Recycling

Recycling is good, right? We all like recycling. So it's okay if I recycle this picture, right?

Because although I am now working on the 17th stripe, Hugh looks exactly the same (possibly a bit thicker). Since recycling is good for the planet, I figured why not? (Translation: I left off writing this until the absolute last minute and I don't have enough time to do a nice post with a new picture and a semi-witty title.) And yes, I know that my titles will never, ever, be described as "witty."

Have an awesome weekend! I am really pushing to try to get this done by Monday, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

Jelly Roll of Doom

I'm considering a name change from Hugh to Jelly Roll of Doom, and here's why:

I've never actually had a jelly roll before, and I've never seen a jelly roll before, but I would imagine it would something like that. Right now I'm on the 15th row of the 15th stripe, which means I have a total of 95 rounds left. And that makes me really happy.

I need to eat so I can get ready for my rehearsal (I get to wear saddle shoes and a poodle skirt! Oh the joys of the 50s), so I'm going to end this here. Talk to you soon!

Don't Look Now!

Don't look now, but it's a post! For the second day in a row! And would you believe that, but this thing has more stripes!

There's a total of 11 (I think, I'm counting based off the picture), which means I only have eight to go! Although I did realize yesterday that I was going to need more white yarn. My mom thought this was hysterical, since when I was making this monstrosity, she bought me way too much white yarn. So now, whenever we go to Michaels, she always asks me if I need more white yarn. And last night, I had to ask her for more white yarn. And since the yarn needs to be the same, so there won't be a difference between the white stripes, I had to get a whole pound. It's like a never ending cycle of white yarn hate.

Anyway, I should be all set to finish Hugh now! Talk to you (dare I say it?) tomorrow!

Book Review: Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Because I'm totally lame, my first book review is actually a book teaser my English teacher asked me to write a couple months ago. So please forgive the slightly cheesy tone this is written in and try to focus on the book!

If you look around you, you can see people that all look completely different. In Tally Youngblood's world, every thing's different. When an "ugly" (that's anyone) turns 16, they receive an operation that makes them stunningly beautiful, and move to the glamorous New Pretty Town. However, not everyone wants the operation, and some uglies have started running away to "The Smoke." When one of Tally's friends decides to run, Tally is offered a deal that could change her life forever. Who are the agents of Special Circumstances, and what is the secret behind the operation? To find out, check out Uglies by Scott Westerfield. (If you like it, there are three more: Pretties, Specials, and Extras.)


I'll (probably) be back tomorrow with an update on Hugh. Talk to you then!

Yipes! Stripes!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's a book title, or maybe a puzzle or something. But it can also be applied to week-late blog posts:

I'm four rounds away from having seven whole stripes, and that means that I'm four rows away from having twelve stripes left. Ugh. I told you this one was going to take a while!

Tomorrow I (hopefully) will be posting my first book review. Maybe. You guys should know by now, I'm not really good at keeping to that kind of thing.

Oops

I never know how many Os to put in Oops...

Anyway, I think I got cocky. I was all, "Oh, I posted three days in a row, I got this!" And then two days with nothing. So since I owe you guys an update, the first book review is going to be next week. I do have some exciting news, though:

That's right, 15 of 17, 16 of 17, and (finally) 17 of 17! Now I'm down to one last scarf:

At least, one more scarf with a deadline. But more about that in a second. After much discussion with my mom, we settled on this pattern, which is actually for a Hogwarts scarf. Since this final scarf (I'm calling it Hugh, by the way) is for a guy, this seemed like a good way to go. One downside: it's taking a while. I'm at the very end of the third stripe (literally, there's one stitch left) of 19, which sort of stinks. Also, since the stripes are all the same length (22 rows), it's not quite as mindless as the ruffle scarves.

On the bright side, once I finish this one, I just have one more scarf to make. It's a ruffle scarf, just like the ones above, except it's black. And it's just something my mom wanted, so I don't need to worry about getting it done by a specific time. I am going to do it right after I finish Hugh though, or else I probably won't ever do it!

Have an awesome weekend, and a very happy Father's Day to any of the dads out there (especially mine)!

Threepeat

I'm running a bit late today, so this'll have to be a quickie. I just finished the knitting for 15 of 17, and I'll tack down the edges later tonight or tomorrow:

I know this hardly counts as a post, but hopefully tomorrow's will be a little more interesting.

A New Record

I'm posting two days in a row!!! It's a new record! (Not really. March of last year kind of rocked for me.) So check out 14 of 17:

Just like yesterday, I spent way too much time watching Doctor Who this morning (Well, I actually only watch two episodes. It could have been worse.) and my knitting is reaping the benefits. As in now it exists, and before it was a ball of yarn.

So after that, I felt a little guilty, and wanted to do something productive with my day. Being the neat freak I am, my first thought was, "Let's clean something!" I then proceeded to the perfectly logical step of drawing a map of my room:

which I am showing you for no apparent reason whatsoever. I actually measured my room from wall to wall, and all the furniture. And then drew it on graph paper (each square is six square inches, if you care). I really have no idea what the point of all this was.

One last thing before I go. About two months ago, before my, um, absence, I said I was going to start posting book reviews. And then I left. Anyway, my original plan was to post those on Thursdays, because those were my busier evenings, and I could write the posts ahead of time. That doesn't matter anymore, so I have a new plan. Any weekday that I don't have much of anything to post, I'll put up that week's review. And if (by some miracle) I have stuff to post every day, then it'll come on Friday.

That's it! Talk to you tomorrow!

I Think I'm Defective

What's the easiest way to stop a member of the collective in their tracks? Ask them if they're defective. What's the easiest way to stop these posts in their tracks? Assign me a research paper, three final exams, five standardized tests, a few assorted projects, and administer a huge dose of laziness. Seriously. That has basically been my life since the last time I posted. (Also, my French teacher made us this French apple tart thing for the last class, and I discovered that apricot jam tastes oddly like prunes. Because, you know. Logic.)

Anyway, as you might guess, I have a lot to show you now. Today is just going to be the Borg Scarves, since I have a lot of them.

First, 5 of 17 and 6 of 17:

I have no idea when I finished any of these (until we get closer to the end), so I'm not going to worry about those. Al I know is that 5 of 17 was finished before May 4, and 6 of 17 was after May 5. 7 of 17 is seen here with a friend:

On the left is the scarf my mom requested I make and give to her for Mother's Day. (So I guess 7 of 17 was done before Mother's Day.) Now, 8 of 17, 9 of 17, and 10 of 17:

Here we get to the point where I know things about stuff.  Sort of. I know that I tacked down the edges of all three of these just a little while ago, and that I finished the knitting for 12 of 17 and 13 of 17 yesterday, but I don't really know when I knit 11 of 17. At all.

I feel like I need to tell you something else that's pretty important. While I was gone, I became a Sherlockian and a Whovian. Yeah. (I actually just started Doctor Who yesterday, hence the two scarves finished yesterday.) I know totally understand the intense hatred of Moffat, and completely share in it. MOFFAT!!!!!!!

I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with a normal post (but we all know that may not happen). Talk to you soon!