s a t u r d a y

i woke up this morning with a pms-induced, pre-migraine aura. luckily, for me it stops at the aura and general queasiness and never erupts into a full-blown migraine. never the less, it's annoying. faced with the choice of staying at home and feeling mildly uncomfortable or going out and being distracted from my discomfort, i chose the latter. i headed out to the museum to see Radical NY: The Downtown Art Scene, 1974-1984. usually, anything even slightly NYC related makes me homesick. this exhibition made me a little depressed. i started hanging out in the city at the very end of this fantastic era when i was a youngster and moved there a few years later. there were a lot of great photographs in this show and i saw many familiar faces staring back. a couple were guys that i briefly dated. these were talented, unique, outrageous, and totally free people, the likes of which you don't see much of today. most of these people are dead now. perhaps it was seeing this exhibition so far away from NYC that made it all the more poignant. had i seen it in the city i probably wouldn't have thought too much about it one way or the other. for me, the biggest difference between there and here is that here you have all the time in the world dwell on things. in nyc, not so much.

i am slowly making progress on my cashmere sweater. i don't get to work on it until i get into bed and at that time i'm pretty eager to grab my current book and start reading. hence, the knitting on this is a slow go. i'd be surprised if i get to wear it before it gets really warm again.

in Bejeweled News, 232 patterns sold! please remember that i will only be making donations from the sales of Bejeweled patterns through 12.31.06.

Comments

[Clare]

It is so weird how a place becomes more important when you aren't there - especially if the place it was when you were there no longer exists. I live on the other side of the world to my friends, my family & the only culture that seems normal to me. I love living somewhere new, but no matter where that is, there is always so much more time for thinking & wondering & being nostalgic. Maybe that is why this knitblog community is so important to so many people? Hope you are feeling better - your jumper looks incredible!

[shobhana]

wow, clare! that's it's exactly!