things get a little dusty

…when you're busy. So I'll just highlight some things that have been rattling around here at Casa DBT:

• Rumors of my demise are highly suspect. I have considered taking down my shingle, just because in two months I've not had the time nor the desire to write anything. Political posts require me to get pissed off and other posts require me to be either witty or verbose, and both take energy I don't have right now. So there. However, the radio silence is deafening in its own way, and I'll do my best to be a little better at updating this space.

• I have been working on stuff. Eight of 20 wee snowmen are knit, and I'm going to finish the other 12 if it petrifies the muscles in my hands. Yes, I'm well aware that I'm crazy, but I've committed myself, and so it will be done.

I finished this before the great snowman invasion:

Yes, that's the famed Alan Dart jultomten. I used all manner of odds and ends, and he's quite content to hang about the house. I accidentally attached his nose off center. It adds to his personality.

• I don't know who are giving me the bigger headache: the talky tweenies in the troop, or their parents. The girls – who are mostly very good – are most bearable when they're very busy. The parents can't be trusted to follow simple instructions, don't check their email, and think they can monopolize valuable – and limited – meeting time with questions that could be easily answered if they followed instructions and read their damn email. I sent home a nastygram with the girls this week that, if read, should minimize future issues.

Oh, calm down. It wasn't "nasty" nasty. It was just … firmly worded.

• The suspension of Mr. Cain's campaign was disappointing. I don't put a lot of credence into the allegations against him. But it doesn't matter what I believe; it matters what the mainstream media can get the average, miseducated American to believe. And apparently the average Jane and Joe swallowed the bait. Thus, the MSM and their leftist allies successfully put down a black man who dared publicly step off the plantation. Note how they've also cleverly put forth into public notice the least conservative members the pack to lead the race for the GOP nomination.

Aaaand the RNC does nothing but stick to the tired old formula of shuffle up the heir apparent while not fighting back. Fabulous.

I'm reserving further analysis until after primary season actually starts. 

• The holiday season has been going well. I drove around the neighborhood to check out the lights, and yes, my whacktastic neighbor has his full show going. He's broadcasting a variety of carols on his own little loop (107.3, if you're driving about), complete with elf voices reminding you not to block the other driveways. Apparently the penguins have developed a notoriety. He's billing them as the [neighborhood name] Penguins.

• I was a bit disappointed with The Sing Off this season. Not that I didn't watch; not that I didn't sense real moments of brilliance. The problem lies in refusing to let a'cappella music shine as its own genre. The producers have evidently decided that it needs to be pushed into existing drawers of the musical card catalog, and the artists should follow suit. Also, allowing groups that have formed for the sole purpose of this teevee show to compete, without a track record or history proceeding them, has dragged down the level of artistry. 

The audio mix isn't helping. It's impossible to tell if what the teevee viewer is hearing bears any resemblance to what the judges are hearing. I have to believe there's either a marked difference, or the judges have suffered marked hearing losses since last season.

That having been said, the winning group was head and shoulders above a lot of its competition and I wish them well. I want the album when it's released.

• And that's about it for this post. I will do my best to not let cobwebs collect in this corner of the innerwebs from now on.

Comments

[Jennifer]

Oh Dearest, I do know how busy life can get. Really I do. But- that had to be said- Just a good swipe every now and then makes your corner shine so well! I've really missed these posts. Even if they are a bit 'dusty'. Miss you!

[Anniebananie]

It's been 6 months since I've blogged. Simply don't have time or energy to actually type it out.

Love the snowmen. Can I borrow the pattern when you are done?

I agree with your Cain assessment, and feel terrible that I just can't get worked up about any of this yet. My apathy has set in early this election cycle.

Can't wait to see the lights. Did you get my email that I sent yesterday with particulars?

[Zonda]

Waving hi! Those are cute snowmen and that jultomten turned out well! Yikes all that small knitting! Good to hear from you :)

[twistedtexan]

Blog schlog. I don't think I've touched mine in 6 months? 8? Like you, I just don't seem to have the energy for it. Glad to see you posting again, though.

P.S. I lovelovelove your jultomten!!!!!

[beth]

I actually decided to stop writing Saintseester because it was stressing me out. When I no longer enjoyed it, it was a signal to move on.

Even though you are posting less often, I still very much enjoy reading whether it be your fantastic knitting projects or political rants!

Merry Christmas, by the way!

[Bo Williams]

I miss you. I'm happy to hear from you here.

[nhfalcon]

Glad to see you're still about. I've missed you.

[Emily]

It's funny, one of my co-workers is a first year Girl Scout leader and is suffering much of the same problems with the moms as you are. She even had her cookie mom quit because the cookie mom didn't trust any financial institutions, and the GS organization requires the money to be deposited into an account.

Anyways, I'm sure she'll be glad to hear that she's not the only one suffering through crazy unsupportive moms.

[Mom]

Hooray, you're back. Missed the posts.
Love your little friend.

[Karen]

I've been thinking about you. Glad to hear you are among the living:)
Your tomten is so cute!

[Cindy in Happy Valley]

Holy crap!! That's YOUR NEIGHBOR? I saw his display on some show when I was running around doing three other things, so I never heard where he was located. He wears "odd" outfits too no? What triggered my memory is the 107.3 radio station.

And doesn't he know that the Penguins reside in Pittsburgh.....?