One of my friends from Eugene posted a link to the Great White Snark's blog, where there is a hilarious venn diagram explaining the difference between geeks, dweebs, dorks, and nerds. I found it extremely entertaining in my current viral state, and had no trouble placing myself on the chart. What about you? I don't know why venn diagrams are so appealing to me, but they certainly are.
Last night I had a stash-busting breakthrough. After agonizing for months over what pattern to use with those ten skeins of Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool that I've had in my stash for almost two years, I finally came up with something and cast on. The yarn looks like this:
The pattern is Bergère de France number 829 on this website, and golly, it's in French. Since I took years of French in high school and college, theoretically this shouldn't be a problem. I don't use or practice the language all all though, and I certainly never learned knitting vocabulary or French knitting pattern conventions (which are pretty funky). I found what I hope will be all the help I need on the Chez Plum blog, so I'm hopeful that I'll be able to pull this "Pull col asymétrique" off. I took it slowly last night, not even venturing past the ribbing on the back piece.
I got a quick response from Edda rejecting my Frobenius article, which was a bummer. They thought it was too speculative, and said that they were trying to cut down on the number of articles in English. That last point is very odd, given that at least the UiO administration makes it very clear that they prefer that their researchers publish in English, as a way of demonstrating the university's commitment to "internationalization."
I decided not to revise the content or approach before I give at least one more journal a try. Maybe I'm being arrogant, but I actually think it's a strong analysis. It's perhaps more "cultural studies" than strictly literary, which may be why the editors rejected it before sending it out to peer review. I spent the day at work yesterday translating all the Norwegian quotations, and then sent it off to Scandinavian Studies. It's a pain that their review process is so slow. It can take over a year to get something published there. My plan for today was to finish up the Storm article (finally). I have just got to get that one out somewhere, and I may send it to Scandinavica. But give the sorry state of my head right now, that will have to wait.
