I'm knitting myself a pair of socks. Yep, a pair fer me. How's that for selfish, eh? I am selfish, I really am. Not because of the socks, but for a variety of reasons. It's hard to be human. I'm not as selfish as Bush, at least I like to think that.
It's been a busy few days. I bought some new glasses for my son Digs, some sandals for my oldest son and guiltily bought some very nice sandals (Birks) for myself. When things get bad, I either work hard on my house, my yard or my job. Sometimes though, I end up putting a band-aid on myself with a shoe purchase.
Reality: the bitterness isn't fading one bit. I really rears up on Wednesdays when I spend some time at a church where the boys have their language instruction. Oh well, we face self-congratulating superficially innocent human behavior every single day, whether it is under the guise of religion or what have you. It really is rotten, isn't it, that we are not perfect. Just some people don't even try to have insight into their imperfections. No humility, you know. It's the wielding of the religious message with the lack of humility that just slays me.
So did ja catch the most recent Colbert Report episodes? I sure love that show. I watched a few Daily Shows and honestly from the few I've seen, Jon Stewart seems a bit fixated on male sex organs while making poignant observations about politics. Oh well. Florida will never look like a male organ to me. I like my mental picture of it being more like the Everglades, even if it's delusional. I'm entitled to my pleasures, especially when I'm 3000 miles away from that delusion. Sure I am.
Well on to knitting. I've been working on Sock de la Mer by Anne Hanson of Knitspot. I've done a proper ream job on the pattern, and I'm going forward anyway because I'm sick of going backwards. The sock is for me anyway, and I want so badly to finish a pair of socks. Finish SOMETHING. I spent two hours ripping and knitting and ripping lace edging on Hannah's pants. Maybe tomorrow in Portland I'll have the chance to stop by a shop that has some good washable merino I can add on as a lighter weight yarn, as the dk weight I'm using just is way too chunky. Oh the troubles. I think probably I'd just best knit a lace edging and sew it on. I don't want to do that though... By the time I'm done with the pants, poor Hannah will be in first grade at this rate.
Oh I must get the strange carrot mash of desperation off my face!
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