we are standing on the threshold, we are in the opened door, we are treading on a borderland we have never trod before. (anonymous)

calendar

• ✔ 01: new year's day
• ✔ 05: 4/20 reduced
• ✔ 09: tires @ 10am
• ✔ 11: vet @ 2pm
• ✔ 11: pokémon epilogue
• ✔ 11: new moon
• ✔ 19: washington, dc auto show begins
• 19: o'shos
• 22: doctor @ 4pm
• ✔ 25: full moon
• ✔ 25: doctor @ 4pm

goals

• work on 2023 temperature blanket
• complete & mail gifts:
  • no face tapestry
  • middle finger cactus
• ✔ finish mini temperature snakes 1952 & 1953
• how far can we get on the big temperature snakes 1952 & 1953?

swaps

• ✔ 05: round robin #144
• ✔ 12: round robin #145
• ✔ 15: ugly pc #78
• ✔ 19: round robin #146
• ✔ 22: pcs: story of these cards #10 (mega)
• ✔ 25: 4 playing cards of queens x2 partners #4
• ✔ 25: 4 playing cards of jacks x2 partners #4
• ✔ 26: round robin #147
• ✔ 29: lots of mail: playing cards #2

auto racing

• ✔ 03: formula e hankook mexico city e-prix - pascal wehrlein (tag heuer porsche)
• ✔ 26: formula e diriyah e-prix - jake dennis (andretti)
• ✔ 27: formula e diriyah e-prix - nick cassidy (jaguar tcs)

media

• 🎶 megan thee stallion - hiss
• 🎶 alkaline trio - versions of you
• ✒️ here is an excerpt from a letter proust wrote in 1913: we think we no longer love our dead / but that is because we do not remember them: / suddenly / we catch sight of an old glove / and burst into tears. (anne carson, "wildly constant")
• 🎶 the shangri-las - leader of the pack - r.i.p.
• 🎶 vision video - never enough
• 🎶 t-pain - war pigs
• 🎶 kate bush - running up that hill (a deal with god)
• 🎶 janelle monáe - only have eyes 42
• 🎞️ swamp shark (2011)
• 🎙️ what went wrong - the lord of the rings
• 🎞️ man in space (1955)
• 🎶 the five blobs - the blob
• 🎞️ the blob (1958)
• 📖 a game of thrones, george r. r. martin

fiber arts

• ✔ angels for grandma
• ✔ chickens with the new knitting machine
• 'crying girl' tapestry
• "ugly is what we aim for" sweater
• 💯 crocheting snakes in various sizes and patterns
• 20ft dr. who scarf unraveled to make a cardigan
• hexagons > squares
• craft fair prep!!!
• weekend fun projects: cats afghan pillow & scarfie cardi

miscellaneous

• f1: norris & leclerc extend contracts with mclaren and ferrari respectively
• alabama becomes first state to execute death row inmate using nitrogen gas
• f1: alphatauri → rb (officially: visa cash app rb formula one team)
• f1: hello madrid (hybrid track; 10 year deal), goodbye catalyuna-barcelona
• jellyfish aliens
• shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. (letter from birmingham jail, august 1963, martin luther king, jr.)
• aliens at the shopping mall
• f1 news: guenther steiner left haas
• not going to the moon anytime soon

additional lists

• temperature snake log
• knit & crochet
• dreams
• podcasts