Benetton Knits

Benetton ad Fall 2007
Originally uploaded by annethelibrarian

Check out this sweet ad for Fall 2007 Benetton. The sweaters are cool in an only-in-a-magazine-on-a-model sort of way, but the yarn wigs are way cool. Hooray for knitting!

been a long time

Busy Manchester Mosaic Bee
Originally uploaded by dullhunk

Wow! I've been so busy the past few weeks I've barely had time to blog. The end of summer reading program was mega overwhelming and it's taking me awhile to recover. This weekend I got out in the garden for just a little while and cut down some of the dead/dying stuff including the British wonder peas and the crookneck squash plants. I'd already cut down the spent cucumber plants a week or two ago. We've got some major weed issues in the back of the yard as well as in all the flower beds, so I've still got some work ahead of me there, but I'm looking forward to spending some more time outside.

Main Jane

Which PLAIN Jane Are You? Main Jane

As the leader of the pack, you are always looking out for your friends and working to make your group pretty tight knit.

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via The Divine Miss Pixie Woods

Anastasia

House tower
Originally uploaded by Monceau

Bookshelves of Doom has a terrific write-up about the terrific Lois Lowry series starring Anastasia Krupnik. I have rarely enjoyed a series of books as much as these, or a character as much as Anastasia. Thanks, BoD!

new author blog!

Slav Lad Lit
Originally uploaded by rbrwr

Nick Hornby's got a blog!

via Blog of a Bookslut

Linear B

Your Score: Linear B

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You are Linear B. Even those who can follow you think you're all Greek to them. Which, after all, is true - Linear B being the first known text for written Greek. To most people, you're incomprehensible. But what do you care? You're tough, hard, long-enduring and have greater nobility than most. Naturally, you don't admit to borrowing extensively from your brother Linear A.

Link: The Which Ancient Language Are You Test written by imipak on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

via Bookshelves of Doom

anatomattoos

Beach Tattoo
Originally uploaded by Boss of Me

Street Anatomy has some terrific photos of anatomy tattoos.

via Boing Boing

reconstruction

Sewing Machine
Originally uploaded by Julie K in Taiwan

I'm not super-interested in kids clothing, but I am interested in re-making clothing in general, and this tutorial for making a man's dress shirt into a girl's sundress is pretty cool.

via DIY Life

They Might Be Puppets

Check it out - this is totally awesome.

mutant double crookneck squash

mutant double crookneck squash
Originally uploaded by annethelibrarian

This mutant squash came out of the garden this week. Weird!!

gardeny goodness

cucumbers, Danvers Half-Long carrots, Dragon carrots
Originally uploaded by annethelibrarian

The garden is going great guns with all the heat we've had lately. Today I picked the rest of the carrots and a bunch of cukes that were ready to go, and after I washed them K arranged them so lovely-ly. Yummers!

You Feelin' Crafty, Punk?

Devil Hoodie
Originally uploaded by Sirelroka

So, Susan and I finally got around to creating an Etsy shop not too long ago: AnneArchy at Etsy. Check it out!

pan fried crookneck squash

pan fried crookneck squash
Originally uploaded by annethelibrarian

I totally made an awesome dinner tonight. It was on the fly off the top of my head and it actually turned out. Yes!

Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Garden
Originally uploaded by Ilpo's Sojourn

There aren't (m)any Xbox games that I'm interested in, but I just read a report about a new one that might change my previous disinterest in the system: Butterfly Garden. There's not much info out there yet but it seems that in the game, the player will create a garden and breed butterflies. Doesn't sound too exciting, but neither does Animal Crossing and I'm a huge AC fan. There are some screenshots here and interview with one of the people behind the game here. It's set to come out sometime this year or next.

via Game|Life

The Darjeeling Limited

The Darjeeling Limited
Originally uploaded by idealterna

I'm a big fan of Wes Anderson's movies. Few filmmakers create worlds so elaborate, unique, and inviting, and Anderson does it completely every time (the Coen Brothers also come to mind). His new movie, The Darjeeling Limited, is coming this fall and looks very promising. The trailer is here.

via Cinematical

8 College Things

Running C
Originally uploaded by powerbooktrance

Buying Mockingbirds tagged me for an Eight Random Things About College Me quiz.

1. I did my undergrad at Central Michigan University.

2. I was in marching band (Let's go, Fire up Chips!) my first three years. I played F-Alto (marching band version of french horn), the redheaded stepchild of the marching band family.

3. I didn't decide on a major until about three years in and upon hitting my final semester (student teaching), promptly decided that I didn't really want to be a teacher after all. This turned out to be one of the best decisions I've made, as I love my current career more than I could've imagined.

4. My first two years, I lived in Barnes Hall, the dorm where all the artsy people roomed. Barnes is attached to what was then the music building, and the basement of the dorm was filled with 'sound-proof' practice cubicles we affectionately called the Looney Bins. They saw more action from couples trying to find some, er, privacy, than they did from music students practicing. (Yes, eww.)

5. For a short while I worked in the Cataloging department of the university library, comparing the old catalog cards to the fairly recently created electronic versions. The goal of this was to make sure the electronic version was correct before getting rid of the paper cards for good. Unfortunately for all us work study students, as soon as we efficiently completed this project, the cataloging department was outsourced and our jobs disappeared along with the old wooden card catalog.

6. My college boyfriend (now one of my best friends) had a sweet grunge band called Occasional Tables, and they had quite a little following in Mount P.

7. After my library job ended I got a job as a hanger and occasional sorter at Goodwill. This meant that I put clothing on hangers and priced them before they went out on the sales floor. The best part of the job (which was pretty cushy anyway) was the employee discount (20% off a $3.99 coffee table? Done!). It was also hilarious to hear sorority girls shopping for grunge-era accessories: two came in once looking for some flannel shirts and girl A was disappointed that there weren't any in her size, until girl B reminded her that it only needed to look cute wrapped around her waist (not like she'd actually wear the thing).

8. One of the used cars I drove in college was a mid-80s Buick, a former Mary Kay car that had been repainted black. As it got older, the black paint chipped off in small bits, leaving the car looking like it had leprosy or something as the pink paint showed through.

People I'm tagging:
Dirty Librarian
elbell
Love Feast
Madame Librarian
prettybookworm
Sirelroka
unLibrarian