I’ve decided to repeat my 2004 GOTV effort, this time to help elect Barack Obama. Granted, I don’t have a shop where I can harass the shit out of my customers anymore, and I cannot talk politics at work, but I can keep voter registration forms in my car and my knitting bag and ask every single person outside of work if they are registered to vote, and if they are not, then impress on them just how important it is that they do register. Especially this year, this year more than ever. And if you, reading this, are not yet registered to vote, then hie your ass over to Rock The Vote and get yourself done. NOW. I’ll wait. taps toes impatiently
(This is double-posted here and over at Cats, Sheep, & Penguins because I couldn’t get into the admin part of this blog. That is, the page hung for about two minutes and I got fed up and closed the tab. You should check out CS&P anyway, because there are some other cool posts over there.)
My name on Ravelry is “glitterbug” (natch!), and I’m a member of 39 groups, one of which is Knitters For Obama, which, at 7:14 pm on Earth Day 2008 has a total of 1234 members. The Knitting With Hillary group, by stark comparison, has only 183 members. Our group has organized a “call to service” effort; we’re knitting baby bonnets and bibs to be donated to NICUs in upcoming primary states in honor of The Gentleman From Illinois. For whatever reason, I cannot for the life of me get the NICU T-Bonnet to print, so I’m making simple bibs. I found the perfect buttons today at Flying Fingers in Tarrytown, NY (my favorite LYS). Posing with the newly sprouted hosta, here are the four I’ve finished, ready to be Priority Mailed out to North Carolina tomorrow. As to the yarnover eyelets on the red one top right; yeah, I thought about that halfway through. Eyelets? On a bib? Not too savvy. But cute. What do you think?
We don’t get MSNBC, but here’s his “Special Comment” from last night, brought to you courtesy of YouTube. This is the very first thing he said:
“By way of necessary preface, President and Sen. Clinton, and the senator’s mother, and the senator’s brother, were of immeasurable support to me at the moments when these very commentaries were the focus of the most surprise, the most uncertainty, and the most anger. My gratitude to them is abiding. Thus I have fought with myself over whether or not to say anything.”
Also, I am not here endorsing Sen. Obama’s nomination, nor suggesting it is inevitable.”
…there has never been anything false about hope. - Barack Obama
Change we can believe in, yes we can. - Barack Obama
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain. - Anonymous
…glitter on the mattress, glitter on the highway, glitter on the front porch, glitter in the hallway… - The B-52s
...they may not be going forward, yet, but they’re resisting going backwards with all their might. - BLC
She's just kind of confused and muddled, and she gets a bit worried…She just needs someone to be kind to her…Because there came times when the darkness cleared from her mind, and she was happy again, and she laughed at her fears and blessed him for looking after her so well; and she was so full of love and sweetness then that he could think of no better companion… - Philip Pullman
Keep moving forward. - Walt Disney
Of course it is happening inside your head, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? - Albus Dumbledore
Turning raw material into a useful—and used—item is being an active part of a living world. - Angela Schneider
You are my everything...
You give me everything
I have no need to borrow
And when I think of you
You take away my sorrow
I´ll always love you baby
Like there´s no tomorrow
~ Lenny Kravitz "Sistamamalover"
