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  • AboutI am also known as CraftyMoni elsewhere on the web. I am a Children’s Librarian. I am a photographer. I am a knitter. I am a reader. I am a wannabe poet. I blog. Sometimes I complain. I like to swear. I have a really twisted sense of humor. I think I might be a Zen Buddhist (Still trying to decide). Not a fan of organized religion. I am very liberal and can be vocal about it at times. I’m a daydreamer. Sometimes sassy. I try to be compassionate. I think I’m pretty nice most of the time. You can delve into deeper waters by reading these posts. You can see my photography on my Flickr page. If you like any photos you see there or on this site and would like to buy a print let me know. I would be happy to sell one to you! I blather about library stuff on  Twitter. You will also find me on Google+ and Facebook. Enjoy your visit!  
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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.
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  • Another house update.

    May 7, 2006

    Ever the drama. Well, we’ve been waiting since monday for the seller to decide on fixing the electric stuff. We haven’t heard a thing about it all week. Actually, it was kind of nice not having to think about it all week. But we did get kind of worried when yesterday rolled around and we didn’t hear anything. Se we called the realtor. He said that she agreed verbally that she would either get it fixed or take the price on the house down. However we can’t get anything in writing because the seller IS IN MEXICO UNTIL FRIDAY. She is in Mexico? She is selling a friggen house and she is in Mexico? What the fuck? She comes back on Friday which is the 12th. We close on the 15th.

    I guess what it all really boils down to is that we may get stuck with paying for the electrical stuff. My husband is talking about just getting out of this because he doesnt’ like how we are being treated. He says that this whole thing “just isn’t right.” But I feel like I’ve already invested so much in this whole transaction. And I like the house. And if it really only boils down to just paying for the electrical work (if it isn’t going to cost a fortune) then I don’t know if we should just pull out of it just because we are getting mistreated.
    Ugh. I don’t know. I feel like I’m totally being taken for a ride here. This whole deal has been really shitty from the getgo. IRaf and I have just done nothing but fight whenever we talk about this stupid house. If this is what one has to go through to buy a fucking house I just don’t think I can handle it. If we don’t get this house, I don’t think I can go through this again anytime soon. I feel like I’m going to have a nervous breakdown.

    Well, I’m off to go walk the Bloomsday race this morning. I hope I make it back alive.

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  • Book Meme

    May 5, 2006

    I wasn’t actually tagged for this, but it looks like it’s fun so I’m going to steal it from Jennifer at Brewer Burns (which is a cool little blog BTW. I suggest you go read her! She is a fellow Spokanite and very funny).

    Book Meme!
    1. Copy & paste.
    2. Bold the ones you’ve read.
    3. Add four recent reads to the end.
    4. Tag!

    The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
    The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Douglas Adams
    The Great Gatsby – F.Scott Fitzgerald
    To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
    The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
    His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) – J.K. Rowling
    Life of Pi – Yann Martel
    Animal Farm: A Fairy Story – George Orwell
    Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
    The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
    Lord of the Flies – William Golding
    Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen My favorite book
    1984 – George Orwell
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) – J.K. Rowling
    One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) – J.K. Rowling
    The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
    The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5) – J.K. Rowling
    Slaughterhouse 5 – Kurt Vonnegut
    Angels and Demons – Dan Brown
    Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Book 1) – J.K. Rowling
    Neuromancer – William Gibson
    Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
    The Secret History – Donna TarttA
    Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) – J.K. Rowling
    Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
    Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
    American Gods – Neil Gaiman
    Ender’s Game (The Ender Saga) – Orson Scott Card
    Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
    A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis
    Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
    Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
    The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien
    Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
    Good Omens – Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
    Atonement – Ian McEwan
    The Shadow Of The Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
    The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood completely freaks me out
    The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
    Dune – Frank Herbert
    The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde
    Holy Fools – Joanne Harris
    The Browning Version – Terence Rattigan
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
    Black Water – Joyce Carol Oates
    The Giver – Lois Lowry
    Naked – David Sedaris
    The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
    The Unhandsome Prince – John Moore
    Condensed Knowledge – presented by Mental Floss
    An Underground Education – Richard Zacks
    The Well-Educated Mind – Susan Wise Bauer
    Magic’s Price – Mercedes Lackey
    Knitting Rules – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    At Knit’s End – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    Emma – Jane Austen

    My four:

    1. Crispin: The cross of lead – Avi
    2. Ahab’s Wife – Sena Jeter Naslund
    3. Criss Cross – Lynne Rae Perkins
    4. Black Hole – Charles Burns

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  • Pink Trees

    May 3, 2006

    5-3-06

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  • Spring!

    May 2, 2006

    5-2-06

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  • The Bridge that serves no purpose

    May 1, 2006

    5-1-06

    At Cannon Hill Park

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