Wolf Bait Birthday Sale ...

is still going strong. You have another 36 hours to shop til your heart's content. There are a few *bonus* [i.e. -- super heavily discounted] sale items. Once they're gone, they're gone!

Sale ends Monday, September 1 at 11:59 P.M.

We all need someone to lean on ...

Or, barring that, this:



This amused me righteously.

Little Miss Procrastinatin'

Have been semi-productive this weekend. Went w/K. to the gigunder fabric super store yesterday. Spent a ton of $$$ and most of the day out.

Get home to see that I've more orders of not-in-stock items. At this point, I'm so behind, I can not believe it! I was hoping to just sit in and work last night, but instead, we went to the Friggs reunion.

Nuttin much ...

If you know me in RL, then you know how very much I dislike baseball. If you really know me in RL, then you know how much Mr. loves baseball. Wednesday night, we went to the game. It makes him happy, and I do love the park, as there are myriad things to do other than pay attention to baseball.




I do love the fact that we can walk there in about 15 minutes. That is pretty damn sweet.

Treasury

I was just contacted by craftyfolk, letting me know of my inclusion. Check out Sarah's super cute prints.

Yup, I *should* be doing something else ...

A Quick One, While He's Away ...

I've done this idea before, 3 years ago, as a matter of fact. I'll be doing it again, with the addition of ... a little something extra.

I'm sure it'll show up in ol' copycat's shop within a week...

Red letter killing day

This isn't all from the last two days. It's just one page. Hooray! I've been bustin' my hump for the last 3 years trying to get exactly where I am, and finally, after alot of hard work, it's paying off. I'm really proud of myself.

Stopped by Omoi to see Liz and see if I needed to restock. I've been so stinkin' busy all summer that I haven't been by there since May! Apparently the only thing left is a change purse. Yikes! I've got some really cool new stuff to drop off for her this week. Some of it *may* make an appearance in my etsy shop in 2 weeks. We'll see. Perhaps tomorrow I'll post a sneak peek.

I've said this before, probably a million times, but I'm getting to the point where I just don't want to stand behind a bar much longer. It's not that I dislike my job, it's just that after 12 years, I'm ready for a change. Not to mention, this is a game for young[er] folks. I did my time, now I just want to be old-ish, and content to sit on the other side.

Picked up an extra shift tonight; super short, not entirely horrible for a Monday night. Got to work with my girl, figure out what I should do for the Craft ad.

But. Still find things frustrating, ironic, more frustrating. Think how a year and a half ago, NONE of this shit would have flyed. [Or is that flew?] Once again, shake my fist over all of it. Think about alot of things - here's the magic list, here's things to make it better, albeit different, bad decisions, et al.

I'm not going to get all maudlin here, or explain myself further. If you actually know me in RL, then you know what I mean.

So, with this, I wind down. I need another drink, as I've closed the bar, waited on a cab, dropped her off, chatted with regular driver out front of the house, chatted with hubbs, typed this, fussed over the cat, and the bar hasn't even been closed for 90 minutes. Dang, it's only been an hour - including closing, cleaning, counting and doing all the other myriad things my oh-so-glamourous job entails.

Now, most importantly, where is my cocktail?!?

Etsy Treasury

This morning, I was contacted by NaughtyKnits. I've been included in her treasury:




I'm still drinking coffee, not quite awake yet. More later ...

Etsy Treasury

I was contacted last night by shavingkitsuppplies.



I'm so flattered to be included in such a cool treasury. I love the Victorian Kitty and Measuring Tape bracelet.

Now Time Delegation: Archive

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☆★☆★☆The Now Time Delegation [June 2009]:☆★☆★☆


Gardening and tending to the plants, flowers, trees, et al, patchwork, patchwork, patchwork!, planning the big block party, working on the back-to-school & holiday collections,

☆★☆★☆The Now Time Delegation [May 2009]:☆★☆★☆

The return of the WB classics; house breaking & training Ilsa; Klaussen Von Pinecone; savory crepes; the return of the summer reading list; spring cleaning & the fung shui attack; classic exploitation flicks;

☆★☆★☆The Now Time Delegation [April 2009]:☆★☆★☆

EAST BOUND AND DOWN [still!]; tending to the trees & plants; planning the garden; planning the mural for the backyard; Mr. Pinecone Jones [a/k/a Piney Jo]; avian-themed fabric; Memphis trip - Summer '09; Yardbirds: Little Games; Chelsea Lately; Piney Jo = Klaus; New York Dolls: Trash;

☆★☆★☆The Now Time Delegation [March 2009]:☆★☆★☆

Starting the spring cleaning; Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It; Pho 488; watching The Dog Whisperer and It's Me or the Dog with my puppy Ilsa; EAST BOUND AND DOWN [best show ever!];


☆★☆★☆The Now Time Delegation [February 2009]:☆★☆★☆

My baby Ilsa; awesome I-pod mixes on Sunday afternoons; Vietnamese supermarket down the street; addicted to Facebook [sigh]; Dale & Grace: I'm leaving it up to you; Goner website; Cramhole zine; putterin'; daydreamin'; napping with my baby Ilsa;


☆★☆★☆The Now Time Delegation [December 2008]:☆★☆★☆

99 Problems: Jay Z; Pho 75 [always classic]; Live at the Apollo, V. I: James Brown; Otis doing 'Security'; spring in the step; daydreaming about the future; getting ready for Mr. Wolf Bait Jr., settling in for the winter;


☆★☆★☆[November 2008]:☆★☆★☆

Jettisoning the useless; Take this job & shove it; Good for the psyche; Ladies' book club; Teenage Kicks; It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; Mickey Avalon;

☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ [October 2008]:

Happy hour at Ansil - need to do that more; Japanese magazine buying sprees; vintage Christmas tchotchkes [sp?]; Scrabble on the phone; Boggle at the bar; on the look-out for carnivorous birds in the neighborhood; salmon pinwheels; Nancy & Lee - Fairytales and Fantasies; SoAbFu mixes from 5 years ago; Yardbirds - Little Games; visits from the bitches at work - big smiles, wagging tails;

☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ [September 2008]:

Skins [BBC]; Eagles of Death Metal: Death by Sexy; Catcher in the Rye: Salinger; making myself fancy drinks; Stooges: Funhouse [sometimes you just need to revisit the classics]; A Confederacy of Dunces [see last]; Salad Pretz; Tomato Pretz;


☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ [August 2008]:

TV Funhouse on DVD; enjoying all the 'backdoor action' - sounds much, much more salacious than it actually is; feeding, scratching, hanging with all the stray critters out back; Japanese craft books & magazines; enjoying Mr.'s new found love of gardening; grilling dinner most nights; de-uglifying this house; glad to be back at work; Team Boremoto; Wonderland [the movie];


☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ [July 2008]:

Online [fabric] shopping; patchwork; the party going off without a major hitch; the dewy quiet at daybreak; the growing obsession with stopping at Sephora once a week; bamboo in cute planters from the corner store; Gilette: Short D*ck Man; Snapped; inadvertent humour; Women Behind Bars; The First 48; re-reading summer favorites: Fear of Flying, Fanny, Nine & a Half Weeks; turning my office verdant; jungling up the backyard; cassettes from my ex;



☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ [June 2008]:

Shout Bama Lama: Otis Redding; Zombie Strippers(!!!!); Coupling Seasons 1 & 2 (on DVD): iron will; Freckles the hobo-cat; SaTC on DVD & the movie, again, I'm sure; I'll Keep Holding On: Marvelettes; Louboutin; the water-ice jones...; art from friends; He's a Whore: Cheap Trick; out with the unnecessary; trips to Goodwill [see last]; Bo Diddley box [12/30/28 - 6/2/08]; good visits from the past; Snapped; bad re-runs late night; good friends; Jr.;


☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ [May 2008]:

SATC movie + my hens = BEST b-day EVER!!!

Craft, Cotton Time, Cotton & Paint, Giant Robot, Juxtapoz, little old hobo Freckles-the-stray in the backyard, Chinatown, People watching in CC, good pizza, "Songs We Taught ..." comps, Wu Tang, Boondocks, zines, our fuzzy critters, imported Japanese novelty fabric, pulp fiction novels, vintage nudie playing cards, Punk: Attitude, Otis Redding, Ike Turner, AFTCP, my vast collection of old s & p's & dust collectors, spring fever, cock rock [Glasspack, Cactus, Rose Tattoo], dusty bar epherema, black & white sitcoms from the early days of t.v., textiles from the 40's, 50's & 60's, finding a way to recycle almost every thing that crosses my path, Japanese horror films, purging the unnecessary, dreaming about visiting friends in Japan, dreaming about going to Italy this fall, the prospect of remodeling, home re-fi, too much time on the SLSK and most importantly, ye olde hubbs.


*If'n you don't know, the Now Time Delegation is a kick ass band you should check out. Go here to start. Then go here for more info.

Rain dates, angry squirrels and pleasant strangers

Today [Wednesday] was [is] Wolf Bait's 2 year Etsy-versary. Technically, I've been on Etsy since 9/2005, but I had a name change 2 years ago. I had all these grandiose ideas planned, none of which actually happened. Stupid RL interfering with life on the infernets ...

I'm thinking I may do something later in the month, which would be the actual *real* b-day of what has since evolved into WB. We'll see.

Beyond that, busy, busy, busy. Should be going back to work on Friday. Another show on Saturday. Dunno about work the rest of the weekend. Almost hope I get another week off. Have gotten a whole lot of extraneous crap out of this house, would still like to get more done.

K & I had a show outside a bar on Sunday; was *almost* a total bust. Met some really great vendors, exchanged cards/e-mail. That was pretty cool.

At one point even thought to myself "Thank God for extroverts". The woman talking to us was so sweet and bubbly, I was really pleased to have met her. I would have never randomly started up a conversation with her, as that just isn't my nature. But I'm usually receptive to strangers approaching me, provided they aren't crazy, or looking to get over/laid/something for nothing.

There was also the very angry squirrel in the tree above us, pelting us with half-eaten crab apples and walnut shells. Bastard! Makes me want to stop feeding the stupid squirrels in the yard. But I will, no matter how much I grouse.

With that, I'm off to shower. Despite being almost 1 a.m., it is still so damn hot that it's like living on the sun.