Season 12 Doctor Who Scarf Progress:

week 30 in review

July 30th, 2010

I think it’s time I get myself back into blogging more frequently. Week In Review seems like a good way to motivate myself, so here goes! I’ll see if I can post every Friday. haha. We’ll see how long it lasts. Like so many things on the internet, this may be fleeting.

—video
Sherlock, 1/1, “A Study in Pink”
Doctor Who, 24/3 (7F), “Delta and the Bannermen”
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Futurama, 6/7, “The Late Philip J. Fry”

—audio

knitting crochet
Om Shanti Yoga Mat Bag
White Totoro amigurumi
Tiny Whale amigurumi
Frog amigurumi
Mouse amigurumi
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—spinning
2 oz. of 100% hand dyed merino top (“Passion Flower”); single ply laceweight
2 oz. of 100% corriedale (“Baby Llama”); will become 2 ply worsted weight

—other stuff
comprehensive exam studying (blergh)
cooking up quiz questions for my TA ship, harder than one would think (at least for me)
I haven’t knit a single stitch all week; crochet crochet crochet!

week 21 in review

May 31st, 2009

–video
Heroes (last few eps of season 1 and all of season 2 … so sue me, it’s summer break!)
Cubs & White Sox baseball on mlb.tv
So NoTORIous (what a gem of a show)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (just started season 4)

–audio
my “Glamorous Indie Rock N Roll” station on Pandora
still hooked on M.I.A.
still hooked on The Asteroid Galaxy Tour
www.kcrw.com (particularly Henry Rollins and Anne Litt)

–knitting
jellyfish amigurumi
Just Enough Ruffles scarf
picked up my Abby cowl (WIP)

–spinning
almost finished with some 2ply worsted weight blue/yellow/gold yarn, I think I’m going to call it “Sunshowers”

–other stuff
Still desperately trying to find a part-time and/or summer job. One would think that having a masters degree would make this easier.

week 17 in review

April 27th, 2009

–video
Bulls 2OT win !!!
Cubbies snapping the Cards’ 9 game home win streak
Futurama Season 2 (yeah, pretty much the whole thing)
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Star Trek episodes:
“The Cage”
“The Man Trap”
“The Corbomite Maneuver”
“The Balance of Terror”
“Amok Time”
“Mirror, Mirror”
“The Gamesters of Triskelion”
“The Omega Glory”
“Bread and Circuses”

–audio
… pretty much what is listed above

–knitting
Not much, busy with Star Trek

–spinning
Again, not much, busy with Star Trek

–other stuff
Did I mention that I’m working on an article about Star Trek?

week 16 in review

April 19th, 2009

–video
Scrubs 815, “My Soul on Fire pt. 2″
Daily Show
Colbert Report
Cubs baseball
White Sox baseball
NHL Playoffs (Go Blackhawks!!!)
NBA Playoffs (Go Bulls!!!)

–audio
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I can’t wait for a clean mp3 of this. OMG. Probably one of my favorite covers ever.

–knitting
Lemongrass Bolero (80%)
Lace Ribbon Scarf (new one, 5%)
TARDIS iPod Cozy (for iPod Touch)

–spinning
spun up some Goober Buns from HeartstringsbyDee … it’s crazy colorful and ridiculous. it reminds me of a beach ball.

–other stuff
redesigned my header on Etsy. Hokusai love!
this week I start my Star Trek paper. gotta love an excuse to watch TONS of Star Trek.

week 15 in review

April 12th, 2009

–video
Scrubs 814, “My Soul on Fire pt. 1″
Doctor Who, “Planet of the Dead”
Doctor Who Confidential, “Desert Storm”
Doctor Who, “The Invasion of Time” (1977)

–audio
more of the same … I need new music!

–knitting
Lace Ribbon Scarf (finished!)
Beech Wood Cowl (35%)
Presto Chango (99%, just needs seaming and buttons)

–spinning
finished spinning and plying ~240 yds of worsted weight yarn (see previous post)

–other stuff
waiting until November for the next Doctor Who special is going to KILL ME