Vote! (And don't forget you can get free Starbucks when you do!)

So. I voted this morning after dropping the kids off (our polling location is conveniently located about a block away from school, so I didn't even need to move the car). I had considered taking Becky with me, but she wasn't in a great mood this morning, so I just went ahead and dropped her off. Just as well, as lines were long (and confusing -- Kit, go to the table at the end of the gym closest to the street when you go vote tonight). Is it weird that I'm even more nervous about this election because Obama looks so good in the preliminary polls? Well, in any case, I did my part. Everyone else, go out and do yours (even if you're not making the same choice I did!).

The other important thing I did today (though on a more personal level) is send a real paper resume directly to the dean of the department I'm hoping to work for at Columbia. I spent a summer temping in the HR department of SMU, and so I have some idea of the red tape involved in the actual application process at a large university. I figure it can't hurt and might help to put my creds right in front of the person who would be responsible for actually hiring me. So I did.

In other news, here are pics of the sweaters I finished recently (I'm trying something a little new with pics, so let me know if anything's weird on your browser):


Evergreen Sleeve Tunic, from Inspired Knits. Fun to knit, even though I had to do it twice, but I'm still not 100% thrilled with the final product. I wanted and expected it to be much more oversized. It is pretty comfy, though.


The Ravelympics Wrap Front Sweater. Not as much fun to knit -- the pattern was a little, well, vague in a lot of places. I'm experienced enough to do the math properly and figure things like attaching the hood to the back out, but that doesn't excuse bad pattern writing or make it less annoying(especially since it's published in a magazine, not just self-published).

And the other projects I've been working on:



Finally, some yarny goodness. This is a series of yarns from The Sanguine Gryphon called Kypria. Each colorway is accompanied by a bit of translation of the Homeric prequel to The Iliad and The Odyssey. Most of you know that I'm a big Classics geek, and these yarns are also pretty gorgeous. Below are Tyndareus, The Swan, and Hatched.



I can't wait to knit them. If only I didn't already have a whole crapload of socks on the needles, not to mention the 84 assorted sweaters I need to finish, and also, I'm casting on a hat for myself. This hat, in fact, knit in this yarn:



In fact, I think I'm going to go do that know, while I wait for polls to start closing and results to start showing up and enjoy my House marathon in the meantime (I've just started watching, and yes, it's totally formulaic, but by gosh, I like him).

posted by Laura Y. @ 8:32 AM