I know, I know, I’m late to the party, but it took me some time to calm down from all the Prop 8 madness. I wrote a very angry paragraph about that just now, but I deleted it because this really isn’t the place, and also because I’m tired of feeling fearful and angry. That’s not what this week is about.

This week is about hope. And change.

I was working on election night, so I managed to refrain from bursting into tears when Obama won. But–wow. And the more reactions I read or watch, the more celebrations I see, the more I feel like we’re heading in the right direction again. These past 8 years have been marked with so much darkness, and I hope now we can finally move forward.

It’s strange to think about; my mood has been so much lighter already. I had attributed a lot of the stress and cynicism to growing up (I was 17 when Bush was elected) but now I wonder if a lot of it hasn’t been this subtle weight of fear. There have  been times when I really thought our country was heading for a modern version of the Dark Ages. We were behaving like a bunch of maurading conquerors, and everyone seemed so quick to dismiss intelligence, culture, science, and technology as elitist and bad. We put on blinders and ignore so much–the widening gap between the rich and the poor, regulations that favored large corporations and screwed over average Americans and the environment, the fact that we are killing the Earth we live on (or at least making it inhabitiable.) Is ignoring climate change because we think that God gave us dominion over the land really that different than insistiting that the Sun revolves around the Earth because God made us the center of the Universe? Scientists have been ridiculed for both.

But enough looking at the past. I truly believe that Obama is the perfect person to lead us out of this mess and into a future that I actually want to be a part of.  More that being a good politian who has views that I agree with, Obama has the ability to inspire. That’s something our country hasn’t seen in a leader in a very long time, and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens.

Tarot Card of the Day: Four of Pentacles

Note: I realize everyone is talking about the election results right now, but I’m still a little too emotional to do that. Suffice to say, I’m thrilled that Obama won, but am very disappointed in California for passing Prop 8.

Spinning class is over, and I have reluctantly pried myself away from the loaner wheel. It’s very sad, but on the upside, I have yarn!

I had some singles that I needed to get off the bobbins before we learned to ply. They’re pretty funky looking.

Some more little bits of singles, odds and ends really.

My first real yarn, all plied together! I actually really like the way it turned out; one bobbin was from the beginning of class and very funky, full of over and underspun parts. The other bobbin was a lot more even, since it was from the end of class. But I really like the way they combined.

We did a yarn tasting at the end, so I got to try a bunch of different fibers. There was…let’s see…merino, a merino/silk blend, a merino/silk raw blend, some black-faced sheep (I think), llama, silk, and a camel/silk blend. It was challenging to try some of them, but also a lot of fun!

I still have to set the twist in m yarn. Not sure what I’ll use it for–I’m wondering if there’s enough to make a hat (maybe in combination with something else from my stash?) and I think I’m going to use the singles to make some cat toys. They smell rather sheepy, and it’s been driving the cats nuts, so they’d like that.

Tarot Card of the Day:The Tower

I voted this morning. It wasn’t as bad as I expected–I only had to wait 30 minutes. But I’m not as emotional as I thought I’d be; I don’t know if it hasn’t caught up to me yet, or I’ve just been too busy to think about it.

I’m really nervous about this election. I know a lot of people are predicting an Obama landslide but I don’t know. I think it’s a tight race, and I’m really worried about what could happen today.

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I’m going to be working tonight, but the rest of you can tune in to watch Current Diggs the Election. It’s going to be great–election results, tweets, video comments, and it’s all set to a soundtrack from Diplo. So grab some popcorn (and spare a thought for me, working away behind the scenes!) and your knitting and watch.

Tarot Card of the Day: King of Pentacles

The knitter isn’t here right now. She’s very busy at work or some silly thing like that. (Something about election season, whatever that is.) So I’m taking over.

I don’t think she left us enough crunchies. Do you have crunchies?

No? No gooshey food either? What good are you people? That’s it. I’m going back to sleep. The knitter can just update this thing herself when she’s back.

Tarot Card of the Day: Three of Cups