Drowning in Suburbia

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I'm feeling fairly accomplished. Fairly being the key word...

First knitting project of 2011 is officially finished.

Yep. More socks.

I'd feel better about them except for the fact that I started these back in late October of last year. I worked on them during my trip to Nevada, then really slacked off on them in general until I finished the first sock. Second one came faster, which was nice... but still these took way too long. But then again, there was a lot going on during the time knitting these. I was vacationing, new jobbing, attempting to figure out my life a bit better... and the fact that second sock took so much less time makes me think I'll be okay.

These socks went trough a magic hour time travel (aka - Daylight savings), journied across state lines, saw the year pass into new, saw friends and family alike... and now they are finished.

The fact that they have some serious differences to them as well amuses me. Some of the differences are intentional - right vs left sock... and some... well... I have no idea what caused the yarn to not stripe on the first sock until the foot. None. And while some part of me is annoyed by that fact, another is completely okay with it and even loves it.

So yep, one project down.

I'm currently working on a pair of fingerless mittens for a friend... and have a scarf for another in the planning/attempted-it-twice-and-got-frustrated stage...

And then there's my sweater. Which as of this moment is officially a top with the sleeves started and separated.

Accomplished. Mostly. I'll take it.

Here we go again...

There's just too much to go over. Way too much. Way. Too. Much.
New job, Burning Nerd, "Everything else".
So... quick recaps!

New job: Meh. But it pays. Pays as much as my last job when it was actually full time and THIS one actually gives me benefits and such. I'll take it. Only downside is it has me staring at a computer screen for 8 hours doing pretty much mind-numbing work so when I finally get home the last thing I want to actually do is look at my computer. And the reason THAT is bad is...

Burning Nerd!
The first week of November was amazing. Good food, good drink, good friends, good scenery. There was nothing more I could have asked for. I took tons of photos and even ended up pretty much actually using the facebook profile I made for myself just to keep track of all the other photos and such we had. While this year's "group" photo isn't quite as deviant as last year's...


We still had a total blast. Thanks to my fellow Burning Nerds/Order of the Scorpion. You guys ROCK!

The only bad reason for not wanting to stare at my screen is...

*drum roll*

Yup. It's that time of year again and while last year I had a solid plan, a solid world, solid characters and such that had been roaming about in my head for the better part of 7 or so years, this year I'm totally winging it. That combined with well... only getting 1000 words done in that first week thanks to Burning Nerd 2010... it's well... challenging. But I like challenges, dammit! I've set a goal of 13,000 words for myself for the weekend (Fri, Sat, and Sun). As of this moment I have 10,357 more words to go. I think I can make it...
I hope I can make it...
I should probably start writing THAT instead of THIS.

Away to WriMoLand! *dash!*