oh. hai!

Written on June 23, 2009 at 1:04 am, by littleoracle

yeah, yeah. i’m around. just not much to say.

studying hard. crocheting/knitting here and there. finished ‘name of the wind’ (go read it!) and started bryson’s ‘a short history of nearly everything’.

a large portion of my net life consists of twittering lately, because i can be weird in short bursts without clogging the blog.

thinking about christmas gifts i’m making this year, so i can get an early start.

writing is officially on hiatus until i get some fluency in this coding stuff.

miss blogging, miss stringing words together that add up to more than 140 characters. though twitter has been rather fun of late.

honestly, that’s about it.

and now, to bed.

Category castings | Tags: ramble

yadda, yadda, yadda…

Written on June 11, 2009 at 11:56 pm, by littleoracle

i am hungry. i am tired. i am cranky.

let’s break these problems down and see if we can’t solve them, hmmm?

1. my diet is going fine, except i’m feeling kinda hungry tonight. i think i need to make sure i eat lunch earlier tomorrow instead of waiting until i’m starving and can’t concentrate any longer. ok, so eat when i’m feeling peckish. also, remember there is salad all ready to go in the fridge. eat it.

2. was up too late last night, i know this already. also, i’m definitely taxing my brain past it’s normal comfort zone. the reasons for the tired are clear, but what to do about it? food will help, and going to be very shortly will as well.

3. moody, cranky, and irritable. i’m sensing a pattern with the food. also, it’s been rainy the last couple days and i’ve not been able to take a good vigorous walk. i would also venture a guess that this school thing is tough and i’m not absorbing the info quite as well as i would like. and to be sure we’ve got it covered, throw in the fact that i’m not creating anything new for myself. the solution here lies in cutting myself a little slack in the pressure department, take the time to clear some space for writing, and remember to stop and smell the roses.

sorry this post is so self-serving. it had to be done. i promise i’ll be more interesting again someday. that is, assuming this blog has ever been of any interest. okay, now i’m rambling and being self-deprecating. not a good sign.

bed for me now.

remember to turn the lights out when you leave.

Category castings | Tags: cranky,diet,ramble

a pause and then forward…

Written on June 11, 2009 at 1:18 am, by littleoracle

today was an off day for me. wednesdays have become so due to my frequent chiropractor visits.

mom and i have made it a thing, we go to breakfast and then she buys me some groceries (huzzah my helpful parents in this time of need.)

today, in addition to the usual running around, we went to a.c. moore and my generous mum bought me yarn. pretty, pretty, snuggly, wonderful yarn. gorgeous colors and omg, could have bought a couple hundred dollars worth of the stuff. i heart yarn, i really do. it’s almost as good as chocolate.

came home after, put groceries away, and then swigged on a ginger beer (my current addiction) while sorting through all my yarn projects and listening to fucking awesome jimi hendrix. separated out a bunch of fibery stuff and paired it with patterns and then started on a new project. (because fuck knows i don’t already have enough ‘in progress’ to be getting on with)

out of all the new yarn i got today, only one was for a specific project…

i’m making scotty’s hat from the new star trek movie!!!!!!!! yay! *does simon pegg-themed happy dance*

watched the last three episodes of season 6 of buffy, which was where i last saw the scooby gang when it originally aired. i admit i wasn’t expecting much, but now i’m really looking forward to watching season 7. (and then reading the comic for season 8 which i’ve been buying but unable to read for 2 years now).

had a lovely chat with the dear roomie/family-type people and then watch the first fraggle rock episode after a discussion about the doozers.

and that brings us to right now, where i’m writing this and my fingers keep slipping up and i keep backspacing to fix typos.

which further brings us to this moment, yes this one right here, where i sign off and say good night, moon and wish you all peaceful sleep and pleasant dreams.

Category castings | Tags: ramble,watching,yarn

not complaining…

Written on June 8, 2009 at 9:02 pm, by littleoracle

but i’m wiped out today.

not 100% sure why. i’m suspecting it is a combination of not enough sleep, a bunch of studying, and my new diet. gah! have i really been up for less than 12 hours?!?

moving on…

made a very mixed dinner tonight. tried using fava beans for the first time. they turned out quite good.

tried using broccoli rabe (rapini, raab, etc.). i remember trying it years ago and hating it; soooo bitter! blech! thought that perhaps i’d try again. i even did a taste test of the raw before cooking and it passed, so i plunged forward.

i HATED it. never, ever again. i swear, unless i’m starving, i’m never preparing it again.

and that’s the whole scoop. the rest of my life is all studying, doing web work, and reading. yes, ‘name of the wind’ is still totally kicking my ass. so bloody good i’m at a near loss for words. i think i’m going to crawl into bed shortly and try to finish it tonight.

best side effect of that book, though? i want to write soooo bad. i’m just clearing my head and clearing some projects and making some space for the words. i need to make room so they can breathe.

okay, i’m going to see if braveheart is done playing with the fairies. fuzz boy and his fairies are a trip to watch. i’d be less cryptic and rambly, but my brain’s not up to it. need sleep now.

g’night.

Category castings | Tags: reading,school,writing

slice of life, piece of cake…

Written on June 5, 2009 at 10:29 pm, by littleoracle

i could ramble on a bit here about how my school thing is going, but i won’t bore you all with the gory details. suffice it to say that i am rocking along the review sections and hope to have them done by the end of tuesday, then it’s on to new stuff starting with relearning javascript from scratch.

but that’s all boring and stuff.

more important than that is the fun i had while taking a break this afternoon. watched the doctor who confidential disc from series one. yay fun and omg i miss nine and rose and the rest of the gang. (did i mention my laptop is named boe?)

while i did this, i worked on the ten doll i started ages ago as a gift. managed to get the head and one leg done. already have most of the rest finished, i just need to do the hair and ears and big billowy coat.

but ya know what? none of this even matters right now. why? because i am reading my new favorite book. without even getting to the halfway point, ‘the name of the wind’ has shot right up there with ‘elantris’ and ‘hero and the crown’ and a few other titles that just leave me gobsmacked. seriously, go find it. read it. love it.

and with that, i’m trundling off to bed to get in another hundred pages before i crash.

Category castings | Tags: crochet,doctor who,reading,school