this life is lived in perfect symmetry
Coming November 1, 2009: Twilight Barbies.
I’m sort of a fringe Barbie collector. I haven’t gotten one in years, but I do look at them occasionally.
I’m a little surprised (and a little disappointed, actually) that Edward doesn’t sparkle. Or at least… shimmer.
On the other hand, that would be disturbing.
At least he’s appropriately pale.
Heh.
I finished the Roadhouse Mitts. They turned out nice, though don’t they look stupid not worn? All squished up and hinky.
Anyway, despite that, they fit great and I’m really pleased with them.
STATS: Franklin Sock Yarn from Webs in a mystery colorway dyed by the Kangaroo dyer. The color is better in these pictures, but I think my camera is having fits with darker tones in the red range. Yikes. They are really nice in real life.
THE PATTERN: Bluebell rib from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch over 56 stitches. Rib at edges is K3 P1 K1 P1 and K1 P1 on the thumb. I probably won’t write a pattern for them because I don’t know how to explain what I did. (“Like, knit in pattern, then make a thumb! then like stop and augh!”) Meh.
The yarn is extremely generous in yardage, so I think I will probably have enough for a pair of socks even after knitting these, which didn’t really take up that much. They’re only about 7 inches in length.
I don’t think I’m done making mitts – which is good, since I want to make gloves and mittens too.
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I went and saw Twilight today with Malvina, and it was hilarious. Much like I found the books to be like delicious literary CRACK, the movie was more of the same, with slo-mo significant glances and fog machine action and yes, sparkly vampires (complete with “sparkle” sound effects!). Anyway, my review is as follows:
LOL+!!!
Last week I read the Twilight books by Stephanie Meyer.
Yes, all three.
I’m not a huge fan of vampire books. I suspect I overdosed on the Anne Rice vampire books in high school, and ever since then have not been particularly interested. Also, I’m sorry, but a happily ever after does not, to me, usually entail the hero having to kill the heroine in order to be with her forever. I don’t find vampires to be particularly romantic or inspiring.
Give me a post-apocalypse any day.
So when I tell you that I LOVED the Twilight books, you know where I am coming from.
They don’t strike me as traditional vampires – in fact, Edward and his family only drink the blood of animals, and can go outside in sunlight. They don’t sleep in coffins – they don’t sleep at all.
So, hey, I like some vampires. Mark your calendars.
I really like the haunting writing – it sucks you in and before you know it, you’ve read three five hundred page books in two days. And most importantly, Stephanie Meyer has written, for her first adult novel (the Twilight books are YA), a sci-fi story based on the alien body-snatcher idea.
That kind of falls into a perfect category for me – kinda post-apocalyptic with zombies, kinda. I’ll be there.
Also, for the Twilight movie, they totally cast the guy who played Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter movies as Edward, and that is pretty perfect casting, if you ask me.
ANYWAY, they were good books, and you should read them, even if you have a serious case of vampire ennui like I do.