no politics today

I found a lovely tract about knitters here. It was posted on my friend's blog, so I stole it. I do think knitting is definitely a religion sometimes. I spend so much time on it, it must be a spiritual expression. I am in the midst of making a tunic with lovely yarn from River Knits Fine Yarns in Lafayette, IN. If I get a chance, I will post it on ravelry.

I have heard that the Purdue Communications PhD students are enjoying my baby blankets for their various offspring. It's a lot of fun to make the blankets, and I like that people are enjoying them. However, I keep forgetting to put my labels on...oops. I will have a zillion left. Maybe I could start putting them in various sweaters I've bought and pretend I made them.

I will go back to knitting and watching random TV. I have my rugs in the dryer and should put them back where they belong. I did laundry, for EH had mice in her apartment, and wants to stay away until they are gone.

thoughts on Hillary

I watched Hillary give her speech after the Penna primary, and this is why I like her:

1. She said that the moms and dads in the room with their daughters can whisper in their ears, "see, you can be anything you want to be."
2. She said that each generation was able to see change, and that our children will be able to say that that an African-American or a woman can be president.

I really really hope that I can be wrong, and that a woman can win in my lifetime. I still think it might be impossible. But it was a great speech, and I think she connected. It will be an interesting convention. I can see this splitting apart the party...oh, I hope it doesn't.

I am getting a little cranky about the patriarchical society I live in -- I am feeling v. silenced somedays, and it is frustrating, to say the least. I have not really been in this situation before, so it's even more frustrating...

I will post more this weekend I hope, but wanted to get this out (it's been in my head since the night of the primary).

i am the worst blogger ever

I guess I didn't have the laptop for a while, and have been crazy busy, but I have not blogged for a long long time. But in the meantime, I did get a year older, and now am "older" than our Administrative Services Director (who claims she is 32).

But I have knitted...















This is my latest baby blanket. I did finish three blankets as well for the Purdue grad students (as commissioned by P), and am looking at what next. I bought a sock book and another toy book, but I think I have made enough toys for A & J so far.

What else have I been doing? I bought the Martha Stewart cookie book, and have made one yummy creation so far. I will make another kind tomorrow, and bring it to the women in student affairs book club. We read full frontal feminism, and I am excited to discuss. It's interesting to see what younger feminists are writing.

I will stop now, and watch the daily show. Soon I will get better at this whole thing...

it's been a while

So, here I am in Oshkosh, WI, relaxing in my hotel room after an exhausting but fun OPE. It has been a week and a half of interviews -- both student and professional staffs. But now I have a little time to enjoy my hotel room and relax. I can't believe it's only two weeks until the big day, and I feel a bit old. Hopefully soon that will pass...

At least I have been able to visit my favorite coffee shop and get the wonderful chocolate from hughes' -- I can't get enough of that! I didn't do any outlet shopping this year, but I don't really need anything. One of the crazy things that happened is that my former boss (and now friend) and I were talking about a colleague, and she CALLED while we were at dinner! How strange the world is...

I am on blanket number two of the three commissioned blankets for purdue grad students -- the spring green is gorgeous. I start on the sunshine one soon. So my knitting world has been mainly baby blankets, but I will find something new to do soon.

Enough of blathering for tonight -- I must sleep.

What kind of liberal am I?

My Liberal Identity:

You are a Social Justice Crusader, also known as a rights activist. You believe in equality, fairness, and preventing neo-Confederate conservative troglodytes from rolling back fifty years of civil rights gains.

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ice skating...

Daisy has a new second name: Zamboni. Daisy Zamboni helped me drive 90ish miles in four hours yesterday on ICE. Sometimes I hate the fact that Michigan is on the other side of the lake... Snow was falling, snow was blowing, and freezing all over 94. So it was crazy driving, but this stubborn girl didn't want to stop. I got home and unclenched my entire body just in time to watch Mr. Darcy on PBS. I am loving the Jane Austen series on Masterpiece. I do miss the original theme, though. And does Gillian Anderson have some crazy blond highlights in her hair, or is the lighting and the lame background? Oh well..at least I get to indulge in some major Mr. Darcy/Captain Wentworth moments. At least I could take out some of the kinks in my yoga class tonight.

So, here's daisy's butt -- how unladylike of her to show it off! :) But when have I been so ladylike?

Speaking of ladylike, I watched "miss austen regrets" on masterpiece classic tonight (instead of the second half of the superbowl), and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoy Austen -- so much flirting and nuance and subtlety. It is much sexier than a series of tongue sucking and naked butts. Maybe I could be a spinster authoress as well. If only I had the wit and sparkle of Miss Jane.

And here's the side view. Does she not have lovely posture? I have adjusted to a smaller trunk and a few other things, but I didn't always need all the cargo space.

Today I finished a fabulous book, dream when you're feeling blue, and did clean my dining room table. So I feel much better about my roommate (she is such a pig sometimes!). And now I'm enjoying house -- hugh laurie makes me smile, whether jeeves or gregory house. It is odd to listen to him without a british accent -- and people find it odd to hear him with one.

Well, I should get off this and work on the first of my three baby blankets for Purdue grad students. It gives me something good to do, without me buying more yarn for random things. I do need to find a new project -- I've made more stuffed toys.