Bohemian Bluestocking

Sort of. My cold has returned with a vengence. Now it has become bronchial. yech. For those who are interested, some photos from Fall Festival are now available. The site is Digiproofs. You will, however, need these event keywoods: ffs05mtgreylock & ffs05taconic to access the photos properly. I have not cut and pasted them because they are technically copyrighted and I should really give credit where credit is due. Plus, it's not that.... hard to link and enter a password.

I have some knitting projects on the table(besides my own stuff, which I will detail tomorrow or Friday, if I have time.) But for other people, and for cash($$ -- yipee!!), there are 2 hats and 2 scarfs and some mittens, and a vest. So a little cash flow, plus my other retail lackey work.

There is definitely some randomess/entrophy/dark matter floating around the universe these days:

• Veteran's Day I was working at my retail lackey job, and for the mist parts minding my own business, when a customer, out of the blue, asks me: "Would you happen to know what the time zone the Western Theater of Operations was on when the Armistice was signed in 1919?" Now admittedly I *do* know the answer (GMT) but what ever prompted this man to ask me? I am blandly running my cash register, singing to myself to pass the time. (not aloud, mind you) odd.
• We had a wonderful ring around the moon last night. I left the theater after tech rehearsals, and there it was, huge in the sky, a hands-span from the moon, one of the largest I've seen in a long time. They typically mean snow is on its way (they are formed by moisture and ice crystals in the atmosphere), but we merited only rain when I awoke this morning.
• There's seems to be seamtress work swirling around me as well, as well it should since I'll be with one less paycheck very soon. So I am glomming onto as much as I can to get me through the winter. There might me design work as well, but I am not holding my breath for that. That would be a gift, and sewing is just work-a-day.
• The Fall Festival of Shakespeare opens Thursday and runs through Sunday. The shows are ready to go. One looks fab and the other I am ok with. It's workmanlike work, and while I am certainly not ashamed of the look, I'm not incredibly excited either.

Yes, my shows at Shake&Co are almost done (they open Wednesday), but:

• My molars have started to ache. sharp shooting pain kinda of ache, with me lying on the bed, saying"please give me a respite, please."
• I've developed a sinus headache that's turning into a headcold. So now when the toothache throbs, I feel in my ear, and behind my eyeballs. A toothache behind my eyeballs.
• I am at work at 2am, stitching trim on a dress, because the director wants another dress rehearsal today, but I have to be at the other school this afternoon for their dress  rehearsal. Can't I drop it off Wednsday am? nooooo, that would make too much sense. They have to run changes Tuesday, never minding that this actress doesn't actually change clothes. And I also got: "I thought the veil would be longer? Can you make it longer?" IT'S TWO(now one actually) DAYS BEFORE YOUR SHOW, . HMMMM. NO. THAT WOULD BE YOUR ANSWER.
• My parents might actually come to one of my shows. Before everyone says, awww, that's so sweet, why is that on the "but...." list; In the over 5 years I've lived in the Berkshires, they have never once come to see me. They only live 4 hours away. hmmmmm. Now I know Massachusetts is a foreign country to the rest of New England, but....
• And because the shows are opening Wednesday, I am missing knitting circle. And I might miss it next week as well, since we are in the middle of Festival Week.

Somewhere in all this, I promised myself I would start my Buttonhole Bag. I've changed my mind about the colors. I've gone with a chocolate brown and sapphire Cascade 220 instead (old standbys). (Gave me an excuse to buy some yarn, like I needed much of an excuse.) Probably some stranded colorwrok of some sort. I also bought more Dale of Norway Tuir in black and dark magenta, which I will use with a halh ball of mustard colorl,  for another pair of Warm Hands Knitalong mittens. Two pairs are down so far, though: (1) A fingerless pair in Adrianne Vittadini silk/cotton baby blue, with a eyelet edge threaded with blue-edged brown ribbon, and (2) some anynomous(sp) dark green silk/cashmere/merino from Goodwill, 1x1 cable twist cuffs with squared off tips. Pictures to follow soon, I promise.

So despite the multiple pains in my head and ass, I seem to be making some progress nevertheless. humph. That wasn't supposed to happen.