voncookie | July 15, 2009
1. What bill do you hate paying the most? all of them, all of them, all of them. I’m a graduate student, for the love of Pete. 2. Do you miss being a child? Meh. 3. Chore you hate the most? washing dishes… ugh… memories of my grandmother’s dishwater at Thanksgiving… blech… 4. Where was [...]
voncookie | February 13, 2008
As seen over at Uncertain Principles, there’s a new meme out there where you search the archive of the Metropolitan Opera to see what was playing the day you were born. Mine? Carmen. No comment required.
voncookie | January 12, 2008
As seen at a friend’s brother’s blog, I will now list the cities in which I spent at least one night in during the year 2007. I bet the list won’t be very long, actually, but let’s find out! (Nota bene: NOT in chronological order) Hometown, NJ New Hometown, CA Emeryville, CA Berkeley, CA Chicago, [...]
voncookie | January 2, 2008
1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before? I learned how to knit socks. I changed all my light-bulbs to CFLs. I wrote a chapter of my dissertation. I sprained my ankle badly enough to need crutches—and then didn’t use them. I did research abroad, AND, while there, I learned how [...]
voncookie | December 14, 2007
This one comes via Tea Leaves, another blog I’ve found since starting my adventures on Ravelry. Two names you go by: vonCookie and … wouldn’t you like to know… Two things you are wearing right now: Striped pink knee-high socks and a cheap watch that I bought in Pennsville, New Jersey at Peebles. It actually [...]
voncookie | December 14, 2007
Got this from My Middle Name is Patience , and it looked like fun. For those friends of mine with blogs, consider yourself tagged! If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be? Here’s how it works: 1. open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, iPod) 2. put it on shuffle 3. press [...]
