Here’s the scarf that I finished last week!  I’m so proud of myself because I actually finished a knitting project!  I must be on a roll, because I’m really putting my nose to the grindstone and getting stuff done!  Yay me!

 Anyway, this was knit using Noro Silk Garden Lite yarn (about 1 1/2 skeins).  I had started with another pattern, but 1) made a huge fuckup about 1/3 of the way into it and, 2) the pattern wasn’t really doing anything for me, so I’m really glad I switched.  I found this pattern at Knitty.com.

 I think it’s going to look really nice once the cool weather comes!  I have another ball left, so perhaps I’ll knit some fingerless mitts or something. 

Bad, bad blogger

I’m sorry, little blog, that I’ve been neglecting you.  I honestly have no idea where in the fuck the summer has gone! 

So, today I was involved in a discussion with two guys I work with regarding blogging.  (I say I was involved, but actually they were standing in front of my desk talking (annoying!) and I ended up getting roped in.)  Guy #1 is a decent enough fellow.  Kinda quirky, but generally o.k.  Guy #2 is a raging fucking lunatic.  I refer to him as the “serial killer/child molester”.  He creeps me out to no end and is one of those people who can’t take non-verbal cues that you don’t want to talk to him.

 Anyway, they were talking about the Internet, and Guy #2 starts going off about how horrible it is that “these young college kids” are out there on the web, sharing all their personal information.  Making themselves vulnerable to predators (and how would YOU know unless you were one yourself, you freak!).  I had to chime in that they were only at risk if they were putting ALL their personal info out there, and if you’re stupid enough to do that…well, I won’t say you deserve what you get, but perhaps you just need to learn to be safe.

Then he had to start in with “well, I don’t know why anyone NEEDS a blog anyway”.  I told him that even I have one (neglected, yes, but technically I do).  He asked me why I had one and I responded that sometimes it’s just nice to have a place to bitch about stuff.  I also pointed out that sometimes the Internet is a nice place to meet other like-minded people and feel like maybe you’re not so alone in the world.

He starts into this “but you’re NOT alone in the world” bullshit…which I know is going to degrade into some idiotic shit about always having Jeebus around or something.  So I nipped that portion of the convo in the bud.  I didn’t bother telling him that what I meant was that sometimes, when you have something weird going on with your life (strange smelling pee, weird hair growth, fucking annoying-ass coworkers…) that it’s nice to be able to go out and talk to other people who are experiencing the same thing.

Okay, enough with that rant.  Just felt good to get some feelings down about that weirdo.

Anyway, I’m going to try REALLY hard to get some more posts out here.  Not the best excuse, but I actually DID lose my password for a while.  I’d also like to do more posting about the knitting I’m working on and perhaps try to make this a more positive place.  Or not.  Because honestly, I still just really hate most people.