Things that Make me Giggle
I just signed up for Project Spectrum 2.0 and scrolled down to see my name on the list. Lo and behold I see that I fall here on the list:
Right below my doppelganger, who is right below S. Three folks who didn't know each other when they started their blogs but who now either talk or see each other regularly. We all fall in a pretty line when we sign up separately for the color-themed project-along. Whee!
Go Sheepies Go!
This may be the best thing I've seen all week:
I'm amazed they got four sheep to do the same thing all at once. And I love that they're all being "ridden" by stuffed sheep in sweaters.
Via Say No To Crack
Great Green Gobs
Cara has gifted me with the letter G. What follows are ten things, themes, theories, etc. in my life that begin with the letter G.
Gold Perhaps one of the biggest things in my life these days is the recent root canal and crown that I had done. Because it was a back molar that had the issue, they capped it with a shiny, glaring, yellow gold crown. Thankfully no one can see it.
Grinding, Gritting Yesterday, the dentist determined that I suffer from bruxism which is the grinding or gritting of ones teeth, often during their sleep. This has caused a fair amount of pain in my jaw recently and difficulty remaining asleep as the gritting of my teeth wakes me up more often than not. The fancy solution to this is an expensive, custom-fit night guard. The cheap fix [and what we'll be trying before I shell out the funds] is a cheap-ish mouth guard as one would use for sports. The last thing I wanted to do is lay out the money only to find I can not sleep with the thing in.
Gaudi, Graham, Gehry, Graves, and Gropius Architects and architecture will always be a huge part of my life even though I'm still planning on never practicing as an "Architect." Too much of who I am was defined by my education in architecture to ever take for granted.
Graduation Graduations have always marked fairly big changes for me and have coincided with moves across the country. I'm also looking forward to being done with graduate school although that won't happen for a while yet.
Graphics I work with graphics every day. I love how much freedom I have at work, as well as how much creativity I get to expend.
Grumpy I've been feeling pretty grumpy today because my jaw is still sore from being pried open by the dentist yesterday. I try not to be grumpy too often, but will admit that sometimes I just love to wallow in a good grumpy mood.
Gravity It makes me fall down. A lot. At least by some people's standards/
Gert Gert is my Kromski Prelude spinning wheel. She keeps me sane.
Gothic, Googie, Greek Revival Old buildings make my world go 'round. And not just because some day working on them will pay the bills. I just love them.
Greatful This is last because I truly am. I feel so lucky most days and I can't even begin to express how absolutely greatful that I am for everything in my life.
So, there you have it, 10 things beginning with the letter G. Let me know if you want a letter of your own.
If Cathartic Ink Were an Image.
Isn't it pretty?
What do the colors mean?
blue: for links (the A tag)
red: for tables (TABLE, TR and TD tags)
green: for the DIV tag
violet: for images (the IMG tag)
yellow: for forms (FORM, INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT and OPTION tags)
orange: for linebreaks and blockquotes (BR, P, and BLOCKQUOTE tags)
black: the HTML tag, the root node
gray: all other tags
Edited to add: Now that I'm on wordpress, the blog looks like this:
An Open Letter to Aught-Six
Dear Aught-Six*,
You were generally a pretty good year. I managed to live through the first quarter century of my life and the subsequent quarter life crisis. I'm not going to dwell on those things that didn't go my way Aught-Six, you and I know what they were and here's hoping that more of the same doesn't occur in Aught-Seven. Generally I had a pretty fantastic year. My favorite moments, which you might remember include the following:
-I made some new friends. Kelly, S, M, E and of course, my dear doppleganger, the other Bonnie
-I bought Gert, my trusty spinning wheel without whom I fear my head would explode on a semi-regular basis.
-I did some traveling. Several trips to various points in Washington, a trip to Las Vegas, and the trip in which I introduced TheBoy to the beautiful state of Maine, the state that will forever be my home.
-I visited two fiber festivals-The Black Sheep Gathering and the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival.
-I spun copious amounts of yarn and knit many things. I couldn't even begin to catalog either here so let's suffice to say that I didn't do nearly as much of either as I wish I did.
-I bought a new camera and even started to learn how to use it.
-I helped to welcome into the world one of the sweetest babies I've ever seen and then wished he and his parents best of luck as they relocated back to the great Midwest from whence we came.
No matter how good you've been Aught-Six, Aught-Seven promises to be just as full of big, wonderful thing--like descending upon San Francisco and Stitches West and TheBon-TheBoy Wedding. I'll miss you Aught-Six, but it's time to move on. Best Wishes Aught-Six, I won't forget you and all you taught me.
Welcome Aught-Seven,
TheBon
*I will forever and always equate the word "aught" with some of the best professors that I've ever had. I am so thankful to count them among the people in my life.