A problem – ha! We have a few problems… last week, affectionately named “Cluster Fuck Week” boasted a cracked windshield, a malfunctioning zone valve (a.k.a. heat blasting in my apartment) and a broken cell phone. The windshield was fixed, the phone replaced and I’m still waiting to cease living in Dante’s Inferno (can you hear the cash register ringing?), but I thought that bad things were supposed to come in threes and I would be safe this week — not so.
The Crack Whore returns to Verona this week — rumors indicate tomorrow — and I am clean out of firearms and disinfectant! I could quite easily hide in my tropical apartment until Monday to avoid it all, BUT my beloved boyfriend will be home. I had made peace with the fact that we might run into her and was, in fact, thinking that there might be some revenge value in her having to see Joe and I together but then Joe reminded me that it’s Jamie’s birthday this weekend and we’ll be partying like it’s 1999 – which, I need not explain, expotentially increases the odds that we will be in proximity to said Crack Whore and her delightful scent — a combination of B.O. and Chanel.
To top things off, I came into work this morning to find that I had been forwarded an email exchange between Jamie and Bruce that does not bode well. The boys seem to be having a spat that may or may not resolve itself. This is going to be a fabulous weekend!
On to happier things! I haven’t had any UFO and FO pics in a while because I usually take them on my phone (explains the lack of quality, eh?) and my phone was maimed. Fear not, the replacement has arrived and I have both an FO and a UFO for you! The UFO picture is blurry – sorry – you’ll have to use your imagination!
The FO is one sock. Yes, one. I first reasoned that I had only made one because the socks are for me which makes me less motivated, but I think I was just not having a good time with it. I love Fleece Artist but I found myself wishing for a bit more elasticity in the yarn… it was a long haul! Just the same, I really dig the sock and HAVE TO make another one so I can wear ‘em! Note how lovely this one looks on the sock blocker… it’s an Ann Budd standard sock.
The UFO is, strangely enough, also a sock. I was cruising Knitty yesterday and got a good look at the Monkey sock pattern… suddenly I knew the destiny of the gorgeous Freesia Claudia Hand Painted I bought from the Loopy Ewe last month. I whipped it out and started winding – unfortunately finding a break in the yarn not too far into the hank – argh! I’ll deal with it when I get there I guess. So, this is the cuff in progress. Working with this yarn I truly understand what Lime & Violet are talking about when they say that the yarn is lickable. This looks like rainbow sherbert or something — I cannot wait to have lickable socks!
Speaking of Lime & Violet, I’m completely obsessed. Thanks are due to the Yarn Harlot for tipping me off. The long of it (fuck the short – I’m not into the whole brevity thing) is that I currently hate most of the guys in my section of the cube farm at work because they’re too fucking loud talking about hockey and how small their penises are so I needed to find a way to drown them out so I downloaded all the Lime & Violet podcasts. At first I happily sat doing my work and listening to these fantastic chicks who make me feel like the thoughts I have on a daily basis are perfectly normal…next thing I knew I was listening in the car to and from work…and sitting on the couch knitting…and on my walk…and in bed. I feel so dirty but I like it. Ok, maybe I need help. Maybe – ha!
