I Already Did My Productive Thing for the Day

I finished knitting a Weighted Companion Cube. I do not have the oomph necessary left after that to go through Teen Titans. So instead I shall post what I spent my weekend doing.



(Can you recognize the first pair now, Shane?)

and



(This is 13th of a set, for the record.)

I, Ummm, Forgot I Had a Blog for a While There....

Yeah, I don't have an excuse. I've been busy with my Blue Beetle sock. The foot turned out way too long so I had to tear it all out and start over. ); C'est la vie.

At least tomorrow's Wednesday!

Imagedump!

Gimme a week and this'll be on in my LJ icons list where it belongs. Because it's a bit too spoilery as of yet. But I've been waiting to add Supernova III to this icon since the first issue. It's so nice to finally be able to.



This is simply the best piece of Photoshoppery ever. I defy anyone to convince me otherwise.



I finally managed to get a picture of my Blue Beetle yarn. Chexcellent.

Linkspam!

How the Bitch Stole Comics-- Feel that holiday spirit! :D

Shopped into awesome Death of the New Gods-- By the same guy who brought us the 'shopped Civil War awesomeness!

Not comics, but this knit Weighted Companion Cube is just totally awesomesauce, isn't it? I've already bought the yarn to knit one myself. That will promptly be given away as a Christmas gift. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if I had the yarn for 2.

Dear Self: This is a Comics Blog, Not a Knitting Blog.

Business the 1st: I apologize for the lack of post yesterday. I was busy trying to get my Blue Beetle yarn in my hands. It was insane. But at least I have the yarn now! I'm thinking I'm gonna knit these suckers. The design might describe the lace pattern as leaf-like, but I look at that and see scarab wings. Hopefully it will not look horrible in black and blue.

Business the 2nd: Went to LCS today, ended up getting both trades of GLC and no Wonder Woman. GLC was good. I'm totally digging how the cast is all huge 'n' everything. I kinda want to learn everything there is to know about all the members. This could not end badly at all.

Seriously, though, like, there's this chick in the 2nd trade, and her name isn't even mentioned, but one of her hands is a ring construct, and I think that's totally cool. Who is that? What happened? Was it as utterly badass as I am imagining?

Something I noticed, however, is that some plot threads seem to get dropped and then picked up again a couple of issues later, which I'm sure I would kinda find utterly maddening if I was reading it monthly. But maybe I wouldn't. I don't know. I do intend to start picking up GLC once the Sinestro War is over, and then picking up the Sinestro war in trade, so we'll see if this stitch-slipping trend continues.

...Actually, I really like that, the comparison of writing to knitting. That is totally a great metaphor. There are all sorts of different needles and yarn out there, just like there's all sorts of different media, and certain needles and yarn are better for certain types of projects than others are, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you can't knit that certain type of project with a different sort of needles and yarn or write that certain type of story with a different medium. It just takes more effort and consideration to make it work just the right way. Sometimes you have to pass over a stitch/story thread for a row so you can do something better with it in the next, and sometimes you got to knit a couple of stitches together to shape the fabric just right, and sometimes you have to add stitches, and sometimes to have to bind them off and end them. And sometimes you have to sew some different knit pieces together, or write a crossover. And if you don't do all that in the right way at the right time, the whole thing ends up looking stupid. And if you don't do any of it at all, then what you end up with is a garter stitch rectangle, be it a dishcloth or a scarf or what-have-you, and while there's not really anything necessarily wrong with those, they are incredibly boring to knit (although useful as a learning tool when one is first starting), and, well, if one starts a hobby to be entertained, be it knitting or reading comics or watching a certain TV show or whatever, one does not want to indulge in that hobby if it's boring. Because if it's boring, then it's not a hobby anymore: it's a chore. And nobody likes chores. (Because if they like them, then it's a hobby!)

...I've had knitting on the mind a lot lately. I'm sorry.

Business the 3rd: Y'know what I realized while I was at work today?





And it only took about 18 years!

...

I'm sorry. I really can't be held responsible for the things my brain throws at me. (Seriously, just ask Shobha. She knows exactly what I'm talking about. And I'd say I'm very sorry for that, but I'm really not. :P Sharing is therapeutic!)

Me, As of Five Minutes Ago

"...I forgot to eat blog today." (Although, come to think of it, I haven't eaten in a good 10 hours or so. I should probably fix that at some point.)

So, ummm, here's something I found (and promptly bought) over the weekend. Blue Beetle yarn. Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle yarn. It so very pleases me to see my two largest interests intersect in such a way. I am going to knit an incredibly nerdy pair of socks and grin every time I wear them. It will be glorious.