Learning New Things

So I finally figured out how to make my blog automatically update in Twitter. It's through a site called TwitterFeed. Which in the logical part of my brain makes complete sense. But I'm not all that web savvy, I guess, because it took a tweet from @wilw to show me what I was missing.

wilw: Posted about my good day in my blog just now. Don't know if Twitterfeed is going to update it, as it's been wonky, so: http://is.gd/oOnj

So there. Wil Wheaton saves the day again!

I've learned some other new things as well this week.

I learned I can knit in fair-isle.


Many of you might notice that I have a picture! Yay! I used Photobooth on my Macbook to get it. I still don't have a card reader or a USB cord for my camera. Loser! But if this hat turns out the way I want it to I'll be posting the pattern on my blog in the near future. It's smaller than I planned, so I'll probably have to redo it for a bigger size but I like the way the skulls came out. This hat was originally for Marc Lutz. If you remember, he's the guy that designed my "One Crazy Stitch" logo, and did most of the "moods" on Punkymoods.

I, um, can't exactly find the logo right now. But you've seen it before. It's on my Twitter!

I also learned this week that I need to take better care of myself. I'm a real bitch when I don't get a bit of *me* time. (Sorry Billy!)

I learned some other things too, but I just took Marie out of the bath and promptly forgot them all.

Oh! Marie starts preschool tomorrow! Very exciting! She's way into it.

In honor of Pi Day! 3/14!

Get it? 3.14? March 14th?

Watch this:


I know right!?!

Ever seen a phone make coffee?

Best. Ad. Evar.


Click on the picture! Do it! Do it!! Clicky-clicky!

You need to watch this thing. I don't care. You need to. Now.

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Ok, ok, I know it's not real, but for a minute there I totally believed the projector thing. It was the coffee that got me. Although if you click on the "Technology" link, it's totally believable!

Me = Gullible.

On a side note though, can I please have the people in Nova Scotia do all my website crap for me? Wow.

Lust In Space: Lisa's 2nd book!

This is the review I wrote for "Lust In Space" on Ravenous Romance.

"If I had to describe this book in one word it would be *believable*. Everything about this book is completely, totally, and utterly believable.

"I spent a while reading this book because I didn't want it to end. This is one of the most creative, innovative, and intelligent books I've read in a very long time. There are parts of the plot that make you think "So THAT'S how they would do that!" (i.e. inter-species alien sex... wow!) The characters are very easy to relate to as real people; not at all like someone just created them out of their own mind.

"The sex scenes are definitely just as smart as the rest of the book, and I am one who prefers a hot read as opposed to looking at a magazine when it comes to erotic stimulation of the mind. But in my opinion, if they (the sex scenes) were taken out, the book would still be just as phenomenal as it is.

"Although I sometimes wished while reading that there could have been more detail in certain chapters. Think as if a whole season of Star Trek were compressed into 177 pages... that is a great way to describe it. There are so many opportunities for extended detail that probably aren't
possible with the length constraints of an e-book.

"I do have *one* slight beef with it though... the editing. Who ever did the final edit of this
book was not on their game. Have you ever found a misspelled or incongruous word use in a famous book and just wanted to call someone and yell? Well, that happened to me a few times reading this, and it almost led to a 4 star rating. But I know that wouldn't be fair to the author, so I left it as I felt it should be. Unfortunately it takes you out of the fiction for a little bit, but it's always easy to get back into it.

"Overall, I loved the book, and if there were a sequel I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I'm off to read another book by Ms. Lane as I am very impressed with her and hope to see
more from her soon."

Trailer for The Darkness and the Night #1

Ever seen a trailer for a book? Check it out! It's really good! The music is by Mad Menagerie. The art is all original by Lisa Lane.



To get the book go here.

The lazy way of blogging - stumbleupon/copy/paste

HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF

1. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."
4. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
5. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
6. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
7. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
8. Practice making fax and modem noises.
9. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
10. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
11. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
12. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
13. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
14. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
15. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
16. Staple pages in the middle of the page.
17. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
18. Honk and wave to strangers.
19. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
20. TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
21. type only in lowercase.
22. dont use any punctuation either
23. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
24. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times.
    "DO YOU HEAR THAT?"
    "What?"
    "Never mind, it's gone now."
25. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
26. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "No, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
27. Ask people what gender they are.
28. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
29. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
30. Sing along at the opera.
31. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
32. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."

Thank you to http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/how_to_tick_people_off.shtml

Sitter, Twitter, and then...

So I found a sitter.

After exhausting my resources in friends and co-workers I was brought to the internet. I went to Craig's List and searched for babysitting. For some reason there was an entry with a link to Care.com. So since there were only 4 other listings I decided to see what this care.com was all about.

It's about money is what it's about!

There's a $25 per month fee just to contact prospective babysitters! But being desperate I put up my info anyway and hoped for the best. (Note that I didn't say that I paid the outrageous fee, I mean, really?)

I ended up getting quite a few messages, but all of them had the email addresses and phone numbers blocked out because I wasn't paying for them. So I didn't know what I was going to do! How can I contact someone without their contact info?

It was like "Call me at xxx-xxx-xxxx or email me at xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx."

But for some reason there was one message where the phone number was visible! I don't know why, but I called anyway and arranged an interview at the Starbucks inside the Santa Fe Station. Can I just say how very *strange* it was to be the interviewer instead of the interviewee for the first time in my life?

Well, it all worked out. She's 17, lives with her boyfriend who gives her rides to and from my house, has a nose ring, and wants to babysit as much as possible. Very convenient!

It was so funny because she didn't have the nose ring at the interview but she asked me "How do you feel about piercings and tattoos?" I just laughed. I cannot WAIT until Friday when she gets to see me all slut-ified to work at Dick's! The kids seem to like her, and she works for $5 and hour so it's all very good.

In other news, I have discovered Twitter as of late.

I LOVE twitter. Where else can you follow along with all your favorite people's lives as they happen? If you want to follow me my name is @onecrazystitch. I love being able to see what my Star Trek people are doing. @wilw is Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), @levarburton is,duh, Levar Burton (Geordi La Forge), and @brentspiner is, duh again, Brent Spiner (Data). I'm all psyched about reading things they write in their real life tongue. Well. Fingertips. Anyway.

I wanted to say some more stuff but I forgot what it was. That's me!