Loose ends & an iPad

I took the time this past week to finish some projects. And here are the results!

My friend Joe asked me to make him a scarf. Unfortunately it is now spring and the end of scarf weather..but at least he has it for next year. One side has the Star Wars rebel alliance and the other is the empire. So he can decide if he wants to be good or evil.


Another request came from my Aunt Sharlene (we call her Doe doe). She is a big Grateful Dead fan so I put one of the dancing teddy bears on it. She also asked me to make a snack bag for her. As you can see a sandwich fits quite nicely in there.

While I was finishing that stuff on a lovely Friday afternoon I was patiently awaiting a delivery...my new iPad! It is super fantastic I must say. I have some comics on there to, but right now I am reading Game of Thrones (SOOO GOOD). As you can see I have made a nifty case for it. I wasn't sure what else to put on it so I went for the Rebel Alliance. I am also currently working on one for my co-worker Erin (she also got one of the new ones)

Some of my favorite apps so far are FlipBoard. It turns all of your RSS feeds into a nice magazine format. I am also enjoying Temple Run, even though I stink at it :( I have been getting ready for Paris and practicing my French with the Mango Languages app. (psst.. Mango is free with your library card if you didn't know) I have also gotten an app for my thesis research which include: Alice in New York, U-Ventures (free app score!) and my personal favorite, the Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore. It was based on a short film which won the Oscar for best animated short. If you haven't seen it here it is!

on that note I leave you for now, SALUT!

How goes it?

Some exciting things have been happening lately....

Tickets to Paris have been purchased !

Tim and I never took a real honeymoon. When the discussion came up I was all about doing Europe but it didn't work out financially and I was in the midst of classes. So we saved up and figured let's get it done now before we are house poor. It also coincides with my graduation! And thanks to Uncle Sam and our nifty tax refund them tickets are ours! We go in June and I am so excited!






Thesis has been less painful
My trusty crew and I have been trudging away. Compared to to a lot of other people in the class (that don't even have a problem statement) we are sitting pretty nice. I couldn't do this at all with out Diedre and Peggy... I am eternally grateful for those gals. They are so sweet so on a recent trip into Queens it was hilarious to see them pounce. We were a few exits away from the school and wouldn't ya know it a benz was riding our butts! The car came up on our right side and we saw nasty woman give us an "Ugh" face. They proceeded to react saying "what's your problem bitch!" It was awesome and I love them. Also don't get on their bad side based on this story.

I have snuck in some craft time!

Doctor Who head band

bow-tie bracelet cuff

Thesis Madness

Hello friendos,

All crafting has been suspended until further notice! Why, you ask? Well I am in the middle of Thesis madness, that's why. It is my last semester and all I have to do is write my thesis. So every free minute I get I am usually doing research. This has been a strain on my life for several reasons, 1) crafty exploits have been put on hold 2) From sitting for so long I am getting serious back and hip pain! 

So since the thesis is serious business at Queens College so I had to prioritize a bit. I put the sewing machine away :( (but its only temporary!) and spend lots of hours doing research. I am having some trouble with it though. I feel like I am over-researching as opposed to actual writing. I think I am getting really tripped up by all the horror stories I have heard about thesis all through out library school. Also the fact that it has to be around 60 pages scares the crap out of me. My undergrad thesis was about Blade Runner and it was only 10 pages long! Luckily I have the option to write it in a group and I am so grateful to be writing it with two lovely ladies. I met them during the intro classes and we have been on the same track together. It'll be nice to graduate with them.

Another thing that helps is that I am doing an interesting topic, Interactive Literature.What like e-books? Yeah e-books are interactive but we are going beyond the digital and talking about pop-up books, textured board books and books with musical components. So I feel good that I am not doing boring nonsensical research.

As for my back pain, I try to get up once an hour. This also freaks me out.....

In the mean time I have doing stuff for myself, otherwise I would go crazy. I did things like get some new clothes and what not. Last Friday Tim took me to see the taping of Chris Hadwick's stand up special. (You know how much I <3 him) It was a lot of fun and Jonah Ray, his nerdist companion and opening act, was soooo hilarious! He read the rules of the taping as jokes. So good! And Hardwick of course was awesome. He took a picture of the audience after the show and if you look real close you can see mwha! (Tim is next to me but he was clapping in front of his face so he looks like a blurry mess) Also the camera was totally pointed at us a few times. I tried so hard not to look and was successful, Tim said he noticed some lady near us always looking at it, so I think we will just make the cutting room floor :( Oh well but it was super fun and can't wait to watch it on Comedy Central.

I am a few people up from his devil horns on the left side.

-Sarina