You know how you're going on a trip? For, like, a week? And you think "Hey! I got lots of time! Time to pack! Time to prepare the fish for our absence! Time to do laundry! And lots of time to finish this scarf for Maja! So much time! Who cares if I'm knitting at, like, an inch an hour? So what if her birthday is tonight? It's like I've got time coming out my ears here! Feels good!"
Why do I lie to myself, people? WHY??
I did finish the tweedy green scarf yesterday (pictures later - type now) and it looks divine. Aside from a teeny tiny square of green action I knit on Christmas Day, it is my first "finished object" (soon, I will have a whole gallery!) I nearly passed out with anticipation as Maja removed it from the gift bag. Keen that she should show proper appreciation, her gf Reol yelled from across the table "Roro knitted that!!" I blushed with pride as Maja oooh-ed and aaah-ed and put in on and admired its softness and tiny stitches. "I love a short scarf," enthused Maja as she draped it round her neck, "plus, it covers this whipped cream stain on my shirt from when the waiter tilted my head back and squeezed aerosol chocolate and regular whipped cream into my mouth right from the cans!" I resisted telling her that the scarf would have been longer if I'd taken the step of knitting in the ladies shitter, which I briefly considered doing. I quietly sipped my French Kiss martini instead. It was a good night.
In other hilarious news, my mom called to tell me that a letter addressed to me had arrived from Red Deer College, in Red Deer, Alberta (I'm from Edmonton, about 1.5 hours north of Red Deer). I asked her to open it, assuming that it was some kind of newsletter. It turned out to be a request from a Theatre Arts student there for the rights to produce one of my plays as part of their year-end one-act festival. This is awesome for two reasons:
- The play was actually published as part of an anthology 6 years ago, but since then no one has ever actually produced it (besides me) and;
- The play is about a LESBIAN NUN. College students in Red Deer want to do a LESBIAN NUN play for their graduating project. Now, Alberta is not all about rednecks and cowboys shopping. Brokeback Mountain was filmed there, after all, and there are deep and delightful pockets of liberalism throughout the province. But I must confess, I teared up a little at the thought of college students in Red Deer groovin' on the lesbian nun play. Girl on girl action. A lot of cursing. Glow-in-the-dark-Pieta. Sniff. You go, college students. Rock on.
On that note, my better half was playing with a new flickr toy and made this. I have made it my new wallpaper. I suggest you do the same.
