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clevermanka) wrote2012-03-18 06:47 am
clevermanka) wrote2012-03-18 06:47 am
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It's fun to do bad things
I made myself stay up until 10pm yesterday. So, I was awake for about twenty-one hours. Whew. This morning I woke up at 2:30, but managed to fall back asleep until 5:30. So, seven-ish hours of sleep last night. Not great, but not bad.
I certainly do get a lot done when I have insomnia.
The drum case looks fantastic, but I think I probably won't ever make another one, despite my mentioning making one for Brayden, Egotista's lead drummer and organizer. Maybe someday, when I've forgotten the painful tedium of it. Pics next week when I can download and edit them.
Today: meeting with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
saffronhare to discuss the selling of some bloomers and knitting needle cases and to hand off my yogurt maker and yo-cheese maker. Yay for getting unused items out of the house and making a spot of cash!
Man, I miss dairy, though. A lot. The memory of a big spoonful of home-made yogurt, first thing in the morning? Mmmm.
I need to find a way to get more fermented foods in my body, because I wonder if my Mercola probiotics just aren't cutting it anymore. The only option available to me is sauerkraut, though, and my past two attempts at sauerkraut have failed. I used this method of making kraut both times (figuring maybe I just did it wrong the first time), but both batches came out tasting like mildly salted and slightly wilted raw cabbage. Absolutely no fermentation either time. I threw them both out, because ew. I like store-bought kraut, but most (all?) of the good gut bugs have been killed off in those. Anybody got suggestions on what else to try for my kraut-making attempts?
A bit of digging on Paleo Hacks would be good, but for some reason that website just makes my eyes cross. I feel the same way about most web answer sites. Too much humanity in one place, maybe.
On today's agenda: Meet withsaffronhare. Tidy the sewing room (how can I make such a mess during every single sewing project?). Get started on the coveralls so I'll be ready to work on on the Chevelle when parts start arriving. Watch final episode of BBC's Sherlock with my Holmes and Moriarty (squee!).
Damn, I'm liking this series. I think I could probably get into this fandom. Well, as much as I get into any fandom. My "getting into a fandom" basically entails following a few Tumblrs and reading lots of slashfic. Although I think perhaps the costume stuff automatically enters me into some higher level of fandom.
I must remember to document my progress on this costume. Pics, notes, thought processes, etc. I'll do those as separate LJ entries, though, so I don't bore the non-costume, non-sewing types and so the info will be easier to find later. I also need to work out with Moriarty how much she wants me to work on her costume and how much she wants to do herself. Ask that today.
A million thanks togamera_spinning for being the absolute sweetest for sending me the Sherlock DVDs. I owed him big time for another favor involving DVDs (the man is a champ at supplying such things) and I think the Sherlock introduction bumped the thank-you card I was planning to something a little more special. Oooh. This vacation week would be a good time to work on that. It'd be good to have a project that doesn't involve sewing for a change, and something that I can wrap up in a day. Maybe I'll do that today instead of the coveralls. Yes.
I think I might quit smoking cigarettes for a while. I smoked way too much yesterday because I was trying to stay awake. They sure helped (I think I wouldn't have made it as well as I did otherwise), but damn my chest is full today. Or maybe that's just allergies. I noticed my eyes were crazy red yesterday afternoon. That could've been the sleeplessness, though. Anyway. Considering it. One of my andmckitterick's friends, who is a long-time, hardcore smoker was on his fourteenth day of not-smoking yesterday. I'm proud of him, and I like him a lot, so it'd be nice to tell him next time I see him, "Solidarity, bro!" Of course, there's another one of our friends who hasn't quit and he looks so damn sexy when he lights up. I dunno, I dunno. Why are my bad habits so fun?
Okay, this entry is way longer than I expected it to be. Off to tidy the sewing room.
ETA: Before I put away the tape measure (see, I really am tidying the sewing room), I decided to measure my hips in addition to my waist. My hips are up four inches from October. o_O I am starting to wonder if this is more than just swelling issues. Maybe I really am gaining weight--real weight--again. Fuck. FUCK. I don't want to go through another three years of thyroid level testing. And depression. And hair loss. And everything else. *iz depressed nao*
I certainly do get a lot done when I have insomnia.
The drum case looks fantastic, but I think I probably won't ever make another one, despite my mentioning making one for Brayden, Egotista's lead drummer and organizer. Maybe someday, when I've forgotten the painful tedium of it. Pics next week when I can download and edit them.
Today: meeting with
saffronhare to discuss the selling of some bloomers and knitting needle cases and to hand off my yogurt maker and yo-cheese maker. Yay for getting unused items out of the house and making a spot of cash!Man, I miss dairy, though. A lot. The memory of a big spoonful of home-made yogurt, first thing in the morning? Mmmm.
I need to find a way to get more fermented foods in my body, because I wonder if my Mercola probiotics just aren't cutting it anymore. The only option available to me is sauerkraut, though, and my past two attempts at sauerkraut have failed. I used this method of making kraut both times (figuring maybe I just did it wrong the first time), but both batches came out tasting like mildly salted and slightly wilted raw cabbage. Absolutely no fermentation either time. I threw them both out, because ew. I like store-bought kraut, but most (all?) of the good gut bugs have been killed off in those. Anybody got suggestions on what else to try for my kraut-making attempts?
A bit of digging on Paleo Hacks would be good, but for some reason that website just makes my eyes cross. I feel the same way about most web answer sites. Too much humanity in one place, maybe.
On today's agenda: Meet with
saffronhare. Tidy the sewing room (how can I make such a mess during every single sewing project?). Get started on the coveralls so I'll be ready to work on on the Chevelle when parts start arriving. Watch final episode of BBC's Sherlock with my Holmes and Moriarty (squee!). Damn, I'm liking this series. I think I could probably get into this fandom. Well, as much as I get into any fandom. My "getting into a fandom" basically entails following a few Tumblrs and reading lots of slashfic. Although I think perhaps the costume stuff automatically enters me into some higher level of fandom.
I must remember to document my progress on this costume. Pics, notes, thought processes, etc. I'll do those as separate LJ entries, though, so I don't bore the non-costume, non-sewing types and so the info will be easier to find later. I also need to work out with Moriarty how much she wants me to work on her costume and how much she wants to do herself. Ask that today.
A million thanks to
gamera_spinning for being the absolute sweetest for sending me the Sherlock DVDs. I owed him big time for another favor involving DVDs (the man is a champ at supplying such things) and I think the Sherlock introduction bumped the thank-you card I was planning to something a little more special. Oooh. This vacation week would be a good time to work on that. It'd be good to have a project that doesn't involve sewing for a change, and something that I can wrap up in a day. Maybe I'll do that today instead of the coveralls. Yes. I think I might quit smoking cigarettes for a while. I smoked way too much yesterday because I was trying to stay awake. They sure helped (I think I wouldn't have made it as well as I did otherwise), but damn my chest is full today. Or maybe that's just allergies. I noticed my eyes were crazy red yesterday afternoon. That could've been the sleeplessness, though. Anyway. Considering it. One of my and
mckitterick's friends, who is a long-time, hardcore smoker was on his fourteenth day of not-smoking yesterday. I'm proud of him, and I like him a lot, so it'd be nice to tell him next time I see him, "Solidarity, bro!" Of course, there's another one of our friends who hasn't quit and he looks so damn sexy when he lights up. I dunno, I dunno. Why are my bad habits so fun?Okay, this entry is way longer than I expected it to be. Off to tidy the sewing room.
ETA: Before I put away the tape measure (see, I really am tidying the sewing room), I decided to measure my hips in addition to my waist. My hips are up four inches from October. o_O I am starting to wonder if this is more than just swelling issues. Maybe I really am gaining weight--real weight--again. Fuck. FUCK. I don't want to go through another three years of thyroid level testing. And depression. And hair loss. And everything else. *iz depressed nao*