Beady Eyes
Jul. 24th, 2004 04:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaJust put in my big summer order for semi-precious and glass beads. I also picked up a bit of silver wire to try my hand at wire-wrapping a couple of pendants. Gosh, this stuff is expensive. Then again, I could have an even more expensive hobby, like cars or audio equipment. Next to that, beads and yarn don't look so bad . . .
One thing I picked up is a set of crystal points - yup, I'm making myself one of those necklaces. That's probably not one I'm going to be wearing to work, obviously. (Then again, depending on how perceptive this group of kids is, that might be the "I'm at the end of my rope" warning necklace.)
I'm going to try and be on iChat more often between now and when the kids come back to school. It'll be at odd hours, still (especially until this headache goes away), but I will be on more frequently than I have been. I'll be bouncing between the address listed on my profile and the one I gave the kids, so there will be a certain amount of catch-as-catch-can involved - sorry about that, but it's unavoidable.
Been re-reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. My initial impression, the first time through, was that Draco really wasn't present much in the book. It turns out that's wrong - he appears with his usual frequency up until the Slytherin/Gryffindor Quidditch game, and then drops mostly out of the main line of the story. Hmm . . .
Also re-reading The New Hacker's Dictionary, which is quite enjoyable. Hackerly linguistics is sort of the best of both worlds, for me. However, it's also a form of procrastinating instead of reading what I need to read for work - I have two books I'd really like to have finished by the time I go back that I haven't even picked up yet.
One thing I picked up is a set of crystal points - yup, I'm making myself one of those necklaces. That's probably not one I'm going to be wearing to work, obviously. (Then again, depending on how perceptive this group of kids is, that might be the "I'm at the end of my rope" warning necklace.)
I'm going to try and be on iChat more often between now and when the kids come back to school. It'll be at odd hours, still (especially until this headache goes away), but I will be on more frequently than I have been. I'll be bouncing between the address listed on my profile and the one I gave the kids, so there will be a certain amount of catch-as-catch-can involved - sorry about that, but it's unavoidable.
Been re-reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. My initial impression, the first time through, was that Draco really wasn't present much in the book. It turns out that's wrong - he appears with his usual frequency up until the Slytherin/Gryffindor Quidditch game, and then drops mostly out of the main line of the story. Hmm . . .
Also re-reading The New Hacker's Dictionary, which is quite enjoyable. Hackerly linguistics is sort of the best of both worlds, for me. However, it's also a form of procrastinating instead of reading what I need to read for work - I have two books I'd really like to have finished by the time I go back that I haven't even picked up yet.
