speaking of reading... i was asked to join a bookclub yesterday. how fun! now i'll have a reason to pick up something other than my "british singleton" books.

geez, i haven't done one of these in a long time...
friday five

1. what is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)? i love to read fiction... fave genre are those "single girl" books... british or otherwise. i like magazines for the quickness, though.

2. what is your favorite novel? hiroshima by john hersey -- which is actually nonfiction (i read it for a "journalism as literature" class in college.)

3. do you have a favorite poem? (share it!) sonnet 130 by william shakespeare... i made a post about this last month

4. what is one thing you've always wanted to read, or wish you had more time to read? honestly? the bible... not for religious reasons necessarily, but just to be more familiar with it. i was required to take "bible 101" (or something like that) in college. i didn't learn much because the professor who taught it made us do a heck of a lot of additional reading and papers, and it was too overwhelming to actually absorb and appreciate anything. i think i barely passed the class...

5. what are you currently reading? nothing. i picked up not so funny when it happened (traveler's tales guides) last night to read, but didn't get past the introduction... too distracted by the disaster that was bruce willis hosting dave letterman...

so, i've got this calendar from last year full of james dean photos. i can't throw it out, but i don't know what to do with it -- aside from sticking it in a drawer to forget about.

i can't afford to frame the photos (nor do i have the wall space). the photos are large (as with any larger wall calendar). does anyone have any ideas of what to do with the photos? maybe decoupage a cardboard box (i've got one from amazon -- the gift boxes that they use -- that's sturdy)...?

a few months ago i made some knitting needles. just now getting around to putting up an instructions page...

the history of valentine's day.

finally... photos of the purses i knit recently.

entertain yourself. (or frustrate yourself, whichever it is...)

i keep hearing about sock dogs and sock monkeys. they're everywhere and i thought i'd give it a try.

anyway, today i found a great sale on socks at target -- 75 cents for regular length socks and 98 for knee socks! (i haven't researched enough to know which size sock is best, but since they were so darn cute and cheap i bought them.)

check out createforless. a craft supplier that seems to have cheaper prices. some items must be purchased in multiples of a certain number, but that works out if you're buying yarn for projects.

also have a section on tips, techniques and trends.

has anyone ordered from them or heard of them before?

since i'm walking down memory lane... the first part of this post at que sera sera really brings back good memories and makes me laugh.

i studied dance for 15 years and have seen my fair share of recitals and three-year-old performances... same thing: girls wandering around the stage not dancing or paying attention, looking for their parents in the audience, hilarity ensues... etc. etc. good times.

while reading dooce.com, i was reminded of my senior quote in the yearbook... (although, i couldn't remember it at first and had to go searching for it.)

anyway... my quote was as follows:

"... he said, 'but the journey is a hard road and you may be afraid.' and she laughed and said 'no road could be too hard for I am fearless.'"

god... how serious. at the time i remember really believing and feeling that way, fearless, of what was ahead.

turns out, i was mortified at the thought of moving an hour and a half away from home, starting a new and challenging college and knowing that the only people i had to do this all with were my two roommates, whom deep down i wasn't sure i wanted to live with.

i've graduated from said college and moved again (and again)... and, after all was said and done, i still wouldn't use that quote to go beside my photo. even now.

today, quidnunc.org turns the ripe old age of three.

the first month was full of linky goodness, obviously much more devoted to posting than as of late.