Sheep Shots: Selfish September Day 15

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Selfish September Day 15

self·ish

Pronunciation: 'sel-fish

Function: adjective1 : concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others

2 : arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others

3 : being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function ; also : being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication (has nothing whatever to do with knitting!) - self·ish·ly adverb - self·ish·ness noun

Fifteen more days.

Don't like it? Can't bear to read it? Then please don't.

Not that I need to explain further, this being my blog and all, but I have set aside moments this month to knit for myself. Not to the exclusion of other knitting, but merely for the purpose of accomplishing a sweater or two that I can wear to warm my bod.

I have partners in crime. I am not alone.

We are strapping on our air masks before assisting the child in the seat next to us.

// posted by Ann @ 9/14/2006 11:39:00 PM

Comments:

Good for you!

# posted by

Lillian : 7:49 AM

I really need to follow your example. I have a Samus sweater started last winter that I would love to be able to wear this year. But I keep putting it off in favor of knitting for others - anybody - instead of myself. Even if I devoted one day a week on this, it would make a huge difference. Maybe we should remember that the saying is, "Love thy neighbor as thyself" not "MORE THAN thyself." ;o)

# posted by

AmyS : 10:46 AM

You're actually supposed to strap your mask on first.....but I suppose that's a literary device? lol.

Yay for Selfish Knitting! I tend to practice it almost exclusively but you do need a balance of both.

Now enjoy your selfish knitting and do not defend it.

# posted by

Carrie K : 9:56 PM