Must. Get. Out. Of. Bed.

There's a Roseanne marathon on Oxygen!!

Alright, time to be productive... I'm off to visit the store than is my ultimate love/hate relationship -- Metalliferous.

Wednesday

Didn't make it to the casters... that sucks! I did do a load of laundry, cook my veges for the week, go grocery shopping and some other random stuff before work this morning.

Even as I cut my "formal" work hours more and more (I'm down to 2 1/2 days a week! woo hoo!) I still can't seem to find the time to finish everything that i want to accomplish. I've got a paper due tomorrow and a midterm on Tuesday. Considering that it's June, that just seems f#*ked up!

Yesterday, i ordered a funky RED blender from target.com -- on sale and free shipping!

That was only after some serious blender drama went down at the Homemark. I bought a $25 blender at this local mom and pop store in Astoria. Take it home and, suprise, suprise it's a piece of CRAP. When I went to return it, the store manager insisted that, if he could get the blender to work, I would have to keep it. It was SO ridiculous. Then he went out and bought a bag of ice to prove that the blender would blend ice. Of course, it didn't work any better for him than it did for me. The whole episode was insane. Bottom line, sometimes it's NOT such a good idea to keep your money in the neighborhood. I seriously doubt that Target would have challenged me to an ice-blending competition before i could return an appliance to them!

Raspberries

Working on a new ring -- right now, it's just some sketches and a blob of unfinished wax. But trust me, it's gonna be fab. Also finished the Sprout version of bling -- that would be the diamond design I carved out last night. Taking it to the casters tomorrow!







See the diamond in the foreground, resting on my benchpin??





Other highlights of the week: 1$ pints of raspberries at the cheap fruit stand and seeing GORILLAS at the Bronx Zoo!!


And a great pic from Crawfish fest... Mikey D makes friends with his lunch:

Streeeeeeessing

Shipped out about a million jewelry orders today., which I was happy about... But this week is killing me. Finals, papers, a presentation Thursday. Yikes.

I have to admit I felt a little twinge of pleasure when I heard the news about Falwell. No one deserves to die alone in their office at work, but man that guy was an asshole. How can so many religious leaders build their careers around telling people who to hate? The damage he did to gay men and women in this country is immeasurable.

Weez and I are planning a little summer vacay through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Cant wait to see this!

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Sunny Sunday

Lunch with Jenny. I poked her little pregnant belly, but she's only four months and not really showing at all yet. She told me over the phone she was getting fat, but she's the first pregnant woman I've ever seen with visible abdomenal muscles. We has fabulous salads at Athens Cafe. Mmmmm. Feta cheese.

Many jewelry orders to fill tonight.... my back hurts from bending over my work table. Lovely lazy Astoria night.

Here I Am, All Alone!

My first post. Actually, I think I started a blog years ago and abandoned it after one post. Hopefully this one will not meet the same fate!

Because tomorrow's Mother's Day, and my mom is hundreds of miles away, I'm kicking things off with a a little tribute to her. Happy Mother's Day Mama! (Though I still can't forgive you for nicknaming me "Yoda")

I found out today that I've sold 114 Koru necklaces since December, which means that I will soon be writing a check for $2,500 to the Kevin Maher Memorial Scholarship Fund. I am still continually amazed by the number of people who've bought the necklace or otherwise donated to the Fund. 114 necklaces. Damn. Maybe it's not much for some people, but for this little ragtag operation, well, I'm pretty pleased with myself.