Life art yarn & baby poop

Sock- yarn harlot style

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Urkel…. um I mean Byron Brown ran into an office when he saw the tour group. So no trying to get a photo of him holding the sock.

Now if Jimmy was still mayor he would have hung out and said hello to us….

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Since it’s been awhile since I’ve actually blogged anything… been busy the past few days- DH is on vacation so we’ve been playing tourist in Buffalo.

This building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki who also designed the World Trade Center buildings 1 & 2 in NYC. Many elements are similar (although the M&T building was much shorter).

Patsy Cline - Walkin’ After Midnight

It’s the goddess Patsy

After taking the usual 5 minute read of the Buffalo Snooze today I did my usual check of the New York Times (to really find out what’s going on in the world)- I found this interesting article on College Alumni Mags:

College Alumni Magazines Struggle to Compete With Facebook

By CATE DOTY

Published: June 2, 2008

The advent of social networking Web sites has created a quandary for alumni magazines, which have been slow to embrace the Web.

An interesting article overall.  My college newsletter is still print only, as it the rag from High School.  But apparently there is an on-line feature of the college one which I haven’t explored (I supposed I could call them tomorrow to find out).  But first a small rant:

Dear Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart:

How bloody difficult is it to check the website on various browsers.  I’m sure it looks fine in the Piece of Shit know as Internet Explorer (do people actually *still* use it?).  It looks fine in Firefox- but guess what- it looks like shit in Safari.  Yes, I’m a bitchy mac user but guess what- can download Safari for windows.  Can’t take a school seriously that can’t even have a working website.

Love, Me

On that note, did get the most recent Cordecho in the mail… yawns.  Of course the one on the website is old…  Hey, guess what, still waiting for an announcement in it regarding a classmate’s death.  It was in the college newsletter… 2 years ago… but not the high school… what a way to show how much ya’ll care.  

On a related rant- why the hell is there a sports hall of fame but not an arts hall of fame?  I went to *one* volleyball game while at SHA (and that was because the JV coach of the other team was a camp counselor of mine)…  I realize the musicals all pretty much sucked (hi, how sexist is having a bunch of teenage girls fawning over a guy)… but there have been people who have MADE CAREERS IN THE ARTS.  I know one who is doing quite well as an artist- another who has been working as an actress… but I guess those of us who preferred to spend our time hanging out with the likes of Robert Longo and going to Artist and Models were too subversive vs. being all american jocks.

OK done ranting for now.  Although thinking of writing up a fake update for my HS’s rag… just to see if they publish it.

Letchworth May 2008

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A bit delayed, but a photo from our stop at Letchworth a few weeks ago.

New Barenaked Ladies album… kids music that won’t cause me to want to gouge my eyes out!

I’ve been slowly trying to go through some of the vintage I have in bins and get it listed somewhere. I found this little number:

I was starting to lose my mind trying to figure out how the heck to write a sales pitch for it. It’s cute- but it’s also double knit polyester.  So yeah, pretty 70s… and in the slightly scary 70s way…

Well was starting to measure, etc. and found a small hole in it.  So it’s going to a thrift store near me.  I’m sort of sad because it is high quality (for double knit poly)…

AIDS/LifeCycle | Homepage for Krystofer Dixon

From Krystofer’s page- help him reach $10,000 (and get chances for free yarn!):

I’ve registered to participate in the AIDS Lifecycle Ride next June to raise money & awareness for HIV/AIDS research and services. The AIDS LifeCycle is a life-affirming event that will take my bike & I all 545 miles, from San Francisco to Los Angeles, in seven days! The Ride benefits both the San Francisco AIDS Foundation & the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center; supporting their mission of eradicating AIDS as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening & treatment. The Ride provides a reminder that the rate of HIV infection is increasing, particularly in communities of color & in individuals under the age of 25. In California alone there are 60,000 people living with AIDS, and another estimated 91,000 living with HIV, many unaware of their infection While a number of strides have been made in research and treatment, the fact remains that you will know someone living with HIV/AIDS in your lifetime. That’s why I ride.

Last year ALC raised an unprecedented $11 million dollars and with your help, I know we can do it again! You can join me in my fight against HIV/AIDS without even breaking a sweat! Would you please consider a $100 pledge*or whatever you can afford* to support my effort & the San Francisco AIDS Foundation? Your contribution is entirely tax-deductible.