Just The Facts, Ma'am

I don't like misrepresentation - or someone trying to fool me into something being better than it really is. I like genuine. Now - everyone tries to play up their good points, that's okay, but don't lie to me.

When I was in high school I remember a time when "playing up my good points" failed, miserably. One of my very best friends in HS and I used to go cruising in LC's Camaro every Friday night with all the cool kids, which I was not, but would have liked to have been. Anyway, we'd cruise up and down Main Street and look for hot guys and hot cars.... but the trouble was it was all the same kids we went to school with pretty much, and they already knew who drove what, and who was hot and who was not.... so it didn't really get me very far in the social world.

So, one night we had LC's CB radio (yep, it was the 70's, and I'm old now) and, I figured this was a cool way to be incognito and put myself out there without anyone really knowing who I was. I really had no plan on what I was gonna do if anyone was ever really interested in my "new persona," which really didn't matter because I got shot down my first time I put it out there.

See, I was gonna make up a cool and sexy "handle," something to do with my green eyes... So I make up the handle "Emerald Eyes." I mean, come on, what guy's NOT gonna want to meet me with a cool name like that. So, I get on the radio, and they ask who I am, and I mysteriously say "this is Emerald Eyes...." and the guy on the other end shoots back... "Hemorrhoids! - what kind of name is that?" I never got on the CB again, and never tried to pretend I was someone I wasn't ever again.

(LC - do you remember this??)

So, even here in blogland, where I could pretend to be anyone I want to.... pretty much what you see/read is what you get. I don't have the time and stamina to live a double life, and I'm not a good liar.

This is why I love knitting blogs - you get the straight scoop on yarn and patterns. If it's cra*, someone will tell you, and you don't end up wasting your time and money. And if it's great, everyone will jump on the bandwagon. I have yet to be fooled by a blogger. I like getting the genuine truth on products!

So, in the interest of full disclosure, and how much I am loving knitting a fast sock, here's a close up pic of my new (and finished) Hill Country Yarn sock next to my Trekking XXL Jaywalker (which I'm also loving), so that you can see the difference in the gauges. This is making a lovely, soft, functional and thick sock, and I'll be wearing them like crazy with my clogs. They weren't pulling your leg when they named it "Instant Gratification" sock yarn. Love this yarn.

And, here's a plug for my favorite product line, L'Occitane. Do you guys know about this stuff? I LOVE IT. And, for me, this is saying something, because I am the generic/whatever's-on-sale queen. Cheap. But I cannot live without their honey/shea butter soap, even take it when I travel, and this tin of pure shea butter is a lifesaver for chapped hands. It has been cold and dry, and WINDY here... and I LOVE this stuff. It makes my hands soft and, best, isn't wet, sticky, etc, so immediately after you can pick up your knitting!!! They don't know me from Adam, and this is an unsolicited commercial plug... but if you have dry skin, try it, it's the best.

Well - hopefully after watching ER tonight I'll have a pair of socks to show you tomorrow. Ok, well, I'm not gonna lie to you, maybe by Saturday, at the latest...

Emerald Eyes - signing off.