June 29-Dynamic Tower

So, my sister Boopie was telling me the other day about the Dynamic Tower. It's going to be built in Dubai, and it'll be the first moving skyscraper. I thought that sounded awesome, but weird. It's totally powered by wind turbines built in between floors. I imagined it as just a huge building that turned all at once, but I watched a video on a BBC news page today, [Dynamic Tower Plans Unveiled] and it looks like the floors all move separate from each other. That is freakin amazing! Seriously, I recommend looking at the video of it through that link. I wonder what it would be like to get off of the elevator though. And would you get seasick from living there? I don't know, but I totally wanna see it. That is officially added to the list of things I wanna do before I die. :o)

edit: I just found another link [Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper] and I think the video is on there too...and this link has an article to go with it.

June 25-Ass hat

So the name of the following comic is comicasshat1. I don't find this actual comic that funny, but because it's about an asshat it did make me laugh. So anyway, here's the comic:


Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net


Personally, when I first heard my friend call somebody (probably me) an asshat, I pictured one of those little hats with the propeller on them:Then, when you fart, the little propeller starts going.

I don't know. Maybe I'm just weird.

June 23-Too cute

So, anybody who likes the miyazaki movies (Rachel and Lexi, that's you guys) will enjoy this link. Of course everybody else might like it too. It's a craigslist listing. My favorite part is "I'm only asking for 2900 because it's really furry and sometimes people get sick on it."

June 20-Finished projects...again

Ok, I didn't get around to taking pictures of things til now, but i've finally got them on the computer and there's some cool stuff. I also have a purse finished, but I haven't taken pics yet. I need to add a liner to the purse anyway.

First, I have a golden snitch.

Next, are some fingerless gloves called Fetching. It's a very popular pattern and I really like them. Especially the dark purple with my black nail polish. :o)
And last, I have some pictures of the spiderman blanket I've been talking about. Here's a pic of the whole thing:
Here's a pic of just the center:
I ran out of blue yarn for part of the outside, so I had to do a small portion of it in a darker blue, but I still think it looks awesome. :o)

June 16-Harry Potter Prequel

For those of you who have read the books, or just like the movies, I figured I'd post this link (and so I don't lose it. lol) It's the full prequel to the Harry Potter books. It's not much....just about a page worth of reading. But there it is.

June 13-Friday the 13th

So, you know how every where in Iowa is flooding right now? Well, that now includes my back yard. And soon, my sister's yard. My mom and I went for a walk to check on the creek (even though we could see it from our back yard, we really have to worry if it gets too far in the park across the street, cuz then it'll come down my street and flood my house...at least that's what i've been told. I was too young to remember much from the last floods). My sister's house is on the way so when we got to her house and saw that the creek was coming across the street in front of her neighbor's we called her to wake her up and tell her to move her car. While we were on the phone, the creek rose even more, and the sidewalk (which was the only way home because the back way had already been covered by the creek for hours) was completely covered for a couple yard-lengths (yard as in a house and a yard, not as in 3 feet). So I walked through the people's yards to get home, and my sister's staying here for now. Oh yeah, and our sump pump isn't working right now. So, yeah. We're screwed.

June 11-Another thing done

I finished the blanket I was crocheting for Rachel, but I'm not posting any pictures of it up until I give it to her, cuz I don't wanna ruin how effin' cool it is. I also made myself some fingerless gloves, but I'm gonna wash them before I cut the ends of the yarns, and I'm gonna cut the ends of the yarn before I take pictures. So anyway, I've got 2 things done, but I'm not posting any pics yet.

Rachel, you need to get your blanket, cuz it's really cool looking.

June 8-Subway help

So, I used to eat at subway a lot. One time, I got a Tuna on Italian Herb bread. I had apparently ordered with someone else, because that's when they usually write what it is on the wrapper. Here's the wrapper:
Well, I had the wrapper sitting there, upside down, while I ate my sandwich. I happened to look down, and this is what I saw:
I guess that person really wanted out of their job. lol

June 6-Latest batch of finished projects

Here's the last 2 pictures of all the stuff I've finished. Now I'll try to start posting pics as I finish things, rather than waiting until I have like 20 things done.

Here's the doggie sweater I made for Crystal. The color matches her eyes great, but she's always HATED pictures. She's like Earl Hickey (from My Name is Earl).

This is a hat that Ginny Weasley wore in Goblet of Fire. This was the orange-est yarn I had but I still like the hat. I also REALLY like this picture of me.

June 1-Some more finished projects

Here are some more pictures of things I've finished knitting/crocheting. I'm currently working on a spiderman blanket for Rachel. I got a lot of it done yesterday, but then I realized that I had the wrong shade of blue, so I got some new yarn and I have to redo the blue part. Anyway, here's the pictures:

This is "Hot Head" from my Stitch 'n Bitch book (which is my favorite knitting book...Thanks so much Shorty!!!) It's supposed to have orange in it too, but I just used extra red, which made it look kinda reggae.

This is a hat from an old edition of "The Workbasket". My grandma gave me a bunch of those old magazines, and I finally got around to making stuff from them. This pattern also has a matching sweater that I didn't make.

This is another hat from "The Workbasket". This one is crochet. It's the shell stitch.


These are some gloves I crocheted from a pattern in "The Workbasket". I didn't do the right seam around it, so it's REALLY hard to get your fingers in.
This is a knit sweater I made from a pattern on the little thing that goes around the yarn. It looked a LOT better in their picture than it looks on me. lol