I am Animal!

Taken from Kellee, this generated some good laughs. What are you?

You Are Animal

A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts. You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary. But you sure can beat a good drum. "Kill! Kill!"

The Muppet Personality Test

Photos from the Villa! My apologies, they look very postcard-y.

Instead of entering through the Garden, a long walkway from the parking lot takes you up for some nice views of the ocean. It spills out onto the side courtyard, which is now an amphitheatre (based on ancient Roman amphitheatres, of course) where the museum will host 40 plays a year. Dude... I want my front yard to look like this!

The far courtyard houses a nice but gaudy tiled fountain. People think the bright colors of the Villa are wrong; what they don't understand is that what we see of relics are at least 2,000 years old and have been exposed to the elements or buried deep in rubble for that long. A long time ago, the paint was fresh, the colors robust. Remember when the Sistine Chapel restoration was completed and people freaked out because the colors were so bright? It's because that's how Michelangelo painted it.

One of my specialties in college art history was imagery of Alexander the Great. Years ago (don't ask me how many) you could have asked me anything about the guy, his exploits, his empire, the works of art created in his name and for him, and I would've answered every single one with authority. Now? Diddly squat. He was a good looking guy, as this marble bust can tell you. Colin Farrell is just a scruffy, chain-smoking, beer-drinking boy compared to him.

I'm obsessing a bit over the sweater, I realized I wouldn't get it done for Sunday's meetup when Lori asked me about it. Here's what I need to do:

1: Finish sleeve 2 with no decreases. I changed my mind, I don't like bell sleeves.
2: Frog sleeve 1 bell sleeve shaping and knit straight. Redo ribbing with a bigger needle.
3: Redo body ribbing with a bigger needle.
4: Explore Fisherman's Rib or some other rib pattern. It's turning out into a boring v-neck sweater.
5: Pick up stitches for neck and do ribbing.
6: Fix wonky stitches.
7: Final fitting... and any other adjustments. Oh boy, this is the crux.
8: Sew all ends.
9: Wet- or steam-block.
10: Take pictures!!!

I may be able to do numbers 1 through 3, if my freelance projects don't completely take over my life. And I *rilly, rilly* want to go to the Sunday meetup!

I may have jinxed myself just now. Fingers crossed!