Moab was cold but sunny; my sister-in-law kicked ass in the half marathon; we ate some
fantastic fish tacos; and it was good to see that area again after so long.
In fact, I think I can only express my feelings with a quote from a T.S. Eliot poem!
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Trip Report
Moab was cold but sunny; my sister-in-law kicked ass in the half marathon; we ate some
fantastic fish tacos; and it was good to see that area again after so long.
In fact, I think I can only express my feelings with a quote from a T.S. Eliot poem!
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Friday Unrelated Information
1. Moab trip forecast: It will be warm(er) and there will be rocks.
2. Quote of the week from my blog reading (it’s about Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel): “The Road defies all logic, ignores basic rules of fiction, casts an idealized version of the author’s own son in the role of what should have been a near-feral child, and all but leg-humps the reader while decrying the fate of humanity.”
Nothing like working “leg humps” into a book review. And it was on a knitting blog! Shouldn’t knitters be more polite?
3. Obama is clearly the pro-cat candidate:
Go Read Another Site Today
I’m sorry I’ve just been linking out to other sites this week; I wanted to have a quote-y post about aperitifs today and why they’re fabulous, but I’m suddenly popular at work and had to rush in. Thus, no aperitifs (until tonight, when I am home and can make another tasty one!).
Instead, go visit the site, “Stuff White People Like.” It’s not hateful, just really funny—included are things like Whole Foods, not watching TV, Oscar parties, modern furniture, and many other things I, indeed, like.
This Is Great
Someone has removed Garfield from the “Garfield” comic strips, leaving Jon Arbuckle by himslef and creating, in their own words, “an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life.”
If you like that sort of thing, go visit garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com for more.
Tuesday Project Roundup: Still Knitting, Still Fighting The Cylons
I’ve been trying to pace myself on my sewing projects since it still isn’t dress season (warm days in winter are nice but it’s still technically winter). But what to do while watching season 2 of the new Battlestar Galactica? Knit, a scarf of course: I get enough distraction from the Cylon drama but I can still look up and make comments such as, “Oh come on, Earth is so far in the past it’s become a legend, but there’s still such a thing as piano wire?” [or yellow pencils, or paper printouts, or model ships–in BSG, the future is just like now, but in space!].
Anyway, it’s a scarf. A long rectangle made of yarn.
I like it because it looks like crochet. I don’t know how to crochet; maybe I’ll have to learn.
High School Reunion!
Last night, my friend forwarded the website for our upcoming 10 year reunion (with the note, “Look how many of them have three kids”) and while just the organizers have signed the guest book so far, there were a lot that I recognized. All the girls that I went through sixth grade, junior high and high school with do, indeed, have three kids. I tried to explain to Mr. Isbell why I did not want to attend and had to resort to quoting Virginia Woolf. From To the Lighthouse:
For it was extraordinary to think that they had been capable of going on living all these years when she had not thought of them more than once all that time. How eventful her own life had been, during those same years. Yet perhaps Carrie Manning had not thought about her either. The thought was strange and distasteful.
(Part of me still wants to go–just to see how bad it will be.)
Friday Unrelated Information
1. One of the design blogs I read linked to an artist, Mincing Mockingbird, who paints birds and whose painting titles are my new favorite thing ever:
This one is “Will You Please Put Down That US Magazine And Listen To Me?”
And this one is “My Genial And Relaxed Countenance Hides A Startling Amount Of Naked Rage.”
2. I reached back into my first days in marketing and was able to set up Google Analytics on the blog. It tells me that I’ve had 4 unique visitors since last week, which is probably pretty accurate.
3. A Moab trip is planned for next weekend, so I’ve been spending downtime staring at the hotel’s river cam: redcliffslodge.com/webcam