It's been a long week. At my desk job, I've been lending administrative support to a rather large event that's going on this weekend (more on that in a moment). Meanwhile, I've been chugging away on the lace-for-hire project, and trying to get work done on some patterns that I have to write (not my own designs, sadly), while also trying to steal time to work on my submission for Melanie Falick's holiday book. All this makes for a rather grumpy Alison.
So I'm killing time at my desk job this evening while I wait for registration to start on this event, reading blogs, when I read on blogdogblog about gloves. Since I gave away the cashmere gloves I made in December, I've been meaning to make myself another pair. And I was rather taken with the Koigu gloves I saw pictured here on her site. There's an upscale yarn store near my desk job that sell Koigu, and on a whim, I called up to see if they were still open. They were. I bought a lovely rainbow-y colorway of Koigu, plus some Noro Silk Garden that caught my eye for a scarf.
And do I feel better? Well... not really... because I don't have time to knit these lovely yarns until I finish the for-hire job. A word to the wise: if you are offered money for your knitting, think hard about whether you really want to take the job and put all your other fun knitting projects aside. Sometimes I think it's worth it, sometimes not.
One of the reasons that I stopped pursuing a career in theater was because part of me didn't want to have my income dependant on my art. I felt that it might cause me to make choices about what plays I directed and how I directed them based on monetary concerns rather than on artistic merit. (There were a lot of other reasons I quit the theater, this was only one.) But the thing is, I can't really imagine myself having a career that didn't involve doing something creative, so in that sense I suppose my income will be dependant on my art anyway. Only it seems that I've found one of the few professions that may actually be less lucrative than theater.... incredible!
Anyway, the fact that I have so many projects that I really want to work on is at least pushing me to finish this lace thing faster. I'm about up to the armholes on the back, then I have to make the sleeves. I have two days off next week (hooray!!), so hopefully I'll get a lot of it done then.
(warning: off-topic contraversial content ahead)
But back to this event that I've been working on. As you may know, my desk job is at a Unitarian Universalist church. This weekend, Interweave, the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered organization within the UUA is having it's annual Convocation weekend here at All Souls. There will be lectures, panels, worship, and celebration. I have a lot of friends in the GLBT community, and I'm proud that my church supports them and their civil rights. I'm truly dismayed by the concervatives' push for an amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage. I honestly don't understand how letting same-sex couples marry threatens hetero marriages, and I don't think the government has any right to say they can't marry. Marriage is a sacrament, and the last time I checked, there was still separation of church and state. My church says gays can marry. Here is a sermon preached at All Souls this past Sunday on the topic that pretty well sums up my own point of view.
i could not agree with you more. :)
Posted by: abby | February 28, 2004 at 11:00 AM
Alison, that was very well put. It's wonderful to see so many people speaking out on this subject in a thoughtful, balanced and rational manner.
Posted by: Lisa | February 28, 2004 at 12:34 PM
In my state, the governor is in favor of civil unions for gays, but not marriage. Marriage IS a civil union, duh! They are playing word games. Just do the right thing for once, all you politicians, and let's move on to world peace. I'm glad you spoke out, Alison.
Posted by: Sharon | February 28, 2004 at 11:38 PM