Tagged!

     A knitting retreat!  The folks at Yarnivore have organized a knitting retreat for the fall at the very beautiful Mo-Ranch retreat.  A weekend someplace beautiful designed to let knitters be with other knitters and focus on their knit-work.  My registration was my birthday present to myself.  I think we still need 2 more participants to make this happen, so I have my fingers crossed.  Just 2!  If you are reading this from within an easy drive of San Antonio, make sure to register ASAP.

     While I was at Yarnivore I showed Mel the yarn I am spinning, since I bought the merino-silk roving at the store.  I said I didn't know what size yarn I was spinning, and she unwound a  bit and said, "Oh, a variegated weight."  Um.  Not deliberately, though I have to admit that last bit was a bit thin.  That little bit, anyway, is going to get fluffed out and respun.  I do want to develop a more even result to my spinning on drop spindles, but I suppose that will come with more practice and a bit of attention.  So I am going to work on that as I continue to spin this roving.  She plied a bit back onto itself so we could see what it looked like, and it seemed a bit drab -- hard to imagine, given what the roving looks like.  But then I remembered that I am splitting the roving lengthwise, and will NOT be plying this part back on itself, but with another colorful strip from another part of the roving.  So now I am eager to get a lot of this done.

     Instead, though, I went to bed last night at 7:30.  I am living up to my reputation of catching every little thing that goes around, and some local virus has hit.  Although I am still living on yogurt and applesauce because of the accompanying sore throut, I am hoping to go to a French film called Hors de prix, or Priceless.  It will be my introduction to what appears to be an interesting movie theater here in San Antonio.  The film stars Audrey Tautou, who starred in Amelie, a film I have really enjoyed each time I've watched it.  So the spinning will be put off for another day.

And Martha tagged me!  We meet up at library conventions to do fiber stuff, so I will play along.

"The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer."

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?

Hmm.  That was Spring 1998.  I was finishing an MLS (master's of library science) degree at Indiana University Bloomington, and preparing to move to State College PA to take a job at Penn State.  In fiber, I don't think I was doing much those days.

 2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?

• Find someone to help clean up my yard after years of neglect. 
• Clean off my desk at work.
• Read "Electronic Book Usage at a Master's Level I University: A Longitudinal Study"
• Go see the movie Priceless.
• Blog. :>

3) Snacks I enjoy:

      Fresh fruit.  Dried fruit.  Cookies with fruit.  Fruit sorbet. Trail mix with nuts and dried fruit.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

• Buy a beautiful house somewhere green, beautiful, near the water and near an active arts community.
• Study fiber arts seriously, if not formally.  Buy just the right floor loom.
• Find ways to use that money for progressive social action.
• Travel comfortably and often... Italy, Spain, Morocco, Viet Nam, Argentina ...

5) Places I have lived:

      Long Island, Rochester NY, Mexico City, New York City, Toronto, Urbana IL, Madison WI, Pittsburgh, State College PA, San Antonio.

6) Jobs I have had:

• ESL teacher
• Spanish teacher
• textbook copy editor
• media studies professor
• librarian

I am going to tag:

Kim, Ivete, Ev, Laritza, and Phiala.  I have mixed feelings about tagging folks with memes, but I hope you all enjoy it.

Comments

[Phiala]

Too late! You can't tag me if I've already done it.
http://stringpage.com/blog/?p=166

The only thing different would be the to-do list, and the one I used is vastly more entertaining than today's would be.

Actually, I'm done except for the tagging others part, and you know what? I was going to tag you!

[Ev]

Interesting meme. I don't usually participate in memes, but in this one, I did. See my answers in today's post.

[janna]

Oh, the Bijou! I miss it! Did you go to the movie? (I guess I should read your next post -- maybe you've already answered that question....)

[Martha H]

Thanks for doing the meme. I have mixed feelings, as well, and yet with most of them, I learn something interesting about someone. So, I do them and am glad that those who I tag do them, also,

[Leigh]

I have mixed feelings about memes too (especially the tagging part) but I've been getting a lot of good snack ideas from this round!