It doesn't feel like a Wednesday. Possibly since it's Thursday. But it doesn't feel like Thursday either. It feels like next Monday. Why do short weeks seem so very, very long?
In the spirit of WIP Wednesday, and, to a lesser extent, rummaging for something I felt like knitting, I took a fearless and searching inventory of my WIPs.
Ahem. I started to.
< - - - See that? There are at least three charts with highlights.
I do not want to "read" my knitting. I want to knit.
Maybe I should mark where I've STOPPED rather than where I STARTED.
Has anyone read any Alain De Botton? (Have I asked that already? He's my new litcrush). I'm rapidly aquiring all his books, the latest, How Proust Can Change Your Life. (That's a New York Times review that won't pop up in a link but can be Googled).
By george, I think Proust might. If, mind you, I actually read Proust.
Clearly I'm going to have to take Aldous Huxley's pretentious drug trip saga inside and.....watch TV.
Hurray for Summer! I wasn't even planning on watching Necessary Roughness, the new USA series. Football? Even peripherally? But
Callie Thorne is a likeable, believable, semi-bitchy competent psychiatrist who lands a pro football player as a client during a messy divorce.
Besides. Marc Blucas (Buffy's old flame). Scott Cohen. 'Nuff said.
Switched At Birth(Monday 9pm ABC Family) has an interesting premise.
The child that they raised IS their child. Just one that they, horrifyingly, somehow have to share, and the have just met their own child on the verge of adulthood. Just thinking about it makes me slighly teary.
It has the obligatory opposites, wrong side/right side of the tracks, married vs single, recovering alcoholic vs socialite, deaf vs hearing but it's all so seamlessly woven. Lea Thompson and Constance Marie play the mothers.
Most of my knitting currently requires reading, but I AM finding my focus again, which is good. Clearly, Hez does not approve of the situation. I hope you rectified things.
Ah, WIPs... they're always lurking somewhere -- usually in a basket in a corner at my house.
So glad you're enjoying Alain de Botton! I'm reading The Consolations of Philosophy, and it's fantastic. I love the idea of USEFUL philosophy (and not Ayn Rand, blech).
Oh, oh, oh. That Alan Rickman reading of Proust is just stunning. Did you know Simon is a big fan of Proust? I just read that in an interview with him, somewhere. It's also in the book. He likes to read Proust in French.
I just finished Everything Beautiful, etc., and it is every bit as wonderful as you're expecting. He will break your heart and put it back together with sparkles. Is he coming to a town near you? I only saw one California stop on his tour schedule. I'm thinking about visiting Carrie in Massachusetts with Simon's reading in Boston as an excuse to hang out with her. We've been trying to find a decent reason to hang out, again. Don't know if it'll work out. Cross your fingers and toes, please!
Also, that is one beautiful souffle. Is it cheese?
You know, USA channel is one I wished I got. I can watch some of the series on other channels (like Burn Notice), but when I see ads for shows I can't see yet I think - man, I have to get that.
Ah, the WIPs. I have 2 large, half knit WIPs that I can't find anywhere. I can't work on them if I can't find them. So what IS that last picture? It's making me hungry.
You have now put a serious roadblock in my day...I'm listening to every YouTube recording of Alan Rickman reciting anything ... Shakespeare so far is my favorite.
Oh who needs to accomplish anything at all when one can sit and listen to that glorious, sensuous voice?
I'm sunk.
:)
Hmm...Thank you!
I got distracted by Alan Rickman reciting...
What is that baked item in the last photo?!
Posted by: Chris | July 07, 2011 at 07:03 PM
Whatever it is, it looks delicious.....
Posted by: melanie | July 07, 2011 at 07:45 PM
Carrie- Love the Rick.Man-
he could read the label on the toilet paper, and it would be sexy.
Posted by: Lorraine | July 08, 2011 at 05:10 AM
Lea Thompson - a name I haven't heard in a long while. I thought the show looked interesting as well.
Posted by: Guinifer | July 08, 2011 at 07:20 AM
Souffle? Looks awesome.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | July 08, 2011 at 08:22 AM
Never mind Hez, what's that food item? Yum.
Posted by: mary lou | July 08, 2011 at 08:40 AM
Ahhh. The old WIP/chart dilemma. At least you still have the patterns? I've found wips without their patterns.
Posted by: Squishy | July 08, 2011 at 08:41 AM
Switched at Birth sounds interesting; I an anxiously awaiting the start of Breaking Bad. That angel's food cake looks divine!
Posted by: elizabeth | July 08, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Most of my knitting currently requires reading, but I AM finding my focus again, which is good. Clearly, Hez does not approve of the situation. I hope you rectified things.
Posted by: Marji | July 08, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Pretty colored charts! :D
Love listening to AR. I haven't yet read anything by De Botton.
Teasing us with yummy looking baked goods!
Posted by: Angie | July 08, 2011 at 12:21 PM
I have several projects in time-out for that very reason, I have no idea where I stopped on the pattern.
I love Switched at Birth, I don't know why, but I really like it. And for an ABC Family show its pretty good (I can't stand their other shows).
Posted by: Rebekah | July 08, 2011 at 12:36 PM
I am, once again, very glad I don't bother with most TV shows. Though, it does provide one with lots of time to knit...
Posted by: Nicole | July 08, 2011 at 01:00 PM
I thought it was Friday. o.O
Kitteh!
Posted by: Cookie | July 08, 2011 at 01:34 PM
What, it was not Tuesday that is just finishing here,,, LOL
I know that feeling so very well.
Posted by: Rachel | July 08, 2011 at 08:24 PM
Ah, WIPs... they're always lurking somewhere -- usually in a basket in a corner at my house.
So glad you're enjoying Alain de Botton! I'm reading The Consolations of Philosophy, and it's fantastic. I love the idea of USEFUL philosophy (and not Ayn Rand, blech).
Posted by: Jodi | July 09, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Oh, oh, oh. That Alan Rickman reading of Proust is just stunning. Did you know Simon is a big fan of Proust? I just read that in an interview with him, somewhere. It's also in the book. He likes to read Proust in French.
I just finished Everything Beautiful, etc., and it is every bit as wonderful as you're expecting. He will break your heart and put it back together with sparkles. Is he coming to a town near you? I only saw one California stop on his tour schedule. I'm thinking about visiting Carrie in Massachusetts with Simon's reading in Boston as an excuse to hang out with her. We've been trying to find a decent reason to hang out, again. Don't know if it'll work out. Cross your fingers and toes, please!
Also, that is one beautiful souffle. Is it cheese?
Posted by: Bookfool, aka Nancy | July 09, 2011 at 07:02 PM
You know, USA channel is one I wished I got. I can watch some of the series on other channels (like Burn Notice), but when I see ads for shows I can't see yet I think - man, I have to get that.
Hi Hez! Hi Carrie!
Posted by: Brigitte | July 11, 2011 at 03:25 AM
Yes, do tell. What is that delicious thing that you're tempting us with :)
I'm just watching Buffy at the moment - it is 6 episodes from the end and it is very scary indeed. I might need to watch Angel after though.
Posted by: mrspao | July 11, 2011 at 04:21 AM
Ah, the WIPs. I have 2 large, half knit WIPs that I can't find anywhere. I can't work on them if I can't find them. So what IS that last picture? It's making me hungry.
Posted by: Sonya | July 12, 2011 at 01:36 PM
Love Proust, love Rickman, love Alain de Botton. What project did you end up working on? Or did you start something new? :)
Posted by: Stefanie | July 15, 2011 at 01:24 PM
You have now put a serious roadblock in my day...I'm listening to every YouTube recording of Alan Rickman reciting anything ... Shakespeare so far is my favorite.
Oh who needs to accomplish anything at all when one can sit and listen to that glorious, sensuous voice?
I'm sunk.
:)
Hmm...Thank you!
Posted by: Knitnana | July 16, 2011 at 07:39 AM
Pleasy cheesy wheezy tell me you got to see Simon.
Posted by: Bookfool, aka Nancy | July 16, 2011 at 04:20 PM
Lea Thompson is from MN, you know; she was a ballerina with the Minnesota Dance Theatre before she went to Hollywood.
I knew you wanted to know.
Posted by: kmkat | July 23, 2011 at 10:52 AM