Rawr. I am so relieved that it is Friday afternoon. My big plans for the weekend include: cleaning, cooking, sleeping, and knitting. Lawks, what an exciting life I lead.

Fascinating.

I came home to a notice that an assessment of my apartment will be made on Friday--which, I suppose, means I will need to pick up all the detritus from my tax-doing and stuff-finding-for-the-trip. It looks like a bomb went off in there; a very fussy girl bomb. Acrylic paint tenuously balanced on a phone book on the floor, flower petals all adhered to the tub from fancy baths, twelve knitting projects in various stages, etc.

The trip itself was fabulous, of course. I wish I had brought my camera for the march--pictures would have told it better than I can. The diversity of the crowd, the size of the crowd, it was all very impressive. Vote pro-choice, y'all--as Madeleine Albright pointed out, maintaining and expanding women's reproductive rights is part of the solution to many problems, from poverty to terrorism.

So, if Miller High Life is the Champagne of Beers, and Darjeeling is (according to the Twinnings box) the Champagne of teas, does that make Darjeeling the Miller High Life of Teas?

Ew. I hope not.

Slow, ever so slow progress is being made on my new sweater. I think it may end up being a beat-around-the-house comfy top because of the dyelot changes, and also because I'm having a wicked time attaching the sash to the top. It's all lumpy around the seam--but I'm re-working it for the third time, and that's supposed to be a charm, right?

I'm very tired today, but I'm excited about my vacation and my trip to the March for Women's Lives. And I'm very proud of Ted for his willingness to go with, if I may say so.

2 things:
Eww.
and
Yay!

Dear Federal Government,

I write to ask that you please do a better job with my money than you did last year. I'd like it to go towards:

funding the arts and preserving historical crafts
improving public transportation
feeding and sheltering the poor
educating the population
ensuring health care for everyone

And I would be grateful if my money were not used for the following:

colonizing the moon
warmongering
stripping citizens of their civil liberties
oppressing women
subsidizing large corporations with nasty business practices

Thanks very much for checking up on me via my blog; I appreciate your concern. I've done the best I can with your (if I may say so) bewildering tax forms--try to hold up your end of the bargain.

My sincere best wishes,
Ivy

PS--I will be spending my refund on shoes, I think. Maybe I will drop you a picture.

eeeEEEEeee! Okay: the first person what's got this movie playing in a theatre near them wins a visit from me!

Whoah! Now those are some scarves!

News, courtesy of Miz Susan, who is most excellent at facilitating my fantasy life. Perhaps I will run into Ewan in Absurdisthan! It will be a story for the ages.

Also, I found the most fabulous pair of shoes! Do I have enough occasions that would allow red pumps to justify buying them? Hmm.

Some gift socks I finished this weekend:

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KER++$ Exp++ SPM+ Aluminum+@ Wool++ Hemp++ Stash+ Scale++ Fin- !Ent FI++ Lace++ tex+ Flat Circ+ DPN+++ watch+ Blog FO+ WIP++ GaugeDK+@ Cr Sw

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Thanks, Knitty.

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Happy Easter!

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I love having a local yaarrrrn shop. It rocks.

In other news, la ti da, there is a new "air-freshener" in the second floor (no windows) bathroom. Nothing like one, horrifyingly skanky frangrance to cover other horrifyingly skanky odors. It smells like someone vomited up a bottle of White Linen.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

There shall be nothing good on TV ever again. Fine. This just solidifies my resolve not to get a new TV when everything goes digital.

For fuck's sake.

Full moon's making me twitchy.

Hmm. Well, I just spent next week's paycheck. Huzzah: car insurance and rent, and poof!

Silly purchases, like bath bombs from Lush, suddenly seem as though they might have been bad ideas.

This happens every time, and yet I never learn.

Happy Birthday, Bobby! I'll finish off the box wine on my kitchen counter, wishing I could be there with you.

Sign this and pass it around.

Bean!