Snook the cocktail waiter is plying me with White Russians. The Dude abides. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Author: Kris
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Guild meeting went GREAT. We had 49 people there! Letter got approved. Jenny H’s talk was fascinating. *phew*
@mrs_sockvictim Are you at SSK? I’m bringing the letter there shortly…
@redambition @mrs_sockvictim Be there in 5-10 minutes…
Thanks @mrs_sockvictim for the lovely Moomin kerchief! I feel very chic w/ Hemulans, Hattifatteners & Little My. http://twitpic.com/12xcf5
Watching Buffy’s “Hush episode. Snook says: “Dude, this is what Twitter is for.” SO RIGHT! RT THE GENTLEMEN ARE COMING!
@crumpet Nah. He reads my tweets in his RSS reader.
@witty_knitter I think I must have missed that bit!
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Thanks @mrs_sockvictim for the lovely Moomin kerchief! I feel very chic w/ Hemulans, Hattifatteners & Little My.
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REM fans: who sings the “I have seen things you won’t ever see” harmony in Try Not to Breathe?
Heading to physio to determine if foot pain is just strain or something more sinister.
In addition to not running all weekend, I get to have a bone scan on my foot. Next GGR topic: dealing with injuries, I guess!
@sharre Ooh, what time will it occur? I’ll make a note in my agenda. 🙂
@zephyrama @Ascasewwen There will be no brawling! SuperConvenor is going to retain control if I have to wield a whip. 🙂
@venks79 Well, the hope is that it shows there’s no big problem and I just have a pulled muscle. We just have to eliminate that first.
It’s bucketing down. BUCKETING. I know it’s good for the plants, but I really hate it. And there’s the thunder…
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Cartographic Valentine
Darling, be my cartographic valentine…
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Kinokuniya Craft Fair
Kinokuniya (the best book store in Sydney) will having a Craft Fair on Saturday, February 27th. The Inner City Guild group will be there giving free knitting help to anybody who drops by. The shop will also be giving 20% off all craft books! WIN-WIN if you ask me.
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ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS WELL KNOWN IS THIS…
Snookums: “You learn something every day.”
Huh. I had no idea that was from a real quote!
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Public Speaking for Women
My old London buddy Christian Heilmann (who I caught up with in Sydney last year) has a great blog post up about public speaking for women. Christian was one of three speakers at this event designed to encourage more women to get out there and do more public speaking. He’s put up details about the event, including some slide decks and audio recordings. I’m more confident with public speaking than most, and I attribute a lot of that to being on the Speech team in high school. I also get regular practice at Guild meetings (where I have to lead 30+ people for two hours); Guild presentations (I’m taking my “Welcome to the Knitternet” talk on the road to Kiama next weekend); and teaching the occasional knitting class. One of my goals for the Guild this year is to get more members comfortable with speaking and presenting. It’s good for them personally, plus it also furthers my goal of preparing an army of knitters to take over the Guild. (MWAHAHAHA!) So if you’re a woman and you’re nervous about standing up in front of a group of your peers, hit up Christian’s site and watch his presentation. You’re gonna need it, sooner or later.
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Mother’s Day Classic
Registration is now open for the 2010 Mother’s Day Classic. These races take place all over Australia and raise money for breast cancer research. I previously ran it in Sydney’s Domain in 2006, 2008, and 2009. I’ll be running it again this year, and I’ve created a Geek Girl Runner team that you’re all welcome to join. (Yes, boys as well as girls!) Hope to see you all there!
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I am having fun brandishing my CLUESTICK today!
@Bevfam http://bit.ly/Agp6w Scoring some righteous victories against idiots on the Internet. 🙂
I feel like I’m being pulled in 50 different directions today. Very hard to concentrate on anything for more than 5 minutes.
@MetalheadMick Or 421… #StarWarsGeek
We missed @SallyPompom at knitting tonight! There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I assure you.
Adidas QVB sold out of orange Rogue Squadron SW hightops on 1st day! SOB. Seriously debated dropping $180 on purple Slave Leia kicks tho.
@SallyPompom Oh, it was on the cards anyway. But we could’ve bought you a few drinks! 🙂
@twelveeyes They were very limited edition. I only knew because Snook spotted than last week. Only in the “concept store,” I think. 🙁
Icing my foot. It’s been hurting more. Starting to fear the dreaded P.f. diagnosis…
@bellsknits @witty_knitter And I got to meet her in Tapestry Craft a few years ago! My inner 16yo was very happy.
On one hand, I appear to get to stop work at 3pm. On the other hand, it’s so my desk can be moved for this weekend’s asbestos removal.