FutureSarah

…and not just about computers, either.  You would have laughed to see how excited I was when I figured out how to make a blind hem on my sewing machine last night

I don’t know what’s happening lately, with all of these entertainment-types falling left and right…

Cyd Charisse, legendary dancer from the MGM musical golden era, died yesterday.  Growing up with ballet as I did, I remember watching her movies, especially Singin’ in the Rain and Silk Stockings, over and over again, studying the way she moved and trying to replicate it.  She was one of the greats, and I’ll miss her.

Already I’ve spent my precious web browsing time today searching YouTube for my favorite clips of her.  The one above is “The Red Blues” from Silk Stockings - her big solo starts at 1:55.

PoliticalBase.com (a FANTASTIC political blogging site, by the way, you should all read it) points me to this gem, for sale at the Texas Republican Convention:

(As much as I like pretty pictures to dress up my blog, I just couldn’t bring myself to repost it.  You get a link instead).  http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=2536

I can’t believe people still pull this crap.

Last weekend, I ended up spending a lot of time in The City, though sadly, not quite as much as I had planned:

Friday, we were supposed to attend a birthday party for one of Jon’s friends, then hop to Club 6ix for BRANDED, an event being hosted by LEGENDmag, organized by my friend kc!.  Unfortunately, by the time work was all said and done, I just didn’t have the energy for a late-night trip to San Francisco (it would have been different if we lived up there).  We had Indian food for dinner and had a quiet night at home (I got to work on some coasters, yay!).

Saturday we went to Bimbo’s 265 in North Beach to see Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine with Jon, Corey, and Brian and Corrine.  Richard Cheese, for those of you who haven’t heard of him (and I hadn’t, until we got the tickets), is a lounge singer who covers popular music in a very Vegas style, complete with several smoking jacket costume changes.  When I say “popular music,” I mean Vanilla Ice.  Slipknot.  Snoop Dogg.  The Clash.  SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS.  The venue was perfect.  The burlesque group opening act, The Cheesepuffs, were less than stellar (they did just one song and then walked around the floor handing out cards with their other show dates), but I won’t fault them for that.  It’s a novelty act (they only perform to Richard Cheese songs).

Sunday afternoon, Jon and I got back on BART and headed to the Yerba Buena theater to see LINES Ballet in their collaboration with Shaolin Monks, Long River High Sky.  It was beautiful, and unlike anything I’d seen before, but ultimately, it didn’t engage me like performances with more story or stronger ties to the music.  Still, I’m glad I went - I’ll just have to wait a while before dragging Jon to another dance performance, and choose something a bit more traditional next time

In all the action, we missed the Union Street Festival, but there are plenty of street fairs to catch in the coming months - Haight Street next weekend, North Beach the weekend after that, and the Stern Grove Festival (Sundays througout the summer) is also starting in the coming weeks.  Practically every city on the Peninsula will be having their art & wine festivals as well.  Between all those events, work, crafting, and the 37 weddings we’re invited to this summer (I kid!  It’s only 27), I think boredom isn’t something I’ll have to suffer through anytime soon.

I got a chance to upload info on the hats I’ve been working on recently last night.  Check it out!  Tell your friends!

My aunt sent me a link to this video of the Great Chinese State Circus performing Swan Lake at Wetten Dass. It. Is. Incredible.

Jon and I went to the Maker Faire in San Mateo last Sunday, and had a great time revelling in all the craftiness. The weather was dry, but overcast and windy, causing us to move through the fairgrounds quickly, unfortunately. As always, there were lots of human-powered activities, and there was a ton of fire (much more than I remembered from last year). Here are some of the highlights:

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If you are reading this post, then my host transfer (from wordpress.com to lunarpages.com) was successful!  Woo hoo!  Now, back to work….

I don’t usually participate in blog memes, mostly because they take too much time. This one from The Spun Monkey looked easy, though, and hey - it makes me look (a little) cultured!

These are the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you own but have not read.

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Well, this latest hat is too small for a Sarah, and too big for a bear,

…it must be for the kids! This is the first child-sized hat I’ve made, and I’m thrilled that I chose this particular yarn for the project. You never can tell, with variegated yarns, what the color pattern is going to look like. This hat turned out to have the coolest swirl, like a soft-serve ice cream cone!

I am going to try and get this, and some of the other hats & scarves I’ve made, onto Etsy this weekend.  While I’m at it, I will evaluate whether or not to migrate this blog to one I host myself, so I can add all those cool widgets that are supposed to attract the elusive customer!  The downside: it [dreamhost] costs a whopping $6 a month!