Archive for March 2012
i just enjoy
I bought a TV. I can’t believe how cheap brainsuckers are these days, holy smokes. My laptop has been grumbling at its heavy use as an entertainment device, and, combined with the aforementioned cheep teevee prices, I felt a desire to jump in. I also bought a Roku, enabling me to watch some (but not…
Read Moremake funny pun replacing “so” with “sew”
I got interviewed by the VC Reporter for this article about the Craftcation Conference. The reporter writes a great paragraph about my giddiness about all the craftiness happening these days (as mentioned here): February was a very good month for Port Hueneme resident Becky Haycox. In one prolonged moment of kismet, much of what had…
Read Moretiny groundhog day in my ears
I may have mentioned I have a lot on my plate these days (repeatedly!) and I feel like I can’t pack everything the time in which it’s all allotted. This has been a most convenient excuse to drop the activities that keep me sane and healthy, things that reduce the feeling that everything is about…
Read Moreinsert that frantic plate-spinning music
Hi blog. Big high-five to 2011 Becky, who managed to blog every dang-doodly day. 2012 Becky can’t imagine having that on her plate, with all the other towering, wobbling, heaps of non-delicious nonsense on that selfsame plate. An even bigger high-five (and by “high-five” I mean a gesture of appreciation that isn’t stupid, dorky, and…
Read More[the only sad thing: she didn’t go get the dress]
I staffed a resource table at a local college today. The lady at the next table had something small cradled to her chest, covered by a tiger print fleece blanket. It was Sally the turtle! I was excited and started making that weird growly cooing sound I make when confronted by tiny and/or cute. Until…
Read Morescrolling down, down, down
I love and blame my darling Tristy for hipping me to the Internet K-Hole. Huge long scrolling posts, composed of nothing but the best photos ever. I cannot look away. And before you look, be warned there are some sexytime images. If you lived through the era of washed-out photos with curved corners, you will…
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