summer, meme, socks, pictures. yeah.

Oh man, it's hot. I'm trying to embrace it, but heat is really hard for me. It makes me pouty and annoyed. Plus, this is not supposed to be a hot month! June is normally sort of misty and cool in Los Angeles - June Gloom. Where is it? I liked it. Please come back, June Gloom! Good thing that cold beers and ice cream exist on Earth. I remembered how much I love ice cream in Ohio, which may or may not be a good thing. The Jeni's right across the convention center + it was a bazillion degrees = we ate so much ice cream!

The lovely Kristine from A Verb For Keeping Warm (if you haven't seen her fiber yet, and you are interested in yummy naturally dyed goodness made by a very nice person... please just click on that link right now and I'm sorry about your PayPal balance) tagged me with a meme, which is great, because I have been wanting to blog but feel like I have so much to say I don't even know where to begin, and now I can just begin with the questions! Excellent.

What was I doing 10 years ago?

I had just finished my third year at CalArts and was waiting tables at Spago Palo Alto for the summer. I got to take wine glasses, which was fun. Edit: Classes! I took wine classes! I have never taken a wine glass from a restaurant in my entire life!

What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?

Blog entry (mine and also work), groceries, cook yummy dinner (salmon & veggies), watch a movie... um. That is it. It's Saturday and I am kicking it. Sunday will be busier.

Snacks I enjoy:

Kettle corn, chips and salsa and/or guacamole, almonds, peanuts, salt & vinegar potato chips, kumquats, Haribo gummi bears.

Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

Buy a lot of wheelchairs (and do so many other Good Things), buy a house, travel. Life is pretty sweet... I guess I do this stuff anyway. Except the buying a house (yet).

Places I have lived:

• Pittsburgh, PA
• Fairfax, VA
• Palo Alto, CA
• Valencia, CA
• Val Verde, CA
• Van Nuys, CA
• Los Angeles, CA

Jobs I have had:

Babysitter, waitress, nanny, teacher at after-school arts center, LYS manager/teacher, knitting/crochet designer, Director of Operations, Ravelry Person (woo hoo)!

I finished a project! A pair of socks. I have only blogged three finished items this year (two pairs of socks and a hat) and that had me a little bummed, thinking that was all I had actually knit. (That's just not like me.) Then I remembered the finished silk garden sweater, much loved but not yet photographed, and the unbloggable things large and small, and felt better. Makes me wonder what pre-blog projects I have just completely forgotten about. Sad. But! More pictures later, which is good!

I also started the 365 Days project because I am copying Carrieoke. But then Jess started it with me, which is great because it's nice to know someone starting at the same time. Plus her pictures are badass. I think this is going to be a lot of fun - there is a whole Flickr group for "knitterly and crafty types" who are participating - so fun to look at all the great pictures, and click on people's photosets and see what they choose each day.

I am six days into it - hope I can keep it up!   

Comments

[Darci]

How very funny that the husband, th daughter and I were just lamenting the lost of June Gloom this afternoon. Los Angeles is just not the same without the morning mist and cool veil over the Valley.

[turtlegirl76]

Is that the Malibu Bag in Saddle hanging off your shoulder? I have that same one on it's way to me! I hope to have it by the end of the week. =)

[Marnie]

Oooh, I really hope it cools off by next weekend. It's been pretty great, weather wise,up here :)
Can i just say that I bought some cotton from a Verb for Keeping Warm and it's fantastic. w00t!

[mai]

1) i'm enjoying your self-portraits!
2) you lived in fairfax?! when? where? come back?
3) i want jeni's
4) i love kettle corn popcorn with a passion
5) awesome socks! i have blogged very few knit projects this year as well, which makes me super sad :(

[LittleWit]

While you were here *enjoying* the unbearable heat, I witnessed snow in the mountains of Utah. Thankfully by the time I got back to Ohio the weather had cooled some. It's been very pleasant in the 70s lately so we have the windows open and cool breezes blowing! :)

[Carrie]

YAY 365! I totally started because I was copying DoggedKnits Ashley and FlintKnits Pam and lots of other knitbloggers. It is SO fun. You will definitely make it. Just remember that some days you won't want to take a pic, and that's okay - I usually do a foot shot or elbow shot or something on those days. :)

Those socks are lovely! I love the variegation in the yarn.

[Mom]

If you'd been up here (Capitola) yesterday, you would have witnessed very strange weather. Unbearably hot in the a.m. turned to strange hailstorm and lightening that started over 100 fires in NoCal. But it did cool down ...

[Kuma]

I freakin love Haribo gummy bears. Almost as much as I love you. . .