The Day After
So how many of you woke up early to go shopping today? Ok, I admit I was one of those people. I tried to stay up all night, but at around 2am I had to get some shut eye. My cousin told me that the line for Best Buy at McCarthy Ranch was way past the CK Furniture store. Insane...glad I wasn't in that line. I've gone to Best Buy the last two years and was always disappointed because what I wanted wasn't available, so this year I decided to skip the disappointment and head straight for the Great Mall. But, I noticed that the electronic deals weren't really that good this year, plus I have pretty much all the electronics I want already anyway. Yes, I am a gadget freak/geek.
Anyway, so at the mall there weren't really that many people there early in the morning, so it was nice. I think they were all at Best Buy. But a lot of the Thanksgiving sales this weekend go through Fri and Sat, so I'll probably go back again tomorrow. ;)
Adios Alias
Well, it's something I suspected was going to happen...so today it was official, ABC announced that Alias is going to end it's 5 year run at the end of this season. It was inevitable, since Jennifer Garner who plays the main character on the show was leaving. It didn't help that ABC moved the show from it's original time slot to 8pm on Thursday nights this season either. But the show is based so much around Sydney Bristow's story that in my mind there was no real way the show could continue if she left. I mean, look what happened to the X-files after David Duchovny left. At least ABC is planning to send the show out with a bang.
Well, in other entertainment news, Pat Morita who played Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid movies has passed away. Very surprising since it's not something you expect to hear the day after Thanksgiving. He was only 73 years old.
My First Scarf
Well, last night I completed my first scarf. Ok, so it's not any kind of masterpiece but it's not too bad for a beginner, right? At least it's not a monstrosity (to me anyway).
Well, if anyone knows any easy and cool knitting patterns please let me know. Thanks!
Props to Knitters
I've wanted to learn how to knit for quite a while now, ever since I went to Europe in 2001. There were a couple of ladies who were on the bus tour with me who knew how to knit, and I just thought it was so cool. One of the ladies was from Malaysia and she was teaching the lady from Australia all these interesting patterns. It's a shame I didn't learn earlier, since I went to New Zealand in 2003 and they are known for their wool!
Ok, so last night I went to a knitting class to learn how to knit, and man is it hard! So before I went to this class I had bought some yarn and a pair of knitting needles over the weekend and I tried to teach myself how to knit by checking out some online websites and I was so confused. It is so much easier to learn when someone is demonstrating in front of you.
I learned the cast-on and knit stitch at the class. I could cast on fine, but when it comes to the knit stitch, somehow I just can't get my stitches to be even. I understand how to do the stitch, it's keeping them even that's the hard part for me. There was a lady named Joanne who was helping me, and I found out as we were leaving that she only learned how to knit last week. She was so good, I thought she had been doing it for years!
So my goal is to eventually knit a scarf for myself. Once I do that, I want to try to knit myself a poncho. For now, I think the easiest thing for me is to knit a pot holder. But last night as I was practicing the knit stitch at home, I was thinking that it must be crazy to knit an entire sweater. I'm sure it's a lot of hard work, you know...blood, sweat, toil and tears. I'm sure if people knew all the hard work that goes into that, they would be more appreciative when their grandma or aunt knits them a sweater.
