Heavy Metal Hangover

Winds of Plague!
Danzig was awesome!


Also, I heard Winds of Plague for the first time, and I loved them. Then I hung around their Merch Booth like a groupie, talked at Jonny Plague for 15 minutes in a drunken rambly manner, and got my CD signed by all the members, and Kristen hugged me. Twice! And said I'm pretty. I swear I didn't hyperventilate. Much.

Now I have a headache from too much Jack Daniels and a lot of brutal music.

In other news, Corinne is back! Plus the general consensus in the apartment is that Obama has a genuine shot at winning the election! I might not have to flee the country. How rad would that be?!

Time to tidy up Philosophy HQ! Then, school work. Blech. Why couldn't schoolwork be more like (and by more like, I mean identical with) knitting?

Pumpkin Pie Scarf

So here it is. The beloved and beauteous Pumpkin Pie Scarf in Blue Sky Alpaca Bulky. I added a lot of details on the fringes to match the flicked-in black and white tweedy bits in the larger orange ocean of goodness. As alpaca is wont to do, it grew a few feet in length and looked like ugly terrible twine when wet. It's still drying now, out on la veranda (the deck), but it should puff up and be all marshmallowy and wonderful again in a few hours.


Danzig tonight!!!!! How excited am I? The answer is very. Very Effin' Excited. I have to change in a little bit, and transform from a lazy girl into a heavy metal princess.

Oooh... And I got my wig for my Jem and the Holograms costume at Tar-jay today. It's hot pink and completely ridiculous.

Don't Socrates Me!

Oh yeah. Sooz just revealed she wants to go to LUSH in Philly. It's only one of my three favorite places in the city! Wooo hooo! Maybe before Danzig....

Exhaling the wail of black widowhood's toll /Waxing eternal night entered Her soul

Cradle of Filth's "Cruelty and the Beast" is ridiculous and amazing.
An Elizabeth Bathory concept album with a true aria? So Eff'n Sweet.
In other news, Sooz and I are going to see Danzig on Tuesday night.

Gonna fix teh sewing machine monster when I get home from work tonight. I dumpster dove that thing with Adamantium probably 5 years ago now, and it worked for a bit. It is a circa 1950 Kenmore 158-120 that folds into a table. Perhaps pictures will be posted upon my victorious belt changing apres la travaille. -- Oh, and I shall pay at least some of my bills. Ok. Two.

The Pumpkin Pie Scarf is almost done -- it should be complete and fully blocked before I have to leave for Pittsburgh on Friday morning --- holycrapSPEP, Batman! I have a fun plan for the fringey bits. MMMMmmm Fringey bits.

Tried my hand at a little lacework idea generating. I think I need to know more about the mechanics of my stitches. It is a strange thing to have done something for sixteen years and not learnt much about how it actually works. In my defense, I was ten years old and Nana didn't see fit to explain to me the structural differences between K2tog and S1, K1, PSSO. I just knew that S1K1PSSO is way more fun to do than K2tog. I was TEN! But NOW! I'm 26, rapidly approaching 27-with-a-mistress'-degree-in-philosophy and have grandiose plans for a charter school and/or fiber arts empire of epic proportions.

How do I learn the things I need to know. I have a bunch of ideas, but my efforts at trial and error never seem to pan out in any meaningful way. I need advice. *whisper* perhapsIshallgetupthenervetoemailalex?*


I will have a good think while I scan in this coursepack for Professor L. and try to obtain the copyrights to reprint it. I mean, I don't even know what to ask. Le Sigh.

Also, HOLYCRAP All Hallows Eve is coming, and I NEED a pink wig. I'm going as Jem from Jem and the Holograms. Eighties-tastic.