I’m happy to hear that people are enjoying the “contest clearinghouse!” Remember, if you have a contest and would like me to mention it (because sometimes I get so behind in bloglines I don’t discover contests until they’re done), please send me an email (chris at this domain). Thanks!
Over the weekend, I finally finished my Trekking 78 socks, although my camera insists on making them more blue and less purple than they really are.
Can you spot the cat in this picture?!
Last week I mentioned that TB was having a contest to show her pictures of the weird things we have displayed in our homes. This is what I sent:
Currently, I store this in my closet, since Chaos would chew up the chopsticks… You can tell that he isn’t exactly sure what to think of it!! This is from a drink I had at a Japanese restaurant in Orlando when I was 17. I’ve lugged it around everywhere I’ve lived in the intervening 23 years. It’s the only memento I have of that time in my life. I suspect this little critter is modeled on a fertility diety or something, because of his, um, rather visible genitalia… Strangely, boyfriends that I’ve lived with have found him rather disturbing. Hee hee.
I see Chaos peeking in that picture!
I see him too!
Hey, that’s a great colourway – it’s #78?
Yo, Chaos, we CAN see you!
Beautiful Trekking socks and I love the colorway. Tell Chaos he is not really hidden!
That must have been some drink! 😉
Of course boyfriends found it disturbing. They hate the notion of competition.
I’m frightened of that cup.
Weirdest thing I have…. Um. Um. Would Matisse in a bowl count? Grin.
Chaos! I see you! Even on Benkei the Sidekick!
It’s good to have memorabilia. Yours is a little odd, but that’s what I like about you. 😉
I love the socks and the weird, uh, fertility thing.
OOoo! I LOVE the Trekking socks. So pretty!
Chris- I see that little dickens. Don’t you love it when cats shove themselves in places that are too small for them?
As for your fertility god- men like to be the big guy on campus- and don’t appreciate competition.
Ahh, he is a little strange that diety! I guess I agree with Choas on that one. Your socks look great.
I’m not sure I’d have drank anything that came in a cup like that.. lol! Great Trekking socks.. mine are moving along sloooowly!
Love the Trekking socks. Their color shifts are just enough different that I love them.
I’m back to more active blogging and commenting. To celebrate I’ve got a contest going — how many wips do I have. Come make a guess.
What great purple sockies! …and, I love the “object” – very cool.
I totally forgot – I have a coin with genitals on it! I think it’s from New Zealand. My dad gave it to me. He calls it the “Two-headed coin.” *snicker*
I love the socks! Really love the colorway:) Hmm, actually I think I have some socks in that exact colorway:)
can’t believe how many posts I’ve missed!!!
love the socks.
LOOOOOVE the new banner.
That mug is straaaange. And I totally want one! LOl. It’s crap like this that makes me adore you so much. Glad to be back. I missed ya.
Love the socks and the color. I see Chaos’s eyes. LOL at the boyfriends and the mug reaction.
LOVE the Trekking Socks! Wow…I’m working on the cuff of my first one in that colorway…Chaos is a hoot! duh..mom? what IS that?
(((hugs)))
I just listened to you on Public Radio…..great song, and I was smiling at the visual of you walking around with your head phones one, looking at people walking around with their head phones on……..
The socks look great! And thanks for my goodies!!!!! Ben, Bella and Chester say thanks, too!
Quick put it away! You’re make Chaos jealous!
Your socks turned out great—and they are fraternal twins, just like mine. Do you have another pair ‘on deck?’
ohh your socks look great and I actually like that purple colourway.
OK – not only can I not spot Chaos, but I also can’t see the “rather visible genetalia” on the cup. I can, however, see the socks which are beautiful!
I’m taking the class with you guys next week …
Great socks, I do love that trekking! I’m back on the wagon with mine too in #101.
PS: your genitalia deity vaguely disturbs me too, but I think its the expression on the face that weirds me out more than anything.
Choas is a real kick! Miss Lulu does something similar: she’ll hide at the first loud noise of a truck or thunder. She scoots under the bed. But only her head and front are under, and her rear and tail are still out. Hee hee, I love to touch her tail to really give her a scare!
Nice drink goblet. Disturbing? I’d make a planter out of it. I’m disturbing that way, I guess.
chaos is such a goof ball.
Great socks! you finished them YAY!
As for your strange drink container – he is a tanuki, or ‘raccoon dog’, a popular Japanese animal totem, and yes.. well.. endowed.. that is a common representation of them.. and very hard to understand for us Americans! There was a movie, Pom Poko, about them that Disney put out. Don’t let the ‘Disney’ part fool you though, the Tanuki (raccoon dogs) still have that weird feature.
Wow! love the socks, great colorway.
They are more purple IRL?
Hmmm. Where could Chaos be? Where? Where?
Those socks look great!!
I hope you win for the weirdest thing. That cup is rather odd. Cute but odd! 😉
Nice socks!
No wonder Chaos doesn’t know what to think of the drink cup. 🙂 Speaking of which, oh Chaos, I see you.
The socks are beautiful. Cats are like kids. You can buy them a ton of toys but they prefer boxes and other household objects. And sharing a chopstick or two with Chaos wouldn’t kill ya.
It won’t let me comment!
The socks are beautiful. Cats are like kids. You can buy them a ton of toys but they prefer boxes and other household objects. And sharing a chopstick or two with Chaos wouldn’t kill ya. (Yes, he has put me on the payroll as one of his minions)
Mmmm, Purple! They look great!
Black cat, black box. That’s finally a good hiding place. My cats are all under the impression that is they can’t see you then you certainly won’t be able to locate them.
Ok, so why DOES a camera always insist on turning purple knitting blue?? I find that to continually be true as well.
Anyway…I like the socks. I should finish a pair of socks. That would be nice.