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6/16/2005 4:09:13 PM
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My favorite yarn company is.....
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Oh let`s see.....in no particular order
Our sponsors here, of course
Koigu (I would gladly lounge in a pile of this.)
Lang (but hardly ever buy except on sale because they are pretty pricey for basic yarns; excellent quality, though)
Silk City (I`m really excited that elann is carrying them, because I like their yarns but they are a bit hard to come by...when they get the VALENTINA, my life will be perfect--it`s the Muench Touch Me stuff but at a better price) HINT HINT!
Muench (hardly ever see it in stores)
Jo Sharp (SILK ROAD regular just floats my boat; it`s all such great fiber)
Jaeger (again, hardly ever buy because it`s pricey for plain wools, but that Fur stuff in wool is just fabulous--it`s such a step up from the synthetic fun fur yarns)
My handspun!
Artfibers (Have you seen some of their wilder stuff? It`s really great)
Noro (for the colors; I`m not crazy about the quality of some of the fiber, esp. the wool)
I`m sure I`m forgetting something because my brain is on "slow" because of lack of sleep and decent food. But those are the brands that come to mind first.
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6/16/2005 4:13:41 PM
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Silk City Soft Stretch?
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Does anyone know much about this stuff? How stretchy is it? What would you use it for? I`ve never seen it but it sounds intriguing.
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6/17/2005 11:46:33 AM
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My favorite yarn company is.....
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Yes, it`s finished. It`s got warts (in the form of bad editing and proofreading--I simply can`t see them anymore), but it is turned in!!!!!
I`m so pooped. I even lost a LOT of hair in the past few weeks because of the stress, and no (unfortunately) I`m not kidding.
It takes almost an ENTIRE ream of paper to print it out. I think that it has more than 1000 footnotes (remember: this is academia, and a dissertation, so I have to bow down to all the gods who have gone before me). Hauled four copies around campus right before 5 pm.
Then I went to pick strawberries from my garden. If it would only RAIN my garden would look better. It`s really dry here in Chicagoland.
But it`s done, it`s done. Hopefully they will think it`s okay.
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6/17/2005 12:12:37 PM
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Hello World and a Suggestion for the Elann Goddesses
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I have emerged from the cave.
I turned in the thesis yesterday--when I printed it out and it took almost a ream of paper to print out one copy, I knew that I had accomplished something. How well I accomplished it will be decided in a couple of weeks when I have my defense. I`m so very, very exhausted. It`s 2 pm and I`ve barely accomplished anything. But that`s okay for a couple of days.
One thing I`ve thought about recently is this bulletin board. First, it`s really great that this little community is out there, as you guys are so nice. But I`ve found recently that the format means that it`s easy to miss a conversation where you are being addressed. Benne has been so nice as to think about me and my thesis, but we keep posting messages under different threads. If you aren`t able to check all the time, you tend to miss messages really meant for you.
There are other things that the message board does which are very nice--the ability to have the pictures (though I always want to click on them to make them bigger so that I can admire someone`s work in more detail) and the profiles are great.
But the fact that this board doesn`t bump messages up to the top is sometimes a little frustrating. Perhaps eventually Elann can think about moving to a bulletin board program that does this.
PhpBB is one that is free, open-sourceware (http://www.phpbb.com/). (If you`ve ever visited the chatroom at Knitty, this is the program that they use.) But I`m sure that the computer experts out there can recommend others. The bump-up aspect, ability to preview messages, html formatting options, smilies, and the ability to send personal messages are really nice features on PhpBB.
Anyhoo, long message. Sorry about that. I`m going back to take a nap, I think and eventually find my knitting--when I uncover it in the mess that is my home.
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6/17/2005 4:32:11 PM
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Hello World and a Suggestion for the Elann Goddesses
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Really? Well, I certainly missed it. It does get a little frustrating to miss stuff. Hopefully they will do something about it soon enough.
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6/18/2005 3:06:16 PM
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Hello World and a Suggestion for the Elann Goddesses
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Well, I`m going into the world where I might get googled by my students a lot so I`m probably not going to post a bio or a pic here. I also once had a stalker ex-boyfriend, so I`m very wary of posting things that might remain in cyberspace forever.
But perhaps I`ll send out a short bio to people who signed up for "real email" list which MacChick is putting together as soon as it`s finalized. It`s not that I`m antisocial--just a little hesitant.
The defenses I`ve been to have been a sort of discussion/lovefest, so I`m not really scared. I do expect to be asked questions that might throw me, but I don`t expect to freak out about it. Of course, this is also the voice of a person who is just very, very tired and probably couldn`t muster the energy to freak out at the moment.
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6/18/2005 4:30:14 PM
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MacChick...Fabulous shawl & modeling!
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It is fabulous....can I impersonate the ballet teacher? Would that get me a shawl like that. Wow!!!!
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6/24/2005 8:14:33 AM
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Totally OT - Is anyone else sick of Tom Cruise?
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I was hating him big time when he was talking on the Today show. All that crap about "Psychiatric drugs are a sham. I`ve read the reports." And bashing someone (Brooke Shields) because she took medication for post-partum depression. Ya know what, MDs have also read all the medical reports, and experience shows that some medications help some people. He was a jerk. Lauer was a total class act and hit him with good questions--which Cruise didn`t answer, as he had to go back to the "I`ve read the reports BS."
I found myself wishing that he would have a major psychotic break so that he might find out that some medications do work for some people. (OK, so i`m not a perfect person.) It`s just not okay to bash someone else for a medical problem, like post-partum depression. Though I`ve never had it, I have heard enough to feel that post-partum depression is very, very dangerously real.
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6/25/2005 4:29:22 AM
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Totally OT - Is anyone else sick of Tom Cruise?
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Totally with you, Benne. And obnoxious to profess to know what is best for Brooke Shields or anybody else with postpartum depression. Geez. He`s seriously off his rocker.
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6/26/2005 2:24:37 PM
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Sneak Peeks! Yikes! Am I in trouble or what???
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Wow. I`m not even a "cotton person," but this stuff looks great. Oy. What`s a girl to do?
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6/30/2005 8:27:14 AM
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Emily3cat - We`re all with you at your defense
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Ya`ll are the best! It`s a 2:00 today. I need to read the dissertation again before then, as I haven`t looked at it since I finished it two weeks ago today.
I`ll check in when it`s over and the festivities have passed. It might be tomorrow before I check in again with a report.
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7/1/2005 6:29:20 AM
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Call me Dr. 3cat
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I passed my defense!
It was a bit strange, as one reader couldn`t be there. He had been in a car accident out of town; he wasn`t hurt, but apparently the car was totalled. Unfortunately, he was my primary advisor, so it was very strange not to have him there, and I still have no idea of what he thinks of the work, nor when he might be back in town. I guess he must have given his approval to the chair over the phone because I got the "congrats" and champagne. But it was strange because the chapter doesn`t seem closed to me.
But, in any case, I seem to have passed, so that`s good.
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7/2/2005 9:26:25 AM
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Okay, we`ve shared toothaches and now backaches
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Poor duckie foster mom!
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7/9/2005 11:18:48 AM
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Benne
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Benne, I`m so sorry about your duckies.
Good that you keep the kitty inside. It`s better for her; plus, you get to hear her when she probably chatters like crazy while looking at birdies. My kitties` tails go a million miles per hour as they dream about all the yummy birdies they would like to eat.
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7/9/2005 11:18:48 AM
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Benne
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Benne, I`m so sorry about your duckies.
Good that you keep the kitty inside. It`s better for her; plus, you get to hear her when she probably chatters like crazy while looking at birdies. My kitties` tails go a million miles per hour as they dream about all the yummy birdies they would like to eat.
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7/9/2005 11:18:48 AM
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Benne
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Benne, I`m so sorry about your duckies.
Good that you keep the kitty inside. It`s better for her; plus, you get to hear her when she probably chatters like crazy while looking at birdies. My kitties` tails go a million miles per hour as they dream about all the yummy birdies they would like to eat.
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7/9/2005 11:18:48 AM
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Benne
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Benne, I`m so sorry about your duckies.
Good that you keep the kitty inside. It`s better for her; plus, you get to hear her when she probably chatters like crazy while looking at birdies. My kitties` tails go a million miles per hour as they dream about all the yummy birdies they would like to eat.
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7/9/2005 11:18:48 AM
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Benne
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Benne, I`m so sorry about your duckies.
Good that you keep the kitty inside. It`s better for her; plus, you get to hear her when she probably chatters like crazy while looking at birdies. My kitties` tails go a million miles per hour as they dream about all the yummy birdies they would like to eat.
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7/9/2005 11:18:48 AM
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Benne
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Benne, I`m so sorry about your duckies.
Good that you keep the kitty inside. It`s better for her; plus, you get to hear her when she probably chatters like crazy while looking at birdies. My kitties` tails go a million miles per hour as they dream about all the yummy birdies they would like to eat.
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7/9/2005 11:18:48 AM
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Benne
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Benne, I`m so sorry about your duckies.
Good that you keep the kitty inside. It`s better for her; plus, you get to hear her when she probably chatters like crazy while looking at birdies. My kitties` tails go a million miles per hour as they dream about all the yummy birdies they would like to eat.
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