Quiz-o-rama!
1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
“…is concerned. Slam its tail in the door of the milk truck, and…” Me Talk Pretty One Day by Davis Sedaris, waiting to become a bookcrossing book.
2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?: a half of a bagel.
3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?: “Heart of Gold” from the Firefly DVD collection.
4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is: 12:15
5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?: 12:11
6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?: cars from the busy road we live on.
7: When did you last step outside? what were you doing?: Two minutes ago, to pick up the mail. We got a package for my daughter from her grandmother. It contains the stuffed animals my daughter accidentally left at Nana’s on her last visit.
8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at? http://www.tomatonation.com
9: What are you wearing?: Loose black pants, a loose knit (not by me) burgundy top, ankle socks and tan canvas sneakers.
10: Did you dream last night? Yes.
11: When did you last laugh? hard? A half hour ago. I was sending a care package to Jadzia, and when the post office guy stamped the box, it totally caved in. We riffed on the yarn engulfing the post office when the box went through the machine. But being nice and having a good attitude got the guy to take it in back and re-pack it for me. Yay!
12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?: a large world map, an Appalachian Trail calendar, a white board with the names of all my wedding couples and their various states checked off, a poster of a Camille Pissarro print, a picture of myself and my husband, and my two Addy awards. Go me!
13: Seen anything weird lately?: My daughter stacked a small plastic goat on top of a small plastic polar bear. The polar bear represents a troll to her, for the Three Billy Goats Gruff. In this house, it doesn’t qualify as weird, but I suppose it does in the real world.
14: What do you think of this quiz?: It’s interesting, and a bit stream of consciousness-y.
15: What is the last film you saw?: Hidalgo. That Viggo sure is easy on the eyes.
16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?: I’d pay off our debts, mortgage, car, put some money away for my daughter’s college, give some money to relatives who need it, etc. I’m afraid I’m a very practical person about money these days. What do they say? “Time ain’t money if all you got is time.”
17: Tell me something about you that I don’t know: I thought my husband was a total idiot the first time I met him.
18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?: Free education for everyone.
19: Do you like to dance?: Yes. I look like I’m having a seizure, but that doesn’t mean I enjoy it less.
20: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?: Emily. Although we almost went with Molly.
21: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?: Alexander? Ross? Daniel? Cuthbert? I have no clue.
22: Would you ever consider living abroad?: Sure, if they had proper resources for my child – and if I were a multi-millionaire as above so that I could jet back whenever I wanted to. But truth to tell, I like the place I live.
23: Will you pass on this survey?: Sure!
Bookcrossing!
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Bookcrossing!
I love Bookcrossing.
slightly off topical
Not that this is entirely on-topic for your quiz results (which are cute and I may have to type up my own responses tomorrow), but I had a yarn question. Advice seeking. One of those.
For a mohair scarf, should I even bother with stockinette stitch, or would garter work fine? The stuff is so fuzzy, it’s sort of pointless to get overly fancy with it.
slightly off topical
Not that this is entirely on-topic for your quiz results (which are cute and I may have to type up my own responses tomorrow), but I had a yarn question. Advice seeking. One of those.
For a mohair scarf, should I even bother with stockinette stitch, or would garter work fine? The stuff is so fuzzy, it’s sort of pointless to get overly fancy with it.
I’ve never read Sedaris. I hear crazy good things about him though. I’m supposed to pick up a copy of “Naked”. Anybody, anybody?
I’ve never read Sedaris. I hear crazy good things about him though. I’m supposed to pick up a copy of “Naked”. Anybody, anybody?
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Actually, I think the garter stitch would work better! You’re right on with what you said – nobody’s gonna notice a fancy stitch anyway – but there’s one more reason. Stockinette stitch tends to curl up at the edges. I started to make this scarf in stockinette out of Berroco Mosaic FX the other day, and it curled in on itself until it looked like a little tube. D’oh!
Here’s a scarf that I made with mohair and a novelty yarn whose name escapes me. I did it in garter stitch (which I wanted to show, which is why the picture is so honkin’ big). I think if it weren’t for the novelty yarn, you wouldn’t even be able to see the stitches at all.
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Actually, I think the garter stitch would work better! You’re right on with what you said – nobody’s gonna notice a fancy stitch anyway – but there’s one more reason. Stockinette stitch tends to curl up at the edges. I started to make this scarf in stockinette out of Berroco Mosaic FX the other day, and it curled in on itself until it looked like a little tube. D’oh!
Here’s a scarf that I made with mohair and a novelty yarn whose name escapes me. I did it in garter stitch (which I wanted to show, which is why the picture is so honkin’ big). I think if it weren’t for the novelty yarn, you wouldn’t even be able to see the stitches at all.
Naked
Naked was really good! However, I didn’t read it, I heard it on audiobook from audible.com. I was laughing my ass off halfway to Simucon last year with it. Plus he does it himself, with his sister Amy Sedaris, the actress from Comedy Central’s “Strangers with Candy.”
Highly recommended!
Naked
Naked was really good! However, I didn’t read it, I heard it on audiobook from audible.com. I was laughing my ass off halfway to Simucon last year with it. Plus he does it himself, with his sister Amy Sedaris, the actress from Comedy Central’s “Strangers with Candy.”
Highly recommended!
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Thanks, Tvini!
I was afraid of that, with stockinette stitch. Just going to go with a simple garter on 8 needles, then, for now. There’s always more mohair in the world to play with. :whistles merrily:
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Thanks, Tvini!
I was afraid of that, with stockinette stitch. Just going to go with a simple garter on 8 needles, then, for now. There’s always more mohair in the world to play with. :whistles merrily:
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Ooooh, I really like the color of that one.
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Ooooh, I really like the color of that one.
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Thanks! I was a little afraid, doing a skinny scarf in garter stitch, that it would look like an 80’s knit tie. But it doesn’t, so no problem! 🙂
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Thanks! I was a little afraid, doing a skinny scarf in garter stitch, that it would look like an 80’s knit tie. But it doesn’t, so no problem! 🙂
I used to work in a bookstore, and one of our most popular authors was Sedaris. I read every book that came in the store by him. They were all great!
I used to work in a bookstore, and one of our most popular authors was Sedaris. I read every book that came in the store by him. They were all great!