resurrected
By me • Jan 27th, 2008 • Category: cats, knitting, today's blog 365 postFor years I’ve been waiting to be out of this transition phase in my life. Ever since I moved away to go to college at the age of 18 I haven’t lived in any one place for longer than a year. Sometimes the moves have just been from one apartment to another, sometimes they’ve been across state lines. Recently one of my friends made the comment that I’ve led the most bohemian lifestyle of anyone she’s known. And honestly, while it was fun in my early 20s, I really hate it now. It’s tiring. I want nothing more than a permanent residence of my own. Unfortunately that dream is a few more years down the road.
Being in the transitional mindset, I’ve kept most of my non-essential stuff in boxes from move to move because, after all, what was the point of dragging it out if I’m just going to be packing it up again in a few months, right? Then about a month ago I had a realization. This “phase”? It’s gone on for almost half my life. Transition is the most constant thing in my life right now, so I might as well kick back, relax, and unpack my stuff because who knows when or if this “phase” is going to be over.
In doing all this unpacking I’ve been coming across unfinished knitting projects I haven’t seen in years. Some are destined to be frogged because I have no fucking clue where I am in the pattern but others have been wonderful surprises. I found an almost finished clapotis made out of recycled silk yarn. I love this pattern, it looks so complicated but is really so easy. It was no problem picking it up midstream a year and a half after starting it. And since it is so bitterly cold here, and I have homework to procrastinate doing, I’ve just about finished it over the last two days. With a little help of course.
The boys adore knitting. Because knitting involves yarn. And they have a passionate, stalker-like obsession with yarn. To the point where yarn really should look into to filing a restraining order because the relationship gets abusive. In some cases the yarn looks like this one day.
And looks like this the next.
Sometimes the little bastards are really lucky they’re cute.
And thank you for the comments on the new look. I’ve been trying out templates for over a month now and this is the first one I’ve been halfway satisfied with. I really do like the design, but it’s a very old template and doesn’t play too well with Wordpress 2.3.2. Searches are slow and don’t pull up all my posts. And if you do one search and then try to do another one without going back to the main page first it freezes up. The categories and Blogroll are arranged wonky. And it’s not widget friendly. So unfortunately the blog will be changing again within the next few days, but until then this one with all it’s flaws will be staying up just because I was ready for a change.
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Is the new layout why ravelry hasn’t been picking up your feed? I came to have a look to see if you were still posting when I hadn’t seen any updates for a while.
I know what you mean about wanting some permanence. I’ve not stayed in one house/apartment for more than 18 months since 1997 and it’s getting really wearing - but I had to move every eight weeks when I was an undergrad and I remember how exciting it was to live in one place for a whole year after that! I’m currently squatting in a friend’s spare room for six weeks before a six month research trip. I’ve just realised that means I’ll be spending eight months or more of 2008 living out of a case and a couple of boxes as I move around! That’s a bit weird actually…
I hear ya….I changed my look like 20 times before I settled on the one I had - before the one I have now! You will eventually find one that fits you to a tee!
I really like the new look - very polished!
The last time I moved, my boy made me count how many times I’ve moved since coming down South in 2000. The grand total? 11 times in 7 years. It’s embarrassing. That’s why I decided when I started school, I was getting address labels. 3-4 years in one place? Someone should throw me a parade.
Wow, that yarn is toast. I wish I could knit. Actually, now that I’m thinking about it, I’m not quite sure why I can’t knit. My friend tried to teach me, but it was frustrating because I felt like she was just knitting for me, not letting me do it myself. Maybe I’ll give it a try again.
Anyway, I like the new look, but if it’s being a pain with the newest WordPress, it’s not worth the hassle. :-/ I wish I could love a template for more than a few months before I feel like changing it, too. I’m not holding my breath, though.