Favorites

I was just looking at a few stitchers' WIP photos and somehow the thought popped into my head about what my favorite projects are.  Then I thought, hey this time away from my enormous box of stitching supplies got me thinking.  I mean, I have a few projects with me and I've worked on only Cirque des Triangles and UFO RR this quarter.  Well the quarter is almost over, and Triangles has a bit more outline and a lot more filling in.  See?

So just now I thought, do I have a project that I've been wanting to work on since I've been back in California?  And if so, do I want to make some sort of hierarchy or rotation system... Hmm.  I think I've been eager to work on beading my Cirque des Cercles.  So perhaps do I want to work on only the Cirques until I have the 3 of them finished so they can be framed together?  How to frame them is another issue, meep, because they're all different color schemes and sizes.  Then there is my HAED serial starting problem... uhh what I have been wanting to work on the most is Phoenix 1 by Law.  Second maybe QS Jem by Hannah Lynn Disney.  I have a full page completed on Phoenix and all the black and a bit of color on Jem.  That's a more manageable number of WIPs, right?  Maybe I should get a trunk with a lock and give the key to a roommate for the rest of the projects.

By the way, I was thinking of doing a thing for the new year.  Like a song of the day that describes my mood, thoughts toward whoever at the time, or just generally stuck in my head for no apparent reason, and see what comes of it, if anything.  I thought of this because the song today might have been My Favorite Things by Incubus.  And the title of this post was favorites, and I felt like ranting about it!

Country Music Without Prejudice!

Country boys don't rock and roll
Yeah the record man told me so
Yeah you'll never get it on the radio
Why they trying to complicate
The simple music that we make
Oh cause if it moves my soul
I'm gonna keep on rollin, rollin

Hey, just wanna hear everybody sing (rollin', rollin')
At the top of your lungs till the windows break (rollin', rollin')
Say hey, hey, hey

The title comes from a Big & Rich song.  For some reason they have been up on my Winamp for several days.  I think I've listened to their song Live this Life about 8 times.  So I wanted to rant a little bit about how certain things are wonderful.  Such as music.  When a song, whatever the genre, language, instrumentation, or lyrics relate to me in some way, I feel stimulated.  As in maybe I want to dance, sing out loud, etc.  So today when I was blasting my go-to favorite song for when somebody asks, Stricken by Disturbed, and a few others, I thought about the emotions and thoughts this music evokes when I listen to it.  I had similar feelings when I went to Intervarsity large group this past weekend and church with various friends mostly in the past year.  I've been thinking about it quite a bit lately, and I think that there is something to be said about people coming together in groups and getting to know each other on a deeper level, whether it is through sharing experiences on a sports team, a fraternity, classroom, church, family... I also think that there's a connection between the actions of people and the events that transpire in their lives.  Think Aesop's Fables or those stories told to you when you were a kid, with a moral at the end.  A good majority of the time this holds true.  Maybe someone who scams somebody in poker will win in the short run, but think Rounders, they'll get the crap kicked out of them somewhere down the road.  In Hinduism I think this is the concept of Karma.  (Enqueue Spngebob:  10 minutes later.)  Kind of lost my train of thought there...... um, anyway, I think maybe that I need sleep.

Or stitching therapy.  Yes, that will definitely help.

Oh I think I remembered.  I wanted to say that I think the two things are similar.  Finding something you're passionate about and being modest and making an honest effort to be your best.  I'm not sure this has anything to do with God or a historical person.  Maybe those things are for people to believe in, maybe a placeholder.  And in believing in something they feel a duty to be a better person, then as a result  their life changes.  *shrugs*  The thoughts in my head are always completely different than what appear on "paper".  I am really grateful for my good friends that invite me to join them for fun events, and to talk to about the serious stuff.  It is friends like you who give me confidence that I'll find someone to share my life with.

Gearing up for Finals

New update posted by Rachel as my Round Robin leaves her.  The whales are so adorable, in that deadly nautical sort of way.

And my latest on Cirque des Triangles, which has had a small amount of loving.  I completed a few more motifs, but there is much to do yet.  Maybe next time I'll keep going on the outline.

Flying Orcas? I Mean Needles!

This is my UFO round robin, and a photo of my piece as it has arrived at its latest destination.  I am so thrilled with it so far!  Thanks, ladies! :)

I'm working on Linda's UFO at the moment.  A few hours have added up so far.  I'm doing a big chunk of one color so I can pick it up at any time when I'm on the run.  So far I have caught myself on the backward stitches a few times.  I ALWAYS start my crosses and half crosses on the top right or bottom left.  Had some down time hanging out with brothers today.  No pants Thursday. lol

Let me Outline this for You

Flying Circus!

I'm just going to say that this week has been phenomenal and I even got some time in on stitching, as it turns out while watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.. 

I would say the progress on this is slow and steady.  I've been pretty on-the-go lately.  Getting more used to the 32 count fabric.  It's cool to get so many stitches in with only one length of thread (compared to other counts) lol. 

Ren Faire!

Huzzah!

I went to my first Renaissance Faire today.  So entertaining! 

On the 2+ hour car ride up, I worked on CDT a little.  There were distractions, hehe, but the outline of Page 1 is basically stitched and some odd motifs are emerging!