Some days you just wanna (Day 34 KEDfaY)

My arm has been hurting again. I don't have enough variety in my daily routine so my arm stays in a similar position all day. That can obviously cause problems.

I'm also trying this new thing where I write more on the random ideas have flying around in my head. I went to the pool and wrote some at there. I made myself finish the first chapter today and I'm slowly working out the second chapter. Maybe I can get that done tomorrow.

I realize that this is all very exciting for you.

But there's my knitting. That's seriously all I've knit today which is weird for me. I honestly just didn't want to today but to continue my challenge, I made myself. Just a few stitches on a washcloth because there's no such thing as too many washcloths.

Inspirational and shit (Day 33 KEDfaY)

I always hope that when I sit down to write my daily posts that I'll have some sort of inspiration and then talk about something insightful. Sometimes I have an idea of what to write about but more often than not it's just, "Here's what I knit today. Yup." 

Maybe one day I'll tap into that power that some writers seem to have, where they can sit down to write a post and write something amazing and thought-provoking. Until I get bit by a radioactive typewriter though (because that's how you get that super power) I'll just hope for the best.

Thinking of knitting a sweater next. I don't really know why since I now live in Florida where the head index today was over 100* but I figure it will give me something to do. I have a couple sweaters worth of yarn, I just have to find patterns that can use this yarn. Hmm. Maybe I'll go looking on Ravelry. 

Monday Monday (Day 32 KEDfaY)

I feel like I have a lot of "those days" where it's a bad day for no real reason in particular or how something small can ruin the whole day.

This morning I woke up from a dream that put me in that mood. I know it's a ridiculous dream and I know it wouldn't happen but it still made me basically relive situations I didn't want to remember for a while or ever and now I'm in a crappy mood because of it. I've tried to get out of this mood. I worked out, I showered, I knit, I watched bad daytime TV, I watched goofy Youtube videos and yet, I am still ready to yell at whoever I talk to next. I probably won't because the Boyfriend will be the next one I talk to most likely and I'd feel really shitty about yelling at him for no reason.

I worked some more on that blanket for charity. I'm liking how it's turning out. It's fun and colorful. I hope someone likes it eventually!

In cyberspace, no one can hear you report to the proper authorities (Day 31 KEDfaY)

This post is going to be a little ranty so if that isn't your thing, probably best to ignore everything and just take to heart that I did knit today (ONE WHOLE MONTH! WOAH!)

Today, for those who might not know, is a silent protest that is happening on Twitter. Lately there have been a quite a few incidents where people have been threatened and there is no way, currently, on Twitter to report these people so they just continue to tell women to "get fucked to death" and various other threats. These abusive tweets have landed at least two men in the UK in prison. How wonderful would it be if we could get something like that in the US, huh? But that is a different rant for a different day.

The problem that is happening with #twittersilence is that many people think it is just making the victims of the situation shut up and not fight back. That's not what the purpose is.

You get bullied. You stay quiet. You try to fight back. You report to the proper authorities, except, for those following along at home, there is no proper authority to report to. This day of #twittersilence is a way to get the people who run and control Twitter to realize that there is a problem and they need to fix it.

"How does half a million people if not more not tweeting for a day make Twitter realize there is a problem?" you might ask. Half a million, this is just a rough number estimate, is a LOT of people, a lot of people YOU CAN'T ADVERTISE TO. Those who might use the Twitter website might be frustrated with "promoted tweets" or "sponsored tweets." If your customers aren't getting as many clicks and page views as you promised, you are in trouble. If something like this continued, they might lose their advertisers and that would be a bigger problem.

The easiest way to get a corporation to realize how something as seemingly harmless as trolls could affect them is to tell them how they're going to lose money. Having as many people as you can not use a website, a VERY popular website, for a day, will lose the company money.

So no, it isn't about getting victims to be quiet about the abuse they've gotten, it's about getting a multimillion dollar company to realize it needs to keep its users safe and happy if only so they can advertise to them.

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I went through my WIPs to try to find something that needed worked on or finished up and this blanket for charity fits the bill perfectly! I think I'm about halfway done! Whoo! I might run out of yarn, which seems to be a running theme for me and making blankets, but I'm sure I'll figure something out. I usually do!

Better late than never! (Day 30 KEDfaY)

Almost forgot but then remembered when the Boyfriend and I were on our way back from our anniversary dinner (4 years! Woah!)

It's not easy being green (Day 29 KEDfaY)

The title doesn't really have much to do with today's post except that the square I'm working on is green and who doesn't love Kermit? I did that teal square yesterday while watching Netflix past my bedtime and drinking too much wine. Good times.

I'm still debating on what to do with this blanket. I have a few people I could give it to if I got it done in time for Christmas. I don't know. Hmm.

A friend suggested to me that I join the MFA program she's in. It sounds like a great program and something that I'm really interested in and could definitely put me in the direction I want to go but I hate being rejected. She's going to send me more info tonight about the program and then I'll go from there. I'd like to apply I just don't know if I can afford it financially or mentally. It's something that I'm going to have to think about and talk to the Boyfriend about. 

In the meantime, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing, hoping to find a freelance writing job of some sort and knit. I'm good at knitting but not so much with the finding a freelance writing job. 

ALL BYYY MYYYY-SEEELF (Day 28 KEDfaY)

The boyfriend is on his first official business trip for the night so I'm by myself. It is both exciting and terrifying because I tend to be paranoid in the best of situations. He had to wake up this morning at 4 am to make his flight in time and after he left I of course went back to sleep but only after making sure the front door was locked, the bedroom door was locked and that I had my baseball bat next to the bed. It might be ridiculous but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

After I woke up and became a bit more sane, I actually knit some before going into a writing marathon. I finished up Hat #2 of 6 for Christmas presents today so that was a bit exciting. It didn't end up as long as I wanted it to be but I was running low on yarn and didn't want to run out and rip back so instead I just made it a bit shorter. Someone will like it, I'm sure. 

I don't really have anything in my knitting queue right now. I have a blanket (or four) that I might work on some or I could continue making hats or I could start washcloths for Christmas presents too. We'll see what I feel like working on tomorrow. 

In the meantime, I'm going to eat dinner that I know the Boyfriend wouldn't like (bbq pork YUM) and watch some bad TV. I might even have myself a glass of wine and then start singing show tunes at the top of my lungs.