Cyclops

Almost lost an eye sewing last night. Yes. Sewing. I was working on Shane’s Sam Adams vest last night. I had to learn to sew the button hole before actually doing it on the vest, and so I had to change the presser foot, the part the hold the garment down for the sewing machine, to use the button hole guide. Somehow I managed to lose the original foot in the process. So I put in another foot that the manual said is used to sewing more delicate/slippery fabric, selected straight stitch, and hit the pedal. Apparently, I didn’t dial...
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Scapers REJOICED!

Farscape came back and kicked some ass! Behold the power of rabid fans who are totally media savvy…and have money to spend. (Read that, potential sponsors? MONEY TO SPEND.) Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars gloriously returned one of the best damn sci-fi/space opera show ever to the network that abandoned them over 2 years ago all because the campaigns by the fans around the world. Big hoorah for all involved!! Especially Scapers who have worked so frelling hard to get our beloved show back on air. We earned it, brothers and sisters. All the loose ends are tied…well, sort of. 😉...
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Questionaires

Shamelessly stole it from another blogger who stole it from yet another blogger… You know the vicious cycle. Here goes nothing. Five Things You May Not Know About My Time in School Are: I hid in the bathroom and cried the whole lunch break on my first day of American high school. I came here as a junior, knew virtually no one in school other than staff in the Counseling office (my host mom was the counselor there). I felt so self conscious sitting in the lunch area alone I went to hide, and I didn’t want to go to...
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