Month: July 2007

A Hello Kitty costume… for your cat. WANT.

The Snook has encoded the clip of me on the news from last night (and you can see Bex and Lara too!), and then we got all fancy using this embedded flash player. Let me know if you have any trouble viewing it!

I love the guy in the snowflake sweater and I want to be his best friend. But man, I sound like the Biggest. Knitting Nerd. Ever. There I am waxing rhapsodic about the joys of “donating time” when I didn’t even finish the square I was working on. Sheesh.

Magic and free will
I’m listening the Deathly Hallows audiobook with the Snook, and tonight something struck me. (No spoiler! Don’t worry… although if you haven’t finished it yet, you’re really pushing it!) So anyway, I was thinking about the Imperio curse, and how it’s pretty much one of top three worst crimes you can commit in the wizarding world, right? Taking away someone’s free will ranks right up there with murder and torture. Compare that to the Star Wars universe, where Jedi seem to apply their mind trick to the weak-minded whenever they feel like it. Obi-Wan even uses it on random people he meets (like the deathstick merchant on Coruscant) to force his own morals on them. Shouldn’t we find that more repugnant? In the movie it’s played for a laugh, and I guess it’s supposed to be okay because we trust the Jedi to be good guys. But hey, you know, that really sucked of him. Hmm, maybe I’ve discovered another of the contributing factors to the Jedi’s downfall. Their attitude towards “muggles” seems a lot more cavalier than wizards’ of Harry’s world.

Oh man. This list of “sissy, post-grunge, mid-90’s poseurs” just breaks my heart. Why? Because it looks like my Top Rated playlist in iTunes. Those are ALL the songs from when I was in high school! See, this is why I don’t listen to much modern music anymore. My tastes just aren’t fashionable enough. (Okay, okay. I’ll admit I do cringe a little when “The Freshmen” comes on.)

It’s a gathering of knitbloggers…

From left to right, that’s Bex, Lara, Anna, Miss Fee, and me. We had a lovely time knitting squares, and I even got interviewed for the evening news tonight. (I’ve set it to record.)

Faceball. I’m sure we have an inflatable beach ball around here somewhere…

702 ABC Knit-In
It’s me and Bex, proudly representing the non-blue-hairs! Miss Fee and Lara are with us too. Shame on all you slackasses still in bed!

Cat = Harbinger of Death. I could’ve told you that.

Golden Snitch Knitting Needles. Awww, those are so cute! I’d make myself a pair, except for the fact that I rarely use straight needles anymore. (Link courtesy of Bex.)

I’ll admit that when I read the headline “Magician injured in sword trick,” my first thought was of Gob Bluth. And now I have “The Final Countdown” stuck in my head…