Coffee + Robots

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2006-05-09T22:30:31Z

For those who take a peek at my journal, a lot. I have moved to a new blog. Please come see me there! :)

Coffeerobot at blogger!
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Knit Mouse & Macro Photography

2006-05-07T21:08:36Z

Here is an adorable mouse I knitted up the other day. So cute! I made a bunch up from scrap yarn and such. I even made one for a girl I work with. She loves it, as well as her cats!

Also... I was messing with my parents digital camera and got some cool macro shots of random things. I wish I still had my camera :( *sniff sniff*

Whoo hoo!

2006-05-04T23:43:24Z

Had my interview today, and... I get the position once she gets back to me from contacting my 2 references. Which I already know are perfect! Yes! Now to talk to my current job. :(

Attempting

2006-05-04T00:43:56Z

Today was extremely boring. Extremely. Trust me. It's about that time when I crash, or at least try to. We'll see how it goes. I kinda need to stay up until the new Pearl Jam cd I bought, finishes downloading on my laptop. Which could take till tomorrow morning... Ugh! Anyways. I'm beat. I think I'll just let the lil' laptop hang out on the speaker till tomorrow morning, I really don't feel like staying up till then. Errrr... I'll get an Apple, one day. One day I tell you! Who knows, maybe I'll land a new job and earn super big bucks... Maybe?

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I've had writers block since.... 1983.¹ So how can I have a writing journal if I can't write? Good question. I don't have an answer.²

(1)Writer was born in June of 1983. (2) Answer: I'm an idiot.

Found Chuck!!!

2006-05-01T23:21:12Z

While I was shopping errr... working on RPL today, I came across this book. Why is this book so spiffy you ask? Well I'll tell you. It has a short story by Chuck Palahniuk in it called If Death is a Doorway... Why Shouldn't it Have a Door Policy?!!! I nearly died when I saw his name listed on the book. So I bought it, of course. The book also features Augusten Burroughs,Douglas Coupland (cept I can't find where he is in the book?), and J.T. Leroy among others. So go and check it out!!! Now! Why are you still reading this? Go buy it now!

j83 @ 2006-04-28T16:05:00

2006-04-28T23:06:15Z

j83 @ 2006-04-20T18:55:00

2006-04-21T01:55:57Z

I'm tired, but I don't wanna sleep.

I'm hungry, but I don't wanna eat.

I want to scream at the top of my lungs, but I can't fill my lungs with enough air.

I just don't know where I can get the energy to do the things I want to do. I wanna get my art out there, but I don't know where to begin. I guess I wish I could just snap my fingers and all my work will be hanging in a gallery. Everyone wanting to meet the artist. Drinking wine. Pointing at the paint textures while all the "oohh's" and "Ahhh's" fill the gallery. That would be my dream.

j83 @ 2006-04-16T13:59:00

2006-04-16T21:15:30Z

Here's an update on the Branching Out scarf:

Also, I don't think I ever posted this knitted kitty photo yet. I knitted him up a while back, I think I might make a few of these little guys for gifts this year. I'm already trying to plan for X-Mas gifts. It's a little early, but eh.

Lastly, I thought I'd post a progress shot of that knitted cupcake I did not to long ago:

j83 @ 2006-04-09T17:52:00

2006-04-10T01:06:25Z

Four Jobs you have had in your Life:

Bookstore
Customer Service assoc.
Boxer @ Costco
Cashier

Four movies you could watch over and over:

Bonnie & Clyde
Tarnation
High Fidelity
Jaws (all)

Four places you have lived:

San Diego, Ca
Mesa, Az

Four TV shows you love to watch:
The Daily Show
Colbert report
Mad TV
Forensic Files (as well as the other true crime shows)

Four Places you have been on vacation:

Las Vegas
Placerville, CA
San Diego
Somewhere in Illinois

Four websites you visit daily:

Kpixie.com
Friends livejournal entries
Arizona Federal Credit Union
Random knitting/spinning blogs

Four of your favorite foods:

Panda Express
Salad
Chinese
Chocolate Milk (can that count?)

Four of your favorite books:

Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (see a trend?)
Harold's End by J.T. Leroy

Four of your favorite creatures:

Cat
Manatee
Sheep (imagine that!)
Shark

Ta da!

2006-04-09T23:27:53Z

I will now enounce you all to Miss Cupcake! Dun-dun-dun...

Also... I spun up the greenish tealy colored Bonker's Fiber. It turned out amazing! I only wish I had bought more, I got just 71yds from the 4oz. :( Well, you know what that means, time to go buy more! I still have the other Anti-Rainbow colored roving to spin up. I might save it for tomorrow to spin.

Why am I so addicted to fiber and knitting? I live and breathe anything to do with wool or knitting needles. I find myself always asking the question," Could I spin this?" while walking around in stores. I'm following around random people at my work to get a closer look at their scarves and sweaters. *sigh* I think I'm truely loosing it. When I'm knitting or spinning, everything just seems to go away and vanish. Ahhhh... So nice. I think I'll go work on that Branching Out scarf, or go surf other knitter's and spinner's blogs. (I do that every day for hours and hours!)

Branching Out Scarf, here I come!

2006-04-08T18:56:11Z

I finished the little cupcake last night! It's so cute. I sewed on random pink/red/tan buttons on the top. It's on my window sil at the moment, I still need to take a photo of it. In the meantime, I just got up not to long ago, cleaned the place up a bit, and now I'm ready to wind my Claudia's Hand Painted yarn into balls and begin the Branching Out Scarf. I kinda started one a while back, but I didn't like the yarn I was using... Well, I did like the yarn, I just messed up on a stitch. Ok, I admitted it. lol But, I'm gonna do it again, and do it right this time. Now that I know what I did wrong last time. It said to sl2-k1-p2sso, so instead of slipping the the 2 stitches together, I slipped one at a time. I'm retarded, I know. Soooo... now I know. Here's the yarn I'm going to use for it:

Also I found this Branching Out blog. Check it out!

Yay!!

2006-04-08T00:45:09Z

Yay! I just got internet at the new place. Yay! Finally. I wasn't to sure if I could get it or not, my computer was being a jerk. I was wrong, and now I have it....

An upodate on what I've been up to:
*Finished the "Pinky" hat
*Finished the bottom to a knitted cupcake from the book "One Skein" (go buy it now, it's awesome!)
*Completely unpacked

Hmmm I thought there would be more accomplishments to list. Oh well... I'll take pics of the hat and cupcake soon!

Stephen Colbert Show

2006-04-05T18:28:15Z

For those who love The Colbert Report and love knitting, you'll love this!

Some of you may have already seen the episode. He was fake knitting an American flag. So cute.

Oh ya...

2006-04-04T23:21:44Z

How can I forget to mention the two yummy fiber rovings I bought at the Fiber Factory!

Also, I ordered some Claudia's Handpainted sock yarn the other day from Kpixie. It's a little more pink than what I thought, but it's still perfect!

Whew...

2006-04-04T18:55:28Z

So I moved out on the 1st (well, the 31st, but not till that evening). I love the apartment, love my room, love everything. My roomate came in late last Friday evening. It's been great so far. I guess it helps to have been friends with your roomate for years and years though. He is still unpacking a bunch, but I have finished. I'm still bringing over little things slowly, but I'm mostly done. I've been hanging around and working on knitting projects here and there. It's nice. Cha Cha is deathly afriad of his cat Mr. Miogi. Awww poor thing. She'll snap out of it eventually. He is the sweetest thing ever! Anyways... here are some pics of the new place. Warning, these photo's were taken before the unboxing. Enjoy!

yarn stash corner

spinning wheel and two art easel's

slight view of my room

Cha Cha next to my knitting projects (she just saw Mr. Miogi, not a very happy kitty at the time)

figure collection in the living room

view from my bedroom window

Project coming soon...

2006-03-30T01:35:42Z

I've been working on an artwork series, I dunno if thats the right words to use, but... sounds ok. For a while I've been trying to do a few paintings as a set... It came to me the other day! Why not combine my love of fiber and knitting w/ my love for art!? Soooo... I'm gonna be working on 3 peices that all kinds go with the theme. I haven't been able to start the project yet. (If you keep up with the blog, you will know I'm in the process of moving) I think the project will be super exciting and really fun. I'll keep you updated on the series....

On another note, I'm fully addicted to the computer game "Black & White". It's disturbingly fun... I say "disturbingly" cause in the game you play a God. You can pick up people and thrust them out off the island or feed them to your pet. It's great fun. Even more fun if you name the people your feeding to your pet, after certain co-workers and watch them get all chewed up. *tee-hee* I won't name any names, but I'm sure Derek, yes you, could think of one person in particular. *grin* Again, it's "disturbingly" fun!

OMG!!!

2006-03-28T00:02:28Z

Check out these knitting needles! How cool are those!?!

You can get theme HERE!!!

j83 @ 2006-03-27T16:26:00

2006-03-27T23:43:28Z

Whoo hoo! I picked up the "One Skein" book today at work!

It's soooo amazing! I already made a yarn list for Friday. I have so many projects to start on, I can't wait.

Today is a good day (after work, that is). When I got home, I checked the mail and guess what arrived. My iPod Nano case from iFrogz! Yay! It looks just like the picture on the site. The little fishbowl is so damn cute.

Knit icons

2006-03-26T22:44:47Z

Some icons I did today. Enjoy!

If you use these, please link to my site or my BLOG! Thank you!

Ok ok...

2006-03-26T14:34:20Z

So I got desperate and bought new needles and more yarn. I saw this hat and I just have to make it!

It's sooooo cute! :( Anyways... After I conquer that hat I'm gonna try and make the pattern for this scarf I saw.

It was on Knitta Please. I love the colors and the thick stripes. I gotta hunt down the perfect yarn to use. It looks like each stripe has 2 colors held together. But I could be wrong. It's cute!

I still have a little more packing to do today. *sigh* Can't wait till I move. It's gonna be so nice to be on my own again, plus living with Jason will be a blast. Two creative little minds at work, feeding off one another. *happy sigh* I'll be working on lots more artwork soon, and that makes me feel so much better. It's a big stress releiver from work. Ughh... Which I have to go to tomorrow. *grrrrrr* My days off just fly by.

6 days to go...

2006-03-25T23:11:54Z

See, I'm moving in 6 days, but thats not what I'm on the count down for. In 6 days, I'll be able to unpack all my knitting and spinning supplies. It's killing me! Need fiber, can't go on! Why I packed my knitting and spinning wheel first? I have no idea. But in the meantime, I've been ordering and buying more yarn. (Which means I need to pack that now too, ugh!) I ordered an iPod case for my Nano. It's been a while, but it was finally shipped. I got it from iFrogz. Yay!

Also, I found the coolest knitting picture ever!

I can't remember where I found it though. Somewhere on the web. Anyways... I better get back to the knitting blogs for more patterns. Oh ya, nothing like free patterns!

Moving, moving, moving... ugh!

2006-03-19T19:12:33Z

I've been packing my butt off! Well, not really, just started to pack today. I have till the 31st to be completely packed to move. My buddy Jason and I are getting a place together, and we move in April 1st! Can't wait! Only downside is that my knitting stuff is all packed now. *sniff sniff sniff*... But whoo hoo! I'm finally getting out of here once again! He's super excited too! He is also bringing a friend for Cha Cha (my cat). His cat (Mr. Miagi) will love Cha Cha. Awwww... I'm so happy!

Chain Link Scarf

2006-02-26T20:49:41Z

I borrowed the book Loop-D-Loop from work, again. I love this book, I really should buy it one day... I really like the Chain Link scarf pattern, it's so different from any scarf I've seen. So I decided to go for it. I swung by Fiber Factory and picked up some Noro rainbowish yarn, and some skeins of some light grey yarn(I bought extra for another project too).

I altered the pattern a bit though. It said to CO 32 sts, but it didn't feel right when I knit it, so I CO on 43 instead, and did a seed stitch pattern. The pattern it called for curled way to much, even after blocking. Besides, I like the texture of the chain links. So, with all the little changes, I put in the movie Rent and went to town. I got only this far.

The movie was so good, I kept getting caught up in it! Anyways... I've only added 2 more chains to it this morning while watching Aeon Flux. (Love that cartoon series!) Hopefully I can add some more to the scarf a little later today. It's been a lazy 2 days off, lots of knitting time and movies.

My baby kitty Cha Cha! I had to post her, she's adorable!

New yarns!

2006-02-22T21:25:00Z

Here are a few new yarns I have spun up this week!

LEFT: 115yds/345ft $35
RIGHT: 65yds/195ft $25

I made some cupcakes the other day, omg, for the first time. Wow. I'm not big into cooking and baking, but I wanna get into it!

Also, I've been working on this Recycled Yarn Shawl. I've been using most of my scrap yarns and a few of my own handspun yarns. I think it's turning out great. It looks a lot better in person. I've added like 6 new color rows onto since this pic.