Category: Twitter Post

Just plugged in my new second monitor at work

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Just found out I’m off to Twitter Boot Camp this arvo: http://bit.ly/ArfFn. (Grammar error in 2nd sentence doesn’t inspire optimism.)

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@knitness Here’s a tip: They all mean “feed me.”

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@sharre Wow, great job! You’re gonna kick butt on our challenge…

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Waiting for Twitter Boot Camp to begin. @opheli8 has warned me “not to be a hater.”

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Looks like Twitter Boot Camp hash tag is #tbcau. Getting ready to start…

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Hm. Big monitor showing live Twitter feed certainly kills any urge to snark on speakers. #tbcau

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@lotsofco It has to do with marketing. (I feel so dirty. But hey, free cookies, right?)

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Watching @barrys_syd film @markpollard. Hearing about etiquette, accountability, validation. So far so good. #tbcau http://twitpic.com/c3gza

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FINALLY got wifi working again… and forgot everything I wanted to tweet. #tbcau

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@redambition Wait, what? Are you at the same session as me??

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We’re 2 hours in, and I am utterly sick of the word “tweet.” Is tweet-rage a recognized psychotic condition? #tbcau

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Please, please let the Bruce Clay speaker use the word ‘silos.’ Then I can yell bingo! #tbcau

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How does ‘automate as much as possible’ jibe with idea that good Twitter use is all about meaningful conversations? #tbcau

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Just surprised at number of speakers advising scheduling tweets for middle of the night. That’s PR feed, not real time interaction. #tbcau

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My ‘silos’ comment was unexpectedly featured by @barrys_syd. Eep! At least we all had a chuckle. #tbcau

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Okay, which one of you is the Mythbusters guy? Rumor is you’re here… #tbcau

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No SnB for me tonight. Taking the Snook out to celebrate his birthday!

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It is a very strange day when the Snook leaves the house before I do. The cats are freaked out. DISRUPTION TO HUMAN ROUTINE!

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@voicework Ha, you’re the 2nd person I’ve met from MB. Do you know Sadhana? Anyway yeah, good day. Nice to “meet” you!

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Sorry I missed pub networking! I got more from Twitter Boot Camp than expected, esp. from @jyesmith’s case study. Thanks to all. #tbcau

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RT @ScottKirsner Brands have historically been distant and inhuman…but now consumers want the opposite. – Matt Cutler of Visible Measures

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Oh ffs. We just hired our 4th “Chris” in an office of 48. Kris/Chris/Chris/Cris. That’s not going to be confusing AT ALL.

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I am Asking MetaFilter how to make an awesome meatloaf: http://bit.ly/L1Ri8

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@venks79 Eh, just didn’t feel great in the AM. Punching helped though! Catch me on Skype tomorrow & I’ll give you the update. 🙂

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I do hope the folks over at Geekdom do something to celebrate the Snook’s birthday today (hint hint)…

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@redambition Dare I mention the dreaded fanny pack? 🙂 I’ve been carrying mine in my hand in its case. I’m used to it now.

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@redambition Definitely! Walking is totally allowed. And @sharre, I only used the US term because @AusVintageGrrl did last night over IM!

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@redambition @sharre @AusVintageGrrl I’M WRONG! She said bumbag, and my brain translated it, probably because it’s so funny here. Apologies!

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@runkeeper Giving you some love over on Metafilter: http://bit.ly/aal5K

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@bellsg Yep. Click the little song listing icon in the upper right. Will let you set stars for all songs on album. #iphone

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@sharre Very pretty! I hate the new-glasses-seasick though.

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@mrs_sockvictim Ooh, gchatting you. We might be interested!

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Nothing makes you feel loved like finding two cats waiting for your reappearance outside the bathroom door. (Also: they want their dinner.)

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Nearly finished with Tasman Summer Tunic for my niece Indie. @carbolicious, this may be the cutest thing I have EVER KNITTED.

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@ironbrandon You’ll like this! RT @runkeeper: @aaronwhite’s evangelizing has piqued my curiousity. Who’s tried these? http://bit.ly/HVZBf

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@ironbrandon I d’loaded their foot/calf strengthening exercises. Starting to think about giving forefoot a serious try…

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Just not feeling happy in my own skin today.

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@Bex_the_Femme Those are the WRONGEST SHOES I’VE EVER SEEN.

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@that_alison You’re not talking plant stealing, are you? NEVER JUSTIFIED!

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@that_alison Oh! That’s a good thing. Give them a hug from me. 🙂

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Congrats to @venks79 on the new baby!

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GAH. Carried my lovely hot lunch all the way across the office and DROPPED IT right in front of my desk. Miraculously, 2/3 remained inside.

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@carbolicious You are making me want to bake! (Damn you.)

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@justjussi You still up? I’m having trouble interpreting part of the Tasman Summer Tunic pattern…

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@justjussi Nevermind! I worked it out. 🙂

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Just completed a 6.10 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/b8Nbo #RunKeeper

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Just completed a 13.82 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/qiSIc #RunKeeper

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Just finished long slow run. Shins and lungs felt pretty good! Now, ice bath. If you hear shrieking, that’s me.

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For this show application, need to list my 6 dream dinner guests. Suggestions?

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Heh. Would it be totally sucking up to the ABC to say Denton?

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@RTRR It’s just a hypothetical, presumably to find out whether you’d pick interesting people or ones that sound impressive.

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TV show application sent. It’s like the Australian Idol for Complete Nerds. (I HOPE I GET IN!)

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I went with Stephen Fry, Steve Jobs, Tetsuya Wakuda, Carrie Fisher, Terese Rein, & Queen Margrethe of Denmark. (She’s a crafter, you know!)

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Watching Sex Pistols documentary. This music is making me knit faster than EVER BEFORE.

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@DDsD Which is amusing, because every waitress I’ve had there in the past six months has been – I’m pretty sure – an actual Russian.

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@imdominating Hahahahaha…. Almost makes me sorry I un-followed him after getting bored of all the pot-smoking and masturbation.

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Another day, another chapter in the Ongoing Battle Between Kris and the Evil 480 Bus Drivers.

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I support the @yarnharlot. #yarnharlot

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Lovely lazy sunshiney Saturday. Off to Farmers Market, then out to high tea with local knitters. Oh, and I dropped a pound. WIN!

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Cornucopia. Now to Broadway for meat & cat litter, and that’s the shopping sorted. http://twitpic.com/bilem

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All frocked up and heading for high tea with my knitters. How civilized!

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Lee, with sandwiches. http://twitpic.com/bjepg

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It’s @mrs_sockvictim enjoying her tea and knitting. http://twitpic.com/bji4m

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JP (@knitterjp) and scones… http://twitpic.com/bjjit

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I’ve been told I did it backwards. @RoseRed says “JAM, THEN CREAM!” http://twitpic.com/bjl11

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We’re into our third hour… and the sweets. Oh, the sweets! http://twitpic.com/bjo4q

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Stuffed! @mrs_sockvictim and I are on a sugar high… http://twitpic.com/bjpzl

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SONOFA…. Just realized that I’ve spent the last four hours knitting a Mobius strip. GAH.

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Mobius strip frogged and reknit while watching Richard Burton skeeve it up in “Anne of a Thousand Days.” Tea party photos are on the blog!

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@realtimshady Awwww, congratulations! Here’s to many more. 🙂

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Just saw that ABC is going to have a public speaking competition/reality show starting soon. HA! I am seriously considering applying.

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@witty_knitter Do you get to induct me into the sisterhood by whacking me on the shoulders with an umbrella? Because you should. 🙂

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@donttrythis So that makes the second time you’ve been portrayed by a girl! Remember me? http://bit.ly/caGrv

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@zephyrama ACK! Yeah, the Snook had to learn that one too.

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@witty_knitter I feel empowered! Next time I’ll throw the can back at them. (I should add that Rodd PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW ME as I did it.)

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Going for a run…

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Just completed a 4.92 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/TjJYM #RunKeeper

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@carbolicious We have a Cold Stone knockoff in Sydney now. It’s called Cold Rock Ice Creamery. That cracks me up. Haven’t gone there yet.

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Correction: Snook didn’t need to learn not to machine wash hand knits. He needed to learn to check my laundry pile for hand knits.

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@carbolicious Wow, I like the bits dripping off the edges.

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I saw that the “knit graffiti” at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair is gone after 1 week. Stolen? Cleaned up by staff? Completely rotted in the rain?

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There is no mood so foul that it cannot be improved by the first 20 seconds of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.”

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Sydney knitters – anybody available to help teach kids to knit at lunchtime tomorrow? I’m scrambling for a few more volunteers…

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@Ezzles That is very, very likely. Man, every single time I run King Street I get spotted by at least one person I know!

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Heading to Morris & Sons for some knitting time…

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@knitness Yeah, they ran 60min late for me Wed. I just left, but others are still going…

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Non-knitter overheard the graffiti knitting drama discussion tonight and laughed and laughed. Exactly. It’s absurd. Great reality check.

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My sister @carbolicious appears to have signed up for Twitter…

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Oh man. If you need to start your day with joy and happiness, watch this: http://bit.ly/4mRn61. I couldn’t stop smiling.

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Bogans @ stop light just threw can onto street. I marched out & said: I’LL GO PUT THAT IN THE DAMN TRASH CAN FOR YOU. Grumpy old woman = me.

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Whoa! Message from @AusVintageGrrl. Customs House evacuated for fire alarm. Not sure what that will do to the scheduled knitting workshop!

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Going to the boxing gym. Not surprisingly, I am REALLY looking forward to punching some stuff.

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Chicken Kiev, garlic beans, and sauteed parsnip and carrot with honey and rosemary glaze. Bow before my domestic goddess-ness!

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@redambition @bellsg I blogged the carrots and parsnip recipe. Very recommended!

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Now it’s time for tea, knitting, & Battlestar Galactica. Only thing marring this peaceful scene is the truly disturbing object I’m knitting.

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@Ezzles Google “Bokaclava” or look it up on Rav. And don’t say I didn’t warn you!

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@Ezzles And no, I’m not putting it on an effing tree. 🙂

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@mirvettium Nah, balaclava in the style of a demon from Dr. Who. Google “bokaclava”. 🙂

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Okay, but it’s not my fault none of you will be able to sleep tonight. Behold… Bokaclava: http://bit.ly/Q8VAt

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That’s the designer’s. Mine is in navy. Just sewing it up now. Still need to make nose, mouth, & horns…. http://bit.ly/1buB0O

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@Ezzles It was an Extreme Knitting Challenge by a guy at work. In exchange he’s going to design my Halloween invite this year. 🙂

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Front and back of demon head have been sewn together. Did I mention this thing will be on the slopes of Perisher this weekend?

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So sore from punching yesterday. (I needed it though.) Now let’s see if I can actually manage a run…

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Just completed a 4.37 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/18jyyu #RunKeeper

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This is so weird. They’ve knocked down a couple walls in the office, and now there’s all this SPACE in my peripheral vision.

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Any of you use Evernote? I’m trying it out to see if it can tame the beast that is my scribbly work notebook. Tips appreciated.

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Always fun to find people tweeting mean things about you, as opposed to talking/emailing like human beings. 🙁 @bendbeanies @deadlyknitshade

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In positive news, I’ve invited AU knit graffiti artist to SnB Thurs. She seems really cool & promises lots of info/gossip from NGA exhibit.

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@Ascasewwen Ahh, but did you steal it? Of course not. You’re not a sociopath.

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@codepo8 See, “punny baby t-shirts” & “something to blog about” are far too high on my list of Reasons to Have a Baby. Hence, no baby. 🙂

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Old guard of the Guild think I’m hell-bent on destroying it from within, while the “punk” knitters think I’m a stuffy Grandma! Too funny.

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Thinking srsly about starting guerilla scrapbooking movement. Will involve public use of hole punches. I DON’T EVEN CARE IF I GET ARRESTED!

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Left work an hour early for Dr appt, only to find he’s running an hour behind. On the plus side, might as well kill time with a massage!

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Hmm. Graffiti Macramé? My wonky owl-shaped plant holders will speak of urban decay, Western decadence, & shocking lack of fringe in society.

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@crumpet I knew you’d like the owl reference! My grandma had one like that, and it was awesome. 🙂

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I got antibiotics for bronchitis. And my massage? SHE WALKED ON MY BACK. That was new.

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@mrs_sockvictim Whatever gives us the best chance of a book deal and/or talk show appearance!

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@deadlyknitshade Thank you. I did think the phone booth showed a lot of work and creativity!

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@venks79 Um… even with your newly skinny self, I’ll still go with the 40kg tiny woman, thanks! 🙂

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@witty_knitter I actually used that at the Dr tonight: “See, I caught this cold 2 wks ago that has devastated the Syd knitting community..”

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@mrs_sockvictim Ok, you have to make that for Halloween. Except evil. SO AWESOME.

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Guerilla Latchhook: turning the world into one giant shag rug, one bus stop at a time. (I can’t stop! Actually, I really like this one. Hm.)

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@redambition Dr. Chin knows not to bat an eye at my eccentricities these days. I really need to knit him some socks.

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@redambition Dr. Chin knows not to bat an eye at my eccentricities these days. I really need to knit him some socks.

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@Justacogitating You should find them and start wrapping them around stop signs. You can be the second subversive in my movement!

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@crumpet Me too! I think they must have some automated bots. Must be very quiet now. (DON’T MENTION THE HOLE PUNCHES!)

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Very happy to say that Dr Chin was thrilled with my weight loss (and inches lost around waist). No charts or lectures this time!

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@knitterjp Day 3 was the worst of it for me. (You should skip the knitting workshop and rest! They’ll survive.)

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I sold yarn to Kim and Kelley Deal last year at the craft shop I worked in. (Oh wait. That was actually really cool!) #lameclaimstofame

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@redambition Huh. When I went to Myer for a makeover, I looked like I’d been hit by Homer’s makeup gun (set to “whore”).

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