Knittin', but not mittens

Baby Blanket
Originally uploaded by Minarae

So the lovely Lissa asked about how my knitting is going and to that I say...it is going very well. Look! I'm making a blanket! And I even picked out the yarn and the pattern all on my own. I'm kind of in love wit this yarn despite it being all acrylicy and squeaky; it's knitting up very soft and considering the baby I am making it for is being born into the Most Allergic Family Ever there was no way I was going to use a single natural fiber in this project.

I'm also working on a Booga Bag for y Little Sister, which is a whole bunch of knitting in the round that makes me tired. It's almost done but I need Bettina to show me how to do the i-cord for the handles before I accidentally use all the yarn up. And once she show me that, I'm going to have her help me get started on a pair of wrist warmers, probably Dashing because I want some longer ones. I have some of this yarn just waiting for e to get around to doing that one. I need to go pick up some DPNs first though; I invested in a set of Denise interchangeable needles but haven't gotten around to the rest of it.

Bettina and I have grand plans for picking out a sweater pattern together and working on it at the same time. I'm thinking a nice soft cotton sweater might be nice, something I can wear in the springtime. If anyone has suggestions for patterns (keeping in mind that I am still not an expert), I would be glad to have them.

Enough typing; I've got more knitting to do.


(Oh, and if anyone out there is on Ravelry, look me up...I'm Minarae on there, big surprise.)

Keepin' it real, yo

Is it just me or has Beyonce sold herself out to every single company out there? Except Vagisil, apparently. But bitch is selling phones and credit cards and perfume and DirecTV, so she might as well add in some feminine hygiene products. I'm just sayin'; celebrities are people too, why should we pretend like they don't use tampons? Put Angelina Jolie's face on that box of tampons like it's a box of Wheaties and watch the fly off the shelves! Oo, and then you can start a competition by putting Jennifer Aniston's face on a package of pads....it would be the ultimate competition. Pads vs Tampons, Jen vs Angelina. Love it.

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Tonight was a Little Sister night, and after we studied the hell out of Homo habilis (and Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens and Homo sapien sapiens) we played a few rounds of SUPER! MONKEY! BALL! on the Playstation.

That game is fucked up, y'all. It's monkeys. In balls. And they are racing around on race tracks or they're punching each other or they're bouncing around on some random playing field. I won one single race out of a million. It was the best night I've had in awhile, even if I did get the snot kicked out of me by an 11 year old. Stupid monkeys.

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It is freezing cold in San Diego right now. Well, freezing cold in my part of San Diego anyway. It says it's 60 outside right now but I think they are sorely mistaken. It's supposed to stay this way through the weekend which is AWESOME, because cool weather will make the 3-Day that much easier for me.

I will, of course, need to stay warm in my tent at night while camping, but I'm good. Today I found the most perfect sleeping bag ever...pink camouflage. Aw, yeah, baby.