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July 08, 2005
studious housewifery
I have been spending my days, as of late, variously trying to remember how to speak french and flittering about the apartment doing chores that never seem to amount to an overall increase in home-cleanliness. The french is starting to come back, so at least that part of the equation adds up to something. And I suppose the carpet looks a little cleaner. I vacuumed. Did I mention I vacuumed? Unfortunately, it was after the Knittin' Kittens came over and we sat on the then-dirty carpet to craft... I am afraid that the french class I am starting this monday is going to kick my ass. It, Carribean literature, looks like it will be fascinating, but there is a whole fuck-ton of writing. In french. That is a metric fuck-ton and not a short fuck-ton. In case you were wondering.
Progress is being made on Kyoto... these damned 16.5 inch sleeves seem to be taking a newt's age, but I guess that is how a kimono looks. I need to be reminded of that fact at least two times a night. Me: "Don't these sleeves look like they will be baggy and disgusting?!"
In other news: Kidd Video.
Anyone remember this as being one of the most fantabulous pop music adventures possible in a cartoon? (Before Jem, of course) Perhaps I am just too old? I think it came out the year J was born, just like the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon that I also loved. From my viiiiiiiideo to my raaadio! Priceless.
Another slice of randomness, this time courtesy of Metafilter:
Its all about the cock pushups. For real. I saw this and I could just hear Christine saying, "Do you think I'm a wimp cuz I go home every night to Starla there?!" Damn.
So, in short, nothing profound to say so far today. Summer = deadly plummet out of academia and into the Mundane Zone. Hoping to remedy this with an injection of postcolonial literature, but still fear it will be far beyond my current frenchosity. Even if I don't end up taking it, there will always be J's beloved Wittgenstein Youth Brigade Reading Group to tear me away from staring at pretty pretty pictures of yarn on the computer...
mmm yarn.
Posted by loyd0008 at July 8, 2005 01:18 PM | ...In Progress
Comments
I saw that penis guy on Salon a month or so ago - I was in shock! But you're right, I wouldn't want to receive a round house power kick to the face by that guy.
IN knitting world - i'm still using the 5's and getting about 6 stiches an inch. On the plane on friday i realized after having knit about 20 rows that I had helplessly twisted the entire thing and had to rip it all out and start over, but now it's cruising along - well as much as you can cruise with the tiniest needles in the world.
Kittens this week?
Posted by: christine at July 11, 2005 09:29 AM
5s are pretty small... but wait until you try sox on size 2s! good thing the ones i've had on the needles for months don't have to be finished until its cold again.
Kittens for sure! Did you still want to meet chez toi? perhaps you could notify the other kraftykats...
Posted by: villain at July 11, 2005 02:38 PM