Day The Fifth. Testing, testing.

Today I am test knitting a purple bat for FickleKnitter, and it is going to be so epically cute.


I have only test knit one thing before, and it was also for Michelle. It was her Stargyle Scarf, my first proper colorwork, and I had so much fun and felt ever so special.


Also I put in a soopersekrit owl cable.


Did I post pics of the finished Boobholder? I don't think I did.
Here:


It is made of win, Super Saver, and a kitten button.



Sigh. I hope my new camera cable comes soon. I am deeply unhappy with my photos of late.

Boobie-Thon 2009!!!

From Boobiethon.com:

2009 marks the 8th Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon. Bloggers from all over the globe send in photos of their boobies (covered and uncovered) to help raise money for Breast Cancer Research.

In the past seven years we have raised over $50,000.00 for Breast Cancer Research and we are back to do it all again on October 1, 2009!

Get your girls out, girls.
Get your sexy pecs out, boys.

I'm up there thrice. Ice creams for whoever spots me! My husband graciously allowed me to grab a shot of his fine manly chesticles for charity. I don't think he wants to be spotted. :)

Word Association

Oooh, Blogtoberfest browsing has led me to Unconscious Mutterings, a weekly word association meme. I love word association. Let's do this.

Yacht :: race

Paula :: Abdul

Delete :: Cyberman

Auto :: complete

Obsolete :: computer

Dedicated :: faithful

Old :: hat

Convince :: wiles

Poster :: board

Erase :: chalkdust

Day The Fourth. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.

I had a wonderful, wonderful time knitting & watching Sound of Music with Louise yesterday. Then she slept on my couch and my cat walloped her around the chops.

I'm tired and a bit yicky feeling, so today I will just make a picture-list of a few of my favorite things, because that is the song I have stuck in my head.

Marilyn reading. This is how I sit lots.

My cat's crazy collection of sticks that we occasionally refer to as her legs.

Red Heart Super Saver. Haters gonna hate.



Batman. Pretty much the greatest thing ever invented.



OMGPWNIES!!!!!1



Bruce Campbell. One of the first marital decisions my husband & I ever made was that we will be naming our first son Ash.


Natalie Dee.



Mulder's porn habit.

Cthulhu. I'd hit that.



Maury. You are NOT the father.


Stewie's Sexy Parties.

There you go. Make a song of that.
So long, farewell.
Etc.

Day The Third. Gifts.

This is gonna be short. There's a Spongebob marathon on and Weezie's coming over.

Yesterday I found out my maybe decade-long internet friend Jessica had received a package from me that I sent across the pond awhile ago.

She is ever so blessed as to have gotten married recently & is knocked up. (jealous)

She loves stars.


She saw a star baby blanket I made for a friend-of-my-inlaws' premature baby boy, who is home now and doing wonderfully well. Jessica knits, but can't crochet. She was bummed about this. So *OBVIOUSLY* I instantly resolved to make one for the bun in her (exceptionally beautiful) oven.


And seeing as she'd recently gotten hitched, I couldn't just send something for the bun, there had to be something for the bride.


I got a google chat message yesterday calling me all sorts of wonderful, with lots of <3 shapes and I was so pleased it arrived & that she likes it.

Someday I want to meet her for reals. And her baby and her husband. She is a wonderful, beautiful, strong woman who has amazed and fascinated me for ever so long, and I wish her as much wonderful happiness in her marriage as I have found in mine.

And I hope some of her baby-luck rubs off on me. ;)

Mercy is for the weak.

,Totally rad gamer typing survey.

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Your BrainHex Class is Achiever.

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Achiever-Mastermind.

You like collecting anything you can collect or doing everything you possibly can as well as solving puzzles and devising strategies.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

» No Mercy: You rarely if ever care about hurting other players' feelings - mercy is for the weak!

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Achiever: 16
Mastermind: 14
Conqueror: 13
Survivor: 10
Seeker: 8
Daredevil: 2
Socialiser: 0

Blog, Bitch! Day The Second.

That's how I'm reminding myself about this. Bookmark Toolbar ftw.
Check out my awesome Mario Firefox theme, too.

I really was terribly productive yesterday, by my current sucking-well-of-depression standards.
My hair didn't come out as vivid as I'd like, but I do feel more like myself now that I'm a bit more garishly plumed.


I accidentally dipped my camera cord in a cup of tea recently, so I can't take very good pictures at the moment. Sorry. A new one's on the way.

Speaking of tea... I really need to find some money somewhere to order some more Gunpowder Green from Adagio. I'm not a massive fan of green tea; I love it, I drink it lots, but I know some people are real gourmands about it. I'm not. I don't like it too strong, and I always tend to scorch the leaves by pouring the water over it too soon. But I got a sample of Gunpowder recently & on the website they suggested mixing it with peppermint tea & lots of sugar to make a Moroccan Mint blend.

Holy fucking wow.

It's like.... headache relief, tension calming, happiness in a cup. And I've got about one more cup's worth from my sample. Boo.

Today I'll work on my boobholder some more, I really wish I had my proper camera, it's looking SO cute but I've already found out the webcam does not show it off well at all. Tonight, however, I'll probably switch over to my sadly neglected Love Bites scarf, inspired by True Blood. Season 1 finale tonight, over here.


Being behind on American shows causes problems. There is a spoiler right at the very start of the scarf pattern, for one. *facedesk*

I'm making the scarf in black. There are tons of GORGEOUS True Blood-inspired hand-dyed yarns out there, but I can't buy anything ever again. So it's black. Black as the darkest demon soul, or whatevs. Because, say it with me, boys and girls...
Vampires Don't Fucking Sparkle.

It may take me ages to finish the scarf, it's a little repetitive for my current knitting tastes, and there's not really any big payoff til you can drop the ladders at the end, which will be AWESOMELY FUN, but just seems so far off right now.

Tomorrow Weezie is coming over, I think. We're gonna watch Sound of Music and knit. I may get her to help me puzzle out that cocoon shrug I mentioned, I need an in-person knitter's opinion, the internet is as conflicted over it as I am, apparently.

Now I'm gonna watch Spongebob.

Poverty and depression are so boring.
I'm sorry.