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August 15, 2005
i need a weekend to recover from my weekend
fast and furious is how the past 48 hours seems to me. there was a lot of ground covered, and we're gonna cover it all again, which hopefully will assist me in my own personal digestion.
friday morning started with me finding EXACTLY THE HEADBOARD I'D BEEN ENVISIONING FOR MY BEDROOM!!! and it was just leaning against the back wall of my building when i came out to go to work.
the only problem is that it was 1 inch too deep to fit into the closet with the bed. that's how it can be sometimes with the trash. you drag it in, only to find you gotta drag it back out. there are a lot of wins, too, which is why i went for it here. hopefully someone else is enjoying this now...
i don't have pictures from friday night, but i spent it with the mcgordroys. this is when i found out that the annual alamo sq. flea market was happening. i went back over to lygia's house saturday morning, and she, neil, and i went to check it all out.
you know neil's wondering how it is i managed to find two first printing hard cover harry potter books (chamber of secrets and goblet of fire) for only $4. yup-yup, that's how we do...
i also saw this box of fantagraphics comix. i either had the issues i liked, or wasn't into the title...oh well...
after the flea market, i went and met up with pete and mo at the yerba buena to see the maori exhibit of weaving, carving, and tattooing. when we got there we found there was also this filipino fair going on.
we grabbed a spot to eat, and then checked out the maori exhibit. i didn't see the weavers one of my coworkers had talked about, but i saw their results. so friggin' rad!
there were also some great carvings and pottery, as well as traditional tattooing going on in the corner. i didn't get a pict of the tat's for a couple of reasons; 1)the crowd 2)they were using modern machines. that traditional thing with the string and needle's intense, but these guys were giving traditional designs using a gun. i don't blame'em, but i didn't take a pict...
saturday night i went up to the tree house, and hung out with nathalie and damon. i was able to drop off the finished fingerless mittens, although i didn't take an "FO" pict of them...ooops... nathalie made us a kick-ass couscous! and, for the record, along with watching red dwarf, we listened in on mr.skirvin's podcast.
sunday was spent bringing an embarrassing amount of "stuff" to goodwill. then i went and played chess with joel, and played HORRIBLY. i was having difficulty concentrating. joel said it was that rudy was on tv, but it was actually...ok, rudy.... i was supposed to go over to potrero hill after that. this woman rebecca has made this garden in a bread box that she's going to give to me, and we're going to drink beers in the actual garden that the diorama's based on! how fun is that!?!?!?!! unfortunately, another situation presented itself, and my evening went in a different direction.
lest you think i didn't do anything this weekend, check this out. i can't even believe that i still got these things made:
i made this little bracelet/earring set for juana. she was hanging out with me at work when i got some new bracelet findings. she really liked this bracelet, and i offered to put one together for her. i was curious anyway, just cuz i'd never made one like this before...
i also made a couple of necklaces for myself, cuz just exactly what i need is more jewelry...LOL!!!!
and i finished those lana grossa pink colorway socks, which i'm stoked to wear today! there's nothing like starting the week wearing a new pair of sox!
ok, now i'm gonna go try to survive work....best of luck to you on yours!
Posted by Meagen at August 15, 2005 05:29 AM