Bleh!

Being optimistic is draining. Isn't that a great opening line. I know in the previous entry I was all ecstatic about the magnets I bought. And I still am. But it's getting hard again to happy about anything else. I'm sick of being this way. I just would like a small mite of success.

I did list today. It's a supplies listing. I've been going through my beads and other supplies. I have a lot of stuff. Some of it I'll never use but I'm not sure it's worth listing because after fees and shipping I'd probably only have $.25. But I'd take any sale now. I tried to put it up yesterday but the site crashed. I didn't try again.



I rented Memoirs of a Geisha DVD from the library yesterday. I watched it between making dinner and watching So You Think You Can Dance. :P I had read the book earlier this year. Maybe even last year. It was good, the book, though somewhat morally off-center. The language was amazing, especially since it was written by an American man and not translated. It was so different than the language I'm used to.

The movie I wasn't as happy with. (I realize I just ended back-to-back) sentences with a preposition.) If I hadn't read the book I would have probably liked it more. The costuming and many of the settings are beautiful. But the plot didn't follow the book, they left out the beginning and the end. I realize there are time constraints and not everything can be like the Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice. Or the recent Jane Eyre rendition. But there was a lot in those sections that developed the main character and answered questions of what happened at the end. *sigh* I think I get too attached to books and don't allow for creative interpretation by the movie people. But they left out the beginning and the end!

Mine! Mine! Mine!

I bought these, today. They're from mlee I saw them on herFlickr and I loved them. She listed them today so I bought them. Haha! My pretties.

I went to Joann's this weekend with my mom and purchase a smallish piece of black suede. I'd been looking on Ebay for a piece but they were huge. I didn't want to pay all that and then be stuck with it if it's not the right kind. The piece at Joanns was perfect. So I'm inching closer to having the supplies and the tools for two projects that I've had for a long time.

It's odd. The more supplies I buy, the more I need because I come up with ideas that involve things I don't have. My list now involves a lot of one-time purchases though, like a dapping block and a tumbler. Maybe I'll get a Gocco one day. Maybe.

You callin' me out? :P

So I haven't been able to be on the computer as much as I would like or used to do. No, still no job. Just have to share.

I checked through forums though and saw a thread by GryWinther called 'You know you've spent too much time on Etsy when......' and this is how it started.

- you start to look for milk and bread in there.

- you go to the grocey store looking for milk and bread
and find yourself wondering how much the shipping
will be.

- you cross your fingers you remeber your Paypal
password.

- you go home with your milk and bread and wonder why
it`s not wrapped in bubble plastic and comes in an
nice envelope with your name and address on, and
why on earth it didn`t arrive in your mail box.

- you remind yourself to give the store feedback later.

- finally you can`t wait to show off your milk and
bread to your friends and colleagues.

I have done many of these, especially wanting to leave a store either offline entirely or a private off-Etsy site, feedback It's amazing how ingrained certain things can become.

I wood really like this

I'm mad that this picture won't show up bigger than that. Maybe I can find another one.

Anyway, I found this on Thisnext. I'm getting a little hooked to that site. I think this keyboard is really cool. I read on another blog, that I found in my failed pursuit of a better picture, that one like this costs $2500. Yow! Looking at it is free. :)

Thisnext

You may have notice a new badge on the sidebar from Thisnext. It's my latest toy for social bookmarking. I've tried several. I may lose interest in this one soon. But for now, it's fun.

Anyway I found something rather odd there yesterday. (It's even more odd to me that a guy linked it.) Anyway, I started a forum thread about it. I fully expected the thread to die, because, well, that's what usually happens to threads I start. The thing has 65 replies.

Guess, I'm just tackling tough social issues. :P