i'm not loving the new background. i'm not hating it either. i'll leave it there.
if there are lurkers, feel free to let me know your feelings.
how's the readability?

i haven't spent a whole lot of time knitting this week. i'm a bit stressed out...which ordinarily is the best time for knitting.
but.
i'm upset & stressed. i may end up snapping needles. it could all end up in tears.
i really don't need that right now.

here i am, knitting away...on something grey.
it's the grey swap & i'm knitting mitts. and lovely mitts they are.
so lovely that i'm going to make myself a set...probably.
they're relatively quick & easy to make. i've got one to do & two weeks. no worries.
everything but the chocolate is ready aside from this. oh yay.

i'm *still* working on noro stripey socks for my tallest, a blanket for a friend of my sister...a pair of socks for me & rainbow socks...i think that's it.
nope! the black lace death shawl. i'd forgotten about that one. i'll need to go out into daylight to see where i'm up to with that one.

i finished my dundee hills shrug on saturday afternoon...and immediately wanted to cast on something new. as you can see, that is completely unnecessary.
going out & taking a wip was the best remedy for this...so i did. visiting with my sister & watching movies. it's a great way to spend a saturday afternoon.

and this morning, i found it a run around and entirely not easy to get here. google, what *are* you up to?

i'm knitting a rainbow sock. it is to be knee-ki...and a pair. i had it up to mid-calf, but wasn't happy with how the pattern & stitch count were sitting.
so i ripped it back...to the heel.
all those hours of knitting balled up & waiting to be done again.

it's not so bad...i'm free to work on it (or not) as i will...there's no timeframe attached to this sock. or its mate. or the skew sock i'm so close to being finished.

so...what makes a blog?

what makes a blogger?

is it someone who posts on a theme on a regular basis?

a couple of (large) glasses of red and a cider...it's the perfect time to blog.

oh, yes...yes it is.

i'm warm.

the wine is quite tasty.

it's a red that was given to a friend for her birthday.

i have youtube playing eskimo joe songs.

no.

i'm not ashamed of that.

i've liked them from way back...waaay back.

2001 or 2002.

years ago.

gods i feel old.

the small one...is not so small.

he's going to be seven.

this is terrifying.

i remember 7.

i wasn't happy.

he seems happy.

he's having trouble with school.

he's not been paying attention.

i could get away with it to some extent...he doesn't seem to have that.

he said today (for the first time) that he hates school.

i didn't hate school.

school was an escape.

yeah.

my parents are married.

i was born well within wedlock.

it didn't stop the shouting.

or the hitting.

**shrug**

what can i do?

all of that is (thankfully) done with now.

i *can* help my boy.

he's clever and quick.

but...

he needs to want to...

and he doesn't.

gah!

how can i tell him that he needs this?

he needs to feel it for himself.

What are the implications of the rise of casual and social games on the internet for online gaming and everyday life?

this is the first assignment question. no. i haven't started the assignment yet.

it is not a question of being a bad person. i have been putting it off. i had thought to do the school work during my annual leave.

How far would a partner/spouse have to go online before it is considered cheating? Up to what point is flirting online acceptable? How 'real' is cybersex? Not more than 500 words

DISCUSS

Dating, romance, and intimacy in the context of the Internet, drawing on Pascoe.

The acceptability of online dating amongst your friends and family. Do you know of anyone that's met someone online and then gone on to date them face to face?

cheating as a concept is an interesting and potentially tricky/political.