Seven Random Things

Mz. Dre has tagged me with the Seven Random Things meme. So, here we go.

1.) I love lolcats. DON'T look at me like that. I don't know why, but for some reason my childhood obsession with felis domesticus and my far to easily entertained sense of humor collided on the lolcats phenomenon with great force. I love em. I check www.icanhascheezburger.com  every day. I'm a freaking freak for lolcats.

2.) I have a wildly overactive imagination. The only reason I dislike the date of my birthday is its proximity to Halloween, and my brain can come up with more horrifying scenarios than any Hitchcock movie or Stephen King novel--ever. Offer it even the tiniest little bit of encouragement, and I really start to freak out. On the other hand, I can make something funny with almost no trouble, and it makes me very good at writing stories. You win some,  you lose some.

3.) I collect gargoyles, and have since I was 12. Gargoyles are the coolest things EVER. They are scary, bad ass motherfuckers who protect you from demons. (No, really.) Seriously. I have one thats picking its nose, I have one that is a cat with wings (his name is Cedric) I have one that sits over where I put my watch and ring at night, and I even have one thats actually an incense holder, who looks like he's smoking a joint. I have dragon ones, and fishy ones, and one day I will get one that can be in both the gargoyle and rubber ducky collections.

4.) I hate being cold. I don't hate THE cold, but I hate BEING cold. I will wear more  layers that anyone else for 500 miles just to be not cold. This may have some connection to my knitting habit...

5.) My system is very sensitive to any kind of drug. I get hyperactive on sudafed, get hallucinations from percocets, have gone nearly psychotic on birth control pills, and was singing "walking on sunshine" 12 hours after taking my first round of antidepressants after not sleeping that night. Needless to say, I am VERY aware of when my body is doing weird things, and always take the lowest recommended dose of everything the first time.

6.) I am one of two responsible parties who introduced "Little Bunny Foo Foo" to Russia. We taught it to an exchange student in high school, and she taught her little sisters, who taught their friends. When my friend and I went to Russia to visit said exchange student, we were asked if we were the ones who had taught her "Little Bunny Foo Foo." We were asked to do it ourselves so they could get the accent better--and learn the hand motions. I have passed on a meme to a whole other country...

7.) I am a serious fiber crafter. Knitting, quilting, spinning, sewing, even the occasional embroidery, I do it, I love it. :-)

I tag... Kyrias.

Women's Clothing

Recently, I went on an odyssey to buy new blue jeans.

For the record, I don't like clothes shopping, especially when I'm on a mission. This is because, inevitably, something that i like either a) does not fit or b) is far, far beyond my budget. I am known to wander through my favorite clothing stores and browse the clearance section, mostly because it is smaller, and I am willing to spend a smaller amount of money on a garment I will have to alter.

For those of you not aware of how women's clothes sizing works...

The sizes run from roughly 00-30. These sizes are completely arbitrary. I own clothes from sizes 14 to 22. Most sizes are even numbers. 

Why is it, that on a form that varies so much in proportion, and in curviness, that women's clothes aren't sized according to inches or centimeters? i mean, I knit. I know that i have a 52 inch bust, because that's what i knit for. but no sizing ever had anything to do with that in commercial clothing. Seriously. I used to buy men's pants for exactly that reason: know your waist and your instep and life is good. (at the time i was 36x30.) there. easy. now, add in to that a hip measure, and suddenly it is ever so much easier to find jeans that fit. but no, they won't do it. and to top it all off, I for some reason can find--always can find--size six and size eight blue jeans wherever i go. this is despite the fact that i only know 1 female who falls in that size category. in the meantime, i can't find jeans at jc penny, or sears, or anywhere other than lane bryant that fit me (and they changed their sizing to something even more idiotic, which pisses me off even more.) what is with this? all i want is to buy some friggin blue jeans. This shouldn't be that hard. I don't want to order things online, because a) its more expensive, and b) there is no reason for me to believe that the sizing will be consistent across brands. and sewing patterns are even worse. they are by and large significantly smaller than their commercially produced counterparts. What is with this? just give me an inch measure and life will be dandy. what is so hard about that?

Hey fashion industry, do you hear me? ACTUAL BODY MEASUREMENTS. Please. This is getting ridiculous. 

And i still haven't gotten my blue jeans.

hmph.

On another note entirely...

We would like to take this time to congratulate Ms. Andrea Abreu and Mr. Ryan Nolette on their engagement. Well wishers should feel free to post here. 

Rock on, you crazy kids!