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January 24, 2008

I am 32 flavors and then some


Probably everyone has a filter. Somewhat. Of course, initially, when people realize you don't, it's new, exciting and awesome and makes you just, oh, so fucking great. Until they find out. They can't play games, they won't be chased, and most importantly, there is nobody controlling anybody. Refreshing still? But honestly. I don't fucking care. WYSIWYG.


Honest to a fault is not as black and white as it may seem, and maybe, you really need to filter?



"The stress of not knowing how much or how little to say only comes into play when you care about the outcome. There's something about being face to face that makes what you say so much more impactful. When you're not face to face the nuances of what you say can get lost or misunderstood."


How much easier isn't it to say what you think when other people's views of you don't matter? What about when they do? Does it mean you have to always be careful?


"I'd say not always, and it's best when you don't have to be."

Ripping back the BMNV Mingus,because, well, I can't read. Cookie's instructions are IMMACULATE, my reading skills on the other hand, leave a lot to be desired. Thankfully knitting is great. You discover a mistake, be it from minutes, days, weeks, even months ago, and it's easy to go back and remove it, and look, it is as if it never even existed in the first place. You build it into the sock you envision now.



People aren't as simple as that. But I wouldn't change my life for the world. And I am not going to rip back my life and start over. I don't view anything in it as a mistake. I like it just the way it is.


Ani DiFranco. And quotes from my brilliant introspective friend after some frustrating attempts at figuring out how much is too much and how little isn't enough. Can someone explain SMS etiquette? I am so out of this technomology loop, all I know is, it was nice. Also. Alcohol may have been involved, in one of the pictures above. ( I hear the intonations in my head).

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January 13, 2008

Rules of a Princess Bed



The taller the better. It is really the main requirement. You should have to almost climb Kilimanjaro to get into it, Princess and the Pea style. Step stool not necessary, but it helps with tallness, and also silliness and swan dives into it. Not so much in assisting the dog how to get up into it. Completely freaked by stairs, I should have known.



Some also say pillow top is a necessity, as long as it's cushy and soft I'm good. And of course, with proper tie off spots. Four poster beds are really ideal for this purpose, however, I am partial to sleigh beds, which is another very important rule of a Princess Bed. That it is the bed you have always dreamed of having, but never possessed. Doesn't mean you forego the tie off spots. Please.



With a few events coming together right as the bed was delivered, along with the unfamiliarity with a REAL bed for so long, the first two nights were just miserable. Cats missing me from being gone for a month, wanting attention, to men being absolute idiots, an extremely hot cushy bed, strange nightmares, all added up to no sleep. A few adjustments, and it has become the place I prefer to do everything in (minds out of the gutter); work, read, eat, sleep, and a bed I hate to get out of in the mornings. Viola, the Perfect Princess Bed.



Arlo and his new favorite fucking toy. Making it to the top of the Mountain.





BF Resume Observations (Bullet Points for brevity):

  • Emotionally unavailable

  • With abandonment issues

  • Passive aggressive

  • Addictive personality

Why are these qualities that I actually look for in people? Because they compliment me. Certainly makes me fully responsible for my choices. If I ever thought I wasn't.


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January 01, 2008

A Real Christmas



With Snow on Christmas Day, and most days in the 20s. Lovely. Maybe that's what inspired all the sock knitting. Certainly didn't knit a single pair during the month of Socktober. The O socks were slightly modified, and actually sent off yesterday. Express, so they'll arrive in time.


A roadtrip to Fort Collins resulted in some happy times, beer, and alot of car knitting on the CS Snickets. Classic Elite Alpaca Sox, very soft and nice, on 1s, with same modifications as Telluride Snickets, only a different toe. Buckeye colorway. Garden of the Gods being a most awesome photo shoot location. Quite windy too.


Odells and New Belgium were our two stops. Fab.



More car knitting on a trip to the Broncos home game. Four hours outside in the snow, wind and mid-20s, maybe not a brilliant idea with a mean ass cold. It was a total blast anyway!


CS Snickets finished today.







Was there a single fuck in that entire post? I think not.

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