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Greetings from Canada!
So I got here in mid-December…I suppose that’s news to a lot of people 
But don’t take it personally that I haven’t gotten in touch, I just needed some time to myself. Since I got here, I’ve been:
1. De-pressurizing and de-stressing
2. Hiding from the entire world (think Thoreau’s Walden, not the hunchback of Notre Dame)
3. Having Christmas
4. Trying not to think (and mostly succeeding) about the fact that I have no job, no income, almost no home, and no apparent job prospects…whoops! better be careful, I almost thought about it…
5. Knitting
6. Augmenting my yarn stash
7. Baking and cooking
8. Reorganizing my online experience
9. Looking at the snow
10. Preparing to enter Phase 2 of my four-phase plan to Get A Life, which is getting in touch with people and joining the human race again Talk to you soon!
2 comments February 21, 2008
craft and food update
Well, since the last time i updated this journal, i’ve been busy! This week, i decided to jump back into translation. Hyunjung and i have decided to study translation together in preparation for next year’s translation contest. With all the putzing around i’ve done this year, and all the miscommunications with Paul, there’s no way we will be able to do anything about submitting this year. Anyway, we have lots of research to do, and i have decided to just get lots of practice by translating all the stories in the 2007 Yi Sang Short Story Collection, and will decide later what to submit for the contest. Good luck to us! I haven’t studied Korean seriously in such a long time, it is rather slow-going at the moment
1. yarn2, 2. blanket pile, 3. what a mess, 4. testflowers, 5. red ripple, 6. turquoise ripple, 7. chevron swatch, 8. multicolour crochet circles, 9. candleflame shawl swatches
So, i finally collected all the yarn colours for my two new ripples, though i am on pause with both of them at the moment, as i have run out of the base colours–i need to go back to namdaemoon and pick up more of those honkin’ huge skeins of turquoise and red. Meanwhile, i have untangled all the scraps and have started making granny-square flowers a la yarnstorm, though i’ll be outlining them with black instead of white. i have about 35 so far, but i need about 120 for a full size blanket…depends on how much leftover yarn i have, i guess.
Also, i have rearranged things so that i can pile all my blankets in one place. i love the look of that!
I’m also swatching for two other projects: a chevron scarf, and a candle flame shawl. I definitely won’t be using these yarns for those projects–i need to hit an upscale yarn shop and invest in some beautiful, soft, natural fibers (hopefully for a reasonable price!) Love the patterns though! Much more fun and challenging than stockinette, or the 3×3 rib i’ve been doing for YEARS on the grey blanket!! I also want to try this pattern.
1. peanutbutter cookies, 2. beef and veggie stirfry, 3. honey whole wheat bread2, 4. out of the oven 2, 5. with a bowl of chowder, 6. homemade sausage and egg NkMuffins, 7. baked eggs, 8. comfort food, 9. pizza fresh from the oven, 10. banana bread, 11. butter tarts done, 12. tzatziki and pita snack, 13. July14dinner, 14. sort of greek dinner, 15. french bread 3, 16. french bread 5, 17. i love cherries, 18. my favourite oatmeal raisin chocolate chip sunflower seed cookies, 19. potato salad, 20. moussaka done, 21. at dunkin donuts, 22. apple bread pudding crisp, 23. tuna salad, 24. frozen berries 2, 25. banana coconut bread 3, 26. bruschetta 4, 27. pasta salad 2, 28. butternut squash salad, 29. turkish delight from haily, 30. iced coffee
Recipes and details to follow…but the highlights are: my awesome bread-baking skillz, homemade pizza, tzatziki, moussaka, and the egg mcmuffins!
Add comment August 27, 2007
Oh, and a couple other things…
So I did some thinking after my last update (always a dangerous thing to do), and I decided that I want to keep my posts about my life separate from my posts about sharing cool things on the Internet–so I created yet another blog: Nikki’s Link Blog. I’ve moved all the related posts from this blog over to there…so the RSS feed from this blog will be a bit wonky until I have 10 new posts, and I might have lost a comment or two in the process…oh well! There will be lots of fun stuff over there, so check it out every once in a while!
Also, check out the images on my Cyworld Mini Homepage…even if you don’t read Korean, it should still be easy to use. Just click “Photos” on the right when you get to the home page, and then once you are in, you can click on the categories on the left. But you don’t have to click on the categories–by default, you are in the “View All” category (the very top category). There are only 4 images displayed on the first page, but if you scroll down to the bottom, you will see a row of numbers–those are the page numbers. Just click on the numbers to see the next page. See? Easy peasy.
Oh, and I’ve added a blogroll (in the column on the right) of all my friends’ webpages–if you would like to be added (or removed) just leave me a comment with your website address!
1 comment February 25, 2007
February website update
So I have, technically, been keeping up with one of my new year’s resolutions, which was to post every day. Though i meant to post to my main blog (this one), but i have at least been posting to my quotes blog every day Hey, it’s a start. But i have been doing some other stuff, though!
1. Started a flickr account and uploaded photos there
2. Realized that they have a 200 photo limit, so that went out of the window…
3. Decided to just put everything up on my Cyworld page, as it’s pretty much unlimited, and i can also use it as a scrapbook of images that i like, not just my own photos. Only drawback is, there doesn’t seem to be an RSS feed for it, so i can’t show updates on my front page. You’ll just have to check back frequently. It is a Korean app, but i don’t think it’ll pose any navigation problems for English speakers…y’all can probably figure out how to leave comments, too! There are quite a few categories (gots lotsa craft/design/food pr0n), so browse around for a while!
4. Over time, i’ve added to the right sidebar, including what i’m watching, reading, and listening to (updated from time to time), as well as different lists presented as tabs along the top of the page…..take a tour and find some interesting stuff (okay, interesting to me), especially my list of Things To Be Happy About and my Recipe list.
My next plan is to:
- post to the main blog daily
- continue to upload current photos to my Cyworld (i’ve been accumulating for a couple years, so it could take a while)
- start taking y’all on a tour of teh internets…i have approximately 2100 bookmarks, and over 500 feeds on my Google Feed Reader, so i have accumulated tons of fun, interesting, interactive, and thought-provoking things to show you……i’ll start with some of my favourite categories, like lifehacking, language, multicultural issues, fat acceptance, games, fashion, cuteness, design, craft, food, philosophy, korea, books, translation, teaching, celebrities, society, sustainable living, web design, health, money, relationships, happiness, music, tv, movies, shopping, technology, internet tools
and apps, and maybe a few funny videos here and there. Sound interesting?? 
- and of course, more cooking (and photos–gonna order my camera soon)
- more of what’s going on in my life (don’t hold your breath, though, i’m quite boring )
- more quotes, poems and art on my other blog
- and who knows what else i’ll get into!
1 comment February 20, 2007
Flickr Photo Album
Okay, I just uploaded most of my photos to my Flickr account! Take a look–try viewing as a slideshow! There are pictures from my friend Jae’s wedding in April, photos taken when my Mom was here in June 2005, and pictures of my family, friends, and students. Enjoy!
1 comment January 8, 2007
