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01:03 pm 6/24/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris I really need to get back to spinning yarn... cause, you know, I have SO MUCH free time... heh... Posted via email from Shivian Balaris


10:10 am 6/24/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris Lunch plans with coworkers just epically crumbled apart. Ultra-fail. Posted via email from Shivian Balaris


08:43 am 6/24/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris Pride weekend is coming up, and I'm a little excited, a little nervous, and a LOT gay! Posted via email from Shivian Balaris


03:48 pm 1/26/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply ANNOUNCEMENT! You can officially call in tomorrow with "Apple Tabletitis" and not have to go to work. Steve Jobs says so.


02:50 pm 1/26/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply YAY! Got to have workout and lunch with the Boyfriend who was introduced to several my coworkers. SUPER FUN! :-D


05:03 pm 1/25/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Little Yellow Submarine for Infusing Tea - http://bit.ly/86oqxv - ZOMG SUPER CRAZY CUTES!!!


03:48 pm 1/25/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply 'Helveticookies' ... Helvetica cookie cutters - http://bit.ly/8RSLKq - type nerds REJOYCE!


10:34 am 1/25/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Single Serving Pie in a Jar - http://bit.ly/5qOFCQ - this is so amazingly divine that I can't quite contain myself!


09:02 am 1/25/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Took a bus to work this morning rather then a train are the boyfriend's suggestion, it wasn't too bad!


12:33 am 1/25/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful &bthe powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral." -- P. Freire


11:58 pm 1/24/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply If I had a little land I'd totally own a sheep... though I think my boyfriend might likely kill me for even thinking such a thing ;-)


06:18 pm 1/24/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Fate Seeds, buried at the Nadar of the Blackest Night, stir in the Frozen Land of Becoming; each Dreaming of their coming Dawn.


06:13 pm 1/24/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply I love seeing how the Seeds of Manifestation planeted at Solstice begin to manifest as February crests the horizon. :-D


02:26 pm 1/23/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Off to grocery store for soy milk so I can make vegan bread for tonight's BotP devotional ritual, I'm all out! DOH! (or is that "DOUGH!"?)


04:39 am 1/23/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply DUH! Need a "Lazy Kate" to make plying work! While not as fast, I envy my drop spindle. So much it can do being just a hooked stick & disc!


04:17 am 1/23/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply I'm pretty much up-to-speed on how to spin on a spinning wheel now (vs. a drop spindle), but having TOTAL problems with Navajo ply on it!!!


02:47 am 1/23/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply TOTAL WIN! ... "Arkham's Razor: A theory which suggests that the simplest explanation tends to lead to Cthulhu." -- @wilw (via @sisteredith)


12:26 am 1/23/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply "I thought I knew what love was, but these lovers play new music. Haunting me, and somehow taunting me; my love was never half as true."


12:02 am 1/23/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply "See them running down the beach, children run so fast; toward the future, from the past." Our Children, Ragtime (the Musical)


04:30 pm 1/22/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Every time you add an Facebook app to "Win a Brand New ____," God kills a kitten. PS: we're losing kittens at an alarming rate.


10:57 pm 1/21/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Was practicing spinning yarn and was able to spin yarn that, after Navajo plying, was 18 36 WPI. Boom baby! #FiberNerdWin


08:37 pm 1/21/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply "For your safety do not attempt to board this train, doors [that have razor sharp edges and will cut off your arm] now closing" #CTAfuture


03:29 pm 1/21/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Ahh, modern culture's view of eating - http://bit.ly/60dxK9 - yep, disgusting as ever trying to be pretty as ever, of course :-)


03:09 pm 1/21/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply The Known Universe - http://bit.ly/6HRMWe - mind bogglingly fantastic. We are such a tiny spec of dust!!!


12:07 pm 1/21/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Just returned a woman's cell phone she accidentally left on the L seat next to me this AM. Felt great to see her happiness and relief.


10:38 am 1/21/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Kinda NSFW commercial for condoms and STD prevention -http://bit.ly/5ZC8dY - fantastically done in all honesty!


08:41 pm 1/20/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply I am REALLY proud of the way they handled Hiro in this episode of Heroes, as well as all the characters they brought back for it! ROCKSTAR!


07:51 pm 1/20/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Spun with my wheel for a while tonight, did really well with practicing the newly learned 'long draw' technique. In rapture w/ my wheel!


10:42 am 1/20/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply For those curious, the spinning wheel finally got and assembled last night was the Ashford Traveler - http://bit.ly/7yFjQr - ((SQUEE!))


11:37 pm 1/19/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Boyfriend @rubberkai is super cute! Helped me assemple my new spinning wheel tonight, while we watched Tutors (Season 2) and ate yummy food!


02:12 pm 1/19/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Oops! It's past 2p and I never got lunch... I can totally get wrapped up in design-based problem-solving sometimes! DOH!


01:01 pm 1/18/10 1 comment Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Debating about getting a french press for work. I really don't think I need one, and don't drink coffee that much... but they're so nice


10:21 am 1/18/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply New word: Palindrome - a Sarah Palin quote that makes more sense read backwards than forwards. (this post stolen from my friend Aaron)


09:01 am 1/18/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Was wondering why train was empty, then I remembered that #Sears tries to operate like an agency, but doesn't give us agency holidays. Sad.


09:00 am 1/18/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply When I see warnings for "freezing fog" I picture cars running into huge blocks of nigh-invisible 'frozen fog' in the middle of the road :-P


05:34 pm 1/17/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply "Oh God, I pierced the toast!" -- Albert, 'the Birdcage'


02:53 pm 1/17/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Bumped into SO MANY PEOPLE out at the bar last night w/ James (out of town friend), and met a few new people too. It was a great evening!


03:02 pm 1/16/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply People need to not be pissed when I cancel a hangout session because they're 1h late. I have other things I need to do besides wait on them.


03:19 pm 1/15/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Just got this in a work email: "As discussed, I request you to do needful to get circle around close button." -- wow. just wow.


12:50 pm 1/15/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Had lunch with @timmay628 - twas delicious! Haven't hung out with him in AGES!!! Twas full of Chase Tower Cafeteria goodness! NOMNOMNOM!


10:25 am 1/15/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply "Meh thynkz meh can haz! Meh thynkz meh can haz!" -- 'The LOLtrain that Could', an upcoming children's book by @timmay628


10:02 am 1/15/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply This is a traditional "glad it's friday" post coupled with "wishing I was napping" and "looking forward to lunch" add-ons


11:34 pm 1/14/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply One of the shots of Belthor as the Elder from the recent Quietus ritual for the Brotherhood of the Phoenix - http://bit.ly/6mWeZ4


11:23 pm 1/14/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Favorite pic from trip to Key Largo / Southbeach, FL with the Boyfriend (New Years 2009) - http://bit.ly/73LTw8 - it was a great trip!


11:02 pm 1/14/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply As of today I have 146 graphic t-shirts... a pic of the madness: http://bit.ly/83rMvy - I'm proud and horrified at it. Yeowza.


08:13 pm 1/14/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Doing laundry with the boyfriend, @rubberkai at the Spin Cycle. Mmmmmm delicious domesticness...


04:54 pm 1/14/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply AWESOME!!! What a great compliment! -- "You two [Shivian & Theo] are like the Statler & Waldorf of websites." -- Sister Edith


03:58 pm 1/13/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply (RAH)² (AH)³ + RO(MA + (MA)²) + (GA)² + OOH(LA)² ... lady gaga fun reposted from my friend Greg, because it is crazy gay & nerdy


10:22 am 1/13/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply 2009 Barbershop Chorus Champions - http://bit.ly/8qu74O - great singing & stay and watch for the surprise moment, it's totally worth it!


09:38 am 1/13/10 Leave a comment	shivianbalaris a reply Coworker taunted in a singsong voice "I have something you don't have!" I inquired with the response "Dignity?"

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