god fucking shit

i am not very good at this whole livejournal thing

2008-04-19T19:16:55Z

so i am at evergreen and it is great fun. i dont think ive had so many people be nice to me at once since i was like 7. its really quite strange and extremely enjoyable. my computer is not letting me type apostrophes. i am taking a cool program about war and training for a triathlon because i am full of crazy. running is more fun than i had expected, swimming is exceptionally fun, cycling is less fun than usual since i got a new old fancy bike and it doesnt fit me as well as my crappy old road bike did and hurts my arms.

last night i saw wingnut dishwashers union (best evar) and waltzed to a bluegrass band and then bought a bunch of underage kids a ridiculous amount of alcohol and went to a huge bonfire. i am so weirdly happy here. missing viking boy a thoroughly incredible amount but i will be back in mein lieblings portland this summer to work at the yarn shop and live in his crook and ride my bicicleta and eat chimichangas. i have also learned how to scam amtrak so i can go back and forth fairly cheap. maybe he is coming to visit and we are going camping?!??!

life is exceptional.

also, i really need a smoking pipe, and maybe one of those nice hats that that cute south american man sells outside the cab.

tess_la_coil @ 2008-02-24T01:52:00

2008-02-24T09:54:53Z

i was in olympia yesterday. they still play riot grrl in the cafes. i thought that was interesting.

today i slept until seven in the evening because i could just not bring myself to get out of bed.

hello internets

2008-02-04T15:49:55Z

what's new in life? i'm glad you asked. just today i realized that it is still possible to wear my cut off shorts in winter if i wear the proper layers under and around them. i am also awake at 7:45 in the morning, and have been up for an hour, because i was supposed to catch the train to olympia this morning but it didn't work out. i got into evergreen. i may or may not live in this tree house. the idea of college again is scary and saints preserve us i am going to miss dear sweet lovely portland and my dear sweet lovely viking boy. i have developed a healthy obsession with malabrigo, learned how to play several dice games and immediately gambled away my kinko's card, and recently purchased not one nor two but three tubes of crescent rolls. life is, as always, extremely exciting here at chez fay (oh look funny funny jokes).

i also recently visited my charming and extremely small mother in frigid and god forsaken anchorage, alaska.

here is us:

here is a baby musk ox:

who is cuter? i believe the answer is clear.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-11-30T17:41:00

2007-12-01T01:42:28Z

bwahahahahaha i got a job at the mofuckin yarn garden and i am therefore zee vinner

tess_la_coil @ 2007-10-15T18:46:00

2007-10-16T00:47:17Z

i was going to say that fall is for knitting sweaters but on second thought, fall is for unrestrained frustration at the human race. fuckin' eh?

tess_la_coil @ 2007-10-08T19:15:00

2007-10-09T02:17:31Z

i guarantee the songs i've had stuck in my head lately suck more than yours have ever sucked

welcome to miami by will smith
lucky by britney spears
the racist song sung in american history x to the tune of "the ants go marching in".."we're taking down the wog machine, jew by jew by jew..the white man marches on"

seriously.

too many socks, not enough needles

tess_la_coil @ 2007-10-04T21:06:00

2007-10-05T04:08:06Z

i am so sick and drunk

tess_la_coil @ 2007-08-31T23:53:00

2007-09-01T05:55:42Z

gee i am not going off to college i am rolling fucking BURRITOS and i don't see myself going to college any time soon because i can't handle school but sweet jesus on a pogo stick this could be the rest of my life, not burritos particularly, but this could be the rest of my life and that makes me consider going back to college just so i can have some hope for the futchah

tess_la_coil @ 2007-08-28T15:36:00

2007-08-28T21:41:05Z

today i ran over my foot with my 800 pound burrito cart so i am missing work today and tomorrow and the day after, and my toes are not broken, but i ripped my shoe, let's decide if it was worth it ja?

i am going to start a knitting blog because i am cool beyond words.

i need to get rid of the problem with my head that involves convincing myself that no one actually likes me, which means that i treat them like they are lying, using assholes who don't really like me, which means they end up actually not liking me. vicious vicious circle, i can't believe anyone still likes me at all. ah, there i go again..

i still don't have a bedroom but it doesn't really bother me

hawwy potta survey!

2007-07-30T03:00:41Z

The Books in Order from Favorite to Least Favorite:
1. Order of the Phoenix (seriously)
2. Goblet of Fire
3. Deathly Hallows
4. Half-Blood Prince
5. Prisoner of Azkaban
6. Sorcerer's Stone
7. Chamber of Secrets

Number of Times You Have Read the Series:
1. Probably only 9 or 10, I got it when I was young and it's never been one of my favorites
2. Same as above, more lately
3. 10 or 11
4. 49057029752093560295620396520964096209462069. No, seriously. I've read this book at least once a month since I got it in 5th grade.
5. 20 or 30; it's one of the ones that I grab and open at any section, know what's going on, and read 8 or 9 chapters.
6. Same as above, but probably 40 or 50.
7. Three!

Favorite Chapter from Your Favorite Book:
Moving into #12 Grimmauld Place

Five Favorite Characters:
Fred & George, Sirius, Hagrid, Luna, Dumbledore

Three Least Favorite Characters:
Harry, Umbridge, Fudge

Favorite Member of the Trio:
Hermione

Three Favorite Magical Creatures:
Thestrals, house-elves, goblins

Favorite Family:
Weasleys, duh

Favorite Villain:
Snape

Favorite Death Eater:
Bellatrix

Favorite Non-Hogwarts Magical Building:
Honeydukes

Favorite Diagon Alley Location:
Weasley's Wizard Wheezes

Three Favorite Spells:
Levicorpus, Expecto Patronum, Aveda Kedavra

Three Favorite Potions:
Felix Felicitis, Polyjuice, Veritaserum

Favorite Unforgivable Curse:
Imperius

Favorite Department of Mysteries Room:
The original spinning one

Biggest Surprise:
DOBBY :( :( :( :(

Biggest Letdown:
The epilogue

Favorite Mode of Transportation:
Broom

Favorite Weasley:
Percy in #7

Favorite Order Member:
Mad-Eye

Favorite pet:
Crookshanks

One Character You’d Bring Back to Life:
Tonks :( It fits that all the Marauders are finally dead, but I wish at least she could live to raise Teddy

Moment That Will Always Make You Cry:
"Here lies Dobby, a free elf."

Favorite Hogwarts Room:
Room of Requirement

Favorite Class:
Charms

Favorite Teacher:
Lupin, Flitwick and Sprout

Favorite DADA teacher:
Lupin!

Least Favorite Teacher:
Binns

Favorite Non-Human Hogwarts Resident:
Peeves

Favorite Hogsmeade Location:
Honeydukes and the Three Broomsticks

Favorite Triwizard Champion:
Cedric

Favorite Triwizard Task:
Dragon egg

Which Character You’d Ask to the Yule Ball:
Luna

Which Character You’d Like to Use a Love Potion On:
Sirius

Which Character You’d Like to Use Veritaserum On:
Draco!

How Long You Have Been a HP Fan:
8 years?

Favorite Wizard Rock Band:
Hana and my's Dumblecore band

Number of Midnight Releases You Have Attended:
2

Favorite HP Website:
mugglenet

Most Ridiculous Potter Theory You’ve Heard:
Ron is Dumbledore from the future!

Character You’re Most Like:
Luna

House You Think You’d Be Sorted Into:
Gryffindor or Slytherin

Your Patronus Would Be A:
Horse

To You, Amortentia Would Smell Like:
Dawn and musk and cedar

You’d Use Felix Felicis To:
I'd save it

The Job You Would Most Like to Try:
Curse-breaker

Which You Would Rather See — a Sequel or a Prequel:
Prequel

The Movies in Order from Favorite to Least Favorite:
1. FUCK
2. THE
3. MOVIES
4. YO

tess_la_coil @ 2007-07-23T19:00:00

2007-07-24T01:02:15Z

harry potter 7 smote my brain, it was everything and more, sweet jesus.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-07-08T20:01:00

2007-07-09T02:02:44Z

there are like 235325 stitch n' bitches in portland - like, i'm going to have to choose because there are three going on per night. i'm stoked. last night i smoked a blunt bigger than my middle finger and fell asleep watching the strangers with candy movie with a cute boy in my lap. all in all i'm pretty pleased, about as happy as i ever am.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-06-29T11:06:00

2007-06-29T17:11:20Z

success!

living in portland
in the sweetest house ever
dating the cutest viking boy
figuring out the bus system
i even have chocolate soy milk
oh, and the yarn harlot posted me in her blog

i win

take chances

tess_la_coil @ 2007-05-30T11:10:00

2007-05-30T18:12:33Z

hi guys, i'm in portland, i love it here and may or may not move here, though i'm not sure how long. i was always like, "psh, why does everyone move to friggin' portland?" and the answer is BECAUSE IT RULES. it's like missoula, but bigger, with more things to do. but no taco del sol. seriously. i don't think i'll be able to handle eating burritos here; nothing compares.

YARN HARLOT ON THE 8TH, HOLY CRAP!

tess_la_coil @ 2007-05-20T23:22:00

2007-05-21T05:25:27Z

i'm sick of just about everything so i'm leaving. nathan and knitting are the only things keeping me sane; good thing i'm taking both with me. i will miss shows at the lab, taco del sol's 14" burritos and my dog, the rest of missoula can suck it. now the only real question is whether a "ted kaczynski: an american hero" or "peace through heroin" patch is going to get us stabbed first.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-04-19T21:11:00

2007-04-20T03:14:41Z

oh man i need to pre-order harry potter, but i don't know where the hell i'll be july 21st so what do i do what do i do?!? i will wait outside a bookstore for three days with my sleeping bag, sock yarn and honey roasted peanuts and THEY WILL GIVE IT TO ME BECAUSE I WILL DEMAND IT. then i will ride my bike away from civilization BEFORE ANYONE CAN SPOIL THE ENDING and put on earplugs and read it front to back and then either cry with joy or horror at how it ends. this is like the pinnacle of my life so far and i don't know if i'll be able to handle it when it comes.

BUT AT LEAST I HAVE A FANNY PACK THAT SAYS "CRAZY BANANA GLOBAL DOMINATION"

tess_la_coil @ 2007-04-11T09:49:00

2007-04-11T15:53:56Z

back from morocco but no pictures yet because my brother's in scotland and he has my camera. it slayed, paris rules, i am going to move there and marry a beautiful french woman and get eu citizenship and be a librarian and live in a wee aparment and eat brie and walk my dog every day.

arnold's gone :( free smoothie madness bike ride bike ride spring!

p.s. rant. LOOK, SOCK KNITTERS. i know you have your fancy techniques. i know they are better than mine, and i should be using yours, because what kind of a fucking square STILL uses (gasp) dpns and a cable needle? i know you're just saving me from myself by writing your patterns so that i HAVE to use 2 circulars and do cables without a cable needle, because it's faster, and so much easier, and "i know you'll like it if you try it, i promise!". i say you're all jerks.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-03-20T13:39:00

2007-03-20T19:51:20Z

in the interest of people who don't care

1. have dropped out of school, or rather, just stopped going, as per usual. only this time it's costing me a grand. fuck, oh well. i still get to use the student health center and if i don't pay my bills they'll just fail me, but since i've failed all my classes anyway i'm just going to get all of my medical problems checked out before the semester ends.

2. speaking of medical problems, i have the influenza. not the puking sick kind, the respiratory illness kind. the other night i coughed so hard i puked but i am feeling much better now for no real reason, so that's cool.

3. it's good because i leave for morocco on thursday. i'll be there for a week and then in paris for another, so it should either be amazing and life changing or the worst two weeks of my life, seeing as i will be in constant close confinement with my mother who has officially given up on motherly love and now just hates me. but holy crap, paris. i've never been to europe, i am going to shit my pants.

4. may move to olympia but it is a tough decision because god dammit i love this shitty little town. my brother's moving back to thailand, though, so i will probably move there and live with him this fall/winter/something. my life is one big "we'll see."

tess_la_coil @ 2007-03-08T20:25:00

2007-03-09T03:44:09Z

HOLY FUCK

burning portland fest the 16th, morocco the 22nd. escape from my head. new backpack.

"their souls explode; i want you to be my friend forever"

tess_la_coil @ 2007-02-21T13:17:00

2007-02-21T20:28:21Z

my life is fucking amazing and ridiculous. i love how i never see this shit coming, la dee da, i love knitting, doop dee doo, and then all of the sudden it's like, hm, its 6 a.m., i'm stuffing newspapers in the backseat of a stranger's car and i haven't slept for two days and i have drank and eaten and smoked so many frightening substances i can literally feel my brain moving more slowly and there may or may not be homeless people sleeping on my couch and dear god i'm going to get kicked out of this house if i keep disappearing for days at a time and being crazy and oh fuck what did i do with my rent money, who the fuck carries around a fucking hundred dollar bill in their pocket, what the fuck was i thinking. i have the greatest life on earth, i will arm wrestle anyone for that title, i would not trade this for anything. except being exceptionally rich, so i can start my "sponsor a jobstopper" program where i will pay for people to get face tattoos and then give them a monthly stipend for having said face tattoo. seriously. i love zines. i love my friends and it must be spring or something because i feel my little shriveled heart thawing. fuck. yes.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-02-16T22:18:00

2007-02-17T05:30:02Z

valentines day is usually butt, but this one was cool. last summer, darling hana took 9 hits of acid and sewed me a stuffed cat called cher. she was my one and only, i slept with her every night and took her everywhere. then, because i am a retard, i left her on the plane on my way home from juneau. i cried, seriously, and i've been begging hana to make me another kitty for like 6 months. yeyeyeyyy!

her name is sweet pea; i have nicknamed her putzie because i am reading the letters of richard p. feynman, and his wife was nicknamed putzie. and she had tuberculosis. like hana. rad. i am so very pleased and i am going to knit her a sweater, yay yay yay yay.

my mom was mad at me so i bought her truffles from that hipster little place downtown, posh chocolat. for $2.25 a chocolate, it's not worth it, and the art fag in the sage green sweater overcharged me. so, fuck you hipsters. fuck you.

got my wisdom teeth taken out this morning. it was really weird because i don't hurt at all. like, i spent the day knitting lace and tonight i biked in the kyoto protest ride. it was awesome, there were at least 50 people there. then, two blocks from where the ride was ending, we were about to bike across the higgins street bridge and wanted to do it en masse, so one of the bikers pulled in front of a rav-4 to make sure we could all get across during the green light. (incompatible with "we're not blocking traffic, we are traffic," but whatever.) suddenly, there's this huge cracking noise. we spin around and see that the lady in the rav-4 gassed it and smashed into the guy blocking her. WHAT? thankfully he was okay, even though his bike is fucked. we were wrong. we were disobeying the laws because we are crazy fucking bikers. but that doesn't mean that you can RUN YOUR 1 TON METAL DEATH BOX INTO A PERSON ON A BIKE TO MAKE A POINT. the police were called, i'm not sure what's happening legally, but what a fucking buzzkill. hopefully this won't stop future mass bike rides from happening. irritation.

i love knitting, i love knitting, i love knitting.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-01-29T17:31:00

2007-01-30T00:46:13Z

i am alive but this is ambivalent. i am moved in, i have a loft, i have a bookshelf i built with my hands, i have a dwarf hampster pygmy puff named arnold, i have a knitted pouch for said arnold to ride around in when i am "on the go". i do not have any music listening abilities, however, nor the internet (this is a blessing, i love having to create activities for myself instead of just sitting in front of the great invisible satan). my roommates and i live in harmony except when they talk during movies. god i hate when people talk during movies. oh god, i hate it so much i have to get off this subject before i type a huge rant about it. moving without a car is an interesting process, and since my family and friends are fucking lazy assholes who won't help me move, my stuff is spread out all over (i have a serger but not a sewing machine, i have my zine and scissors but not my glue stick, i have yarn but not my needles, etc.) and i am generally not getting anything done, which is unacceptable. i am not sure how i have managed to combine anarchist tendencies, large amounts of marijuana and a Type A personality into one pale little body, but it provides for interesting results, though it mostly just drives me completely fucking insane.

speaking of completely fucking insane (what?), you should read animals in translation by temple grandin the moment you can get your dirty little hands on a copy, it is definately on my list of "books that will change your way of looking at the world." that list needs a more concise title, make it snappy. it also confirms my long-held suspicion that people can get physically addicted to one other, and once again reminds me that i am secretly voldemort and view human interaction and dependence as weak and pathetic; as we don't know yet whether it is voldemort or harry who meets a terrible end, i have yet to decide whether this is a good thing. i wish i could love and feel true affection in my heart of hearts, but mainly i just hope for extinction. how did i get on this topic?

more holes in my nose, new holes in my nose, holes in my face, holes in my brain, trepanation THOUGHT DEATH!

tess_la_coil @ 2007-01-19T08:35:00

2007-01-19T15:50:21Z

everything is irritating me lately.

but in better news, i'm finally moving the fuck out of my mom's! i found a room in an apartment by pizza pipeline, 2 blocks from campus, for $200/month. right now my room is tiny, but it has a rugged woodsman's loft and i might be moving into a bigger room in a couple months. plus a huge glorious kitchen and living room. will post pictures of the apartment building later, it is the absolute cutest little piece of architecture i have ever seen in my entire life. there is a sealed window in my room that leads into a boarded off room, though, so i'm afraid this is going to end up like a horror movie. i think if i notice the eeriness first that means it won't? honestly, i'm a little more concerned that last night one of my roommates revealed himself to be a hippie. okay, shaina, he smokes pot, he's alright, you can deal with it. ignore the fact that he's a hippie, just ignore it. at least he'll be willing to recycle. [eye twitches, mutters darkly about patchouli and patchwork pants]

my car is dead for goods.

tess_la_coil @ 2007-01-14T01:13:00

2007-01-14T08:29:11Z

the place i drop off my recycling has just put a sign up on their magazine bin that reads: DO NOT STEAL. what? what do you mean, "do not steal these magazines that would have otherways been thrown away"? what has the world come to when an innocent young girl cannot rummage through discarded magazines for back issues of vogue? abomination, travesty..i'm not sure why it's bothering me so much since my disregard for authoritative signs means i took a nice fat fall fashion issue anyway, but it's the principle of the thing. jerks.

i am making a letterboxing zine for the diy bazaar. it's going to rule, potentially. we'll see. perhaps you will see, if you come to ear candy on february the second, between 5 and 9 o'clock.

last night i stayed home and made knitting pattern flash cards with packing tape. i am wasting my youth being old.

SHEER SWEATERS. ICY FREEZING HORROR. DEATH TO ARTSY GRINDCORE. SARAH: PUNCTUATION INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF QUOTATION MARKS?

stuff i've crafted lately post

2007-01-07T04:27:59Z

first pair of mittens! for nathan for christmas. i am going to become a mitten knitter even though i don't really like mittens. they are the best thing ever to knit.

deicide shirt as a late christmas present/help me fix my computer please leverage for andrew. stenciled the white and the text, handpainted the bullethole and blood. you can't show him this hana, i just had to post it on the internet and brag about it asap to celebrate finally finishing it.

the white base layer bled but the red one didn't, i think it looks sweet

bigger picture of the detail..my stencils NEVER used to bleed, i don't know what's up lately. i think my iron is dying.