Monday, March 02, 2009

2009 Year of Epic Overachievement

Really, I didn't intend for this to happen. I don't know what came over me, but one minute I'm watching Bollywood movies and living in total denial of my inability to commit to a next project, and the next minute I look down and a repeat of St. Brigid snuck in there.
I suppose it is now safe to say that I will be working on this next. No, really. I was all distracted by the discovery of many dishy Indian men and a world of completely over the top films. The toughest part is that you can't knit anything but stockinette or ribbing and read subtitles, but that was just letting me live in a fantasy world that didn't include the pressure of my project list or the sheer guilt of my stash. But can you blame me for being distracted? Um,
Akshay, uh, hmmmm,
hello, Hrithik. My, is it getting warm in here? Oh.......
dear, dear, dear. It is tough to pick a favorite from these three. Ahem!(SRK)Cough! The movies I picked are hysterically funny, the music is great and they were a nice break after the intensity of Rosarie.

I actually had to lend out the movies so I would stop watching them long enough to, oh, I don't know, eat, sleep, do a little housework, maybe knit. Ahem. I do seem to have something caught in my throat, don't I?

Anyway, aside from taking any opportunity to post pics of these guys on my blog, the knitting is going weirdly well. I mean it. I picked this thing up without really thinking about it, and just started knitting away, no prep except to write out sheets to help me keep track of the multiple chart combinations, and totally forgot to check gauge or worry about complexity. And you know what? If you can knit a simple cable, you can knit this. As over the top as it seems, it is true. I don't know, maybe I levelled up after the last project and got some fancy new skills I hadn't counted on, but I don't think so. We'll see how long that feeling lasts. And of course, a great deal depends on my friends keeping my Bollywood DVDs long enough for me to make the sweater or else it's all over. Then, it's going to be all about SRK, baby. Maybe I should just pencil that in on my schedule right now.

5 comments:

Mouse said...

Oh my.. I.. um.. wait.. what the heck was I saying? You've totally boggled me with Bollywood men.. especially Shahrukh Khan. BTW.. if you have Netflix there are a bunch of Bollywood movies on their "instant viewing" feature where you can watch on your pc.

Janice in GA said...

Ok, y'all gotta help a newbie out -- which Bollywood movie is a good intro to the genre?

Nell said...

I will help you with the St Brigid endeavor, loan me your DVD's.....

Tsarina of Tsocks said...

Good Girl. Mr. Eyebrows got you, I see. NOMNOMNOMNOMNOM. Now go get "Veer-Zaara," "Asoka," "Kal Ho Naa Ho," and... well, those will do for starters. You may never knit anything but stockinette again.

Happygoth said...

I have Asoka on DVD!

One down.