Saturday, January 7, 2012

*whew* and a bit of *W00t*

My apologies to the blogosphere, I've been neglectful these past weeks, all in the name of crafting. More specifically knitting. All but one of my Christmas hats are finally done, plus a couple extras...you know, the things you make aren't always perfect for who you have in mind, but thankfully they find a home too. It's one of the things I love best about knitting.

I have some things on my list left for my sister and her kids, but I've got them presents (store bought!) and their birthdays are all in the spring, so I can take my time a bit, let the hand cramping ease up first and finish reading the books I got for Christmas. (This also includes books I bought myself before and after Christmas... :D ) So far I'm almost done reading Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (picked up on a whim, and is my first foray into Steampunk culture, other than ogling jewelry on craftster.org), and I've got Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett and Going Out by Scarlett Thomas, as well as some poetry by ee cummings and Dorothy Parker.

Also for x-mas we treated ourselves to Doctor Who and Star Wars marathons, peppered with Black Books and Spaced episodes. We're not nerds or anything...ok, yes we are.  My new bright idea is to start a sci-fi-punk band with ballads for the Doctor. Now I've just got to teach myself to play an instrument. I'm thinking of a tiny keyboard with sound-effects.

*OMG I just took a little break to try to get a washer and had a bit of time to spare, so we're walking down the street and found a free pile with a type writer (broken, unfortunately) and a few books. I found a great like new copy of CS Lewis's Perelandra and an extremely old nearly falling apart copy of Magicians' Tricks from the "Free Library of Philadelphia." Pics of this relic will follow soon!*

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