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2021-05-14 21:42
Okay, so this hasn’t been much fun for a while now and I’ve essentially been dragging the death of this blog out for ages. At a few points, I even tried revamping things with a f… Read More
2021-03-01 23:31
It is good to be back after so long. I was ill. Not with the ‘Rona but with my usual tenacious illnesses which have plagued me for far too long.   Anyway, on to the exciting shit… Read More
2020-09-14 21:23
Well, I’m doing it again. I’m making the attempt at novel writing.   This is my formal announcement that I am participating in this year’s NaNoWriMo event. I will be a… Read More
2020-07-05 05:51
I seriously need to update this entire ecosystem. This blog, my Instagram, everything.   Between stuffing my brain full of the knowledge-y goodness of books and internet learning, craft… Read More
2020-05-28 02:55
I am making socks for myself for a change. *dramatic fanfare* I said that 2020 was going to be a new year. I have other projects but they’re on hold owing to my need of socks. These so… Read More
2020-05-02 20:48
It occurred to me that I haven’t updated this blog in some time. Since 23 March in point of fact.   So, hi.   How’s things?   Most of my free time has been spent s… Read More
2020-03-24 03:32
Project #1 – Jeff’s Hat   Okay, we’re doing this. One project at a time, starting with this one. This is a hat for my friend Jeff. I’ve been attempting to knit o… Read More
2020-03-22 20:09
I’m down to one pepper plant. Specifically the Cayenne. The Mini-Jalapeno got hit by some kind of disease. Once I realized what it was, I got it out of there lightning quick so as to s… Read More
2020-03-20 16:21
It’s so weird. I was explaining this to a friend the other day that I had this eerie sense of calm about me lately. Between the bipolar disorder, anxiety, traumatic stress, and the ago… Read More
2020-02-28 04:49
So…apparently, I’ve gotten bitten by the coding bug.   I’ve been spending hours each day learning new aspects of this new interest. It has been to the point where I d… Read More
2020-02-02 19:07
I was all prepared to post the following to Fitbit but thought better of it:   This is proving difficult so I’m seeking advice. A while back, I was on my way to being physically f… Read More
2020-01-08 18:59
It has been eight days since the beginning of the year and twelve days since the idea of not buying anything entered into my mind as a primary challenge for the year. Thus far, I am in keepi… Read More
2020-01-02 18:40
Now that I’m two days into the New Year, I have had some time for reflection of everything I’ve been through this past year and everything I hope to accomplish in the new year an… Read More
2019-12-27 20:40
I got to thinking, I have a lot of stuff. So, instead of adding further to it, I’ve decided to stop buying things I don’t need for the entirety of 2020 and possibly beyond. &nbsp&hell…Read More
2019-11-10 22:10
…though not really. Just more rambling. Feel free to skip.   Hi there, I’m the silly person who wants to learn ten languages simultaneously. I say ten, rather than eleven b… Read More
2019-10-09 16:29
Okay, I haven’t talked about my linguistic acquisitions (or anything) in quite some time. Things are going….okay….I suppose. I am presently working on learning eleven lan… Read More
2019-09-13 19:30
I am making an effort to be present in the moment and to be more positive…again.   No, seriously.   To be honest, I don’t even know where to begin with this effort. I… Read More
2019-09-09 21:28
I have two choices before me: Lavender or Grapefruit.   I recently bought a sample pack of Eucalan Delicate wash containing all five scents. The scents included were: Unscented, Grapefr… Read More
2019-09-09 06:19
When I first was diagnosed with this tendon injury, I thought it was amusing in a certain light. Basically, I got de Quervain’s Tenosynovitis from knitting too much. I thought it would… Read More
2019-08-24 14:00
Greetings Peoples of the Sun. I come to you from the Land of Excruciating Pain. So it went something like this: Since mid-May, I’ve been picking up the knitting but not able to get an… Read More
2019-05-26 21:00
Thirteen days ago, I was struggling with every aspect of my creative, academic, and fitness life. As of today, I am making inroads into regaining my life. Not only have I been writing and… Read More
2019-05-26 18:14
Thirteen days ago, I was struggling with eating Vegan. Now, I think I might be treading water. Friends of mine who have been Vegan for quite a while suggested I search various blogs for reci… Read More
2019-05-26 17:49
Thirteen days ago, I thought that I would crash and do it spectacularly due to my fascination with learning so much so quickly. If you haven’t read my previous post, I wax hysterical a… Read More
2019-05-13 06:47
…Prevents poor performance. At least, I’ve heard that before. I haven’t been doing too well on this front. My diet has been more “What is immediately available&r&hell…Read More
2019-05-13 06:21
Perhaps it just drives one insane in the process of learning? For some unknown reason, I was, apparently, so intently interested that I decided to pick up another language on Duolingo and vi… Read More
2019-05-13 05:09
…Not unlike an unreliable geyser. For the first time in a long time. A heart-achingly long time…I am writing again. It isn’t much, just something in my Positive Goals a… Read More
2019-03-05 03:25
Hello Everyone, Welcome to my blog. I hope your stay here is enjoyable, fulfilling, thought-provoking, and humorous. With that being said, I’d just like to take the opportunity to int… Read More
The Journey Begins
2019-02-24 17:49
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton Read More
An Interesting Turn
2019-02-16 04:27
My understanding of Plant Based vs. Vegetarian vs. Vegan was completely and utterly misinformed. After talking with some friends of mine, I was properly informed of the errors in my classifi… Read More
2019-01-30 06:23
I have been studying a lot about Plant-based diets for the first time in literally years. I’ve been reading and looking at credible videos, recipe sites, shows, etc.   For the fir… Read More
2018-12-28 19:24
I’ve gotten to the end of the year with projects to complete. This wasn’t my intention but there you go. I fully intend to either frog or finish each one of these projects to the… Read More
2018-11-19 21:44
I’ve been neglecting this blog. Between all my other obligations and the obligations which have foisted themselves upon my shoulders, I haven’t had much time for the mentally car… Read More
Chaotic…
2018-10-07 00:47
I’ve been pretty busy recently but this chaotic mess on my computer table is my unfinished set of gloves. As you can see, I’m working on finger number two, the ring finger, of… Read More
Finished My Second Sweater!
2018-09-04 03:55
I’ve blocked it and it is currently drying out now. This is what it looked like when I first finished it though. It still looks more pink than the wine color it actually is. Oh well… Read More
Sunday Random Ramblings
2018-07-22 14:07
So, having many other things on my plate and not a lot of time to get them accomplished, I decided to cast on for this baby sweater on 11 July 2018. In truth, I don’t think it’s… Read More
2018-07-22 11:21
I have two things I’m reticent to face. Dating and self improvement. As an agoraphobic with a host of other issues, it has been difficult to do more than basic things to put me on the… Read More
Finished The Sweater!!!!!
2018-07-05 00:28
So yeah, consider this one completed. I actually finished it at 11 AM on 1 July 2018. I really enjoyed knitting this Flax Sweater. While it took me some time due to the amount of yarn I… Read More
Ridiculously Happy
2018-06-21 16:00
First things first. I’m almost finished my Flax Sweater, Mir Ist Kalt. I am a little further along in the cuff but this is sleeve number one in the process of being knitted to compl… Read More
2018-05-11 08:16
I was unhappily knitting away yesterday morning when the dreaded doom of dread happened. I made a mistake in the lace portion of the knitting. Undaunted, I slowly tinked back my work and was… Read More
2018-05-02 21:59
I’m back to posting on my Language Practice Blog. I would like to apologize in advance for my horrible translations of the German language. At the very least, I’ve gotten the ess… Read More
Trying This Again…
2018-05-02 20:59
Ich habe gerade vierundzwanzig Zeilen in meinem deutschsprachigen Übungstagebuch über Die Ärzte geschrieben. Ich werde jetzt die Duolingo Sprachaufgaben üben. Später… Read More
So Yeah…Change Is Good
2018-04-30 06:06
After years…nay almost decades being KaliTime Camaralzman, I have finally made a change for uniformity in my online life. I’ve been slow bleeding the IchbineineTomate KTC handle… Read More
Not Much But More Than I Thought
2018-04-19 16:31
Due to a combination of recent health issues and a tremendous lack of personal time in my life, I do not believe that I’ll achieve my goal set forth for April’s Camp NaNoWriMo. I… Read More
2018-03-22 22:49
I’ll be the first to admit that, when it comes to knitting and crocheting, I’m not stretching myself nearly enough for what I know my capabilities could be. One example of this… Read More
2018-03-10 17:26
In a world where pain runs the show… Hello all. It has been some time since I last posted. I’ve been in some measurable amount of pain over the past few months and it all final… Read More
2018-01-21 21:20
Over the past few days, I’ve been continuing the clean up effort I started regarding my blogs and journals. After more than sixteen years, I’ve finally deleted my Livejournal and… Read More
2018-01-05 02:56
Some changes are afoot here. I’m going to be deleting some things, expanding on others, streamlining a few things, while creating some new content. First the new stuff. I’ve be… Read More
2018-01-01 01:12
Ich heiße KTC oder IchbineineTomate. Ich lerne die deutsche Sprache durch Bücher und Apps. Ich möchte dir deutsche Sprache innerhalb von drei Jahren lernen.   I am calle… Read More
2017-12-10 02:54
It has been some time since I last posted here. NaNoWriMo was and still is a success. I’m still writing my story. Though there isn’t the pressure to finish within a month like th… Read More
2017-10-31 16:45
Greetings All, This is my formal big announcement (as opposed to the small one on my writing journal) that I’ll be participating in NaNoWriMo for 2017. Year after year, I only manage… Read More
2017-10-24 18:12
Well, I know my educational path now. It will be a hard road but I’m determined to follow it through. I won’t be able to attend until at least the Fall of 2018 at the earliest. I… Read More
2017-10-23 22:33
I’ve made the appointment to get my eyes checked. That’s locked in and waiting for my arrival. I postponed the call to the college until I could confer with my friend. I was al… Read More
Random Rambling For October 2017
2017-10-23 02:56
Waiting for someone to return a DVD to the Library is such a test of patience. It was due back on the twenty-first and hasn’t been returned yet. I’m hoping that whomever is holdi… Read More
2017-10-08 09:35
I just wanted to post about the Flax Sweater pattern and the Let’s Knit a Sweater tutorial by Tin Can Knits. This is the first wool sweater I’ve gotten so far on in knitting. I&r&hell…Read More
Mir Ist Kalt And Other Quandaries
2017-09-10 20:12
Wow, I’ve been away for some time. Well, “away” is the wrong word. Preoccupied is more appropriate. I’ve had my plate pretty full during these past few months. Betw… Read More
2017-07-30 16:13
My second language has finally been discovered. True, it took trepanning and a good deal of mental excavation to find it. That language is…German. In truth, I should have known bette… Read More
2017-06-28 20:04
Apparently, I’m driven to eliminate languishing WIPs and destash my hoard of yarn. Why, I don’t know but it appears to be happening and I’m being quite cut throat, where be… Read More
2017-06-06 02:02
I neglected to swatch for the pair of socks I was making for the Maternal Parental. The bad news is that they were about two sizes too small. The good news is that not only didn’t she… Read More
2017-06-04 06:54
So, I’m already determined to do the Craft Yarn Council correspondence courses. However, the more I read into it (and believe me, I have been reading into it!), the more beneficial it… Read More
2017-06-01 23:44
First, let me get this out of the way. I’ve finally completed the In Love With Color Throw designed by Jessie Rayot. This pattern took me a total time of six months to make. I got mos… Read More
Book Frenzy
2017-04-18 11:49
I am way behind in my Goodreads reading quota for the year. So, to make up for it, I’ve been reading at least two books a day since yesterday to catch up. Any faster and I wouldn&rsquo&hell…Read More
2017-03-23 00:05
I mentioned something about roadblocks in the last post, so, of course, something had to happen to hinder my momentum. My left arm is now hurting for no discernable reason. To the best of my… Read More
Odds And Ends
2017-03-08 18:31
I am fifty-eight days into this particular garden’s growth. Not bad, eh? I’m expecting the peppers to arrive at any moment now. I vigorously shake the plant daily and check for s… Read More
2017-02-17 04:00
Those two spheres being the Plague of Justinian and the Andromeda Strain. I am currently writing to you from the quarantine of my room, sometimes known as the Room of Doom, but usually known… Read More
This Is The Beginning…
2017-01-24 00:24
This is the first of what I hope will be many Daily Blog “Topic” posts. Today’s (and every Monday’s) topic is Gardening related. I am, by no means an expert on Garden… Read More
2017-01-23 04:00
I’ve done it. In addition to random, stream of consciousness postings, I’ll be doing a series of themed posts from now on. In order to help me organize this, I’ve made a Da… Read More
2017 Weekly Schedule
2017-01-21 13:26
Provided I’m not doing other things, of course. I even remembered to put eating in without being reminded to. *grin* Yesterday was mostly uneventful. My Sweet Pickle Organic Pepper… Read More
Ice Queen 101– Lessons In Cold
2017-01-19 03:26
Perhaps this is a cold thing to do but I no longer have enough emotionally invested to care. Prior to this year, I’ve been willing, nay, eager to gift things I’ve knitted or c… Read More
Feeling Accomplished
2017-01-17 05:32
So, I went to see Hidden Figures on Saturday, 14 January 2017, at the Senator Theater in Baltimore City. I have to say, it was a pretty decent film in my view. Definitely worth seeing with… Read More
2017-01-09 20:42
I should preface this with two points. One, I am Agoraphobic. It is not something I choose to do. It is something that hits me like a ton of bricks, usually when I least expect or want it t… Read More
2017-01-07 22:32
A modified list of projects. I’ve removed the projects marked completed and deleted. Now, my mission is to finish these off. At the end of last year, I busted out a quick Valentine Ted… Read More
2016-11-24 21:22
Right in time for the holiday, I am sick. So, I am at home recuperating and trying desperately not to throw up. When I’m not doing the above, I’ve been taking an inventory of wh… Read More
Blodeuwedd The Hat…
2016-11-22 00:32
…and various other things. Since NaNoWriMo is now coming to a middle, I thought I’d get in high gear in finally planning my own Winter accoutrements. Long has the project page… Read More
2016-11-16 03:00
When I first learned to knit in 2006, I was clueless about every aspect of the crafting world. I didn’t know who was who or what was what. So, I signed up for a class at the Catonsvill… Read More
2016-11-14 11:31
Some sixteen years, three months, thirteen days, seven hours and some thirty one minutes ago, I signed up for an account with what was then a promising ISP. I had just lost my old ISP accoun… Read More
Live And Learn
2016-10-15 05:30
I made two boo boos with this cardigan. Brace yourselves. I didn’t check my gauge. I have two Knit Checks and I didn’t bother because I usually always make gauge. As far as I… Read More
Random Sunday Updates
2016-10-02 21:00
Hello Everyone. It has been some time since I last posted here. I have been, admittedly, a bit busy, of late. Instead of focusing on Facebook and goofing off online, I’ve been focusing… Read More
2016-08-24 01:34
Tomatoes I have tomatoes coming in. Yes. Oh yes. At least fourteen cherry tomatoes are going to develop on this stocky little plant from the flowers I’ve been vigorously shaking on a… Read More
Autumnal Clearing
2016-08-21 02:00
Currently my room looks like a Hurricane dropped chaos upon it. I am in the process of minimizing my possessions even further. I have cleared parts of my closet of boxes that haven’t b… Read More
2016-07-18 21:24
The few of you who know me personally are well aware that I am often brooding to the point that Eeyore would have something to say to me in response to my mood. Comparisons have been made to… Read More
2016-06-30 17:41
The Maternal Parental has finally had her second and final cataract surgery. We’re seven days into administering the eye drops and today’s the first day we take one away, specifi… Read More
Peppers And Socks And Herbs…
2016-06-12 03:08
Oh My! An abundance of Sweet Pickle Organic Pepper seedlings. I relented and put them under the light hood of the Aerogarden of Serendipity as I’d been threatening to do for weeks now… Read More
2016-06-07 04:36
Ended a seventeen year long toxic friendship with my ex-boyfriend. Yay! Helping The Maternal Parental quit smoking again. Double Yay! Letting go of associated negativity from these subjects… Read More
2016-05-16 23:06
A little under a week ago, I found out that my father died.   It’s very odd but the uncomfortable shackles of estrangement I’ve been used to my entire life now seem to be me… Read More
2016-05-07 02:02
Right now, I think I know what it feels like to be an un-sprouted seed, on the cusp of bursting forth into the cacophonic din of Life’s heady mix. I’m feeling that way and I&rsqu&hell…Read More
2016-04-20 22:37
I just participated in the #WhenIWas hashtag on Twitter. In case you all don’t know what that is, this link and this link should explain it in more detail.   I have to say, it wa… Read More
Happy Birthday To Me
2016-04-01 01:22
Hey, I’m almost thirty-five years old. Wow. Anyway, to the posting.   For some time now, I have been unable to sleep without a lot of effort. This has proved exhausting to my life… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I am giving serious thought to continuing my yarn diet through to the rest of the year. I just don’t have the itch to buy any. I don’t know why. Normally, it’s an addiction… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I was nibbling away on a freshly cut pineapple this morning when I came across five seeds. Yes, seeds. In a Pineapple! I mean, I knew, as a fruit, that Pineapples should have seeds somewhere… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Wow, apparently, some things in my life are so inestimable, that I need to write stuff down in my sorely neglected hand written journal. It’s involving relationship potentials and, to… Read More
2016-03-11 19:30
I don’t normally post about Polyamory topics because, it’s my private life and others do it far more eloquently than I ever could. However, an agony aunt letter in the Love Lett… Read More
2016-03-02 03:25
This blog entry was simulcast on my GardenStew blog, Polycotyledon. Please check out GardenStew, it’s a really great community.   I looked in on the Aerogarden of Serendipity toda… Read More
2016-02-26 23:18
  A sneak peak of the new Aerogarden of Serendipity’s box…and my Kindle. Yes, I read a lot. Don’t judge.   I just got this today, 26 February. I’ll be se… Read More
2016-02-26 18:16
May I present a “Yay” with a “Hey” and a “Yay Hey Hey”?   I finally got in contact with the Community Gardens Liaison for this region and got put on… Read More
2016-02-24 13:54
  I am finally making moves to getting more growing space. In my community, there are garden plots available for rental for as low as $20USD per year. I’m not sure as to the spec… Read More
2016-02-20 03:02
  Now that the shawl is completed, all I need to do is save up the money to send it off to its new Human.   Here’s another picture of my view right now aside from this compu… Read More
2016-02-19 16:43
I’ve been pretty busy of late working on stuff around the house outside of crafting projects. Even with that, I’ve managed to get a few completed and start a few more.   Jo… Read More
2016-02-17 18:58
For several years now, I’ve been using Picasa as my image host. They functioned very well as an image host for my blog and I was quite happy with their service.   Today, while log… Read More

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