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I see I have managed to fuck up my back again; ow, ow, and also, ow. Probably as a result of hauling branches yesterday? (A.k.a. physical exertion in a way I haven't done in a long time.) Although on the other hand, I mess up my back up at university every few weeks or so, though I think that has more to do with sitting in weird positions. *sighs* I am twenty. I am not supposed to have back problems. *scowls* MAKE IT STOP.

My mother suggests yoga as a possible solution.

a miscellaney

( cut for weight and clothes-bitching )

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I love Japanese tradition, and also having relatives who like to give me money EVEN WHEN I AM NOT THERE. I mostly plan on buying yarn, which is at least one cause of my anxiety that I can do something about, even if I have discovered that I have been doing my yarnovers wrong. (Actually, I knew I was doing my yarnovers wrong the whole time, which is why I don't knit a lot of lace, but I couldn't find a good guide on actually doing yarnovers, especially since I knit continental. I did -- and still do, I think -- my yarnovers really weirdly.)

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Human Voices is -- um, well, it's a braided POV, which isn't something I usually do. And I'm rewriting from the top down (or maybe the toe up? wait, I'm talking about Narnia, not socks), which is...tiring, a little, because the setting of the original draft was very firmly placed, and I have to move it up a year because of timing. (The difference between year one and year two, which is significant.)

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I like knitting socks, but I always end up with yarn leftover -- probably not enough for another pair, but maybe enough for fingerless gloves? I'm not really sure what to do with the odd bits of yarn. (I'm not sure how much I have left over in either yardage or weight, so it's hard to guess. Hi, I'm Bed, I'm unhelpful.)

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Herbs: we have parsley, sage, and rosemary already, and the basil died so we have to get more. I want to get mint, I'm not sure what kind, and coriander (although my mother hates coriander, so that's for me). Thyme, maybe? I kind of want to get catnip, for no particular reason. I hear it makes a good tea, although that one should probably stay inside instead of getting planted outside, as we have cats.

My mother says that if I can find somewhere to plant the corn, we can grow corn. We mostly do container gardening now -- not because we don't have the space, but because there are freaking deer (a couple wandering around the front yard right now, actually; I can see them from the window) and otherwise they'll get eaten unless we put up fencing, which we gave up on a couple years ago. Can one grow corn in containers? It seems unlikely.