FireSpinner and all her Obsessions

Ok, so I’m a really slow reader.  I just finished Breaking Dawn about an hour ago.  I’ll totally own up to crying at the very end.  Because it was sooo sappy and because it was the end.  It’s like Book 7 of Harry Potter alllll over again.  So, I’m slowly returning to the internet world and while I’m visiting my Twilight Ravelry boards for the first time in a week or two, I notice that hardly anybody likes Breaking Dawn.  I’ll admit, a lot of it is a stretch, there are definitely some parts I didn’t really like, but honestly, give SM a break.  I kind of feel she rushed it or was getting tired of the story, but still, I loved the book, if only because it’s part of the Twilight Saga.  This article made me really happy after reading all the negative stuff on other boards: In Defense of Breaking Dawn, by Jane Granville.  Please note, this article is VERY SPOILER HEAVY!  Don’t read it if you haven’t already read the novel.

Ok, I’m done rambling and defending.

Totally snagged from Sassenach.

Ten Things I Wish I Could Say to Ten Different People Right Now:

1. “I quit.” to my boss
2. “I want to move out.” to my parents
3. “Would you like to go get a coffee with me sometime?” to my work-crushes
4. “You’re a spoiled rotten brat sometimes.” to my brother
5. “I know I seem ungrateful sometimes, but I love you.” also to my parents, but on a different day.
6. “Bite me, I’m yours!” to Edward Cullen, fictional characters count right?
7. “Work really sucks without you.” to my best friend
8. “I’m sorry I was such a bad student, that wasn’t me, that was just a really bad time.” to my RWU profs
9. “I might seem like a slacker, but I just need to be motivated. This time I promise to try harder.” to my future FSC profs
10. “I wish you could understand why I am the way I am.” to almost everyone.

Nine Things About Myself:

1. I become obsessive when I get into something, just take a look at the list.
2. I’ve been practicing meditation everyday for about a week now.
3. I love yoga.
4. I meditated in Savasana (corpse pose) last night and fell asleep, which means I’m not sleeping enough.
5. I am overly shy and often come off as stuffy or even bitchy cause I can’t talk to people.
6. I am very cynical. So much so that it is affecting my career.
7. I’m trying to write a novel.
8. I very recently determined that I am pagan.
9. I hate to shower. Obviously, I do it, but it feels like a waste of time sometimes.

Eight Ways To Win My Heart:

1. Buy me yarn.
2. Take me out to eat.
3. Discuss a book with me.
4. Buy me flowers.
5. Have goals.
6. Take a yoga class with me.
7. Go hiking with me.
8. Let me be myself.

Seven Things That Cross My Mind a Lot:

1. Am I going to be paying for school forever?
2. Am I ever going to move out of my parents’ house?
3. Are my parents ok?
4. I need a social life.
5. Am I ever going to finish this project?
6. How can I be a nicer person?
7. Can I go back to sleep? Please?

Six Things I Do Before I Fall Asleep:

1. Turn off the computer and any other electronics in my room.
2. Check that all the doors are shut.
3. Get everything organized and ready for the next day.
4. Set the alarm.
5. Meditate.
6. Read.

Five People Who Mean a Lot:

1. Mom
2. Dad
3. Charles
4. My friends
5. My pets

Four Things You’re Wearing Right Now:

1. Underwear
2. A pink tank
3. Jeans
4. Um, jewelry?

Three Songs That You Listen to Often (Currently):

1. Does the Batman Theme Song count?
2. Elton John - Benny and the Jets, I can’t get it out of my head!! And every time I think of it, I wanna sing and dance on a bar like in 27 dresses
3. any ABBA cause I saw Mamma Mia!

Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die:

1. Write a novel.
2. Travel all over the world.

One Confession:

I push people away because its easier than being nice and there’s less risk of getting hurt, but now I regret having a reputation for being bitter, angry and antisocial. I wish people could recognize me for the nice person I can be instead of constantly thinking about what a bitch I am. And lately, I’ve been trying so hard to do exactly that, show them that I can be a good person and then I have one bad moment, not even day, and I see the eyes roll and the murmers: “Watch out, Jamie’s in another one of her moods.” And then the cynical jerk in me asks “Why even bother?”

Hey all. A lot’s been happening. I am in desperate need of updating, but its gorgeous out and I just finished cleaning my room (halfway at least) so I want to go sit outside and read or knit. Can’t decide quite which. Here’s a bit of a preview of what I need to discuss:

• My new spiritual journey - Ok, that sounded totally lame, but its true. I’m on a new path.
• I’ve been spinning a lot and have some pictures.
• Lappy is home and working again which means I can’t actually upload those pictures.
• I am now a FarmGirl Plurkette.
• Holy Yoga, Batman.
• Holy Batman, Batman. Ok, not really going to talk about it, but I did see it and it was awesome.
• EEEEEEK! Breaking Dawn comes out next week!!!

Wow, I really thought there was more, but I guess thats it. See ya later.

So lately I haven’t been around.  That’s mostly cause my laptop is in a coma.  You turn it on and it brings you to the log-in page and when you click on the “Jamie” icon with the rubber ducky it says: “Logging in” … “Logging off” and brings you back to page one.  And of course I can’t find my Windows software, so I’m probably going to have to bring it somewhere for them to charge me a fortune just to run the Windows Repair disk.

And now, I’m announcing an Internet Leave of Absence, in order to avoid and Breaking Dawn spoilers.  In fact, I announced a Vow to remain Spoiler-Free on the Ravelry Twilight boards.  It goes something like this:

I, Jamie, FireSpinner526, vow to stay Spoiler-Free until August 2, 2008. I also promise not to leak any spoilers to my fellow fans until the Twilight Mods say we can discuss the new book!

Sooooo… So long and thanks for all the fish.  Yea, a Hitchhicker’s Guide quote… I’m a nerd.

I feel so productive.  I’ve been crafty all weekend.  On Thursday, I think, I casted on a pair of socks out of handspun.  On Friday, I sewed pillow covers.  On Saturday, I sewed a cover for the armrest in the Jeep.  And today I spun 4 oz of roving.  I really wish I had pictures to share, but the camera battery is dead and even if it wasn’t I don’t really want to upload to the ‘rents computer.

HP4 is on!  It’s turned into my favorite cause it has Edward/Cedric and the Doctor in it.  But I’m probably going to go read instead.  I’m thoroughly engrossed in The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.  I’ll watch HP later, I’ve been planning a movie marathon soon.

Yea, that’s kind of all I got right now.  Oh, and I desperately want to cast on a sweater or vest or even… a sweater vest.  Well, see ya!

It sure has been a while. I’ve been MIA over here, mostly cause I’ve been Plurking my bum off. Let’s see the car broke but now its fixed, dad fixed the Jeep’s brakes too. He had an interview today and went to a job fair *crosses fingers* this is a good start. My laptop (aka Lappy497 as of late) died the other day. Hopefully its fixable, but I don’t really know where to start. Chances are I’m going to have to take out an extra thousand when I apply for school loans to buy a new one. I guess thats it really… OH WAIT, my work bff left me! She quit the Credit Union and went to State Street in Boston. It was a very sad day. Oh, I’ve also been nursing a horrible Fan-girl crush on Doctor Who as of late.

On the knitting side of life, I’ve made some progress…

I finished my June Twilight Sock Club socks:

Pattern: Entangled, Yarn: Knit Me Up Sock, Colorway: Edward

I finished some baby stuff for a coworker who’s expecting a little boy next month:

Yarn: Bernat Organic Cotton

Here’s some handspun in a kind of sort of sock weight:

Roving: J.Knits, Colorway: Columbus

Alright, well, I’m going to go watch some tv and knit a bit. I’ve cast on some Jaywalkers in that new Ball and Skein yarn I got at Mass Sheep and Wool.

I totally just jumped on the Plurking bandwagon.  Yay!  Feel free to join and friend me.  It seems fun.  Well, I’ve been out sick for the past two days so I need to go to sleep so I can go back to work tomorrow (yay?).  I really don’t want to.  But what are you going to do?  I gotta pay the bills somehow…

I’m sorry to bitch and moan, but thats exactly what I’m going to do right now…

• My dad lost his job.
• My mom hates hers.
• Just to make it all even, I hate mine too.
• The Jeep’s still undriveable.
• The Santa Fe is making loud angry noises.
• I have less than a hundred dollars in my account.
• My brother and his girlfriend are fighting.  That wouldn’t generally seem so bad if you didn’t know that when his last girlfriend broke up with him, he became suicidal.

So, I ask, in all seriousness, what the fuck have we done to deserve this?  We are not selfish, bad people.  We’re just trying to make it.  And yes, we are, we’re barely making ends meet, but making it nevertheless.  I know there are people worse off than us.  But still, it would be nice to not have to worry about how we are going to pay all the bills this month for once.

Seriously, why do all cars hate me?  I love cars.  In fact, I am a little bit of a car-fanatic.  I go to car shows, I read car reviews on the net, dammit, I can appreciate a good looking car (or even an ugly one if it has a good engine inside).  I like to work on cars, granted I’m usually just holding the flashlight for my dad but still! it’s something I like and it’s a rare thing that my dad and I enjoy doing together.  So, why the hell does every car I drive decide to fight with me. Let’s reflect:

• Camellia, the chameleon.  Cammy for short.  My ‘94 Dodge Intrepid.  At first, I didn’t like her, but I never look a free first car horse in the mouth and eventually she grew on me.  Then she decided to die on the highway on my way to work on Super Bowl Sunday.
• La Prima Ballerina.  My ‘92 Saab 90.  I looooved this car.  It was soooo cool.  It was older, but that’s ok.  I learned how to solder when  dad and I installed my cd player.  The hood popped to the front, so it looked pretty cool.  Also died on the highway on my way home from RWU.  She sat in the driveway for months while we tried to bring her back to life.
• Tessie, the Jeep.  My ‘95 Jeep Wrangler.  Love of my life.  I learned how to drive standard for her.  And she has made me cry more than any boy I ever dated.  She’s broken my heart more times than I can count.  Hell, since the beginning of this year alone I’ve spent $600 on a new starter and new exhaust.  Before that, she’s had other issues, like tires, batteries, spark plugs, oh and transmission.  Ugh, that was an expensive one.  Currently, she’s on a jack awaiting having her brakes replaced.  It’s proving to be very difficult because of all the rust.
• Sammy, my parents’ Santa Fe.  Tonight, she got a screw in her tire.  So, dad was trying to plug it, but it wouldn’t work.  So, then we had to put the spare on.  Geez that was a lot of work!  At one point, the car fell off the jack.  Holy hell, that was scary.  That’s one of my biggest fears: the car rolling off the jack and pinning me underneath.  Fortunately we weren’t under it, but still…

Well, see… see why I get upset?!

I went to the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair yesterday with my dad. It was a lot of fun. I was really good, although I was really surprised by how much of an enabler my dad was! I don’t even remember ever telling him I wanted a new wheel, but he was like “Why don’t you try out this wheel? How about this one?” We stayed at the HitchHiker booth for quite a while. They are very cool little wheels, but I don’t think its for me. Both me and dad were fascinated by the Journey Wheel Charkhas. Jonathon was sooo nice and talked to my dad about the craftsmanship while I stood there gaping at the prettiness and trying to figure out how it works. Really, it was very fun. Smaller than I thought it would be, but probably a good intro before I go to Rhinebeck. Cause I still want to go to that one. Maybe even more now. And I really want a new wheel after playing with all those other ones. It put me in the mood to spin again today. I did for a couple of hours until my drive band broke. grrr… So here’s the loot I picked up yesterday:

Pretty! I was so good! Now, I’m going to work on some more sock knitting!