Eye Candy Friday: SunSet, Kitty & a rant apparently...

It's Friday.  How we got here I have no bloody idea. *blink* It's like someone keeps moving the space time continuum around on me. Just to screw with me, ya know. o.0

Life, it be weird.

So Wednesday I went winter holiday shopping. Winter Depression Inducing commercialization so stores can get in a final bang before their year end gross profit numbers are announced. Winter Christian stealing of pagan traditions and stories so you can feel like a good person for the rest of the year holiday bullshit.

What? Did I say too much? Nah.

I don't go in for all that, although I will be forced to deal with it. Oh Joy.

Now I don't mind giving gifts. I like it actually, as many of you have seen in my swap giftings or maybe even in a gift you got from me yourself. Those are fine. Wonderful in fact. My Choice.

My Choice and the fact no suffocating belief system is attached to the gifts is what makes them a joy to give. I get the pleasure of giving to someone I like or am forced into a situation with in a swap.

I say these things not to be offensive to anyone who does go in for that sort of thing, but to speak my mind as I feel I need to do. Cause in a few weeks there will be very little mind speaking. :/ Just holiday taking it and being quite so as not to be a pain in my family or whoevers' ass.

Actually in a few weeks I'll be avoiding the overplayed game of, When ya gonna get married. It's a pretty shitty game. My Fav answer is , how's the sex life with you and your wife/hubby? Tends to freak them out. Heh.  Often these same assholes are the ones checking out people they aren't married to.

I used to think that being married meant you became a lecherous darting eyed idiot. Now I see that married has little to do with it. Most people just suck. Lots even go in for more than a glance if you know what I mean.

There's nothing sadder and often sicker than a Christian man trying to talk like a player to get in the sack with a person who is not their spouse. Really they make marriage and Christians look bad. Repubs too as those types often lean that way. Have you seen a paper lately? Yeah, my point is made for me.

But back to the intention of my post. I have pictures. Friday Eye Candy Pictures.

Here is the Sunset from the night I went Holiday shopping. It's in the parking lot. Yes, I'm the freak who whips out her camera whenever wherever. *L*

Seeing a bunch of those phony assholes out in the stores is what made me get off target, btw. I'm not normally so filled with disgust, but tis the season.

Oh and before anyone gets their panties in a bind, not any of ya regulars as you know I just speak my mind as I see fit, but anyone who might stumble upon this, please know that I don't think all Xtians are lying sacks of shit. Nope. I have many friends who believe in various things. But they aren't out there shoving their crap down my throat. Many people believe things and go on to live normal healthy lives.

I'm also friends with people who don't knit, so you see I can be friends with just about anyone. *L*

In other Eye Candy News here is my kitty TKK. She's in her favorite cat bed. This is the most difficult to wash cat bed as it has lots of fluff that comes off and gets stuck in the washing machine. I'd gladly get her a different one. She has many beds in fact, but she just loves this one so much. I can't take away her fav bed even though it's a pain in the ass to wash.

She is just such a cutiehead kitty. :D

Alright one last night of knitting for myself. Tomorrow marks the start of Knit Unto Others. I have a Red Scarf and a DK Dulaan hat to finish up for my Charity Knits. Plus I'm waiting on some yarn to get here so I can start my first sweater. It's a child's sweater for Dulaan. I've got plenty more yarn to knit hats and scarves or whatever during KUO which is from 11/18 to 12/2.

Ya know, my honey has been really supportive of my charity knitting. He thinks it's cool that I'm actually doing something unlike many people we know (Xtians back east) who are all a twitter with "how awfuls" and no action to do anything about anything. I feel really good about these projects. Especially Dulaan. Once I really looked into what all it was and who all it helped it was clear I could and should do what I can. Plus I like Camels and they are Camel peoples. *grin*

For some inspirational movie watching while you do some knitting give the Docudrama, The Story of the Weeping Camel a try. It's the story of a Mongolian Family who live by way of the camel. Very Touching. Those people struggle everyday and they are doing WAY the hell better off than the people who will get the Dulaan knits. Plus it has camels and camels are always nice. My honey took me to see that when it was in theaters however many years ago. See I told ya we have a thing about camels. ;)

Here's the Lace Type scarf I'm doing for myself now. The pattern is from the box set of The little box of scarves. It's the Double Eyelet Rib Scarf. I added an extra set of the pattern repeat to make it a little wider. I spread it out over my carpet for this photo. The edges curl under a bit right now.

I'm not sure how it will look once blocked. The scarf on the card is made with cotton and I'm using Alpaca and Silk. The yarn they used was worsted and I'm using sport weight. I hope to finish this up so I can wear it to a holiday event next month. It would seem I'm a bit of my own kind of hypocrite wouldn't it. Oh well, better to be my own kind I guess. *L*

Still feeling very stressed and out of it. Last night I went to a knitting thing. Nearly broke my iPod on the way over. One of the girls finally got it to turn off for me. I downloaded some new software for it today. I hope it lives. I really freaked myself out. Plus I was still mighty freaked out from the last week or so. *sigh* I'm really starting to think I should never leave my house. It's one thing to speak your mind on your own blog where you are allowed such things, but in public with people who may or may not think you are a dork is another thing entirely.

If anyone needs me I'll be hiding under my rock over here. I've got Pepsi and Yarn so I should be okay for awhile. Oy. 

Comments

[Dave Daniels]

Oh, sista, I hear ya loud and clear. As a recovering Catholic, I've been able to see the partiarchial coverup that is the Christian movement. Luckily, it has run it's course, and is now on the way out. (YAY!) It's a closed little incestuous group of ped0philes, each worse than the next, and covering up for one another.
On a different note, your photos are beautiful. I, too, have been known to whip it out all over the place. I love camera. (2200 photos in a month isn't many, right?) And TKK is looking like, "Um, my bed. I'm resting. It doesn't need this cleaning thing you keep going on about." lol Little sweetie.
So, you go with your bad self and not worry about the nasty impending post-Thanksgiving stuff. (I hate them myself, and prefer the year-round gifting instead.)

[Ann]

I suddenly feel the need to whip mine out to keep up with you two...

Bah humbug...I used to love Christmas...when the kids were little it was wonderful...now..not so much...I'm with you two, I would rather give to those I care about all year long.

Ann

[Cookie]

Get outta my head!

Btw, my personal favorite was the catholic uncle of mine who was always nagging me about going to mass. Meanwhile, he had a woman and another whole family worth of kids on the side.

I will be so happy when all this seasnal whoring for money is over.

Could you put the cat bed in a pillow case and use hair ties to keep it shut? Might help keep the fuzzies out of the washer.

Love the scarf, love you, lovin' that fab cat, love Dave whippin' it out, love that sky.

/falls over

[elizabeth]

My husband and I got married within two years of meeting, so we never got the "when you getting hitched" questions. We waited a long time before having kids. I was so sick & tired of being asked if I was pregnant, or why I wasn't. People can be so terribly rude. What makes them think they can ask such personal questions. It's a matter of choice, and we all have our own ideas.
Oh, and Holiday shopping puts everyone in a grumpy mood, doesn't it??

[Abby]

When I get asked "When are you two getting married?" I answer, "Why ruin a good thing?"

When I find or make something I want to gift, I gift it right away. Life is too short to horde expressions of affection.

Thanks for the charity knit links. Another one, for anyone interested, is Kaps for Kendall (http://www.kapsforkendall.com/).

Love your sky pix!

[Magatha]

Aren't blogs wonderful!?! You can get all that stuff that I call "black bile" out of your system so it won't fester. Speak out at what irks! A strong opinon is better than no examination of one's life and the doings of others. The holidays give me pains as well, for many reasons you lit upon and others.