choo choo

Oh my lord, it's November. How on earth did that happen? Despite this being the birthday month of many of my favourite people (*waves* y'all know who you are), I can't really claim in good faith that I enjoy this month. It kinda sucks. And if I disappear for vast tracks of time it's only because, like at all levels of university, grad school expects a lot of stuff of the written variety to come out of me this month. Sooooo that'll be fun. *glum!face*

But that's just boring and off-putting so let's move on.

Not quite finished, but...


You don't need to tell me how jealous my cute feet make you. I know. ;) Pattern!

AND LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET THAT LEGEND OF THE SEEKER IS RETURNING THIS WEEKEND. SO NOVEMBER CAN'T BE ALL BAD. LET'S GET THIS CAH-RAZY MIDLAND SO VERY VERY GAY FOR KAHLAN PARTAY 2.0 STARTED!!!!!

So Legend of the Seeker episode 12 was ( ... )

Which leads me to talk about ( spoilers and speculation about the 1x13 promo )

Since the world is still spinning merry-go-round-like thanks to my wicked case of vertigo, I mostly sat around on my butt today. Finished a book (The Merlin Conspiracy. I &hearts Diana Wynne Jones and her crazy, crazy worlds), watched some of Our Mutual Friend again (which I've decided is definitely the Dickensian story of two awesome women, and three really creepy men), and, because I'm super cool, knitted a sock for Kermit 2.0


In't he sweet?

If I was smart, I would probably start thinking about what kind of school work I should get done this break but... I'm really rarely smart about these kind of things. Mmm... *stretches*... reading week. :D

You know. It's those useful and oft-times creative and/or time consuming things you do to avoid the thing you really should be doing. Like cleaning, instead of reading. Or in my case - knitting.




But aren't they CUTE? And very useful, I swear. (From this pattern.) The drop we've had in temperature lately (which, BTW, *not* impressed) reminded me of one of my main problems in winter that, thanks to my very poor circulation, I get ICICLE fingers for 99% of the time. And this is especially true during all that typing I have to do for various papers and the like. Essay prep for me usually involves filling up a hot water bottle I can alternate sticking my hands under. So really, I'm just being practical. And thinking ahead! For all that work I have to do...

*hides my knitted TARDIS project*

Anyway, one other good thing that's come out of the sudden cold? I finally got to break out the flannel jammies again. AND THEY ARE AWESOMELY COMFORTABLE.

*snuggles gleefully*

They've got little pine trees on them. And little moose. You know that means warmth and quality. :DDD

... my Battlestar Galactica DVDs. Because mixing up my sci-fi is fun. (And because my sister has the Firefly DVDs. *grumble*)

THE JAYNE HAT IS FINISHED!



I'm very pleased about my productivity. I mean -- I suppose I could be using this week's break to kick-start all my essays, but really, this is probably a better use of my time. ;)

Xtine, I'll get it to you soon!

Thanks to hours of Supernatural DVDs to keep me on track, and this handy dandy tutorial, I've now finished knitting my first pair of socks!


And yes, I know they're different colours, it's not a colourblind thing. It was personal and artistic choice. Also, I ran out of yellow wool.


I turn out well, don't I? (okay, really bad joke)


~Ooh, gusset~


TA DA! And yes, I also knit that blanket. It's a WIP. A WIP of... seven or eight years. ;)

I think this also illustrates how much I hate doing laundry, as I seem far more willing to knit myself a whole new pair of socks rather than just wash the ones I already have. Oh well!

*wiggles toes*

Next job: Jayne hat for xtinethepirate. I just need to figure out the math. Fudging gauges can be a real bitch. So math. For an Arts major. Er.