| I wanna be the next Knit Girl! |
[21 Jun 2008|11:47am] |
Hello friends! Starting today, the polls are open for the July Bad Knit Girl competition. This group has had such an unexpected and wonderful impact on my life, and has quickly become my favorite group on Ravelry..the place where I feel at home and open to express myself. I would love nothing more than to represent this group of ladies, and so I'm asking for your support and your vote. This is my second time running and this time its special because July is my birthday month. So make me a happy birthday girl and vote for Megzilla!
Thank you, and I love you all.
Meg
Please vote for me as July Knit Girl at http://www.badknitgirls.com
Only one vote per IP address/computer please!
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| vote for megzilla! |
[21 Mar 2008|07:07pm] |
as some of you may know, i knit. i also have a secret wish to be a pin-up girl. so i submitted pictures for a little thing called Bad Knit Girls, and am hoping to be April's Bad Knit Girl. so please please please support me by voting for me! i would love to win this!
just go to www.badknitgirls.com and vote for megzilla!!
we knit, we have tattoos, and we won't take your shit!
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| a new hole |
[15 Feb 2008|10:35am] |
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so this week, when all the school crap was happening, one of the first things that came to mind was "i want a new piercing." i love piercings. i'm not a freak about it, but i do love them. and getting one makes me feel a little badass, even though i know i'm no badass.
so i decided a little while ago that i wanted to get my rook pierced on my left ear. i mentioned it to LCA and she also wants it. so we are going tonite to get another friendship piercing (we both got our tragus done last time).
i will try to put up pictures of both of my piercings later. i'm so excited! i love new holes.
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| long overdue |
[23 Jan 2008|03:50pm] |
time to update. sorry i suck at it recently.
lemme see..what's happened..the craziness of the holidays is finally gone. i was very fortunate this christmas, and i got many many knitting books and knitting goodies. and some amazing merrell boots. but yes, i knit like crazy over the holidays and am very happy with the results.
it snowed twice here in atlanta since the new year. i think we got like maybe 0.5" but it's better than nothing. to me, nothing says "winter" like snow. i love it!
jason is no longer working at corner bakery. he just got a job at arden's garden, the juice place. and he might also be getting a part-time job at knitch..which would rock! i would totally abuse whatever discount i might be able to get there!
but with this whole job change thing going on, we've been going through some rough times financially and emotionally. it's making married life hard right now, but we'll get through. we have already found our new apartment and will be moving at the end of feb to the area between L5P and candler park. we'll have a 2 bedroom place, with plenty of room for an office/studio, and a little porch so i can have a rosemary bush or some tomatoes. this change will be good for us. we have lived rather comfortably thus far, and we need to start being more aware of our cash flow. we will be setting a much stricter budget for ourselves, food, etc.
jason said something very nice today on the phone. he pointed out how our decision to move and save money prepared us for his job change. we are being taken care of and everything is happening as it should. it might be tough, but it will be good. very good.
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| ta-da |
[12 Nov 2007|11:30am] |
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i got my tragus pierced on friday, with my favorite lady friend. they are friendship piercings. i ♥ mine!!
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| happy days |
[07 Nov 2007|08:45am] |
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my life is unbelievably good right now. in fact, i can't remember when i've been this happy. i have hobbies! i get to see people that i love on an almost daily basis! i'm doing things for me, and it's totally worth it. knitting and yoga and special friends have made all the difference in my life. i'm so thankful for this time!
tonite: yoga!
tomorrow: knitting group!
this weekend: friendship piercings and friend visits!!
i'm kind of glowing right now. and having a happy life outside of work makes me want to perform better at work too. so i'm digging in, trying not to slack, getting all of my work done. i'm suddenly becoming a well-rounded person. and it's awesome.
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| food for thought |
[22 Oct 2007|09:33am] |
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what do you do when your passions change?
my goals have been shifting recently..and i'm not sure how to handle these changes. i always thought i would do science as my career. but for a while now, i've been fighting this urge to drop science and attend culinary school. don't get me wrong, i love science. but it's losing it's thrill. and what is my new passion? FOOD. i love food. i love cooking. i love being in the kitchen and trying new recipes. absolutely nothing makes me happier than cooking for someone, and seeing the joy on their face after they have a good meal. i like bringing enjoyment and pleasure into people's lives via food. in particular, i love to bake. i could easily see myself being a pastry chef.
i feel like my science background translates easily into the kitchen. to me, cooking is a science. it's like the work i do in the lab. the manual dexterity i've gained from lab science helps me maneuver a knife. but can i make the switch? jason says "don't do it." he thinks cooking should be more of an interest of mine, rather than a career. but i realized last night that maybe it should be more. i was thinking "if i found out that i was sick and would only live for x number of months/years, what would i do?" traveling came to mind, of course. but what came next shocked me. i would quit whatever i was doing and go to culinary school. absolutely i would do this.
and for a while now, i've been thinking about what my goals are for my life. what can i see myself doing later? what would make me happy? the answer used to be: do research and win the nobel prize. that was my goal. now the answer has changed. i want to own my own bakery/cafe.
so..what am i to do? keep ignoring this urge and just stay on track for grad school. i'm not sure i want to do that. i'm not sure this urge can be cured just by taking a couple of cooking classes. i want to know more about food. i want to learn techniques and recipes and what flavors compliment each other. i want to learn everything i can about food. because it makes me unbelievably happy. and i want to be happy.
so what do i do? i have no idea.
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[05 Oct 2007|12:08pm] |
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i'm married. and i chopped my hair off. i guess you could say i needed a change.
i love my new hair. and i love being married. and i think my new haircut makes me a pretty cute looking wife.
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| same ole, same ole |
[24 Aug 2007|07:24pm] |
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there still is nothing new with me. the countdown is now less than one month.
oh, and i feel like the most boring person in the world. i have no hobbies. i just have wedding planning. did i mention how happy i will be when this is all over? i'm going to take up like 10 different hobbies to fill my free time. i already told LB that i'll be knitting again. and hopefully taking many many pictures with my camera.
but first things first, i will start/finish my grad school application. yes, just one application. i refuse to pay for applications to schools that i would not actually consider going to..so i'm just applying to emory. and dear god, i cannot wait to be back in school. i feel so left out now that all the friends have started graduate school. and yes, i am a huge nerd.
i don't know who i am. i'm a dying breed here at emory..everyone i went to school with is long gone. i feel like a freak for being out of school for so long. others take 1 year off..i'm taking 3? shit. and i feel like i'm stuck in between groups of people. i consider myself young but not too young. i forget that i'm only 23. but now i'm falling into the class of married people? and i don't like what married people talk about. you know, china patterns and whatnot. i hate talking about wedding planning, but it's all i CAN talk about because it's all i freakin' do. i hate it hate it hate it.
so what am i? i'm a 23-year-old whose getting married and wants to start a family, but is still afraid of the dark and who is still scared shitless of her mom. i don't make any sense to myself.
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[29 Jun 2007|08:43am] |
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update: got my first roll of photos developed the other day, and most of them are pretty awesome. unfortunately, all the pictures jason took with the camera turned out better than the ones i took. ha! but i'm learning. i think the second roll will be much better. oh yah, and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) scarsnsouvenirs looks stunning in some of the photos!!!
i tried to get the photos put on a cd so i could easily transfer them to my computer, but apparently cvs lacks the technology to do this task. so i'm stuck waiting for a bit..i need to get a scanner asap.
happy friday, everyone! ♥
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| lomo |
[15 Jun 2007|01:35pm] |
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got my fabulous new camera in the mail on wednesday, but didn't get to look at it until yesterday. it is glorious! jason knew how to work it immediately, while i had to read the instruction manual so that i wouldn't break anything.
i practiced taking 2 pictures last night. tonite i am experimenting with the color flash and tunnel vision lens. i'm suddenly feeling the need to take this little gem everywhere. and plan fun excursions just so i can use it! i can't wait to get the first roll developed. i've already made plans to use our saved-from-the-trash cork board as my lomo display board, so i can put all of my (hopefully) rad pictures somewhere.
horray!
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[13 Jun 2007|08:29am] |
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so i took the GRE again yesterday and totally killed it. i raised my verbal score 50 points and raised my quantitative score 100 points, for a 600 verbal and 690 quantitative score! i am so so happy with myself. it was the perfect testing situation (quite the opposite of my first experience). oh, and one of my essay topics was about government regulation of scientific research and development. please, how perfect is that?? seeing as how i'm a researcher myself and all.
i punched the GRE in the face.
and then jason and i almost got creamed by a car running a red light later in the day. i was turning left onto peachtree and my light had been green a solid 5 seconds when a car came flying through the intersection, going about 50mph on peachtree. almost slammed into the side of the car jason was on. we both freaked the hell out, i got all dizzy and couldn't feel my legs from all of the adrenaline pumping through me. it was nuts. so please, people, pay attention and don't freakin' run red lights. you'll kill someone.
that's my PSA for the day.
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| new hobby |
[11 Jun 2007|08:45am] |
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i've been interested in lomography for many years, thanks to miss leuwam at emory. and my 23rd birthday is just around the corner, so i went ahead and ordered this little beauty for myself. well, my parents and jason are splitting it as my birthday present.
i am so freakin' excited! i have a feeling this could be the creative, artistic outlet i've been craving for so many years.
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[15 May 2007|02:46pm] |
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i got a compliment on my rockin' frames today. and by frames, i mean my glasses. but the lady was also a sales rep from a biotech company, so i'm sure she was just buttering me up because she wants our business. but i still enjoyed the compliment because she was right. my glasses do kick ass.
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oh this was just too funny to not post. this is from a facebook group called "you know you're from Atlanta when.."
-You give directions starting with, "Go down Peachtree" and include the phrase, "When you see the Waffle House."
-You only drink Coke or Diet Coke - drinking Pepsi is blasphemy.
-You know to wear sneakers to the airport.
-The 8:00 AM rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30 AM. The 5:00 PM rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:30 PM. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday afternoon, and lasts through 2:00 AM Saturday.
-The falling of one rain drop causes all drivers to immediately forget all traffic rules.
-If a single snowflake falls, the city is paralyzed for three days, and it's on all the channels as a news flash every 15 minutes for a month. All the grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water, toilet paper, and beer.
-If there is a remote chance of snow, and if it does snow, people will be on the corner selling "I survived the blizzard" tee-shirts, not to mention the fact that all schools will close at the slightest possible chance of snow.
-If you are standing on a corner and a MARTA bus stops, you're expected to get on and go somewhere.
-Construction on Peachtree Street is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment, especially when a water line is tapped and Atlanta's version of Old Faithful erupts.
-Construction crews are not doing their jobs properly unless they close down all major streets during rush hour.
-You know you're not allergic to pollen, because if you were - you'd be dead already.
-You've never gone around the block and ended up on the street you started on.
-You know at least five different ways to get to work, none of them ideal.
-You know what "sunshine slowdown", "auto-flambe'", "topside" mean, and what color a H.E.R.O. is.
-You know where PIB, JCB, FIB, MLK, PDK and "Grady curve" are, and you try to never go there during any of the nine hours of rush "hour".
-You've thought about getting a blow-up companion for the front passenger seat.
-You've been in traffic on 85, 75, 20 or 400 (choose one) - wondering if your fuel, your cell-phone battery and your bladder will make it to the next exit, just 1/2 mile ahead.
-You know every Peachtree St., Drive, Circle, Place, Boulevard, etc.
-You know all the words to "Welcome to Atlanta" and have actually been to a lot of those places.
-You know that half the stuff downtown was made for the Olympics.
-You have begun or ended the night at the BP on North Avenue.
-Yeah, the VARSITY is a very important landmark
-You're still afraid to go to White Water because of the E.Coli incident.
-You remember the "blizzard of '93" (aka a foot of snow).
-You've been to the Omni and Atlanta Fulton County Stadium.
-You will NEVER have sex with someone that went to Rockdale High School or lived in Rockdale county.
-Before there was Donald Trump or Bill Gates, there was Ted Turner.
-You DON'T hang out on the Westside if you don’t know anyone there.
-You spend more time waiting for MARTA trains than you would stuck in traffic.....or walking 20 miles for that matter.
-You understand the profound meaning of "Peace up, A-town down."
to anyone from atlanta: please enjoy. these are the best ones from the list.
♥
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[02 Apr 2007|11:06am] |
things are better. picking food and cake shitz for the wedding has been awesome. i'm starting to like having people shower me with delicious goodies and treat me like a star all because they want my business and want my money. i can handle that.
things are finally starting to come together.
went to the aquarium with jason and my parents this past sunday. it was a fucking zoo. rat kids everyone, climbing all over the glass. made me realize that there is an overpopulation problem and that people should stop popping out a bazillion kids. and for each family that already had a small child, it seemed that another one was on the way..too many pregnant women! sheesh, spring has sprung.
but the fish were awesome..i feel at home in an aquarium, seeing as how i'm a creature of the water. and jason took great pictures. so i'm pleased. although, i still think the tennessee aquarium is cooler than the georgia aquarium. sorry.
i am grateful that work is slow today. i made the unfortunate decision to have a strongbow cider with dinner (i haven't had alcohol in a while) plus take a melatonin before bed, and the combo of the two left me extremely groggy today. i'm planning on going home early. rainy/cloudy days make me lazy anyway.
i have just over 1 month until i take the GRE. frick.
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happy holidays and a happy new year to all.
i finally quit my terrible, life-sucking shit of a job. i dreaded going to work every day for almost 9 months, and i'm free now. friday was my last day, and, amazingly, they let me leave 10 minutes early *gasp*. i was so excited that i gave the building the bird on my way out.
i'm going back to emory to work. i got the job through a good friend of mine..my new boss was his plant biology professor last semester. i'll be getting paid $6000 more a year, and i'm getting a promotion basically--i'll have 2 people working underneath me. my boss is the nicest, most soft-spoken lady so i'll never have to worry about getting yelled at again. plus i can take marta for free to emory, so i won't have to commute.
jason's quit his job and got a new job at alon's bakery in the virginia highlands. i'm excited because i can sweet discounts on delicious snacks. it'll be a good change for him.
we both had a wonderful christmas. i got sweet new kitchen supplies, so i've been cooking every chance i get. so far, my crock pot is amazing and my new hand-mixer will be tested tomorrow when i make a batch of gingersnap cookies. i'm so domestic.
everyone, have a great new year. i'm getting drunk. psyche.
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| i'm still alive |
[08 Nov 2006|10:28pm] |
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it's unbelievable how busy my life has been. i can only manage to think of things i need to do, but i cannot seem to manage to get any of those things done.
so what's going on in my life? i moved in with jason. we got our own little place in midtown, and it's amazing. my mom wasn't happy about everything at first, but things are pretty normal now. i talk to her on the phone now and we have rather friendly conversations and my dad actually acknowledges my actions by asking about my new place.
i love having a place with jason. i leave work everyday looking forward to going home to our home. plus we have wooden floors that are fun to slide across in socks. i like that too.
jason and i have decided to get married at a little chapel next to a lake at callaway gardens. we will be married on september 22, 2007. we are in the process of officially booking the place and paying for it. i'm so excited, it's going to be so nice.
anyway, that's pretty much it. i just wanted to give a little update. hope everyone is doing well!
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| breaking away |
[17 Sep 2006|05:45pm] |
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so this past week i called my parents in texas and told them that jason and i are moving in together for real. at the end of september i am moving into jason's place to live with him for one month until his lease is up. then we are moving to a 1000 sf loft in midtown near the end of october.
my mom is still super pissed. she still feels the same way as before, even though jason and i are engaged now. apparently she is attempting to let me know how pissed she is by not calling me or speaking to me at all. i actually find this rather funny.
and really, i don't care if she is mad. i'm starting to break away from my family and that definitely sucks. but i would rather break away and be happy with my life than not break away and have them dislike who i really am.
my life is changing for the better. i'm going to be living with my best friend and partner in life/crime and i'm going to be actually making a home with him. and i'm going to be married in the spring (hopefully!)
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