21 and over

a new age group. nice.

that was a month ago. man this semester is uber fast.
i have an infatuation for boxes. box there. let's make a box, why that can be a box.. what you say it isn't?

i think i'll paint/knit/sew this winter break. i need to make a nice crisp sharp black shirt with floral finishings and perhaps some trill.. i love that romantic look. maybe make some sketches. somehow, i'm still highly into fashion.. reading those magazines (more like studying the pictures) secretly before i sleep. don't tell.

i can't wait to iron my shirts.

school's been aiiiite. i'd like a few more lazy days with the heater on, a good cup of tazo green tea with lemon grass.

rhythmic rain. there's a tin pipe that catches all the rattle.

i guess now i'm thinking about applying design to things i do, from math hw (that's right i designed that sh_T. to a simple card... mm blind emboss...)


ok seriously my life doesn't change enough wth. i need to something radical.

we've been killing flies recently. winnie and i. the score is uhh me: 1... winnie: 3? haha she just killed one, make that 4.

our food is just tooo good around here.

mare

i will study i will study

right.

it's almost my birthday!!!! i need to dilute chai from the bag, it's too strong, i feel dizzy and kinda sick. caffienne screws me up.

argh. phobia!!!

anyways. yah that is like all lol

mare

it's oc-to-ber!

it's october yo,
and aside from the unhappy sickness I have, I can happily say yay!

I have a macbook pro now, it's quite nice, except the margine of error for typing is much smaller.. (bummer) and so i have to relearn how to type since i actually don't really know how except by muscle memory

jarrod is in europe having fun.

i haven't gone running awhile, i feel so out of shape, so i've decided that i'm going back to running schedule.

monday (i am sooo not running, but I will walk from bart at night, mile and half? lugging? pretty good for my small frame)
tuesday- 3 to 4 miles.--nothing too harsh yet.
wednesday. are you kidding me haha 9 hours of classss
thursday- run in morning, bike in the evening
friday- maybe take up yoga (oh interesting... so trendy.)
sat- try some short miles in the morning, longer run at night
sun- just try to get stuff done. run as mornin waker up?


mostly i wish class wasn't so early, so that i could do an early morning run, i stand at the bus stop feeling quite jealous.

wow i am sick, nothing comes to my silly head, other than orange juice and popsicles.

no bump into ex-profs yet, so i'm safe.

will start knitting in a week.

mare

whoa

like whoa, it's been a long time. dayam.

well i'm not longer allergic to the world, proven by the delicious food eaten at a wedding reception just two days ago in the evening at millbrae.

it was nice to sit on the bart for the hour and half, go past the airport, where the mini-baby barts reside and where I came back from 2 years ago.

could it possibly be so fast? i dare not the think. it's not something i can rely on anymore anyways. I try not to believe, to let any words not mean, it was something of the then and there, nothing here anymore.

knitting wise i finished a scarf, nothing too fancy, just a more fun stitch, waterfall they call it. i haven't done much otherwise. perhaps i shoud crochet a blanket for the baby that will probably come from the wedding i spoke of before.


i'm with someone now. it's funny to read back, i'm quite silly, and i like talking in mixed words, trying to just swing around the truth, dont want anyone to guess, but myself, coming out quite weird and awkward, just my cup of tea.

but now i have someone that makes my weekends sunny. nothing of the sort where you have to see each other everyday.. i can get so sick of everything.

i have a guinea pig. he resides in my apartment, by an alleyway, and he often chills it out with a nice bit of hay and a perfect position of limbs, foot, and head.

i have to make letters all the time. I'm in graphic design.

no one reads this, so i'll take this all as a self reminder, this is what happened at this time, you silly girl. you're still not 21, but you're almost there. in 20 years you'll look back and either feel alot of regret or not, no vague possibilities there.

mare

been busy

been busy, been sick, even took an ER trip. but we're ok now. i guess i had a series of panic attacks. let's hope that doens't become a trend.

i'm about almost done with the back of my 2nd cph. but that's not too exciting of a pic is it? i dunno. i'll take it later. right now too tired. but i did go to sf(well i always go once a week for class so not thattt exciting) and went to the sfmoma where i saw some o'keefe and that's all i care about right now? eheh there was matisse.

bag full of fun

fun project for this weekend was a canvas bag with my new sewing machine.

whee!

so my yarn came from webs (i spent half of my last paycheck on yarn..90 dollars worth)

i got:
2 dk cashsoft
7 donegal tweed in that beautiful green in the magazine
5 donegal tweed in lime...

so i guess i could make two more cph? i need more the lime, maybe i'll make it for my sis? hmm... no she needs to learn to knit before i spoil her

today i was supposed to go to school, but there was too much pain from being a woman.

class would end in 2 minutes actually wow.

i've been listening to some Keane...a british band... if you like piano work and cute guys, this is for you ;)

i saw them on saturday actually. goodness they are incredible and have awesome accents, and dress well, and dance well, and heheeh
i can go on and on. sigh. i need to find a boy who dresses with clean cuts ;)

umm what else

oh i got a new sewing machine, the one before was circa 80's or 70's and is all metal, mechanical, and really a piece of art, heavy, and hard-core. alas it couldn't be happy stitching a single hem, so...got the brother 6000i, which can do flowers and leaves, and funny loops. and oh yah it can sew heheh


mare

a meme?

now this is interesting! hehe a meme..what does that mean
but anywho 5 things about me that i haven't written in this blog..
(and sorry to be a party pooper...won't be tagging anyone b/c all my peeps are on xanga actually..i know poopy huh?)

1) for school i go to california college of arts in oakland(fine arts) and sf (design). i used to go to UC Berkeley, but being a person that needs a community, I decided to take a year off my sophomore year to find myself, recupperate from school, live the way I want, and finally have the confidence to work retail.

2)knitting wise i am scared to death of double point needles, though I have a bunch looking at me. it's a scary thought, and I don't know anyone who knits as much as me in real life, actually. I learned from a book in middle school, inspired from my godmother and a craft club in middle school.

3)culturally i am taiwanese-american. though really my heart is set somewhere else where the world is more carefree, where there are less rules, where I feel safe.

4)secertly i have been in love with the same person for a long time but no one has an idea who he is and i'm not about to tell anyone at all. close friends might have a clue. it's a heartache to think about it and actually now i'm trying to distance myself from him, take a real breather, move on. it's time.

5)sadly i am allergic to all meats, seafood, eggs, chocolate, nuts, and maybe even soymilk because now it causes tummyache. didn't used to be like this, developed over the year. I live in fear of most foods.

hahh I know it's 5, but the last thing is

6) I love dishes, I used to work at crate and barrel, so I love dishes, mugs, and ugh i'm such a collector. I'm only 20 but I have like at least 30 mugs and cup with saucers...and now I love spode dishes (which are these made in england, blue and white, from copperplate engraving, plates)...what is wrong with me.

mare

thanks for the meme tag! it was fun!

2 small

projects for the last week. just been living it small until next cph?
prolly make another calori

yah eric's beanie is done with flappers. and i made a calorimetry from knitty. yay!

oh yah!!

yay it's raining!

on a whim

there's actually a sale for the tahki donegal tweed (10 skeins for 50 dollars?) grab bag on webs, and i thought i'd give it a try! b/c i actually want a green central park hoodie?

i know it's crazy but i take public transport everyday and i need something to keep my head up.

so here's the projects up and coming:

1. "hear no evil" beanie in knitscene fall 2006 for eric(already casted on)
2. a double knitting scarf from knitty.com (one with squares and such..they have it in yellow and black, i'm doing pale grey and pale gold)
3. another central park hoodie for me!

after all i am taking a fashion design class this semester ;)

mare

yay

i am happy i am happy i am happy

mare


one month, almost exactly (i started knitting right when my finals were over..and i'm supposed to go bak to school tomorrow...supposed to.. alas i do not have classes on tuesday! )

and here are some pics taken on my street by dad. i need to contact friend joel for a photo-random walk-around sf. but until then..this will suffice.

lordie i finally finished. 1 month. yah!!

more pics later. just this one right now. need to weave in ends still....!!

oeyy

well i'm on the first side of band and edge for the sweater. to finish sometime soon.

i'm really really sick. i've been sick since tuesday with sore throat, ear infection, drippy nose, plugged nose, fever, etc. and now it's saturday. that's so many lost free days!!

i was supposed to visit gail, i was supposed to meet up with all the peeps. ugh. but now i just don't wanna see anyone. well i'll see gail, but that's cuz she's too cool to pass up.

yah.

man. it was a freaken week ago?! i went SNOWBOARDING. with friend eric and ap...and then eric's friend's friends and yahh. and these peoples. i thought it would be kinda weird cuz people would already know each other and might be very clique-ish. but it wasn't !!! i met funny people!!!! and i love funny people!!

hhheh

ok yah i'm going try to finish.

cough!

mare

my room yoo

argh

camera went out of batteries..finally finished the two fronts...
ughhh

it's ok i'll get through this

it's been a few days

it's been a busy few days. had to say good bye to crate and barrel outlet...ugh it breaks my heart b/c it was so much fun working there :(

got a last baker dish though. sigh

i'll prolly post pics up later.
current playlist is interesting..something i would revisit in the future...

breathe me-sia
both sides now- joni mitchell (the new recording)
one more night-stars
every party has a winner and a loser- erlend oye
directions- josh rouse

a diffently good all-around group..in that order.

ahh bak to knitting

had some meat yesterday (crazy!!)
and well got some tofu meat today. yay!

mare