Inspiration, unfettered by the need for sleep

Have you ever noticed some of the most interesting and surreal ideas hit you when you're awake at some ungodly hideous hour of the morning? Like between two and four in the morning.

Anyway it seems to work that way for me sometimes. I came up with an idea for an 'solo' post for one of my online RP characters at two AM that I absolutely could NOT get out of my head until I wrote it down. 1060 words of stuff I thought of when I would have rather been sleeping.

Also, my sister bought us a copy of Ponyo. That was awesome. Definite nods to the ORIGINAL little Mermaid myth, including the seafoam thing, but cuter and not tragic. And naturally fifty -thousand- times better than Disney. The only thing that seems to come out of Disney films that I enjoy are insidiously catchy tunes. ((Disney fans, please don't kill me. It's true. I hate Disney.))
I think my favorite character was Fujimoto, though I loved the animation and how much work went into some of the smallest things, like the boy wading into the water.

Lastly: A question. Since I became a mom, I've noticed that complete and utter strangers will ask me if I'm Breastfeeding. ((I'm not going to tell you. Sorry.))
...I really want to know what the hell is up with that. I mean it's one thing for my Pediatrician to know... but strangers at the supermarket??? WHY would you ask that?
I haven't chewed anyone's ear off yet but I actually think it's an insanely rude question, and not really anyone's business.
Although the next time someone reaches into my cart and pulls back my son's hood while he's sleeping, I'm gonna smack some fingers. :p

People really have no concept of personal space these days.

Prime Redirective

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but there's something going on with my blog page, at least on this end. Unless I very hastily log in, it redirects me to random BS pages I don't have the slightest interest in, and I know I'm not clicking anything. ((I'm running a thorough virus check as we speak.))

Is this happening to anyone else?

EDIT: Got it. The stupid hit counter decided to implode.

Mixed Luck, Glitter Sheep and Technobunny

I've had some pretty mixed luck lately, won a couple raffles on GaiaOnline for 'pets' ((basically read: cute animal art for your signature if you've never been on the site.)) Which was pretty cool. Generaly speaking, the laws of probability tend to be against me, no matter how short the raffle list, so winning two in one day was pretty cool.
And it was almost enough to make up for me walking into a metal folding chair in our kitchen. I bruised my toe fairly impressively. It still hurts, but from the look of it it could be lots worse. ((And No I don't think I broke it.))

I'm also most of the way through knitting what I called "Glittersheep", an Fuzzy Mitten Lamb with black yarn and a black and silver strand of Lion Brand's "Midnight Mohair", and a very technicolor bunny made out of Noro Yarn. Given the interruptions I'll probably be done in a couple days.

Snooze

Poor Mini Monster has been suffering from some uncomfortable gas the last couple days, and unfortunately I don't think thats a coincidence, since one of the people who's had a chance to feed him seems to study at a different school of baby feeding, so keeps taking the bottle away at short intervals. Unfortunately when he's hungry, this makes Mini go berserk, and he hyperventilates and cry's... gulping air in the process... and then has trouble getting rid of it.

Fortunately we managed to get him to shed most of it last night and all of us actually got some sleep for a change, even though he did end up in bed with us so we could keep an eye on him. Not that he minded.
(He tried to take over my half of the bed again.)

So once we get that sorted out I'll hopefully be able to get back to doing some knitting on the side, instead of constantly dealing with the poor kid burping and fussing.

Still thinking of selling some of my toys on Etsy, and if I get good enough maybe I can sell some in the local shops. That would be pretty cool. Though I'm still amazed at some of the price tags for stuff on Etsy. @_@ I don't think I've got the confidence to charge fifty bucks for a knitted toy, not unless it was made from some REALLY amazing yarn.

Tired

So I'm really tired today. Mini Monster kept me up most of the night for one reason or another. He's sleeping right now but I need to get some cooking done, so thats what I'm doing. Or rather I've interupted myself doing to post a blog for a change.

I'm still working on my "Adventure!" campaign, though I've gotta get some copies made of the character sheets and try and break out the relevant information for people. The problem with that book is that while entertaining, they've spread out the information so it's difficult to find. *sigh*

While the story parts are interesting, it's a little exasperating to have to read through half the book to find the different sections required to actually MAKE a character.

Otherwise I'll be taping some graph paper together and trying to mark out an pattern idea based on the fable Rose Red and Snow White.
((And just to show you how tired I am, I almost typed Rose White and Snow Red. That's an whole nother fairy tale altogether. ;) ))

Hair Club for Stuffed Lions

So last night I finished doing my first attempt at FuzzyMittens "Scraps Chaps" pattern. I did the lion. ((out of a possible three animals that are featured parts of this pattern.))
I gotta say, out of all of it, the mane took the longest to do, and watching the bald spot on it's head decrease earned a few "Hair club" jokes. And mop jokes.

He was somewhat improved by getting a partial hair cut, so that the top part of his mane is shorter so it won't flop into his face.
I was originally going to do him all in black, but changed my mind to try the color swap for his nose, and then continued it with his mane, which is dark brown, black, tan, and dusky purple. His eyes are two white buttons, and his feet (but not 'hands') are embroidered (badly) to have paw pads.

...Clearly I kinda suck at embroidery. I also did use some more black yarn to draw tight and make his 'toes' more definite, and cheezily, did a outlined heart in embroidery floss on his chest but there's no good photo of that.

I'm not sure Mini Monster knows what to make of him (and can't really have him yet because of the button eyes) but he does still seem to like his original Lamb (Frankensheep).

And the towel we had him swaddled in the other night. Instead of Moose and Squirrel he has Sheep and Towel. And two hollow legs to judge by how much he can put away when he feels like it.

M.A.S.H and Monsters

Watching M.A.S.H on the play-station with the Mini Monster, which he doesn't seem to mind.
Good day for it; there's a lot of snow outside right now, which made a fun morning for everyone since the Driveway needed shoveled.
Mini Monster also seems to be forming an attachment to a towel that we used to swaddle him the other night after he spit up all over my PJs. Since it's easy to wash, thats not such a bad thing.

Got a crash course in the 5 S's from Erica (Thanks Erica!), so that'll help. <:)