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Crank Crank Crank

Last night, Ruth and I had a true stitch and bitch. She brought a little white sweater whose buttons kept breaking and replaced them all. I brought the Aran and cranked along happily for an hour or two.
I surprised myself by bitching at great length about work problems. Kinda fun - I rarely let that stuff out.
I also had a rare chance to use my English degree by proofing a couple of essays that Ruth was writing for some grad school applications.
Sitting there in the Candlelight Coffee House with a mostly done sweater on my lap, papers and pencil in hand, I felt positively cosmopolitan. Maybe it’s all the Sex and the City I watched last weekend, but I’m getting the urge to visit a big city again. Perhaps I’ll go visit Austin and get a fix. Or maybe some more serious travel is in order.

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8 Responses to “Crank Crank Crank”

  1. Stacey Says:
    March 10th, 2004 at 1:46 pm

    I am jealous. SXSW is happening soon. Best time I ever had was watching friends play in Austin at the festival.

    But I think you should finish the Aran and go somewhere cool (pun intended).

  2. Richard Y Says:
    March 10th, 2004 at 2:13 pm

    Dave, if you do make it up to Austin let me know… I’ll be speaking at SXSW:

    http://sxsw.com/interactive/panels/index.php?action=detail&con=ia&id=57

  3. Matt Roth Says:
    March 11th, 2004 at 11:51 am

    you could always visit the other Austin - your nephew in Connecticut….

  4. Kaetchen Says:
    March 11th, 2004 at 12:25 pm

    I hear San Francisco’s beautiful this time of year, hinthinthint…

  5. Jon Says:
    March 11th, 2004 at 11:18 pm

    You’re always welcome in NYC, too! We have good biking, and some OK knitting stores, too.

  6. Lisa Says:
    March 12th, 2004 at 5:49 pm

    haha! visit Austin to get a fix of Big City? Hee! I’m holding my sides laughing here, little bro!

  7. David Says:
    March 12th, 2004 at 8:19 pm

    Hey, I’m talking relative big here. I live in San Antonio. The biggest cultural event we have around here is First Friday, which is great and all, but it’s not exactly the kind of cultural happening that I like to imagine goes on in other places.
    Or maybe I’m just full of it. ;-)

  8. Shetha Says:
    March 12th, 2004 at 11:53 pm

    OK I have to laugh, too, at Austin being city-like. Don’t get me wrong, I love Austin so much and miss it every day, but even Portland (OR) is a bigger city… and it’s relatively small. At least you’re not getting the urge to go to Houston or Dallas/FW. Then I’d really worry :-)

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