Mortaine's Blog http://www.mortaine.com/blog Blog for Stephanie Bryant, a 30-something writer who travels full-time. And her husband, Johnnyb. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:56:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Near work, II http://www.mortaine.com/blog/2010/02/04/near-work-ii http://www.mortaine.com/blog/2010/02/04/near-work-ii#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:56:41 +0000 Mortaine http://www.mortaine.com/blog/2010/02/04/near-work-ii image

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More interesting graffiti near work, and a closeup of the sheep, which does appear to be holding a can of. (Beer? Soda? Unknown!)

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Near my workplace, there’s this little doodle graffito of a sheep!

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Sock Wars V death socks:
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I sent them to my victim very promptly, and received my death socks promptly as well. *sigh* So I am dead in Sock Wars, but I did get to participate in killing 2 people.

Iron Knitter Round 1 socks, which I gave to my sister because they don’t fit:

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My replacement February Lady Sweater:

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This one has a neat story behind it. On one of the Ravelry groups I’m in, a Finnish knitter and designer posted an offer to trade a half-done February Lady Sweater in a plus size for a skein of sock yarn: “I want: Not having to knit a single repeat more ever again.” I told her about my lost sweater, which still had me heartbroken, and said this sounded like the perfect opportunity to mend two hearts with one. I poked at knitting on the sweater in between socks, and just finished up (the lace repeats, for me, go very quickly).

And slipper socks for a friend who donated $100 last year to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society:

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They were quick, easy to knit, and a lot of fun!

I’m now working on a thick shawl, a vest, a hat, a sweater, and a couple of lace shawls. Later tonight, I will cast on for the second pair of Iron Knitter socks.

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#1: The Beauty Bride by Claire Delacroix

#2: And then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke

#3: Summer of the Dragon by Elizabeth Peters

#4: Sunshine by Robin McKinley

#5: Beyond Scandal by Brenda Joyce

In 2010, I’ve decided to also track my movie-watching.

Movies:

#1: Ocean’s Thirteen

#2: X Men Origins: Wolverine

#3: Alien Nation

#4: Into the Wild

#5: Alien3

#6: National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation

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John: Casinos don’t really want an easy way for people to leave their property. That’s why they have the big expensive tram that goes from one property to the other.

Me: Yeah…. What they really need is a monorail station at the airport.

John: Yes, but the taxicab “syndicate” would never allow it. You know they successfully stopped hotels from picking up guests at the airport.

Me: I think the last guy who proposed a monorail station at the airport to the city council “accidentally” locked in the trunk of a burning car in the desert.

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