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I really did do this yesterday, except I hand wrote it a work and I didn’t get to type it up until now.

Monotony
Miserably I roll out of bed. Mindlessly I drive to work. Money making is my only priority. Mundane things keep me occupied. Military men come in to shop and flirt.
Ordinary customers badger me for help. Only I am there, so I try. On my own I stock the shelves, clean, help people, and ring them up. One person doing the job of four.
Nobody helps me while I work. None of my responsibilities could be shirked. Nothing could distract me, or nothing would get done.
Once, just once, it would have been nice to have a full staff. Originally I thought having no co-workers would be nice. Occasionally I’m wrong.
Tidying the store was impossible. Two children could undo in ten minutes what took me three hours to do. Toiling away at my drudgery left me tired and defeated.
Outside the sun is shining, people laugh and play. Open to close I’m stuck inside this store.
Never getting off. Not getting away. Nothing happens as I noiselessly pad through the aisles looking for something to do.
Yet day after day I returned. Yearning to leave, yet I returned each day. Yes, I hated it, but they needed me, and I needed money.

Today I made a magic scarf. I call it cotton candy.

I found my camera, so I started on my physical crafts.  Although the craft I picked for today was a lot easier than I was expected, so I made two instead.  I made diva flip flops, aka flip flops with crocheted fun fur to make them more exciting.  Here they are:

http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/agentorangeturtle/?action=view&current=2007_0314tad0004.jpg

http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/agentorangeturtle/?action=view&current=2007_0314tad0003.jpg

http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/agentorangeturtle/?action=view&current=2007_0314tad0002.jpg

http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/agentorangeturtle/?action=view&current=2007_0314tad0001.jpg

Also, if you’d like to buy them for some reason, they’re here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5580661

So I realized that until I find my camera, all of the physical crafts that I had planned are on hiatus until I can find it.  In the meanwhile, working with my computer.  This is a family tree I made for a rather strange role-playing game.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/agentorangeturtle/tree4.gif

This wasn’t what I inteded to do, but looking around me at all the things I did want to do, and the fact that I’m struggling against the muscle relaxants in my body to stay awake, this will have to do.  It’s a photo manipulation done in paint.net.  It’s or a set of twins on a Harry Potter Forums,  one in Slytherin, one in Ravenclaw.  Their mother has black hair, and as youths they had blond hair, one with slightly darker.  I changed the tint of the original girls hair in both pictures with hue, making one lighter and the other darker.  Also they have purple eyes, and although it is way to small to see, I added that detail.  Anyways, here you go.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/agentorangeturtle/hogwartstwins.png?t=1201897006

So, looking at all that I want to do, I’ve realized that I need a shopping list.  And, of course, I’d then need to pick and choose what I could actually afford to get.  If I can get someone to take me to a craft store.

Beading loom: $25

Sculpey: $10

Acrylic Paint: $20

Lot of Fun Fur: $5-$50

Lot of Flip Flops: $20-100

Foam: $10

Vinyl Yarn: $10-$50
Picture Frames: $1-25

Carry Along Sequin Thread: $8

Wooden Box: $5-20

Fish Hook Earings: $5

Magnet Sheet: $10-15

Plain Journal: $10

Plain Notebook: $5

Plain Binder: $5

Beads: Who knows

Anything I’m not thinking of at the moment: Priceless Too much money.

Okay, at this point I don’t have too much of a plan, here’s what I have planned right now though. Also, I am learned ceramics making this month, so empty days will probably be taken up with ceramics projects and writing.

Feb. 1: bookmarks
Feb. 2: pink and purple striped magic scarf
Feb. 3: write
Feb. 4: make a mini-sock loom
Feb. 5: make mini-socks
Feb. 6: mini sweater!
Feb. 7: writing
Feb. 8: more writing?
Feb. 9: snood? (http://www.personalitylab.org/tests/ccq_hogwarts.htm)
Feb. 10: backstrap loom? (http://spincraftpatterns.com/product_info.php?products_id=195{1}1&osCsid=f033622d6c8e73f208dffa1109bdcbeb)
Feb. 11: Daisy wheel? (http://www.knitting-and.com/small-looms/daisy-wheel.htm)
Feb. 12
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Feb. 29

And that’s all I know for certain at the moment. I’ll update on Thursday as I start to create