Things lB made

Little Bean came with gifts, which I've photographed below:

A couple of our friends are having their first baby, so lB knitted this colorful jacket for them. I love the multi-colored duck buttons.

And here's the awesome bunny for me! His hat and goggles come off to make him the cutest bald plushie I know of.

Bringing gifts

Uplift in mood. For no really good reason--the flight was pretty bad and the train ride (in both Chicago and Bay Area) even worst.

However, a finished baby sweater, a bunny for a bunny... well that can make the difference I guess.

Plan for today: pattern testing knitting, resume revamping, cover letter writing, absolutely superb co-op pizza (Arizmendi-not Cheeseboard! why do co-ops make the best pizza?), hospital, maybe a concert tonight--some folks I know are playing in the city.

Summer Music

Been out of the loop. Listening to last years tunes (via NPR) at work. But I shouldn't. Phoenix just makes me depressed not to be on a French, or even a California, beach.

EDIT: NPR, I take back every bad thing I say about you being square. The entirety of new LCD Soundsystem is posted... easing my data entry torture.

Yarn Love

Congratulations Doctors

To those getting their PhDs this spring, a happy congratulations to you! Best luck on your future endeavors. I'm sure you will cure many people...of stupidity.

Like-mindedness is overrated...

Otherwise, dB, we would not be friends. For me, dispositions are meant to compliment, fit together like puzzle pieces--alike and different at the same time.

But more importantly, for me, is a sense of what I can only describe as feeling at home. And who can really measure the warm embrace, the ease of a favorite t-shirt, or the smell of fresh baked bread?

I've temporarily given in to a purchased fried chicken (Chicago's own delicious and at the same time stomach-curling, Harolds). But there will be a great effort soon. Planning dinner parties, garden exploits, and even more sewing.

Also I have a bunny to show you.

More on that when I get the camera-computer-clicky thing together.

Homophrosyne

What does it even mean - like-mindedness? Does it mean to have similar dreams, lifestyles, personalities, values?

I get such different answers. My mom thinks common language and culture are vital. Others emphasize religion: "I would have married him/her, but I would have had to marry God too." Yet when I see my married friends A & R with such contrasting personalities, culture, and religions, I can feel the homophrosyne. I wonder if I exuded that foursome years ago. I need perspective.

On a tangent, while lB perfects her Thomas Keller fried chicken, I'm working on mastering fried yuca as a side for pabellón. Last Sunday I selected my personal best yuca root, and the resulting fries were quite delicious. Learning to cook by trial-and-error sure takes forever...but imitating the Keller's Hispanic analogue Ferran Adià is unfathomable!

My take on homophronsyne drawn a couple years ago: