Not So Much Knitting Content

Ambuguity blows. Hated The Lady and The Tiger right along with you. I did enjoy Life of Pi even though I can't decide which was the "real" story. I picked up Max and the Cats by Moacyr Sclair to see how differently Yann Martel wrote from his inspiration.

I'm going to have to read that Tom Robbins book. I thought I had, since I've read most of his books, but I can't for the life of me place it.


Jenni, GET OFF THE NET AND STARE AT THE SCENERY. Sheesh. Zion is beautiful. (And "Hi!" ;) (Picture not Zion, just in case you couldn't tell by the incredible amount of telephone wires. And houses. It's actually the best pic I got of all the snow on Mt Diablo and that was after pulling over a few times to snap a shot. I wanted to get both peaks with the snow but the only place I could see it really well was in the middle of the intersection.)
















This is what Hezekiah is hissing at:



Or more clearly, this:


My aunt and uncle's newest child, Riley. Hezekiah was NOT amused that that dog was in the house, even for a couple of hours Monday night and breakfast Tuesday morning and she's not allowed to be at all. . (although.....wait. who reads this? Never mind) She punished me last night by running away all night (she showed up at 6am.) (I checked all night long).

After, of course, I went to the neighbors on one side and queried (nicely, mind you) if their (sweet natured) pit bull ate her (they claimed no, but would they tell me, I ask you? Okay, it turns out that their (sweet tempered) pit bull didn't but she could have), and then to the other neighbors who weren't even home.

Not much knitting - Mim! I can't believe you even came close to recognizing the pattern after all that marking and blowing up. I know you wouldn't recognize it by the knitting. I'm torn on whether I should just frog the whole thing and chalk this up to a swatch (which it should be) or whether I should just power ahead and run a lifeline in it every other row and just Do It Right From Here On Out and pray to the Blocking Gods. Thanks for all the kind words on it, guys! The color and the yarn, if not the knitting, lol.

Of course I did manage to watch some TV last night (How William Shatner Changed the World should be on again, Zee. I think it Aven mentioned it was a repeat Sunday night). On NCIS, DeNozzo was actually competent. Still hate The Director. Even the happy ending was ruined for me because she engineered it. (This is possibly a little too much hate for a fictional character.) Scrubs next, but I barely registered it before flipping the channel. It was the 3 month anniversary of Sheba's death, Hez was missing, I was not in the mood to be amused. Couldn't read anything new either, so I re-read parts of Life of Pi. I still can't decide which is the better story. I tend to believe the bulk of the novel and yet.....but they're both fantastic.

Dammit, if my aunt gave me whatever hideous cold she has, I'm going to throttle her. I can't be sick right now. At least I can't lay around the house on my death bed. I have to work. She has to visit during the busiest time of my year and get me sick???? (And not harboring any ill will at all by her bringing her adorable puppy and annoying my cat). Not at all.