Hello Linda,
How are you?
I spent the week avoiding the blog to study for my finals. For one of my exams, I realized this:
This graph may also give you a clue that my other exam was a science one. Hurray graphs… but most of all, hurray for the end of studying… and the school year, of course.
I’d be more happy except I really like school and enjoy Deadline Weeks… and after my last exam I watched Grave of the Fireflies, thinking it was Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind… what was I thinking; I ended up so depressed. Then I talked to my mum for a while and discovered that she knows more about anime than I do and that The Boy must come over to watch more Miyazaki with me. My mother never ceases to amaze me.
Linda, I’ve been finding that as I get older, it’s gotten easier to get along with my mum. She and I are very different people, but distance has helped us a lot. I really enjoy talking to her, and I feel like I can confide in her. And really, she does surprise me a lot and it’s been great getting to know her better these past three or four years.
Reminds me of one time when we were in gr. 5 in Ms. Stubbings’ class, and she took a poll, asking us whether we’d rather stay young or grow up. All of us on the carpet said, “Never grow up!” and only Jennifer and Katherine wanted maturity. Not that I really want to grow up, but I think it’s got some perks. 
Here’s what else I’ve been up to lately…
- Discovered taro and durian chips, yum.
- Learned another way to knit socks, so I knit more socks. Here they are, almost complete, human foot size and a little weird:
- Socks are surprisingly fun to knit, and as smallish projects, they’re portable and interesting. And trying them on and having them tailored to your feet is really cool.
These camo-jailbird socks made me buy sock yarn for The Boy, - Who earned it by buying me a knit ‘zine I really wanted when feeling guilty about a rain check
- And not for lying to me about getting me a chinchilla.
- Socks are surprisingly fun to knit, and as smallish projects, they’re portable and interesting. And trying them on and having them tailored to your feet is really cool.
- Learned that buffing is
God’s gift to women’s nailstotally worth it- While nail polish for a hands-on kinda girl is decidedly not!
- Got a reminder that when you’re part of a minority, the minority will help you out.
- Finish two seasons of Top Gear………………….
- And watched My Neighbor Totoro; loved it and now miss the Totoro kneed overalls I used to wear.
Start packing.- Rejoice over my final projects and results! I know my list should be longer but I guess my mind is already asleep.
I’m a little sorry the school year is already over for me. I’m already missing my friends who graduated or I won’t have classes with again. Just when I was thinking about our friendship, one sent me the sweetest note sharing my sentiments, and another told me I was his #4 favourite person! Very sweet.
I’ve very tired otherwise I’d have more to say in response… and I need to re-energize to celebrate Year’s End tomorrow!!
But before that… a couple shots of…
Would I rather…
- Go on a road trip or a flight? Road trip – enjoy the scenery without being sardined! Unless Pussy Galore’s my pilot and I’m sitting next to Mr. Scotland himself.
- Eat ice cream or cookies? What I really want is pie. But I also want these cookies.
- Live in a condo or a cottage? I really dig chalets, so since it’s summer (in my dreams) it’ll be a lakeside one! Or better yet… a shack by the beach…
- Take a picture or pose for the camera? What about self-portraits? *Is not a cam whore. SLRs are not “cams”.*
- Prepare a meal or enjoy a fabulous one and then have to clean up? But how fabulous?! Right now I’m in the mood for something expensive and time consuming – Piña Colada “soup” and smoked salmon with lots of green peppercorns for starters and of course lots of martinis to go with dessert. Not sure how the chef would feel about a Bondesque dishwasher, but the guy’s got no say here.
What is the most influential career one can undertake these days??
Hm… a very broad question to which an answer would no doubt be a huge generalization.
President of the United States. You can do whatever you however you want, except hanky panky with an intern.
Linda, about Easter weekend: I’d appreciate next time if I make plans with you that you’d prepare properly so that it would actually be an opportune visit. Please make sure no one (your mother or sisters) has made plans for you that would interfere with your own. As you know, I was planning to study instead of go home that weekend. When it turned out to be a poor use of my time, I couldn’t help but feel extremely disrespected.And Matthew, if you’re reading this: about tomorrow night, how could I forget? You know know by now – my memory is a vault. It runs in the family. Our long forgotten motto was probably Never Forgive, Never Forget. My personal one is, Never forgive or forget – unless there’s yarn for me involved!
(That means I haven’t forgotten about my Birthday Yarn either!)
All for now, have a good Wednesday Linda!
Mary
