news at 10, now with bullets

Things I've been doing outside of fencing:

• More shoveling out of the dump guest room. I took 2 bags to a clothing swap and came back with only one, and the mini-fridge IS going on Craigslist Real Soon Now.
  
  • In that bag from clothing swap were, incredibly, pants that fit (!)
    
  
  
• Doing a lot of hand sewing. I now have a pair of reversible (green/purple) sleeves to go with the various headwear I've been noodling on, and this completes my 16th c. women's kit, or nearly so. These deserve a post of their own.
  
  
• D. used my time spent sewing to turn me on to "Lie to Me" and "Fringe". I'm enjoying them both, especially the latter which is like a darker, more complex X-Files.
  
  • And Anna Torv's character wears perhaps the best tailored suits I've seen on a woman on tv. Yes, even better than Agent Scully!
  
  
• I've found some forgotten goodies in the course of cleaning out my fabric backlog. A red and gold brocade wants to be a Victorian-esque waistcoat, and a navy and gold cotton (batik?) might want to be a Miyake, or something else Special.
  
  
• Reading The Alienist, a fitting follow up for the much enjoyed Dust and Shadows.
  
  
• Discovering plus size steampunk/militaria and free patterns.
  
  
• Not keeping up with my email very well.
  
  
• Missing writing. May steal some time to do so, if only for myself.
  
  
• Trying and failing both to get in bed on time and meditate.