Good Morning!

So I'm definitely not the first to blog about this, and I definitely wouldn't even have known that American Apparel ran this ad unless I opened up my Google Reader this morning (like every workday morning around this time) and found this in my reader courtesy of feministe. (http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/28/fuck-you-dov-charney/)

You can find another great diatribe on the ad here:
http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/american-apparel-displays-its-sexism.html

Since it's all been said by both of these women, I'll save you my scathing mental comments and just mention that I hope none of you ever shop at American Apparel while this asshole still owns it.

Recently Finished Book Archive

Amy Butler's In Stiches--Amy Butler (I got this as a birthday present, and I loves it. Have I made anything from it yet, not really...but I will! Looking at her creations inspires me to sew more)

Anne of Avonlea--Lucy Maud Montgomery (I am a sucker for sequels. Also, I've read it before, so it doesn't really count right? 1/18)

Bellweather--Connie Willis (I found this on the free pile at work a little while ago (sacriledge!) and stashed it in the car...finished this on a fabulously sunny Saturday morning sitting in the salt water soaking pool at Kennedy School in Portland. The combination of the book, the pool, and the sunshine definitely made it my favorite morning so far this month. Connie Willis, as I've said before, is one of my favorite authors, and this book is definitely one of my all time favorites. 1/17)

Anne of Green Gables--Lucy Maud Montgomery (I remember reading this for the first time the summer between fourth grade and fifth grade. Honestly, I think it was better the first time around, but it was still good enough for short snippets of bed time reading. 1/11)

A Damsel in Distress -- P. G. Wodehouse (I've been on a bit of a Wodehouse kick lately. This one is pretty much par for his standard plot: boy is lonely/doesn't think he needs a lady, boy meets lady, lady is fabulously perfect for him, boy encounters obstacle to marrying lady, boy surmounts obstacle/girl changes her mind, boy and girl get engaged. Aside from the comfort of knowing there will always be happy ending to the book, he is occaisionally riotously funny. 12/29)

Lord John & The Hand of Devils -- Diana Gabaldon (Another Lord John book--this one is a set of three novellas all focused on the ubiquitous Lord John and the world Gabaldon created in Jacobite England. I love the way she paints the characters, and her plots are always intriguing. 12/28)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard -- J. K. Rowling (Got this from Retardo for Christmas. The stories are cute, and the little illustrations are fabulous. I love that the author was persuaded to sell this to the general public with all the profits going to charity. Quick and cute. 12/27)

Prototype Kitty #1

I had a great idea...and this is what happened. Meet Gregory, aka Prototype Kitty #1... He's the overall right size (about seven inches sitting down), but definitely not the right shape. He took 3 hours to make, so I'm hoping I'll only have to make one more Prototype before I get the fat little monster cat doll idea I was actually going for. Still, he is pretty cute for a lumpy little bit of muslin, right?

Inauguration Day

Whoo. Heady stuff, and I'm so glad I got to watch it at work, surrounded by the incredible people I work with. I'm going to need the rest of the day to really digest Obama's inauguration speech, but damn. Also--why they hell couldn't they let us *watch* Aretha sing in her fabulously incredible hat?