Dress #3
Originally uploaded by samanthacm.

Finally. This was a Vogue pattern, and it's the first one I've done that I really like, although I wish you couldn't see so much of the lining at the shoulders. It's got a matching sash, too, but that's too much fabric, so I think I'll stick with the ribbon at the waist. If I can't find something else I like for it, I'll probably make that blue and green toile up using this pattern.

I can't wait for my foot to heal completely so that I can wear those shoes again.

I totally finished this in between watching documentaries about Africa. Nerd.

Goddamn it.

I came home today to find everything on my balcony moved around and one of my window boxes upside down on the ground, the chives totally squished, and the floor torn up. They've been doing work on my building for a couple of weeks now, which was annoying to begin with because they didn't warn us that there would be guys with jackhammers all over the place making a ton of noise for goodness knows how long. But I had no idea that they were going to be moving to my balcony--if I had known, I would have moved my plants myself, and then they would be safe. Not squished.

When I came home and saw my things moved I immediately thought that someone had climbed up and gotten into my apartment, and that I had been robbed, but when I saw all of my stuff still there I realized it was the guys with jackhammers. Which is when I saw my plants. I'm so angry at my building manager for not warning anyone about any of this. Fortunately, it's pretty hard to kill chives, and everything else looks ok. If they damage my tomato plants, I will cut them.

Livejournal! I was skeptical at first, but I have come to the light. If any of you want a fake bachelorette for your face bacheleorette party, I am so there. Especially when it involves free drinks and making out with a relatively cute boy. These are, after all, two of my favorite things.

Holy fucking jesus, I think I just had a panic attack. I've never had one before, but what the internet tells me they're like was pretty spot-on.

I just finished watching a movie, a goofy romantic comedy because I'm too tired from no sleep + nightmares to watch the documentary I had planned. I got up from the couch and put my computer on my desk, plugged it in, and then all of a sudden all the blood rushed to my head and I got dizzy and started sweating and hyperventilating and my face got all hot and my chest hurt and I was so, so scared and I thought I was having a heart attack except that nothing was wrong with my left arm.

Does that sound like a panic attack, if you've had one? Should I go to the doctor? Should I just take a hydrocodone and go to bed and chalk it up to exhaustion and stress? That was really scary.

Sedea just sent me a text confirming our plan to go to LA for a weekend in September to stay with Nancy, and that was good timing--I really need a weekend away.

What I want to know is, why did one of those punching guys take off his shirt halfway through the fight last night? Is it easier to punch people without a shirt on?

This cab driver agrees that I am allowed to be angry about the way shit has gone down recently. I love agreeable cab drivers.

Tonight was my first non-dean night out with my semi-secret new hairstyle, which is mostly just letting it be natural rather than straightening it to death, but I was super nervous, because I am 12. No one ran away from me, but then I just came home and it was GIANT, and I really hope it wasn't doing that all day.

My knees are wicked bruised from spendhing most of yesterday kneeling on that bench at the Comet. I am a delicate flower, clearly.

So! Who is going to the subpop festival this weekend? More importantly, who is going on Saturday, since it seems like everyone I know for sure is going is going on Sunday?

Happy 4th of July, lovelies! The lake is already filling up with boats, and I'm off to go to the boat festival. Will be back in time to fire up the bbq, though! Yay! Come over around 7 or 8, and we will have fun.

I think I just agreed to have 4th of July at my house again this year. So! 4th of July at my house! Fireworks on Lake Union! My balcony is so awesome.