Last Sunday I sat down and did as much finishing as I could manage during the core block of cartoons on Fox. (7:30PM-10PM, King of the Hill, Simpsons, Family Guy, etc.) I seamed the shoulders, then picked up and knit the button band and the collar. Still to do: seaming the sides and sleeves, and knitting the other side of the button band.

That’s it, uh, right there in the big tub.

Since I have to take off my glasses and peer real close to do this sort of thing, it’s really only suited to Sunday nights. So I’ll be finishing the finishing (I hope) this coming Sunday night.

In the mean time, I’ve started a teapot cozy. Because, you know, I have teapots. And they get cold. Shut up.

This is Fiber Trends pattern Braided Cable Tea Cozies. Knitting it in blue Cascade 220 - sorry, the tag is way over there. I’ll get you the shade number later.

This is a very well-written pattern, but I’ve just gotten to the complicated bit where you have to pay attention. I don’t want to pay attention, I want to watch movies. Ah well, one must soldier on.

And finally we have the Embossed Leaves sock, from the fall 2005 (I think) issue of Interweave Knits. I’m still enjoying this pattern, but again, one must pay attention.

What’s a knitter to do?

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You may be familiar with my slowly-cooling feelings towards Blockbuster Online. Even though I loved it at first, the annoyances have slowly been piling up.

Well…

I hadn’t actually looked at my Blockbuster queue for several weeks. Therefore, it came as rather a shock when I logged in last Thursday and found that 3/4ths of my queue was rated “short wait.” Some things - like the third season of Babylon 5 - were rated “very long wait.”

Okay, here’s the thing: if the third season of an obscure science fiction show from seven years ago is rated “very long wait,” your system is broken.

I browsed around and found that everything I wanted to watch was “short wait.” Second season of Star Trek: DS9? Short wait. Fifth season of The Shield? Short wait. (Incidentally, The Shield season 5 has been rated “short wait” for at least the last four months.) I checked with a friend who has Netflix, he informed me that all of those titles were freely available (no wait necessary), and I went straight over and signed up.

Funny timing on this little incident, since I had just been reading a Consumerist article on Blockbuster’s problems. I had been planning to quit for several months, ever since people started floating rumors about an upcoming price hike. But this complete lack of inventory definitely pushed me over the edge.

Here’s a handy summary:

One thing I can say about Blockbuster: they make it easy to cancel. Just click the little “cancel” link on your account page, and you’re done. So, you know. Good for them.

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Good morning, big yellow machine!

Please do not crush me, thanks.

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