Oh, snap

[clevermanka]

No Child Left Behind is working really well, you guys.

Yesterday I planned to make Great Progress on the Watson coat mock-up. I wound up making only Mediocre Progress thanks to my 1. Failure to trace (and cut) a pattern piece, 2. Failure to notice I was missing said pattern piece before stitching pieces together 3. Half an hour spent ripping out a serged seam, and then 4. Breaking a needle on the serger.

/o\

The needle breakage brought everything to a halt. Because I can't find/don't have the correct screwdriver to change out the needle on the serger, I have to take it over to Lawrence Sewing & Vac today after work. It's unlikely that they'll have time to switch it out for me right then and there, so I'm looking at a 48 hour delay. I'm also out of pocket this Saturday since I'm going to be at the women's healthcare march/rally in Topeka all day.

So frustrating. Yet so typical.

Oh! I put up a new Tumblr collection (finally!): Beautiful Places, April 23.

Comments

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

NCLB makes me all sorts of ragey. I hate that poorly conceptualized and even more poorly executed policy with the fire of a thousand suns.

*rage*rage*rage*

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

*fistbump*

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

What size/sort of screwdriver do you need? We have a ton of small drivers. Annoying that.

Beautiful places made my morning. I'm sticking one up for my background today.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I need a very small Phillips-head (unsure of the actual size) that's about an inch long including the handle. We've got tons of screwdrivers, but none are short enough.

Yay! Glad you liked the pictures.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Like this? (http://tinyurl.com/72qfyqd)

They might have one in stock at Hancocks.
I've e'd Jbird to see if he has one as well.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Maybe!

Of course, the serger could stand a tune-up anyway, so I'm wondering if I should just take the opportunity to get it overhauled, while I've got it half dismantled already.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

.. depending on how long it'll take, what with Prom season upon us.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Since this will inevitably happen again, getting a screwdriver seems to be the way to go.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go with Karen in Wichita and assume that it is a pun and FACS means "Family and Consumer Science" considering what is in the display case. I noticed looking at a faculty list of a school recently that they now call HomeEc FACS as well.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

NCLB, though, is one of the reasons I have opted out of the public education system for as long as I can afford to do so.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Is it ridiculous how much better that makes me feel?