Jenn tagged me, so here goes:
1) What was I doing ten years ago?
I'd just finished college (Smith), and moved back home to work for the summer as an unpaid intern at the local weekly paper. Fortunately for me, the person I was interning with gave notice after about 2 weeks, and they offered me his job. Interestingly, I gave notice about the same time the following year, in order to go to grad school.
2) Five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today:
-knit
-maybe get a snack?
-learn about biking stuff (Kevin and I are in Northampton, learning about road biking though Ride Noho. We've learned all kinds of stuff and I haven't tipped over trying to stop yet, so the weekend is already a complete success.)
3) Snacks I enjoy:
-candy, especially chocolate
-cookies
-popcorn
-fritos and tortilla chips
-raw carrots and cabbage
-fruit, especially frozen mango and pineapple
(Gosh, those last 2 make me look like a healthy eater, don't they? Too bad it's easier to find candy than cabbage and frozen mango!)
4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
It turns out I'm kind of a lame billionaire, because none of the things I want to do but don't have to do with money. I can't imagine not working, although it would be nice to be able to do something yarn-y without having to think about money (and if I wanted that enough, I'd find a way to do it now, so maybe money wouldn't really help with that either?).
So that leaves:
-more travel
-give away as much money as possible, to organizations that help people/groups/countries/causes help themselves
5) Places I have lived:
-Albany, NY
-Andover, MA
-Aurora, NY
-Corning, NY
-Ithaca, NY
-Los Angeles, CA
-New Haven, CT
-Northampton, MA
-Princeton, NJ
And if I'm really stretching the time that counts as living somewhere, I spent a semester in Yaroslavl, Russia in college.
6) Jobs I have had:
-weekend housekeeper in my dorm
-student assistant in the tutoring center in college
-ad design person (for the weekly paper that evidently went through an ad person every 12 months)
-graduate assistant/TA
-preservation field services consultant
-archivist
7) Peeps I want to know more about:
Anyone who wants to answer!
I finally took pictures of the Brooklyn Hansdspun socks, the red socks I knit for Schaefer that I finished in April (or March?), and the yarn I bought at the sheep and wool festival last weekend.... but the camera battery is dying, so they'll have to wait a bit. (We packed quickly, so of course we left the charger at home. Also, water bottles, Kevin's preferred shoes, and every bag/backpack/container we've ever used while biking. At least we remembered out bikes.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Very Speedy!
Not my running, but this post.
1. I finished the marathon, in slightly longer than my first marathon (I'm wildly annoyed about this, and am trying not to think about it).
2. My legs were very sore Monday and yesterday, but now I can walk, stand, and go up and down stairs without moaning quietly to myself. Hurray!
3. Even though I was off on Monday, work was a flurry of activity yesterday. That, plus the marathon, meant that all I wanted to do last night was collapse with easy knitting (more scrap hats!). So sorry for leaving you in suspense.
4. Work is still a flurry of activity today (my department has been working on a project all year that ends today, and while I've played a pretty minor role in most of it, I've been very involved in the final event).
Must go!
1. I finished the marathon, in slightly longer than my first marathon (I'm wildly annoyed about this, and am trying not to think about it).
2. My legs were very sore Monday and yesterday, but now I can walk, stand, and go up and down stairs without moaning quietly to myself. Hurray!
3. Even though I was off on Monday, work was a flurry of activity yesterday. That, plus the marathon, meant that all I wanted to do last night was collapse with easy knitting (more scrap hats!). So sorry for leaving you in suspense.
4. Work is still a flurry of activity today (my department has been working on a project all year that ends today, and while I've played a pretty minor role in most of it, I've been very involved in the final event).
Must go!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Happy Birthday to Me!
Good morning! It's very early. I have a bug bite on my neck from yesterday, my big toe hurts, and I'm pretty sure this whole running thing was a bad idea. Also, my hair looks funny. How are you?
Really, I'm sure it will be fine once I start. The sporty people just make me nervous. I scurried through the expo as fast as possible yesterday, grabbed my number and timing chip and went back to the car to knit. I am the expo vendors' biggest nightmare. Although I did manage to spot people with free ice cream, and deploy Kevin to bring me some (he isn't intimidated by the sporty people). Do you think Ben and Jerry will also give me free ice cream after the race?
In other news, I stayed as far as possible from the bunnies at the MA Sheep and Wool Festival yesterday, but I did by fiber to make up for it: 2 skeins of sock yarn (in preparation pretending I'm going to try to knit a pair of socks a week starting in 6 days), 4 oz. of fiber, and a gigantic skein of lace-weight. Maybe someone could run in front of me carrying my new yarn like a carrot?
Really, I'm sure it will be fine once I start. The sporty people just make me nervous. I scurried through the expo as fast as possible yesterday, grabbed my number and timing chip and went back to the car to knit. I am the expo vendors' biggest nightmare. Although I did manage to spot people with free ice cream, and deploy Kevin to bring me some (he isn't intimidated by the sporty people). Do you think Ben and Jerry will also give me free ice cream after the race?
In other news, I stayed as far as possible from the bunnies at the MA Sheep and Wool Festival yesterday, but I did by fiber to make up for it: 2 skeins of sock yarn (in preparation pretending I'm going to try to knit a pair of socks a week starting in 6 days), 4 oz. of fiber, and a gigantic skein of lace-weight. Maybe someone could run in front of me carrying my new yarn like a carrot?
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Cake
Knitting was particularly tasty last night:
Heidi's b-day is this week too, so our knitties brought us cakes! This one is ice cream cake, and there was also a delicous cake-cake, which fell victim to ravenous knitters before it could be immortalized in pixels.
I've been using Flickr all day for actual work-work, and it's making me feel vaguely guilty--as though using Flickr is by definition goofing off, and should be kept to a minimum. I am obviously a wimp about this, because I also had to leave campus (just barely: I was next door to a university building and the university may very well be the store's landlord) to make a work-related purchase during the day and felt like I was cutting class. Clearly, I have never skipped an actual class, or I wouldn't be this confused. (Oh wait! Once in high school I stayed home because I couldn't wear my contacts and my glasses prescription was really out of date. I'm such a rebel!)
In unrelated (but visually somewhat cake-like) news, I started knitting the hemlock ring doily-turned-blanket over the weekend.
I was sort of dreading the feather and fan (I once knit an interminable F and F blanket, from which I have obviously not recovered), but it turns out that it's slightly addictive (consequently, the blanket is much bigger than it is in this picture).
Heidi's b-day is this week too, so our knitties brought us cakes! This one is ice cream cake, and there was also a delicous cake-cake, which fell victim to ravenous knitters before it could be immortalized in pixels.
I've been using Flickr all day for actual work-work, and it's making me feel vaguely guilty--as though using Flickr is by definition goofing off, and should be kept to a minimum. I am obviously a wimp about this, because I also had to leave campus (just barely: I was next door to a university building and the university may very well be the store's landlord) to make a work-related purchase during the day and felt like I was cutting class. Clearly, I have never skipped an actual class, or I wouldn't be this confused. (Oh wait! Once in high school I stayed home because I couldn't wear my contacts and my glasses prescription was really out of date. I'm such a rebel!)
In unrelated (but visually somewhat cake-like) news, I started knitting the hemlock ring doily-turned-blanket over the weekend.
I was sort of dreading the feather and fan (I once knit an interminable F and F blanket, from which I have obviously not recovered), but it turns out that it's slightly addictive (consequently, the blanket is much bigger than it is in this picture).
Monday, May 19, 2008
Felted Bunny
Here's the bowl, post-felting.
It's still floppy, so I may want to felt it a bit more.
(Sometimes, the model doesn't cooperate!)
It's still floppy, so I may want to felt it a bit more.
(Sometimes, the model doesn't cooperate!)
Sporty Update
I'm working on more secret projects (also, I've taken pictures but not uploaded them to Flickr), so will have to talk about my athletic endeavors.
In list form:
1. Running
You may recall that I thought it would be a good idea to run a marathon for my birthday. Now that my birthday is this weekend, I'm not so sure--and I suspect it's going to go badly. This will be my 6th marathon, and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to finish it somehow (I'm fairly confident in my ability to keep chugging/walking/crawling along, almost no matter what), but I'd rather not do worse than my first marathon (4 hours, 40 minutes, 17 seconds). The 4000-5000 miles I've run since that marathon ought to count for something, right?
On the other hand, I'm not sure about my training this time around. I did all the long runs like you're supposed to, but I think I averaged 4 days of running a week, not 5-6 (meaning I often skipped a short run). And I didn't run yesterday or the day before (although we did bike for a couple of hours each day), which probably won't have any effect on my actual performance, but which makes me feel guilty.
2. Biking
That tandem bike really is miraculous, in that it's finally gotten us to start bike training for the year. Kevin is signed up for a 1/2 Ironman in early June and he'd kind of decided that he wasn't going to be ready (it's in New Hampshire, and very hilly. There's a guy in a devil costume and everything.) But we've sprung into action and it seems to be going OK. We haven't tipped over yet, which is a definite improvement over last year. And we're actually riding.
This is good news for many reasons... we're riding the Lake Placid Ironman course with our triathlon club in the middle of June, and as much as our cardiovascular systems might have been ready to jump on a bike for the first time in 8 months and ride for 112 miles, our butts would not have been. And we're going to a weekend bike camp in 10 days (doesn't everyone celebrate having run a marathon by spending the next weekend bicycling?), which, again, would not have been the best time to readjust to our bike saddles. It occurs to me that I should probably try biking on my own bike at least once before then, so as to avoid tipping over.
3. Rowing
Last week I rode along on the launch with the coach during crew practice, and it was really great. Although it did remind me that one day I'll have to coordinate my rowing efforts with other people and somehow get the oar in and out of the water. And not capsize. I'd blocked out all of that, and was completely amused by not being terrible at erging.
I'm still completely amused by not being terrible at erging, honestly (I know I run a lot, but my very best running is consistently twice as slow as the people who win, so realistically, I'm pretty bad. I'm not looking to win, but twice as slow is almost a different activity!). But I am kind of looking forward to rowing on actual water (which can't happen till the water temp is above 60 degrees... maybe they've heard about my learning curve with the clip-less pedals?)
In list form:
1. Running
You may recall that I thought it would be a good idea to run a marathon for my birthday. Now that my birthday is this weekend, I'm not so sure--and I suspect it's going to go badly. This will be my 6th marathon, and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to finish it somehow (I'm fairly confident in my ability to keep chugging/walking/crawling along, almost no matter what), but I'd rather not do worse than my first marathon (4 hours, 40 minutes, 17 seconds). The 4000-5000 miles I've run since that marathon ought to count for something, right?
On the other hand, I'm not sure about my training this time around. I did all the long runs like you're supposed to, but I think I averaged 4 days of running a week, not 5-6 (meaning I often skipped a short run). And I didn't run yesterday or the day before (although we did bike for a couple of hours each day), which probably won't have any effect on my actual performance, but which makes me feel guilty.
2. Biking
That tandem bike really is miraculous, in that it's finally gotten us to start bike training for the year. Kevin is signed up for a 1/2 Ironman in early June and he'd kind of decided that he wasn't going to be ready (it's in New Hampshire, and very hilly. There's a guy in a devil costume and everything.) But we've sprung into action and it seems to be going OK. We haven't tipped over yet, which is a definite improvement over last year. And we're actually riding.
This is good news for many reasons... we're riding the Lake Placid Ironman course with our triathlon club in the middle of June, and as much as our cardiovascular systems might have been ready to jump on a bike for the first time in 8 months and ride for 112 miles, our butts would not have been. And we're going to a weekend bike camp in 10 days (doesn't everyone celebrate having run a marathon by spending the next weekend bicycling?), which, again, would not have been the best time to readjust to our bike saddles. It occurs to me that I should probably try biking on my own bike at least once before then, so as to avoid tipping over.
3. Rowing
Last week I rode along on the launch with the coach during crew practice, and it was really great. Although it did remind me that one day I'll have to coordinate my rowing efforts with other people and somehow get the oar in and out of the water. And not capsize. I'd blocked out all of that, and was completely amused by not being terrible at erging.
I'm still completely amused by not being terrible at erging, honestly (I know I run a lot, but my very best running is consistently twice as slow as the people who win, so realistically, I'm pretty bad. I'm not looking to win, but twice as slow is almost a different activity!). But I am kind of looking forward to rowing on actual water (which can't happen till the water temp is above 60 degrees... maybe they've heard about my learning curve with the clip-less pedals?)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Crowded
Since everyone was so quiet and well-behaved, you probably didn't notice, but the past couple of days have been very busy on my blog:
One of the secret things I knit in late March and early April was a summer top for the Classic Elite webletter . Guess which day it was published!
I forgot to take pictures of it before I sent it in, but go visit it on the CEY site (or on Ravelry, if you're so inclined). It was one of the projects I brought with me when I visited my friend in LA, and the lower body--all stockinette, in the round--was perfect for knitting while talking. (I think I knit an entire skein in one night--it's a very speedy yarn.)
One of the secret things I knit in late March and early April was a summer top for the Classic Elite webletter . Guess which day it was published!
I forgot to take pictures of it before I sent it in, but go visit it on the CEY site (or on Ravelry, if you're so inclined). It was one of the projects I brought with me when I visited my friend in LA, and the lower body--all stockinette, in the round--was perfect for knitting while talking. (I think I knit an entire skein in one night--it's a very speedy yarn.)
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