Knit Addictions

Madness and Mayhem

First off, thank you to all who have emailed/commented about the BAM13 Sweater in the new SnB Nation book!  I am sooooooo thrilled and excited and still really cannot believe it is in there.  When the first SnB came out it simply never left my side.  I read every word of every page and went to every single person's website/blog and checked them out.  I never in a million years imagined that I would have a pattern in her sequel.  Amazing.

What is even funnier, I remember reading through some of the bios and noticing the pattern was the first pattern for this person.  I distinctly recall getting very annoyed with those people.  ha! 

Well, if it wasn't for Deb's pushing me to get the Bam sweater done, maybe I never would've ventured into this designing arena.  It's crazy and I love it.  So thank you Deb for the chance and the encouragement!  wow!

AND THE WINNER IS....
Well, my niece didn't win Miss Minnesota.  She did have a very fun weekend and I think it was good for her.  Me personally?  I struggled with my feelings of hating the whole thing while I was there and wishing I was doing something else and kept reminding myself that I was there for her.  There was a very genuine moment in the midst of it all that brought it home for me...

They read a letter written from a mother to one of the daughters.  Explaining how the mom felt like an ordinary woman and wondering why she had survived ovarian cancer and why she was on the planet at all.  She went on in her letter to state that seeing her daughter up there made everything worth while and she was proud of her no matter what.  No matter if she won or didn't win. 

The two women received a standing ovation and there was nary a dry eye in the house.   (the daughter didn't win or make the finals but I think she had the biggest prize with her mother's love)

The negatives:

• The whole thing was too long.
• It puts women on some sort of weird place where we all sit and judge their bodies and smiles.  ick.  (or is that just me being negative?)
• It was tooooooooooo long.  Really too long.
• the music sucked ass.
• It wasn't appropriate (and it was too dark) to knit in public.

The positives:

• We got to sit in the front row cuz my niece's best friend's mom was a chaperone for the pageant and they didn't want empty seats at the front.
• My niece didn't bawl or sob when she wasn't picked as a finalist.
• My niece enjoyed herself and seems really happy that she did it.
• It's over.

For any of you keeping score at home, the winner in Miss Minnesota is Carrie Lee.  The Miss Teen Minnesota is Lauren Hindi. 

Interesting fact: All of the 15 semi-finalists in the Miss pageant were in the pageant at least one time before.  Many of them were 'professional' pageant chicks.  Weird, eh?

DAD STUFF
Well, I am here in Minnesota again to visit my dad in the home.  He can no longer hold his head up.  It's so hard to see him like this and I just keep trying to be cheery around him.  He loves all the knitting news and just guffaws every time I talk about knitting. 

PASSING ON THE TORCH
So last year, I taught the same niece, Kat to knit.  This year she taught her best friend, Mara to knit.  We were all sitting around after the big pageant event and  Mara asks Kat..."Can you show me how to cast off my scarf?"

Kat obliged right away and Mara was so excited.  She finished the doubled stranded scarf she'd made.  Her very first knit project!  After I showed her how to weave the ends, she put on her gorgeous new scarf and announced, "I can't believe I made this!  I don't make things!!!!"

That is what knitting is all about.

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
It's freezing here and I'm eager to get back home.  But it's been a nice visit.  I leave on Thursday.  I did manage to make my way to Needlework Unlimited today and met the owner, Karen and the webmistress, Julie.  The store is ENORMOUS and I could've spent hours in there.  If you need yarn in Minneapolis, man oh man, they have it.  And buttons.  And books.  And pretty much anything you can think of.  Very nice people.  Very nice store.

I did end up getting some Koigu Kersti Merino in a black/gray/brown variegated colorway.  (I'm thinkin....fingerless gloves maybe.)

I also had to have some Adrienne Vittadini Nadia yarn in 808 sort of a bluish heather colorway.  This one...I'm thinkin......some sort of vesty thingy to go with jeans maybe.  I'm not sure.  But I had to have it.

you know what I mean.
C'mon. 
Fellow addicts......help me out here.

SHAMELESS BAND PROMOTION
We got another gig added for December.  A FREE all ages show.  (we never get these so we're excited!)  For any of you in Hollywood:

• Dec 14th at the Key Club on the Sunset Strip. Onstage at 11 pm. FREE*ALL AGES*
• Dec 18th at the Scene in Glendale. Onstage at 11:30 pm.  ($7)

Pageantry

My family and I were in the very front row tonight to watch my niece in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant. It was just the preliminary part and tomorrow they announce the top 15 candidates.  But it was four long hours of smoke machines, thumping music, long sequined gowns and bathing suits.  You can check out my niece and all the contestants here:  Miss Minnesota. (My niece is Kathryn Howe)

How was it you may ask? Being a rock n roll rebel, a knitter, and in general hating all things middle of the road?

It was weird!  I was proud of my niece for pursuing what is important to her so I battled my own prejudices to just be happy for her.  The girls in the pageant were not the beauty pageant types you see in movies.  At least, not a lot of them.  Their achievements were monumental.  They announced each contestant's accomplishments as they paraded in their gown/bathing suit.  One chick had sold $3 million worth of real estate in the last 9 months and had recorded 5 albums at Paisley Park and there was some other thing too which was just so overwhelming that I can't remember it. 

Loads of the girls had started charity organizations or volunteered at orphanages, hospitals, nursing homes or ..........I dunno.  ...Maybe they single handedly saved the planet? 

Whoops!  Reverted back to cynicism for a moment there.  Let me don my nice person character again.............okay. she's back.

So many of the girls were terribly nervous and were practically trembling as they did their walk in the spotlight.  I felt so awful for some of them.  Others seemed quite used to it and were loving it.  I thought I would've hated the whole thing but I didn't.  I just felt the hopes in that room and wished they could all attain their goals.  Some of the chicks are going places.  One girl had listed her desire to be President of the USA as one of her ambitions!  Hey, that's cool. 

Well, it's late and I'm totally knackered.  Sitting in a pageant is like totally exhausting dude.  All that applause applause applause.  It really takes it out of you.  We have to go back there tomorrow for the finals.  If only I could bring my knitting!!!!!!!!!!!

Shazza's Last Stand

Well, it's not really my last stand..........but it's my last post from my southern california bohemian love nest before getting on an airplane to freezing cold minnesota. 

GIGNESS
I forgot to mention that Lucinda Williams was at our last show.  She was very sweet although she was maybe a few sheets to the wind.  She dug us which I of course, thought was cool. 

We also are getting added to a couple of shows in Dec/Jan at the Key Club. 

GAMEZ
I always think of the holidays as a great time to play games.  But I never seem to have the time I had when I was a kid to just sit down and spend hours playing everyone at Clue.  Here's a quick fix: www.20q.net  Be warned.....you can waste an unbelievable amount of time trying to stump the computer. 

KNITTING
I've brought waaaaaaay too much yarn with me to Minnesota.  It's gotten so I pack one bag just full of yarn cuz I can never make up my mind.  I am curious though.....anyone have any great storage ideas for stashes?  I have all of mine shoved in boxes and bags in to a closet and it's no fun as I have no clue what's in there. 

Laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  Happy holiday weekend, happy sailing, happy shagging, ....happy anything!

Happy Knit Day!

Sorry for the long delay between posts.  I HAVE been knitting and have taken pics as proof!

First, I started this way back in February so it is my longest project ever.......the LULU sweater for my step-granddaughter, Louise.  It's knit with Rowan denim yarn on 3.5 and 4.0 mm needles.  (the real pattern is called the Hero Sweater).  And for any one keeping track, the pattern requests larger needles but I had to shift down to get gauge. 

I had every intention of paying someone to seam this baby up and then I just decided to take the first step and do a little bit and....well, I ended up doing all of it.  I am unbelievably proud and have already shipped it off to England where I hope hope hope the lovely Louise will love it and enjoy it!  (she is 2 going on 3 next spring and I'm praying it fits!)

And here's me doing my victory dance!

and heres just the sweater on its own....

and....here's a close up of the star:

I also finished a scarf that was a commission.  It's a fan and feather scarf and I think it turned out quite pretty.  The yarns are Alchemy and LLH Soft Kid which is a super soft mohair.  I loved the combination of the two yarns and am planning a similar thing for my mother in law. 

And as if that ain't enough......I did another 'shaz scarf' for a business friend.

I even did another 'shaz scarf' in black/lime green for the bamster.  But alas, I have no photo of it yet.   

T-DAY

Well, I'm off to Minnesota yet again tomorrow.  My dad can no longer hold his head up and is really not doing well.  So I'm going to hopefully cheer him up and just be my jolly self.  My niece is in the Miss Minnesota pageant so I'm going to that as well.  ha!  One of my knitter friends said, "she is in a pageant and she is related to you?"  Let's just say I'm a bit of a black sheep in my family.  They're all pretty much still Minnesotans and I'm like totally a Californian dude. 

But my point is........even though it's Thanksgiving......we plan to be selfish and spend it quietly at home together.  Working on the zillions of things we love to work on....

That is my idea of great holiday! 

So HAPPY T-DAY and I hope everyone gets a lot of knitting in this weekend.

Gig Report!

The gig was fabulous.  The best Bubble has ever sounded and the best we've performed.  and.........we had a really good time on stage.  The sound was excellent and overall it was just a great vibe.  Can't wait to play more. 

I have to make this short cuz I'm swamped and apologize for that.  More later.

We filmed the show (of course) and will post another quick video of a song soon. 

Knitwise......I've been knitting quite a bit.  But will be ripping some stuff too.  learn learn learn.

Ah well.

Gotta run!

a Shopping List of Sorts....

this is currently on our fridge door shopping list and I thought you all might have some added ingredients....

• 6 Hoggolwart Claws
• Can of Brain Jelly
• 4 Rat and Potatoe Pies
• 1 Bottle of Red Arse
• 2 Pickled Raccoon Tails
• 1 Jar Mint Fly Jam

Not sure what we're cooking here but .....hmmmm....but it will be interesting....

Back to Yarn Floozydom

Do you ever have some kinda weird food that doesn't quite agree with you?  You don't actually throw up on your own so you stick your fingers down your throat to get it all out?  Well, I think that's what those last two posts were!  I just had to get it all out.

On to the knit.............

MY SECRET PAL........
She knitted me these socks!

Now I understand why people flip out over hand knit socks! Thank you SP...Lara! These are my first ever hand knit foot warmers and boy are they yummy.

She also sent me tons of goodies which I'm so lame I only have a few items gathered here......

Along with an amazing fridge magnet with a life inspiring quote from Walt Whitman, a man I admire immensely.  (Bubble named our first ep after something he did...."Picnic at the Insane Asylum") And she sent more goodies that are already in use throughout the house....! 

As if that wasn't enough fiber love in my life..........Jessica knit me this hat which I practically sleep in!

(that's me in the morning looking all growly ...he he.)  I love the hat soooooo much!  It's way better than any hat I've made and she said it's from two strands of Koigu.  Again, I now have some understanding on why everyone gets so excited about that yarn.   She also sent me yummy yummy yummy soap called "Rock Star" from Lush along with fizzy bubble bath stuff.  Their products are totally unfamiliar to me and everytime I use the soap (which is soooooooooo UNUSUAL!)...I just smell amazing!  The best part.....hmmm..........the smell of that soap is a lust boost!  yes, dahlinks!  Gorgeous.  After a shower, you can smell it in the whole house.  Sooooo delicious.

STITCH N BITCH NATION
I was so excited to see the pictures up of the projects for SnB2.  I showed the pic of BAM13 to Bam and he marched into the bedroom and put on BAM13 ...the "I'm learning to get this right" version.  He proceeded to prance around house shouting....where's my BAM13 sweater?  This looks so nice doesn't it?

• The back goes up....a lot!
• It's too wide.
• The sleeves are too bulky like he's the incredible hulk.
• the neckline is too tight and it's weird.
• Outside of that, if he wears it with a jacket over it and it's a dark night.....well, you'd almost think I could knit! ha!

Anyway, I was in absolute hysterics.  And I've promised to knit him a proper BAM13 sweater.   But first....I have all these other projects to knit, finish, sew together..design ...etc etc etc.  sigh!

POTTY MOUTH
I noticed on VH1 that I was the only one who swore.  hmmmmmm....Maybe a scarf would help?

CALIFORNIA WINTER
Being fortunate and crazy enough to live in California, I wanted to share these Satsuma Mandarins with you along with the gorgeous bouquet I picked up the other day.  Happy November and stay warm.......

On that note..........knit on, rock on.....live hard, play hard.

After the Smoke Clears

Wow.  I read through everyone's comments and must admit...I did so with great trepidation!  I thought you might hate me for being so damn blunt.  Thank you as well for so many wonderful emails!  I feel very understood and not hated at all.  Whew.  It's weird to go out on a limb on the ole blog.  Here's a few more thoughts along with responses to your words. 

First, yes it WAS FUN!  It was three days of bizarre going back and reminiscing and I did enjoy it.  A lot of great memories were talked about and that was cool.  I hadn't seen those chicks since 1992 or so.  In some ways, it was like no time had passed at all!  I wish Jan luck with her version of Vixen.  Roxy is still crazy, funny Roxy and I will always love her for that.  And Janet is the happiest she's ever been thanks to her beautiful son, Ryan and her husband, Andy. 

To answer the tour questions....There won't be any Vixen tours with the lineup you saw on VH1. 

Which brings me to my next point........a lot of people asked about Bubble.  Well, here's the site we built ourselves and that answers a lot.  But a quick rendition........we've been going since 1997.  Bam and I started the band as a reaction to the very serious "nu metal" music that was happening at the time.  Since then, we've released a slew of cd's on our own "label".  Without distribution, not many folks really know about us.  But we keep doing it anyway.  Our song for our self-made video, "deadender" pretty much says it all.  We are deadenders.  We are like cockroaches.  We just keep making music and keep playing clubs.  We keep playing rock n roll no matter how popular or unpopular it is.  Fuck the industry telling me that rock is back.  It never went away!  We're here and we'll still be here next year.  With a new cd.  It's just what we do because we have to write these songs and get them out of our systems.   

I guess what I'm saying is..........I play music because I love it.  I don't have the time or money for it to exist like it does in my life.  Our tax accountant looked at our taxes this year and just laughed saying, "well, basically, every penny you guys make from your dayjobs, you lose in your band." 

As far as being stupid enough to sign a record contract....if a record contract comes Bubble's way, our lawyers (who happen to be our best friends) would look at it and make sure it was as good as it can be.  Then, we'd sign it and once again........hope for the best.  When opportunity knocks, you're crazy if you pass it up even it means you're gonna get screwed.  The way I see it, we gotta try getting our music to the masses if we get the chance.  Having been screwed more times than a porn star, well, it's been a great ride and I've enjoyed every minute of it.

To all my fellow knitters, yes, that wall of yarn in the interview did look so lovely didn't it???????  The producers just could not believe that they had cornered me in a knitting shop!  Too funny.  I'm glad it was the Stitch Cafe as they are probably my fave LYS and....I built their new website too!  :-)

SINCE WE'RE WALKING DOWN MEMORY LANE
Here's some entertainment that wasn't Vixen related so you wouldn't've heard it on that show.  But nevertheless, it's funny stuff.

On tour as the bassplayer with the Dogs D'Amour in 2002 as the opening band for Alice Cooper in Europe, I was excited that we were playing Wembley Arena!!!!!!  The show went well and I was high as a kite from the thrill of Wembley Arena.  My excitement came to a screeching halt when I came offstage, all sweaty and with the guys....and a security guard stopped me and asked for my backstage pass, assuming I was a groupie!!!!  One of the Dogs finally had to rescue me and say, no, really, she is IN the band. 

At the same gig, I was convinced that I had to have retribution against Wembley for such mistreatment.  I desperately wanted to steal something.  So I stole the roll of toilet paper in the main bathroom backstage.  3 months later, we ran into a couple of friends who are married and one of them was in a band on the same Wembley gig.  They conceived a baby in that very same bathroom.  Weird eh?  But yes, we do have the 'bogroll' on display.  Who else has such a great memento from Wembley????!!!!!

On tour with Bubble in Japan, 2000....we had a member (anonymous for his protection) who was having a bit of trouble with the ole rock n roll drug habits.  After a night of drinking all over the town and all of us singing "Wild Horses" on the floor of a club, ...we meandered back to our hotel in a foggy happy stupor.  But this member, proceeded to get darker and darker in spirits and finally knocked on our door at about 4 am.  He wanted to talk to Bam.  So they went up to the roof of the eight story hotel to smoke cigarettes and talk.  This member admitted his drug problem and then said he wanted to kill himself.  Bam in true Bam form, said, "really? you want to kill yourself?" 

Member replied, "yes".

Bam said, "okay".  And proceeded to flip the guy over and dangle him by the ankles from the rooftop yelling........."so do you wanna die NOW???????"

At which point.......the member conceded in a rather perturbed voice, that he did want to live and he didn't want to die. 

Bam panicked and almost lost his grip but managed to pull the guy up.

Another Bubble show........year.....1998.  At a club in Los Angeles with a 7 foot high stage.  I managed to get very excited during the performance and fell off the stage.  Guitar and all.  The funny part?  Our other guitarist was so into HIS performance that he didn't notice I was standing on the side of the stage yelling and screaming for him to help me back up!  Bam threw a drumstick at his head to get his attention but I missed most of the song just yelping on the side.  Oh, and yes, I did sprain my ankle very nicely.

Non-music related.......year: 1994....after a Rolling Stones concert in LA and a nasty breakup with my boyfriend, I got in my 1970 Mustang Coupe with hardened valve seats (so it took unleaded gas) and drove from LA to Minnesota so my brother could fix my tang for free.  On the way back, with my now mint, cherry very very fine mustang (named Mustang Sarah after Sarah Vaughn) I went through the following:

• Got a speeding ticket in Kansas for going 67 in a 55 zone and then they brought out the dogs and ripped apart my car searching for drugs.  All they found was tofu.
• Had crazy white trash motherfuckers pounding on my motel room door at 3 in the morning.  Fortunately, I made the trip with my faithful dog who had a very big bark and scared them away.
• Was rearended by an 18 wheeler in a blizzard on Route 66 in the mountains of Arizona.  Waited 4 hours for the police and another 3 hours for the tow truck.  My dog and I were fine outside of whiplash.  Mustang Sarah was totaled beyond repair.  I spend the night in the tow truck garage listening to the owner talk about his unfaithful wife while he cleaned his guns and glared at me.  The next morning, I went to the local cafe where the main waitress was married to the mayor and they gave me free coffee as I had next to no money and listened while I cried.  They introduced me to another waitress who let me hitch back to Bakersfield with her (while she told me about her son in prison for selling heroin and her daughter the hooker).   Once in Bakersfield, a friend came and got me and brought me back to LA.  I had no car and no insurance and faced a penalty for the no-insurance part.  The bassplayer in the Rolling Stones, Darryl Jones fully believed in my talent and understood that I needed a car to keep gigging.  He loaned me the money under one condition: He said I only had to pay him back with my success.  I got a 1971 Mustang convertible and happily paid him back with the money I got for writing songs for Jesse Camp.  I fully intend to keep the other part of the bargain, too.

AND THE BUBBLE VIDEO
The Bubble video can be seen in full length here: www.planetbubble.com/deadendervideo.htm

The story behind it: Our bassist, Brian Wong could not be at the shoot and we knew this in advance.  So Bam photographed him and then made a life size Brian which we named "Virtual Brian".  That is what you see in the video.  Holding VB, is the amazingly cool rock dj, Miss Annathena.  The video itself was directed by Bam and with the help of many fans, we got it all together.  Cost?  $500 for rehearsal space, lights (home depot work lights), paper green screen, film costs and food for the small but hard working crew.

Of course, if we had to pay Bam for his editing time........well, we wouldn't be able to afford him!

PARENT STUFF
On another note.......my dad has taken a turn for the worse in the last two weeks and I'm going back to Minnesota to visit him in the hospital again.  :-(

My mom is holding up through it all and said everyone is doing alright.  But she is really worried about my dad now.  It must be sooooo hard for her.  They've been married for 54 (55?) years!  I can't even imagine.  Bam and I have been married for 8 years and well.....I just can't imagine what it's like for my mom.

BUBBLE GIG
Just a quick note...........next bubble show.......November 17th at the Dragonfly in Hollywood.   The new cd you can get from us on our site r get it online at www.cdbaby.com/bubble4   Alot of you also asked about Bubble tshirts.....please visit: www.blastwaves.com  You'll find the shirts that Bam designed up there.  Belt buckles are coming soon.  Very cool stuff.

Oh.....and Amoeba on Sunset in Hollywood (only store in America that stocks us) has graciously made Bubble their featured Homegrown Artist so if you're in LA, you can pick us up there for a bargain!!!!

Alright.  Over n out.  I gotta get back to the thousand things I should be doing to get by in life.   Again, thank you for reaching out to me on here and making the world a smaller, friendlier place.  I think rock n roll IS the answer.  Well, along with some knitting.  he he.

The Truth About VH1

Editorial note: this post is a reactionary post.  I'm just sorta freaked about seeing the Bands Reunited show and felt the need to blast about a few things that will never get mentioned.....if you know me,....you know I just do this once in a while....I don't mean any harm and I feel lucky, fortunate, and all those other lovely words to have been on telly...but stilllllllllll........ya know...it's human nature to complain and that's why I have a blog.....

Okay. First off, the whole thing was weird.  It really was like shaggin an ex-lover.  I'm glad it's over. 

Here's the thing..........maybe I have waaaaaaaaay too much integrity or maybe I'm too sensitive.  I 'should' be happy........I 'should' feel lucky or some other shoulds that you'll all think of.

I do know I'm somewhat twisted, cynical and jaded.  Blame it on filing bankruptcy when our management wouldn't 'let us go' and it was the only way out of the contracts with them.  Blame it on having to sue EMI publishing for OUR money and even with a lawsuit, we had to settle on about half of what we were owed.  Blame it on getting yet another publishing deal with EMI for a certain set of songs I co-wrote for VJ Jesse Camp and then receiving a letter from them stating that they simply owned everything I wrote in my future.  At which point, my lawyer had to immediately draft a response letter that we sent registered mail. 

But I can't just sit here and act all lovey dovey okay?  It just isn't me.

Let's start with the ending tag.... that part about EMI being in the audience and  re-releasing the Vixen catalog?  Well, call me jaded, but isn't that a no-brainer?  I mean, money right?  They will make boocko bucks.  Bet ya a fiver, we won't see a dime. 

Oh, did they mention that EMI owns the company that released our "best of" cd?  Did they mention that this same EMI who is blessing us with this new release has yet to pay us one penny for that 'best of' release?

Now let's get to the Bubble part.  No, wait.  Let's apply for a job at VH1 instead.

Qualifications: Edit a bands video into a 3 second clip for a tv show. 
Cool.  Got that. 

Further qualifications: Now, take the audio from one verse and slice it so it's like a word from every other sentence and it's out of synch with their video.

Ahhhhhhhh.  That's how the big boys do it.

Thanks guys.  The video that we shot, directed and edited ourselves and built the green screen, and paid for the rehearsal room and borrowed cameras for.........thank you for editing the audio to be so fucking interesting. 

Sigh.  Look, I'm tired.  I hate hate hate reliving the past.  Any past.  Any part of my past.  I just hate it.  I dunno why.  Call me EVOLUTIONARY.  I believe in moving forward.  Not backward.  It was very weird to watch and see the young little fat faced naive me in those old shots.  I was so .......unhappy inside and didn't know why.  Now I'm happy inside because god forbid.  I'm true to myself.  True to my artistic integrity and only play songs I write with Bam.

Why am I so miserable about everything?  I dunno. Maybe I'm still pissed about the election.  Maybe I am sick of corporations reeling in the dosh from their reality tv shows.  Maybe I'm just one of those people who's never happy with things unless I'm in control. 

Yeah, that's it.  I'm a control freak.

Question: At what point does VH1 create the dvd release for their Bands Reunited shows and put that out?  Bet they make a fortune and bet the bands don't make a dime.  Gee, Beaver....do you really think so?

Okay, here's the positives:

The band had a great last gig.
I've had a ton of hits on the band site in spite of the bastardized edit of our video.
It's a tv show.  How important can it be?
My friends all thought I was articulate and witty.  Really, that's all that matters isn't it?
My mom watched it and liked it.  She didn't even comment on how many times I got bleeped!

IT'S OVER!

ha ha. Back to my life now please.  I have many many knit-related pics to take....!

Making it Purple!

Okay!  I'm calming down since the election.  Thank you for all of the posts.  There were many great points in what you said.  For one, there are many people in the middle states who DID vote for Kerry and we do need to find a way to bridge the gap.

Re: moving away and leaving American for the right wingers.  Well, that is a reaction.  It is something we've often talked about long before this election.  But it has to do with a love of Europe more than a hatred of America.  For the record, I have no plans to leave as of yet and was just mouthing off out of frustration.

Somehow instead of being a blue or red state, we need to make it all purple!

In big KNIT NEWS...........
Stitch n Bitch Nation pictures are up!  Just click on the new book and it will take you to the pictures page. My very first design, the BAM13 sweater is in there and it looks so cool!  I feel like a proud mama or something.  They're not labeled online so look for the black and white sweater on a guy standing against a graffiti'd wall.  He he! 

Anyway,.........I'm out of my funk and there's lots going on this week.  The VH1 thing airs beginning November 9th and I'm nervous, excited and scared all at once.  I find myself hoping that I didn't make an ass of myself!  ha!  Entirely possible, I assure you.  On that same day, it looks like Stitch n Bitch Nation hits the streets.  That's kinda wacky.

And since we're babbling about the new SnB book........can I just say..........?  I, like so many other gazillion other knitters out there.....have a book agent of my own now and have a proposal in the works.  So far, the reaction has been very positive as the angle dangle of my book idea is pretty extreme.  The positive side is it's feeding my creative side very well.  The down side is that I cannot post about any of the projects on here and that just sucks!  But I am working on stuff that will be too offensive for the book and I will put that stuff up!  Cuz you know how I like to get a reaction.  MEOW!

Well, it's a sunday.  it's supposed to rain.  we're planning to go to the beach to deliver some work of Bam's to someone and then go to a movie.

Oh ........speaking of films.......saw MOTORCYCLE DIARIES last night.  Awesome.  "Let the world change you... and you can change the world".  That is a message I needed to hear right now.  And the music is gorgeous!  Gave me hope in humanity again.