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As I said in my last post, tonight's experiments went extremely well. I tried layering the clear purple over white, and while it still isn't what one would describe as "royal purple", it is still definitely, visibly purple now. I imagine it will look even better under natural light.

The long skinny beads are more of my Viking household series (house colours are red, black and a bit of gold). Nice because they are quicker to bang out than the spotty beads I've been doing. Bad because I'm sure the striping and marvering isn't period (maybe each individually, but I don't think I've seen them combined). If you have evidence of textured, multicoloured beads, I'd love to see your sources.

I'm really impressed to death with my triangular bead. It is really, very obviously a triangle, and not even a wonky triangle either. It's a little small, but I'm not going to get picky.



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Poor muffin

When did Tim Horton's muffins start to suck? Did I miss the memo? These used to be good. It's filling, but it seems uncooked in spots, and just generally not pleasing. I guess it'll be bagels from now on.

Baaaaa

Eve the memesheep says:

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions and leave the answers as comments on my blog.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

My answers to the questions from much_ado:

1. everyone, when they get married, has qualms about marrying the person they've selected for their mate. what were your biggest concerns about jason when you married him, and have they eased or worsened since then?

Jay isn't big on talking. If something is bothering him, he doesn't put it into words, if something is bothering me and I take it to him, he doesn't respond. He hasn't improved, I think I've just lowered my expectations of getting a response and learned to deal with my problems myself. Not that I don't voice them to him, just that I don't need him to be a part of the solution any more. If he ever feels like speaking up, great, I'll be glad to listen, but until then, he's going to have to deal with me making all the decisions myself. After all, his abstaining form the decision-making process doesn't mean the decisions don't have to be made.

2. are your lovely puppies substitutes for children, or do you see yourself having both some day?

No, dogs are dogs, kids are kids. I'm not really sure yet. I know not now for sure. Maybe in a few years when the CA training is done. Or maybe I'll be wanting some *me* time after all this and I'll still be too selfish for kids. Who knows. Neither Jason nor I are really decided either way.

3. are you both committed to staying out west permanently, or was it a "move to the job" situation that leaves room for coming back to ontario at some point?

Move for the job. If Bioware goes out of business, we're outta here. Not sure where we would end up next though. Once he's worked in games, I doubt he'll want to work in another industry. And there are only so many places in the world where there are companies of this caliber. If Bioware keeps going though, we'll probably stay. I don't mind Edmonton, as cities go it's pretty decent, but I'm not married to it, and if Jason runs out of work, it's onward and upward. We are committed to staying here at least until I'm finished my CA though, since changing offices during that process is difficult, and changing provinces even more-so.

4. are you what you wanted to be when you grew up?

That would be soooo much easier to answer if there was any one thing I wanted to be when I grew up. I went through the usual phases, actress, vet, doctor, orthodontist, astronaut, journalist, university prof. I'm a gemini, we don't make decisions well. I didn't think of the accounting profession until about 3 years ago, but I would hardly consider myself grown up at that point, so I guess that's a yes. Though I honestly still don't think of myself as "grown up" at times.

5. what do you want for yourself in ten years' time?

Well, there's the usual material things that I should be able to acquire by then. I'd like to be in a nice house, with a nice backyard for the doggies. I would like said house to have room for all the studios I'd like to set up (sewing room, space for a floor loom, space for the lampwork and a pottery studio with my own kiln), but I'm reasonably sure I'll have to give up something there, if only for the fact that there aren't enough hours in the day to pursue all those hobbies. I'd like to have two cars and actually be able to afford to drive one of them to work. I'd like to be a partner, but I'd settle for manager on the way to becoming partner (I don't really know the time-line). I'd like for our house to be close enough to Jason's work that he can still come home at lunch and walk the beagles.

I suspect that if we decide to have kids we'll have one or both by then. that's not so much a "want" as it is a prediction though.

For wants and dreams, I'd like my dogs to still be alive and healthy. I'd like to be living somewhere with easy access to a beach and sunshine and warmth (Australia would be nice), but most importantly, I'd like Jason and I to still be together and happy and enjoying each other's company. In the end, that's all that really matters.

Answer these questions three

I'm thinking about routine. And I wonder how other people see routine...

1. God is giving you a big decision, you're allowed to eliminate the need to do one routine thing. Anything you like, from now on, the universe will take care of it. What are you going to eliminate?

2. A wealthy relative wants to make your life easier, but not too easy. They're going to give you the money to hire someone to do one routine thing for you for the rest of your life, but only one. What are you going to hire them to do?

3. Now, what routine thing in your life do you like? What routine thing either brings you pleasure in the doing or a sense of accomplishment when you're finished that you just never tire of?