tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51622150526241923232011-04-21T20:28:17.741-07:00laurennoreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162215052624192323.post-80877877474315072922007-04-23T09:33:00.000-07:002007-04-23T09:35:54.181-07:00

Dear readers, I'm on the move once again! I've got my domain up and running, and over time you'll see the new site getting more and more personalized! I'm gradually working on adding and updating things like ring code, better themes, etc. I hope I don't lose too many of you in the move!Here's the new blog: http://www.hungryknitter.comPlease update your links, feeds, etc!

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Wow, check out the amazing banner I made for my new website!HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!That's me in the cardboard t-rex. Age 4. You can see my little eyes peering out between the teeth!!!

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I just registered my own domain name. And got hosting. Why would I do that??? Stay tuned for updates. I'm keeping the URL a secret for now because there's nothing there yet...

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Okay, terrier/knitting post TAKE TWO! Take one involved blogger opening a new post that I couldn't type in. Thanks, blogger! Why do I bother anyway? If I had that elusive thing known to some as FREE TIME, I would make myself a better blog. But alas, I don't even have time for this blogging. I need a blog that does most everything for me.Anyway, I would love to post a Rusted Root update, but to

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So a long time ago I went on a weekend "retreat" with some friends to one person's childhood home in Indiana. I say "retreat" because his family lives on the edge of a forest preserve and the house has giant windows and lots of wood beams so it's hard to tell where the house ends and the forest begins. The place is amazing. Anyway, we were playing one of those games where one person pretends

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Yes, I am knitting a sweater that's called Rusted Root. I didn't name it, and no, I don't like that band. Here's what I have so far, 33 rounds in:And a close-up of the lace panel:I am a tower of fuzzy wool.Here is the pattern - on Zephyr Style. I'm using Inca Wool, which is 100% wool, and I can't tell you much about it because the label is in Russian... All I know is that it was in my yarn stash,

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Studying is hilarious when you get to read medieval beastiaries! Today I'm working on this one. I just keep giggling and thinking, "wtf?" (Yes, I think "wtf," not "what the fuck." My mind is hip like that.)For anyone who isn't aware, my initials are L.E.O. Also my sign is that of a Leo. Oooo. My parents claim this was an accident. You'd think that by the age of 27 I'd be sick of this, but it's

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I'm back from spring break and I managed to wash all the NYC dirt off myself. Yes people, I even SHAVED MY LEGS for this blog post. Trust me, I was overdo for getting shorn (ha HAAA GET IT! SHORN. Like a sheep. And I KNIT!). That's how much I love my reader(s). I'll even shave my legs for you, as if this is a date. And I'm going to put out.So while I was in NY I finished the first in a pair of

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Dear faithful reader(s),I'm writing from Brooklyn, where I'm staying with two of my most favorite people in the whole world, and one of the bestest dogs ever. Aaaaand hanging out with another favorite person! This morning I wandered up the street to get a bagel with lox (oh dear God I wish you could get bagels like this in Chicago) and a latte (soon to be 2 lattes...) to do some work (yes, even

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Okay, I'm aware that my being a young white woman who moved into a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Chicago I am thereby participating in Logan Square's getrification. And also, I do other things like take pictures with a cell phone camera, and write on a blog, and go to shows, and bla bla bla bla blaaaaaaaaaa. So what I'm saying is, I'm not working with a clean moral slate with which I can

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This morning I made some very simple, very tasty brunch-pasta. It's only brunch pasta because it was brunch time. But I suppose fatty potatoes are also reminiscent of brunch... This one features fried unboiled gnocchi. I learned about this from this recipe on 101cookbooks and ever since I first made her spring gnocchi, frying without boiling has been my favorite method of cooking those little

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Becki and I were just observing that the quality of our conversations has really declined since THE DOG arrived a couple weeks ago. Whereas before our conversation was totally all, "Well Rebecca, the thing about globalization is........" now we only say things like, "WHO DID A BIG POOP!!!! DID YOU DO A BIG POOP!!!! GOOD POOP!!!! WHAT A GOOD POOP!!!! WHAT A GOOOOOOOOOD POOOOOOOOOOOOOOP POOPY POOP

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Alas, what with being in school and all I have very little time to knit. I finished my bejeweled scarf a few weeks ago, waited a couple weeks before blocking it, and now I've been wearing it all over town for a little while and just took the photos today.Here are the specs:Pattern: Bejeweled Scarf, by Lisa Shobhana Mason, as part of the informal Bejeweled Knit-AlongYarn: 200 yards of 100% alpaca

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So I'm an irresponsible citizen and I let my vehicle registration expire. Sue me. While I'm waiting for my new stickers to arrive (in the next couple days, according to a shockingly nice and helpful employee of the Illinois Secretary of State) I'm back to taking the CTA from Logan Square to Hyde Park. Every day. And while this takes a long time, it's not that bad when you go at rush hour and

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Today my roommate (this one) got a DOG. I am so. excited.Coming soon: CUTE PICTURES OF THE DOG. Name TBA.Here is THE DOG:He is the sweetest, chillest dog ever. I love him. Already. He comes home tomorrow after a little hormone test to see if he needs an ........ adjustment of any kind.

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Behold, naysayers!I had a fantastic dinner tonight. I’m busy as all get out, and although I finished my latest knitting project (again: behold, KNITTING naysayers! I have completed something. Soon it will be blocked and in action, keeping me warm.) I have a shitload of homework to do. Like both Chef Yum Yum and ER, I eat every day. Sadly, I don’t knit every day, and those there are the two

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I am allegedly (according to Chef Yum Yum, that is) a bad blogger. This is probably true. Or at least it has been true for the last month or so. But I'm happy to say that now that I have more than -2 seconds per week to myself, a SUPER sexy new computer, and a completed (but not blocked) knitting project and another cute one started, I may actually have some things to say. Photos (and words that

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I'm not a big fan of new year's eve as a holiday. I'm like a new year's scrooge. I don't like holidays where everyone gets the I HAVE TO GO OUT AND ACT REALLY DANGEROUSLY AND LIKE I DO NOT NORMALLY ACT idea (see Halloween for adults, and increasingly St. Patrick's Day as well), and everything costs a million dollars. Also, I just don't think January 1st is more different from December 31st than

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So I should probably start spinning yarn.Also, here is a picture of me dressed up as a T Rex for Halloween. I'm 4.

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So what did I do for Christmas this year?Spent 18 hours making bread!I read that New York Times article from Mark Bittman about the no-knead 18 hour bread when it first came out, and got all worked up about it (is this for real? is it good? is it as good as kneaded bread?), and then forgot about it until Chef Yum Yum made it and told me all about her fantastic results... I believe she said, "best

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So, regular visitors (both of you, ha ha) may notice that I've been messing around with the look of my blog, and that I put this bizarre photograph of some crosses on an apparently man-made hill at that top of the page. (Also, I made it CLICKABLE. I'm really proud of myself, can you tell?) I took that picture a couple years ago when driving to Virginia (from Chicago) for Thanksgiving. I think

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I just looked at my stats to see that someone recently found my blog by searching blogger for the phrase "no emotional attachment." They found this entry where I use that phrase as follows: "until finally I rediscover it, with no emotional attachment to the work I've put into it, and tear it out to cannibalize the yarn."To the person who found my blog this way:I see you stayed for a whole 0

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I hope. I typed that subject heading first, actually... So who knows. But with no further ado - MY NEW SOCKS!Why yes, I wear socks and tights together with torn denim skirts on a regular basis, thank you! Don't worry, I put some very tasteful cowboy boots over them when the time came to leave the house!And a close-up of the stitch pattern:Photos courtesy of MY MOM. Who had very little patience

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Well, it's taking flickr an ugabajillion years to "process" the two photos I'm trying to upload of my socks, so I'll babble while that happens... I'm in Portland right now, and my plans for today include playing a kazoo in Pioneer Courthouse Square (It's a Kazoo Christmas!!! - organized by my friend Jennea, among others) and spending several uninterrupted hours in THIS AMAZING STORE. Shockingly,

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I'm really pleased with myself that I made these potatoes for lunch, and was thinking "wow, I've really improved upon Ruth Reichl's recipe here," nearly started a grease fire and burned the bejesus out of both my forearms, and yet I still have the audacity to post it on my blog. I think the recipe is JUST THAT GOOD. So, I was planning on taking some really pretty pictures of these guys after

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...because I appear to have very little focus. I'd say it's a knitting-food-school-other things leo does hybrid. So here's some knitting!This is something I've been working on, and they're SO SO CLOSE to being done! Tomorrow, maybe, I will finish them, because I have the whole day to clean up the house and do my laundry before heading to Oregon for Christmas ... so yeah, there will be some

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And it's more fun.I've been messing with my template, so you will notice that there are now "reading" and "listening" areas on the sidebar, with links! So much fun, and so gratifying to make those things appear there! I've been fooling around with using the blogger "widgets," where I can click and drag things around (the super easy way of making things appear over there) and trying to figure out

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From foodOther name possibilities include krypto-cantonese beans and rice, pseudo-cantonese beans and rice, or my personal favorite: meatrice. (Sorry, Chef YumYum, this one's not for you!)This recipe is a schlepped-together version of something amazingly delicious and flavorful that I had at a friend's house a while back. This friend prepared an enormous dinner for many people, focusing on

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I lifted weights this morning.YES. I exercised. I'm not in severe pain yet, but I'm sure that's to come. Soon I'll be doing those terrifying yoga headstands with the best of them... Becki and I have planned a yoga study-break for this afternoon. I'm basically counting down the minutes. The only thing is, I have to start studying...Now let me put some more cream and sugar in my coffee... I deserve

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So, I quickly tired of the limitations of customization options at wordpress. If I can't edit every aspect of that page, I just don't think I can have anything to do with that. The break came when I wanted to put my own stat counter in the code. Yeahhh they don't do that. Or at least not for free, and let's face it, free is what I'm after. New posts to come. Sorry for the confusion for the ... 6

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It's like a drug. I love it so much. Especially when it's HARD and it HURTS. I've never liked exercise. I ran around in the yard and climbed a lot of trees and swam a lot as a child, but actual exercise... that was something else entirely. It's probably just because I was teased a lot as a child. I was awkward, I was kind of weird, I liked to read and play music and be by myself (these are still

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Things I've learned lately: It's not really a good idea to gamble over a video game with a man who wants to write a dissertation on video game music. Because you might end up owing someone a meal at a restaurant. That is no small stake for a graduate student!!! Apparently my drunken memory concerning Donkey Kong is flawed. And other video games I played under the influence of various intoxicants

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Thanks to this roommate I have discovered the wonders of the google homepage. And I spent an embarrassing amount of time this morning adding little gadgets to mine and organizing them onto tabs. Clearly I should have been a tax lawyer as well, because I am so. fucking. anal. Since this other roommate failed us in the dog department, I now have to resort to fantasizing about owning adorable dogs I

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I'm leaving that generic wordpress subject line there for my first post. I think it's hilarious. And actually it's December 2nd. The day I tried to start this blog is whatever date about a month ago is listed above. I can't figure out how to change it. Sue me.So I've tried to start blogs many times before, but I have trouble with it. The thing is, I write a LOT. I write a lot of pointless emails,

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