Last to Catch On

In the marketing world, there's this term, "early adopters."  My understanding of the term is that these are the people who are the first to buy the latest cool gadgets and whatnot.  I am not an early adopter.  I'm a middle-to-late adopter.  I wasn't the last of my friends to have a cell phone, but I held out for a pretty long while.  I still don't have an iPod, although I do have an MP3 player.

I'm like this with cultural phenomena also.  I didn't discover the Harry Potter books until three of them were already out (and only then because a friend sent me one for my birthday - thanks Noah!). 

My most recent late-adoption is Project Runway.  I'd like to be able to say, "Why didn't anyone tell me how great this show is?"  But I was told.  And I ignored the hype.  This Saturday when my plans were cancelled due to impending snow, I found myself stationed on the couch when a Project Runway marathon was underway.  I was hooked within 15 minutes.  Here are some of the things I love about this show:

• It's about creative people, and you get to watch their creative process unfold.
• The challenges are really interesting (an ice skating costume!  A dress made out of flowers and greenery!)
• Santino, the guy you love to hate, makes for really good TV.  And he is occassionally hilarious, when not being an egomaniacal asshole.
• Fashion designers are similar in temperment and personality to theater people, so it feels like home to me.

How lucky for me that Bravo is showing all the episodes over and over, so I'm catching up quickly (though not entirely in order, taking some of the drama out of the eliminations.)  If you haven't seen it yet, I believe there's another marathon next weekend - check your local listings.

In knitting, I'm working on Fern.  No, not Alice St*armore's Fern, but Kim Hargreave's Fern.  I'm using the black Frog Tree Merino that I bought recently.  I knew I wanted to make a cardi with this yarn, and thought I'd probably design something, an almagamation of several other sweaters, and pulled out all my Interweaves and Rowans for inspiration.  But I ended up falling for Fern big time, and was shocked when I got gauge on my very first try.  I thought for sure I'd have to change something.  But I'm actually knitting it exactly as written.  Will wonders never cease.

I also have a lot of for-hire knitting to do.  Will someone please remind me not to take any more for-hire knitting?  I just hate it.  I have to knit two Christmas stockings (these I've been avoiding for over a month now, but it's hard to get motivated to do them since she doesn't really need them for almost ten months).  Then last week a woman asked me to do an exceedingly simple shawl.  Then she said if I do two in different colors she'd pay me $100 apiece.  I couldn't turn it down.  But I should have, because it's going to be SO BORING.  It's just not worth it.  There are better ways to make money, I'm sure of it.

Speaking of money, thanks for all the supportive comments about my debt recovery.  I sure appreciate it.

Comments

[The Feminist Mafia]

Giiiirrrlll...if you have cable and are looking for a TV partner, feel free to invite your cable-less Mafia-friend. And help me dog, if you have Showtime and if I can get you hooked on The L Word, I'll be your best friend forever.

Good luck on the knitting-for-hire. Can that cash be used for debt reduction? I know ... I know ... I'm no fun. But we're in this boat together.

[Kim]

The Tim Gunn impersonations are priceless. Priceless!

"Andrae, there's already a big age difference, and you're acting like a big baby in front of my colleagues at Red Lobster."

[julia fc]

Love that show too. It was Kimberly's raving about it that turned me on there. I can't wait for Olympus Fashion Week! Go Daniel!

[Diane E.]

I have been hooked on Project Runway since the first season, it's fantastic that Bravo repeats the episodes. Great site!