Category: Rambles

I got my hair cut by a maniac…

and suddenly SCARVES seem like a great idea!

Did you ever have a quickie with a completely unknown hair stylist because your old faithful wasn’t available?!

People, I am shorn as surely as a sheep – and with not as much skill! There is nothing like the moment the stylist twirls your chair and hands you the mirror and you realize: I AM NOT IN A MOVIE!

Or maybe, in my case, you should be in a movie – the New Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

Oh – enough whining, please. All I need to soothe my soul is to get some yarn out and play with it.

This tidy little pile has been growing out of sale bins, etc. for over two years. I spoke with my Mom last night, making some Easter FamPlans, and she was all agiggle over FUNfur! That’s right – those crazy scarves have hit the Michigan hinterland in a big way and am I glad?!

G-L-A-D does not begin to convey my happiness in knowing I have a sure thing yarn gift idea for some of those special people in my life. As we all know, sometimes the recipiant reaction to a knitted gift is not what we expect. (Ever go over to someone’s house and see your painstakingly knitted intarsia child’s sweater being used for a dog bed?)

Just another of the millions of reasons to STEP AWAY FROM THE INTARSIA!

Grab that polyester fizz and give it whirl! I’m wearing mine over a Blue Jean Jacket and I bet you won’t even be looking at my HAIR!

Monday Morning Mirth

courtesy the Drudge Report

The Original Stone Temple Blogger of all, Matt Drudge, turns 9yo this week.

This is the man who could be, (insert Super WHAT the —-!), the number one URL on every news desk in the WORLD!

NINE YEARS this man has been selflessly tied to his computer, pausing only long enough lately to attend restaurant and nightclub openings. Nine years, this man has been a virtually unchallenged cybergossip diva who initially turned the journalism world on it’s ear by rushing to *file* unconfirmed sensational tattles on his site, most of which tagert heavy hitters of the Leftward persuasion.

Many not so fondly refer to Drudge as the *Right Wind* in honor of his being alledgedly the favorite boy toy of the Right Wing.

Read his special birthday edition: “Anyone With A Modem Can Report On The World…” HERE .

They really started something…

And I don’t mean this:

although it is SOOOO exciting!

Imagine being part of a creative COLLECTIVE with almost 40 people knitting the same garment!!!

That’s the AUDREY KnitAlong over at Theresa’s Keyboard Biologist Laboratory – she, Morgan, Lis and the fabulously talented Becky, have put together one of the most innovative experiences yet: a multiple person blog that gives everyone the oppurtunity to share their creative adventures ALL IN THE SAME PLACE! This spectacular (and really elegant) space is powered by the one and only leading personal publising software, MovableType.

I am so excited, I’m drinking coffee and eating SPECIAL CHOCOLATE: a scrumptious handmade TERRAPIN from Margie’s Candies on Western Ave. Imagine tons of the most buttery carmel surrounding loads of huge pecans dipped in the finest milk chocolate. It’s melting on my tongue right now.

As soon as I’m done wafting outrageous here, I’m going to go swatch for my own entry in the Audrey Nation.

ADDING to my PERSONAL EXCITEMENT is the fact that I’ve installed MovableType at ChicKnits this weekend and this is the first official entry in my new digs. MT is an incredible piece of coding genius – it took me a few tries to get it to seamlessly blend into my site – but VOILA! I’m there!