Socks!

The last couple of weeks I have been madly knitting. I think it has something to do with the cold weather coming on. That, or I'm finally starting to get bored. Na, that couldn't be it. Although I have been feeling a little bit like Bubble-boy for the last few weeks. Time to go outside for my daily walk I think.

At any rate, I knitted these really warm, comfy socks. I used Debbie Bliss "cashmerino aran" yarn, a blend of cashmere, merino, and microfibre. They are so soft, it's like having a cloud encircling your feet. If you're lucky, I just might make you a pair. But you have to ask nice (and give me money for yarn)!

I used the two circular needles method, oo-la-la, now aren't you impressed?

Why yes, I am a foot model.

When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano

Alright, so I'll admit that this spectacle isn't nearly as impressive as when the swallows come back to Capistrano. But it is pretty cool. Every fall these migratory birds roost in the chimney of Chapman Elementary School. More info can be found at the Audubon Society website here: http://www.audubonportland.org/local-birding/swiftwatch/swifts.

Some friends invited me to come watch last night, and even though I've been here for 8 years I had yet to witness the event. So I figured it was high time. The birds were already circling and entering the chimney when I arrived, but I was able to snap a few photos and take a short video so that you can see what it looks like.

There were quite a few people there, and I imagine that if it were quieter, or if you were all alone watching, the sound that the birds' wings make would be like the quiet rush of the blood flowing through your veins. The image of those birds moving through the air reminds me of those videos they make you watch in high school of blood cells soaring effortlessly through the tunnels constructing our bodies.

It's hard to see them, but they look like tiny flecks of pepper.

(If you click on the picture you can see the gigantic version of it)

Here's some wobbly and giggly footage.

Another Thing You Should Read: 2nd Installment

Today I learned something disturbing. Let's just say that first you think you know somebody. Then you realize you have no freaking clue about anything. And on that note, I'm going to recommend that you read Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl.

Yeah, it was a best-seller. What of it? Anyway, it has a great mystery driving the whole plot forward, and it's definitely one that you won't want to put down. When you're reading it, you'll feel like you entered high school all over again. Only this time you're that freakishly smart kid that intimidated everyone with your crazy wacked-out knowledge. This same smart freak is accepted into the famous clique and hijinks ensue. Then someone dies. And things get really complicated really fast.

It just goes to show, you never really know someone.

Your Cat is Fine...

In fact we had a really great conversation about Paulo Coelho yesterday. Then we did some knitting on my sock. I know you're totally jealous, but Ami says you can stay in Hawaii all you want.

Discussion time.

Is it a cat treat?

I shall chase you!

In the last picture, it's a little blury, but you can see my foot. I was running towards the door, and he was in hot pursuit. Just in case you don't believe me when I tell you he attacks my leg whenever I try to leave.

What Does This Mean?

Maybe somebody can help me. I've had this business card in my wallet for about five years, and I still don't know what it means. I found it one night in NW Portland, tacked to a wall in the midst of other actual business cards (I say actual only because I don't think this is a business, but I could be wrong). Every time I look at it I can't help but start laughing, it's just that absurd. Or rather, "Better than Absurd".

After doing some research on "Lambertism" I think I know what it's all about. The business card, that is.

Lambertism is a kind of visual poetry that makes absolutely no sense. And that is the point: sheer nonsense.

I think I like it.

http://mailartforums.crosses.net/read.php?4,11792

So the question is, do I send something to the P.O. Box on the card? Should I get my own P.O. Box so this madman can't stalk me? Should I start writing my own Lambertism poetry?

Stay tuned.