My Life is Almost as Blah as my Blog...

Well, that's not entirely true. I did convocate this week (can that be used as a verb? or just as a noun [convocation]?). I officially have a BA (Hons.) with distinction. Pretty nifty. And I'm settling into a routine at work, which is nice. My brother graduated from high school last weekend, and my cousin got her second degree the weekend before that (B.Ed.). So I guess it has been an eventful couple of weeks. But as far as knitting goes, not much has happened. There is, however, a reason for this:

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION... The Mario Mix!

I've never played DDR before, and Job got it for me as a grad gift because we heard from a friend that it's a good cardio workout. I'm completely addicted. I think I'm getting pretty good, but we read on some message board that true-blue DDR-ers (?) find the Mario Mix far too easy. Oh well. It's fun. And when I finish a few levels at "Hard" and "Very Hard" I have worked up a sweat and didn't even notice! Is that the best way to work out or what??

For those in the world (could there be any?) who do not know what DDR is, it is a video dancing game. You need to step on the arrows when they flash on the screen at the right time. In the Mario Mix, you dance to remixes of all those Mario tunes... you know you know them... and you can play Easy, Medium, Hard, Very Hard, or Super Hard. There is also a story mode, which is kind of lame but pretty standard in any Mario franchise title. Somehow dancing becomes magical and you use your moves to melt ice, stop whirlpools, etc. I don't think the masterminds at Nintendo put a lot of overtime hours into the perfect way to work dancing into the story. But hey, that's not the important part of the game.

So, long story short (yeah, right!), socks are progressing ever-so-slowly, scarf even more so, sweater is at a screeching halt, but not expected until Christmas so I'm okay with that. But another grad gift (from Job's mom) was a $50 gift certificate to my LYS, so I think it's time to add another mess of yarn and needles to the "current project basket". Yay!

Anyhow, I'm experiencing severe Mario withdrawal... my feet are starting to twitch... so that's all for now!