since it was veterans day we got a half day off, but it really wasn't a half day cause rock-n-roll heaven is moving. so at 1ish they packed us up and took us to the new space. moving a factory (albet a small one) doesn't sound very much fun to me and my commute will change from 35 min to 75 min so i was pretty grumpy about the idea. but the space is beautiful. it's a huge huge warehouse with a whole wall of windows and incredibly high ceilings. here's me with lexie and connie my fellow stichers. the bosses aren't in the picture- ha
11.11.09
92/365
I'm sick! i have a cold and it makes me so sad. my nose is stuffy and i am miserable and the sudafed isn't working, not even the real stuff i had to sign for at the pharmacy. :(
91/365
Picnic #2 for the weekend. we went low and east instead of high and west on our walk. we walked to a more southern beach (loyola perhaps?) but ended up at pratt st anyway, see lighthouse. rather than packing our own lunch, we used our chipotle coupon and were very pleased with the sand/burrito combo. it was much chillier, the wind off the lake was quite cool though the sun was warm. we ran into liz (hi liz!) who was heading towards the beach as we were walking away. we chatted for a minute but i was shivering and she mentioned that walking back there was a place where it would instantly be 10 degrees warmer. and she was right! it was so weird.
90/365
PICNIC! look at us outside in Tshirts in november! we had such a nice heat wave this weekend, in the high 60s-70s. so Lisa and i planned to make the best of it. she's reading a book that takes place right now in west ridge/rogers park (we'll see what flickr maps calls it, although i am very distainful of their neighborhood catagorization) and they're often at the top of the sledding hill in warren park, so that's where we took our Saturday picnic. we ate salads and sandwiches and read our novels until sunset, which sounds late for a picnic until you realize that november in chicago means 4:30 sunset. it was lovely.
89/365
thought i'd take another friday self portrait at knit night, but found this instead. i usually walk to kimball and catch the bus to the brown line, but i decided to walk down kedzie instead since lexie and i learned it's not very far. and when you cross the bridge over the chicago river there's a life preserver. do briges in other cities do this? cause i can't remember ever seeing a life preserver by the side of the road in PA. but they're everywhere by the river in chicago. usually either white or orange, really stereotypical. i find it very quaint. and really, how deep is the river? is the current that strong? i would think hypothermia would be a much bigger problem most of the time.
88/365
since CH lives so close to rock n' roll heaven, lexie and i went over to his place after work for a video game night. i totally wanted to take a picture of us wii-ing, but as usual didn't remember till i was waiting for the bus home. in front of yet another taqueria.
4.11.09
87/365
i took like 5 pictures on the bus and they're all terrible. anyway, here's round 6 of my 450 sts for my new east-west satchel. again, it's hard to tell, but this is 4 different colors so far.
86/365
finally left my umbrella on the bus. so here's my new one. it's just pink, instead of pink flowered. i wanted to take a picture of ALL the umbrellas gathered at the metra platform, but alas my arms are too short and my umbrella too big. still, you can catch hints.
85/365
grrrrr. f-ing printer. there IS INK IN THERE! when you shake the cartridges you can hear it. lisa!'s been trying to mail back these too small boots she bought on the internet for weeks, and it was gonna happen, except she can't print the labels because my printer has decided it wants more cyan magenta and yellow ink. not black of course. because i have some of those. grrrr.
84/365
lisa! texted me at knitting group- i had THREE packages delivered! the first was my bulbs, (which i planted sunday and which the squirrels are already digging up) the second was mom's presents for lisa and i from her equador. and the third was finally my box from knitpicks! mom sent my birthday gift to the wrong address, and then she was in the equadorian jungle when they wanted the correct one. but it came, and it's the crazyest purse ever! there's fair isle, there's intarsia, there's miles of icord and steeks and cast on 450sts. and it came with 21 colors of yarn. oh yes.
83/365
every thursday it rains. i know this because i seem to wear a long skirt every thursday, and then i do laundry every thursday, and i clomping up and down the back stairs i think about what a bad idea this all is.
28.10.09
82/365
in the tacoria. trying not to be seen by the waitress. she still screwed up our order. i'm working way too much overtime these days. i just realized that taking all my SPs out of the house means that they all have my coat in them.
81/365
wet. lisa and i were so excited to go to martyrs tonight to hear the moth. (an ongoing storytelling series that just came to chicago, true stories told live without notes.) and it was SOLD OUT! after we walked all that way in the RAIN! so we had a drink and arived home quite damp and much earlier than anticipated.
26.10.09
80/365
in the bathroom in the sears (willis) tower. they recently fixed it up and there's now automatic faucets and soap, and this HUGE full length mirror. i tend to take a SP there on mondays then use a better one later in the evening. but this is the best it gets today. also, i'm looking rather nice, i got so many complements on this skirt today, and this is my favorite coat. when i visited lisa!'s parents house lisa! found this in the closet. and it never fit her very well, but it's perfect for me, and it's so super cool. i feel like i'm in the hippie-matrix when i wear it.
79/365
tom and bob's halloween party! tom taught my costume construction 2 class and i worked under him at columbia's costume shop, so you can just imagine what kind of halloween party they throw. (he was mary poppins this year and it was positively amazing.) lisa! was very nervous about going with me, she almost decided to stay home at the last minute she was so uncomfortable with me being in costume. not like she was embarrassed or anything, she just felt so nervous because i was so unrecognizable with all my makeup and stuff on, she was worried she wouldn't remember i was her girlfriend, and she felt sorta like she was cheating on me. but once we got there, she had a good time too. and i think it's convinced her to dress up on saturday.
78/365
see, it's not just new england, we have fall leaves here, too. this whole block was just beautiful, all bright yellow except for this orange tree on the corner. lisa! and i took a "constitutional" through our neighborhood to the west, and it's super surburban. lots of big houses and parks and lots and lots of trees and porches. it's totally the neighborhood to go trick or treating in.
77/365
i MUST stop taking photos in this room, the light is just horrible. i was so useless all day today, and finally finally i started working on the bags and other sewing projects people are paying me for. it's so hard to for me to work at home when i'm putting in overtime at an actual shop, but it is a relief to sew on my own little machine.
76/365
my veggie share this week came with crazy colored carrots. the one on the bottom i believe to be a parsnip, but maybe they're right and it really is a carrot. the one on the top is orange when you peel it. i roasted them for a fabulous salad. avocado, grapefruit, candied almonds, roasted veggies... it was really good.
75/365
clamber hat done! yes mom, it is the alpaca. sadly, it seems a little tight. not like it will hurt my ears, but like i won't be able to fit in it if i grow my hair out. or do my hair, for that matter. so i might rip it all out and add another repeat around. ugh. but better to knit the whole thing twice than never wear it cause it doesn't fit.
74/365
so tired. and cold. our heat's off again, and it makes me unable to do anything. i just curl up into a little ball and complain. lisa! and i ended up having a fight because i'm so miserable to be with when i'm so cold and whiny. luckily, i still beleive most of the problems i have in life can be fixed by going to bed earlier. although that is eaiser said than done.
19.10.09
73/365
Library day! i forgot to take my books to return, though. so now i have a huge stack on the bookcase. i really like the setup of the rogers park library. it's a lovely building, but it's always so crowded, and it seems like the books i want are always checked out. but i guess that's what holds are for. also, horray for timer! also, when looking at my list you can't really notice how stupid my hair looks. we still don't have heat and i can't bear to shower in the morning. i keep washing my hair in the sink.
72/365
sunday we of course had to get out of the cold house. so lisa! and i went out for brunch with justin at the chicago diner (hi lynne!) afterwards we went to bucks for a drink and some darts which was the most fun i've had in ages, and which i'd never played before. horray for justin liking games, since it is lisa!'s only minor flaw. (her only major flaw is smoking.) anyway. did i take a photo at chicago diner? no. at bucks? no. i realized it on the bus ride home and lisa's all, "take a picture now!" so i did, and i'm glad i did cause it was the last photo i took all day.
17.10.09
71/365
COLD! it's been really cold in our condo the past couple of days, and neither of us can remember the radiators coming on. LIsa! finally emailed the board president who is also freezing. i guess when they serviced the boiler they forgot to turn it back on or something. i really really hope someone comes out this weekend, because being so cold makes me depressed and imobile.
70/365
way too early, way too damp and grey. boss's day, so i'm catching the metra early to the loop. i am very embarrased to take pictures in public, i worry someone will think i'm photographing them. so i am so happy the way this one shows the nasty cloudy sky and the whole station title and part of me, too!
15.10.09
69/365
at work. i've been planning on taking the requisite while sewing photo for a while, but i never seem to keep my phone in my pocket anymore. you can't see the sweat beading on my lip from how stressed i am to sew leather ends. i HATE sewing leather ends. and it's because i suck at it. grr. luckily i only had to do about 5 before the day ended. anyway, i like how the shutter speed is fast enough my hands are crisp but slow enough the needle's blurry.
68/365
I bought nori so we could make maki with our veggie leftovers. it impresses me so much that i can roll maki. i feel like i am a restuaruant quality chef- or more like a hidden talent.
13.10.09
66/365
so the plan was to take a SP in the flower shop. or in oglevie, or on the metra train. then after i forgot to take it on the train, i though i'd do it in the library or at the grocery store. you can see how well that worked out. devon market was unnerving though- ran into an ex lesbian ex friend and her new boyfriend. she was so wierd. i told lisa! she can sleep with whoever she wants but i will never forgive her if she leaves me for a boy. Anyway, rather than subject you to another toothbrushing photo this is the vanity on the opposite wall. why not above the sink? why indeed. it took me a while to get the door right down the middle of my fauxhawk and not have the phone in the picture. here, buddha and i are looking at the same thing.
12.10.09
36/365
Lisa's parents and younger sister came to visit on Sunday. They always take us out to eat some place fancy. before dinner, we walked to our nearest beach and there's a pier that goes way out into the lake with a lighthouse at the end of it. this is behind the lighthouse. Lisa! is so unphotogenic it's cool that i got a picture she looks quite good in, even if i'm a little squinty and horsey.
64/365
this is so much skankier than it looks. i couldn't be bothered to light it well (come on, when can i ever be bothered to consider lighting) i was switching over my summer and winter clothes, now that the temp. has dropped below 32F. This is short sleeved and gets put away. but it's hot in with the radiators when you're working, so it was all i wore until i packed it.
63/365
LIsa and my great cleaning day. it was the first time we worked hard to CLEAN clean, instead of just unpack and tidy with the occasional wipe. i did all the living room windows, inside and out, and now we can SEE through them. and it helps me not go crazy looking out them when i'm doing yoga in the mornings.
62/365
LIsa and my great cleaning day. it was the first time we worked hard to CLEAN clean, instead of just unpack and tidy with the occasional wipe. i did all the living room windows, inside and out, and now we can SEE through them. and it helps me not go crazy looking out them when i'm doing yoga in the mornings.
7.10.09
61/365
Ellie! you have such a cuddly belly! i love the way you squint when you like your belly being petted!
60/365
last night instead of the faucet picture i wanted to take one of lisa! and i cuddling because i was soooo excited to see her after our one unexpected night apart when she was back in chicago and i was stranded in worchester MA with my own stupidity and my sister swearing at me and my exhausted mother...
but that's another story. this story is about how lisa! 1. laid down (which is always unflattering) and 2. said "why do you always take pictures in such bad lighting? good photography is 90% lighting" which i KNOW, is totally true, but i had been up for uncountable hours and it was too late to create lighting all that great around here anyway. so i brushed my teeth and took that photo and promised myself to take a whole bunch in daylight. so here i am at work. and it's COLD. fall has hit and i forgot how unheated rock & roll heaven's sweatshop is.
but that's another story. this story is about how lisa! 1. laid down (which is always unflattering) and 2. said "why do you always take pictures in such bad lighting? good photography is 90% lighting" which i KNOW, is totally true, but i had been up for uncountable hours and it was too late to create lighting all that great around here anyway. so i brushed my teeth and took that photo and promised myself to take a whole bunch in daylight. so here i am at work. and it's COLD. fall has hit and i forgot how unheated rock & roll heaven's sweatshop is.
59/365
the toothbrushing SP is always the sign of a long day. this one was literally long though, with waking up at 2:30 am chicago time. yes, i know that means the plane SP and this one were actually in the same day. but they were 18 hrs apart, so i'm too tired ot care.
5.10.09
57/365
after the duck tour on friday we wanted to see more of boston on saturday so we walked the freedom trail. it very nicely led us through the north end in time for a late lunch, and we got these amazingly obnoxious and cheap pastries from the modern bakery. oh yum oh yum. it was so hard to wait until we got home!
56/365
First day in New England! somehow with the stress of the journey i missed a day on 365. i was gonna take an airport pic but then was too worried about getting on the flight to remember. so instead other transportation. this is right before my first T ride into boston. horray public transportation!
55/365
So much packing. dinner guests the night before we left= not such a good idea. i am cold and furry and it is late and my nose is big in this sp. whatever.
30.9.09
27.9.09
51/365
one of the best things about my birthday is it's always the week before banned books week! so the banned books readout is always the weekend after my birthday. even though our party is tonight, it doesn't stop me from going. i didn't know until last year that the ALA is headquartered in chicago, and the people who keep track of banned and chalanged books have the best name: the office of informational freedom. isn't that awesome? banned books aleways give me such a warm and fuzzy feeling. and it was in bughouse square this year, which is in front of the newberry library. i'd never been there before and it's so beautiful. lucky henry who worked there. i'm trying to remember how far north on dearborn he lived, it must have been quite a nice place with his 17 locks. i love when fictional characters live in my city.
50/365
super duper housecleaning day. i got the whole house party-ready, arranged the flowers, and finally finished doing the laundry. i moved so much dirty laundry from the old house i didnt' think it would ever get done, but this is the last load. horray! i even made it to devon market for some party shopping while this load was washing.
49/365
my birthday was such an exciting day i didn't stop to take a good picture! work was so emotional. it was just awful when i didn't know the difference between the D rings and i used all these UNWELDED D rings (why do we have them anyway?) on a batch of dog collars and one pulled out of a dog collar and the dog ran away and the owner complained to teh shop and the shop called us and we had to go pick up the collars and replace all the D rings and apologize profusely and it was all my fault. and no one knew it was my birthday. but then i mentioned it to jenny, one of the owners who was actually, as luck would have it, working there that day, and she got all excited and announced it everywhere, and cut a belt for me, and bought cute little cakes and we had a little party. so i was going to take a picture of me with cake or happy birthday paper plates, but my phone was in the break room. and then after work i met lisa! and she took me to the green zebra for my birthday. yum! so much fun, but i i felt unchichi taking pictures. so i tried one seruptitiously under the table, but it was too dark and didn't turn out very well.
48/365
along with all the frames, we bought a pot rack to hang from the ceiling at ikea! each of the hooks can hold 150 lbs, so i hope the importance of getting it perfectly level is pretty low. it's not VERY crooked, and the pots and pans look great hanging from it. i am so happy i have a set of drill bits, cause they come in a cute case, and i'm so sick of buying a new bit for every project and never being able to find them when i start something new. i've only drilled into walls, never ceilings before, and it seems very adventurous. i got a lot of ceiling in my hair. our celings are 9'8", so i have to stand on teh 2nd to top stair of the ladder and it is very scary.
47/365
i've finally gotten my garden set up in the new place. i'm not entirely confident all the window boxes won't go crashing down three stories, but i'm pretty sure. the sun is different here, it's south and west instead of due south, and it doesn't beat down the way it did at my old place. the overhang on the porch provides some shade, and i think the lantana love it. the marigolds don't do as well, but the lantana is nicer than i've ever seen it. usually it goes downhill after i bring it home, but this has revived and keeps blooming and blooming. i'm happy with my new camera app, it was quite dark and this picture isn't very grainy or blurry or washed out.
21.9.09
46/365
i am not a boy. in response to www.flickr.com/photos/lynnewio/3882401735/, which i can't figure out how to hyperlink to.
46/365
we're quite close to the recycling bins, which is a good thing because there are none in the alley to sneak our recycling in now. so i walked ours down with my day off. and then to the hardware store! whee!
44/365
guess who painted the hallway all by herself? lisa and i went to ikea today and bought frames and stuff, but i totally forgot to take a photo there ;( btw, behind this closet door is an incredible amount of organization.
43/365
finally hanging up the lantern meike brought me from germany when she was here in march. it never found a place in my old place, but it does in the new one! it looks great, although i am sorry the photo is so dark you can't see the saturday night colored walls.
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