ARDIRI

Ardiri--Sicilian for taking a risk or being consumed by fire.

Recent Posts

  • "Whole-Paycheck" Yoga Gear and Resolutions
  • 2012--Finally!
  • Human, All Too Human...
  • PSA
  • Don't Worry...
  • Cleaving
  • Ardiri
  • The Apple of My Eye
  • I Still Knit!
  • Surreal Small Things

Categories

  • All in the Family (1)
  • Art (5)
  • Backpacking (6)
  • Bikram (2)
  • Blog/Web Politics (1)
  • Body Politics (1)
  • Books (40)
  • Charity Knitting (26)
  • Community Supported Agriculture (1)
  • Contests (10)
  • Current Affairs (1)
  • Cyrano's Creature Comforts Drive (29)
  • Detritus (3)
  • Dyeing (11)
  • Embroidery (3)
  • Etsy Shop (1)
  • Film (12)
  • Food and Drink (41)
  • Games (1)
  • HollYarns Hand Painted Yarns (9)
  • HollYarns Handmade (2)
  • HollYarns Patterns (2)
  • Humor (14)
  • KALS (18)
  • Knitting (144)
  • Knitting Swaps (47)
  • Living (96)
  • Love-Dove (23)
  • meme (2)
  • Meowsers (42)
  • Music (12)
  • Non-Quotidian Quote (6)
  • Origami of the brain and soul (3)
  • Philosophy/Philosophers (9)
  • Poetry (1)
  • Politics (29)
  • Public Improv (1)
  • Public Radio (1)
  • Public Transportation (2)
  • Queue (1)
  • Quilting (9)
  • Randomnalia (28)
  • Rant-er-roo (8)
  • Religion (1)
  • Retail Therapy (23)
  • Runagogo! (32)
  • Scarves (2)
  • School (39)
  • Secret Pal (23)
  • Sewing (24)
  • Slrog (88)
  • So San Francisco (19)
  • Socks (24)
  • Television (11)
  • The Great Outdoors (21)
  • Theater (1)
  • Travel (4)
  • Undeniable Reality (6)
  • Urban Art (8)
  • War of the Sexes (1)
  • We are Family (1)
  • Web/Tech (13)
  • Weblogs (6)
  • Wordless Wednesdays (1)
  • Words (1)
  • Worker-Bee (30)
  • Writing (1)
  • Yoga (3)
See More

Archives

  • January 2012
  • September 2011
  • June 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • September 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • November 2009

2012--Finally!

At long last, the year 2011 has finally ended!  Watch as I bow down, prostrate my self upon the ground, and thank all the gods! IMAG0789

Last year was a doozie: the end of a long relationship that truly should have ended at least a couple of years earlier, my re-entry into the dating scene for real, a quick lesson in salary negotiations, my first Bikram Challenge completed*,  a quick weekend jaunt to Hawaii, and a re-realization that the world is damn awesome! (*OK, so I didn't fully complete the challenge, but I did do 27 classes in 30 days while working full-time; I think that is more than pretty good!) 

Now for the resolutions:

1) Complete my Master's thesis. I have no more excuses left and I have no one but myself holding me back.  I must see this as a series of papers and not some big monster lurking under the proverbial bed.  

2) Continue my Bikram practice.  It makes me happy and healthy.  Ideally, I would like to do 4 days a week, but 3 will suffice.  However, I need to be conscious of how my angry little right knee is feeling and back off when necessary.

3) Keep up with the blog. I know that there is a novel,  a non-fiction book, or a series of restaurant reviews hidden somewhere in me and writers only get better by actually writing.  Of course, writing the thesis will help, but I've got to have some fun writing to do as well.

4) Spend more time with my girlfriends. Friends rock and should be prioritized. We all have busy lives, but I know I can make room for them.

5) Start being crafty again.  I used to do a lot of creative things--sewing, knitting, glueing shit from magazines to anything that stood still for more than 5 seconds (decoupaging).  What happened that stopped me?  A lot and really very little.  This year I'd like to return to being a crafty chica and also dip my big toe into "urban art" (but legally, of course).

Alright, I think that is enough for today.  There may be more resolutions to come...

Happy New Year to All!  Hello 2012, you are looking fantastic already!

Posted by hollyarn on January 01, 2012 at 05:18 PM in Art, Bikram, Food and Drink, Knitting, Living, Love-Dove, Sewing, Undeniable Reality, Yoga | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

Tags: 2012, bikram, knit, knitting, new year, san francisco, urban art, yoga

Chihuly is Cool-huly

On Sunday, the Parental Unit, John, and I went to the de Young Museum to see the Chihuly exhibit and it was spectacularly amazing!  I do believe this is an exhibit that I'll likely visit a second time.  The following piece reminds me of both the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie and the new Willy Wonka movie.
Chihuly_boat_of_glass_aug_2008_0001
Here's one of the views from the de Young Tower of a pond with a Chihuly sculpture in the center.  I have ran by it in the evening and it looks amazing when the neon is lit!De_young_tower_pond_aug_2008_0001
And here's more glass!
Chihuly_aug_2008_0001
Someday...someday...someday after I finish my thesis and get a bit more settled career-wise, I'd like to take glass-blowing classes over at The Crucible!

Posted by hollyarn on August 06, 2008 at 05:54 PM in All in the Family, Art | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

MOMA(SF), I'm coming home...

A portion of the Exterior of the SF MOMA:
Sf_moma_aug_2008_0001_2
Saturday, my parental unit came to San Francisco to do a massive, weekend-long museum hunt.  First, we were off the Asian Art Museum to see the exhibit "Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty".  Which was--in my opinion--nyet, nyeh (not very interesting).

We then went to the SF MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit, which was great, but uber-super-duper crowded.
Fridakahloselfprotrait1940
I also loved this piece, but failed to note the name of the artist!
Sf_moma_pencil_piece_aug_2008_0001
Today we're off to see the Chihuly exhibit at the de Young Museum!

Posted by hollyarn on August 03, 2008 at 11:12 AM in Art, So San Francisco, We are Family | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Worth Perusing...

Here are few websites that are worth your perusal:

  • Tink (aka Lacey Jane Roberts) (non-traditional craft with yarn)
  • Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Blog, Etc.; not specifically Walter Benjamin)
  • Fecal Face (Blogzine serving the Bay Area Art Community since 2000)
  • And, as always, good ol' Banksy

Posted by hollyarn on May 18, 2008 at 12:51 PM in Art, Detritus, Knitting, Politics, So San Francisco, Urban Art | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Things I really want to see...

  • I really want to attend a performance of this, as it is one of my favorite short stories:

Sonnyslogoblack_2            




If you haven't read "Sonny's Blues," by James Baldwin, I highly recommend you do so.  It is an amazing piece.

  • I am definitely going to this exhibit of Packard Jennings at the Catharine Clark Gallery. The ideological perspective of the artist, Packard Jennings, reminds me of the work of Banksy.

I am absolutely enamored with Packard Jennings' idea of printing out these "coupons":

Walcoupon

and placing them in Walgreens adverts, which is--of course--something I'd never do.

And here is an excerpt  from an article at SFWeekly that illustrates some more of the work of Packard Jennings where he "'shopdropped' his handmade anarchist action  figures in Target and Walmart stores".

Target2sm

(Image Credit: Packard Jennings at centennialsociety.com)

Posted by hollyarn on February 17, 2008 at 09:50 PM in Art, Theater | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

January 2012

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

SF, Hell Yeah!

  • SFist
  • SF Weekly
  • Mission Loc@l
  • Haighteration
  • SF FunCheap
  • The N-Judah Chronicles
  • Muni Diaries

Interesting!

  • mimi smartypants
  • WebUrbanist
  • Gizmodo
  • The SF Weekly Dinner
  • Six Hours A Week: Adventures of a Sudden Patriot
  • The SF Book and Brunch Club
  • CROSSROADS
  • passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers
  • whoopsy daisy!
  • tea reads

Crafty!

  • Bark n Knit
  • brainylady
  • Bulldog Knits
  • Coloursknits
  • Fig and Plum
  • Fricknits
  • Grumperina
  • knit and tonic
  • knot another hat
  • Living a Conscious and Creative Life
  • My Middle Name is Patience
  • Nightingale, tell me your tale...
  • Numerical Knitting
  • She Knits By The Seashore
  • sixoneseven
  • Stumbling Over Chaos
  • Subway Knitter
  • the purl bee
  • Yarn-A-Go-Go
  • yes, i MADE that.