January 23, 2009
You kids stay away from Old Lady Murphy's place
We joke that we can't wait to be crotchety old women. Well, friends, I've found a whole in the space time continuum and I am already old, though more crazy than crotchety. Before I show you the newspaper I brought back from the future, let me tell you a story.
My great grandmother (who's name I only learned to pronounce a couple years ago and which is all consonants save for a rogue "Y" acting as a vowel) was deep in Alzheimer's or dementia by the time I have memory of her. They just called her senile back then. But I thought she was great! Here was this woman who one day around age 90 stopped speaking English. Which was probably a relief for all parents of young children, because this was about the time she also started cussing and yelling profanities at children. My favorite thing as a three year old was when she would sit at the kitchen table and pretend to pick the flowers off my grandmother's vinyl tablecloth and hand the bouquet to me. I never knew her before she was ill, so I can't say if had eccentric tendencies, but I like to pretend she did.
I am clearly making the choice now to make sure my latter years will be deemed eccentric. It all starts innocently, with a dog sweater. And before you know it, you've bought hangers for the large wardrobe of dog sweaters and given them a space in your closet. Correction. The dog's closet.
Honestly, what is the next step? Buying her little booties to walk down the street or putting pet stairs in front of all my furniture so she can get on the sofa? Oh wait.
I see this as planned compensation for my genetic disposition to dementia, etc. No one will ever know when I become ill because the transition will appear to have happened in my early thirties. And everyone can conjecture about whether I forgot how to speak English or if I simply have had enough of society and refuse to be a part of it anymore. I like to keep my options open.
My great grandmother (who's name I only learned to pronounce a couple years ago and which is all consonants save for a rogue "Y" acting as a vowel) was deep in Alzheimer's or dementia by the time I have memory of her. They just called her senile back then. But I thought she was great! Here was this woman who one day around age 90 stopped speaking English. Which was probably a relief for all parents of young children, because this was about the time she also started cussing and yelling profanities at children. My favorite thing as a three year old was when she would sit at the kitchen table and pretend to pick the flowers off my grandmother's vinyl tablecloth and hand the bouquet to me. I never knew her before she was ill, so I can't say if had eccentric tendencies, but I like to pretend she did.
I am clearly making the choice now to make sure my latter years will be deemed eccentric. It all starts innocently, with a dog sweater. And before you know it, you've bought hangers for the large wardrobe of dog sweaters and given them a space in your closet. Correction. The dog's closet.
Honestly, what is the next step? Buying her little booties to walk down the street or putting pet stairs in front of all my furniture so she can get on the sofa? Oh wait.
I see this as planned compensation for my genetic disposition to dementia, etc. No one will ever know when I become ill because the transition will appear to have happened in my early thirties. And everyone can conjecture about whether I forgot how to speak English or if I simply have had enough of society and refuse to be a part of it anymore. I like to keep my options open.
Labels: FOs
January 08, 2009
The library is good for business
Jamie asked why I haven't posted lately. It's that old story of girl meets Ravelry, girl joins Ravelry and uploads all her pics and stash, girl feels redundant posting the same info on her blog. Tell me how it ends!!!
I don't have any new projects that I can show you so I'll try to tell you how awesome the Chicago Public Library is, though the internet may run out of room. All I can say is that if the CPL got so cool by way of machine politics, cronyism or bribes, I DON'T MIND. Though I doubt it, because then it wouldn't be free.
I thought when I first started checking out knitting books that I was being cheap and/or not supporting the knitting community. But you know what? If the book is that interesting, I'll go buy it anyway.
Such is the case with Everyday Crochet by Doris Chan. I cannot wait to buy this book! The dilemma is, I can't find a LYS that stocks it. I'd much rather buy it in town so I'll ask you guys...what's the crochet-friendliest store in the city? Uh, and don't tell me to go buy it on Amazon. You heathens. Or Amazons.
I should also add, falling in love and wanting to spend money was not the case with Lace Style. And I shall quote my favorite line from Naked Gun, "Nothing to see here. Please disperse."
So what's your favorite line from Naked Gun and/or crochet-friendliest LYS? Double points if they are they same.
I don't have any new projects that I can show you so I'll try to tell you how awesome the Chicago Public Library is, though the internet may run out of room. All I can say is that if the CPL got so cool by way of machine politics, cronyism or bribes, I DON'T MIND. Though I doubt it, because then it wouldn't be free.
I thought when I first started checking out knitting books that I was being cheap and/or not supporting the knitting community. But you know what? If the book is that interesting, I'll go buy it anyway.
Such is the case with Everyday Crochet by Doris Chan. I cannot wait to buy this book! The dilemma is, I can't find a LYS that stocks it. I'd much rather buy it in town so I'll ask you guys...what's the crochet-friendliest store in the city? Uh, and don't tell me to go buy it on Amazon. You heathens. Or Amazons.
I should also add, falling in love and wanting to spend money was not the case with Lace Style. And I shall quote my favorite line from Naked Gun, "Nothing to see here. Please disperse."
So what's your favorite line from Naked Gun and/or crochet-friendliest LYS? Double points if they are they same.
