love

1. I know Valentine's Day is a stupid corporate holiday, but I don't care, because I had a date. We had dinner at Jalisco and then we came home and watched Futurama and drank Lakefront beer, and it was awesome.

2. I went to a sewing class at Fasten today, and it was also awesome. I made a skirt, and I learned more about sewing, and I had so much fun.

3. Um, I don't actually have anything else.

When I lived in New York, I used to say that it was pretty similar to Wisconsin, climate wise.

LIES.

It is so cold. And it's snowing. AGAIN.

At least the snow is pretty.

so this happened

It is very cold in Milwaukee right now. I walked to the co-op earlier to get some hot chocolate (and ended up getting non-dairy ice cream instead, because why not?). As it is very cold out, I was wearing a sweater and a long coat and a hat (one of those ones with ear flaps) and mittens. And then this happened:

marina: [walks down a dark street, car drives by slowly, window rolls down]
creepy guy: hey, baby, you be fine, you seeing anyone?
marina: yes?
creepy guy: oh, okay. sorry! [drives away]

I just... I was wearing all of my winter clothes, and it was dark, what was he basing his "i be fine" hypothesis on? Also, what the hell kind of creepy guy is he? He slows down (after dark in a not-great neighborhood) and verbally accosts a random girl, and then apologizes in a fairly sincere fashion and drives away when he finds out random girl has a boyfriend? I don't think he really "gets" it, and by "it," I mean "everything."

my tummy hurts

I am almost (but not quite) done with a new purse, so here is a picture of my grandma's pincushion instead. Half of the pins are borrowed from my mom. Does it count as borrowed if I probably won't return them?

I've been feeling quite anxious for the past few hours for reasons I can't seem to identify. Fucking annoying, right? Sewing seemed to help. Talking to Nathan seemed to help. He's visiting next week, which is amazing as I have not seen him for nearly a month. We're going on a real, live date on Valentine's Day, which is so cute I could vomit. Except not really, because I am pretty smitten.

chocolate cherry delicious

chocolate cherry delicious
Originally uploaded by marinatina

I could really go for some chocolate right now.

The photo is from when I was home. My mom makes these awesome chocolate-covered cherry chocolate cookies, made more awesome because she makes them like once every three years.

This was the shortest week ever. UWM canceled classes Wednesday, so I went to class two days this week and did very little aside from that.

i'm really into yellow

I just listed this in my shop. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It's a necklace; I just realized you can't actually tell that from this photo. There are a few other photos on Etsy, if you're curious about how the whole thing looks.

I really am into yellow. I still need to make my bumblebee watch; I haven't made a final decision about the design. Don't worry, I'll post pictures when it's finished.

guess what i did

Yesterday, it was two shirts that I bought at an outlet store and then never, ever wore. Today, it is a tote bag that I will probably use at least once or twice.



Alright, time to get ready for school.

time flies

...when you're wasting your life.

It was raining when I woke up this morning, which derailed my only plan for the day, i.e. do laundry as soon as I woke up. It eventually stopped raining, sort of, so I walked to the laundromat (Soapie's, awesome name, almost as good as Miss Bubble's on Amsterdam back in Harlem) and did a load of laundry. I mostly washed my t-shirts and the one pair of pants I wear all the time now (um, I should really go shopping). I did my laundry in pink tights and a black skirt and my job-interview sweater, because I dress nicer and nicer as it gets closer and closer to laundry day. Because I am a scrub.

Oh, someone is cranky! I just cannot believe that it's 8 o'clock at night and the only things I've accomplished today are doing a load of laundry and reading about 40 pages of words about history. Also, I watched some News Radio and made stir-fry. And... that is it. UGH. I need to go write a novel or clean my room or something.

more food porn

This is the first batch of guacamole I've made since moving to Milwaukee. There are many things that are better in Wisconsin than in New York (cheese, beer, etc); avocados are not one of those things. I used two and ended up not using bits from both of them because they were bruised or brownish. Still, it ended up being okay. I made bean dip and salsa last night; that went much better. I did not take any pictures, though, so you'll just have to trust me.

I went to Planet Bead with Mary today and bought pretty beads and some fancy sterling silver findings. I can finally make necklaces out of the pearls I bought in November, and I bought some blue beads to use as accent (probably not the right word) beads for a rosary that I've been planning. I also bought materials to make myself a watch! It is going to be yellow and black, and I will call it my bumblebee watch.

Um, yeah. I need to finish reading this , which I am so very close to doing. That grammar is probably wrong, but I don't really care that much.

oh i am getting old

I miss the days when I could drink tons of beer and then wake up early the next morning and, you know, take an exam (and ace it!) or do something else equally demanding. As it is, I was in bed until one this fine afternoon. And I only drank beer! Wtf, right?



Hey, look, cats! Adorable, right? Oh, I've got nothing. I just really wanted The Internet to know that I can't handle my beer anymore.