My distraction from studying

I have two midterms and a quiz this friday. What do I do today? I (almost) finish my corset (it needs bias tape but I have not the patience for such things right now). This has been sitting around for YEARS now. I took a class at Pacific Fabrics back in high school. And the corset still fits, albeit a bit tighter than it would have back then. Here are the pics I just couldn't wait to take:




(this picture is useless except for the fact that it looks SO COOL)

This will be part of my Halloween costume this year. I got a bug up my butt about using it and so I just had to finish. I also procured a petticoat and bloomers. I'm excited. Now to read for sociology.

Carving the Great Pumpkin

I LOVE October. I LOVE the fall. I LOVE pumpkins. So so much.

The Great Pumpkin

So, I just went grocery shopping, and I bought a big tub of Pumpkin ice cream with the full knowledge that I would be eating the entire thing by myself (seeing as my roomie is vegan) just because I was craving pumpkin ice cream and they were out of the fancier version that comes by the pint.

I don't feel bad.


It's delicious, btw.

If God wanted us Sober he'd knock the glass over

I completely forgot to post about the fact that my roommate and I are making wine. Blackberry wine, with berries we got dirty and sticky and sweaty picking, braving spider bites and sunburns to collect them all. OK, it's not that bad and I actually love picking berries with all my soul. It's almost a compulsion at this point. So, two weeks ago I was in the kitchen doing this:


Fun, yes? I was enjoying myself immensely.

yum yum. At this point, it's just berries. We added yeast plus sugar water and let it sit in that big pot for a week then a week ago we put more sugar water in it and put it in this:

A Carlo Rossi jug donated by my boyfriend (aint he sweet?) There it shall stay until this saturday when much is to be done. The wine will move back to the pot shortly, the jug will be cleaned, the wine will be put back in the jug, more water will have sugar added to it, and it will be poured in and then we will wait for an unspecified time until it stops fermenting. I'm excited. I can't stop staring at it. I'm completely fascinated. Oh yeah, we used this recipe for the wine