I'm a 20 something college student living outside of DC. I'm obsessed with knitting, bad TV, and reading. I work for the USDA playing in the dirt. I'm currently looking for love, enjoying my friends, and expanding my mind.
I took a really cool picture in my car as I was getting home from work today. It was raining pretty hard but the sun was out. It was really bizarre looking. For whatever odd reason it was really relaxing. Rain is always kind of refreshing and who doesn't love sunshine? It should sunnyrain more often.
Pictures like this make the fact that I sat in my ac-less, powerless, entertainment-less, hot water-less apartment for over an hour less painful I suppose.
I've noticed I've really gotten into the electronic as of late. Really.
This is a band I heard about a while ago from several people. My good friend Mandy is completely in love with them. The first time I heard of them was on MySpace. I guess that proves it's good for something besides dumb men and hoochies meeting up.
The rest of their album † (a cross, although not a Christian cross), is fantastic. Several songs have been features in commercials and on television and one of their most popular singles from the album is 'D.A.N.C.E.'
The song I'm sharing with you all is usually the first one I listen to when I get to work in the morning lately and I guarantee it makes your head bop.
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The United States of Joanna is getting geared up for an intense two weeks of events. I've chosen my projects for the competition. They include a 42" cardigan to be made for South West Trading Company (a yarn company specializing in unique natural fibers - this is my third test knit for them), a pinwheel baby blanket to be donated to Project Linus, and last but not least... if I have time I'm going to begin a raglan sweater for myself (the Cabaret Raglan for you knitters out there).
I'm really excited and have a feeling I'll tear through these projects. I'm competitive beyond belief. It's probably even more of a character flaw than it is a redeeming quality.
The Olympics technically do not begin in Beijing until 8 am here (it'll be 8 pm there). I plan on starting as soon as the clock goes to 12 am on Thursday night.
It's soooo on.
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Last Friday I went and got my fourth tattoo. I had it done at Red Octopus in Prince Frederick, Maryland by Andi. She's one of the best in my opinion. She's been in the game a long time and really knows her stuff. She's also great to work with and honest about what she thinks will look best as an artist and as someone who has seen many tattoos put in crappy places. Because of her I'll probably never get something on my foot now (and neither should you).
I'm not sure what's next though I'm almost positive there will be a next. I'm thinking about going further down my back and hips after I have kids. And there will be more flowers of course. These are Dogwood, some of my favorites.
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With Hurricane Edouard rolling through the Gulf it got me wondering... what weirdo dude's job it is to come up with hurricane names? I wish it were my job. I should start making a list of all the bad ass names I'd put on the list. Maybe it'd just contain the names of people I don't like... or people who are particularly destructive. Seems fitting. Anyway, some facts about hurricane names:
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Lately I've been thinking a lot about the people that have come into and left my life. Not just during college but even when I was a lot younger. It's really kind of wild to think about how many people are no longer a part of my life. This is a pattern destine to repeat itself.
As I mentioned in a previous entry... I'd really like to work on my temper.And I do still want to but I'm realizing more and more that people capable of making me feel like that usually aren't worth keeping around anyway.
The biggest and most reoccurring thing is people who I thought were once very close to me and I know were very special to me seem to keep flaking out. Cutting me out without my knowing or really even understanding why. Maybe this is something all 22 year olds go through when college is over.
All I can say is that I'm incredibly happy for the new friends I have made and kept. I've become really close to a lot of girls through knitting. All the good things that knitting has brought into my is life really quite amazing. I've also been trying to fix old relationships with people who I was once very close to and it seems to be going well so far. Distance has helped me realize which of my friends really matter to me and which ones I'd like to stay in close contact with.
Anyway... here's to true friends - new and old.
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I'm completely obsessed with reality TV. Some of my favorites include Big Brother, any of the VH1 shows, and of course some of the competition shows like The Mole and America's Best Dance Crew. I'm somewhat picky about which of those I watch though. I don't like Survivor or any of the other dancing shows. And as far as dating shows, I don't really like The Bachelor or as I like to call them: the 'high class' dating shows... where STD riddled contestants are more likely to be the exception than the rule. I bring this up because there's one show that always gives me horrible second hand embarrassment. MTV's MADE. The kids on this show are so ridiculously dorky it pains my soul to watch them go through their challenges.
And now back to your regularly scheduled programming: a MADE marathon.
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I mentioned I went on vacation. I was only at the actual beach from Friday night till Tuesday night of last week. I guess I'm more the type of person who is fine just sitting around back at home relaxing around the pool or doing whatever else it is I want to do. It was still good to spend time with Amaya and the family. I also got a lot of knitting and reading done which was good.
Best of all I got to take more pictures with my new camera.
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Sometimes on my lunch break I'll go sit in a parking lot in my car and listen to the radio, people watch, read, knit... pretty much whatever I can't get away with at my desk that relaxes me. Not too long ago I was listening to the radio while knitting along on my sweater and the indie station I listen to occasionally let's popular blogs take over the radio and choose the music. This particular blog turned out to be a pretty cool one that recommends lots of new music, occasionally old but not well known music. A lot of the stuff he played during my lunch break was electronic. He played three songs from a compilation created by lots of different artists and DJs called Buffet Libre: Rewind. It's a collection of 80's songs remixed and redone. There are a TON of amazing songs on the mix and it's free to download online. Just go to http://buffetlibre.net/ and download the zip file.
Of the three songs, the first he played was my absolute favorite and it had me bouncing around. Now I'd like you to close your eyes and picture me sitting in a busy parking lot by myself knitting and singing this song while bouncing around.
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I've been lazy, and then on vacation AND lazy which doesn't make for a good blog post.
I've mostly been reading. I finished Snow Crash and have now started Foxfire ( a recommendation from Liza). It's good so far. I'm almost halfway. I started reading One Hundred Years of Solitude while on vacation but couldn't really get into it after about 50 pages. Which doesn't say much about the book but more about my attention span. I'll come back to it when I'm ready to read 20-25 page chapters full of lots of Spanish names beginning with the letter A.
I've also been thinking. Mostly about where I've been and where I'd like to go. I'd love some stability in my life. This whole college thing doesn't really help that at all. I move every year (which I'm about to again). New classes each semester. And my parent's home isn't mine anymore. It probably will never be again. I know that sounds cheesy because hey... it's been made into a Zach Braff movie.
The more important thing in all of this is who I am and who I want to be. Not where I'll live or what my degree will be in or even the man I'll marry. I've noticed recently that the whole stereotype of red heads being fiery tempered is true with me. I never thought it was before. I still believe I'm painfully loyal and honest but along with that comes the fact that I hold other people to those same standards which is pretty unrealistic. I'm happy with and proud of who I call my best friends. They're all amazing people with the same morals as myself. But do I hold everyone else to unrealistic standards?
I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. I'm more the type of person that resolves to make changes throughout the year instead of on one single day. I think more gets accomplished that way. The goals I set are more realistic when broken down as opposed to piled on all at once. So that's what I'm going to do now. I want to work on my temper and learn to be more relaxed when living my sometimes challenging life.
There are some things that just aren't worth getting and then staying upset over.
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