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Same character after a few days of practice. I’ve been...

Tue, 29 May 2012 22:59:08 -0400

Same character after a few days of practice. I’ve been trying to make sure I do at least one drawing a day, generally of different people but it just happened to come out as her this time (she’s a favorite). Still need to work on things, especially keeping my linework clean, but I’m happy with it for tonight.

on Flickr.A small selection of the Wensleydale fleece I got...

Tue, 29 May 2012 15:44:36 -0400

on Flickr.

A small selection of the Wensleydale fleece I got all clean and ready to go. SO pretty and so soft and I can’t wait to put it on the carder. Since it’s a shorter clipping, it should process quite nicely. Dyed up a little too!

"One thing we can do is remember these heroes as you remember them—not just as a rank, or a number,..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:15:20 -0400

“One thing we can do is remember these heroes as you remember them—not just as a rank, or a number, or a name on a headstone, but as Americans, often far too young, who were guided by a deep and abiding love for their families, for each other, and for this country.

We can remember Jay Aubin, the pilot, who met his wife on an aircraft carrier, and told his mother before shipping out, ‘If anything happens to me, just know I’m doing what I love.’

We can remember Ryan Beaupre, the former track star, running the leadoff leg, always the first one into action, who quit his job as an accountant and joined the Marines because he wanted to do something more meaningful with his life.

We can remember Brian Kennedy, the rock climber and lacrosse fanatic, who told his father two days before his helicopter went down that the Marines he served alongside were some of the best men he’d ever dealt with, and they’d be his friends forever.

We can remember Kendall Waters-Bey, a proud father, a proud son of Baltimore, who was described by a fellow servicemember as ‘a light in a very dark world.’

And we can remember David Hickman, a freshman in high school when the war began, a fitness fanatic who half-jokingly called himself ‘Zeus,’ a loyal friend with an infectious laugh.

We can remember them. And we can meet our obligations to those who did come home, and their families who are in the midst of a different, but very real battle of their own.”

- President Obama at Arlington Cemetery today (via barackobama)

Photo

Mon, 28 May 2012 11:58:13 -0400

Kashmir vs the printer

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:38:50 -0400

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Kashmir vs the printer

Kashmir, being circular. For reference.

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:38:43 -0400

Kashmir, being circular. For reference.

"Don’t… Don’t be circular…"

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:38:39 -0400

“Don’t… Don’t be circular…”

- Mark, at our cat as she colonized his lap.

Yesterday’s spinning. I had an idea for what I want to do...

Sun, 27 May 2012 12:20:00 -0400

Yesterday’s spinning. I had an idea for what I want to do with it, so I decided to just do a softly-plied 2 ply and I’m pretty darn happy with it.

Koriand’r

216 yds
worsted spun
2 ply, soft
intended project: 198 yds of Heaven

So… here’s one of the first products from the...

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:28:22 -0400

So… here’s one of the first products from the tablet, me trying out a few different coloring methods and getting my bearings and oh, remembering how to draw. I haven’t done it seriously since high school, so it’s not great (looking at it, I can see several shading mistakes and my draping is meh and some of the anatomy is awkward, and—) but it’s better than my attempts were yesterday so… there’s that.

Finally some spinning progress since I got the bug back last...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:53:02 -0400

Finally some spinning progress since I got the bug back last night. Still planning on making this a three ply.

Take a moment and possibly help?

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:44:24 -0400

fireandarose:

My friends are awesome and doing a fundraiser.

I had to repost is just here on LJ; it wasn’t working on DW.

Anyway.

So. I’m really rather ill, can’t work, and have this scary surgery coming up. (The original post was on LJ, so: I have endometriosis. They’re going to do an invasive, intensive, serious surgery, that has a lot of scary unknowns and a lot of TERRIFYING knowns to it, and it also happens to be expensive as hell.)

BTW, I’d like to note that while the uterus was mentioned as possibly being removed, it was not mentioned as being very likely. And certainly not definite. It sounded just like it was possible. (Isn’t that enough? I’m 26 and long to have kids, and—yeah.)

I’m still scared shitless. And that’s just the things I DON’T know are happening for certain and may well not. The other stuff TERRIFIES me.

What IS definite is this: I will have the scar tissue attacked and treated like they are cancerous tumors. My recovery time will be long and painful and I’ll have a catheter doing is. I will need to have reconstructive surgery on multiple body parts, the bladder being the most likely. I won’t be able to walk easily. There will be lots and lots and lots of pain.

And it will cost a lot—the IUD they’re going to put in so the endometriosis does not build up again alone—just that part—is $805.

And, oh, yeah, I’m moving in July—prob end of July, now—to PA for school, and I lost the time I was going to make money by working and teaching students study skills in the summer! Grand.

So my friends, who do rock, came up with this. Asking for people to send money—whatever amount they can—to my paypal account, which is kat.snyder@gmail.com. (We tried to set up a donation widget, but it didn’t work.)

Even if it’s just a little bit, it really and truly goes a long way to helping me. I mean it when I say, “cannot work, broke,” and the lovely people at Social Security rejected me. No reason given.

So, if you read this post, please link to it. And in the post you link to this, please also include my paypal account, that being kat.snyder@gmail.com.

Because things are hard and bad and my friend are telling me that I should be asking for help. And I’m not good at that, but they’ve kinda told me I’ve been an idiot, so.

This is me, trying, and appreciating everyone who even just reads this or links to it, if nothing else.

Thank you.

She is seriously good people, someone I’ve known for many many years, and she has had a rough run of it for just about always. I personally have seen how amazing folks on the internet can be, how we can take care of our own in ways no one else will. So if you can, please do, and if you can’t, please signal boost?

*makes incoherent sound of glee, follows, and clutches chest at...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:26:11 -0400

*makes incoherent sound of glee, follows, and clutches chest at this picture*

I'm making a note here: Huge Success!: May 25th - A Very Important day for Fans

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:24:56 -0400

I'm making a note here: Huge Success!: May 25th - A Very Important day for Fans:

havemanymonkeys:

Some people link everything together for Geek Pride Day, but I prefer to celebrate each Nerd Holiday indiidually today.

Towel Day: A celebration of Douglas Adams’ Life and Work. Today, be a Hoop Frood and Know where your towel is.

The Glorious Revolution: The People’s Revolution of the…

whatdiscworldtaughtme: “They did the job they didn’t have to...

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:03:20 -0400

whatdiscworldtaughtme:

“They did the job they didn’t have to do, and they died doing it, and you can’t give them anything. Do you understand? They fought for those who’d been abandoned, they fought for one another, and they were betrayed. Men like them always are. What good would a statue be? It’d just inspire new fools to believe they’re going to be heroes. They wouldn’t want that. Just let them be. Forever.”

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, And a...

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:02:00 -0400

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, And a Hard-Boiled Egg!

and

Happy Towel Day!

Knitting as programming | Infotropism

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:27:16 -0400

Knitting as programming | Infotropism

As I have some perhaps previously unmentioned artistic pursuits...

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:55:56 -0400

As I have some perhaps previously unmentioned artistic pursuits that don’t involve yarn, the tablet and the mannequin may seem a little odd. But I’ve actually been a doodler for some time. I even have a (totally unused) DeviantArt account from way back! Thing is, I’ve wanted to do a web comic for quite a while, but its never happened. So… tablet. Drawing tools. And I’m going to buckle down and start practicing again. Expect art… In the loosest sense of the word. But at least due to my near-crippling feelings of inadequacy as an artist, whatever I post for public consumption probably won’t be too bad. ^_^

amandalynferri: Tumblr and Everyone Is Gay is teaming up to...

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:41:01 -0400

amandalynferri:

Tumblr and Everyone Is Gay is teaming up to host the only under 21 pride event in NYC. Come and meet your future boyfriend and girlfriend. <3

RSVP Here

New plates! Aren’t they pretty?

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:11:24 -0400

New plates! Aren’t they pretty?

The Fluffy Singularity: Greg Rucka rips Hollywood and Comics a New One

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:51:52 -0400

The Fluffy Singularity: Greg Rucka rips Hollywood and Comics a New One:

dcwomenkickingass:

The folks over at Comicbooked interviewed Greg Rucka where he discusses the treatment of women by Hollywood and DC Comics. Rucka’s discussion of Hollywood comes in reference to the development of his Queen and Country for the big screen. That discussion, as you’ll see,…