Thursday, January 28, 2010

Weather Paralysis

1.) Last week's torrential rain made me realize that I have Weather Paralysis. Okay, I totally made that condition up. But it basically means that when it rains I cannot seem to muster the strength to do anything beyond wrapping a blanket around me. I can't do laundry because I would have to walk outside and it's RAINING. I can't drive to the grocery store directly across the street from me because it's RAINING. I should cook dinner - but how can I when it's raining SO MUCH! This may have everything to do with spending the majority of my life in a sunny locale. Even though I love the rain it seems strangely suspicious and menacing, which makes doing ordinary things in less then ordinary conditions seem foolhardy. I'm thinking of drafting a grant proposal to get some funding to study this condition.

2.) My Exotic New Zealand Friend Mariah (Fact: I consider almost anyone from the southern hemisphere to be exotic) has a blog where she posts what she made for dinner. A recent post featured something called a Kransky octopus. I had to look up what this was. It is not, in fact, some exotic New Zealand octopus, as I initially thought, but a sausage shaped to look like an octopus. This is clearly the greatest food idea ever created and I'm going to attempt to make them because I imagine I will get hours of laughter from it.

3.) I knitted a sweater. I've known the basics of knitting for ages now but I've only ever made hats and scarves. On a whim I decided to figure out how to read a pattern and make a sweater. So I went to it and got all the supplies and it was surprisingly easy to learn all the new stitches involved and the resulting sweater...well, it looks like something a hobo would wear in tough times. Definitely an at-home sweater. It is about 5 times too big and it weighs a ton because the pattern called for really thick yarn so the sleeve seams are down at my elbows. If it were longer it would make the perfect Snuggie. So it's nice and cozy and ideal for wrapping up in when Weather Paralysis strikes again.

6 comments:

The Katzbox said...

Uh oh...you're taking the weather personally...if you were over 60 and Jewish and lived on the Eastern Seaboard, you would be required by family law to move to Florida...

What you are experiencing is pre-senile-intrapersonal-weather-dysfunction (PSIWP). I made that up also.

Feel better soon...

Andrea said...

I know how you feel about rain. It was getting on my nerves while living in Oregon during the summer. I'm not so sure if it was the actual rain that put me in a bad mood or if my bad mood was a result of my bad hair days thanks to the rain.

I think it's awesome that you've made a sweater and I think it would be even awesomer if you posted a picture of it.

Mariah said...

Exotic New Zealand Friend here. Totally chuffed to get a mention on here. The kransky octopuses are pretty awesome. I had to look up the plural for octopus before I could post what I'd made though.

I also think you should post a picture of your sweater. And I 100% think you should be wearing it in the pic.

Stephanie said...

I've always wanted to learn how to knit. Now if I could just knit a Kransky octopus in the rain - that would be impressive!

Rach said...

Rain just makes me feel gloomy and want to eat large amounts of comfort food. I should learn how to knit, and I can do that instead. I would like a picture of the famous sweater, too, please. I don't have bad paralysis, but I try to limit my snow driving to a minimum, especially after the amount of sliding I did last weekend in the Walmart parking lot.

teresa p said...

Aah, the first sweater. I'm sure it's not as bad as you think. At least it's wearable, right?