strange burning aromas coming from the vicinity of my brain...

i found the neatest site while doing my assignment for my library class today (yes, it is due on monday).

check it out - internet resources arranged by topic! i love when finding information gets easier.


while writing my paper, i've realized how rusty i've become in trying to get my thoughts written down in a coherent manner. i took 2 courses 2 semesters ago, but those were science courses requiring memorization and not actual thought and idea cohesion. i can't wait until i'm back up to speed and don't have to stop and knit my brow in confusion when trying to find the right word to type.

also, thanks to sleep goblin, my internet girlfriend, for being my firstest etsy customer!

weekends truly pass by all too quickly. saturday was spent researching and hanging out w/ jen at borders. in the evening i went to red room cinema's show at the oliva cigar factory. i believe it is the last, if not one of the oldest, wooden cigar factories in ybor. we found it funny that a cigar factory would be made of wood.

and holy hell, was it hot. and humid. i would equate it with the appleseed cast/aloha/candybars show in temperature. what's up with venues in florida not having air conditioning? are they asking for me to pass out and sue them?

sarah, her brother and g/f, rosie and jesse braved the heat and came out to the show. ... who am i kidding? they had no idea it would be that hot. thanks so much for sticking it out! and truly, we were sticky. more ya ya sweat. (i actually dislike that word, i need to find a better cute nickname.) thankfully we were able to hang out near the non-existant air conditioner's intake for a while. it was the only place you could actually feel air move unless you were right in front of a fan. it was a heaven of swirling air. our crowded bodies must have caused it to short out, because it stopped completely by the time rrc went on. at one point at the end of the show i had to leave and go outside from dizziness.

and afterwards, new world brewery and then gyros! delicious, lamb-y, yogurt-y, onion-y, tomato & lettuce-y goodness. and garlic. oh lord, the garlic.

::tummy rumble::

and for real - some of the ladies walking the street in ybor are *skanks.*

my job, in one picture

some things

i have an etsy store!

tits was my very first craft customer, ever (though not thru etsy). she fucking rocks the house.

the hotel surplus outlet! who would want a used hotel bed?? ::shudder::
although, you, too, can own fine works of art, such as this:

the monkey chow diaries. that's nasty.

DIY impeachment. for real, folks.

"i just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."
- bush, june 18, 2002

"war is peace"
- big brother, george orwell, 1984

if i can't finish cleaning....

...i'll spend 2 hours and reformat my blog instead!
what library assignment??
::rubs her eyes::

and if i read one more word about css or html... i'm going to chug this here bottle of wine. mmmm...

maybe i'll just chug it anyways.

things i am envious of (because i'm sinful like that):

madge's (ex-) job.
madge's rummy doll.
rachel's beautiful apt.
jen's super clean house.
star's job.
star's super big house.


.... that's all i can think of at present. can you tell i'm all about jobs and cleaning? hopefully soon i shall have a new job (somehow) and my house will be clean (someday).

at least, the bottom half, since i'm hosting gfss friday night.

craft + coffee = fun

much fun was had by gfss girls at the first crafting out loud fair. : ) coffee at the sacred grounds was delicious, the only negative was that it was outside. they have coffee ice cubes!

i think many of us believed that it would be inside the shop. we got there at 6.30 and it was hot-hot-hot and sticky. it cooled off once the sun went down, but then the mosquitos came out. !! i hate when sweat drips down between your ya yas.




jen , star, rachel & me.
products (from left to right):
star - record bowls, toothbrush bracelets (inside the bowls) and toaster covers
me - little pouches for makeup, contact stuff, sundry feminine products
rachel - wood & watercolor paintings, embroidered tank tops
jen - handbound sketchbooks & photo albums


once night fell, we moved to a spot on the sidewalk and hung out w/ yen and (soon to be updated - i can't find her site!).

i want to write more, but it's 1 am. even though i napped like crazy today, i need my sleep.

zzzzz....zz

crafting out loud

sacred grounds

busy bee

so this is what i've been feverishly working on this past week:



little bags! they're about 7 inches by 4 inches. looking at them now, i realize there really aren't that many of them... oh well! i have until saturday, 7 pm.

.... i think that this is all that i'll have to sell at the show. um, and i still haven't finished the 2 big messenger robot bags.

also, i am missing skin from my thumb where the needle tightener knob bashed my sensitive digit. my fault, i'm really bad about where i put my fingers. and i've only stabbed my finger once!

these little babies are for the very first craft show Girlfriend Sweatshop will be participating in on june 3rd!

ok, i have to stop here, because my mind is all over the place and i can't write any sort of coherent paragraph or sentence. i keep rewriting them and rereading them and it's just not meshing in my mind.

night!