blind seams

Did not realize until these past few days just how important my vision is to me. Had I lived pre-glasses, I would be pretty much... in a bad spot, let's just say.

However, I did begin the top for my Sock Hop dress tonight (YES I KNOW IT'S TOMORROW) and although I was very nervous (never actually made a top that fit well/looked good without a pattern before)... IT WORKED. and the hem I did is nice and even and straight, even though I could not see what I was doing. Maybe I should always sew without glasses/contacts. I hate hemming.

Kathryne

PS- HAHAHAHAHAHA just remembered, FUNNIEST thing all day... while setting up for the Sock Hop, Rachel's little brother Zach goes, "I like Katie best. She's not a perfectionist like you all!" (speaking of Rachel and Megan.)
I am in tears. Rachel is on the floor. Mrs C goes, "Zach, Katie is the worst of the bunch."
And I say, "Well... not everything has to be perfect. But if I deem it must be perfect, it must be VERY perfect."
Mrs C: "The world according to Katie."

PPS- this is not very optimistic, but... in March 2010, there were 9 functioning & active Optimism Initiatives. By mid-April, there were 11. Now? poor, lonely me... okay, and occasionally Colin, and about every three months David. BUT STILL. Did I really initiate a (dare I say it) fad? And did it (oh, it hurts) die?! And if it's dead, why am I still doing it two years later? Because, yes, Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and the internet goes off again (aside from email, and I CAN still do remote-posting through it!)
I think it is going to be hard this year. Last year I just got 20-45 emails/day from various people, but I don't think it will be quite that intense this time around (see: Christine in small-internet land). So I will actually, like, have to find other things to do with myself that do not involve the computer and obsessively clicking the "Get Mail" button. Fascinating. Also, last year I was on chat quite a lot, and this year I have effectively grounded myself from chat after the 5pm on weeknights, which is the time when I am most likely to be looking for distraction.
I think I need to go to bed. Yay ramblings...

TGIF

wheeeeeee!!!!

saw some sketchy characters at Barnes & Noble tonight.

that was fun.

oh, and I also saw the chairman of the school board and his wife, but that is of no correlation to the guys-in-baggy-pants reading Genesis 19 (of all things) at the table across the aisle.

Kathryne

Help?

The Good: My friends get to do all kinds of crazy fun things this weekend :)

The Bad: I have to stay home for various reasons.

The Random: The Maryland Distinguished Scholar key speaker said that the lot of us were "the most brightest students in Maryland."

...wow. Nice to know I'm the most brightest. :P

The Supplication: It is a guarantee that my college interviewer on Tuesday will ask me questions like "How would your friends and family describe you, in one word?" I dunno, how would you?

Kathryne

confliction

The Good: Found out I don't have to get my hair cut for my senior pictures!

The Bad: Was later informed I really really really ought to. And I have a headache.

The Random: My Georgia Colony brochure.

Kathryne

The mandatory post-scriptum: Proof that poetry comes easiest when you are tired and can barely spell the word "proof" (true story, and thank goodness for spellcheck)

intense shopping

we went t-shirt shopping for forevvverrrrr!!!! I finally found one that was reasonably priced and I almost liked the design, so I bought it. Brought it back... was about to put it on... tore off all the "size small" stickers and such... and realized that all of the stickers were wrong and the thing was actually a size medium. yay. but it still made me laugh. we'll be going back tomorrow :P

we'll begin travelling tomorrow night. be back home around 1:30 am July 5.

Kathryne

dusty :P

So, yesterday was fun. I didn't post because Megan & Marina slept over.

This post is for yesterday.

One theme kept randomly popping up...

In Sunday School we were talking about reflecting Jesus. How we don't shine on our own... we're like the moon. We're only dust. But... SHINY DUST! hehe.

Then, in church, the pastor was talking about humility. How we are made of dust. Not stardust or pixie dust... like, dirt-dust. (in parentheses: shiny dust!)

Then, after church, my dad, Tag, Kristen, and I went down to the creek. And Kristen made some comment about dust, but I forget what it was because I don't take notes everywhere, just church :P

Kathryne

Cutting... things.

So, definition of my life:

I needed to cut something, but as the scissors were out in the car for some reason, I used my cat's nail scissors instead. It took a while longer, but it worked!

Speaking of cutting things, I gave myself a paper cut with my hair... is that even possible? As one Facebook friend duly noted, you can't exactly call it a "hair cut" (haw, haw)

Then, while I was in the shower, Kristen came and asked me if she would borrow my large, awesome, butterfly hair clip. It went something like:

Kristen: I'm borrowing your butterfly hair clip.

*door closes*

Me: NO!

*door opens*

K: why?

M: It breaks easily.

K: It won't break in my hair!

M: But, Kristen, it breaks really easily.

K: Katie, it won't--

*clatter--bouncebouncebounce*

M: What was that?

K: How much was the clip?

M: Oh, I dunno, like $3-4

K: ...Can I pay you back?

One of the teeth broke off... lol.

She did not borrow it.

Kathryne

Snow Day!

So, I haven't been feeling so great lately.

My mom & I tried to find a day when I could stay home and "recuperate."

Unfortunately, at school I have tests all the time, and stuff I can't miss, and stuff I don't want to miss.

I was at my breaking point by last night, so my mom was going to keep me home today whether I liked it or not. I wake up after a good 11-hour sleep (10:15-9:15) to find out that... school is cancelled! YES! THIS is why I go to private school! =P

Then I came downstairs and started working on some stuff for my Brit Lit teacher. She wanted a sort of summary of all of my comprehensive MBTI knowledge (--semi-sarcasm), so I'm typing her up a... uh... "summary." A long one. Anyone who knows me knows that this is one of my "pet subjects," and I just have fun with it =)

So... yeah. that made me happy.

Then I wanted lunch (I may have lost my appetite, but by gum you know I've got to eat!), so I made myself Ramen. Did you know that one pack of Chicken flavored Ramen noodles contains 70% of your recommended daily salt intake? Yeah... uhh... we'll just pretend I didn't see that.

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day:

"Religion? The fashionable substitute for Belief... skepticism is the beginning of Faith."

Kathryne

I <3 Sarcasm

Today in my history class we had a Classical Civilizations Feast. My (homeschooled) sister decided she wanted to come, so she did.

While we were eating, my Headmaster comes in and says he'll need to see me for after-school detention tomorrow. Knowing he's kidding, I nod gravely.

Kristen asks me later: "Do you REALLY have detention??? Are you sure?!?"

Later, we were going over multiple choice quiz/worksheet things, and the Headmaster was back. He picks up my book to look for an answer we were stuck on (Daoist leaders-- the Yellow Turbans). He proceeds to go through the entire sentence, replacing "Yellow Turban" with "Pink Overcoat."

Kristen was filling my sheet in for me, since my hands were sticky from baklava, and she actually began to write the "P" in "Pink Overcoats."

It was highly amusing.

Christmas song of the day:

Sweet Little Jesus Boy, by Rebecca St. James

Kathryne

Mac beats PC.

Today I visited a college a few hours away from home... it was pretty much amazing. They have a Mac computer lab on the foreign language floor (awesome!).

What made me laugh:

These computers had little yard sale price stickers on them, to the right of the screen. However, instead of a price, these stickers said "CD" with an arrow pointing to the CD slot on the side. Now THAT is funny. My dad and I were laughing about the PC people looking for a sliding tray in a big box under the desk... uh-uh, not so my friend.

Kathryne

...duh?

Drivers' Ed cracks me up sometimes, it's just so "DUH".

I can't believe they actually thought they had to tell me to "avoid ... brick walls" to lessen the effect of a collision. LOL.

Kathryne

I had no idea...

The obvious highlight of the day (other than keeping wide awake all day even after staying up 'til 3:30 last night... power to me, right?) was... learning how to buckle my seatbelt.

Okay, maybe not so much, but it did make me smile that they had to tell us that in drivers' ed. I mean... really.

Kathryne