BBFT's and other fun things

BBFT.
Big, Blue, Fluffy Towel.
The holy grail of towels.
Can fit around anyone in my family.
It's almost as long as I am tall.
We only have 2 at my house. One will disappear this fall.
Yes. I am planning on stealing a towel from my family.
You just don't understand. I need the feeling of a towel that can wrap around me comfortably.
It is a glorious feeling.
I feel like a little kid again. Marvelous.
I have mostly prevented my younger brother from gaining access to these precious BBFT's by keeping one in my room, and the other in the TPP (Towel Protection Program). The TPP may or may not be a giant, unconquerable pile of laundry sitting on an old dining room table in the basement.
But, yes, one of these two majestic towels will come to school with me in the fall, because my towels there are insufficient, and fail to live up to BBFT standards. And my RHD apartment needs nice things.


Speaking of which, I have lately been on the prowl for things to decorate my otherwise boring apartment with, and have found cute square votive candle holders at work. They're about 2" high and I grabbed two lime green and two yellow, because I liked the way they looked lit in the dark best (I tested this by putting them in the back of a dark shelf and turning on the battery-operated tealights). I have to get my "fake" tealights because candles and fires aren't allowed in the dorms, which is alright, because I think the fake flicker is cuter than the real thing. The picture has the right shape, but not the right colors (use your imagination?).

I also found really cute canvas placemats that have pink and yellow stripes on one side and embroidered butterflies on the other. Sicne they're $5 each, I'm holding onto them until next weekend, when they go into the "sidewalk sale" for 50% off. Teeheheee...

I am still looking for other cute ideas for a smallish apartment with mismatched furniture...

Brand-spankin' New: An Introduction

Hello. Let's do this quick, dirty, and in list form, okay?
Name: Christina (but you can call me "Chris")
Age: 20
DOB: July 13th, 1989 (I just turned 20 on Monday!)
Occupation: College Student
Major: Biology
Family: Mom, Dad, big brother, little brother, dog (Bear), 2 beta fish
Interests and Activities: Crafts, sewing, drawing, video games, videography, movies, music, parks, trees, animals, plushies, iron-on patches, sunflowers, shopping, learning stuff, camping, cooking, sarcasm, irony, satire, acting
Things that I don't like (short version): A lot

Alright. That was nice and boring, I know.
Why did I even start doing this? I don't really know. I guess I like having places where I can talk about things that not everyone on my friends list knows about.

I really like crafts.

My mom taught me how to sew when I was only 7, and since then, I've been a machine. I went from making (really poorly made) clothes for my many nude Barbies (how did I end up with so many dolls and so little clothes?) and went to making patches for my own clothes, then (really pathetic) cosplay costumes, to bags, and now I've finally begun making my own clothes. I'm working on a skirt now that is hot pink cotton with psychedelic psuedo-paisley accents. Hopefully it turns out to look better than it sounds. Fingers crossed. So far, there's been a lot of swearing.

You know you're getting old when you start receiving appliances for your birthday. I'm a little scared that I'm excited about getting used ones. From my big brother.

You know how a lot of people, who have been sewing for years, say that once you get going, sewing is easy? They lie! I've been sewing since I was seven, and I still don't think I'm all that great. I'm awful at following directions closely--I always have to put my own spin on it--so everything ends up not looking like it's supposed to.
However, with this skirt, even though I'm not following any real directions, I think it might come out pretty swanky, which usually never happens with things I make. When I properly follow directions, the clothes always look very poorly made. I blame McCall's and Simplicity. They do not put things in layman's terms, I swear, and I don't think they have novice sewers ever try out the patterns to see if the directions have enough clarity.
Anyway...this skirt breaks many rules, and I have messed things up several times. However, my brain is adept to fixing up (most) of my screw-ups, so I'm prepared for whatever I can throw at myself.

I'm probably losign all kinds of cool points with my friends now. Eh. It's funny that some of my friends are completely unaware that I can sew/have been sewing/etc and yet there are others who believe me to be some sort of guru (which I am far from). I'm somewhere before the middle, but not at the complete bottom. I'm not going to start pumping out jackets and pants are undies made out of appropriate fabric. I'll stick to skirts and reconstructing/deconstructing clothes I already have.

I think this is getting a bit long, so I'm going to call it a night. In the future, expect pictures and such.