Reality Check...

Just in case the previous post about music and boys in bands confused you....


I saw this link over at Kellee's and had to find out my score. I thought by now I was only slightly nerdy. I mean, just because I can identify the fake in a list of programming languages doesn't make me a programmer!

We will soon return to our regularly scheduled knitting.

Tag? Tag??? TAG???????

Um, how did I get into this...? @#$%!&!! V!!!!

1. Total amount of music files on your computer: This is embarassing! Ok, not actually on my computer, but on my separate FireWire drive, because the computer didn't have enough space...131GB However, of that, 28GB is mine mine mine. The rest is still part of the separation proceedings from my ex BF. I copied our entire 200GB joint music drive when we broke up, and never finished sorting through all his stuff to see if I wanted it or not. I seem to have gotten though 69GB though!


2. The last CD you bought was: Interpol Antics Because in fact I am easily influenced by cute boys who mope. Interpol is also the last band that I saw live(not counting bands that I know members of) which led me to realise that they were too cute for one stage, and in fact, likely to cause hormonal overdose. Not that I don't feel the same way about watching the BF on stage, but there's only one of him, and sometimes I actually go home with him.


3. What is the song you last listened to before reading this message? Well...it was Saturday night, it was in a bar, in a blizzard, we were dancing around like dancing fools to some 80's stuff...I'm going to say either "Don't You Want Me" by Human League or "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. But if it wasn't either of those, I'm sure I'm making the genre perfectly clear.


4. Write down 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.

I am so obsessive. I still, at the ripe old age of 31, get into an album and must listen to it EVERY DAY for a month. So I can't chose anything that I listen to a lot recently, because I know I'm fickle. I'm self inflicting a rule that I can only chose songs I've been listening to for at least a year.

1. The Pixies. Okay that's not a song. Were I to pick one, it would be Where Is My Mind. Or maybe Wave of Mutilation, or Debaser, or Stormy Weather, or Bone Machine. So I checked my most played list on iTunes. Where Is My Mind wins.

2. The Dark is Rising, Mercury Rev. The end bit "I always dreamed I'd love you, I never dreamed I'd lose you,In my dreams I'm always strong" just kills me

3. Center of Gravity, Yo La Tengo. This applies more to the "means a lot" category rather than the "often listen to" category. I got married with this playing on repeat. Not that the marriage thing worked out that well, but still...'Nuff said.

4. Whisky & Water, Tindersticks. The chorus on this is just incredible. And I love the deep deep voice. There's more that I want say about this song, but I am too clueless about how to talk about music to even start.

5. A Night Like This, the Cure. Rumor/Goth Kid legend implies that Robert Smith wrote this at the age of 17. As I spent the majority of my gloomy years with the Cure as my "favorite band", this seemed to me to be proof of his near-god-like genius. Retrospectively, it's the perfect mix of idealism, romanticism, optimism and hopelessness. And a quick check of my iTunes reveals 4 (!) different versions of this song. None are on the top 25 most played though. Maybe I grew up a bit. Or maybe I should go listen to it right now.

Now that was therapeutic...

5. Who are you going to pass this stick to? (3 persons) and why?
I wonder what ladies who knit long socks like to listen to. So I'm tagging inertiacreeps, ihanna, and kellee. You're (collectively) it!

Felted!

Last night, while out lamenting Jesika and Andrew's imminent departure (pout), I found out that Dana's camera fits in the little felted bag I gave her. Yay for functionality!

Maybe now I'll be inspired to tackle some of the other felted things I want to do...or...not so much.

In other news, I'm going to knit the knitty womb. My first reaction to the pattern was "Ewwwwwww, why would I want to knit that??" But I'm all into this knitting as protest thing. A day of wombing shall be planned in February.

The only thing I've accomplished today is thigh-of-long-sock knitting. No bills were paid, no laundry was laundered. The thighs are looking pretty funny though.

Manos Envy

Lynne is hiding her face, but I know it's her and her afghan. Since the photo was taken, she finished the last strip of squares and put it together and I am so @&*!! jealous! It looks amazing, and only the very lucky shall be made warm by it. Yay for Lynne!

My very long socks are on hold, due to the lack of colored elastic in NYC. When I first ordered my yarn, the very nice lady on the phone offered to dig up some elastic for me. I got everything, did some swatches, and after initial math, cast on 118 stitches and knit 12 rows in 1x1 with elastic. It looked ok (my 1x1 rib is always a bit huge and funky...don't know why...) so I switched to the next stripe color and knit a few rows. Then I looked at my remaining elastic and realized there was no way I had enough for another 12 rows. While in denial, I cast on the 2nd sock and tried...in vain.. to make it work. I then desparately called the place where I got the elastic to see if they had more (it's a bit old and faded, so another fresh bit won't really match.) She said she'll look when she gets a chance, but it's been over a week now, and I'm not holding my breath. So I gave in and ordered (from a different place) more elastic, and smaller needles to re-do the rib. Estimated date of arrival... unknown... hopefully by next weekend.

In the meantime, I have been inspired by Lynne to seriously work on my poor neglected afghan. My mom saw my working on square #11 (squares #1-10 are posted below) and made some joke about me finishing by 2008. Thanks Mom! I was aiming for 2007... Photos of new knitting to follow.

Nostalgia

Here's an old picture of Cat hiding behind a bunch of Cascade. I was getting ready to knit felted bags. I was still living in my apartment. I thought I had a tenant lined up for Dec 15th. Sigh...those were the days...

Ran myself ragged so far this week trying to keep up at work and show my apartment to possible tenants. In the rain. I'm too sick to knit right now, and am just taking a break from doing the math to convert the knitty very long socks from 5 sts per inch to 7 sts per inch. Hopefully I'll be back to normal soon.