March 22, 2005 :: 1:07 a.m.
must... finish... projects...
So tired. So annoyed by my congenital procrastination. And also by my prehistoric sewing machine and/or lack of mad sewing skillz. I need to remember to pick a pack of that shit up next time I'm wasting hours of my life at Walmart.
However, what I lack in skills I make up for in an obsessive need to complete things. I am, if nothing else, persistent and anal-retentive in my perfectionism. And so the dress that's in pieces on my sewing table WILL get done, even though somewhere between measuring and cutting the fabric a few inches got lost and now I have to insert annoying side panels. The fabric is stretchy and slippery and infuriating to work with. My white thread is challenged in some profound way and keeps breaking. I need to get some brown ribbon for trim; this will lead to a trip to the fabric store, which will in turn lead to me spending more money that I shouldn't be spending on fabric that I will fall in love with and NEED in a life-or-death way. And there's still a good chance that the final product will be dowdy and unflattering. Still, it will get done. Because now that it's planted its insidious seed in my mind, it must. It MUST. Or all the world will come to an end, of course.
Anyway. I'll update tomorrow with more exciting news from the sewing table, I'm sure.
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