tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273962422011-11-27T17:21:12.858-08:00reading writing knitting livingjessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.comBlogger1821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-63228015365452929432009-05-15T20:34:00.000-07:002009-05-15T20:37:42.752-07:00

Both of these titles have had a ton of press. If I Stay by Gail Forman was optioned for film before it was even on library shelves and My Abandonment is a very literary ripped from the headlines about a father and daughter duo who live in the woods. But creepier than I just made it sound.Anyway, If I Stay was good except I found the plot very predictable. But the characters made it special. The

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I just got done with 2 different books that have been getting a lot of buzz lately. One is "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan. This is a post-apocalyptic YA zombie story with a tragic romance thrown in. Sometimes I read a first novel that is so good it makes me hate the author because, you know, why didn't I write that? It's that good. It has a unique vision since it deals not with

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I watched Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday night, and ever since then I've wanted to punch something in the face due to the Chicken of the Sea jungle I have stuck in my head. I've gotta say, Annie Duke can certainly craft a lyric. If I ate fish, I would probably be out buying giant flats of this tuna at Costco right now. I realize that this is part of the genius of the Apprentice. Not only is it a

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I haven't been writing lately. My life just sort of sped up and I got out of practice and after a few weeks, it just got worse until I was like "why would I ever write again?" But I have read a lot of books in the last few months, and knitted some things. I mostly have stopped eating at restaurants other than super cheap places because of cash flow issues, stupid economy.Here is a picture of the

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I'm so glad that this campaign is almost over. The constant barrage of lies that we have been forced to listen to are enough to make me physically ill. I'm mostly tired of hearing people like Sarah Palin slander a United States Senator over and over again, and make the country terrified that Democrats are dangerous. Dangerous! The party of John F. Kennedy is a danger! We're going to eat your

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I'm pretty sad that the national cupcake craze appears to be waning. San Diego only recently got any cupcakeries at all. The one I tried recently is called Babycakes, and it's in Hillcrest where David's coffee used to be.We decided to get one coffee and one cupcake to go. I chose the medium roast coffee, which was just fine but unremarkable and after much decision-making my husband and I picked

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Unwind by Neal ShustermanThe young adult novel Unwind takes a really controversial topic, abortion, and gives it a science fiction twist. In the near future, the war over abortion rights was fought and there were casualties on both sides. An agreement was reached between the two sides—it became legal to “unwind” teenagers under the age of 17. Their parts are harvested for organ transplants.

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Dear Cheetos Brand Cheese Flavored Snacks,I have a new slogan for Chester Cheetah. First of all, he'll get a totally updated hip-hop cool look for the 2000's. And then he'll zoom into frame on a surfboard riding a wave of cheese, look directly at the camera and say, "Stop throwing your fucking single serving Cheeto bags all over the ground in San Diego, bitches! Peace out!" And then he'll surf

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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.Supposedly this book is for young adults, but it should be required reading for everyone. Probably we should study it the way we studied 1984 in high school. Doctorow, who is already well known in the geek world, has written a very important book about freedom and surveillance.In the not too distant future (just try reading that without signing the MST3K theme song

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It is hilarious to me that when I go to Google and type in “Jesse Thorn” the suggested searches that pop up are “Jesse Thorn Theresa”, “Jesse Thorn Marriage” “Jesse Thorn Married” and “Jesse Thorn Wedding.” Obsessed with public radio celebrity personal lives much, Google? This is coming from someone who spent an hour today feeling devastated after searching for "Cynthia Rylant Dav Pilkey" and

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Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt. Young Adult Fiction.Holy cats, was this ever a fantastic book. Keturah is lost in the forest when Lord Death comes for her. But she is so lovely, so charming and such a wonderful storyteller that he can not help but to grant her a reprieve. He gives her the chance to find her true love within 24 hours, but if she does not do so she must come back to him

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-37085776488533158042008-09-28T10:18:00.000-07:002008-09-28T10:27:04.310-07:00

Right now I have a couple of things on the needles.This sweater, that has been in progress for almost a year, might actually be done in time for the winter:I'm a bit concerned about the sleeve length. I need to learn that whatever measurement I have for my husband I should just add an inch. I mean, he likes negative ease but this is sort of looking like a child's sweater right now. Hopefully I

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I'm not entirely sure what bugged me so much about The Softwire by PJ Haarsma. I wanted to like it. Haarsma is a local author and apparently a friend of Nathan Fillion, so I gave it my best shot. And I like science fiction, don't get me wrong. It got great reviews. But I just didn't enjoy it that much. The concept was interesting and it started off okay, but I didn't find the way the kids talked

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-90230760904372133992008-09-24T10:51:00.000-07:002008-09-24T10:57:32.853-07:00

I've read a lot in the past month, but I haven't written reviews for most of the books. Here's a list of the not reviewed ones. The reviews I'll post soon.-Blue Bloods by De La Cruz (Gossip Girl with Vampires)-Glass Houses by Caine (more vampires, sort of meh)-Vegan Cupcakes take over the World (looks great but I've no time for baking)-Runway Knits (not one pattern interested me)-Veganomicon (

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-58365546632769737302008-08-23T23:22:00.000-07:002008-08-23T23:25:03.245-07:00

ha ha ha ha ha ha habut, yeah.via wil wheaton's awesome blog

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That I finished!Yay!It's the Buttefly Mobius shawl from The Knitter's Book of Yarn. Very simple, pretty pattern. It's great for the movie theater!Yeah, I know this blog has been neglected as of late. It's hard when I can't be online at work at all anymore. Soon I'll put up a list of my summer reading, and hopefully some more knitting projects will be on the horizon.

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You have to imagine me pumping my fist and saying the post title ala Howard Dean.Recently I've been powering through some re-reads, like Kit Williams' 1970's puzzle picture book Masquerade. I remember studying this one with a focus that probably disturbed the adults around me. I was maybe 8 and we were really poor and I was very convinced that if I could crack the riddles I could get the treasure

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-8186423251481502262008-06-11T07:33:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:00:05.744-08:00

I know. I know. I don't post anymore. I don't write, I don't call.Ok, so I read Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith and it was good. I'm sort of amazed that such sexy stuff can be for teens, and perhaps this proves that I am getting old.I went to Cupcakes Squared and the cupcakes were decent. I'm pretty sure that I will try them again.My dog pees on the floor a lot.I finally finished the Monkey

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-53438917216569074152008-05-20T08:04:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:06:47.843-07:00

Dear Baristas of San Diego:When someone orders a latte made with soy milk, please shake up the soy milk before you steam it. This way the latte will not turn out watery and gross, causing me to give it back to you and have you make it again. You might think I'm a bitch, but I just spent $4 on that action. This simple procedure will save us all a lit of trouble.Sincerely,The girl who makes you

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I've been trying to read some old books that I loved when I was a kid, and while some have held up others have been disappointing.The first was The Cat, the Horse and the Miracle by Giggy Lezra. When I was a kid I loved the story of a cat and horse following a golden thread and having all sorts of adventures. Now, I could barely start it. Boring, slow, overly pedantic. I was sorry I tried, and

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All of those people searching for cupcakes in San Diego can now breathe a sigh of relief when they get to this site. Yes, there is now a cupcake bakery here.Cupcakes Squared is the name, and it's located in Point Loma.I haven't tried it yet, and it's getting mixed reviews on Yelp. So this isn't a recommendation--just an informational post. I might be forced to go try a square cupcake this weekend

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-63749689080523187042008-04-28T12:07:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:00:06.127-08:00

Yes, I still knit. The pace has, however, slowed considerably. Right now I'm still working on the Monkey socks by Cookie A. One is done! It is more Snake than Monkey, however. I'm finding the lace pretty easy to work, but I can't memorize it. Maybe I'm just not a lace person?Also, most of my time is taken up by these guys.I'll try to be better about posting here. Especially once I find some

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I totally want a books!books!books! neon sign somewhere in my house.Here are the things I've been reading recently:Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.Ugh. Just awful. This contrived, Disneyfied "prequel" to Peter Pan was boring, poorly written, and HORRIBLY edited. There were typos all over the place, wrong words used, that sort of thing. Bleh. We tried for months to

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This weekend we made the mistake of going to the Beach N Diner in Coronado. Oh, ye gods. It was awful. Now, I had eaten lunch there a couple of times and it was fine. And we had a gift card. So we trooped out on a Friday night and decided to stop there quickly before doing some other shopping.First of all, it was bit chilly and there was a wait for an inside table, so when the hostess offered us

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-91979659897031460702008-03-16T11:38:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:00:06.550-08:00

The past couple of months have disappeared. I don't know where they went. Between getting a new job, some family visits, and a new dog, I haven't written in 2 months. To quote Jessie Spano, "No time! There's never any time!!!" Luckily, I've been keeping track of some things and now that the puppy is asleep I have a few minutes to put this down.First of all, my doggy. Let me show you him.He is

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It's the everlasting Bagstopper from Knitty!I used some old kitchen cotton that I got from my grandma's stash when she passed away. It's super, super stretchy. The straps are just webbing that I hand sewed on. I was too lazy to knit straps and too broke to buy the fancy ribbon that the pattern suggested. I like it a lot.

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-4813887911947323892008-01-14T10:21:00.000-08:002008-12-08T13:00:07.066-08:00

I think this might be the hardest thing I've ever written, but I'm going to do it anyway. It's been a rough time, as of late. Because one of our cats, Pawly, died on January 3rd. She was only 5 years old. She died of complications from liver failure. She had quit eating, but we figured she was eating less and being finicky and it was okay because she was fat and needed to lose a few pounds anyway

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-89252426745985511422007-12-31T14:24:00.000-08:002007-12-31T18:02:17.738-08:00

A look back at 2007. It's a list!My favorite movie theater experience of 2007I think this has to be Once. I had heard a bit about this modern musical before I saw it, and was totally enchanted as I sat in the theater and watched this compelling, charming, and complex story about music, love, and life unfold. It just completely surprised me. I loved, loved, loved it. There were a lot of great

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Now that Christmas is over, I can post pictures of the knitting projects I made for the holidays.First off, a very simple shawl for Joe's grandmother:It was basically a knit 3, purl 3 alternating stitch all the way to create a big rectangle based upon a simple Prayer Shawl pattern. Then I made two smaller rectangles and sewed them on both ends to lengthen the shawl. Simple, fat yarn, fatter

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Dear 1996,It's been a long time, right? Almost 12 whole years. The new millennium has started. I'm old, 1996. I really miss you. Remember how we used to bleach our hair out blond and wear babydoll dresses with purple fishnets and doc marten boots and carry our cello all over campus and smoke cloves? We cut class to go to Target. We were sort of chubby and never worried about working out. We ate

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I've really neglected this blog as of late. Thanksgiving was fine and quiet and reflective. I've been doing a lot of knitting but it's all for holiday projects and I'm terrified that the wrong person will get wind of this blog and accidentally see their present. So all my finished objects will have to wait until the new year for the Internet debut. Oh, except for this one which I knit a year ago

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We lost a couple of family members over the weekend, and everyone is in shock about it. It was all very unexpected. They were only 47 and 49. It's made me think a lot about how lucky I am to even be here, writing this stuff down for the Internet to read. I'm thankful for my wonderful family and friends and my husband who is amazing and for a job that ensures that I have a roof and food and money

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-3618177481795633462007-11-14T11:20:00.001-08:002007-11-14T11:26:53.404-08:00

I remember distinctly saying, while standing in a bathroom line approximately 30 minutes long at San Diego Comic Con, that I would be happy to pay more for a ticket if it meant they would limit the number of attendees. They just announced that this year, the 4 day Comic Con pass is going to be $75. Per person. Wow. I think we paid $45 each 4 years ago, and $55 last year. Crazy. The worst part is

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-24615589166723177232007-11-08T22:29:00.000-08:002007-11-08T22:38:03.024-08:00

What am I thinking, trying to do NaNoWriMo again? Somehow I was able to finish last year, completing a 50,000 word story in just one month. And that was with full time work AND graduate school classes. This time, I feel lucky to be hitting my word count and I'm not in school anymore. It will be a miracle if I make it to 25,000 words at the rate I'm going.I'm not sure if it's the story or what.

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-67633547388885102102007-10-31T10:44:00.000-07:002007-10-31T12:19:31.130-07:00

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. 2004. Adult fiction. 288 pages.It's almost like Jeff Lindsay took a bet. Someone said, "Hey, I'll give you 20 bucks if you can write a novel where the protagonist is a likable serial killer." And then Lindsay totally won that bet. I started watching the Showtime series "Dexter" and was so in love with the disturbing, dark tone that I checked the book out to

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-47771723852729505172007-10-22T19:52:00.000-07:002007-10-22T19:58:43.336-07:00

There are a lot of big fires burning all over the county right now.My heart goes out to the quarter million people evacuated from their homes right now. I'm so sorry for the people who have lost homes already.I grew up in Montana, where we had fires all the time. It was a way of life. But the key difference is that they were forest fires. Emphasis on "forest." They might lose a few structures,

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If so, you should buy it from my sister! Her new etsy shop is called Vaux Swift, and she has some lovely things for sale. (that's vauxswiftjewelry.etsy.com for those of you who don't like following links without knowing where they go first)I can attest to the quality of her work. It is good. I'm not just saying this. Honestly if it were crap I would just keep my mouth shut.

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-43522518749602317552007-10-17T20:32:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:00:08.597-08:00

The Clapotis pattern is a work of true beauty. Go. Take a look at it. I'll wait. See the elegance? The modern drop stitch effect? The carefree, happy go lucky drape?That is not what my Clapotis looks like.This is what it looks like.My Clapotis looks like I was attacked by a roving band of clowns who replaced my mint green yarn with bright pink yarn, and then drove away laughing in their tiny car.

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-20698490016559421992007-10-09T13:55:00.000-07:002007-10-09T13:56:00.254-07:00

A Wrongful Death by Kate Wilhelm. 2007. Adult fiction. Suspense. 345 pages.I've long been a fan of Wilhelm's Barbara Holloway series, and this one picks up very near to where the previous one left off. Famed attorney Barbara Holloway is contemplating several things-her relationship with Darren, his recent marriage proposal, and whether or not to continue practicing law. She takes a vacation on

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Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin. Adult fiction. 2007. 384 pages.I'm going to have to stop saying that I don't like historical fiction. I keep finding historical fiction that I enjoy. This novel, a mystery set in 1171, has so much going on, is so complex and disturbing and suspenseful, that it didn't make me feel like I was reading historical fiction. The language is, for the most

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-30296888738291273322007-10-02T20:19:00.001-07:002008-12-08T13:00:08.806-08:00

My first sweater is done! And pretty much fits!The Boatneck Bluebell, from Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits:Yay! One of my life goals has now been met. (It was to make myself a sweater. And I did it. Woo.)

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Last night I discovered that I've been knitting incorrectly for the last 3 years (ever since I learned the continental style). I've been twisting all of my purl stitches. I discovered it because I had knit and reknit the beginning of my sweater sleeve 6 times, and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong-why it looked so strange. So I sat down and really looked for the first time at several

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Black Powder War by Naomi Novik. Fantasy. 2006. 365 pages.The third installment of the Temeraire series continues to recount the revised history of the Napoleonic Wars (with dragons). Although I'm starting to feel that perhaps Novik is dragging things out because she got an extended book deal, the slow pace is balanced for me by the charming dragon Temeraire and his dashing captain Laurence. We

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Fing is having a CD release party this week! That means you can go and rock your hips and wave at my sweetie and also have a drink since you will be at the Shaker Room.Friday September 21st, a mere $5 at the door. The Shaker Room is in the upstairs of the Martini Ranch, 528 F Street, San Diego. You also get to hear Crash Encore and DJ Dimitri Dickinson. What could be better?

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-16432308515746466962007-09-15T22:32:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:00:09.436-08:00

Is DONE! Finally! It should never take 3 months to knit a baby sweater ever. The yarn was way too fine of a gauge and the pattern too fussy. But it did knit up pretty cute, although I have no idea if it will fit on an actual human baby. But it's done and I'll mail it away and the next baby thing I do will be on fat, chunky yarn that has a gauge of 2 stitches per inch. I hated this so much that

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Even though I know it's pronounced "clap-oh-tee" (it's French) I still want to call it clap-pah-tiss. I am a hick, obviously.This is my practice clapotis. I want to make one out of something expensive, but first I need to know I'm doing the techniques correctly. So this is Lion Brand Babysoft acrylic. The picture makes it look blue, but it's really more of a mint green.

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I received the absolute strangest comment spam the other day. It was incredibly lengthy, like pages, with all this weird religious stuff. And it was on a really old post. I deleted it immediately, and the whole point of this is that I've turned comment moderation back on. I promise I will publish your comments unless they are weird novella-length diatribes. And even then I might still publish

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-50285210874899472462007-09-05T15:23:00.000-07:002007-09-13T15:50:47.931-07:00

3 projects on the needles!This is unprecedented. Unfortunately, my camera is out of town so I don't have proof of this miracle. But I do have descriptions, and I'll take photos of the finished objects later.1. The Boatneck Bluebell sweater from Fitted Knits. I'm using a nice bright pink merino superwash wool. I had to tear it out and redo it once because it was too big and looked horrible on me.

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-10264558904063414462007-08-29T11:11:00.000-07:002007-08-29T11:13:37.629-07:00

I don't think I'll be finishing anything in the next 2 days, so this is it. I fell far short of my goal (which was 20 books).Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. YA fiction. 2007. 629 pages.Eclipse is the third installment in the popular Twilight trilogy. I had hoped that this was going to be the completion of the series, but it looks like there is another book planned. I wasn't hooked immediately by this

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-75370278510019367542007-08-23T09:41:00.000-07:002007-08-23T09:43:55.851-07:00

Throne of Jade: Temeraire Book 2 by Naomi Novik. Fantasy. 432 pages. 2006.The continuing adventures of Captain Laurence and his charming dragon Temeraire. Although I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as the first, it was still a very intriguing historical fantasy. In this volume, the Chinese Emperor has discovered that England captured the dragon egg (the one that Temeraire hatched from)

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-31264884343920740152007-08-16T22:09:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:00:09.851-08:00

It's taken me a long time to get this post together in my head. Maybe because I really didn't want to write it. This was my fourth year in a row at San Diego Comic Con, and the first year that I didn't take any notes. In years past I've spent much of my time scribbling down quotes, impressions, and snide, mocking remarks about the crazy fans that seize the mic during the oft-painful Q and A

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-54061410689217049302007-08-08T12:37:00.000-07:002007-08-08T12:41:07.333-07:00

I am never going to meet my SRP goals, but I haven't completely given up. Also, the reading I'm doing now is going pretty quickly.His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire Book 1 by Naomi Novik. Fantasy fiction. 356 pages. 2006.Naomi Novik's "Temeraire" trilogy is a nicely done alternate history saga. She presents the Napoleonic era if countries were using dragons as part of their armed forces. Temeraire

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Review 6: On Writing by Stephen King. Adult non-fiction. 288 pages. 2000.This is an interesting look into the writing life of a prolific commercial author. Although much of what he says I've heard before, it is an interesting look at his process. One section is devoted to printing a first draft excerpt from a short story followed by his edited version, something I found very valuable. It's also

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As I get ready for Comic Con today, this post, by a writer in Hollywood who seems to like a lot of the same stuff as me, has been in the back of my mind.I really hate the thought of being just a fan. I want to be a writer, and I'm terrified of being seen as some sort of crazy stalker who is never going to wash her hand again after Joss Whedon shakes it or whatever. I really wonder how to walk

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-33830144633060541412007-07-21T22:55:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:00:10.305-08:00

I can't believe I forgot to post these back when I did them, oh, it seems like months ago.These are a pair of Thuja socks from Knitty. I had to remake them, because the first time they didn't fit right. They're made from Knit Picks Andean Silk in Pitch. They are cozy. Of course, it's now the end of July and pretty much the last thing my husband needs right now is cozy wool socks, but they'll be

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About San Diego Comic Con.*Cell phone reception within the convention center can be spotty. And they are very persnickity about paging people. It's a really good idea to pick a meeting place/time if you have plans with someone, and an emergency meeting place in case you get separated. There are a bunch of doors, and they are all lettered, so it's easy to say "We will meet outside of Door D if I

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This will be my fourth year at San Diego Comic Con, and although I can't claim to be one of those people who was there before it went mainstream, I feel like I have picked up a tip or two and earned a bit of street cred by going to see the cast of Firefly rather than, say, the Disney Pixar panel. One person I spoke with before my first Comic Con described it as "a big shot in the arm of hot geek

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-89597613610021391782007-07-08T09:18:00.000-07:002007-09-13T15:53:09.596-07:00

I think it's interesting the completely opposite (and sort of visceral) reactions that people have to the same information. When I read this article, about a group of young, hip librarians in New York, my reaction was, "Gosh, why can't I meet people like this?"Yet Karen Schneider, who I am not saying a bad thing about here because she is AWESOME and brilliant and so very cool and I wish she would

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Looks like this:Tonight I picked up my first shipment of local, organic produce from the Be Wise Ranch Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. And I have to say, I think we are getting our money's worth on this.Look at all of those beautiful veggies! I estimate that at a store like Henry's or Whole Foods, or even at a farmer's market, this amount of organic produce would cost around $35 to

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Review 5: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Volume 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson. 2006. Young Adult/Adult Fiction. 351 pages.Anderson is one of my favorite authors, but at first I struggled with this one because it's historical fiction. However, once I got past the difficulty in grasping the language of the era, I was completely caught up in this revolutionary

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-15517516895243362752007-06-24T10:10:00.000-07:002007-06-24T10:37:54.607-07:00

The other day I received some tickets in the mail from "Television Preview" telling me that I was invited to be in an audience to watch a television preview screening and participate in a survey about upcoming TV. Being the television enthusiast that I am, I immediately thought I was going to be in a test audience. One of my coworkers said that she had gone to one of these things, and all she did

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Review 4: The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett. 2006. Children's Fiction. 318 pages.Another teen book club selection. I decided to forgo reading the first book in this series, Chasing Vermeer, because I didn't have time to catch up before the book club. I found it fairly easy to catch on, although it was obvious I had missed some important character development. In this installment, three students,

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Apparently, everyone that comes to my blog is looking for a cupcake bakery in San Diego. I wish I had better news for ya'll. I've looked and looked, and so far other than at the fancy dessert stores I have yet to come across a great walk-in cupcakery. I've not even heard rumors of a Sprinkles opening here, although we are apparently getting a Pinkberry (yes. I know their site is a horrible flash

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Review 3: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. 1986. Young Adult Fiction (Fantasy). 329 pages.This is one that I read for Teen Book Club at work. The plot follows Sophie, the first born of three. She is cursed by a witch to appear 90 years old, and ends up working as a cleaning lady in the wizard Howl's castle, which, as the title implies, moves. I thought it was a complex and funny fantasy

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Review 2: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott. 1994. Adult Non-Fiction. 239 pages.I sort of hung on every word of this wonderful guide to writing, clinging to Lamott's experience for dear life. I once even cried with relief when I got to her chapter on jealousy and how easy it is to feel blind rage when other writers enjoy success. Lamott's style is quirky and

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Yay! Summer means summer reading, and I have once again joined a grownup summer reading program. I will be cross posting all of my reviews here as well, since it helps me keep track of what I read and the number of pages everything was. I also had to set goals, so since I am not taking summer classes I tried to challenge myself. This summer between June 1 and August 31 I'm reading 20 new-to-me

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Photographic evidence!A baby hat. Made from very soft baby alpaca. Pattern is from One Skein. I messed up the umbrella stitch pattern in a couple of spots, but it was my first attempt. Still trying to decide if it's good enough to send to the recipient (my little niece/nephew who is on the way!) or if I should set it aside and try another one.And a blanket. This is my first ever baby blanket. I

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Back in the olden days of yore, there was a bar in Missoula called Jay's Upstairs. It was the upstairs portion of Jay's, a dirty dive bar known statewide for the hilarious fact that it housed a laundromat. The sign out front said "Wash Clothes Here." I often wondered, why bother? As soon as they're washed they will immediately be covered with the trucker filth and cigarette smoke that infused the

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I've been busy and graduating and stuff, but here I am (yet again) breaking my rule about posting from work to talk about a new place I went recently. And that new place is The Beauty Bar. The Beauty Bar is one of those places that I have avoided because I just can't deal with smarmy scenesters who judge me on the basis of the color of my hair, lipstick, who designed my shoes, or how vintage my

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Whenever my husband and I can't figure out where to go for dinner, we go to Amarin. We discovered it by accident when we first moved to San Diego. Desperate for a restaurant that made us feel at home and made us feel like locals, we stumbled in to Amarin because it looked cute and wasn't too crowded.That was 3 years ago, and it's gotten a bit more crowded. The food is just as good now as it was

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-33133873928976527902007-04-30T20:42:00.000-07:002007-05-28T14:24:47.481-07:00

I've been reading up a storm lately. It's just one more week until class is done, and by then I'll have read around 60 young adult novels. But lately I've been finding a lot of ways to waste time when I should be writing papers. For example, Goodreads is kind of like Library Thing only you can designate if it's a book you own, or a library book or what. I've also become only slightly obsessed

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-12085603780884552482007-04-26T10:18:00.000-07:002007-05-28T14:26:57.828-07:00

Of course Fox has canceled Drive after 3 episodes have aired. Of course. I shake my fist at you, Fox.

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First of all, everyone loves the Wii.Also, we are all knitting.Joe knits.And I knit.San Diego is pretty and has pirate ships:And baby hogs!

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Oh my gosh. Everyone has to watch this.It's from a VH1 show called Acceptable TV which is from the creators of the fabulous Channel101.com. Each week 5 short TV pilots are on the show, and you can vote for your 2 favorites to come back next week. Operation Kitten Calendar Forever!

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I know, it's been a while. I think the trauma of watching Hostel all the way through scarred me last week and I had to stay away from the Internet to recover.News: 1. I am still knitting. Maybe tonight I will have pictures of the current project. Also am hoping to cast on some socks. Although this might not be for awhile because...2. I still have not graduated. This class is hell. I always

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I haven't written that paper yet, but I bet someone will someday. There are sure a lot of movies about torture lately.The reason I brought this up is because the movie Hostel actually made me physically ill on Saturday. My husband gave up on it to go make dinner right before the worst scene, the scene that did it to me. I was glad, because it probably would have been worse for him (it's a very

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Just a couple of annotations this week. Hopefully real reviews will start again once school is out.Feed by M. T. AndersonIn a society where almost everyone has a computer chip inserted directly into their brain feeding them constant information and advertisements, Titus is living an average life of parties on the moon and learning to deal with the strange lesions that everyone is starting to get

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Sadly, I feel that so far the cupcake bakery trend has pretty much passed San Diego by. Unlike Los Angeles, where apparently you can't walk without bumping into some sort of cupcake, or New York which is, I guess, cupcake mecca, I have yet to find a bakery that consistently has cupcakes in the case.Now don't despair just yet. I have found a few places that are good bets, and I plan on trying

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I'm totally breaking my self-imposed rule of no posting from work, but I can't help myself.The wonderful and witty Mrs. Dude has introduced me to the joys of The Sound of Young America podcast. Wow. Never has a morning of drugery gone by more quickly thanks to the sweet sounds of John Hodgman talking about Minnesota State Fair food.I shall never be sad about discarding 150 magazines as long as I

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Once upon a time, a girl moved to San Diego. She had never been there before, never even been to California to tell the truth, but she knew that San Diego was a magical place as soon as her husband took her to Rancho's. In fact, it was the first restaurant she went to upon arriving in her new city.Now, I'm not saying Rancho's has never done me wrong. The North Park location and I had a

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Can barely type, eyes glazed over. Have read too many books in the last week to properly review, so here are some more quickies. Annotation mania!How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff15 year old Daisy has been sent from her home in New York to live with her cousins and aunt outside of London. When war breaks out while their Aunt is away, Daisy and her cousin Edmond act on a mutual attraction that she

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The first thing you need to understand about Sipz is that it will say things like "beef," "shrimp," and "chicken" on the menu, but you will not actually be eating meat. They don't serve any meat. None. In fact, most of their menu items are vegan. The "meat" is all soy or seitan or you can add just plain tofu. But try taking people there, and don't tell them it isn't meat, and see what they think.

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-77287594113008566152007-03-04T20:39:00.000-08:002007-03-16T21:22:48.995-07:00

It's kind of like Cute Overload, only not as adorable and more tiring with all the books I'm reading this semester. So far I have around 20 new titles read and I seriously can't review them all here. What I'm going to do is copy the annotations and evaluations I'm writing for class as I finish them, I think. Some of these are re-reads.Here's the list of everything I've read so far and will be

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There is something that I am tired of, and I don't even know if I should talk about it here because this is really more of a happy-fun-restaurant-zoo type of space. And really, I haven't even fully formed exactly what my issue is. But still. If I can't shout random things on the Internet, where can I shout them? Certainly not on public transportation, because I know that usually ends badly. And

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I find it hilarious that I forgot to include the letter T in my previous post. Does it speak more of my inability to properly recite the alphabet, or of my hatred of having to "tag" other bloggers to do the meme I did? Because that's what the T stood for: Tagging. I don't like to tag, because, frankly, I know no one is reading this and I'd rather not get my hope up by tagging anyone.

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I have none. No real content. I have completely fallen down on doing anything remotely interesting since the final semester of school has sucked all life and happiness away from me. So you know what that means, right? Internet memes!I've seen this one recently in a few places, but I stole the wording from White Board Markers.A- Available or Single? Neither. That's a weird way to put it. Usually

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Some days are just hard days. Most days lately I barely drag myself out of bed to go to a job that I can't stand and today was one of those days. And now I'm about to drive what will probably end up being well over 2 hours to have a meeting in which I drum up more false enthusiasm for school and this field and ask lots of pertinent and intelligent sounding questions. When what I really want to be

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Okay, so I ended up not wearing jewelry every single day. And on some days I forgot to wear jewelry, and I started having to re-wear things after a while so I didn't see the need to re-post those photos.But I really did pretty well! I got a lot of things out and realized what I do and do not like, and what goes with what shirt and whether or not I can get away with long earrings (the answer is,

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What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau. YA fiction. 2006. 258 pages.14 year old Clara Luna, whose father crossed into the United States from Mexico illegally before she was born, travels to rural Mexico to meet her grandparents for the first time. Over the course of the summer she learns to appreciate her heritage and forms a strong bond with her grandmother. Told in an alternating format, we learn

jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00743328153886611994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27396242.post-54517511892572370032007-01-25T19:51:00.000-08:002007-01-25T19:55:09.077-08:00

I hate it when people don't post regularly and then when they do post it's to apologize for not posting. So I won't do that! I will simply explain that between starting school, working full time, and spending 2 straight days vomiting and/or trying not to vomit, I haven't had a lot of time for blogger.I started a sock. I have pictures of it on the camera. I always like to take a picture before I

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Remember that ridiculous mess of yarn that my cat created for me?I made it into a cat blanket.I'm quite certain my grandmother would be slightly horrified that I used her yarn for such a purpose. She was, to put it kindly, not a fan of housecats. I don't know that my grandma hated much in this life, but I'm pretty sure if she did hate something, it was cats.But Digory and Pawly approve, which I

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Actually, not everything costs a fortune here. In San Diego there's more than one free place to go and entertain yourself.Just the other day I was invited by my family to join them at the Torrey Pines Gliderport to watch paragliders and hangliders take off and swoop around over the ocean like scary giant multicolored nylon birds.It was very cold and windy (I know! In San Diego! Even my family

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Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. 2005. Young Adult Fiction. 312 pages.The title does not refer to fluffy yellow candies shaped like baby chicks, but to "Parasite-Positives," also known as vampires. Cal is not only a vampire hunter employed by an ancient agency in New York, he is also a carrier of the virus that causes vampirism. As Cal becomes immersed in solving the mystery of who infected him in the

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So far, I've only forgotten my accessory one day this month. It's a new record.January 10:Blue Topaz, my birthstone.January 11:Tear drop citrine with sterling silver. One of my favorite necklaces ever.January 12:Black and silver beads, created by my sister.January 13:My mother made me these earrings, with fine copper chain and orange beads at the ends. I don't usually wear anything this dangly,

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I don't know if I ever mentioned the felted bag I decided to make.It all started out with some wool. Some absolutely beautiful Lamb's Pride Worsted. Persian Peacock, if you want to know the color. I'm a complete sucker for that color. So I bought a skein, thinking it had pretty good yardage and I might get a garment out of it.It sat and sat. And when I started to swatch it, I realized that it was

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Recently at the San Diego Zoo, my sister and I were treated to the sight of a little monkey jumping onto a little deer and pinning it to the ground. Then a little hippo started to follow them as the monkey rode the little deer (who looked terrified). It was the Lion King come to life. Unfortunately, I had forgotten my camera. Since we had no proof, most people have chosen to believe that my

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Amazingly I have not yet given up on this project.January 5:Pink and red crystallish beads on silver chain. I was giving my earring holes a rest that day.January 6:Little purplish stones of indeterminate type.January 7:It's really hard to tell, but these are three tiny little rubies arranged in a triangle shape.January 8:Amber and silver earrings, gift from a friend. They need cleaning...and

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School starts again in a horrifyingly short amount of time, so I am reading furiously. In among the Neil Gaiman I'm reading lots of Young Adult lit in hopes that it will help my final semester go more smoothly. Here are the latest.What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles. Advanced Reading Copy, 2006. Young Adult Suspense. 212 pages.Another typical Gail Giles thriller. This is an edgy read,

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In January I am going to wear an accessory from my jewelry box every day, take a picture of it, and post it here for all the World Wide Web to enjoy. Lucky you, Internet!January 1:Painted porcelain on silver chain. Gift from my sister. Exudes purity and innocence.January 2:Amber pendant with amber colored beads. Gift from my mother. Amber looks good with my coloring, and I love the asymmetrical

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If you have a cat and you think that maybe leaving your knitting bag full of yarn on the bed for a few minutes is a good idea, you might wish to reconsider that decision.I spent an hour tonight untangling that light blue mess you see being inspected by the perpetrator, who returned to the scene of his crime. Obviously he does not understand that I am using up some acrylic (a bit of my

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