Vibrant.(Still) Unrepentant. Badass. Old. Queer

Ah. The long, cold slog up the hill to my office, and here I am, back at work. *bleah* On the bright side, greeting me at my desk was a bag of YARN! Beautiful, beautiful yarn in the color butternut. Now, I can start on the promised, long-awaited Harry Potter Gryffindor scarves for two dear friends who live far, far away. And, then, I can use the leftovers to finish the Oscar Project . So, hopefully, by Christmas, two friends will have warm necks, and one cute shelter puppy will have a warm place to sleep. Yay! Of course, that all depends on my finishing the Never-Ending Afghan of Doom and the First-Ever Cable Knit Scarf for two other friends' Christmas Presents. Meanwhile, my weekend was chock full of fun and excitement, especially if one defines chock full of fun and excitement as "spending lots of time on the sofa watching TV, knitting, and surfing the innarwebez." Friday night, Tomoko and I met Mike at Halo for happy hour. It was not a happy hour. Halo has ...

Yes, I just dropped nearly $75 on yarn today. Apparently, I *do* think money grows on trees ... or something. Very excited though, because it's enough yarn to make 3 scarves (and finish The Oscar Project ), including this one . It'll be my first attempt at illusion knitting and chart-reading. *woot* Wish me some lucks.

I've been knitting at work again ... but only because it's *so* busy here. And I realized I haven't updated you on the Oscar Project recently. So, here's a photo: HAHA. Psyche! I still don't have my phone charger (*glares at Y*). My phone hasn't been charged since Wednesday afternoon. Thus, we are still in Phone-Battery-Conservation Mode . No photos. Instead, I have drawn you a picture: Blanket measures approximately 3 ft. x 1.5 ft.

Last night was uneventful. I did two loads of laundry. I watched movies. And, I knitted (Therefore, I am'ed). The Oscar Project is coming along well: Except, I'm not sure if I have enough scrap yarn to finish it. That would be a problem. Meanwhile ... *singing* Meet me in Las Vegas, VEGAS! Meet me at the ... SPICE GIRLS WORLD TOUR !!! (December 8th. Mark yer calendars!) *shriek* Lessee ... Y was supposed to come over last night, but he fell asleep. Behold the ravages of jetlag! I'm headed over to his place after work. I don't have to be at work tomorrow until 12:30, so we can have a relaxing morning in! Yay. (*rowr*)

For my birthday this year, SuperKnitter Chelsea sent me a book, Knitting for Peace . It is filled with wonderful charity knitting ideas - hats for preemies, sweaters for orphans, etc. etc. etc. As I sat on my sofa, surrounded by piles of leftover yarn from knitting 5 Harry Potter scarves, I came across the perfect project. Not only did it use the exact same yarn I used for my Harry Potter scarves (Plymouth Encore Worsted), but it could also be knit in memory of someone who played an important, but brief, role in my life, Oscar , the DemonDog Puppy from Hell. Using a simple garter stitch and lots and lots of leftover yarn, I could make a blanket for a cute (or not-so-cute) puppy or kitty at the animal shelter where John and I picked out Oscar. As this idea bounced around in my head, I realized that maybe lots of people have lots of leftover yarn from knitting Harry Potter scarves. Maybe they could use that yarn to make blankets too! Or they could pool their leftover yarn and one lucky...