I have dinner company. How cool is that. Hopefully I will have a review for you when I get back. … [Read more...]
MAX2004 - Day 3 Continued
Nov
2
2004
The nice man around the computers got me connected to a cable. Now I can blog on my own machine! YEAH! Too bad I forgot my power supply. Tomorrow, I'm set! I know what to do, and how to do it! I hopefully will be connected at the hotel tonight. Won't that be nice? I decided not to go to general session. I bet I live to regret it, but oh well. I think tomorrow I'll be going to the yarn store during general session. Doesn't that sound like fun? Lunch is soon, and I'm hungry after my … [Read more...]
MAX2004 - Day 3
Nov
2
2004
I'm currently missing general session. I hate general sessions usually. The are really loud and rah-rah. I'm not in the mood for rah-rah. Last night I had another awesome dinner. I went to some resturant on Magazine Street. I wish I could remember what it was called. I had this incredible crab au-gratin. ok, YUMMY. I can't even explain, but i think it was crab, some sort of cheese and a few odd mushrooms. It was so rich I couldn't finish it. I had Pecan Crunch Ice Cream for dessert. … [Read more...]
MAX 2004 - Day 2
Nov
1
2004
{senseless rant} Just so we are clear... The Hilton Riverside sucks. I rented that laptop so I could blog every minute of every day, and do you think I can get on to their network? HELL NO. I've called tech support 5 times, and still no internet. and, I lost my book. I 3/4's done and I lost my book. {/senseless rant} Day Two at MAX. Blogging from the conference floor. There are a ton of people here, and I've been trying very hard to be social. I've given away 2 business cards. One … [Read more...]
New Orleans here I come!
Oct
29
2004
Sunday morning I leave for Max 2004. I am so excited that I can barely sit here. I've printed out all my materials, I've got the hotel, the plane, the airport shuttle. I don't think I've missed a step. EXCEPT I forgot to ask if anyone wanted a postcard. Now, I have some of the usual postcard wanters addresses already in my gmail... But if you want a postcard from the big easy, simply send an email to daisydo at gmail dot com. I leave New Orleans on November 5, so let me know early so I … [Read more...]
Felting, felting, felting!
Oct
28
2004
Tonight I felted the three other bags... I felted the Noro first. It took almost an hour. I was shocked! I expected 20 minutes. But everytime I looked, nothing was happening. Finally, I boiled some water, pulled the purse out of the washer, poured in the boiling water, let things agitate, and put the purse back in. Finally, it began to shrink. FINALLY. It's still not quite as small as I'd like, but I think it came out ok. I forgot to take a pre-felting picture. That made me … [Read more...]
Am I really sure I want a masters?
Oct
28
2004
Things at work are getting a bit weird. My boss is going to retire in June (unless something else happens before that). One of my co-workers is also thinking of retiring. She is out on vacation for the next 5 weeks. Can you imagine, 5 weeks vacation, all at once? I can't. My boss and I have been having interesting conversations about my future in the department, and where she sees me going. I never thought I would want to get into management at the university level, but it seems that may … [Read more...]
Why can’t I light my own pilot light?
Oct
27
2004
I realized that my pilot light had gone out last night. I turned the heater up to 74 and nothing happened. I was really upset. I was cold. I hate being cold. I'm cold all day at work, the last thing I want is to be cold at home. I called PG&E, and the first appointment they had was on November 4. You know how bad that is? My mom comes home on the 1st for a week. She hates being cold more than I do. So, I did the only thing I could think of... I went over and asked my neighbour if he … [Read more...]
Steeling bandwidth
Oct
26
2004
So, I've rented a laptop from the student union. I insisted that it had a wireless card. I'm sitting here tonight steeling one of my neighbours wireless connection. I'm such a bad neighbour. I think it is the doctor on the one side of me. But it could be the kids on the other side... Maybe it is my neighbour in the back whom I share movies with. Who knows. I think I might be feeling bad. Nah. … [Read more...]
A busy knitting weekend
Oct
26
2004
So we all know that I was sick for the past two weeks. While I was sick, I decided that I should start getting ready for Christmas. I know, it's not even halloween, but hell, I was laying on the couch, wanting to be busy, but unable to do much. So, I picked up my knitting needles and started by finishing things that I needed to finish. I finished that green cable knit turtle neck sweater I was working on. Then I finished this uber cute poncho (a gift for my friend Anne's child Emily). … [Read more...]
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