Day: October 25, 2005

Oh, yeah, that’d be me. Back in the day (when I lived in Minneapolis), I got completely screwed over by a TiresPlus store. You know, because you don’t have lumpy bits dangling betwixt your legs, it means that you should be subjected to talked-down-to instructions & it should cost a lot.

So we got in the habit of hissing like a cat at all TiresPlus locations. You know, teeth bared, hands up like claws (boy, don’t I have that theme going this week. Fits right in with all my knitting.) And a spit-laced back-of-the-throat hissing. Extremely attractive. Effective in making people stop and steer clear of you, though.

So, I’m having sortof a rough week – mostly large heaps of work & a rather strong disinclination to work every minute of the day. And I find myself wanting to just HISS at everything, as a stress-release. I did have a good reminder yesterday, though, to put it all in perspective. I thought about what I’d be doing in my old job right now? And it makes my current stuff look like prancing through gardens of flowers in springtime. Like a big clumsy tiger, that’s me!

SSSSSSSSSSS! So there!

Seriously. My hands are going to be permanently clawing at the world like Lobster Boy by the time I’m done knitting this jacket. (The Einstein Jacket by Sally Mellville, in the Knit Stitch book…) DAMN me for not being itty bitty! It’s acres of garter stitch that you knit, turn, pick up more stitches & magically you end up with a coat! Right now it looks like an afghan gone bad, in a heap on the loveseat, where I sit with it, each night. It’s been two weeks, and I’ve got the lower body done, the front & back panels & have just begun the first sleeve. Once that’s done, it’s collar time, and finishing! Good thing, because I’m refusing to wear a coat right now, and that’s rather stupid, since we slid from unseasonably-warm days, to freeze-your-face-off days with no in-between.

More fall leaves pictures to come, too.