June 2005

One letter makes all the difference

Jun 2 2005

Spouseling’s got a funny over at his site, slidingconstant.net - I wonder how much such an installation would cost?

I'll huffle and I'll puffle...

Jun 15 2005

…and if you're patient, you'll end up with a scarf.Scarf #2 in the Make Harry Potter Scarves For Friends project is now done. Silly me forgot to take a photo of scarf #1, which was a Slytherin scarf that was a stealth birthday present for a friend, in that "You just thought I was making this for someone else, didn't you?" kind of way I'm so bad at.

Update, 28 June 2005, Wesley's Slytherin scarf. … thanks, Mary, for the photo.

This photo's in honor of the goofy madness that is stuffonmycat.com, and just because I figured Edmund was too corpulently nonchalant to care if I stacked a scarf on him:

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because some random guy says it over IM, it must be true

Jun 21 2005

Today’s winner, and potential cause of my headache, is windsor_king on Yahoo. Do, please, everyone in Huntsville feel free to say hello, as he seems to insist that he’s going to be visiting Huntsville in July.

I have my doubts.

In the interest of completeness, let me disclose that this is not the first time this guy has contacted me. There have been several brief instances of ‘hi’ from him previously, all imploring for me to be his friend because he was coming to town. As you can see by a couple of the initial exchanges I’m including here, we’ve rarely been online at the same time.

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honeysuckle simple

Jun 27 2005

Life’s been simple lately. Not honeysuckle simple, but simple enough.It was a necessary change. I haven’t said a lot here precisely because I couldn’t find the right angle, the correct approach, the perfect turn of phrase that could make it all simple and make it all sound reasonably okay. Because, the truth is, in the end, things are good.

Call it a dilemma: there are parts of my life I don’t write about here because they’re far too personal, far too private, or sometimes just involve intimate parts of other people’s lives. Parts they’re not totally comfortable with me sharing—online, or sometimes even in person. Some secrets can be quietly acknowledged among close friends, but some must remain nothing more than stifled whispers in empty rooms.

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Tonight, on the bamboo size twos

Jun 28 2005

knitting

My summer project, ambitiously untitled "Amy Makes A Harry Potter Scarf For Anyone Willing To Pony Up Yarn Money," is now definitely in full swing. Wesley got his Slytherin scarf in time for his birthday (surprise!), Dan safely has the Hufflepuff scarf he plans to give his father already in hand a month before his father's birthday, and I've just mailed off the first of Jody's scarves—a Gryffindor.

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An un-eavesdropped conversation

Jun 29 2005

Unfortunately, these are not direct quotes. My sleep meds are kicking in (i.e., very tired Amy right now), and this conversation happened this past weekend. But they’re close enough, and you get the idea.

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