Swamp Tech
It is so flipping hot. I know it's hot everywhere, so everyone's nodding their heads in agreement. It makes a girl want to hide in her house and knit all weekend long.
I didn't do that, but I was tempted. Instead, I went to Atlanta and saw Quintron and Miss Pussycat at the Drunken Unicorn with Leslie and Anne Marie. It was well worth the drive:
The blur is Mr. Quintron. The car is the front of his instrument, the Drum Buddy.
Quintron invented this crazy instrument called the Drum Buddy and he plays it at his shows - it's an organ-drum-lights-someotherstuff instrument, and it sounds incredible. His wife, Miss Pussycat, always does a puppet show before they start playing. It's seriously not to be missed, people. And after the show, there was breakdancing in the bar area, and it was AWESOME. Anne Marie got invited to dance, and here's the conversation she had with her dance partner:
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Dancing Guy: Hey there. Would you three ladies like to come back to my house and party with me?
Anne Marie: No, thank you. Would you like to move on?
(Dancing Guy moves on.)
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Isn't Anne Marie polite? Fun times.
The rest of the weekend was supposed to be a wild crazy blur of late night parties, but apparently I'm not as young as I used to be, and it took me all weekend to recover from Friday night. (This may be partially due to late night Taco Bell on Friday. SUCH a good idea at 2:30am, NOT A GOOD IDEA the next day.) So I stayed in. And knitted.
I saw this lovely Razor Cami on Yarnmonster and decided I needed to knit it. (e and my Orangina have been fighting lately and I had to put her down for a little while.) So, the yummy LaLuz Silk scarf is on hold, and I'm working on the yummy La Luz Silk razor cami:
Silky stripey goodness.
I'm not sure how the stripeyness is going to play out in the cami, but I'm excited to see. I'm usually okay with some pooling, etc, so I think I'll like the outcome. And it's so nice and soft and pretty to knit with.
On Sunday, I got pick the Pants up at the airport - he was away all last week on a super grown-up business trip. I was really, really glad to have him home. Especially when he arrived home and started dancing with Bella:
Bella LOVES to slow dance with Jacob.
Aw, my schmoos.
School starts in 14 days. So. Nervous. Thank goodness for the Pants, and my doggies, and my friends, and kniting, and TIVO. These things keep me sane. (ooh! I ordered my first sewing pattern today. Can't wait!)
Comments (28)
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Posted by Roxanne30Burnett | May 28, 2010 1:50 AM
Hey, I lurk around here all the time, but I just wanted to tell you good luck with school. As you start grad school, I start vet school. I am going to try to the work and learn thing too, we can be busy to the max together.
Anyway, good luck and great job entertaining me, hehe.
Posted by Kristen | August 7, 2006 8:34 PM
I am so jealous! I looooove Quintron. And the assortment of coffe cans with holes in different patterns that make Drum Buddy work. Sigh...I haven't seen him in forever. Or 4 years.
Posted by Cassie | August 5, 2006 3:52 PM
Your blog always makes me smile: The photo of Jacob and Bella...awwww. And Anne Marie cracks me up. She deserves a prize for that snappy comeback.
Posted by Becky | August 5, 2006 8:10 AM
I'm a leftie :). Where do you find out how to do stiches the leftie way??? I am trying to figure out the increase. Took me forever to purl as I was twisting the yarn, then I realized I had to come in from the back. Now on to inceases...any good web sites or blogs for that???
Thanks, love you site.
Posted by Jane | August 4, 2006 5:50 PM
That razor cami is gonna be SO CUTE! Every summer thing you knit I end up wanting to make!!!!
Also, that show looks AWESOME. I wanna see it! Tell Anne MArie that Sulfjan Stevens is playing NY in a couple months....
Posted by Lara | August 4, 2006 12:41 PM
Aww, how cute is that pic of Jacob and Bella?! So sweet! You are so going to rock it at school. Have a blast!!!
Posted by giao | August 4, 2006 10:45 AM
We like to call it Taco Smell around here... HA! ;)
Posted by Michelle | August 4, 2006 5:06 AM
ok best pic this time is the Pants and Bella - so sweet - just having them around will make school easy-peasy!! Sewing pattern - first ever - don't they make y'all take that in jr. high anymore??? hahaha
Posted by robin | August 3, 2006 2:14 PM
The silk looks so delicious! It'll be beautiful when it's done :) x
Posted by Annarella | August 3, 2006 1:14 PM
Good luck with school! You enter your first year of grad school as I enter my last year in high school! wah!!!
You've got a buncha great projects on the needles right now. I'mn interested to see how the horizontal striping from the La Luz will behave with the vertical stitch pattern! How exciting!!
Posted by Jomy | August 3, 2006 11:46 AM
Ok...by chance is Jacob a Lifetouch employee? And, by chance was he at the Lifetouch Gala on Saturday night...the one with Lione Ritchie? If so, I saw him!
Posted by Caryn | August 3, 2006 11:42 AM
In one post I feel like I was part of your whole weekend. Minus that late night and Taco Bell.....I would pass!!!!
Posted by Betsy | August 3, 2006 8:56 AM
Awww, schmoo plus pants picture is making me miss my honeys even more. I am a sucker for a man who loves dogs :)
That La Luz stuff is amazing. So beautiful. I crochetted my boss a scarf out of it and she loved it.
Posted by Marnie | August 2, 2006 10:10 PM
Okay, Jacob and Bella are cute, but I love the retro steel desk in the background. I've always wanted one of those. The razor cami is going to look great.
Posted by Angela | August 2, 2006 7:12 PM
Slooow dancin', swaaaaaaaying to the music... Sloooow dancin' just me and my girl.... Hahahhahahaha!
Posted by Jenny | August 2, 2006 6:11 PM
You're a swamp buggy badass.
Posted by Leslie | August 2, 2006 5:56 PM
oh, i've been dying to knit the razor cami in a variegated yarn, too. i think it will look really cute.
Posted by carrie m | August 2, 2006 4:53 PM
So many tests.
Posted by Carrie | August 2, 2006 4:30 PM
Testing dang comments now that I've upgraded to MT 3.3
Posted by Carrie | August 2, 2006 4:27 PM
You forgot to mention the HOURS we spent in IKEA and the millions of dollars we saved.
Millions.
I really wish that Quintron wasn't married. He is my ideal man.
And that silk cami is going to be the softest shirt that ever was.
Posted by Anne Marie | August 2, 2006 4:06 PM
Testing my dang comments.
Posted by Carrie | August 2, 2006 4:05 PM
I love the yarn you are using for that tank it is beautiful!! What is it?
I should have the strength to put things down sometimes, but I don't and then I end up with the "Damn" Clapotis or something like that.
Posted by Jeni | August 2, 2006 3:59 PM
Your schmoos are SO cute! :)
Posted by Michelle | August 2, 2006 2:44 PM
I've been lurking for a while and I really enjoy reading your blog. (Plus my boyfriend looks just like yours, and its creepy :) Random question: I've been wanting to make Ms.marigold in Shine, like you did, so did you use worsted or sport, and what size needles? I haven't bought the pattern yet, and it doesn't say the gauge on the site. Thanks!
Posted by rangersarah | August 2, 2006 2:09 PM
Oh, the dreaded drunken Taco Bell run has claimed another victim. I hate it when that happens.
I love, love, LOVE the colors of that La Luz, can't wait to see the finished product.
Jacob and Bella? Too adorable. And don't worry about school, you're going to kick ass.
Posted by Sarah | August 2, 2006 1:56 PM
You'll do awesome back in school! Keep yourself busy and don't think about it for now :)
Posted by Vicki | August 2, 2006 1:52 PM
The purple/lime color combo is sooo nice.
Posted by Macoco | August 2, 2006 1:51 PM