Knitting: Update

Ugh. I can't even remember the last time I updated this blog. I'm sorry its taken so long. I'm sure some of you are tired of only seeing the last post. Well here I am ready to update. Since it was a very hot, very busy summer, I didn't do much knitting. But here are all of the projects I've completed since the last time I talked about knitting. (not pictured is another blanket like this one and a mini one like it for traveling)

A meat head hat for the Professor.

Mermaid fingerless gloves for a gift exchange

A hat for my baby sis (my mom added a pom pom since this picture was taken)

More meathead hats (dude they are just so easy to make!)

Did I mention that they look great with little baby booties?

Take another look and see what I mean...

This lady at my church has three grandbabies due at the same time..so I made these

Here get a closer look.

Holy crap they are SOOO CUTE!!!! (I've made 2 pairs in this baby girl pink yarn!)

A scrubby pad made out of antibacterial acrylic yarn (I actually made 2). I was commissioned at church to make easy knitting projects for our stake's super saturday.

A washcloth to go with the scrubby pad(made 2 of these too!)

A hat to trade with my friend for a cool camping pan.

Soooo coool huh!?

More meathead hats! Although with this one I forgot to knit inbetween every decrease row so it turned out a little stumpy.

So if I counted correctly, I think that's brought the total up to 30 completed projects this year. Oh wait, I just remembered I made a pumpkin hat for one of my other friend's nephews. That would be 31 then. On the needles currently (or inline to be knit) are 2 skull and crossbones hats, 3 of the wavy hats, one more booty and mermaid fingerless gloves. There is simply not enough time in the day!

Insomnia it's Not

Just a fair warning, this post may veer into PG-13 territory. Also, my cousins might give me the ol' sideways glance the next time I see them. (A few read this blog)

In this age of WebMD self-diagnosis I feel pretty comfortable saying that I am a sexsomniac. "A sexsomniac?", you say. Yes, a sexsomniac. This doesn't mean I'm addicted to a rare form of Japanese porn featuring narcoleptics. It's a sleep disorder akin sleepwalking, but instead of walking, friskiness occurs in bed with no recollection of said friskiness in the morning, or ever. I'm just thankful that thus fair only a very mild, somewhat infrequent, and abortive version of this condition has manifested itself in my sleeping behavior. (For instance, check out this Newsweek story filed this year. Bruised genitalia from furious masturbating while sleeping? Sexual assault allegations? Lacerations and bruising from the rough sleepsex? Apparently the sex is usually much rougher during sleepsex. I've had none of that happen.) Vesper came across the name of this condition, sexsomnia, 5 or 6 months ago and I've been thinking about it ever since.

Take for instance two nights ago. (This is Vesper's recollection. Couldn't very well be mine, could it?) It's been VERY warm here in Seattle this week so we've been sleeping with the ceiling fan on. A few hours after we fell asleep Vesper sat up to adjust the fan. While she was fumbling with the chain I bolted upright, quickly and assertively removed some of her sleeping clothes (along with mine) and began to be quite frisky. Then, a few minutes later I mumbled, "You too tired for this aren't you?" and promptly rolled over and went back to sleep. The next morning while I was making our lunches she came into the kitchen and started talking about the incident. I had no idea what she was talking about. I still don't. I've been (a)roused from a fit of sexsomnia while in the midst of the beginning stages of friskiness, but I still can't remember instigating anything. It's like I've been dropped into the middle of a scene in a movie or play that I haven't seen or been part of the beginning of. It's a very VERY odd sensation. (For both of us I suppose.)

To our combined recollections I've never fully lived up to the intercourse part of the sexsomnia. Sexual acts, not sex itself, has been our experience. It happens fairly infrequently as well. Maybe every month or two. Sometimes I've gone half a year with any sort of incident that either of us can remember. All I know, is that every once in a while I wake up in the morning with no clothes on, or in a very intimate embrace with my wife and I have no idea what the hell is going on.

Embarassment (You)

For those of you looking for an explanation for this atrocity, I've explained myself here. Also, if you want to laugh some more you can go here.

Um, if any of the negative 5 people that read this blog have enjoyed laughing in the past, sorry I've completely forgotten about this. I promise to update silly, nasally delivered, songs more often in the future.

This song was more a result of my liking my keyboard rather than having a song. Sorry again for the compressed sound, but these are back from my 4 track days, and I really didn't know what I was doing. It's funny to look back at these songs and remember how much I enjoyed doing this.