Archive for October, 2007

Short-row exasperation

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Above is the shoulder/armseye part of a sweater (neckline to the left) I’m knitting for ME (so there, snaotheus and KrisDi!). I’ve been knitting to fit the pieces to a sewing pattern, but I’m knitting it side-to-side, as I did snaotheus’s Fibonacci-sequence sweater, which is finished but which he has not rushed up to […]

Insanity really is genetic,
and you really do
get it from loopy parents

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

So last year, at Grandma’s care plan review, she said she wanted somebody to escort her to and from meals and activities. In her world, this means “push her in her wheelchair so she doesn’t have to propel herself,” and it’s a good idea, because I’m sure that propelling herself makes her hurt more.
However, especially […]

Esta semana en las telenovelas

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

I’ve been watching another telenovela on Univision, “Yo Amo a Juan Querendon,” which at least has the virtue of being humorous and somewhat tongue-in-cheek about itself and its subject. This is not always the case, as with “Peregrina,” which was very funny though without intending to be. Yes, it’s still improving my vocabulary and comprehension. […]