I'm Not Dead, The Phone Is!

For some reason our phone line went dead for hours today. Eventually we did get the dial tone back but then my parents came flying in the door practically in tears. Apparently someone paged my father at work (they usually only do that in emergencies) and hung up, and after they confirmed that it wasn't my aunt or grandmother they called our house to see if everything was okay and left five messages on the voice mail, none of which came through because OUR PHONE LINE WAS DEAD. So my mother assumed that either I got hit by a car and killed while I was getting the mail, the house burned down because my brother left the space heater on or he and Kristen got in a knife fight and killed each other. O_O

So I jokingly ask if either of them suffered a heart attack from the stress of wondering if their children were dead would we be allowed to sue the phone company? 6_6

Now that my sweater is done I need something else to work on! Is it time at last for Tempting I? I ordered some Knit Picks Merino-Style yarn in Iris (not Cornflower like I had planned) but after doing a gauge swatch I realized that 1). I need to go down to #7 circulars. 2.) I don't have them. -____- Now that I have the yarn in my possession I'm noting that Iris doesn't look much like it does on the website. It's a shade darker and less blue, more or less the same color as Noix de Rome's Violet B rooting hair. I know that purple is a freak color for a lot of people but with spring just around the corner it makes me think of dutch crocuses (crocii!) and grape hyacinths. Let's forget Barney for a while, please?

I'm still playing Children of Mana, that maddeningly repetitive/addictive game. In spite of its repetitive nature I still think it's better than SD3 because of its nice graphics, soundtrack and generally lovable characters. But I don't like it when I enter a new dungeon and the enemies swarm me and beat my ass down. When do I get to do the ass-kicking? O_O

I do like the idea of one central town as home base, rather than the main character being like dandelion fluff thrown around by the breeze with no place to call their own. Maybe it doesn't always work out that well but it's a nice change of pace. But as the village chief Moti seems to be the only character that has his own house with beds and everything! Is that where Tumble spends the night? Go on, Tumble, get some! ^o ^