oops. kind of forgot i had one of these. typical. find something. get really excited. do a whole bunch. then....nothing. zip. burnout. meh.

i've gotten quite a few things done lately. right now i'm working on socks. its going pretty smoothly...you know if you don't count the four false starts. i'm working jaywalkers toe up in some sockotta fair isle pattern yarn. they're pink/yellow/orange/red/white and took a while to get used to. eeeeny weeeeeny stitches in bright colors are hard on my eyes. but i love how portable they are. i even took them to mcmenimans for our now official weekly wednesday no boys allowed night. some fine kip banter was had. observe:

bartender: "cool! is that some kind of mini crochet?"
me: "nope. it's knitting. a sock in fact. well. more like a toe."
bartender: "a baby toe!"

he was fun.

i've realized i have to knit in bars now. it used to be i had a drink in my hands. always. and cigs. and the social lubricant made me unselfconscious. since i had an opinion about EVERYTHING making conversation wasn't issue either. but since i've i stopped drinking (well, stopped keeping up anyway) i'm me again (for better and worse) and going out has gotten really uncomfortable. i know i know, just don't go....but damnit. i hate bars. my friends love bars. i love my friends. enter knitting. my hands are busy. i can zone stupid people out if i need to. i can join a conversation if i need to. and i can stay out as late as everyone else if i want to. woo. but i digress. i think my point was it's so much easier to kip with that tiny half sock than the blanket or scarf i've usually sprawled out for my drunk friends to fondle while i work.

another (completely unrelated) fun thing about socks? since socks usually take only a skien or two it's a good way to try handpaints without going broke. which i have been doing. a lot. turns out it's making me broke afterall. speaking of which....i ordered mamaE's yes we can yarn to support the obama cause (WOO!). i was going to donate about $15 or $20 dollars this month anyway...this way i get some super cool one of a kind yarn for about five bucks. i mean really, the yarn was basically free, right? i totally plan on knitting some obama rocks my socks while i work in the campaign office this may.

i'm also working up a suprise for my hubby that i'm pretty excited about (used my math skills and all)....but i don't know if he reads this, so i don't want to say more. maybe i'll still be excited in a few weeks after i give it to him.

that is all.