Jenn,
Today is a highly charged day with the potential for intense focus, so setting a steady work pace early will keep you on track. Having too much to do at work could bring up feelings of deep resentment. You could become overwhelmed and just give up if you fall behind the busy pace. Stay strong and things will lighten up soon enough.

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Last night I dreamt about a very nice apartment with two big bedrooms and a huge closet and a small room that would be a good computer (or yarn) room. I also dreamt that I was in a video game - it went back and forth between being live action and action on a screen. I never killed anything in live action, just onscreen. When characters talked, it was in live action. It was a very interesting dream.

Today I am sleepy, sleepy, sleepy.

I'm so tired today. I pushed myself rollerskating last night, which is good, but then I ended up staying up later than I wanted. Tonight's plan is to go to bed very, very early.

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ROLLERDERBY APPROPRIATE KNITTING PATTERNS

Lolita Legs pattern
Skating Queen Skirt pattern
Hot Tamale Skirt pattern (the yarn for hot tamale)
Zaftig Bra
Vintage Bathing Cap
leg warmers
Becky Sharper - fishnet fingerless gloves
Marnie McClean leg warmers
Fishnet Shirt
ChicKnits Leg Warmers
another leg warmer pattern

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knitting blogs/magazines
knitting fog
whip it up
rebecca
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BOOGER BLOG

about sweden (which is where i want to move if Roe v. Wade is overturned):

The Local - Sweden's news in English

Sweden travel info - from The Lonely Planet

Sweden's official tourism site

Wikipedia article

the CIA's World Factbook article on Sweden

The official gateway to Sweden

Smorgasbord - the shortcut to Sweden

wikipedia article on yoiking - traditional Sami music

Introduction to Swedish

Learn Swedish

Bjorn Engdahl's Swedish Course

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http://www.spellingtuesday.com/

"Pinnar eller bestick?" the girl behind the counter asked, and I held up the line for a minute, unable to decide whether to go for chopsticks or regular utensils (there, you've got your Swedish phrase for the day). from How to Learn Swedish in 1000 difficult lessons

Firefly movie recap on TWOP!!

http://www.metamorphosism.com/

Best. Description. of. Mal. Reynolds. EVER.

"He loves his ship more than anything, but like with anything else he loves, he has no idea what's going on inside her."

Lawrence E. King/White House/Nebraska sex abuse/child prostitution ring case, by the way? The documentary that was BANNED from the Discovery Channel in 1993 or 4??



http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21/1982_atlantic_articl.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

http://blog.qusan.com/

http://home.comcast.net/~osoono/ethnicdoughs/paczki/paczki.htm

http://acweb.colum.edu/users/agunkel/homepage/paczki.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczki

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/attallahshabazzcorettakingeulogy.html

http://alternet.org/story/32382/

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/185/story_18589.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland

http://alternet.org/story/32604/

http://alternet.bookswelike.net/isbn/0375423265

MEN'S CHEAP SKATES - $40

WOMEN'S $65 RIEDELL SKATES @ AMAZON, SAME AS LPS

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=55&story=24&limit=&sort=

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=23&story=631&limit=all&sort=

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=25&story=1020&page=2&sort=&limit=all

http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/

http://www.ictrollergirls.com/

http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/85296.html

http://rollerderbysuperstar.com/index.html

http://pennjerseyshedevils.blogspot.com/

http://chapstickandfishnets.blogspot.com/

http://steaknpizza.blogspot.com/

http://sweetwilliam-v.livejournal.com/

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

http://waynesderbyworld.blogspot.com/

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Also, House. OMGWTFBBQ. Was that the Jenn fan service episode or what? House gets naked, drops acid, becomes extremely angsty. Film at 11.


You know how when you read the fortune in a fortune cookie but add "…in bed" to the end of it to make it more entertaining? I think Ana-Lucia probably adds "…with guns" to the end of her sentences for the same reason: "We should go clubbing…with guns." "This week is a good time for you to make some decisions…with guns."

Today's obligatory "Every Rose Has it's Thorn" rendition.

The Ted Hughes homepage
lovesong by ted hughes
jim lehrer interview on "The Birthday Letters"
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emily dickinson
correspondence
on Bartleby


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It was the limit of my dream,
The focus of my prayer,—
A perfect, paralyzing bliss
Contented as despair.

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I many times thought peace had come
When peace was far away,
As wrecked men deem they sight the land
When far at sea they stay.

And struggle slacker, but to prove,
As hopelessly as I,
That many the fictitious shores
Before the harbor lie.


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XVII


SHE rose to his requirement, dropped
The playthings of her life
To take the honorable work
Of woman and of wife.

If aught she missed in her new day 5
Of amplitude, or awe,
Or first prospective, or the gold
In using wore away,

It lay unmentioned, as the sea
Develops pearl and weed, 10
But only to himself is known
The fathoms they abide.



XX


I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.


XXXII


HE put the belt around my life,—
I heard the buckle snap,
And turned away, imperial,
My lifetime folding up
Deliberate, as a duke would do
A kingdom’s title-deed,—
Henceforth a dedicated sort,
A member of the cloud.

Yet not too far to come at call,
And do the little toils
That make the circuit of the rest,
And deal occasional smiles
To lives that stoop to notice mine
And kindly ask it in,—
Whose invitation, knew you not
For whom I must decline?


XXXIII


I held a jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep.
The day was warm, and winds were prosy;
I said: “’T will keep.”

I woke and chid my honest fingers,—
The gem was gone;
And now an amethyst remembrance
Is all I own.


XXXIV


WHAT if I say I shall not wait?
What if I burst the fleshly gate
And pass, escaped, to thee?
What if I file this mortal off,
See where it hurt me,—that ’s enough,—
And wade in liberty?

They cannot take us any more,—
Dungeons may call, and guns implore;
Unmeaning now, to me,
As laughter was an hour ago,
Or laces, or a travelling show,
Or who died yesterday!

XXXV


PROUD of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.


II.

I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.


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http://www.bartleby.com/42/811.html
http://www.bartleby.com/42/772.html
http://www.bartleby.com/42/767.html
http://www.lovepoetry.com/poems/random_classic24.asp

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ELEPHANTS IN ZOOS - THE FIRST ARTICLE I READ
ARTICLE ABOUT THE TN ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
savezooelephants.com
in defense of animals zoo elephant link
washington post elephant article
captiveanimals.org
elephant free UK
DISNEY ELEPHANTS

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BEST WEEK EVER BLOG
CHAPELLE ON ACTOR'S STUDIO

http://www.pamie.com/butterfly

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http://knitpsychos.hello-lovely.org/

http://www.needlebeetle.com/lace/seaweed.htm

http://www.discountyarnsale.com/pd_glampyre_bulky.cfm#

http://www.katwithak.com/

http://jessimuhkaknits.blogspot.com/2006/02/knitting-olympics-drinking-game.html

http://emmajane.net/

http://now.what-happens.com/2ktog/

http://www.greyswriters.com/

http://alohanoreos.blogspot.com/
http://veiland.blogspot.com/

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=75&story=3452&page=4&sort=&limit=all

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=15&story=5466&page=10&sort=&limit=all



I believe that Sawyer did love Cassie, but he's just that bad of a person. I'm into guys who are self-defeating this week, it's like House.

http://www.csifiles.com/

http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3127079&st=3435

http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/PATTfallingleaves.html

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http://www.guimp.com/

http://www.berroco.com/galleries/gallery_white/index_white.html

http://www.delaneyhouse.com/menu.mpl?menu_id=4

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Your mental stress can be eased by putting your energy toward completing unfinished business with as much focus as possible.

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ROLLER DERBY/TRAINING

http://www.rollerderbypreservationassociation.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=32

http://gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/faq/

http://people.howstuffworks.com/roller-derby.htm

http://www.baycitybombers.com/

http://www.google.com/Top/Sports/Skating/Roller_Skating/Roller_Derby/

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Overheard in the office:

"She talks in 'ghetto' while she types."

Favorite headline from Google News today:

Sleep is the New Sex


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http://knitting-yarn-store.com/silk-yarn.htm
http://www.lalanawools.com/
http://snowballinhell.net/sb/drawing-a-blank-for-titles-once-again/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Friedan

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Top 5 songs I associate with 2005:

1. Total Eclipse of the Heart
2. Personal Jesus, any version
3. VNV Nation
4.
5.




I love my mom. I love my mom a lot. And we get along really well, all things considered. But lately, like the last few years, she's gotten really pushy. And I don't know if she just doesn't realize that she's being pushy, or that she doesn't interpret herself as pushy, but it's causing me to withdraw from her.

She has these ideas on what she wants for me. And, honestly, they are things that I want, too. But wanting doesn't make them happen, and I think that's where she gets stuck.

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My first rollerderby specific memory is from the TV show "clarissa explains it all." Clarissa's best friend Sam lives with his dad, because his mom left him to join the rollerderby. There's one episode where she shows up, and she's all bad-ass, and Clarissa is very impressed.

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this skirt > $58 plus shipping
5 skeins knitpicks Shadow yarn in Lost Lake > $11.45 plus shipping
2 skeins sheldridge ultra > $16.40 plus shipping
www.chiagu.com
www.spunmag.com
Shelridge Farm Soft Touch Ultra Fingering Weight (CAN BE FOUND AT EARTHFAIRE)
pomatomus sock pattern

http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=084
http://www.burningcam.com/index2.html
http://community.livejournal.com/bigdderbydevils/
http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=rollerderby