Thursday, June 21, 2012

I am terrible at this.

But I am not terrible at this:









150 yds of silk thread and a few almost-blistered fingers later, I am ready to sleep.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Sometimes I break a chain...

But I can't take pictures of what I'm embroidering! It's a belated birthday present for my sister... So once it's in the mail, and she has it in her hands can I post it.

ONLY. THEN.

In other news, Amanda, writer of Proverbial Pen and Ink, is one of the best and most thoughtful people in my life, and I am glad every day to be associated with her.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

More photos, and NERDS!

It seems that Sundays are just getting to be lazy slug days, so here are some photos. I was accomplishing things, I swear!:
Sashiko and Vlogbrothers

So much love.  

 So for readers who don't know, The Vlogbrothers are vloggers... Who are brothers.
They are totally amazing and smart fellows (John, the elder brother, is an awesome New York Times bestselling young adult author, and his brother Hank is an environmentalist/head of a record company/creator of VidCon, a Youtube convention that I WANT TO GO TO), who encourage their viewers to make the world a better place and think about issues complexly.

They spearheaded a movement for their viewers and the world to embrace being enthused about things and people, specifically encouraging such obsessions that will make you a smarter, more thoughtful individual. Some call it nerdy. They call it NERDFIGHTERS. (Not like fighting the nerds, but like being a freedom fighter.)

To demonstrate my love for Nerdfighteria and all that it stands for, here's a quick example:
The rallying cry of a nerdfighter is the phrase, said in many a video, "Don't Forget to be Awesome."

This has also been shortened to an initialism, which has become the name of Hank's music company, and is a good reminder for life in general. That's maybe why...

It's tattooed on my inner arm.
 Along with this, which is not a nerdfighting quote, but which I'm pretty sure that any nerdfighter will agree with:

Other inner arm. It says "I am still learning" in Italian.
Now
1: You know the things that I need to remind myself of every day

And

2: You can identify my corpse, if need be.

Now

3: I am hungry and am going to eat dinner.


Saturday, June 2, 2012

I need to go to bed,

So I'll just leave you with this bit of amazing.

Enjoy:


You're welcome.

Late with a post, but here it is!

Today was pretty terrible. I hate crying at work, and I really hate when people who have no idea how to do my job tell me how I am not doing it properly, when I have been doing everything in my power to make the business run as smoothly as possible.

But, I managed to make it through the day without taking any headache meds (trying to save my stomach lining) but it was mostly thanks to some surreptitious Sashiko that I smuggled into the office:

Because I busted out the macro lens for the Sashiko photo (y'all deserve better photos), I decided to take some detail photos of Joan!

Enjoy!



Those eyebrows and ears are microscopic...

Torso shot!

 Just need to finish Joan's books and Pen necklace, and then this girl is good to rule the office!

The evening got significantly better by meeting that boy I like for dinner and a movie; We went to the AMAZING Landmark Loews Jersey to see the original "The Producers," as part of their "Screwballs and Screwups" weekend. I love this theatre-- if my readers are ever in the Jersey City area, they must try to see something at this extraordinary 1920s movie palace.