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June 07, 2007
Reality Bites
Well, that didn't last long. Ugh. When I came home yesterday, even though I was in a good mood, the new pants veil had been lifted and all I saw was a really dirty house (we're almost at squalor people) and pictures from my niece's birthday party where I look really really fat. Jabba The Hutt fat. Fatter than fat. Gross.
What's a girl to do? After I ate the super huge Baja Fresh burrito (SHUT UP! It was lunch AND dinner!) I actually folded clothes and put mine away and then knit two repeats on my beautiful new shawl. That almost made it better, but I did fuck something up near the end of the second repeat. It was easily ripped and fixed so we're back on track.
I've got a lot of work to do before we leave on Sunday and I've got nothing new to show you - so I'm going to leave you with a couple of links:
First up - did you see what Nona the GENIUS is doing? She knitting a sock. Yeah yeah. We can all knit socks. But can you knit a sock SIDEWAYS?!? In true Nona style she's got a serial tutorial going on for her new sock pattern: SIDEWINDERS. She's up to the third part but there's plenty of time to catch up. I've met Nona and she really is a genius. I'm not just saying that. She's so smart it makes my brain hurt. GO THERE NOW.
Then, you all know that my dear friend Claudia is raising money for MS right? She's got fabulous prizes to give away, including some of my notecards, and she's gotten such a great response she's had to extend her fundraising goal! YAY! I've already given twice because my motto is give early, give often and if you haven't done so - you should just run right over there with your credit card in hand. (Or you can send a check. Or paypal. Claudia's got all the details.) She's trying to reach $30,000 and I'm sure she's going to blow right past that.
In related news, the Lovely Anne of Knitspot is working her own raffle in conjunction with Claudia's fundraiser. She, too, has fabulous prizes to give away AND she's matching FUNDS!. You can find out all the information to win some of Anne's good stuff here.
And if that's not enticing enough, Lilith let me know yesterday that if you give to Claudia and tell Anne about it, she's putting you into her OWN raffle for a fabulous pair of handknitted MONKEY socks!!!! That's right! Lilith will knit you a pair of socks! What are you waiting for?
Whew! I actually feel better now. Thanks everyone!
PS - My current favorite make me happy trick? The ending of 40 Year Old Virgin. Dude. I dare you to watch this and not laugh your ass off.
You can thank me later.
PPS - In case you haven't seen the movie, this scene appears after the 40 Year Old Virgin has had sex for the first (and second) time. This is supposed to be what he thinks of it. ;-)
Posted by Cara at June 7, 2007 11:29 AM
Topics: Life
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Thanks! I haven't seen the movie, but that ending will stay with me, I'm sure....
Posted by: Mary de B at June 7, 2007 11:48 AM
Sorry reality caught back up to you so quickly :( I swear I look heavier in pictures than I do in the mirror! I haven't been able to figure out the difference.
Posted by: Kristy at June 7, 2007 12:31 PM
General Comment: Your photos are always so stunning. LOVE THEM!
Squalor: Been there...doing that! And I'm moving at the end of the month! Do I want to move squalor with me? NO! Ugh...so much work.
Baja Fresh: At least it's fresh ingredients and not processed crap? (yeah...I tried to justify it for you, honest!)
Love the monkeys, love the sideways sock (thinking STR Scottish Highlands???), going to swatch tonight.
Posted by: Mindy at June 7, 2007 12:36 PM
Dangit, now I have Age of Aquarius stuck in my head...
And a desire to sing it in Spanish...
Yeah, pictures suck in my opinion. That's why I take pictures of everyone else and volunteer for camera duty at family events :oP
Posted by: Leah at June 7, 2007 12:37 PM
I just want you to know that Jody did a pair of fabulous sideways socks awhile back. http://www.savannahchik.com/2007/04/i_did_it_1.htm
Reality does suck...I know too well...sigh.
Posted by: margene at June 7, 2007 12:46 PM
squalor.. been there done that :) In fact if I had a web cam, you'd just be shocked taking a peek my surroundings right now (too much lace knitting, a pounding headache, and school aged children home from school early today) That growing pile of laundry on my couch will wait until tomorrow :)
Posted by: Carla at June 7, 2007 12:47 PM
I am LMFAO - I only had to watch until Paul Rudd throws his scarf-wrapped head back and runs off the screen. Thanks for that, I'd forgotten.
Posted by: Carrie at June 7, 2007 12:58 PM
I was JUST saying the other night (right after we went to see the new Judd Apatow movie) that the funniest scene in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" was during the credits when they all start signing the 5th Dimension. Something about Paul Rudd running around with a headband and no shirt on both scarred me for life and cracked me up.
Posted by: Sarah at June 7, 2007 01:02 PM
I was JUST saying the other night (right after we went to see the new Judd Apatow movie) that the funniest scene in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" was during the credits when they all start singing the 5th Dimension. Something about Paul Rudd running around with a headband and no shirt on both scarred me for life and cracked me up.
Posted by: Sarah at June 7, 2007 01:02 PM
Oops, didn't mean for that to post twice. Damn computer.
Posted by: Sarah at June 7, 2007 01:03 PM
Dang reality, why can't it take a back seat for a while.
LOL good one.
Posted by: Tonia at June 7, 2007 01:15 PM
You may FEEL fat (hmmm and don't feelings count?) but hon - you ain't really fat - certainly not approaching Jabba the HUT - but those pictures will really start to make you feel that way - just keep eating healthy and exercise and don't get in a diet rut - I would love to weight what I did in my mid-thirties but I've been dieting ever since and only managed to gain! AS USUAL - thanks for all the great links - you always know where to point us!
Posted by: robin at June 7, 2007 01:44 PM
WHAT??? He's not a virgin anymore?
Posted by: Heather at June 7, 2007 01:45 PM
That scene made the movie for me. I liked it up until then, after the ending I loved it!
Posted by: Nancy at June 7, 2007 01:45 PM
Thanks Cara!
P.S. Pictures lie.
Posted by: claudia at June 7, 2007 04:27 PM
OMG thanks for that great link to the Sidewinders! I'm totally making those for my sockapal!
And let me tell you, we were taking pix of my cute son gardening, and my husband took lots of pictures of my legs in shorts (because that's what gets in the pictures when you're photographing a toddler) and I immediately felt horrible. Now mind you I usually feel pretty good about how I look, but pix of those thighs made me shudder. So don't sweat it. Be healthy, love thyself, and wear beautiful things no matter what size. I tell you this because that's what I'm telling myself. Maybe we should get Franklin to photograph us!
Posted by: Jen at June 7, 2007 05:07 PM
That ending is even better if you're familiar with the movie Hair, and realize that the cast is trying to recreate Twyla Tharp's award-winning, brilliant, but admittedly semi-oblique choreography. The camera even circles around Steve Carell like it does around the lead singer in the original "Age of Aquarius."
Posted by: Diane at June 7, 2007 05:20 PM
I LOVE that movie!! The man-o-lantern kills me every time, and the ending is also too fabulous for words.
Posted by: anne at June 7, 2007 05:39 PM
Arrrrghh! How about a spoiler warning?
Posted by: Megan at June 7, 2007 05:57 PM
Thanks for that supercool Youtube! Now I have to watch that movie.
Posted by: Stella at June 7, 2007 06:07 PM
Did you get fat since the last time I saw you? What did you do?
Aquarius makes me laugh every time (on the phone especially). HIGHLY recommended.
xoxox Kay
Posted by: Kay at June 7, 2007 07:01 PM
Thanks for the laugh! Good luck getting organized before Sunday.
Posted by: Asaknitter at June 7, 2007 07:16 PM
Guess what arrived today? Your note cards, thank you so much! You DO take AMAZING photos! So check out this skirt my friend wants to make...at first I thought it was just a LOT of fabric, but then I thought it DOES have potential for a slimming effect, http://www.voguepatterns.com/item/V2971.htm?search=skirt&page=1 (maybe it's just all the different patterns together!). And I like it because it is just kind of nutty.
Posted by: lisa at June 7, 2007 07:26 PM
I LOVE the end of that movie! The best part by far! And I read somewhere that when they showed the movie to test audiences, about half of them wanted to cut it out. So glad they didn't listen.
Posted by: jenfromri at June 7, 2007 08:38 PM
i was trying on shorts and capris this weekend and, i swear, those mirrors made my ass look funhouse mirror huge.
Posted by: Kathleen at June 7, 2007 09:35 PM
ba ha ha ha ha! i totally needed that - thanks!
Posted by: Kathryn at June 8, 2007 01:48 PM
I love that movie, mostly for the end. It's such a big bizarre cherry on top of a sundae of a film that had plenty of juvenile humor AND some interesting observations on the relationships between men. That, and I just love Seth Rogen's belly hanging down over his bell bottoms while he does Tai Chi.
I'm going to see Knocked Up tonight, incidentally. I hope it has the same kind of charm as 40-year-old virgin!
Posted by: Susan (Hyperactive Hands) at June 8, 2007 01:51 PM