Do you ever stumble across an idea so awesome that it makes you mad because you didnt think of it yourself? I dont often, but a few days ago, thanks to Stumbleupon, I did.
Phat Knits: oversized thread, knitted or not, made into interior furnishings. In other words, GIANT plush knits that you can sit and lay on!!
I come across cool stuff online all the time. Most of the time it falls into one of two categories: 1. stuff I think is cool but have absolutely no desire to make myself. 2. stuff thats cool and I immediately see a way to alter it and make it my own. Phat Knits is neither of these, and thats what makes me so mad about it! Its so perfectly awesome, there is nothing I can do but sit in awe.
*grumbles and walks away*
You suck.
I dont watch the news, because I dont want to hear about you. When someone talks about you, I walk away. As much as I hate you, it pains me to see you dying, I dont want to bear witness to your slow death. I cant watch. I will cover my eyes, weeping from the bottom of my soul.
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And really, can we stay off the new world order theory. I dont want to think about the end being near and all that. I get all these ideas in my head of things I want to make, or do, or accomplish in life. Not usually anything most people would consider really huge, just, things I really want to do. I just cant help thinking, I should have graduated years ago, but Im going back to school in August...but what if it doesnt matter? What if nothing Im doing right now matters? What if the world doesnt last long enough for it to matter? I havent lived yet. I just freakin got here only 20 some years ago. I havent "grown up" yet, I dont have children yet, I havent finished school yet, I havent really done anything yet! For craps sake, give me some more years! Give me enough years. And its not as simple as "seize the day." I havent finished college because I couldnt before now. I dont have children because my babies are gone. I havent gotten to live my "grown up" life yet because life itself hasnt allowed me to, it isnt for my lack of trying. I worry that I'll never have a chance to be anything more than what I am now. And I used to only consider these questions in relation to my own mortality, "what if I die tomorrow, and never get to finish this?" But now...its a part of a much bigger picture. And still Im unsure what part is based in reality, and what part is only in my head.
I think too much.
Make a list. Whats on your mind right now.
1. Im starting to freak out a little.
2. Ive got 2 orders to ship today, and 3 to make.
3. I have to restart the sweater for my mom after she changed her mind about the fit.
4. The details of my personal life are just sad.
5. Life is kicking my butt hardcore.
6. I need my own place.
7. Please ecomony, dont get any worse.
8. Im tired of advertising and promoting. I get spent doing that, then dont feel like creating.
9. I wish I had an assistant.
10. Who says money cant buy happiness...$7000-$10,000 would fix my life.
11. Someone else's situation could always be worse, that doesnt make your pain any less real.
12. Saying "no offense" before saying something offensive doesnt make it any less offensive.
13. I wanna make clothes. I should do it. I need to sew more, knitting has taken over.
14. I wanna make soap. I havent done it in years, but I really want to again.
15. I wish my husband would think before he speaks.
16. I could really use some funky colored M&M's right now. You know, the special colors you get at the candy store.
17. I have other useful skills besides knitting, but no one really knows, and it bothers me.
18. Where are my M&M's??
Ok, Im gonna go ahead and rant about this, since Im reading an interesting thread on the Etsy forums.
Cell phones:
Seeing that lots of cashiers are annoyed with people coming up to the register on their cell phone. Im NOT one of those people who can be found at any given moment to have a cell phone attached to the side of their head, I actually hate talking on the phone, but I do have to take calls sometimes. Really though, what difference does it make to you if Im on my phone? I dont talk loudly, and Im not ignoring you when you say something to me. I will still say "Hi" "Good, how are you?" and "Thank you" just as I always would. Beyond that, what do you want from me?? I came to the store to pick up some things, not talk to you. I can understand not being on a phone in a restaurant or the library, but its the grocery store...people come in in their pajamas and for heavens sake!
In defense of customers who write checks, and have difficulty with the card swipe machine:
STOP BEING JUDGEMENTAL. Seriously.
My mom is not an idiot. She has a masters degree, thank you very much. Do not treat her like an idiot just because she's writing a check instead of using a card. She's been a kindergarten teacher for 30 something years. So after a really LONG day of teaching your bad, less than genius kids, she's forgotten her debit card at home, has already made it to the register before realizing it, and doesnt want to leave her stuff, go back home to get the card, and come back and have to shop all over again. Dont roll your eyes at her.
As far as her difficulty with the card machine. She's frickin 56! Not really old, but old enough to have to whip out the ol' glasses to read stuff. She knows how to work the machine, she just cant see to do it. Sometimes shes there realizing she cant find her glasses in the receipt cluttered abyss that is her purse, so she tries to wing it without. I, for one, can attest to the fact that glasses just get left places, they are never where you think they are or need them to be. Many times I have looked for mine, and theyve been on top of my head, lol.
AND since every freakin card machine is different than the next one, theres been plenty of times Ive pushed the wrong button, just because theyve switched them up and Im doing it out of habit. My bad. Sorry. But that doesnt make me stupid, just slightly oblivious, okie dokie? And yes, Ive pushed enter instead of "yes." Why? ...Hoping it would work. You know why...because it REALLY REALLY IRKS ME to have to key in 1/2 of the transaction on a key pad, then the other half with that stupid pen thing on the screen! Why?! Pick one!
For chicks that work in hardware type stores:
Dont you hate when people treat you different just because youre a girl? Like when youre trying to help a customer and they ask if there is a man around they can talk to because they assume since youre a chick that you dont know what youre talking about. Dont you hate that? Well you know what I hate, oh hardware/home improvement store chick?? As Im gathering a pile of 2x4's, MDF, various screws, and new saw blades, why oh WHY hardware girl, do you feel the need to say, "Where is your husband? Why didnt you bring a man to help you with that??" Really. Really? Youre serious? Hey. Look. Just because Im 4'11" and 105 lbs, and not some big butch, does NOT mean I cant handle six 2x4's and a sheet of MDF on my own, k thanks. Does it look like Im struggling? No? Ok, the dont freak out and come running to my 'rescue' with a cart, I find it much easier to just carry the stuff. Who comes up with this stuff anyway.
(*and dudes, that goes for you too. its really annoying, pisses me off, and makes me want to hit you with said 2x4, k thanks.)
