Okay. Let’s talk irony.
Had a date with a doctor last night.
Just goes to show you, doesn’t it?
Anyway. It was a blind date, only my second one ever, to my recollection (which usually ain’t that great, but I’m sticking with this number). I met her off that silly Craigslist post I told you about. She wrote back to me late in the game and sounded sweet and funny, two very good things. I wrote back and said, basically, Okay. Let’s get a burger. I’m tired of that whole Pre-Screening practice that happens on-line nowadays. You send seventy-two clever, witty emails back and forth, the precursors to a great love followed by a fabulous marriage and a stunning life, until the person says s/he loves eggplant and you think Oh, I could never date an Eggplant Person, and the correspondence is off. (Unless of course, it’s a Super Eggplant kind of person, then we’ll get along famously.)
So we made plans to get a burger. I told her I’d be the one in the orange sweater. Thought that was distinctive enough, no? I waited inside Barney’s, strangely un-nervous, and watched a group of three come in. Thought to myself, she’s cute, but she’s with other people, can’t be her. But it was, she had accidentally run into friends out front. She was tall and a little unconventional looking. I don’t know what I mean by that, exactly. Huh. But it’s a good thing.
Anyway, we had a very nice time. We met at eight, and I didn’t get home till almost midnight. We both wanted to talk more, so we walked to a local dive bar that I knew, and we sat and drank beers and laughed. I have NO idea what’s going to happen now, and I don’t really much care, to be honest. It was just nice to be out, to listen to someone new and interesting, to be listened to.
Nice. All right. ‘Nuff.
In knitting news: the lavender Lush is out for Rogue. Several well-intentioned friends have advised me that not only is Lush HOT as hell (and I could overheat in a snowbank), but after regular wearing, it haloes so much that the cables are obscured. And I am SO not making such a gorgeous sweater with such incredible cabling, only to have it be a fuzzy too-warm blob. That’s what my cat Adah is. I don’t need another one. I’ve finished the cabling in both sleeves (I had been doing both at once) and will finish them up, I think. And then in the future, I think I’ll just make a simple cardie to attach the sleeves to, but that’ll be after Cromarty. (I think I’ve decided to totally copy Cari and do Rogue, eventually, in Cascade 220, in that lovely green she has–she swears it’s not mint like The Sweater I Hate).
Ah, knitting. I think I alarmed J last night with the fiber-chat. I tried to keep it to a bare minimum, but to people with no yarn experience, completely obsessed knitters can be a little overwhelming. She has no IDEA that I blog. Don’t tell, kay?
I am glad the date went pretty well. Good for you. Sorry the Lush isn’t going to work out. I am a big Cascade 220 fan. Reasonable price, nice colors. Woohoo. I will look forward to your progress on Rogue (in other words, hurry up okay?). I want to knit it but refuse to start another big project till this freakin’ Na Craga is done!
I hope I didn’t sound pushy and rude in my comment above. It is the NYer in me…sorry. 🙂
Glad you had a fun blind date! If she’s an endocrinologist, I think you should continue to date her. Heh heh. Total bummer about Lush, though! It sounded like such a lovely and beautiful yarn, too. And hey, what is wrong with an eggplant person?
Okay, I knew Mariko was going to say that. Blog? What blog?
Sugar. Girl.
You KNOW you are gonna have to come clean.
You are SO not going to be able to keep the fiber obsession and blog a secret.
I admire your resolve, though!
all my love, darling dear.
A doctor.. Did you by any chance bring up your mom? 😉
Tall fun doctor? Hmmm. Non-knitters definitely think we’re lunatics, and that’s just all there is to it. The issue is whether or not they are willing to accept the lunacy. I’m glad you had a good time! (So, was she impressed with your sweater? I’m assuming it was Orange Alert.)
Oh my, a doctor! Mama Bliss is so proud. Of course if she turns out not to be fiber friendly, well it was nice knowing her. *wink* My cone of Lush arrived Friday. For now I am just staring at it and petting it. I will follow you around for awhile so I know what to do with it. :0)
Gosh, it has been so long since I was in the dating scene…..
It sounds like y’all had fun.
If she got through med school she must be smart enough to learn how to knit! Tee Hee….
hooray for a fun date!
it’s always good to get past that awkward first five minutes – i’m really glad for you.
🙂
If they LISTEN that is always a good start. I’m glad it was a good first date. 🙂
Sounds like fun!! And a doctor…woo-hoo! But hey, she got to go on a date with a famous and fabulous knitter and blogger, so really she’s the lucky one.
Can’t wait to see Rogue….I might just have to break down and buy the pattern.
I know we had someone swatch in the cascade and didn’t get guage, so you might have to just go up a few sizes to adjust. Sorry the lush didn’t work out, I do love the yarn, and being in MA, I can’t imagine being *too* warm at the moment 😉
I’m so glad you decided to go out with her; sounds like you had a great time. And I won’t say a word about the blog, but I wouldn’t advise hiding it for too long, at least not if things get serious…