I'm gonna get my knit on!

I friend of mine is living in Michigan now, and because the weather is leaning into winter that far north, I'm going to knit him a hat and scarf. I've been thinking about adding a series of posts about my knitting projects anyway, so I'm going to start with this. Here are the colors I chose:

I'm going to make the hat striped brown and green, and the scarf will just be green. If I have the energy, I'll do the scarf in a basket weave, otherwise I think I'll just do a really basic one-side knit one-side garter or chunks of rows of knit then garter repeating. Anyway, I'm excited to get started, I haven't knitted anything in about a month.

On the sadder side, I'm going to start grading 100+ pop quizzes now. Boo (not Halloween "boo" but sad "boo"). Thankfully, this grading is mindless enough that I can have "Frasier" on while I'm doing it. Being set in Seattle, this show is the appropriate choice for this evening. After I'm done grading, Nathan and I are going to watch some "X-Files" and I'll start my hat. Yay! I'll post some pictures as I progress (on the knitting, not the grading).

I ♡ MOVIES

I "heart" movies. Wow, I'm annoying even myself. I hate when people "heart" things, but I just found out how to insert symbols on Firefox (for macs, press apple/option/t).Here's another one: because it's raining today in Berkeley, don't forget your ☂.

Alright, Nathan and I are about to go to see "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" in Emeryville.

I've got quite the warm spot in my heart for Jewish guys: Seth Rogen, Zach Braff, Adam Brody, Adrien Brody, Adam Goldberg, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David...awww. Yeah, it's a little weird...I'm a little weird. Gotta hurry to the movie now.

UPDATE:

Just got back from the movie. Wouldn't recommend spending the $10. Parts of it were sufficiently funny, but not enough. I like Seth Rogen, but he was doing his same-old same-old thing. The plot was surprisingly transparent, even for a comedy. The most disappointing thing was that you never get to see if their porno was successful. I give it a ::shrug:: m'eh.

Grey weather makes me happy

Today is one of the first really grey, damp, chilly days of the semester. I love this weather! Because it was so cold when I left for school, I had the pleasure of wearing some of my knitted gear. I taught myself how to knit and crochet from books about a year and a half ago, and have enjoyed making way too many hats and scarves ever since. Here's a picture of one of my basket weave scarves and the most complex hat I've ever made (it's got fair isle color pattern, some lace which make the scalloped bottom, and some cabling at the top, very cool).

Nathan gave me this pretty sweater for my birthday : )

I also had the pleasure of leaving school early today ~1:30. When Nathan picked me up, we decided to get some bagels from Noah's. When we got home, I put on a pot of coffee, Nathan toasted up some bagels, and we enjoyed some happy bellies while watching "Friends." Oh, and of course I changed back into my pjs before snuggling into my chair for caffeinated delicious time.

Last night some super warm and crowded snuggling was happening in the living room. Nathan was in his orange chair, covered with a blanket, joined by George, and then buried under Fred.










Here's a cute-tastic pic of Fred (right) and George (left) encompassing all of their dad's lap/abdomen. Soooo sleepy!

And can you believe how adorable George is???? Because I can't. I love how Fred's and Nathan's heads look to be tumorous growths of George's back. Doesn't sound cute, but it is!

Blah!!! I hate doing homework

I haven't written for a looong time because I've been so busy. My mom was out visiting for my birthday. That was fun and took up all of my time. Then after she left, I had mucho work for school. And now I'm having to do another batch of delicious bullshit essays for the class I'm teaching! YAY! I teach my sections on Thursday, which means I cover material immediately after it's covered in lecture on Wednesday. Because of this, the students are rarely well prepared, and this becomes a much greater issue before a test like now. I'm supposed to hold a review session this Thursday for chapters 4-7. We haven't even started discussing chpt 7 in lecture. The essay questions for chpt 7 have not been posted yet. But I'm supposed to be well prepared and be able to cover all that in two days. What's wrong with this picture? I'm pointlessly ranting right now to avoid writing out these essay questions, but every second I waste I can feel my stress level increase. So adios.

sad and crazed