I had such a good day yesterday. Wanna know what I did?
Nothing.
Well, I managed to do my laundry in between Doing Nothing times, but that’s it. Woke up late, and messed around on the computer all day. I even, get this, pretended to take a nap. And it was nice, it really was. During the day my brain is always too busy to take a nap – it never buys what I’m trying to do. The second I lie down it starts to make long lists of all the cool, fun, evironmentally sensible things I COULD and SHOULD be doing with my time. Yesterday I took Marcel with me, good ole Prousty, and we had a nice little afternoon chat (I can call him that. We’re pals, me ‘n’ Proust). And I really think I would have slept, had I not heard the mail lady coming! (I know, I should say mail deliverer, but mail lady, with its close ties to male lady, is what I say in my head, so there you have it.)
And you know what? I think she’s been carrying my Koigu around with her for days! I ran out to the sidewalk, and she was walking away, empty-handed, from my house. When I called out to her, she turned around and asked if I was Rachael and said that she had had something for me. I guess she hadn’t wanted to leave it on my doorstep in the heavy rain we’ve had (I have no porch), and I suppose I’m grateful. I guess. I was getting worried. And now, drum roll, please:
I have Koigu Kersti from the WonderBoys for Alice Starmore’s Cromarty. Oh, yes. (And that’s yummy Noro 95 underneath, just for fun.)
I absolutely HAVE to finish a project today, so I can start swatching. Yes, you read it here first. For Koigu and Alice, I will swatch. Swatch, Rachael, swatch. Watch Rachael swatch!
(I even took a skein to bed with me last night. I’m not kidding. Look.)
And after a day of doing nothing but anticipating my mail lady, I got to do something REALLY fun – a friend and I went to see the Lion King! We first went to Bernal Heights and had a drink at The Best Bar in the World and dinner at the Liberty Cafe, and then paid for parking right on Market (how cosmopolitan of us – I usually circle FOREVER looking for a spot) and sauntered into the Orpheum.
Where we were promptly stopped. When he handed over his tickets for them to scan (how high-tech it all is nowadays), there arose a flurry of activity. The man at the door started waving for someone, who started waving for someone else. The line behind us started grumbling. I started to think we had stolen tickets and was regretting not bringing my police ID, which might come in handy while getting booked at the local precinct.
But no, turns out that we had bought so early that our original seats turned out to be obstructed when the final stage was built. So they had to give us different tickets, thus all the waving. We sat 7th row, center.
Hee. Just call me hoi-polloi and get it over with. I saw people up in the third balcony shaking their (tiny little) fists at me. I know they were. When I sit up there, I always do the same thing.
The musical was incredible! I didn’t really know what to expect, and I have to be honest, a straight translation from the cartoon to the stage surprised me. It’s an odd concept, that. But the costumes and the ensemble music made it work. Most of the cast were incredible, obviously. Except for the King. I couldn’t wait for him to die. (And the stampede scene was AWESOME.) I even got a little choked up at a couple of parts. Just for a minute, and then I remembered that people in the seventh row don’t weep, they mist.
A good day. Today, I’m off to San Rafael to perform a yarn miracle for La Brainy. Then, to finish up that project I mentioned. Then, to swatch. I’ve never been so excited to swatch in all my thirty-one years.
Yow! (And I know she’s my sister, so I’m prejudiced, but Bethany is funny as hell today.)
did you take your digital camera to bed with you or ….. do you keep it in your nightstand?? 😉
Lucky you getting those fab seats. And the Koigu. You are one lucky chick! Good luck swatching. I hope you get it on the first try.
Oh how tremendous for you Rachael! Every time I see a skein of Koigu floating around my house, I think of you. Cuddle up nice and close with that delectable yarn tonight!
7th row center for The Lion King? AND Koigu?
as my mamo would say: “girl, you must be livin’ right!”
i read a glowing review of Lion King on SFGate.com and it almost made me cry.
congrats!
Oh my, beautiful, beautiful Koigu. Give it a stroke for me. 🙂 Is it a solid or variegated grey?
What a funny picture seeing that Koigu snuggled up on your pillow! And where else should it be?
And, please, your relationship with your sister(s) is just too sweet!
Did the Kersti give you great fibery dreams, my friend? It’s looking a little monochrome and I’m sure it’s more colorful than my monitor allows. Shall we await a WIP shot, or will you gimme more pix? Crossed my second X on the Must-have sleeve last night; glad you’ll be in cabley mode too with Cromarty!
Ah, what a wonderful day! I love the Lion King and actually cried openly during the opening scene when I saw it in London. And the Kersti! And the Kureyon! I can’t wait to see your swatch!
Rachael, you are too funny! I’m sitting at my desk at work laughing at my computer screen with that image of you sleeping with your new Koigu, you neener-neenering those unlucky souls in the 3rd balcony, and you “misting” during the Lion King. You are one special girl!
Ooh, I am so jealous of the Lion King tix. I am definitely a theater gal…and I’ve never seen it! I’ve heard it’s so spectacular. And 7th row! ooh baby. you definitely got some good karma goin’ on.
P.S. I have no concept of Koigu, but everyone loves loves loves it. Is it especially soft? It’s beautiful, but what makes it fabulous? Don’t laugh at me…I’m a novice knitter…
I saw the Lion King way back when it was preparing for Broadway – they did an initial run out here in Minneapolis, MN. I will never forget hearing the first singing and realizing it was coming from behind me, looking over my left shoulder. There I saw people. Then I looked over my left shoulder and saw GIRAFFES. Then I looked back left and realized those people were above rhino puppets. It is an amazing show!!
Ooooo. New yarn. Delicious.
What do you mean? YOUR post today was pretty darn funny :)) Ahh yes, only a true fiber lover would sleep with a skein and ADMIT IT!!! 😉
I love this whole post, Rachael! Look at all that Koigu! And sneaky, sneaky, is that really just a LITTLE Kureyon under there? AND I’m laughing so much at the photo of Koigu in your bed. It makes me think of my beloved Chicago Manual. 🙂
I’m glad you had such a great experience (and such great seats) at the theatre. It sounds fantastic. Live performance is always a good thing.
And thanks again, miracle worker. xo
Sounds like you had just about the most perfect day anyone could have. I love your story about taking the Koigu to bed. I take my shade cards and leave them on my nightstand, where they’re within reach, so I can drool over the colors for the ten thousandth time.
If ya want, I’ll bet the boy would let you borrow his big Simba (briefly, but he would) and you could snuggle up with Simba and Kersti.
What was that the Dalai Lama said? If you can be happy for other people, billions more chances to be happy? Glad you had such a sparkly day.
I took the first skein of Kureyon I ever got to bed with me, on our first day together. And I don’t regret it for a second. The Kersti is Cromartastic!
I’m not keen on anything Disney-related (save Pixar, but I don’t really count them anymore), but I would see Lion King on stage if ONLY for Julie Taymor’s costuming. I Lurve her.
Yay for the seat upgrade!! (But, do you mean hoi polloi or hoity-toity?) I would love to see the Lion King for the costumes alone.
Yay for days doing nothing! However, the days doing something makes those day off all the sweeter, don’t they? (At least that’s what I’ll be telling myself until I’m independently wealthy.
Yay for Koigu!! Can’t wait to see Kersti become (cro)Marty.