School is in, so Spanish classes have started again. Yesterday we had to fill in a questionnaire about ourselves. The toughest question was "Name something unique or interesting about yourself."
Last semester, my answer was easy: "I am currently knitting a pig." I knitted a stuffed pig for my son's birthday. He was obsessed with Charlotte's Web, so when I found a knitting pattern for a toy pig, I knew it was my destiny.
With Wilbur long since completed, my best random conversation starter no longer applies. I need to give some thought to my next crazy true fact. In class, I went with the not-terribly-original (and not exactly true either) "I make the best brownies in the universe." Well, they are good, but not that good. And being able to make good brownies, while a useful skill, is not especially unique or interesting, really.
I suppose I could have mentioned the fact that I'm in the midst of hand-dyeing long underwear so Superman will have something to wear come Halloween. Turns out that "royal blue" Dylon dye in a stainless steel soup pot for an hour will make your off-white thermal undies look like the real thing.
Now reading:
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Thirteen Days/Ninety Miles by Norman H. Finkelstein
Now listening:
"Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" via podcast
Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
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