final t-shirt logo

Blech, I've been sick this past week with a horrible cough and haven't gotten much done. I'm finally feeling better today and just figured out that I have exactly one week and a half to finish my costume! My goal is the 27th as Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, so parties are inevitably going to fall the weekend before that. This Saturday I'm planning on storming Fry's and the fabric store, and Sunday I'm hoping to put it all together. Hopefully before that, I will have finished stenciling my t-shirt with the following:



I decided to go with font that was easy to cut out and stencil since I don't have time to get supplies and make a silkscreen.

In other news, I finally started organizing my yarn stash and my photos this past weekend while home recovering from the plague. The yarn is now organized by color neatly in two clear plastic bins, plus a third bin for current projects. My digital photos are a different story...I'm converting to organizing by date and then subject, which is a huge improvement over the last system - folders with vague descriptions of the contents. This will be much easier to navigate, and soon I hope to upload stuff to flickr or smugmug for online organization and archiving.

I also ordered a new lens this week, and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival so I can fully use my DSLR again! I ended up purchasing slightly used from keh.com and saved almost $100. It's really comparable to the kit lens in focal length (about a 26-70mm 35mm equivalent) but has a fixed 2.8 aperture, which means it's lots faster and lots sharper. I've been really skeptical about buying zoom lenses so far, as I've gotten such great results with prime focal lengths (tack sharp 16x20s with my Olympus that can probably stretch to 20x30 or bigger with little loss in resolution) and really poor results with zooms. However, this lens had great reviews, has all the focal lengths I really use, and was highly recommended over at Strobist. I'm really excited to test it out and get a lot more serious with my photography.

Halloween Costume

Ok, I had a brainwave and finally figured out what to do. My friends have always joked around that my alter-ego superhero name is Gadget Girl - so naturally, what else should my Halloween costume be? I quickly made a mental inventory of all the things I would need: Tools, cat5, pocket protector, LEDs, computer parts, boots, tool belt, cape, logo...Logo! That's where I can start! Ok, so I've found some fonts I like for the design, picture your basic white oval on a t-shirt, except the words will be stacked sort of like:

Gadget
Girl

Anyway, there are six to choose from - pick your faves and let me know in the comments!



p.s. I kinda like the last one the best.

Current listening fave

The Bad Plus. Composed of Ethan Iverson on Piano, Reid Anderson on upright bass, and David King on drums - they are fantastic! I'm going to go buy all their CDs soon. On my way home from work, the song "Lost of Love" from the album Suspicious Activity really caught me. It's one of their more mellow tunes, but I was struck by the delicacy of the phrasing and the ease at which the three sync together rhythmically. They are most known for covers of popular rock tunes such as Smells Like Teen Spirit and other 80's / 90's hits, but also write amazing original music. I highly recommend a listen or two.

I'm Back!

Back in the bay area after europe...It was a lot of fun, to say the least! I love Berlin and can't wait to go back sometime soon. For now, it's back to starting some new projects (mostly knitting) and finishing some work on my room so I can really setup my loft as a craft/hack space. Yay!

I'm setting up this blog to focus more on knitting and music (as is evident from the title I'm sure). I've recently started using Ravelry, an online workbook for knit and crochet projects. I'm really excited and can't wait to get a day free to shoot all my yarn and past / current projects to fill out my notebook! Yay!