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I am currently listening to the guys next to me debate how to get to a bar that is less than a mile from our office. They are taking the most roundabout way possible. Plus, they don't know the names of any of the streets downtown, so neither of them can figure out how to give each other directions. Hilarious!

Mmmmmm.....cilantro.

Herb in spicy foods kills bacteria.

Cilantro! It's twice as effective as an antibiotic, according to the article.

That must be why it makes me feel so good.

Make the itching stop!

OK, I've determined this is the worst sunburn I've ever gotten. It's three days after I got it and I'm still pink to red in all the places that were burnt. A "normal" sunburn for me usually fades to tan in a day or two, tops.

And now the itching has set in. It's brutal. The worst is the middle of my back (damn you halter top!), my face, and my scalp, where my bangs meet the hair pulled back into my ponytail.

Knitting! It's a sickness.

Went to find the other yarn shop in C-bus tonight, named appropriately enough,"The Yarn Shop." It turned out to be in Upper Arlington, not far from 315. I went looking for the same shop in its old location 2 years ago, and managed to find it the week the owner was on vacation and it was closed. I found it tonight, at 5:55, when they were closing early, at 6. She didn't have the Noro yarn I was looking for (no one does--distributor problems apparently) but she had an excellent selection of notions, and I got some point protectors, stitch holders, and the latest issue of Rebecca which has some unbelievable patterns in it (hot pants! pants! a dress!). Nice nice lady--she offered to order the yarn for me, and I just might take her up on it, once I figure out which colorway I want.

I found the Penzey's Spices store too! It's in the same shopping center. They were closed by the time I noticed the building, so I'll have to take a weekend field trip sometime.

Also ended up at Half Price Books. They had the Vintage Knits and the Bags & Backpacks books from the Vogue Knitting series on sale for $5 each, so those are now in my collection as well as another book that had some really cool sweaters featuring patterns I'd actually wear.

So then, I came home, and cast on the sweater I got yarn for at Wolfe Fiber Arts Monday night. It's the cover of Vogue Knitting, seen here. It's supposed to be made in Adrienne Vittadini Celia, which is 100% silk, and pricy, which would have made it a $100 tank top. So I bought the slightly cheaper Lana Grossa Sonata, which is synthetic, and really shiny. The color I got is not quite white, and a little bit silvery looking. It's going to be quite pretty. It's knitted with two strands together, so it's got a bit of stiffness, but I think that's going to make it kind of elegant looking. Hard to tell from the 1" I've gotten done so far, but who knows. The owner of that shop told me to bring it in for show and tell when I'm done once I told her what I was making (I think she wondered why I bought *all* of her yarn in that color). I made myself a promise several months ago that I'd not go back to the yarn shop until I could wear the last project I made, so that will work out perfectly.

Also worked a bit more on the sampler afghan tonight. I have 13 weeks to get the remaining 12 blocks done, plus border before the wedding. I put together a little quickie web page to track my progress on it. That's 'cause I'm a huge geek.

Time now to shower off the sunburn pain. And try to figure out why my nose piercing has chosen to act up this long after I got it. I think it has to do with accidentally getting vast quantities of moisturizer in it. So it's the sunburn's fault.

I need a knitting icon to warn you all when I get all obsessive like this. Must work on that.