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I love download estimation times, really I do:

Computer: "53 minutes remaining."
Me: *watches an ep of Stargate on iPad*
Computer: "41 minutes remaining."
Me: "WTF?"
Computer: "43... no, sorry, 45 minutes remaining."
Me: *rolls eyes and goes to get more coffee*
Computer: "30 minutes remaining!"
Me: *loads flist*
Computer: "...59 minutes remaining"
Me: "wtfever."
Computer: "26 minutes remaining?"
Me: *posts entry*
Computer: "1 hour 8 minutes remaining."
Me: *rolls eyes and clicks edit entry*
Browser: *does not respond for a while*
Computer: "26 minutes remaining! Hahahaha sucker."
Browser: *loads entry to edit*
Computer: "Still 26 minutes. But I want you to know I am v. disappointed. Enough to make it 30 minutes so there. No, just kidding, 28. No, kidding about kidding, 32."
Me: *eyes save-entry button speculatively*
Computer: "How does 19 minutes sound?"

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So I have this thing where I'm making these (I am insane) for someone as soon as their yarn arrives.

I also cast off last night on a project that should have been finished several months ago. I have not yet woven in ends, or washed/blocked, and I am trying not to chicken out on giving it to the person I made it for, but nevertheless, there are no active knitting projects on my desk.

The logic part of my brain says: The yarn will be coming soon. Hold off on starting new things.

The knitter part of my brain says: to hell with logic, I want to START SOMETHING and maybe several somethings and GIMME.

(the knitter part of my brain is about five years old, I think.)

( thinky thoughts, aka thunks )

ETA: The yarn came! Eeeeeeyay. /bounces with glee/ Pretty pretty pettables. So I do not need to dither about an interim project \o/