Doozer · Lolly

Rocking Doozer’s World

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Ooh boy, I’m going to have to change the name of this blog to “We Interrupt This Knitting Blog to Bring You Pictures of Cats”. And we’ll have Yakity Sax playing in the background. Sorry, but there is news.

When Persi left with my TAS a couple of weeks ago some of Doozer’s behavioral issues came back. He started chewing up boxes again. He started stalking and biting the kids (and me!) again. After some thought, we realized that perhaps what he really needed is a companion–another kitty to chase and bite. So, we contacted the rescue group that got us Doozer and last week we met this girl:

And today we brought her home! Meet Lolly:

She’s about 4 months old and likes to watch TV and pounce on things. Doozer is, shall we say, rather less than thrilled. But we think that once he gets used to the idea they’ll get along smashingly!

Persi · Whiskers on Wednesday

Whiskers on Wednesday

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As promised, pictures of Persi in The Sweater. [ravelry]

She was confused by it and would not sit still for a photo.

I think she was trying to step out of it, but she is old and decrepit and unable lift her legs that high. So she just kept walking around and around in circles until we took it off of her. She also entangled herself in it and nearly injured herself when she jumped down from the bed. Oh well. I think The Sweater is destined for my dad’s dog, Maggie McShaggy, who needs a sweater to remind her who is the omega dog.

links · Meta

Weird Searches Land Here Friday

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People use internet searches for weird stuff. Inexplicably, some of those weird searches end up here. For example, this week, the following web searches ended up here.

i like to pee myself
i am funny fish
people that lungcancer effed
knitting retard
awsome rorschach pics

I can’t help but think that Mr. (or Ms!) Iliketopeemyself must have been sorely disappointed with what they found here.

life

A Realization

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So, you know that woman you occasionally see in the supermarket? The one who starts to babble about random personal issues if you accidently make eye contact with her? Well, I’m her. So watch out.

holiday cheer

An Announcement

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I give up! This morning I woke up and decided I’m giving up knitting forever! Seriously, I just cannot take it any more. My projects are all lame and I suck at it. The frustration of knitting is not worth it anymore, so I am auctioning off all my stash on Ebay and canceling my Ravelry account. This is my last blog post so please leave a comment if you are interested in buying the knitting interrupted domain.

That is all.

Oh, and happy 1st of April, y’all!

TAS

Wherein I am a Magic 8 Ball.

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The following conversation with my TAS took place on AIM this morning between eight and eight fifteen this morning:

Her: hello!
Me: yo.
(5 minutes later:)
dude, you’re leaving me hanging, AGAIN!!!
I fucking hate that!!
;-)
Her: lol, sorry
i ding you
then i’m in the middle of something
Me: ok
what r u in the middle of?
Her: and the stray thought–I wonder how x is?–and oh shit my phone
lol
i’m putting my journals away
Me: ???
Her: kids still aggravating you?
Me: we’ll see
we all just sort of woke up
so not yet
i’ll be a magic 8 ball
“ask again later”
Her: oh good
*shakes you vigorously*
Will I meet my true love today?
Me: “ask again later”
lol
I make a horrible magic 8 ball
I was like, “dude, why is she shaking me?”
Her: lol
magic 8 ball needs more coffee
Me: haha
“signs point to yes”

ravelry

Across the Ravelverse

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(Apologies in advance to John Lennon and Paul McCartney…)

I am queuing up the
Projects that I want to knit the most
I have the yarn at least, that is, according to what’s it my stash
Should I cast on now or wait
Until tomorrow I don’t know
I guess that’s just the way it goes

Jai Bo—-ob deva om
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world

Now it’s time to check up on
The forums and see if there are replies
Or if someone clicked on agree or disagree
Copyright and nudity and swearing are still topical
And then there are random groups that
Make their way across the Ravelverse

Jai Bo—–ob deva om
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world

Browsing patterns stalking yarns
And searching for that perfect hat
Exciting and inviting me
Knitting less but Ravelry is like a drug I don’t want to stop, yes
It calls me on and on
Across the Ravelverse.

Jai Bo—–ob deva om
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world
Ravelry has changed my world

Jai Bo—ob deva
Jai Bo—ob deva
etc…

Doozer · Knitting · Persi

Me-ow!

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Last night, I finished a sweater. For a cat. Doozer hates it. He especially hated when I LOL’d at him for 15 minutes straight.

Lucky for him, it’s for Persi, who was looking very chilly the last time I saw her.

The details are [raveled].

Doozer · Whiskers on Wednesday

Whiskers on Wednesday

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Can I help you?

random

Do I lose geek street cred if I could give a flying rat’s ass about Twitter?

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Twitter is all the rage right now. Even though it’s been around a while (and so, not exactly newsworthy), it’s suddenly all over the news. Everybody seems to be using Twitter and they can’t shut up about it. NPR programs. Talking heads on CNN. Fictional characters. Cats. I admit, I tried it last year. (I also tried Plurk.) Meh, I say. I mean, I can see why it’s fun and trendy to do this sort of microblogging thing. Even Facebook (with which I have a love/hate relationship) is trying to climb up onto the microblogging bandwagon. But people, do we really need to be connected to teh internetz 24 hours a day, sticking our every banal thought out there into the ether for all to see? Really? This is what we’re all about now? Good gawd, shut off your computer (or your cell phone or what have you) and go outside and look at the sky or read a book or have an actual face-to-face conversation with a living, breathing human being! Or just trying being bored for 5 minutes. What the hell is wrong with being bored? Oh that’s right, nothing.

Oh, and tweet me about it when you get back. I do so enjoy a good 140 character or less update.