Knit Addictions

Aghast and Ahchoo!

In the Aghast category........I stumbled onto this site and thought it was too hilarious not to share! Ya gotta love it. Good fun.

In the Ahchoo category.........you may recall Ziggy the kitty a couple of posts back...alas. We had to give her away. (it was a very tearful parting for yours truly.) She is now happily with her new owner who is not in the least bit allergic to her. Yes, the sneezing and sniffling got to me and I couldn't imagine being like that for another 15 years. (plus itchy eyes and throat!) We decided it was unfair to Ziggy if we kept her for too long and then gave her away later. As it turned out, a customer at the Stitch Cafe overheard me talking about her and said her friend needed a kitten. So there ya go. Serendipity or what?!

Well, it's hot again here in Hell-Ay. But not as hot as yesterday. Stay cool, buy those fancy light bulbs to save the planet and make love, not war.

How To Change the World In Three Easy Steps

We went and saw "An Inconvenient Truth" and while it's a great film and the message is excellent..........it left me wondering if I'm doing enough. I ended up stumbling around the net and reading my Plenty magazine in search of miracle cures for the planet.

1. Become a Freegan. This is extreme but easy if you're willing to go there. Wow! Okay. I'm a raw vegan and I thought THAT was extreme. But being a freegan? hmmmm....makes you realize how much waste we truly have in America. Confounds the brain, doesn't it?

2. Become Self-sufficient. Bam and I sincerely studied this site. It has a lot of interesting solutions and a very cool way of life. These folks are to be truly commended for a dedicated way of living that makes a statement, helps the planet and probably helps their souls! Wow!!!!

3. Sign every petition you can and buy those energy efficient bulbs whenever possible and turn off everything electrical in your house whenever you can and carpool when you can and and and and.............

You see......the thing is.........we got into a state of 'eco-anxiety' this week. At some point, I have to believe I'm doing what I can and the solution DOES start with a simple approach to taking small steps in our own lives. I can't really take on the whole world right now. With that in mind...........whew!

Let's knit!
I've finished the felted kitty bed but it needs one more wash cycle to shrink up a bit more. It's too hot to knit anything else but I've got Bam's sweater nearly done. Just a few inches away on the sleeve!

VIRTUAL REALITY
I joined Second Life to see what the heck it was. Must admit, after messing about for an afternoon.........I still don't 'get it'. It just seems like a great time waster and lord knows, I don't need another one of those. If I really wanted to waste time, I'd get a satellite dish so I could watch tv again!!!!!! Anyone care to explain the phenomena known as Second Life?

SPEAKING OF GLOBAL WARMING
It was so hot today in LA........I just couldn't get past brain fog. Way over 100. yuk. All I can say is.........let's work to stop global warming cuz this sucks and you can't knit when it's like this!!!!!

Bang Bang Meow Meow

NOW THIS IS PUNK
I love this hat! This is one of the most punk ass knit creations I've ever seen! Love it love it love it! You can see more about them on myspace and if you're a member you can of course, add them. (add myspace.com/punkknits too while you're at it!)

knit-head.com is their website and you can see tons of awesome pics and order a hat for yourself (if you're a non-knitter)!!!!

My fave is definitely the British one........such a great twist on a classic style! Shagedelic baby!!!!!

ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR

Okay, so maybe Ziggy the Kitty  doesn't play guitar, but that's her name. (named after the infamous David Bowie character and song for you youngsters who don't know Ziggy and the Spiders from Mars) Ziggy and yes, it's a she. and yes, she is totally tamed now and actually yells at you if you stop petting her!!!!! She loves to be in your lap and this morning we woke up to find her out of her basket and in Bam's chair!!!!!!! He is her favorite (funny that!?!) and I think we've become cat people.

I am suffering a little bit allergy wise so we're off to petco again for some anti-dander wipes to see if that will help.

Worst case....we will have to give her away. "But I don't want tooooooooooo....." , said in a truly teenage whiny voice. But at least now she is not behaving AT ALL like the feral wild beast she was 3 days ago.

On that note...........happy 4th! Bang bang go the firecrackers. (and guns around here). meow meow goes Ziggy!

Kitty Alert!

CUTENESS WARNING
The picture you are about to see will possibly cause to make cooing sounds such as 'awwww'...'so tiny!'.....'ohhhh....soooo cute' and that sort of thing. We are not responsible for any reactions you may get while sitting at your computer and making these noises. It is only our duty to share the photograph with you.

SUBJECT: stray kitten wandered into our yard 2 days ago and started living under our newly built back deck. We noticed her presence because of a strange mewing sound on Friday afternoon and promptly got her some kitten food which was followed by a run to Petco for better kitten food and flea stuff. On Saturday, we had guests ......one for a classical piano lesson for yours truly and the other guest arriving much later for a songwriting hang. Need I say? All guests were completely entertained with 'kitty'....watching her, trying to get her to come closer, meowing back to her, making toys and throwing string at her to get her to play.

It is truly amazing how 5 adults can be transfixed for hours by watching a little kitten.

So far, we've coaxed her to hang out ON the deck with us instead of under the deck. She even came and rubbed her head against my toes this morning. So we're making progress in the interaction area. However, I am terribly allergic to cats, so we are trying to see if we can adapt her to being an outdoor cat.....Bam cleaned up a big crate/seat and put a lovely blanket in there...meanwhile, I guess I will dig up that felted cat bed pattern of Wendy's and start knitting. ....Funny, always considered ourselves 'dog people'...I guess the universe had other plans.

TWINKLE
The fantastic designer has now launched her own line of yarns. If anyone has seen/touched any of them......let me know if they're as wonderful as her designs!

Chaos prone?

Okay. So I've had a series of 'accidents'...does it really have to mean anything? I mean, maybe I just had a weird period of being clumsy or something?

First, the day before we left for Vloggercon (San Francisco), I sliced my knuckles open on a glass pitcher I was washing in the sink. Bam grabbed hold of me and started bandaging it up tight to stop the blood. After about 5 minutes, I started to go doooowwwwn. Yep. I fainted. But he managed to get me to the bed so I was safe! ha!

So no knitting, typing or playing guitar for me! But I'm back now.

Oh, speaking about backs, then.........I was fine but I somehow managed to injure my back to the tune of a slipped disc. Couldn't even walk. Was totally crying and freaking out. (I've had back surgeries.) Finally, a friend reminded us of good ole Advil. So Bam went out and got me some and I started popping them. That took the edge off and I slept for what seems like two days straight.

Much much much better today! But.......then............I got out of bed this morning and the last thing I remember was walking into the bathroom but feeling pretty shaky. Then Bam was leaning over me and I was on the bedroom floor where apparently, I had collapsed in a cold faint! HOLY CRAP! Managed to bruise my foot, face and hip bone! I guess that much advil in a raw vegan body just doesn't add up to having good blood pressure in the morning!

I'm sharing all of this because I actually think it's hilarious. I am laughing as I write it. I mean, c'mon. I've had all the accidents a person can have in one year in the space of like two weeks! Sheesh!

Everything is healing now. My fingers, my back.......and my bruises aren't too bad. But I think I shall avoid all ladders and black cats for a while.

Whew! I'll be back with more knitting updates soon............!

Beachy n Bitchin'!

Ten Years!
Thank you for all the lovely and wonderful wishes for our tenth anniversary! We had a perfect day...we went to the beach and hung out ....went to dinner at Juliano's which was nothing short of fantastic and pretty much out of this world. If you ever want to go there and you're not too sure about this 'raw' thing,....just have the blueberry cheesecake. It's UNBELIEVABLE. That and the green curry pasta. Wow. Don't worry........there's no cheese in the cheese cake and no pasta in the pasta. Just pure goodness. Nothing cooked. But man........the FLAVORS!!!!!!!!! unreal.

Anyway.......we did a little shopping and stopped in and saw our pals who live close to the beach......and well, words don't do the day justice. It was brimming with love and the memories that two people have after ten years. Awesome.

Here's a shot of me in my new shorts and 'punk is dead' tshirt....

Got both things and more from Anonymous on the Venice Beach Boardwalk. Killer shop with verrrrrrrrrry cool clothes! Oh, the funniest part? At the bottom of the tshirt, it says "Long Live Disco"....Somehow...I just find the whole shirt brilliant and fun!

I commandeered Bam's Canon camera and finally took a shot of him at the beach....

I still think he is the hottest guy on the planet!

Oh.....and he insisted we get me this dress......which I LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (especially with my skull converse!)

Hot, hot, hot
In spite of our heat wave, I have been working on Bam's sweater (if you know me, you know that after all this knittin'....he still doesn't actually have a sweater from me!)...got the front and back done...started on one sleeve! hooray!!!!!!!!!!

70 foot semi
The trucker called today and we gave him directions to our teeny tiny street to deliver a bunch of stuff I inherited from my mom and dad. Totally funny when he turned on our street...the neighbors all came out to assist! (super friendly!) He eventually made the turn and we unloaded everything. Most of it is going to a friend's garage (we have zero space)...and the rest is in our shed. But in two weeks or so......(drum fill please....) the PIANO ARRIVES. I cannot wait now!

Great Date Flick
Oh, if you're like me and you drop everything to go see a romantic french film, this movie will make the grade. Very fun and very light and very romantic! Russian Dolls. Much better than that ole Da Vinci Code....which totally sucks if you've read the book. arrrrr!

9 Years and 364 Days

Rock n Roll Love Does Last
Can you believe it? Bam and I have been married for 9 years and 364 days! Tomorrow is our tenth anniversary! (happy tin! ha ha!) It's seems so fast and yet we have so many memories together. Wow.
He might kill me for using this photo....but I have to.....

that was taken while he was painting the other day........and the mere look of him still makes me ...ya know.....all gasping for air and feeling all stupid like a teenager. (sorry Bam but I had to rave about you.)

FREE PHONE
If you didnt' already know this....(how could you not cuz you're a hip, cyber knitting person right?)...you can make free calls with SKYPE anywhere in the US and Canada this year. So download and use it to talk for hours with your friends and family for free. I just love FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

RNRTV
We went out and filmed this band last night....The Ettes...very fun!

NORMALITY
well, I'm off for my day...........rock on. Keep the dial turned UP, keep the knitting needles clackin' and always keep believing.

New Look, New Day!

Life
Wow! It's been a month. Lame! Okay.....Let's see.....I've been "Stumbling" a whole helluva lot. You have to have Firefox as your web browser and then prepare to waste a LOT of time. This extension is the best for discovering GREAT sites on the net. My new fave thing to do when I'm bored and tired of everything!

Hmm......still raw. Almost always kick off the day with a 'green smoothie'. Yum! Feeling good from it all but am not being anal about it. I mean, if we get a craving for chicken or something, we're gonna have it. Life is too short!

Winner!
OMG! The weirdest thing.........a week ago, we were driving along and the radio was on. They were babbling about Blondie and the New Cars and caller number blah blah....so I called....and I WON TICKETS! Yep. We went and saw Blondie and the New Cars at the Universal Amphitheater. (now gibson). Anyway.......it was fun and free is always a good price in my book!

In the family dept....
My mom's piano is on a truck out here to us. I am excited and somehow nervous as well. I know I will cry when it gets here ....both with joy of having such a beautiful Sohmer upright piano and also ....well, because it will bring up all those memories of my mom playing it and me and her playing duets on it and laughing and laughing. Wow. It's gonna be weird.

In the band dept....
Nothing much. Our bassist is out of town all the time. So Bam and I are playing around with other ideas musically. Who knows!

In the yarn dept...
Still knitting when I can. Haven't finished anything I've started in the last few months! I'm so scattered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Must finish. Must finish.

Super fun.........
Wanna know who you were? This is fun!

RNR TV dept...
Things are heating up. We may have some cool changes coming up. In the meantime, we're shooting up to San Fran for the Vloggercon in early June. Bam and I are even scheduled to help out in a seminar as 'speakers'! What a kick!

Alright. New Look new day........over and out.

Quad and Raw

QUAD
What a mad mad weekend! On Friday night, my friend, Kastle invited me to Quadrophenia (look up THE WHO if you don't know what I"m talking about!) with her. It's a staged production and I braved the hail storm (yes, hail storm in LA!) to go and check it out. Together we braved the insanity known as 'which color wristband do you have' inside the Avalon Theater to figure out where we were allowed to sit. Wow! After all that craziness, it was definitely worth it. The lead character is played by Stephen Shareaux who was the lead singer for Kik Tracee and he is reeeeeeeally well suited as a singer in a big production play. Overall, it had its high moments and I don't get out much to plays so for me, it was a gas.

Saturday, we had a client in our recording studio. So that was fun!

RAW
But during this whole time........we have been reading and absorbing this book about living a raw food lifestyle. Since this particular book is written by two chefs, we found it particularly interesting as the recipes are verrrrrry delicious. At the same time, my friend told me she had a juicer she no longer wanted so we graciously received her juicer for free. We are going for the raw life. So far, I feel terrific. No cooked foods is agreeing with me. It's weird to eat like this at first, but I'm liking it, I'm liking it. Plus, I get to eat pretty much as much as I want! God knows, I love to eat! I've been reading alot over on this forum and finding lots of sites dedicated to the raw food lifestyle. We will eventually get an ice cream maker and make our own dairy free/soy free ice cream!!!!!!!! Imagine eating a gallon of home made coconut ice cream?! I can!!!!!

Notice how I go straight for the sweets part of it all? Actually, I'm craving sugar waaaaaaay less now that we've been doing this for a few days. We're still not what they call 100% raw.........we are transitioning. But we're both into it. I feel soooooooooooo damn Californian. Bloody hell. First the feng shui and clutter clearing and now this! What's next? Hypnoretrospacetravel-therapy???????????

A Little Bit At a Time

I love to read books. But as I've gotten busier, time has managed to slip away from me. Has this happened to everyone else too? We try to cram so much in and we're always available on our cell phones and life is just go go go.

Sigh. I remember being a kid and reading book after book on a weekend. Wow! That is unbelievable to me now!

Anyway...........I have been using this free site for a couple of years now and it's a cool FREE way to try out books. They send you emails which break up the opening of the book in to 5 sections......one for every day of the week. That way, you only need a few quiet minutes to try out the book. It's kinda cool and the newsletters that precede each email are fun and well-written, too. I've just started one about a workaholic lawyer.....well, I have to say.........I'm hooked and looking forward to Tuesday's installment.

KNITTIN'
Sheesh! I've been knitting up swatch after swatch for the technical photos for the book. So nothing to really report outside of the fact that now I can't wait to get back to knitting an actual garment! he he!!!!