Monday, October 31, 2005

too much for krysmas?

ok so I am debating getting Nick a ipod for Krysmas...So after looking at them I have decied on gettign him an actual Ipod, becasue the others are TOO small and we would loose them LoL. I think I am going to get him a white one and get myself the black one. And on his I am going to have it envgraved with "I Love You" then on the second line is going to say I love you but I think I'm going to have it in Jap. Got to love free engraving LoL...

but what do you guys think about this?

I was also going to knit him a ipod arm band so he can carry it around on his arm when he goes jogging/bike riding/driving/ignoring his boss at wrok or just walking aroundthe apartment

reasons I want to get this for him:

1. It would free up ALOT of space on our eMac since we have alot of music and his photography on it

2. It holds 25,000 pics and that is MORE than enough space for him to download his pics when he has to go on shoots

3. They are cute as hell!

So what are your guys thoughts on this...to over the top?

Friday, October 28, 2005

Can I be yours?

Transylvanian Concubine

If you want to know how
To fly high, then go now
To the place where all the concubines...
Meet and converse with them
Marvel at their pale skin
Wonder how they chew on their pointy...
Teeth and hair are beauty
They know it's their duty
To be countess in their hearts and their...
Minds that have to whisper
See in them a sister
Look into their eyes and you'll become
Transylvanian Concubine.
You know what flows here like wine.
Stay here with us, it's just time.
Transylvanian Concubine.
Sorrow is their master
Cackling with laughter
Now he's having just one piece of...
Cakey is their make-up
Catholics try to shake up
All the things that form their lives, but
they're...
Dead, their sighs, their songs
They know what they do is wrong.
Stay here with us, it's just time.
Transylvanian Concubine.
Candelabra's lighted
Satan has been sighted
Never has there been an evening like...
This is what they wanted
Always to feel hunted
You can never be too rich or too...
Thin. The blood has run out.
Fangs ruin any cute pout
Morning has come now they've flown
What have you learned from what has been
shown?

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Goodbye Rosa

I seen this yesterday...

*lights a candle*

By BREE FOWLER


DETROIT (AP) - Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday evening. She was 92.

Mrs. Parks died at her home during the evening of natural causes, with close friends by her side, said Gregory Reed, an attorney who represented her for the past 15 years.

Mrs. Parks was 42 when she committed an act of defiance in 1955 that was to change the course of American history and earn her the title ``mother of the civil rights movement.''

At that time, Jim Crow laws in place since the post-Civil War Reconstruction required separation of the races in buses, restaurants and public accommodations throughout the South, while legally sanctioned racial discrimination kept blacks out of many jobs and neighborhoods in the North.

The Montgomery, Ala., seamstress, an active member of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was riding on a city bus Dec. 1, 1955, when a white man demanded her seat.

Mrs. Parks refused, despite rules requiring blacks to yield their seats to whites. Two black Montgomery women had been arrested earlier that year on the same charge, but Mrs. Parks was jailed. She also was fined $14.

U.S. Rep. John Conyers, in whose office Parks worked for more than 20 years, remembered the civil rights leader Monday night as someone whose impact on the world was immeasurable, but who never saw herself that way.

``Everybody wanted to explain Rosa Parks and wanted to teach Rosa Parks, but Rosa Parks wasn't very interested in that,'' he said. ``She wanted to them to understand the government and to understand their rights and the Constitution that people are still trying to perfect today.''

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he felt a personal tie to the civil rights icon: ``She stood up by sitting down. I'm only standing here because of her.''

Speaking in 1992, Mrs. Parks said history too often maintains ``that my feet were hurting and I didn't know why I refused to stand up when they told me. But the real reason of my not standing up was I felt that I had a right to be treated as any other passenger. We had endured that kind of treatment for too long.''

Her arrest triggered a 381-day boycott of the bus system organized by a then little-known Baptist minister, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who later earned the Nobel Peace Prize for his work.

``At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this,'' Mrs. Parks said 30 years later. ``It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.''

The Montgomery bus boycott, which came one year after the Supreme Court's landmark declaration that separate schools for blacks and whites were ``inherently unequal,'' marked the start of the modern civil rights movement.

The movement culminated in the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act, which banned racial discrimination in public accommodations.

After taking her public stand for civil rights, Mrs. Parks had trouble finding work in Alabama. Amid threats and harassment, she and her husband Raymond moved to Detroit in 1957. She worked as an aide in the Detroit office of Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers from 1965 until retiring in 1988. Raymond Parks died in 1977.

Mrs. Parks became a revered figure in Detroit, where a street and middle school were named for her and a papier-mache likeness of her was featured in the city's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Mrs. Parks said upon retiring from her job with Conyers that she wanted to devote more time to the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. The institute, incorporated in 1987, is devoted to developing leadership among Detroit's young people and initiating them into the struggle for civil rights.

``Rosa Parks: My Story'' was published in February 1992. In 1994 she brought out ``Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation,'' and in 1996 a collection of letters called ``Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue With Today's Youth.''

She was among the civil rights leaders who addressed the Million Man March in October 1995.

In 1996, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to civilians making outstanding contributions to American life. In 1999, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor.

Mrs. Parks received dozens of other awards, ranging from induction into the Alabama Academy of Honor to an NAACP Image Award for her 1999 appearance on CBS' ``Touched by an Angel.''

The Rosa Parks Library and Museum opened in November 2000 in Montgomery. The museum features a 1955-era bus and a video that recreates the conversation that preceded Parks' arrest.

``Are you going to stand up?'' the bus driver asked.

``No,'' Parks answered.

``Well, by God, I'm going to have you arrested,'' the driver said.

``You may do that,'' Parks responded.

Mrs. Parks' later years were not without difficult moments.

In 1994, Mrs. Parks' home was invaded by a 28-year-old man who beat her and took $53. She was treated at a hospital and released. The man, Joseph Skipper, pleaded guilty, blaming the crime on his drug problem.

The Parks Institute struggled financially since its inception. The charity's principal activity - the annual Pathways to Freedom bus tour taking students to the sites of key events in the civil rights movement - routinely cost more money than the institute could raise.

Mrs. Parks lost a 1999 lawsuit that sought to prevent the hip-hop duo OutKast from using her name as the title of a Grammy-nominated song. In 2000, she threatened legal action against an Oklahoma man who planned to auction Internet domain name rights to www.rosaparks.com.

After losing the OutKast lawsuit, Reed, her attorney, said Mrs. Parks ``has once again suffered the pains of exploitation.'' A later suit against OutKast's record company was settled out of court.

She was born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. Family illness interrupted her high school education, but after she married Raymond Parks in 1932, he encouraged her and she earned a diploma in 1934. He also inspired her to become involved in the NAACP.

Looking back in 1988, Mrs. Parks said she worried that black young people took legal equality for granted.

Older blacks, she said ``have tried to shield young people from what we have suffered. And in so doing, we seem to have a more complacent attitude.

``We must double and redouble our efforts to try to say to our youth, to try to give them an inspiration, an incentive and the will to study our heritage and to know what it means to be black in America today.''

At a celebration in her honor that same year, she said: ``I am leaving this legacy to all of you ... to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace.''

Monday, October 24, 2005

Love my SP and a new Project

WHOOHOO My SP sooo came thru yet again!

So this package had in it:

A bag of wool

A drop spindle

A book about spinning

A bar of vegan chocolate

A pair of Halloween boxers * A few sized to big, not to worry I'll let nick wear them*

A new needle case to carry my stuff in when i travel.

hmm... Looks like I'm going to have to figure out something more challanging for the next package...

Art Project Alert!


ok so after thinking about this I have decided to give this a try...

I want to put together a litle art project and I need your guys help. All you need to do is if you have something that is on your chest, that you HAVE to get out...we all have them...or a secret you have to say or ANYTHING you have to get out, could you write on a post card and send it my way...

you can sign it or not it doesnt matter.


examples are:

1. things you did and feel sorry about
2. a letter to a ex/lost friend or family member
3. something that has been on your mind latley
4. any weird or random thoughts...
5. qoutes that you like...
6. Personal mantras

ANYTHING...

if you would like to do this comment and leave your email and i will send you my addie for your cards to come to...

Goes back to work on knitting this HP Scarf...I'm almost done...

Friday, October 21, 2005

sending love to a freind

So I found out that a friend I work with has a daughter that recently found out she has cancer. She is in her 30's I think and when I asked what kind it was he said that it was "down there". So I'm thinking its either cervical or ovarian. He is going up to New York this weekend to drop his wife off to be with her for a month. I want to do something for her but I have NO IDEA where to start. First off, I have never even met her. The reason I want to help her is because I was know what its like to find out something so dramatic that changes ones life. but I really don't know that to do make for her. I was thinking something white for "surviving"...

Any ideas?

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Cute boys that knit ROCK!

So I taught a VERY cute boy how to knit last night...I'm hoping he needs a second lesson. Becasue 2am to 5am just ISNT enough time to teach one all the finer points on knitting...

Yes....I think we need alot more lessons!

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Scarf exchange part 2

WOHOO, I just got the invite in my email to join the second scarf exchanch...EVERYONE NEEDS TO JOIN!
scarf exchange blog

I am teaching my boy Luke to knit so he can join me in this adventure!

I hope to see you all there!

Sunday, October 16, 2005

shopping spree and queer bashing

Well, not really a shopping spree but I did get soem new things today. Three new shirts arent they cute...

these are mediums so they will be kinda big but they are still cute




And this is a youths large so it fits me in just the right places...




Then I also pick up some new plugs for my ears...cute don't you think?





And I bought Alanis's new acoustic vesion of Jagged Little Pill...LOVE IT!

Now to the rest of my post...

Yes I was verbaly queer bashed today by guys driving past Nick and I.

so we were walking to a store when these guys drove past yellng "FUCKING FAGGOTS!" So I turned and screamed "FUCK YOU!". After words they yelled something back and since I couldnt understand them I did the next best thing by grabbing my crotch and fliped them off again. At which point they were screaming about stopping the fucking car and again I yelled fuck you, flipped them off again, and shaked my ass into the store we were walking into.

I think I won...*puffs out chest"

I know I rock!

I ama 21 year old biracial gay army brat living in central indiana...it takes ALOT more than pussy ass fuckers driving past me to scare me back into the closet...

I know what they NEEDED, jsut to bad theey wouldnt stop and get out of the car *wink*

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Recently Rak'd

WOOHOO! I went to pick up something fromthe post office today, having no clue what the fuck if coul dbe and I found a box FULL of goodies...take a peak...



Cute huh...and the contents are as follows:

2 Skiens of sierra prima cotton/wool

1 Skien of Katia diana

1 Pricilla Queen of the Desert-DVD

1 Bag of Portland Roast Coffee

1 Pack of paper to make Origami bowls

1 unknown skien of crazy orange yarn *which I SOOO want to make something with*

1 Pack of Paper drink umbrellas

1 Retro pad of paper

1 Tin of coffee candy treats *not pictured*

I have to say that this was a GREAT way to wake up, then I went to Nicks moms and layed wood flooring...*sigh*

so if anyone else would like to RAK me my addy is:

Krys Dixon
905 Oak Meadows
North Vernon In, 47265

And by the way I would like to wish Plump Knitter a GREAT Birthday and I hope she gets LOTS of squishy yarn!!!

Thursday, October 13, 2005

scarfs for this coming season...

So, as much of you kwow I'm a scarf WHORE! So I was at Urban Outfitters, an dI was looking up the new styles this fall and I found some cute as shit scarfs...and i KNOW I could rip them off hehe...how cute are these?










But I REALLY want to make something like THIS!




You guys like them?

Monday, October 10, 2005

I Hate My Sister

So I got fored and decied to drive to Greensburg at 3 in the morning Sunday to visit freinds. Well , I was about to come home and I realized that what kind of son would I be if i didnt stop in and say hello. So I walked is and my mother offfered me a cup of coffee and somethin gto dunk into it. And so we start chit chatin over our coffee and I realized those slippers I make I want to bring in and show her becasue she would like them. So I run out and get then and put them on to show here. She she giggled and said they were adorable. So then I found out my sister is home for the weekend from college* She's home EVERY weekend* and she come out and asked what we were talking about. I showed her the object of disuscion "Arent they cute?", I asked. She looks down at them and then back up to me and smiled then said "No, not really." Then went back to bed...She hates anythign homemade because according to her it doesnt have any thought to it...not like when you can go out and buy something for someone instead...

I think I am goin gto knit her something so ugly for Christmas...If I get her anythign at all that is...

Sunday, October 9, 2005

Fall Weather

I love the fall. Its always a nice cool temp and the colors are GREAT. Not to mention the smells of Autumn. Speaking of smells I have Baked Apple in the oven right now...who wants some? Between the food, weather, and the GREAT knits you cna wear thru out this season...I'm so in heaven!

My yarn came infor my Slythrin scarf/hat set! I'm so excited I been working on it since I got it in yesterday...

I'm going to pull my apples out and work more on my scarf...later babes!

Saturday, October 8, 2005

New to my Wish List...

So after carefull consideration I have decided that I want a Pullip...Not just ANY Pullip, I want to get Greggia Isnt she CUTE! Then I alwos want Lan Ake and Lan Ai. One at a time I'm going to have these in my ownership...but if anyone wants to get me one for Krysmas i wont say no....;-)

Friday, October 7, 2005

I'm so impatience

Grrr... I want me yarn NOW so I can start my Slytherin scarf and sweater! You would think knitting would help with me being impatient but it SOOO doesnt!

Wednesday, October 5, 2005

New Hair and a New WIP

Like my new hair people? Nick was taking pics of me eating a peanutbutter sandwich...as you can see in my hand right there...







And this is my new WIP. It's going to be a shawl but as you can see it kinda looks like a flower petal...LOL but that's just becasue its on a short needle. Soon it will be done and be given to a good freind of mine for a surprise...Stay tuned for a soon to be FO..









And yes I'm wear my hair matches my WIP...;-)

Monday, October 3, 2005

Gay Marriage

the reasons I'mm against gay marriage...I hope some of you feel the same way I do!

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets, because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

icon_cool.gif Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

Sunday, October 2, 2005

my new botton

WOOHO I have a button for anyone that would like to link me with it...*wink*

click onit to get the actaul size then link away...WOOHOO!