I Lava Scanning Yarn

My camera broke.  Yeah.

No pictures of my kids, no pictures of myself but even worse... no pictures of my yarn haul I brought home from Sock Summit and TNNA!

TRAGEDY!

Of course, I'm a lady who thrives in the face of adversity so this was just another challenge. Ho-hum.

The stitch really hit the fan when I finished a scarf and didn't have any way of bragging about my stitchwitchery to everyone on facebook.

I turned to my scanner.

Pink Lemonade scarf in Anzula Squishy and Haiku

 The color!  The stitch definition! It's all there!  You can even see the twist of the yarn, which blew my mind!

Naturally I went on a scanning rampage.  Here are a few of my favorites from my Ravelry stash.

Ms. Gusset Sock

Little Red Bicycle Spark Lace in Cthulhu

Little Red Bicycle Penny Farthing Sock in Xanadu

Habu Textiles 20/1 Copper/Bamboo That's right. I said copper, like what your meth-head neighbor steals from streetlights.  Badass yarn.

Skeindalous Superwash Sock Yarn in Pibgorn

 Obsessed much?

I Lava AWOLNATION

Furthermore, I think that Aaron Bruno would love me.

This is straight off of the AWOLNATION instagram.  I'm using it as further evidence that we'd be perfect together.  I don't know how he doesn't know about me and search me out. No Grumpy Pants! Smile as often as possible! This should be a grand romance! Aaron Bruno, can't you hear my spirit calling?

Fangirling out aside, I listen to Megalithic Symphony all the time.  Like, nightly as I fall asleep and when I need to be in a better mood during the mid-afternoon slump, and when I work out. (Which I'll need to do more and more of now- First bout with Atomic Assault is in September!)  I find something new to love every time I listen.  It's so upbeat and easy to dance to.  I wish I was a better dancer so I could choreograph dances to Wake Up (which would be a killer moderny-ballet-y song!  You know what I'm talking about with all of my non-technical terms! Pointed toes and writhing!) and MF (A burlesque dance with too much attitude and the kinda hairflips that would put so much strain on my neck that my chiropractor would be in business for centuries.  Motherfucker are you listening to me?)

 

Basically, that's it.  

I just can't contain it any longer.  So I'm proposing.

Aaron Bruno, you should totally marry me.  After October 2nd.  Because I can't marry you before that without some legal issues.  Unless you're into polyandry.  Which could be fun.  

Anyway, I called it that I'd be in LAVA with you before I even saw your face.  Sail was enough for me.  

Just sayin'.  

I Lava Skating!

New! New! New!

That has been the theme of 2011 and some of the things have hurt but the growth from those things has been amazing and I feel as though I, while still very raw in some spots, have been coming into my own yet again.  Metamorphosis and all of that mumbo jumbo.

Anyway, I hope you get the feeling that I'm leading up to something big.  Because I kind of am.

I've spent the last 3 months deliberating over a choice to change roller derby teams.  This isn't just like changing underwear or even switching from Pepsi to Coke. Making the choice to join a new team in a different league has the potentially devastating consequences of hurting those closest to you, and of course, there's that nagging fear of failure whenever you jump into any new situation.  I hadn't skated much (okay, just once) in the last 8 months with NOtown Roller Derby because things were just so turbulent everywhere else- remember, 2011 brought divorce, moving out, moving back in, a job switch, going from redhead to blonde (okay, not so monumental...) and all kinds of other mopey bullshitbullshitbullshit.  I couldn't really fit in skating as much as I missed it.

In the meanwhile in my new job I've been working alongside a fabulous lady who (aside from being way tanner and smarter than I am, could be my twinsie) just happens to skate on a different team.  Thus the idea was born and I've been gnawing on the gristle of it ever since.

This morning I tried out for CCAD's Atomic Assault and made the team.  I am so excited to be skating alongside these fabulous women who I am eager to get to know! Change is good, it feels cathartic and more than anything I'm just glad to be 100% excited to skate derby again. 

So to my old NOtown comrades- I have a permanent place in my heart for you.  You're strong and beautiful and I wish you all the most amazing bouts, booty blocks and bruises!

And to my new Atomic Assault teammates and everyone in CCAD- Thank you for giving me this opportunity!  I am going to have so much fun with you, let's kick ass!