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It's been quite a few days- I'm sorry to all of you who just got comments I left on 10-day-old posts. My apathy is overwhelming sometimes.
But HAY- I'm here now with so much to share!!!


First off- I finished painting the study, FINALLY- and now just have to rip up the carpet and sand/ finish the floor... just. *sigh* yeah-
But we GOT A ROOMMATE. He's a friend-quaintence of ours who we both adore but hardly ever see. Christopher is highly gay and highly awesome. He's into really great movies, he's clean, quiet, has awesome taste, and, well- I just can't say enough how happy I am to get him. I think it's going to be grand, and we'll be making 450- a month that will cover our evil winter heating bills, and now we'll be able to buy FOOD and possibly even PAY THE MORTGAGE on time. AMAZING.
It won't be till November, which gives me time to clear out the library:


and relocate ALL OF THAT CRAP elsewhere so he will have somewhere to live.

Therefore, my remodeling (painting and carpet removal) (the room was blood red and black, now it's pale grey-purple and white= lots of paint) of the old study (which will be the new library) has to get DONE.

Much painting and cleaning has been done this weekend, and now I'm back to work-

as a matter of fact- on that note- I'm working 2 weeks on the graveyard shift. 10pm to 10 am- today is my first. It's 3am and a bit.... surreal. But very peaceful.


What else have I been up to?
Well- I finished the CAT YARN project (part one- this is going to definately continue since i had such success)- I made about 12 feet of cat-twine, which became 6 feet when put together and 3 feet when twisted in half. I soaked it in water, and discovered that it was REALLY STRONG. I didn't have enough to KNIT a cat toy, so instead I constructed one in basket-weaving fashion with red thread- and stuffed it with catnip.
So far the reaction has been: Bafflement, sniffing, disintrest, OBOYFUNBATBAT, disintrest, sniffing again, disintrest, slight fear, more sniffing, forgotton.




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Yes, I've saved the best for last.


I got MAIL.

two AWESOME things came for me in the past few days.

( Check it oooouuuut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

Made a skeleton of an animal that doesn't exist out of various... parts I've collected. Interference green and some experimenting with layering watercolors, oil colors, and acrylics.
Fun
Yeah, I know, the lighting's not too good. I've really got to get a better one than this, but I was in a hurry this morning.




This guy had a very... false smile the whole ride- I think it was some kind of neurological problem, and it was especially disturbing.



If anyone knows anyone in Portland who might be interested in our Room-to-let, or if you're just a curious cat- here are some photos of it, and no, we havne't removed any furniture from the room YET.
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/ebatt/Room%20To%20Let/

Okay, Okay, so it's not the same as making someone a good old TDK mixtape that broke after you played it 4 times and got tangled in your tape player and peed on by cats and had the most terrible sound (god I miss those).....
but I do love making people CDs.

It gives me a great opportunity/ excuse to sit down and go through all my music and say to myself over and over "I have great taste".
I listen to stuff I'd all but forgotten about, and Tonight I made one CD for icarus_fell to go in her uber belated birthday box, and two for fry1138 because I meant to before but ran out of CDrs.

Also, today I made paper! It's awesome! And MESSY!

T mobile albums are down for maintenance, but I'll post photos of it really soon- I made a bunch.

Also, it rained today, and I'm like a thirsty thirsty flower- this weather really makes me feel alive. Splattering and streaking down the windows and turning the streets black and shiny.
The weather gods are smiling on me.

I recently finished my newest art progect- It's another jellyfish but this one is made out of industrial bits and lenses:



All in all I'm fairly pleased.

Also, I've been learning to knit, which I'm godawful at for the moment, but at least I'm faster than I was 2 days ago.
I have about 4 inches of a terribly made scarf to show for all my hard work ATM, but it's still oddly gratifying- I feel like knitting is one of those primal things that we should all pretty much know how to basically do- like making fire or baking bread.

Oh, and I got my book in the mail last week- it's bloody GREAT and I'm very pleased with the color reproduction- I don't have it right now (loaned it to a coworker) but when I do I'll post the obligitory "here's me and my book" photo.


Until that glorious moment, here's some awesome new photos, that will be in next year's edition.

( Oh Portlanders )

I was afraid it was true after seeing the first 5 minutes of this on OPB, but apparently, John Cleese is NOT dead, and I'm a sucker




in other news, one of my best pals, Paris (and her hubby Erik and daughter Freya) MIGHT be staying with us for about six months in the near future. It would mean they could save up for a home, and I could get caught up on bills.
I know roomies can be a real headache, but there are too many pros to overlook.
Paris is a stay-at-home housewifey- and insanely clean (and I'm a lazy slob, but she loves picking up after slobs) - I'm a feeder and she won't eat unless fed (I'll make that girl FAT), we'd both HALVE our rent & bills, and the timespan is limited/set so as not to be awful for anybody.
It's just all kinds of awesome.
My few reservations are heavily outweighed by the pros, and having had a LONG history with Paris, I'm certain our coexistence would be pleasant and profitable.