[Minion]

He's adorkable, lol. And he'd be so mad at me for saying it too. He hates being called adorable. He's tries his hardest to be all mister macho, he even walks around with what we call the Kerchak face. (Think of the head-honcho gorilla from Disney's Tarzan) But he's the sweetest guy. <3

[Lawtan]

Originally Posted by Tam I am

With a little more socialization, and a little less parental crazy, it would've been great. XD As it is... I'm still a little bit like a half wild stray dog because I never grew up around people outside the family. Feral child? Here! LOL

Awwww. He sounds flippin' adorable.

Sort of between that and...small city, myself.

(Borderlander XD)

[Kilala Mikal]

So have you fought any bullymongs, Law? (Sorry, Borderlands 2 reference)

[Tam I am]

Originally Posted by Minion

He's adorkable, lol. And he'd be so mad at me for saying it too. He hates being called adorable. He tries his hardest to be all mister macho, he even walks around with what we call the Kerchak face. (Think of the head-honcho gorilla from Disney's Tarzan) But he's the sweetest guy. <3

D'awww! Reminds me of the husband of another friend. That guy sews her crochet projects together. And tries to get her to make him MOAR hats.

Originally Posted by Lawtan

Sort of between that and...small city, myself.

(Borderlander XD)

XD In childhood there were times when my family even lived in town, but I was already pretty anti social by then. We moved to this last farm there when I was fifteen. The move was pretty bad. It rained and rained, and flooded and froze our young chickens in their makeshift house, or freaked them out till they ate each other. But I have a good memory of a couple years later. The power went out one night, and we had new chicks. So I went out and coaxed frightened fuzzies out of corners and got them all calmed down. By time the power came back on they were cuddled against me and sleeping. Except for a few real little pests, who I had put into feed scoops to keep them out from under foot as I uncornered the rest. And one big fat broiler baby that I found sleeping in my pocket when I went back to the house. I still don't really remember putting him there, though I know I must have. Broiler chickens just aren't smart enough to crawl into pockets.

[Lawtan]

*Is feeling warm about the chickens*

[Minion]

Originally Posted by Tam I am

D'awww! Reminds me of the husband of another friend. That guy sews her crochet projects together. And tries to get her to make him MOAR hats.

That's awesome. I wish my hubby would try to sew my crochet projects together, lol. And he's after me to make him another hat. He has weird taste though. He likes his hats extra extra large. I think I used a 9mm hook on the last hat, and he wanted it to be able to roll it up several times over his ears. Before he rolls it up, it comes down to his collar bone. >.< That man of mine is something else.

[Tam I am]

XD So, Law, you see part of why I'm fond of chickens.

@Minion: LOL! What is it with men and hats? On an online knitting magazine there's a pattern with the finished examples being modeled by a rather cute young fellow. And at the end of the pattern was added a note saying that he had come over and gone, "Oooo, what's that?" And the knitter had told him he didn't need another hat. He said, "I do too! I only have three!" My friend whose husband sews her projects wanted his first extra so he could wash his first one. Then she made him a shark hat (yup, nomming on his head), and then, I think she's made him another since then.

...I think hats are one thing I've never tried to crochet. But then I tend to go toward the itty bitty in most of my crafting.

[Minion]

Originally Posted by Tam I am

@Minion: LOL! What is it with men and hats? On an online knitting magazine there's a pattern with the finished examples being modeled by a rather cute young fellow. And at the end of the pattern was added a note saying that he had come over and gone, "Oooo, what's that?" And the knitter had told him he didn't need another hat. He said, "I do too! I only have three!" My friend whose husband sews her projects wanted his first extra so he could wash his first one. Then she made him a shark hat (yup, nomming on his head), and then, I think she's made him another since then.

...I think hats are one thing I've never tried to crochet. But then I tend to go toward the itty bitty in most of my crafting.

I have no clue. And that's hilarious. Sounds like something my hubs would do, lol. My grandpa had like 15 or so caps, but he only wore like 4 of them on a regular basis.

I've been crocheting forever, my mom taught me when I was 8. But up until just before my son was born, I'd never really finished anything. Now I make hats, dice bags, granny squares... Most of what I do is for little kids (like the 10 yrs to newborn crowd). I've got a few things posted in the Crafter's Corner in the Club House forum if you wanna check 'em out (well, it's actually my alt, Kilala Mikal). I think my favorite that I've crocheted is a blue variegated hat with i-cords and pom poms.
I've seen shark hats on ravelry, and I've been tempted to make one for my son, lol. They're awesome. XD

I've just learned to knit. And I only have 2 sets of needles right now, size 6 and 8 and it's driving me bonkers because most of the stuff I see is for size 5 and smaller or 9 and up. DX I've even had a pattern call for a size 7. Really frustrating... But I make do with what I have. I've only finished (sewn together/ tail sewn in) one knit project so far though... >.>' I've been mostly crocheting here lately. I'm trying to get enough items together to open my etsy shop.

[Tam I am]

Originally Posted by Minion

I have no clue. And that's hilarious. Sounds like something my hubs would do, lol. My grandpa had like 15 or so caps, but he only wore like 4 of them on a regular basis.

I've been crocheting forever, my mom taught me when I was 8. But up until just before my son was born, I'd never really finished anything. Now I make hats, dice bags, granny squares... Most of what I do is for little kids (like the 10 yrs to newborn crowd). I've got a few things posted in the Crafter's Corner in the Club House forum if you wanna check 'em out (well, it's actually my alt, Kilala Mikal). I think my favorite that I've crocheted is a blue variegated hat with i-cords and pom poms.
I've seen shark hats on ravelry, and I've been tempted to make one for my son, lol. They're awesome. XD

I've just learned to knit. And I only have 2 sets of needles right now, size 6 and 8 and it's driving me bonkers because most of the stuff I see is for size 5 and smaller or 9 and up. DX I've even had a pattern call for a size 7. Really frustrating... But I make do with what I have. I've only finished (sewn together/ tail sewn in) one knit project so far though... >.>' I've been mostly crocheting here lately. I'm trying to get enough items together to open my etsy shop.

XD

I might have been that age, or a little older, when my mom taught me. I can't remember. She taught me to hold the hook funny, and she also didn't know how to read patterns, so I had to teach myself to read 'em. And then, in my teens I went to making my own stuff, mostly doll clothes. I'll look at your projects later, when I'm calmer and less worn out from being a stress thing.

I knit, but the only thing I've really made is strip dolls, which can be fun, and I managed to vary one by giving her bobbles in her hair.

I used to spend a lot of time Windows shopping on Etsy, but I've mostly given up on it since it mutated. Can't tell from the new "feedback" system if someone's actually a good seller, and all that filling up the activity log with "recommended" spam annoys the beans out of me.

But have you seen these patterns? The Cheese Zombie ones would have tempted me. XD She's got knit and crochet, and they're supposed to be on the easy side.

Cheese Zombie

Gem Creations

[Kilala Mikal]

Originally Posted by Tam I am

XD

I might have been that age, or a little older, when my mom taught me. I can't remember. She taught me to hold the hook funny, and she also didn't know how to read patterns, so I had to teach myself to read 'em. And then, in my teens I went to making my own stuff, mostly doll clothes. I'll look at your projects later, when I'm calmer and less worn out from being a stress thing.

I knit, but the only thing I've really made is strip dolls, which can be fun, and I managed to vary one by giving her bobbles in her hair.

I used to spend a lot of time Windows shopping on Etsy, but I've mostly given up on it since it mutated. Can't tell from the new "feedback" system if someone's actually a good seller, and all that filling up the activity log with "recommended" spam annoys the beans out of me.

But have you seen these patterns? The Cheese Zombie ones would have tempted me. XD She's got knit and crochet, and they're supposed to be on the easy side.

Cheese Zombie

Gem Creations

I was lucky enough to have a lefty to learn from. So I was able to mirror what she was doing. I didn't learn to read patterns until I was grown.

What are strip dolls? O.o (I'm always on the look out for easy stuff to potentially make for my little girl when she gets bigger.)

I don't really spend much time on etsy, simply because I know I don't have the dineros to spare and I have a bit of a shopping problem... I spend unnecessarily even when I don't exactly have the funds... >.>'

Those are soooo awesome! I think I'm gonna talk to le hubs to see if we can flip the bucks for Cheese Zombie's flat sea horse pattern. Too cute! And the orca from Gem is incredible! Very nifty finds, thank you!

[Tam I am]

Strip dolls are knit like a scarf. You start with a narrow strip for one leg, and then you do the next leg on the same needles. Once you have them the same length, you join them and knit the wider body piece, changing colour when you get to the hair area. Once you're done that, you go back to body colour, finish the body, then go back to making legs. Cast that off and sew the doll around the edges and stuff, and then make two strips to double and sew around the edges for arms. You can also do colour changes to show clothes, instead of making a nudie dolly to make removable clothes for. It's a great way to do things like practising stockinette stitch and such.

Ooops.

LOL! You like sea animals, huh? So does that friend who crochets and whose husband helps.

[Kilala Mikal]

Sounds like I'll have to try that. ^-^

I like all animals, except pygmy goats. Those things are the devil. OnO BUT that's just because of a bad experience... >.>' Your chick story was so adorable. It made me "d'awwwww", lol. And I haven't really tried my hand at Amigurumi much. I've made an octopus for my son that has a gimpy face on it. It's bright red, with hunter orange stitching for the XuX face. It hurt my eyes to put those two colors together, but that's what Boy-o wanted... *shakes head*

[Lawtan]

Note to self: find farming and animal care "books"

[Kilala Mikal]

Hamster Care

[Lawtan]

*Comes in and Collapses*

Some days, I really get close to losing it. Today is one of those days.

Never have I met a place that made me feel so useless, make anything I accomplished seem so pointless and insignificant, as I have at Carnegie Mellon.

Today, I honestly just want to run into the streets and disappear forever. I realize that the university I chose - I could have chose Vanderbilt, or Rose-Hulman - merely bullied me into not going off long enough for them to drop me.

Really, right now the only two things that are keeping me from going off right now are a) I have a friend who needs me...and b) I have an intense desire to shove it down CMU's throat.

That said, is living for another and for vengeance really worth living? It's all I feel I have sometimes, because it feels like all I worked towards was first torn apart, then hastily reassembled only to be torn apart again and again.

I think the reason why I forgot many of the things in my youth was because I was surrounded by people and things that made everything I ever do or did... pointless.

I understand it is really nothing to be going through this. There are people who continue on with far worse. But for some reason, the understanding fails to empower me...it makes me feel guilty to even begin to be sad.

I just don't know what to do anymore...

Sorry if I am not on much right now...

[Kilala Mikal]

*poofs a huge pile of cushy pillows under Law as he collapses*

Law... *big hyooge squishy hugs* I don't really know what to say... I kinda suck at this kind of thing... But in the while we've been talking, you've come to be someone I consider a friend. I'd be really sad if I never saw you online again... And I hope this doesn't sound all weird and ish...

ANYWAY, if my words didn't help, hopefully this might at least put a smile on your face...