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i'm teaching myself how to do decorative stitching so i can sew line drawings of cars, bikes, cats, and birds, and, oh yeah, the word "hoyden" on everything i own. yes, i'm usually a failure when it comes to the domestic arts, but if i can restyle a "Hanes Beefy-T" into girly goodness (maybe i'll put up a picture later), it can't be so hard. there's a getcrafty.com article that might help.

i went to see Radio Berlin on saturday...a moody, punky, early-80s-new-wave-style band with Robert Smith haircuts. they were fun, and i bought their CD, but sometimes the revival of retro sounds just makes me want to go home, lie on the floor, and put on the Cure's "Seventeen Seconds"...you know, for that *original* experience of loneliness and isolation only high school can provide.