bah. i'm bad at updates!

i just got back from the ashland oregon shakespeare festival! we saw four plays and they were: the tempest, the taming of the shrew, tom stoppard's on the razzle, and a new musical about san francisco and coffee and the 1950s called tracy's tiger. they were all super amazing. kinda makes me miss theater. especially the musical, since sometimes i forget that not all musicals are stupid. this one was like, lifechanging.

i bought too many things! but they were all really really amazing. there was this store that sold all kinds of things made from recycled products, like bowls and clocks made out of old records, doormats made out of flipflops, and jewelry made out of forks. maybe i'll post pictures someday of those too. also, in most of the little stores hung out the owner's cats or dogs so we got to play with animals while looking at pretty things i probably shouldn't have spent so much money on. kind of like the ginko gallery (but, of course, no cats are as cute as those cats).

i got this cd by the puppini sisters, contemporary singers who specialize in 1940s harmonies a la the andrews sisters, and they do a rendition of wuthering heights that pretty much completes my life.

bethany, there were two amazing yarn stores that we went to. i took some pictures for you. they had yarn made out of bamboo and yarn made out of corn and yarn made out of soy and yarn made out of all kinds of things. and it was called "llamas and llambs." i think you should work there, personally, but you would have to relocate to jacksonville, oregon. it IS a pretty cool random little place though!

gah! i have to go pretty soon.
so, quickly.
i'm going to camp on monday: way super exciting!
but i have to pack, and i'm bad at that.

and, i'm really hoping to be done with the tmnt sweater before i go to camp. i've finished all of the main pieces and stitched down the pockets and done the neck and pocket borders and connected the front and back pieces. mainly left to do now is the front borders with buttons, the embroidery on the big turtle picture (but i wove in all the freaking ends! be proud!!) and sewing the sleeves and side seams. okay, that's kind of a lot. but it's starting to look like a real garment, which rules.

so do you guys!

kathryn, i hope your paper writing is going better. please know that there are few people i have more faith in to write good papers than you.

i may or may not check in again before rushing off to camp... love you guys!

~linden :D