Movie stars and socks

I went on vacation to Berlin, Dresden, and Prague, and met this dude in the airport.

To quote one of my dearest friends, "You do realize this doesn't happen to other people, right?"

If I was an even better knitter (or a braver person), I would have asked Vin Diesel to hold my sock-in-progress for a picture. However, here's the sock (I was allowed to knit on the plane going to Germany, and the plane going home from the Czech Republic, phew), and the view from the Best Western am Spittelmarkt.

In which Kate is somewhat incapable of taking great photos of yarn with PhotoBooth

I just had a one skein of yarn photo shoot (yay PhotoBooth), and while I normally *love* what I take with PhotoBooth, tonight ... well ... the lighting is off. I tried taking pictures with one lamp on, then two, then three, and the pictures all came out awkward.

Here is a (poor image quality) picture of what I plan to knit into a pair of socks during vacation:

Yarn: Ella Rae Lace Merino. 412 yards.

...and I hear some little (hopefully little) creature in the attic above my room. Off to investigate!

Apparantly, I forgot to reapply.

I just got back from a family vacation last night, and I am burned to a crisp. My skin has never been this firey-pink-color before. I was on WebMD earlier today, to figure out how long I will be a human lobster.

Thankfully, the worst has passed. And by "worst" I mean yesterday, which involved me wanting to do nothing more than lay in a tub full of oatmeal. Or ice cubes. Anything to stop the burning. Today I'm doing slightly better, though I am now regretting that I never was a tube top type of girl. Those things would be awesome right now.

Other things that would be awesome right now: being able to renew my library card at this very minute. My registration expired, so I need to wait until tomorrow to request the eponymous Scissor Sisters CD.