tonight, my old high school had a barnes and nobles night. basically that means that from five to ten pm people who purchase items and ask for a slip from the school, part of their purchase goes to the school library. good fun. there is even a time when some comedians and poets preform in an open mic type forum. only a few showed up to preform. a sad thing. but quite an audience for that type of event (it must also be said that we preformed in the children's section also).
i preformed two pieces. red lion: a poem in sonnet form (abab cdcd efef gg rhyme and iambic pentameter) that won first place in my college's poetry contest (which i'll get paid $50 for, first time being paid for my writing). its a tribute to the times i spent at a particular diner with my wonderful, fun-loving friends. main street follies: a short story. about a page to a page and a half. a little "scene" of my boyfriend and i at our spot in a particular park. a tribute, let us say, to our odd, yet long lasting, relationship.
though i wish i preformed better (time to practice and not such a small audience), i think i did better than i did at my college's open mic night. though i had more options to read. here, i only brought two. main street follies was a little "radical" for the children's section and for the teachers, being that my boyfriend was sitting right in the corner. and they all know who he is. i had to edit out some "sexual" items. like when he says that it's too cold outside and my bed would be warm. or when i explain how his lips caressed my numb lips. also, i cursed in the "scene" and that had to be edited out. "Cindy's a Bitch." you'd have to read the story to understand. but overall, i think it went well.
i ran around to find the knitting section and look at their books. a pretty good amount. i'm not sure if i like border's selection better or not though. there is this one book i've been eyeing and i'd really like, though it cost $33 and i wasn't willing to spend that kind of money at the moment. i'll wait for christmas.
i still have to finish my holiday shopping. there are still some people that i don't know what to get them. i'm figuring next week i'll go to the mall when i get out of class and just look around and find somethings for these certain people.
back to knitting. i picked up my gloves again. those hobo gloves. and started working on them before i left for the barnes and nobles thing. i have two fingers done. i started working on the middle finger but i didn't know how many stitches to pick up 'cause i left the pattern at home (i'm using part of a pattern from Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick). i was looking at the book at barnes and nobles but they didn't have it. this shocked me greatly! this is a very amazing book (wonderful and useful patterns, pretty pictures and random other tidbits)! so in turn, i began to resume work on my leg warmers. it is now about a foot long, i'd like to make it about one and a half to two feet long so that they cover up to my knee and maybe even sag a bit. i'm hoping to get the pair done by the end of finals week. hopefully. otherwise i haven't touched any of my other projects.
(i swear, i'll post pictures of my works in progress soon. once i get un-lazy.)
this week will be quite busy for me. i'm kind of scared. today was a student government meeting along with the barnes and nobles thing. tomorrow i have a dinner to attend at six o'clock in the evening. before hand i have to pick up my boyfriend's cell phone, visit an old teacher (maybe) and get my payment for the scarf. luckily, my first class (psychology) was cancelled (8-9:20am) so instead of waking up at 5:30am, i can wake up at 7:30 or 8 am. this makes me pleased. then friday i have another dinner to attend at the president's house (president of the college) from around six to nine pm. saturday, i'm heading off the a football game and hopefully this weekend i'll get time with my boyfriend. but it depends on our homework, my exams and his college prep.
i'm sure i have more to talk about. but i am starting to crash. (drinking chai late at night, like coffee, is a bad idea!)
thank you for reading and your comments.
enjoy your tonight and tomorrow.
i preformed two pieces. red lion: a poem in sonnet form (abab cdcd efef gg rhyme and iambic pentameter) that won first place in my college's poetry contest (which i'll get paid $50 for, first time being paid for my writing). its a tribute to the times i spent at a particular diner with my wonderful, fun-loving friends. main street follies: a short story. about a page to a page and a half. a little "scene" of my boyfriend and i at our spot in a particular park. a tribute, let us say, to our odd, yet long lasting, relationship.
though i wish i preformed better (time to practice and not such a small audience), i think i did better than i did at my college's open mic night. though i had more options to read. here, i only brought two. main street follies was a little "radical" for the children's section and for the teachers, being that my boyfriend was sitting right in the corner. and they all know who he is. i had to edit out some "sexual" items. like when he says that it's too cold outside and my bed would be warm. or when i explain how his lips caressed my numb lips. also, i cursed in the "scene" and that had to be edited out. "Cindy's a Bitch." you'd have to read the story to understand. but overall, i think it went well.
i ran around to find the knitting section and look at their books. a pretty good amount. i'm not sure if i like border's selection better or not though. there is this one book i've been eyeing and i'd really like, though it cost $33 and i wasn't willing to spend that kind of money at the moment. i'll wait for christmas.
i still have to finish my holiday shopping. there are still some people that i don't know what to get them. i'm figuring next week i'll go to the mall when i get out of class and just look around and find somethings for these certain people.
back to knitting. i picked up my gloves again. those hobo gloves. and started working on them before i left for the barnes and nobles thing. i have two fingers done. i started working on the middle finger but i didn't know how many stitches to pick up 'cause i left the pattern at home (i'm using part of a pattern from Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick). i was looking at the book at barnes and nobles but they didn't have it. this shocked me greatly! this is a very amazing book (wonderful and useful patterns, pretty pictures and random other tidbits)! so in turn, i began to resume work on my leg warmers. it is now about a foot long, i'd like to make it about one and a half to two feet long so that they cover up to my knee and maybe even sag a bit. i'm hoping to get the pair done by the end of finals week. hopefully. otherwise i haven't touched any of my other projects.
(i swear, i'll post pictures of my works in progress soon. once i get un-lazy.)
this week will be quite busy for me. i'm kind of scared. today was a student government meeting along with the barnes and nobles thing. tomorrow i have a dinner to attend at six o'clock in the evening. before hand i have to pick up my boyfriend's cell phone, visit an old teacher (maybe) and get my payment for the scarf. luckily, my first class (psychology) was cancelled (8-9:20am) so instead of waking up at 5:30am, i can wake up at 7:30 or 8 am. this makes me pleased. then friday i have another dinner to attend at the president's house (president of the college) from around six to nine pm. saturday, i'm heading off the a football game and hopefully this weekend i'll get time with my boyfriend. but it depends on our homework, my exams and his college prep.
i'm sure i have more to talk about. but i am starting to crash. (drinking chai late at night, like coffee, is a bad idea!)
thank you for reading and your comments.
enjoy your tonight and tomorrow.
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