Hell Freezes Over

Ice is forming on Sisphysus's rock. (Not to mention his protruding entrails.) Beatrice has put a white lambswool hat on her head. (For purity, you know?) Lillith is wrapping up in a biker jacket and pashmina scarf. Lucifer is dressed head-to-toe in the fur of small, cute, intelligent animals.

Yes, bois and grrls, I have given in and gotten a livejournal.

Why, you might ask? Well, there are several reasons.

1) Five years ago, when I first took my hard anti-live-journal stance, it seems that livejournal's main use was in creating and expanding drama. It has been demonstrated to me that this is no longer the case. To wit, all of my friends seem to have lj accounts these days, and many, even most of them, are not drama queens.

2) Speaking of which, more and more events that I care about are posted on livejournal, not to mention discussions of things that interest me.

3) I am about to lose my job, which will mean I will have even more gobs of free time on my hands, and I really don't want to join any more mailing lists.

4) Where else could I post about crocheting projects and kinky sex in the same place?

I am still concerned about drama avoidance, and will do my best to be careful about that, probably by not posting anything about my relationships (except for the bits that have to do with kinky sex).

What I do intend to post is stuff about the yarn projects I have finished or am working on, books I am reading, DVDs I'm watching, parties I'm attending, and food I'm making. Could be monumentally boring, could be interesting. You be the judge.

Now, all you many many people I know on livejournal, give me love so I feel less insane for doing this!

books I'm currently reading

First of all, if you haven't already, check out my guide to advanced pagan books on amazon.com. If that's your sort of thing, I mean. My username there is honeyb956.

Now then. I'm currently exploring:

Women's Work: The first 20,000 years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. bryghtrose lent me this, and it's really awesome. A fascinating exploration of the history of textiles and women's roles in relationship to them.

Earth Time, Moon Time by Annette Hinshaw. Interesting guide to self-exploration based on the lunar calendar. I'm going to be using this for a long time.

The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore. Just finished it last night. Christmas books never end the way I want them to. Why did the zombies have to die? I liked the zombies!

_Stitch and Bitch: The Knitter's Guide_ by Debbie Stoller continues to be intensely fabulous. I am going to make about a dozen projects from that book. I only wish I could find a single book on crochet with a quarter of the fabulousness of this book.

yarn whoredom

About four months ago, my friend C taught me to crochet. Using this technology, I made a blanket out of Manos Cotton Stria. Granny squares, mostly lilac but some light red and some purple. I will post pictures once someone teaches me how. :)

About one month ago, starkeymonster reminded me how to knit. (My mother had taught me a very long time ago.) Using this technology, I made a black and green wool scarf for my partner J. I finished this about a week ago. It hasn't been blocked, nor have I finished the magick I was doing on it. I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to get him to leave it in the house so I can finish it.

Last weekend, starkeymonster, cathijosephine and I had a yarn orgy. My partner drove us out to Northampton, where we had lunch with bearsir, and then went to Webs discount yarn warehouse. Many items of fiber were purchased. I got:

- enough red Debbie Bliss cashmerino to make a cute beret for myself
- nameless gorgeous chunky wool in mauve and eggplant to turn into a shawl for myself
- green wool to make a hat for an_gadhar
- greenish cotton to make a hat for starkeymonster
- multicolored wool to knit stockings for myself
- wool and fluffy nylon stuff to make mittens for someone

Basically, it's all about ME!!

Sadly, the yarn was not cheap enough to do charity projects from. Starkeymonster and I will have to order some online for that.

Currently, I am almost done with the adorable red beret. It just needs a brim. Or, more to the point, I just need to figure out how to add a brim without it suddenly no longer fitting on my head.