KnittyOtter

Another day, another day

I'm back from my travels to the ultra faboo OtterLand. I'll have to go through my photos and compile a post one day soon.

In the meantime here is a picture of some lovely yummy poppies that were not far from our hotel. We walked past them to get anywhere and one the last day I decided to take a photo.

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In other news today is my birthday. That's right today. *angelic smile*

I don't feel older. Which is good. I guess age just creeps up on you slowly. It would totally suck if it hit you all at once. o.0

While I may not feel older I do feel something. Sick. I'm feverish, headachey, burny throat and icky tonsils.

Dear Tonsils,

Please fuck off and die. I understand I have ignored your plea for attention all this time, but seriously, behave and get over yourselves.

No Love,
Otter

I bet they are just jealous of the other resolutions I've actually worked on. Resolution #7 hasn't gotten any love. I suppose I should find a new doctor and go see about that. *sigh*

Other than the nap I had earlier today this has just been another day. I won't be attending the Morrissey concert later. Meh. Just too out of it or something.

Perhaps I will go knit for a bit. Get a cup of hot Herby tea with lemon and honey and knit.

Oh! and I get to go pick up my sweet little TKK tomorrow. As much as I've enjoyed sleeping without her on my head I miss her way too much to get excited over something as mundane as sleep...  even if it's actual cat head free uninterrupted sleep.  :P

I hope everyone is having a good weekend and ready to start a fresh week. 

Sunday Sky & The Happenings

I didn't take a picture of the Saturday Sky yesterday. I intended to. Not that it was a very photogenic sky. Beautiful though it was with it's wispy white tendrils clinging to the mountains and pale blue kisses visible of the teasing sky. Just busy I guess. Or a mind preoccupied. Mainly though the images would have been washed away by my point and shoot camera. I have entirely changed my mind (AGAIN) on the whole camera thing. I really want a DSLR camera, but... well I need to do a bit more research. Plus I want a new tighter point and shoot. Maybe after work Monday I'll run out and have a hands on lookie see. I've been looking at various online review sites, but sometimes you just gotta hold the little bad boys in your hands.

If anyone has any personal experience with DSLR camera's you'd like to share or have any recommendations on brands I'm open for some friendly advice? I was going to make the purchase at Circuit City. That has changed given how messed up they have proven themselves to be by their recent business practices I think I'll go elsewhere. That's just not cool.

Last night as I was waiting for MonkeySocks to show up at a restaurant not far from my house for dinner and I started to take a picture of the view. It was facing towards my house and even though the sunset was muted due to the overcast sky it was still breathtaking.

But then I realized my camera batteries were dead. *L*

Le Sigh, Them's the breaks kiddo. So no Saturday Sky Picture. I do have a new pack for my upcoming trip to Otterland. We leave early Wednesday and will be back Saturday afternoon...  or Sunday afternoon. As for the Morrissey Concert on Sunday. We'll see. I'd love to go, but.. well we'll see.

So dinner with MonkeySocks was fantastic. She was a bit late due to a yarn emergency, but as a fellow knitter I could totally relate and begrudge her nothing for it. Sometimes you gotta put the yarn in the naughty corner and she had some naughty ass yarn on her hands. *L*

It was okay that she was late. It was nice to be in a quiet moment and just think. It was windy and much cooler than it should have been, but it felt nice to just breathe for a moment and look at the sky.

It amazes me how much people can have to say to one another. We we're there talking for four hours or so, pretty much nonstop. Then after I had called my honey to tell him I was coming home in a bit we decided to take it elsewhere. We went and had mint tea and talking at a place not too far from my house for a few more hours.

This was especially funny since I'd only had a few hours sleep the night before and had sand paper eyelids and was just about to fall over prior to meeting up with her. I can't blame my hyper upness on her entirely... A few hours before we hooked up I had a Grande Non Fat, No Whip, 3 Pump Triple shot Peppermint Mocha (I'm a Pod People!) . Holy Fuck was that yummy. *grin* It did what it was intended to do and kept me going long after my ass should have been in the sack.

When I finally made it home after 2:00 am I slept really really well. First time in weeks I've slept more than 6 hours. That was nice.  I imagine I'll sleep well in OtterLand too.

As for the knitting I'll be taking with me... we'll see. I've got several things going right now. Though I really want to get started on some Dave Lace... and the Kew Socks... and and and... so many things. My mind is a twitter with all of the possibilities. But perhaps I should finish something I'm already on. The honey socks will be good for car & travel knitting. Plus the Ducky Hat or maybe the scarf... I really need to finish something. *L*

As for the Sunday Sky, here is a photo I took back on the 8th when the honey took me to Animal Ark. I love a big sky. One of the reasons I love Nevada so much, you can see where you are.

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In other news I made it to the gym two times this week. Plus a little walking on the side. At the gym Wednesday night I first walked on the flat gerbil wheel thingy also known as a treadmill. I did a mile in half the time it normally takes me. *grin* Then I did some weights and topped it off with a lot of laps in the pool. Then Friday when I was with my morning workout partner in crime I did 15 hard fast minutes on the elliptical trainer and 1.3 miles on the treadmill in decent time. I'm feeling pretty darn spiffy about myself these days. *Super Happy Otter Dance*

This week Rachel will be off doing some special stuff and I'll be in OtterLand later in the week so I'm going to try to get my workouts in early in the week. Plus I'll be walking all over OtterLand so that's good. Heh. Anything in OtterLand is good though. ;^)

Not Dead, no really. Really. :P

So the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I'm not dead. Not even a little bit. Just busy and lost in thought.

I have absolutely NO knitting content to speak of. In fact I think the last time I knit was last Wednesday. *blink* I know. It's fucking nuts.

I dunno. You ever get lost in your thoughts and just need to work things out. Yeah.

But mostly I've been busy. Some good, some not so good. Work and fun stuff.

As for the weekend I left my house to run some errands before meeting up with some friends Friday around 3:00 pm... and somehow didn't make it home that night. Then when I did eventually go home it was Saturday night around 8:30. I was only home for half an hour while I grabbed some clothes and kissed the honey. Then I was off and gone again until Sunday night around 9:45 when I got home again. (Yes there were showers, and a bed provided. Good thing I carry a toothbrush with me everywhere too. *L*)

Needless to say Resolution #10 was being worked pretty well. There was also some Karaoke involved. o.0

I can pretty much tell you everywhere you can go for Karaoke on any given night of the week now, btw. :P

I love love love Karaoke, but need lots of liberating alcohol to be really comfortable at it. heh.

Now I wasn't hung over or anything silly. I never got drunk as that is not only lame but ridiculous to do to ones self. But I did manage to somehow get only a few hours sleep each night. Friday night I went to bed very late and got up very early, as in my daily nature. Later there was a nap involved. Saturday night I was good and got a whole 4 hours of sleep. Blissful cat head free sleep at that. (I didn't just say that. I'll deny it to the day I die. o.0) I was still up crazy early given the hour that the evening came to a close. I'm just not made to sleep past 6:30 am. *sigh*

In addition to the drinking and revelry there was shopping. *grin* I got myself one of those new fangled iPod Shuffles. I was going to get the pink, but in the harsh light of day it wasn't as yummy as I thought it would be. I was drawn to the teal.

Yes the color was the biggest concern I had. :P

At least now I can go walking and not worry about busting my iPod Video.

All in all it was an odd lost weekend. I missed a few things I should have done and feel badly for it. Like checking my email and checking in with various people.

The cat missed me a lot and has since been acting as if we the two components of velcro. Man oh man that cat loves to lick my forehead at night. Last night she just stood on my pillow looking down on me with her weird cat breathe.

Made weirder by the fact the honey got her a bone over the weekend while I was out.

Yes, that's right, he got her a BONE. Looks to be the Tibia of an unfortunate bovine creature.

Photo Proof from Monday afternoon that my shaved cat was licking a big bone in my backyard. (insert snerking here)

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It's weird over here. o.0

She actually needs another shave down. But the weather has turned chilly so I'm waiting. It snowed again last night. Balls to that. o.0

At least the grass is starting to grow back there. She thinks it's her salad bar. Weird-o.

No doubt is left in my mind that our neighbors don't think we're totally nuts at this point. Between backyard photo shoots with George and now TKK having her own bone... Good thing I don't generally give half a damn to the regard other people may have one way or another. *L*

In other news next week I leave for OtterLand. It'll be a short trip and when I get back I'm going to go to the Morrissey Concert on my birthday. Any of you'se locals peoples wanna come along it's at John Ascuaga's Nugget (that sounds dirty to me) on Sunday the 29th @ 8:00 pm. Lemme know as I haven't picked up tickets yet and can get them together or however these things work.

I LOVE MORRISSEY. The Smiths and his solo stuff is some over my very favorite music. The Smiths are my top 3 most listened to bands according to my Last.FM page. Heh. Here's my running total since July 29, 2005. Yes I am this big of a dork. :P Morrissey as a solo artist is #18.

So yeah, that's the general idea of what I've been up to. I need a nap... and the weekend is just around the corner. I'm hoping to take it somewhat easy if you wanna know the truth. ;^)

Thoughts of the day... now with more zombies!

So it snowed last night. That's kinda fucked up. I woke up in the night and thought I heard rain. It's not like it would be usual thing for me to hear mind you. It was that or the cat climbed up on the roof to go potty and she doesn't do heights so I figured rain was my best bet.

But to find this fucking snow on the ground when I got up is ridiculous.

At least the sunrise was pretty.

I made the decision not to go outside into the "melted by 10 am" white death. That and I'm just tired and had lots to do. Then I ended up doing a bunch of things I didn't need to do with the time that I really needed to do other stuff. There was a nap and a hot bath involved. Still tired though. I blame MonkeySocks. That girl has me burning the candle at both ends. Coffee fueled candle burning at that. *grin*

So last Friday, April 6th, was my One Year Blogoversary. I knew it was coming and just missed it. Opps. So yeah for those of you following along at home I started knitting on March 25th and had my blog up and running a few weeks later. It was a short decision too. Just up and did it one night. And it has made all the difference. It's a different kind of freedom to blog publicly versus privately. Plus now I know all you'se fabulous peoples. :D

For those of you new to the scene here is the first month of blogging last April. Notice my fancy knitting content. Garter stitch cloth, baby. Hot Knitting Action. Just for you yeah, baby. *blows kisses @ everyone* Bonus of Shaved Kitty. *wiggles eyebrow*

Recently someone(s) said I seemed oversexed. I don't think that can actually exist. If it's on a persons mind or whatever it's not a bad thing. Plus it is Spring and all. Just say'n. :P

Granted it's more knitting content than I've had lately. I swear I'm knitting. Just slowly... or something. That and multiple projects at once kinda makes progress look slow. Maybe I should take a break and do a Charity hat as a break. That always makes me feel good. That reminds me soon I'll be taking a sweater class from this lovely lady I know from my LYS. It's a top down sweater. I see about making my kids Dulaan sweater. Maybe she can help me find a top down for a kid sweater that'd be good for a first sweater. :D

Finally I have to tell you all about the kickass time I had with my Honey Tuesday. He took me to see GrindHouse: Planet Terror & Death Proof. *GRIN*

This Double feature is so fucking good it actually makes up for all the crappy bad movies we've seen in the last few years. Including that bloody awful Superman Returns. Pure shit that was. Fuck Fuck Fuck Planet Terror & Death Proof were both so kickass awesome I'm ready to go pay to see it again on the big screen. :D

Now when the honey said he wanted to take me to see that I said okay no questions asked. I had no idea what they were about. But when you have Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez making a movie you don't ask what, you just GO see it. Of course throw in some sexy Rose McGowan action with a gun for a leg and it's a down right must see movie. :P

Now here's the real deal maker. Planet Terror is a ZOMBIE Movie. *girlish squee!!!!*

There were a few parts that made me cringe and think I could have lived forever without seeing that particular object of disgust, but you kinda have to expect that with any Tarantino movie. The funny thing was how often I said, "Awesome!!" to my honey as we watched the movie. It was just too damn awesome. It was crazy over the top and funny as fuck. Seriously. Kickass awesome.   

Death Proof was very good too. This is the one that kinda scared me while watching it. I won't say why as I don't want to give anything away and ya'll have to go see Grindhouse Pronto. You'll be happy you did. Instant classic. :D

Can't wait to see the scenes they cut from both movies. Supposed to change the whole meaning of the films. :D

The other cool part of GrindHouse was the faked up "previews" they had made for these movies. Rob Zombie's Werewolf Women of the S.S was too damn funny.

The honey is hoping we can get some of our friends together that he thinks would appreciate these films Saturday to go see it again. It'd be cool if that works out. I'd love to see all of this again. Don'tcha just love a good Zombie movie.

*eats everyones brains with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sprinkles*

Mmmm Brains! :D

Saturday Sky & Vikkie Day Oh My!

What day is today? *blink* Where have I been? Lots going on over here for the Otter. It's a very fun time. :D

This past Saturday was an absolutely wonderful day.

Although it was a bit windy and sometimes overcast it was really nice. Plus it was Vikkie Day so it was kickass, just as one might expect a Vikkie Day to be.

Before I go any further let me show you the sky, as seen from the front porch of my favorite LYS.

The day started off bright and early for me. Actually I'm not sure how bright it was then. I got up at 6:00 am and started preparing the Vikkie Day Lunch. I made a baked pasta thingy and salad.  I got to the shop around 10:00 and started drinking lots of coffee and knitting & Chatting with Florrie and another nifty lady who was there.

Guess who was not there? Well two people, but freakishly missing was one Miss Vickie.

How can you have a Vikki Day without a Vikkie? Not like you can just randomly pick one up at the store. *sigh* So that's when the harassing phone calls started. I had to call her twice before she finally showed up. Something about knitting like mad in a crazy sock competition while going to school and needing to sleep sometime. Pfbt! Sleep is for the dead. And the undead. She could'a knit through the pain. :P

(YAY!! Squeee!! I just saw on the sock thingy that she won a prize and I'm such a dork I called her to tell her to check the sock madness blog. Dork History in the making!)

After Vikkie Finally showed up we got to knit and talk and just be plain silly. I'm good at silly so this was mucho fun for me. :D Florrie, Vikkie and I had some of the yummy lunch and then Florrie got back to her stuff and left me to annoy Vikkie all by myself until MonkeySocks eventually showed up. The three of us went outside onto the comfy Patio to knit and talk while we enjoyed the sometimes sunny afternoon. I took a picture of Vikkie while she was knitting. With her permission here it is.

Vikkie Knitting in her natural habitat @ Deluxe Yarns aka Florrie's.

I was stalking her through Florrie's Irises. :P

We knit and talked some more until Rachel showed up after 5:00 and the four of us went to Vikkie Day dinner. I had a few drinks ti further my way along with Resolution #10. *L* I even got Vikkie & MonkeySocks to get a Dirty Vodka Martini. I'm not sure how they liked them. How'd you guys like that? *L* Most people don't care for straight up Grey Goose vodka with a splash of olive juice. Mmmm I love it.  Rachel has people inside her and therefore was the responsible person of the night. There may even have been some yummy Vikkie Day Yarn Giftie involved in the evening. It was a last minute giftie MonkeySocks and I picked up for Vikkie after we noticed her eye balling it all day.

After a yummy dinner Rachel went home and MonkeySocks and I went to Vikkie's to see her yarn and knit things. Also some crocheted things. She has these little crochet purses. One of them looked very much like a Penis Cozy. *snicker*

MonkeySocks drove me home sometime after 10:00 pm... maybe closer to 11:30...

It's amazing how much people can talk about with other people. It was a really fun day and I'm so glad I've had the opportunity to meet all these nifty Reno Knitters.

*Blows kisses at all my Girlies* *wink wink*

So yeah still no knitting content. I have been knitting. Just nothing really new to show for it. The Ducky Hat and I are doing this two steps forward one step back thing. Gotta tink back another row. I really shouldn't have been knitting the chart part of his face during the season finale of Battlestar Galactica. D'oh!

The honey socks are going well. I'm doing an Eye of the Partridge Heal and am LOVING it. :D So cool!

Other than that just dreaming about all the cool knit projects I want to do with all the cool yarn I have. *L*

Night of the Living DAVE... er Dead.

Dave makes such a cute Zombie. Most don't even try to smile for the camera. ;^)

(Mucho Thanks to Dave for his permission to alter his image for my Zombie Amusement. *HUGS*)

Today is an awfully Zombie Day for me. This is kinda funny considering how much I adore zombies.

Now I haven't eaten any brains or anything like that. Though the honey is making Cincy Style Cheese Coney's for dinner and that's kinda like it if you think about it. Ick don't think about it. o.0

What I mean rather is that I feel awfully Zombie-ish. I think the extreme lack of sleep I've been dealing with the past few weeks is taking it's toll. I'm just plain fucking tired.

The cause of my sleepless nights... part cat, part other stuff, part weird. :P

I'll talk about the cat. See TKK is a very special kitty. Like most kitties she gets the midnight crazies... as well as the 3:00 am to 6:00 am crazies. o.0 But she also doesn't just get crazy she gets... weird. I think she may turn into a zombie kitty.

She's trying to eat my brains. I swear. She's trying to lick her way through my forehead and eyebrows. It's fucking nuts. Not only is it creepy in a "what's that wet thing so close to my eyeball" kinda way, but also the tongue action on the forehead kinda hurts. Super industrial strength sand paper cat tongue action!

For all I know she's already eaten my brain and I'm just here snapping my synapses in reflex like a chicken with it's head cut off. o.0 You never know .

So last night I had a plan. I was going to lock her out of the bedroom so that I could get some uninterrupted sleep. Didn't happen. I kept waking up freaked out that she WASN'T there and had to go check on her.

Fuck. I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't.

Tonight I'm taking something to help me sleep. *zombie face*

Plus I'm just tired. It's been a long couple of weeks.

Need sleep.

Need sleep....need sleep.... need Brains.... BRAINS... BRAINS!!!!

Actually you know what I need. I need some chocolate bunny butt.

Mmmm Dark Chocolate Bunny Butt.

The butt is better than the ears. Trust me. :P

Good thing for us the biggest Zombie Holiday is coming up. There is always Sale Chocolate Bunny Butt the next day. Funny how that works. *L*

I hope everyone else is having a nice Zombie Thursday. Wheeeeeeeee!!

Otters Otters Otters!!

It is with extreme caution I give you the following links, videos & photos. Beware! These images are so cute that you may very well DIE. o.0

Here is a photo I took of a mother Sea Otter with her baby on her tummy while I was outside on the deck of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We saw lots of Mom & Baby pairs in January. Good thing I always have my Binoculars with me when I'm in OtterLand. You never know what exciting and wonderful view you'll have. :D The photo isn't the best. Need better camera... drool... Hey Dave, got any ideas. *snicker*

These next two photo's were taken inside at the Sea Otter Exhibit. It's my very most favorite place in the whole wide world. Although there are WAYYYYYYYYY too many children about. They should have an adult only weekend or something for those of us who don't find all the kids running around charming. That or have mandatory child leashes for the parents of the children who aren't being taken care of. To be honest I'd scream like an ape too if I had to pee and needed some idiot, who wasn't paying any attention, permission first. Just Sayin'. (Yes, MonkeySocks I know there are some good kids out there. I even know one in person thanks to your N. :P)

Side tracked brain much today? Yeah. I need a nap or something.

So anyway these next two photos are of the exhibit otters. You'll have to clickety biggety both of them. Too cute!

Having a Bath

Posing for the Camera

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! It's enough to make you drop dead now I know. But just keep looking. Gotta make sure you're real dead! :D

Adorable Baby River Otter being carried around by the mommy.

Sea Otter Lovin's @ the MBA: Otters holding Hands!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeee!!! *dies of cuteness*

Much Thanks to Cookie and Stacey for emailing me various links to that Video. :D

Okay, y'all get a hold of yourselves. Dry your eyes if'n you needs it an listen up.

April recently commented on my blog and said they had BABY otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They DO!!!! Eeeeeeeee!!! *dies again*

Here's the info/little video for the African Spotted-necked Otter Pups at MBA.

To top it all off last week MonkeySocks announced that she was going to OtterLand, and to the Aquarium with some of her peoples in the nearish future. (Don't forget your Binoculars and a camera!)

It's like the universe is telling me I need to go to OtterLand and be with my peoples. And when the universe is talking to you it's best to listen. Especially if you can use it as an excuse to go be with Otters. :D

So I had a talky with the honey yesterday and explained that they had BABY OTTERS and that the new exhibit just opened up and that I would surely DIE if I didn't go over there very soon.

He is making the plan up.  We're looking at going near the end of the month. He's gonna set it all up final like next week and I'll know for certain. *Happy Otter Dance*

Just think, all those Otters and Otters and Otters!!!!

Eeeeee Eeeee Eeeeee!! *dies*

Considering how much I've died recently it's safe to assume I'm a Zombie Otter. Mmmm Brains... Fishie Brains.... *GRIN*

Saturday Sky & Funktastic Day Oh My!

Sure this post is a few days late, but you will love it anyway so Nyah. :P

Here's a picture from the porch of my most awesome LYS.

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Saturday was a good day. An interesting day...

I was a little hyper most of the day. Mainly because I was trying to counteract MonkeySock's & Victoria's yawning. Damn those girls need sleep more than I do. I have a cat on my head at night. What's their excuse. Pbfft. :P

Just kidding, ladies. *blows kisses* (How you doin'? *wicked grin*)

I got some knitting done. Almost to the point where I can do the heal flaps of both socks. I'm doing a new stitch for the heal flap. It makes a woven looking pattern that is supposed to be soft and long lasting. Me love it long time. *snicker*

It was a very nice day when the wind wasn't blowing. Not everyone's hair survived the day looking it's best. Myself included. o.0

I really enjoy knitting outdoors. Whether at my house or the shop. Especially if you enjoy the company of the people you are with. :D

Here's a cute little purple/blue flowery thing I found along the fence outside the shop.

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Of course it's hard to knit very much when you're all hyper the way I was... am... I was too busy inflicting violence on people with my ultra sharp knit picks DPN's. Yay Violence!

No worries no lasting damage was done to anyone and I only violence those people I adore. Yay no lawsuits! *L*

It was a truly lovely afternoon with very little bloodshed and lots of laughs.

Here's a shot of the nearly full moon as the sun was setting later that day.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I can't believe it's Monday already. o.0