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My friend is still slowly improving, but I’ve nonetheless been in a pretty deep funk despite my best efforts to the contrary (how can someone stay funky at Stitches? But, I was still gloomy in my heart. In this kind of state, what is the best thing to cheer me up? I know, I know,…

My friend Lyssa called me the Lion of Willpower, referring to my behavior while we were at Stitches West on Sunday. Methinks she might be engaging in a tiny bit of sarcasm. I started off well enough, petting (but not buying) the irresistable Lobster Pot cashmere and Honey Hill Alpaca, along with all the other…

The pictures are finally up from the Santa Cruz Super Bowl 3k. As it turns out (from the results) I actually ran 12:47 miles which surpasses my expectations (it helps if you keep your expectations low, I suppose). Anyhow, without further ado, I present pictures from the race… My children: My mom: Me: Me and…

My friend is doing better, making small improvements in the ICU. It’s heartening to hear this after she struggled so hard for 2-1/2 weeks. Her son got to go visit her today and that was very important. So a good day on that front. On to knitting news… First, I received a few cool surprises…

My first entry into the Sugar High Fridays. I went ahead and used the freezer pastry dough because as I recall Jacques Torres said it was just fine to do. So here it is. Frankly, it’s a little oozier than I would have liked, I probably should have cooked it for longer but I was…

I’ve been quiet but I *have* been working out! I went to martial arts Monday, Wednesday, Thursday which was great. I should run today but I’m taking the day off to be a complete flake. My friend is coming in today for the Stitches West convention, maybe we can get in a run tomorrow morning…

Yes, it’s true. An entry without pictures. I’m too lazy to take a picture of the sea urchin of needles and thread that is my first sock attempt. Maybe tomorrow. Tomorrow will be my mental health day. I have taken the day off and will flee from all responsibilities in my life. I plan to…

Man, it’s been a week since I updated my site. I feel like such a flake. My friend is still in the ICU at Stanford, and I got a chance to visit her yesterday. It was really nice to be able to see her and talk to her… I felt better having visited. I’ve been…

It’s been awfully hard getting back on the horse this week. My friend is still in the hospital, and I had an annoying cold. Wednesday I made it to martial arts, but I was much worse on Thursday so I took a few days off and then today I did the Santa Cruz Super Bowl…

Food: Exercise: Martial Arts, 45 minutes I disappeared for a week. I realize that. Actually last Tuesday I did martial arts, and then Wednesday morning my world was turned upside down when my best friend was critically injured in an auto accident. She’s still in the ICU and I’ve spent the last 5 days in…