Ten Ways...

As most of you know, it's Earth Day. In an effort to motivate myself and others to improve the environment, here are Ten (relatively) Easy Ways to Help The Environment!
1. Turn off your monitor. I don't mean right now, but if you're going to be reading a book for ten minutes, turn off your monitor. If you're going for a walk, turn off your monitor. Basically, turn it off it you're not using it.
2. Become vegan, vegetarian, pescetarian, or flexitarian. Meat takes a lot of energy to make. By reducing your consumption just a little, you can have a big impact.
3.Turn down (or up, depending on the season) your thermostat. Even two degrees will make a difference.
4.Stop buying junk. If it's something that you've lived without for any significant length of time, you probably don't need it. If you won't have any use for it in six months, just don't buy it. Remember the story of stuff?
5.Use reusable bags next time you go to the grocery store. I have a bunch of cotton tote bags that have been accumulated by my family that we use all the time.
6.Fair trade. This is mostly a good to others kind of thing, but a lot of fairly traded products are grown organically. Good for people and good for the environment!
7.Use the legs God gave you! If it's less than a mile or two away and you're able to walk, just walk to wherever you have to go! It's no-impact and it's good for you.
8.That light bulb thing. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs wherever possible. It's really simple, and it saves a ton of energy.
9.Cotton? No way. As you may know, cotton takes about a bizgillion pounds of pesticides to grow, harming the workers and polluting the water. Try to buy organic cotton or hemp instead.
10.You knew there was going to be knitting involved, right? Recycle yarn! Finding sweaters on sale or from thrift stores and unraveling them is a great way to get new yarn!

Some other websites about going green are Green as a Thistle and No Impact Man

In which my camera starts working again!

I saw the Yarn Harlot!!! I made her hold my sock too!
This was a fine example of reciprocal blogging. Stephanie took a picture of the projector, but she thought it was a camera.

I found a boy knitter.And a boy knitter in a kilt.You can't tell here, but I'm touching THE SOCK.
Those among you who are very...detail oriented would notice something of interest here.

In other news:

My book group met a week or two ago to discuss the Life of Pi. A few days after Pi day.
I made Pi.

And I've obtained some new yarn.

And finished the Mata Haris
That yarn above? The green went into this hat. It's not for me, btw.
And now I'm off to work on Super Secret Project some more. That thing is taking forever. I'm going to be buried with the half-finished project in my hands.

Oh yeah

Yes, I totally do have my permit. I'm really, really excited/happy/squee/omgicandrive!

Yes. I drove around my subdivision twice, and out on the street once. Soulloon is really scared right now, considering that he probably drove on that same road at least once or twice today. No SoullooN, I don't have my own car. Maybe I'll get one when I'm 16. But I would have to get a job. There's no way my parents are buying me a car, especially not a new one like everyone at school seems to have.

Squeeeeeeeee!

So, it seems that everyone likes number six. To tell you the truth, my favorite one was number one. Hmm. I'll be changing the blog layout tomorrow or the day after.
Things I am uber hyper excited about!!!!
I! Am! Getting! My! Permit! Tommorow!!!! This will mean that I am technically a liscensed driver. Scary, no? I'll have to drive everywhere from now on...I'll drive to the homless shelter, to the Yarn Harlot, to church on Sunday. Oh, the places I'll go!
Yarn Harlot! Friday! Ann Arbor Public Library! SQUEEE! I will be there, and so will everyone else on the face of the earth. Be there or be square.

I feel like I've been really busy, which is weird, because I really haven't. Hmm. I really need to get writing, my goal was 30,000 by the end of April, and I'm at 17,000

I need your opinion... NOW.

I designed some new banners, and I need you to tell me which you like bestest. Say it in the comments!
This is Number One:
Number Two:

Number Three:
Number Four:
Number Five:Number Six:

Three and Three

Three things I like:
Knitting. This should be obvious, but I just really like what I'm making right now. It's purple. It's amazing. It will make me famous. You will love it...All in due time.

My shoes. I got these about a week ago, in a pink and black plaid, with some more stitching at the toes, and I love them so! much!

Yogurt Blast Cheerios. This must be my new food phase. They're amazing. I eat at least two bowls every day.

Three things I dislike:
My Knee. It hurts weirdly, and it's bruised, and I think it's swollen...from crawling backwards on the floor during dance.

Our new dance. So freeking stupid. We sit on the edge of the stage, kicking our feet, slide back, turn around a little, slide back so we're laying on the edge of the stage, then do a backwards army crawl...and this is supposed to be good.

Earth Science. Dear gawd, do I even care about glaciers? No. Do I need to know what the difference between outwash and till is? No. Will this matter to my grade? Yes. GRRRR!

Hey...

I've just finished a hat, but (there's always a but, and this is a big one) I can't post a picture. Because my camera's an asshole.

I'm fuming. Just smile and nod. It's a pretty hat, if too small for me.

Well...

I've decided that the whole blogging gig just takes too much time and energy, time and energy that I just don't have.
This will be my final blog.
Good Bye.

Tuesdays are for...

Spinning!!!!
Yes, my yarn and roving from beverslide dry goods came today, and it's pretty fabulous. I have pictures, but my camera's a butthead. I'll upload them when I can.

The yarn is pretty slubby, a lot of thin/overspun parts, along with huge chunks of barely-spun fiber.
This will take some practice.

Whew!

I've been pretty busy lately, even though I haven't had school. I've been in drivers ed (I know, makes you want to stay off the roads), knitting, reading, contemplating homework, etc. I have some pictures to post, if I can make my camera play nice. I also read The Life of Pi, which is a fabulous book, but I think the author might be crazy. There's nothing wrong with that.
Here's a excerpt of the story. Tell me what you think, okay?

March 8 9^th grade

Dear You,

I don’t fit. I’m not like these people. I’m not even one of those people who’s really popular because they’re new and shiny and different. I’m the kind of different where you know eight people. I don’t mean that I have eight best friends, I mean that there are eight people who I am not related to who would recognize me and say hey if I saw them at the grocery store. It’s not like I just beamed down from mars last week either, I’ve been living here for a week short of forever. I’m just the kid who slips out of everyone’s memories the moment I get in them. I’m the schwa, always there, never noticed.

Just there.

If I died tomorrow, who would notice? I’m not talking about who would find my body, or who would go to my funeral, It’s who would realize that they haven’t seen me in three days , and haven’t heard from me in the same. I guess it’s just me asking who would notice that I’m missing and care enough to email or call me, asking where I am. Who would call the cops if I didn’t respond?

Is that the difference between a friend and a best friend?

There’s a rather large part of me that says I should conduct an experiment to see who my best friends really are. I would go missing for a week or so, then check my email and answering machine. If no one has noticed, then...I don’t have any real friends.

Come to think about it, the only reason I haven’t done that yet is because I’m afraid of the results