Take all the Chances...

The title comes from a song on the ol' thousand-song iPod, called "Chances" by Athlete.  It was in the Van Gogh episode of Doctor Who, which is really excellent.  The first lines are "Take all the chances that you can, you never know when they'll pass you by."

That's kind of a theme in my life.  I took a chance on coming to Mizzou instead of playing it safe closer to home.  I really took a chance dating Michael.  Age difference and racial difference were big deals to my family, but I just saw something in him.  And I suppose he saw something in me.  Of course, I can be a very surprising person, right?  This trip I'm planning.  Couldn't happen next year, not with the Olympics.  If I wait until after then, I'll have lost the nerve to do it.  Now is my chance.

The rest of the song is a little more melancholy for me, since it talks about love and kisses.  Ugh, I heard my first radio commercial of the year concerning Valentines Day.  That won't be a fun time.  It's a Monday, so I can't even really escape to my hometown.  I think some ice cream and action movies will probably fit the escapism need.

It's snowing again.  Well, it may have let up for now, but... there's a nice fresh blanket all over everything.  Even my driveway, which was almost passable before this.  But walking out from work, I was reminded of a part of winter I really love-- the squeak and crunch of fresh snow beneath my feet.  There's just something about that sound and feel, it's magical!  My feet are ready to feel warm asphalt again, though.  One of my joys in summer, walking outside barefoot.  Even on asphalt.  I'm not quite like my Dad, toughening my feet until I could run barefoot down a gravel road!  But I do like to just stroll out to get the mail without slipping on sneakers.  Ahh, still have to wait a while for that!

I'm over 760 songs into the iPod now.  The last several have been awesome.  Bohemian Rhapsody, With a Little Help From My Friends, Chances, No More I Love Yous (another tough one to listen to), and of course various Dr Who songs sprinkled through.  Those are quite appropriate considering my current knitting project!  I'm now three stripes in to Tom Baker's scarf (Season 12).  Glad to leave that tan behind for a while, even if the change is just to brown...

 See, loads of boring tan!  The stripe at the bottom right is actually a nice deep purple, and the brown is just visible at the top.  The ball of yarn at the upper left is the goldeny color that'll come next.  Hopefully my pictures of this in the future will be a lot more interesting than Huge Tan Section.  But at least it's easy to work on while getting my BBC America fix each day.