Lend me a thousand for curtains?

For the past few days, I've been strangely obsessed by Marimekko fabrics. Clean bright colors, modern designs, quirky Finnish motifs, what's not to love? You can purchase the fabric here or here.

But because I don't have several hundred dollars to spend on curtains, I'll probably settle for some fabric samples from here. You can get Marimekko remnants for less than $15. Throw pillows? Strategically placed patches? I'll find some way of using them.

For more traditional Finnish design goodness, these wall hangings are lovely. I've seen some of them in person, this web site doesn't do them justice.

States I've Visited

create your own visited states map or write about it on the open travel guide

Kathleen did it first and I couldn't resist joining in.

You can tell from this map just how much I hate flying.

Places I want to visit that I haven't been to yet:
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Illinois (Chicago)
Louisiana (New Orleans)
Nevada (Las Vegas)
Texas
Washington

Places I want to visit again:
Colorado
DC
Florida
Maine
Maryland (mainly because of people there)
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont

Places where I wouldn't mind living:
New York (upstate)
Rhode Island
Vermont (if Vermont had ocean, I'd move there in a heartbeat)

I had to look.

I took one last look at the little room that holds our postage machine before I left work and the panties are gone. Whoever lost them must have picked them up.

Or to put it another way, I hope the person who lost them is the same person who picked them up. The other possibility is that I have a co-worker who enjoys pocketing found panties.

I don't want to know.

At my work, there's a pair of women's panties on the floor in front of the postage machine. I can tell they're generic beige panties, probably made of nylon. I absolutely refuse to take a closer look, so I can't tell you any more than that.

Still, that's enough to start your sordid imagination churning right there.

My hair.

I have a brilliant colorist that I go to in Hyannis. My natural color is dark brown, and I've been getting red and gold highlights for quite awhile. This time around, I wanted the color made more vivid and it really looks splendid. I've got to get a picture before it starts to fade.

I want...

I want Blogger to figure out what they're doing so I can buy space to host images. I just finished the last of my holiday ornaments (shh..they'll look pretty next year) and after spending all that time working on them I want to show them off.

The pattern I've been using is the Bead and Button "Victorian" holiday ornaments from the October 2003 issue. So far, I've made a blue/white one, an amber one and I just finished a green and white one. I swear they're really nice. But I can't prove it until I can put the pictures up.

Speaking of things beady, I covet one of Jinx's eye beads terribly, although I'm not especially interested in either of the ones currently up for bid. And speaking of eyes, do you remember those hologram pendants you used to be able to buy in science shops and head shops? They were everywhere in the eighties. The eye one was the most common, and it looked a bit like this. My best friend in high school had several and I remember going on a school trip to the Museum of Science and she bought a bunch more in the museum shop. Museum of Science doesn't sound quite right for a high school trip, but that's what I remember. I remember her spreading them out on the bus seat on our way home and admiring them. The only other one I remember was the one that looked like the gears of a clock.

I miss holograms. I should get one for my cell. Maybe an eye, for old time's sake.

Hey Dave, Someone Stole Your Idea!

Dave's Idea.

Toys for Ta-tas.

I Love Windows

Heh, never thought you'd see me say that!

I did something to my work computer this week that turned out to be *mistake*. A BIG mistake. It took less than a minute for me to realize I was in deep and sinking fast.

We don't have a regular IT person at work which is why I had done the something in the first place. I called the spousal unit in a panic. After running me through some tests, we establish that my machine can no longer pull an IP address off the DHCP server.

Spousal Unit: "I don't know what you did, but it's fucked."

Cue me getting ready to hide under my desk and weep. Because we don't have a regular IT person, getting even the most basic support is a major pain in the ass.

Spousal Unit: "Wait. It was working fine this morning? And the problem started when you did thus-and-so? Go to Help and Support on your Start Menu. Click on "Undo changes with System Restore". "

Praise be all that is holy that the bloated, clunky brainchild of Bill Gates is equipped with System Restore. System Restore! Oh how I love System Restore!

If you don't know where it is or what it is on your machine? *Find it now, while your head is clear. You may need to know some day.

This PSA brought to you courtesy of One Who's Been There.

*Yes, yes, I know you Mac people don't have it. Stop snickering at me and my operating system, it's not nice.

I love Steelye Span

There are few things nicer than bracing British folk-rock and Maddy Prior's amazing voice first thing in the morning. I would gladly wipe out a small nation or two if I could have Prior's voice. My voice unfortunately sounds rather like Gordon Gano's. This is great for singing Add It Up and not much else.

I am spending way too much time playing with my computer's Window Media Player at work. It finally occurred to me that I could copy all of my CDs to my computer's hard drive and not have to lug my CDs back and forth! I only know a few hundred people that do this. Why yes, I do manage to miss the obvious at times. Why do you ask?

Got a Tissue?

I'm coming down with a cold and an ear infection. I'm feverish, stuffed up and have an occasional stabbing pain in my right ear. Owie.

Pure Geeky Joy

The Day household has discovered the pure geeky joy of MythBusters. A pair of special effects experts conduct experiments intended to prove or disprove Urban Legends. A big part of the show is the two hosts yukking it up as they build equipment and collect material for their experiments. The show is equal parts Junkyard Wars, a smart Beavis and Butthead and Mr. Wizard. Good fun.

Exciting New Year

Very exciting. ;) We watched History of Sex, and changed the channel at 11:30 to open sparkling wine (not champagne, sparking wine) and watch Times Square on CNN.

I bought myself this as a treat. I was worried at first I'd made a grave mistake, because it's rather basic, but then I got a feel for how to work with the color wheels. I also want to get this some time in the future.

I also got myself this for the office. Knowing the office, it will take them at least six months for them to notice that I have Queers in my cubicle. And if you do the marble magnet thing, the pictures of little heads next to their tips are the perfect size to use in marble magnets.