Help. Computer Taken Over.

I have done not a lot of knitting lately. Why?

Because Kevin showed me the EverQuest II beta, and to my great shock, it is fun. It is a lot of fun. We made a character named Gail, who is a halfling (of course). She runs around and does quests and kills things. I also die a lot, and bat my eyelashes at the boys so that they’ll tell me where in the hell the Tower of the Oracles is. (I did find it eventually. You ride a griffin to get there. How cool is that?)

So, I’m behind on my TV shows and my knitting. I did finally wise up and bring my sock into my office, so I could knit while I waited for zones to change and to regain health.

Oh, I suppose you all want to know what I’m talking about See, EverQuest is an online multiplayer game where you run around and kill things, and other people are logged in and they kill things, and sometimes you group, and before you know it it has taken over your entire life. Something like that.

Anyways, I did finish my sock. It’s pretty much an anklet sock, but see, I have calves of steel. They are massive. I blame it on being short and always having to tip toe around. So, if I had wanted the socks to go over the calves of steel, something which I can’t remember happening, like, ever, it would have been time for some major increasing. So, instead, I bound off.

Monica was nice enough to take a picture of my foot. On the table at Barnes and Noble, wearing my new sock. Go on over and take a look!

I’ve been ranting a bit too much over at Knitters Review, in their politics forums. I don’t hate Republicans. I truly don’t. But its so hard to read such bigoted stuff coming from two particular users, you know? I do wish that the Republicans could just oust those types from the party, but that’s hardly likely.

Speaking of Knitters Review, they did a review of Debbie Bliss’s Cotton Angora. The results weren’t pretty. I love how the stuff feel in the skein, but if it wore as badly as her swatches, I’d be very displeased. I’m glad I haven’t bought any.

A new yarn sneakily opened up in Naperville. It’s called Zora’s Yarns, and Dee checked it out for us. They are having an open house this weekend, so we’re heading over on Sunday. They don’t seem to have a web presence, but they are on Chicago Avenue, East of downtown Naperville. They are open 10 to 5.