Fat people in America are reduced to nothing but fatness. A fat person has a health problem of any kind? It’s because they’re fat. A fat person is single? Well, duh. Fat. They deserve it. A fat person is poor? That’s not surprising-obviously they have bad judgment and no impulse control! Because why would a smart person choose to be fat? If a fat person goes to a restaurant and sits on a broken chair and the chair collapses under them, it’s because they’re fat. But if a thin person sits on the same broken chair and the chair collapses under them, it’s because they sat on a broken chair.
–Lindy West, Being Mean To Fat People is Pointless: A Good Old Fashioned Plea for Civility
Negative experience = because of your fat
Positive experience = in spite of your fat
Also: this is a fab post, but don’t read the comments. I cried.
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You should try to watch the whole thing, but if you can’t at least watch from about 47 min to 57 min. Trust me.
Equality Now: 20th Anniversary Event (starring Eliza Dushku amongst others and new Joss Whedon material). The programme, which lists all the sketches etc, can be found at the source (x)
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Canada- doing it right
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the…
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Sampler panel #3
Caroline over at Electrictree Yarns was kind enough to give me a few of her yarn remnants for me to use in my sampler blanket. Some of them weren’t quite big enough to make their own panel - or if there was enough for a panel, it wasn’t enough for a complicated pattern (in my limited opinion anyway).
This is the first time I’ve used two different yarns in the same project, so I just decided to make it as simple as possible. I didn’t use a pattern, I just combined the red and the oatmeal colours of this Big Softy yarn to make a basic colour repeat. Basic stockinette stitch with three rows of the light colour to start, then alternating two rows of each colour to the end, finishing with three more rows of the light colour.
The panel turned out slightly smaller than I thought it would, but it’s still close enough to 5”x5” that it shouldn’t be a problem.
I really like this panel despite, or maybe because of, it’s simplicity. There’s something about the colour combo/pattern that reminds me of my childhood cross-country skiing days. Maybe it’s a little Nordic feeling…
Knitting Newby
As I child I remember trying to learn to knit - I was shown the basic stitches (knit and purl) and my mum would cast on and bind off for me. The hobby didn’t really stick with me though.
Twenty some years later, I met an awesome woman who loved knitting and was quite vocal in sharing her love for the craft. And I mean that in the best possible way, of course. She’s so enthusiastic about knitting that she opened an amazing yarn store: Electrictree Yarns.
So, after a couple of months of talking to Caroline, seeing how much she enjoyed the knitting she was doing, and remembering how much I used to enjoy it as well, I finally signed up for a beginning knitting class. It was amazing how fast the muscle memory returned. I was knitting like a maniac in no time at all. Another motivation for re-learning to knit was the realization that I had a large number of friends who were expecting babies in the next 5 months. What better gift than hand knit goodies?
That was just over three months ago, and I am now “mildly” obsessed with knitting… Every time I see a new pattern or read about a new technique, I want to try it right away. I have completed lots of projects already (mostly baby booties, sweaters, hats and blankets) and my mental list of things to do next just keeps growing!
Caroline came up with a great idea that I have jumped on (and which has inspired this blog). One of my goals is to knit a blanket. I also want to try all the different stitch patterns that I’ve come across so far (cabling, lace, etc). Both of those concepts are huge projects and will take a huge amount of time and knitting. So Caroline suggested that I create a ‘sampler blanket’. By using left over yarn from other projects, I can create 5”x5” squares of different patterns and stitches then sew them together to make a blanket. It’s win win!
In order to keep track of all the different patterns I use, I decided to create this blog. I’ll post pictures of the squares and the patterns used (and likely link to the site I found the pattern) as I go along. Then, eventually, I’ll post a picture of the completed project.
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Nightwitches
Die NachtHexen
Ночные ведьмы
for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.
their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.
HOLY SHIT THIS IS RAD AS FUCK
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omg that is just so cool aaaa
Russians get shit done apparently.
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Me too! Even went to 7-11 for supplies twice, still in pjs. RT @neilgrayston I have managed to spend the entire day in my pajamas.
This is the most sober I’ve been on New Year’s Eve in a long time. Let’s see what I can do to remedy that in the next 27 mins! #amnotdriving
About me
A year in my life - the six months leading up to and the six months after I turn 30. A combination of minutae, photos, profound thoughts and random observations.
