My mom sent me this email forward, and it's just too funny. It's not really safe for work, either... If straight men could knit, this would be the result.
Anyhow...
I knit 6 more rows of cable-y goodness tonight, which brings me ever so much closer to the end of the sleeve. Hopefully not to the end of the yarn pile! I am not sure where the receipt for this yarn is - it's not in the bag with the yarn - but I do know that I only have 16 balls left. I will be very unhappy if that is not enough! Especially since I bought the yarn some time ago and I can't imagine that I'll be able to find the same dye lot...
In other news, this guy who I knew in college randomly sent me and email and a phone message today. We graduated from college 10 years ago together... and now he has a wife, three kids and a dog. And I have a messy apartment and, I think, a couple of mice. Wow, who wins that one? (The weird thing, though? I was totally out of the closet in college - and I thought this guy knew that... so why is he asking me if I have a family?)
Actually, I (most of the time) really like where I am, although I can assure you that I'd like to be dating someone. I met someone very interesting recently, though, and I'm hoping to take it in a good direction. He's really cute, he's very smart, he lives less than 10 miles from where I do... all of which are useful things. With my track record, though, the odds are slim... but I'm trying to be optimistic!
Anyhow, I should have a little fun tomorrow: I have a doctor's appointment at 2:00pm (a check-up, nothing bad is going on), and the doc's office is like 3 or 4 blocks away from String so I may stop in there. I need some US5 needles in wood for the cashmere lace scarf kit I bought on eBay and I know this store has a good supply of Ebony needles, so that's a plan. I don't really want to do too much yarn shopping, for two reasons. 1: String is not a cheap store and 2: I'm going to Knit Happens next week. Oh, and 3: I have more than enough yarn for more than enough projects right now... but I still want more! More! More!
Have you figured out that yarn shopping keeps me in touch with my inner megalomaniac?
The link made me laugh, I must show that to my husband when he gets home.
As far as the old friend asking if you had a family - well, why not, I know gay people who have a family. Doesn't have to be the old traditional man, wife, and 2.5 kids to be a family.
Good luck with dating.
Posted by: Laura Gallagher at September 8, 2004 12:54 PMI hope you don't think that having 2.5 kids, a station wagon and Rover means "winning" over someone who doesn't, do you?
That link is funny.
In the course of moving from New York to DC, compulsive yarn shopping has nearly (but not entirely) displaced my compulsive shoe shopping.
Chin up, young person.
Posted by: Erika at September 8, 2004 01:09 PMGood luck with the boy! Keep us posted, please. :)
Posted by: Rachael at September 9, 2004 07:25 AMmaybe he has a gay itch he wants to scratch.
Posted by: john at September 10, 2004 09:01 PM