I’ve been thinking lately about how wide and varied my interests are. I seem to have the personality where I get deeply interested in something, learn just enough about it to get it, then get distracted with something new … and repeat.<\/p>\n
I have a few new up-and-coming interests that are of a professional nature. I’m going to be writing an article about youth librarianship, social web things, with my esteemed colleague Erin<\/a>. I’ve been accepted as a reviewer of zines for Library Journal<\/a>. These are both interesting to me, and all publishy.<\/p>\n Realizing that I could have professional success (or at least librarical infamy) if I keep this kind of thing up, I realized that I may just need to pare down some of my interests. I have simply too many things I want to do. I feel a list coming on…<\/p>\n Ongoing and Upcoming Projects:<\/strong> Most of these projects require some sort of crafty supplies, and I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but Jason, Stella, and I live in a very small apartment. A lot of my crap is out and about, since looking at it inspires me to make something. (Or, like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie<\/a>, it bounces me from idea to idea.) I think the tools and supplies of my interests are suffocating us.<\/p>\n So, I’ve decided that I’m going to pack up a lot of the crap. I’m going to focus on just a few interests, and let the rest be for a while. I get jealous of Jason, because a lot of his ongoing projects are computer-based, and therefore take up a lot less room (even if they incite the same amount of panic and overwhelming feelings I have).<\/p>\n I’m declaring my cleared head! I don’t know about you, but I feel better. I’m hoping that my intense list-making skills and cut-and-run tactics have left you breathless with wonderment, and willing to make changes to your own lives (as opposed to feeling overwhelmed and ADHD, as I fear you might).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been thinking lately about how wide and varied my interests are. I seem to have the personality where I get deeply interested in something, learn just enough about it to get it, then get distracted with something new … and repeat. I have a few new up-and-coming interests that are of a professional nature. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,1,5,3,12,6,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after-school-special","category-best-idea-ever","category-bucket-of-sunshine","category-i-did-it-for-schmience","category-in-reality-im-six","category-knit-or-get-off-the-pot","category-random-sonya-fact","category-shes-crafty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFix that accordion I bought, and learn to play it
\nBind and cover books – with all the paper, board, and tools I’ve been hording
\nMaster Knitter Level II
\nKnitting in general – and all the yarn, needles, and accoutrement
\nLetterboxing kits – carve stamps, write clues, hide boxes
\nSewing wallets – sewing machine, giant tub full of fabric
\nSilkscreening – hoops and screen and paints and shirts
\nPainting – paints, brushes, and canvases
\nDevelop last of the rolls of film I have – photo processing containers and chemicals
\nWedding photography – take that camera I bought and shoot some people at their wedding (ha)
\nMaking hollow books – random books I don’t want to read, but do want to hack apart
\nLearn more American Sign Language – I know about 100 words and can throw together a sentence
\nThe 24 Hour Zine Thing<\/a> – website, distro
\nFinish Outside Cat, the zine
\nWrite a gyne zine
\nWork on DIY Reporter zine (bet you didn’t know that one even existed)
\nPlay Pokemon Pearl<\/a> on Shane’s DS
\nPractice the trombone
\nWork at a bike shop – sadly, I stopped, but I’m still accruing tools
\nWork as a children’s performer – I don’t know if I’ll have an opportunity to do this again, like I did with Toe Jam
\nTell stories – I could get so wrapped up in the storytelling guild …
\nWork on Openknitting<\/a> (bet you didn’t know that existed either)
\nResearch for upcoming LJ zine column on medical zines
\nStart research with Erin for upcoming Library Review issue
\nRead books – like knitting, I don’t think I have a choice<\/p>\n
\nI would like to keep knitting, but stick to one project at a time, with no starting random socks just because I have nothing else planned. Much like Goodreads <\/a>has focused my reading to books I actually am interested in, Ravelry <\/a>should do the same for knitting projects. Lastly, I think I’d like to finish the zine of Outside Cat. It would be something you would subscribe to, and I’d mail it to you. I’ll post about that later.<\/p>\n