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dchenes ([personal profile] dchenes) wrote2002-10-25 10:28 am

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Friday!

Why is it that I can't sleep past 8:30 on weekends, and yet on weekdays I just want to stay in bed for another two or three hours when the alarm goes off? (These days, the answer is easy; it's warm in bed.)

On Wednesday night I went climbing, and proved conclusively that I can too climb overhanging walls if I want to. It's definitely indoor climbing season again, though; the gym was absolutely packed, even to having people climbing around on the ceiling. Therefore, I didn't get to climb the new variation on George of the Jungle until after I'd already trashed my arms. By the end of the night, it hurt to raise my arms above my shoulders. Washing my hair was, um, interesting. I didn't exactly hurt the next morning, but all of my muscles felt tired.

It's supposed to rain tomorrow. That figures. I think we're starting a new tradition of going to Wilson Farms in the rain, since it was raining three weeks ago when we went.

I ordered black linen and white silk floss for my next embroidery project, and when she heard what I was ordering, Theresa said "WHAT are you working on?". She thought it was cool once I explained it, though. I think it'll be cool too, although if my family sees me working on black linen, they're going to tell me I'm insane. They already told me that when I showed them the pattern for Elizabeth and the Lavender Sky.

I also finally got XonX downloaded and transferred to a CD such that the Mac could read it, so now I've got that running. AbiWord turned out to be less than entirely helpful, but that's only a minor problem.

When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

[identity profile] poopsmoothie.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that sounds cool. What exactly is your project?

[identity profile] dchenes.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Reversed blackwork. Instead of black on white, I'm doing it white on black. The original pattern was one color on white, but I couldn't find a color I liked that much.

Come to think of it, white on red would be cool too, if I could find the right red.

Cool

[identity profile] halleyscomet.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
Any chance I could catch a glimpse of it in the near future?

Re: Cool

[identity profile] dchenes.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Since I don't have the supplies yet, I haven't started the project yet. You can look at the pattern if you want, though.
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[personal profile] siercia 2002-10-25 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. You ARE insane! I can't wait to see it, though.

[identity profile] dchenes.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, come on now, you already knew I was insane. :) The banner's mostly done; eight more letters of the alphabet and the border and that's that.

Is it just me?

[identity profile] halleyscomet.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
For some reason "X on X" just sounds dirty to me.

I'm disappointed to hear about Abiword. Any chance I could see it up and running on your computer sometime? I'd like to see if it has the same look and feel of the Windows and Linux versions. You are a MAC user, so you're used to a nicer interface than I am.