. (Apologies to Terry Pratchett and Granny Weatherwax for stealing the line in the subject; it just seemed appropriate after my prolonged absence. Er, the latest in a string of prolonged absences.) Basically, there is too much crap going on, and not enough time to ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/07/27/i-atent-dead/ The dog situation seems to have deteriorated the past few days. Molièrestill plays too roughly, and insists on nibbling ears, which irritates Nigel to no end. Now, though, instead of just yelling for Molière to back off, he yells and then chases Molière under the futon. It's a little scary. ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/07/13/so-when-does-this-start-becoming-fun/ Molière -- the Dog Formerly Known as Gizmo -- is nice enough, but we're all still adjusting to each other after a week. (One of my neighbors, who does small-dog rescues and has her own permanent dog, says it generally takes them about two weeks to settle in with a ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/07/04/definitely-dogs-plural/ This morning, this little dog showed up at my vet's, apparently abandoned. He's apparently about two years old, friendly but calm, and very sweet. I'm not sure what's up with the pink skin around his eyes; possibly it's because his hair is completely, horribly matted -- worse than anything I've ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/06/18/dogs-plural/ In the vein of trying to get things sorted out before I leave for the meeting, I finally got around to getting a haircut. Probably about time, because it's been . . . um, a really long time. I know I haven't had a haircut since I moved into my ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/06/17/haircut/ The upper GI endoscopy yesterday didn't show evidence of ulcers, and apparently I'm negative for Helicobacter pylori, so apparently that's not it. Hmm. The gastroenterologist wants to do either a CAT scan or ultrasound next -- he had mentioned it might be my gallbladder. Not sure about that, but maybe. ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/06/14/so-not-an-ulcer/ No sooner did the air conditioning at work get fixed (and, to their credit, they did close the office after lunch on Tuesday) than all kinds of hell broke loose on the health front. Yippee. Two visits to the urgent care clinic later, including one in which I started throwing ... http://preraphaelitepunk.com/2008/06/07/what-a-fun-week/