man, the heat in my apartment is almost unbearable. i am practically sweating as i sit here typing this out. my place is one of those places that sucks in the heat of the day and just won't let it go. i just hope it's a little cooler in a few hours so i can go to sleep. things are busy as usual around here. work's just crazy. new stuff keeps coming in every day and it feels like i may never catch up. i can only hope not to get too far behind. but i can't really complain because i have a new office (though the air in there doesn't always work) at least. i've been staying so late at work that i am too tired when i get home at night to do much knitting. i've been really neglecting it, but i am going to try to make an effort to take some time out to knit just for me. i finished one thing lately. well really half of a pair. i originally started making these fingerless gloves for my brother. he likes things really snug and tight so i made these small on purpose. unfortunately they're too small so they're going to my mom. making the little fingers was a pain but i think it looks cute.



i am making these with rowan ryc cash soft yarn and it's really nice. i bought some ryc cash cotton in blue to make my brother a new pair. i also got an amazing yarn treat in the mail today. yarn from the harry potter sock club from sunshine yarns. i saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and i liked it a lot. much better than my memory of the book (my least favorite out of all of them so far) but the movie put everything together nicely. but back to sock yarn. i received my first installment of the sock club yarn and here it is:



it's called "another weasley," named, of course, after the weasley family from the potter books. it's a great color and i love the inspiration behind it. not sure what i am going to make out of it yet but i can't wait to knit with it.

and i saw a great little film last night called broken english, directed by zoe cassevettes and starring parker posey. it's just a great story about a woman in her early 30's struggling with her life and her search for love. parker posey was really great in it and justin theroux makes and appearance (super cute) and there's an charming french actor in it (melvil poupaud) who is just so sweet and lovely. and drea de matteo plays posey's best friend. you should check it out if you get the chance.

i'm off to take a cool shower now and finish packing, as i am off to san diego tomorrow for the comic convention. it's gonna be so much fun. have a good weekend!