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Due to the relentlessness of life, I'm taking a bye this week. Even Paula looks in need of a nap.

LittleZ was christened/baptized/dunked on Saturday. We hosted a houseful of family and friends, ate much gumbo and cake, and generally passed a good time.

( Enough of the chatter! Where's the knitting? )

The College of the Four Zoas

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Fast Facts:

Est. 1969
Philosophy: "Anyone who looks at life in all its aspects will see how far the remarkable, the great, and the beautiful predominate in all things, and he will soon understand to what end we have been born." --Longinus
Location: The Deep South, USA
Enrollment: 82 and rising
Demographic Information: Female, Married, Black
Degrees Offered: BA, MA, and PhD in ZoaStudies
Accrediting Body: therealljidol
College Mascot: The pretty lady in the icon there. She needed a new job.
Acreage: Don't you know it's rude to ask a lady her weight?

( A Few College Icons )

In response to Prompt 0 for therealljidol.

It's been a wee bit rainy in these parts lately; the flowers love it, but the ground is a bit marshy, particularly the area where autifon parks his car. I'm glad to have a new baby to keep me inside where it's dry and warm.

I'm throwing my hat in for therealljidol. Weekly topics, don't care if I win, looks interesting. I need to write more. Maybe I'll learn something about myself. Sign up here if you're interested.

Now that we're (mostly) settled into the new place, I'm spending more time with my knitting and trying to finish up a few things and get some more baby gear going. The happiest moment came when I finally found the box containing my copy of Elizabeth Zimmermann's The Opinionated Knitter, which has a blanket pattern in it that I wanted to consider (Garter Stitch Blanket--link goes to ravelry, if you're a raveler).

( Knitting Natter Under the Cut )

I've been very scattered lately; moving will do that to you, I suppose, and I'm going to a conference this weekend, so that's eating up what little brain space I have left after trying to finishing up this never-ending report I have to do for work. I shouldn't complain; I have been, as my mother would say, "blessed with work." Unfortunately, I tend to reject those little blessings when I start to feel overwhelmed.

( Click to see what's tempting me from my blessings )

We had a great weekend traveling; now that we're back, it's time to pack up the house and get things moving--literally.

Little!Zoas appears to be fairly active these days. I rested my hand on my tummy this morning, and I felt a wee jump of skin, then another. Perhaps I should stop patting my belly.

I've got some catching up to do here on the ol' LJ. I'll be a bit slow at that as I've got a ton o' work this week and next plus packing/moving. If there's something you'd like me to see/think I might enjoy, please drop a link in the comments and I'll move it to the top of the queue.

In the next two days: how I spent my summer vacation and a bit of info about my new pet.

Pong. Hands down. Perfect game, IMHO.

You can play here.

I've never been much for knitted toys, but I might have to succumb to these. LittleZoas needs hand puppets.

One of my students introduced me to a new (to me, anyway) reality show on the Fox Reality network. The show is called Solitary, and it appears to be setup like a psychological experiment, with contestants in isolation chambers, their every move controlled by a disembodied voice named Val.

I'm not sure what I want to do with this just yet with regard to my class, but I thought I'd ask around to see if any of you are familiar with this one--or if you're not, what your initial response is to the premise. I'm a bit horrified that I wasn't horrified, but intrigued. My co-worker looked a bit queasy when I told him about it.

Link to Fox Reality sites for show:
Solitary v. 2.0
Solitary v. 3.0

I love this quote from the epic Dalek/Cybermen battle. I know it's cheesy, I know to some it's an OTT moment, but I really, really loved watching them face off at the end of S2.

In honor of my Arkwright-obsession, a meme for Tuesday.

( Chakra revealed below )

I want to go to bed, but there's another episode of Look Around You on adult swim, and I just can't look away!

I've been hosting a special visitor for a few days, and while he's been happily busy helping me grade papers (my life--let me share the excitement), today I was so pleased to take him for an outing. Of course, as he should know by now, nothing is quite what he's expecting.

( Where'd you go? )

I wanted it so badly, but I've been able to shove that want aside, telling myself that it wasn't right yet, that I could wait, that something better would be around the bend.

And then they went and improved it. *cries*

Do I need it? No, of course not. But want is a mighty strong motivator. I suppose I could start trawling eBay to see if I can get a good deal on a first-gen model, but I want the new hawtness.

/whine

( Sheepy Toys Below )