I need to find a good knitting project to work on, now that it's getting cold outside. The only problem is, kitties like to play with yarn, and now that we have two kitties, we have twice the yarn attackers. Our new kitty's name has been changed from Suzie (that's what they called her at the shelter) to Skadi. Skadi is the Norse goddess of hunting and winter, and she is the second wife to the god Odin. Our Odin is much more accepting of her now that they've been together for a few weeks, although he still has his crabby-pants days where he hisses or swipes at her. I'm just glad they can sleep in the same bed without fighting in the middle of the night anymore. That got old quick.
We had a good time at Halloween, lots of costume parties to go to, treats to eat, and drinking. I was Velma from Scooby Doo, and Aaron was Old Man Johnson (dressed as a ghost) from Scooby Doo one night, and then a robot the next night. The robot costume is always a hit. We made a change this year, and added a battery-powered fan in the top of the costume, so he could wear it without overheating. However, Aaron got assigned the duty of Bartender for the evening, and couldn't fit behind the bar in the costume, so it spent most of the night in the corner, all lit up.
Last Monday night, Aaron and I went to the Guthrie art center to see Jonathan Coulton in concert. The first time I'd ever heard of him was on Rock Band 2, a song about an evil scientist who is in love with a girl, who doesn't reciprocate his feelings. He's got songs about zombies, software coding, vampires, etc. I've heard his genre of music is called "nerd folk" as it's nerdy and acoustic. Whatever you call it, it was hilarious. The whole night, we were laughing our heads off. And it was a LONG concert, almost 4 hours. Well worth it.
I got to go to my first ever Vikings game on the 18th with my friend Lori from work - her brother had tickets, and someone backed out, so I was invited. We had a ton of fun. We tailgated before the game, headed in (missed the first quarter because it took so long to get into the Metrodome), and got to sit near the endzone on the 2nd level. We witnessed a fight between a drunk fan and a police officer in the stands above us, who was handcuffed and escorted out of the Dome. We almost left, in the last few seconds, as the Ravens were going for a field goal, which would have won the game for them, but thank goodness they missed, and the Vikings ended up winning.
And now it's November, and there are two months left to the year. 2009 went way too fast for me.
