the everyday adventures of sabrina

• I get to give a friend a gift in a few days, and I am totally looking forward to $(gender_appropriate_possessive_pronoun) reaction. Teehee. #
• @suezq_WI Oh, you know it! I’m thinking, new Lilalaunetuch shawl before classes start… :-) Welllll….maybe. We’ll see! in reply to suezq_WI #
• Just looked at schedule. My fall class is Tues – qtr starts next wk Weds. I get a whole ‘nother week of vacation! Snoopy dance!!! #
• @Ipstenu I’m not self-conscious, I just take exception at the no differentiation between “Shi-”-as-in-”ship” or “chi-”-as-in-”chick.” in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Southpaw Awww! What a cutie. Maybe he’ll be a good luck charm to turn around this road trip! in reply to Southpaw #
• @Ipstenu Because we’re the City that Works [on the things we want to do, not necessarily the ones we need to]! in reply to Ipstenu #
• (Via @writchrd) Always look on the Sox side of life! http://is.gd/2JNKs tweet tweet, twee-twee-twee-twee-twa-tweet! May as well laugh. #
• @Ipstenu @smokes70 Oh, hell yes! in reply to Ipstenu #
• I would rather #whitesox start Charlie Sheen before he got glasses than hear about Jose Contreras taking the mound again, & that’s a fact. #
• @Ipstenu @smokes70 I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I CAN’T WAAAAAAIT :)))) in reply to Ipstenu #

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• Pettiest possible Snow Leopard kvetch: I don’t like the black Apple Menu logo. And I’m not so hot on the dull grey menu bar, either. #
• @sanityknit Well, I’m sure something else will find a way to go wrong! :) #
• @richwolf I am still not quite sure I’m cool with the app-rejection &c policies enough to give them money. It’s a toughie, actually. in reply to richwolf #
• Ok. I give up. It’s time to replace the Razr, which has now taken to randomly shutting itself off. 3 years; not a bad run, I suppose. #
• @richardroeper *Tell* me about it. in reply to richardroeper #
• I mean. I know I put in the work for the classes. I’m just, y’know, sort of reflexively shocked every time I get an A. #

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• Seriously, having WindowShadeX broken is going to kill me. I hope Unsanity releases a Snow Leopard compatible one soon. :( #
• @eddieizzard My God, man. This is beyond compare, but also completely insane. :) How much money have you raised so far? #
• I just had a vaguely epiphanic thought, something I thought I would never say, but now it doesn’t seem to bother me much at all. Hmmm. #
• @richwolf If it makes you feel any better, I used the time to upgrade to Snow Leopard. :) & will try not to forget next time! #
• @jime60647 Straight-A students getting Bs! in reply to jime60647 #
• Today decided to ignore the #whitesox game. A Contreras start == you already know how it’s gonna end, so why experience the pain firsthand? #
• Perhaps weirdest part of lace design is turning from someone who laughs at idea of swatches to someone who not just knits but blocks them. #
• Working on swatching star patterns for Shawlcago. Going OK so far. Next is flames & flames-to-Ys (ahem: Flames-to-Muncipal Devices of Chgo). #
• @talkchibaseball The devil you know…? Sorry, that’s all I got! #
• @suezq_WI Good luck! I’m terrified of steeks, myself. Well actually, I’m terrified of all things colorwork, steeks are just part of it. :) in reply to suezq_WI #
• @talkchibaseball We better hit so many the umps rule we have to go back in time and apply them to games we played this week, to make room! in reply to talkchibaseball #
• @BaseballStone By “funny,” do you perchance mean “at times somewhat desperate”? :) in reply to BaseballStone #

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• Esp cannot take much more since have to write Sox a fat check for postseason tix which most likely will not actually ever be printed. #
• Lace knitting, curry, Pros accomplished. Mac upgraded with no tears. Cannot say the same for the Sox game. Cannot take much more of this. #
• @talkchibaseball Yeah, first 6 innings on the radio all they could talk about was the homer friendliness. For teams who are not us, I guess. in reply to talkchibaseball #
• Starting snow leopard upgrade now. Wish me luck! If you don’t hear from me by tomorrow evening, send Kleenex and a bottle of Scotch. #
• Are you kidding me? Still no new Quicken Mac until next Feb (“honest!”), & old 2007 won’t run under Snow Leopard? WTF INTUIT. #
• @richwolf D’oh! Crap! I totally forgot about Jak’s! in reply to richwolf #
• @BillCosby Welllll….the employed could just leave for work a few minutes early, but I suppose that’s silly! in reply to BillCosby #
• You know what? My evening’s going to be: 1) Curry, 2) #whitesox and/or The Professionals, and 3) Knitting. Because I am an *awesome* nerd. #
• Mmm. Taste of Greektown this wknd. Dead of delicious phyllo-containing-dish overload just thinking, but at least I died happy. #chicago #
• As usual, I wasn’t going to care about #cubs today, then @writchrd showed me the #mets DL & I feel bad for them. Go Mets! http://is.gd/2E3M2 #
• Kiyoshi always looks slightly surprised when he snuggles my vertical blinds, pushes them away, and then they swing back towards him. #

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• @Kbcraigs http://is.gd/2CP9W and http://is.gd/2CPbi #
• @windycitizen Wait, there was a time when he /was/ listening?? in reply to windycitizen #
• @Kbcraigs And you’re in engineering school? Boy, are you in the wrong place. :) in reply to Kbcraigs #
• Dear CitiMortgage: How can I put this delicately? You people are incompetent nitwits. no love, –s. #
• Ha. @shadow, just ran across you while randomly googling an issue for work. JTIS! #
• Also: Seriously? A shooting on State Street during the day? That is FUCKED. UP. We are not Detroit! #WTF. #chicago #
• Hm. Shooting downtown. During the day. Shopping/tourist district. In front of a TV station. O HAI, OLYMPICS COMMITTEE! #chicago #
• This Saturday: see SCIENCE! http://bit.ly/2vaNLu
  #chicago #science #cool #
• I have entirely too much email to dredge through. :( #
• @guardianrobot #ineedahug because it’s not yet Friday! in reply to guardianrobot #

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• @cst_sox Some days, lies are better than the truth. Days like every day this week… in reply to cst_sox #
• Tiny scrap of lyric in my head, can’t remember enough to google or actual source, & is similar to a bit from another song – driving me nuts! #
• @tinapurl Intimidating isn’t the right word. “Terrifying in its potential for making a ginormous mess of perfectly good yarn”? That works. in reply to tinapurl #
• Public notice: Tomorrow is International Quit Reading Negativity into Everything I Say Day. Esp as regards pizza and national public radio. #
• Was a great mug. It was always the 1st thing at new workplace, & last to leave. Many cups of coffee and tea in its lifetime. How to replace? #
• I am officially in mourning. Was getting my morning coffee, accidentally knocked my 11 yr old Verio mug onto the floor, & it shattered. :( #

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There was a death in the family this morning.

My Verio coffee mug met its end today. As it was reporting for duty for the second cup of coffee this morning, I bumped it and it slid off the countertop and tragically shattered on the tile kitchen floor at work.

Verio gave out the mugs to WWA people as another pointless token of their excess dot-com VC money a reminder of their “Extra Mile” employee recognition program, but its main virtue was that it was very big; it held about 16 oz/500 ml. Many people have remarked on my coffee quantity over the years. It was, in a word, a “thing.”

My mug was responsible for many thousands of cups of coffee and tea in its over 11 years of service. It saw me through six employers: Verio, NTTC, FastWeb, the JFI at U of C, NSIT at U of C, and now Gelber. It kept me caffeinated at the jobs I was clawing at the door to leave, and at those where I was sad I had to go. It faithfully conveyed coffee of all sorts, from the disgustingly awful crap the operators at U of C used to call coffee (which was the Coffee of Last Resort), to yummy fresh french-pressed Intelligentsia. It held in equal esteem all sorts of black, green, white, and even herbal tea. It never leaked, not even once, and didn’t have so much as a single chip, though over the years it did get a little stained on the inside (nothing a little vinegar wouldn’t fix, if I would just take it home).

If you figure I used it three times a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, for 11 years, it served eight thousand, two hundred, and fifty cups of hot beverage to me. That doesn’t count the times I just used it for a cup of water, which it also bore without complaint.

Go in peace, my beverage-holding friend.

mournfully, and with coffee in a lame, backstory-free paper cup,
–s.

• @sanityknit The Band? I love “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”! :) #
• Just listened to really creepy episode of This American Life (#27), now have to listen to perky pop music to try and recover. #
• Actually, American Apparel, I pretty much hate and have always hated *all* your insipid little ads with girls in twee poses. #
• Dear American Apparel: I seriously, *seriously* hate your insipid little sexy bowtie ads with girls in twee poses. Knock it off. </3, –s. #
• @tinapurl Aestlight! in reply to tinapurl #
• @Kbcraigs Great, now just keep doing that for five years and you’re set. =) in reply to Kbcraigs #
• Contreras is losing his starter role and being relegated to the pen again? OH THANK GOD, FINALLY! #whitesox #
• @sanityknit Woohoo! Are you excited to be back to school with real classes this year? in reply to sanityknit #

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• @smokes70 Well, I was using JFGI more as a “I will beat you over the head if you do not” rather than a helpful hint, that’s why not lmgtfy. in reply to smokes70 #
• @chowbok Well hey, what’s the worst that can happen, right? Right? in reply to chowbok #
• Today: Alternating waves of “you must be joking” and “you have fun with that”, with “JFGI” for spice. #
• JFGI. JFGI. JFGI! #
• @sanityknit 4PM? What sort of school are you teaching at? :-) in reply to sanityknit #
• Ugh. Sinus headache. Ow. #
• @cloudlover Preach it. Bleh. :( in reply to cloudlover #
• @jime60647 I used to have a studio apt with southern-facing glass wall… and very inefficient a/c :( Ran a/c 10 months out of the year. in reply to jime60647 #
• @sanityknit Woohooo! Finally! Now my tolls to visit you will be “free” (insofar as won’t have to stop on turnpike if forgot to bring cash)! in reply to sanityknit #
• @Kbcraigs 20 minutes early > 20 minutes late. Early, at least you have time to look over notes from last class or snarf a granola bar. in reply to Kbcraigs #
• @jime60647 Yikes. I do not miss living in an apartment where I used to have those too. I think my record was about $425. in reply to jime60647 #
• I have decided that this morning calls for The Kinks. #
• Think I am going to sell my Louet. It has driven me crazy for the last time. (Well, as soon as I ply this merino off the bobbin, anyway.) #
• Suddenly realize I’m a little let down because weekend’s over and I haven’t even got my awesome art class to look forward to. :( #
• @sanityknit Oh no, what now? in reply to sanityknit #
• @Since1908 Friend noted earlier that, this season, we are playing to our opponents’ ability. Too true. #whitesox in reply to Since1908 #

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• @smokes70 If I was interpreting correctly, they’re filling people’s @them mentions pages with spam, obfuscating actual responses. in reply to smokes70 #
• You know, I understand time-limited demo software, but completely wasting my time while trying to test the software? Don’t jerk me around. #
• Dear Knit Visualizer: Congrats, your completely crippled demo convinced me to save my $175. Cannot save, print, or export? Ridiculous. #
• Okay, I’m pretty daft for a laceweight clapotis, but you people on #Ravelry with bed-sized sock yarn afghans are just plain nuts. #
• @chowbok Well, that’s the best guess I’ve got, anyways. in reply to chowbok #
• @chowbok Oh, not even hard links. cat `which egrep` == “#!/bin/sh ^M exec /bin/grep -E ${1+”$@”}” Those Cheater McFeeters. in reply to chowbok #
• @chowbok Actually, I don’t even know if they are even separate binaries anymore. Bet they’re just hard links. Oh well. I tried in reply to chowbok #
• @chowbok When you don’t need extended regular expressions, and want to save memory, I guess. fgrep, OTOH, is a true mystery. in reply to chowbok #
• Also, think tomorrow will finish current pattern section on Lilalaunetuch and then start messing around with Prairie, or maybe Shawlcago. #
• Kinda thinking it’s time to switch back from Clapotis to Nelly as the calm, easy WIP. Nelly more interesting, plus is halfway done already. #
• #Whitesox won game. got about 6″ done on Clapotis (now about 24″ long, stupid laceweight), lost only 2 stitch markers. Wins all ’round. #

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• Just realized weirdest thing: am actually stressed out b/c feel I need to accomplish so much leisure time activity while weekend lasts. WTF. #
• Hmmm. Also, really need a Sox colors shawl can wear to ballpark when chilly. New red swallowtail too close to Orioles orange to wear tonite. #
• Oh, and Swirl shawl (brain-damaged) swatch is blocking. Feels weird to care about gauge, but have to see how pattern is working up. #
• Think I might take Clapotis to #whitesox vs. Orioles tonight. Mindless #knitting but dangerous: many opportunities to drop stitch markers. #
• 51 rows into Lilalaunetuch. Chart cd be broken down a bit, have to do it myself for each RS row, so slow going. Still, easy & looks great! #
• @Kbcraigs That means more money for pizza! in reply to Kbcraigs #
• @suezq_WI The fact that you have more yarn means you won’t need it. (If you didn’t have it, you would. Yarn supply logic. Never fails.) in reply to suezq_WI #
• Slept for like 11 hrs last night. Brilliant. 1st time I feel awake in weeks. #Whitesox game tonight too! SCHOOOOOOOOOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER! #

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• @sanityknit Home sick. Hyoooooge headache. (Which naturally means that downstairs neighbor has been banging on walls all day.) in reply to sanityknit #
• Hmmm. I think it’s time to face reality: It’s time to frog that doesn’t-quite-fit Jaywalker sock that’s been zzzz for like 2 years now. #
• Swallowtail is on the blocking wires! Now the tedious waiting until it’s dry starts. OTOH, get to raid stash for yarn for next project! #
• Just finished binding off Swallowtail! Just have to weave in ends and block it and it’s done! Hooray for new red shawls! #
• Also, Kasey’s “internet jukebox” does not have “Happy Birthday” from the Beatles’ white album. UNACCEPTABLE. #
• “Sad” is realizing that “interlibrary loan item” you’ve been waiting on for 2 mos. is not, in fact, the interlib loan item you thot it was. #

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• @sanityknit http://lmgtfy.com in reply to sanityknit #
• @hubbit Except for that? :) I’m pretty limited to “Sprechen Sie englisch oder französisch?” and “Ein bier, bitte!” these days. in reply to hubbit #
• Ich muss mein Deutsch üben. Alas. #
• @hubbit You worry me when you say things like that. Do we need to stage a randomness intervention? in reply to hubbit #
• Have chosen my next lace pattern. Lilalaunetuch: http://bit.ly/SSy5C
  It’ll be awesome! #
• Woot! Down to only 8 rows left on the Swallowtail! Then onward to the next project! #
• @christensen I am shocked to find we disagree about this issue. Shocked! in reply to christensen #

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• @Ipstenu It’s hard to make a funny remark in response to things that mostly just make you want to put your head down and sigh. in reply to Ipstenu #
• #healthcare socialism comment WIN: http://is.gd/2p40m #
• Love people defending crazy Hitler lady by saying she didn’t know Rep. Frank was Jewish. Because nobody else is offended by Nazi cmparisons. #
• I mean, it’s not that I don’t want new stuff, but… Two grand, dude. Of yarn. I am fortunate to have this awesome stash to knit from. #
• Budget tip: Having done yarn value inventory last weekend does actually make it easier to turn down sales. #
• Jeez. Good thing the #whitesox played a day game today. #
• @hubbit Once upon a time there was quiet in my head, but now it’s only cheesy love songs. Nothing I can do, I’m totally losing the plot. in reply to hubbit #
• #1 favorite thing about 30th fl apt: Watching storms roll in from the west, watching west side progressively disappear as it approaches. #
• @writchrd Hooray! Your long national nightmare has ended! in reply to writchrd #
• @sanityknit In fairness, though, I think we can all see from recent events in the public policy world that most people are, in fact, idiots. in reply to sanityknit #
• $%^&*(&^%&*(. Reading old tweets got “T**** E****** of the H****” stuck in my head AGAIN. *brain melts* #
• @Ipstenu @smokes70 Yeahh.. I guess that just seems like miscategorization due to laziness, and I’m pedantic enough to want another way :-) in reply to Ipstenu #
• I wish Twitter had a “save this” ticky box for all the things people tweet while I’m at work that I want to look at when I get home. #
• @cloudlover I don’t think so! Check out Stanley’s Fruit Market at North/Elston for organic fruit & veg, tho prob not locally sourced. in reply to cloudlover #
• Dear RedHat: Emails with subject lines indicating “Your [sic] invited” are not convincing me to give you money. Sun can spell. <3, –s. #
• JUST BECAUSE I AM A GIRL AND I AM NICE, I AM NOT THE SECRETARY. #
• THIS. http://is.gd/2orbs #healthcare #
• @Ipstenu LOL! in reply to Ipstenu #
• “It’s taxing to remember where the political lines are drawn when the only thing you care about is hating the president.” http://is.gd/2op4m #

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• @Ipstenu Surely G-d would make an exception just this once. Have challah while waiting in line! ….mmmm, challah. in reply to Ipstenu #
• Arrrgghgghghgh. So close to being done with Swallowtail, wanna knit! But must do homework first. Alas. #
• Have tried reading German and speaking Spanish today. Could put on Quebecois folk music and hit for the cycle. #
• @suezq_WI NP, hope it helps! I got the idea from http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/373 and it worked really well for me. :) in reply to suezq_WI #
• SHIT NOW I GOT THAT SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD TOO, DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT. Quit laughing, @Ipstenu and @smokes70. #
• @Ipstenu Every now and then you get a little bit cranky, and are tempted to slap me in the head? in reply to Ipstenu #
• As yet more continuation of my accidental preoccupatio with this song: “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” Flow Chart [PIC] http://su.pr/A3ZFzh #
• Those German #lace #knitting designers of gorgeous things: http://www.belle-online.de/ und http://www.die-wolllust.de/shop/ #
• Discovered multiple GORGEOUS shawls by German designers. Need to brush up on German skills for blog-reading purposes, obviously! #
• @suezq_WI Just finished the nupps on Swallowtail myself! Try sl2 purlwise, p3tog, psso – faster & easier! in reply to suezq_WI #
• Contemplating what to knit for next lace project. Want something uncommon, detailed yet patterned so can be put down intermittantly. Hmm. #
• http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/scans/ has interesting/scary information on expy traffic patterns. Ppl srsly spend life commuting like this? #
• @hollo Party on, dude. :) in reply to hollo #
• @hubbit That was awful. But imagine a Palin/Bachmann ticket. Non-stop thrill ride of crazy hijinks from start to glorious train-wreck end. in reply to hubbit #
• @BetterWorldClub Because nothing says “I want to discuss my concerns in a rational manner so we can reach consensus” like an assault rifle. in reply to BetterWorldClub #
• @cloudlover Awesome! Thanks. That made it look much easier than I thought. :) in reply to cloudlover #
• Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. #
• @cloudlover Can I ask – is there some trick to doing the braiding? I always cheat and make a ginormous crochet chain, but braids are pretty. in reply to cloudlover #
• @Kbcraigs Vroom! Good luck! Have fun! Send me your rocket card info thingie! For the love of pete don’t pay full retail for textbooks!!! in reply to Kbcraigs #
• @guardianrobot #tickle! in reply to guardianrobot #
• Ha! Done with Lily of the Valley border on Swallowtail shawl. Do not understand why everyone makes such fuss over nupps? Not so hard rilly. #

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• @christensen Am starting to think it is your secret hobby to switch blog platforms/hosts/etc. #
• Woo! Classes all done for summer quarter! Just have to email paper to writing prof & am on break! IT IS A THING OF BEAUTY. #
• Hooray! $dad{niqui} rescued $grandma{niqui}’s computer, and crisis has officially ended. Phew. #
• Monday drags on. And on. Brought swallowtail shawl to knit on in class tonight, if I get any knitting time. We’ll see. #
• Morning started out with coffee & health care discussion with friend at work, who is hard-core right and always fun to debate things with. #
• @guardianrobot #ineedahug because today’s going to be a long day! #

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