I want to go out and play!

One of the things I hate the most about being unemployed is that I'm stuck in the house trying to amuse myself all day. Sure, I apply for tons of jobs, but honestly it doesn't take long to run out of job postings to respond to, so I spend most of the day just trying to kill time.

Most of the time I'm knitting while watching TV. It's productive, sure, because I get knitting projects done and this helps increase my wardrobe and bank of accessories. Lately I've been painting my nails a lot, and this gives me another creative outlet and as it takes time, it helps to fill out my day.

For instance, yesterday I did this:

Sorry it's blurry, but it turns out it's not all that easy to take a one-handed picture with my camera, but here's hoping I get better as I practice. At least you can see the sparkle.

If you're interested, I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White as a base coat, then one coat of Sinful in Innocent (lime-ish green). I put a thin coat of Seche Vite on to help it try and solidify it. Then I waited awhile I decided to do next.

I grabbed a bottle of Sinful (sensing a theme here?) in Let's Talk, which is the purple, and my Scotch tape. It's the Satin Finish Giftwrap Tape if you're interested....using Chloe's Nails method for scotch tape manis I did each finger separately and when I got to my right hand, I mirrored the slant of the purple, so on my left hand the purple is on the right side of my needle and on my right hand they are on the left side of my nail.

1 more coat of Seche Vite. Then 1 thinnish coat of China Glaze in Fairy Dust. Then 1 more coat of Seche Vite et voilà they are done and super strong. I was tapping my nails on the table just now and they almost sound like I have acrylics. I'm planning on keeping these at least until tomorrow so I can show my knitting group tonight.

Speaking of knitting, I've been doing a lot of test knits lately. I have a tab of my Ravelry projects page if you want to see them all, but I'm a little light on photos at the moment. That should change in the next few days. I've got a pair of socks on my needles for Sock Knitters Anonymous as well. I feel sorta overwhelmed crazy about the number of WIPs I actually have right now and I'm going to use this blog to keep me accountable for getting them all done. Expect pictures.

Lastly, television. I'm working my way through the last season of Angel on Netflix Instant during the days while I'm knitting, and I'm mildly enjoying it, but it's really not the same can of beans as Buffy, which I did enjoy quite a bit.

Look for reviews of a couple of new series on ABC Family: Switched at Birth and The Nine Lives of Chloe King. I'm writing those up right now and at least one will be up sometime tonight.