I totally kicked the GRE’s butt today, and I’m pretty psyched about that. I got well above the minimum scores to get into UNM, and am very pleased with the results. I suppose all those times I risked my life by reviewing flash cards while driving really paid off ;) Also, we had our final senior design presentations yesterday and that went really well too. My teammate who usually freaks out (she forgot my name during the last presentation) actually did very well and kept her composure, and everyone else in our group did well too.
And the official countdown is: only 4 days of classes left! I can’t believe that in one week I’ll have completed 4 years of college education. I really not to think about it too hard, I might explode or something, and that would be unfortunate.
So to relax a little bit after the GRE today, Mom and I headed out to Village Wools and I helped her pick out some new yarn for a this really cool garden purse. She wanted a small summery bag to carry around, and since she’s the gardening queen, we thought it was perfect. Scout helped convince her too :)
Anyway, that’s about all there is to report…I’m still chugging along on my 2nd sock, at a much higher rate of speed now, thanks to the magic loop technique. I’m hoping to finish that soon, so that I can start on my Topi, cause I’m excited to do that project.
Well, I’m off to go listen to some live music at Alibi’s Spring Crawl now! And to round off the post, here’s an old picture of me and Emma, it’s one of my favorites :)
Tags: emma, knitting, music, nmt, patterns, socks, techniques, the lys, works-in-progress.
“I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it! I know, I know, I know, I know, I finished one sock, one sock!” -Pointer Sisters (with liberal adaptions :))
And it actually fits! The only thing I should have done is make the cuff longer, but I got impatient with it. I really like the colors, and it’s very comfy, not to mention warm! I noticed it’s a lot warmer than my standard cotton socks. And I’ve cast on for the 2nd sock, using magic loop this time, and I like it a lot more. It’s just so much faster, especially since the loops are flexible and there’s no poking :) And I splurged on some Addi Turbos, and boy are those puppies quick! So I’m hoping to have this sock done a lot sooner (the 1st one took me forever). I’m starting to understand the appeal of sock knitting, it can be quite enjoyable.
In other knitting news, Scout opened a shop online! All her sweet sock yarn is gone now, but I’m sure she’s dyeing away like mad. It’s like your friendly LYS, but online! (wow, that’s quite a cliche’d sentence) So go buy some yarn when there’s more, I sure will!
Finally, there are only 4 more days of class!!! Next Friday I will be free! And then in only one week, I’ll be wearing a cap and gown and walking down the lawn at Brown Hall. Yippee! Then I won’t have to squat here in the EE lab and listen to the Lab TA suck his girlfriend’s lips off all morning. Gross!
Tags: finished objects, knitting, nmt, socks, techniques, the lys, works-in-progress, yarn.
<evil laugh>Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!</evil laugh>
<igor>Master, the computer is alive!</igor>
In the dark lair of Dr. Church, there are horrendous tools laying everywhere…Tools designed for destruction, to take a computer and cut it open, exposing it’s innards! Such a place that you thought only existed in dreams, where dead computers are brought back to life by cobbling together parts from the computer cemetary. Run for your life, or you may end up with a CD-ROM drive for a heart!!!
Yeah, so anyway, I fixed my computer. Kind of. I got it apart and fiddled with the power button and it booted up! I was so excited, that when I was putting it back together I used the wrong screw in one spot and accidentally drilled through the CD-ROM drive’s ribbon cable. I didn’t discover this until the following morning, when the CD in the drive wouldn’t display on the computer. So I took the whole thing apart again, only to discover my stupid mistake. So I’m happy that my computer works, but it kinda sucks to not have a CD drive right now. Eventually I’m going to track down the cable (which not a standard computer store part) and replace it, but I’m just living without right now.
I have a lot of knitting news to report as well, but I’m going to put that in another post, to follow in a few minutes. And pictures sometime after that, when I can actually get 2 minutes (it’s harder than you think) to load the stuff off the camera.
Tags: apple.
It’s the last 2 weeks of the semester, and things are beginning to spiral out of control, right on time as usual. It seems that every year around this time, my list of things to do gets bigger everyday, even though it should be getting smaller. And it never fails that something catastrophic will happen. And this year certainly doesn’t disappoint…
Yesterday I was studying for an E&M 2 test all day long, because our professor had threatened to make it a very hard test, with a double stub impedance matching problem with a Smith Chart, which aren’t exactly the easiest problems in the world. So I’m arms deep in my textbook, with papers all around, and my computer starts freaking out.
My trusty old iBook has been on the last legs of its life for a while now, and I’ve been preparing myself for its inevitable demise. It randomly shuts itself off, but not before displaying LSD induced images on the screen. And the left speaker has been on the fritz for quite a while. Well yesterday the speaker started one of its episodes again (basically it emits this very loud vibrating/popping noise). It kept going for a minute or two, and then with a loud pop, the computer turned off. I’ve been trying to revive it since last night, but nothing has worked. My hunch is that the speaker caused a short somewhere on the motherboard, and that’s why it won’t turn on. So now I’m computerless, when I was hoping to have a bit more time to save up for a shiny new MacBook Pro.
But before I can lay my iBook to rest, I have to remove its brain. See, my iBook guards a good portion of my life on its hard drive, and I have to rob it of that data before it can be sent to computer heaven. So this afternoon I’m going to crack open its white plastic case (for the 2nd time) and take out his hard drive, so that I can pull the data off onto the iMac. I’m secretly hoping that the source of the problem is just a minor short, and that I can play Dr. Frankenstein and resurrect my little white friend. But if not, I suppose that there’s a shiny metal friend in my future sometime soon.
Rest in Peace iBook, I will miss you :(
Tags: a nerd's life, apple, nmt.
Well, I signed up for Scout and Company’s Dye-O-Rama today, and I’m excited! It should be fun to learn to dye yarn, and use my creative skills to make something sweet for someone else! If you want to sign up, there’s still time left, just click on the button below and sign up!
And now, one of my favorite post styles, the itemized list: (I’ve learned to just embrace my OCD, with the help of Scout)
- School Stuff: The real reason I’m writing this post is because I’m procrastinating writing the history assignment that’s due at noon today. I have one 100/500 words, so if I actually sat down and worked on it, it’d take like 15 more minutes, but I have chronic senioritis these days. Oh well, only 2 more weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!
I sent out my Graduation Announcements yesterday, and I’m getting very excited that I’m actually graduating! Although I do fear that the day will come and I’m going to wake up and still be a Freshman. On Easter, my cousin took my official graduation picture, with Emma and I, and so I thought I’d post it here for your enjoyment.
- Blog Stuff: Thanks for the votes on my blog speed poll, I think I’ve offically decided that Yahoo is very very slow. (What can you expect for $9 / month?) So once I’m done with school and have some more time, I’m going to switch hosting services, and hopefully that will go smoothly and the blog will be quicker from then on.
- Knitting Stuff: I’m almost done with the very-long sock ordeal, and have finished the gusset decreases on my first sock. I’m thinking of switching knitting methods for the 2nd sock, because I’m so very slow at the whole DPN thing. I’ve gotten the hang of it and I’m not getting poked anymore, but it’s just slow going. I’m thinking of trying either magic loop or 2 circs, with some Addi Turbos. Any thoughts? How do you knit your socks?
Then after I’m done with the socks I think I’m going to make myself a Topi, from the latest edition of Knitty. I really like these style of hats and it looks like a good pattern. Then, who knows what I’ll do? Depending on how the 2nd sock goes, I may attempt a fancier pair with some Koigu, but we’ll see ;)
Well, I should get that assignment done now, I suppose ;) Then it’s off to work, but there might be a stop at Village Wools along the way!
Tags: blog, emma, knitting, nmt, socks, works-in-progress.
