Again With the Crafty Procrastinating

I am trying to write a thesis on stuff about America and nationalism and foreign policy. I also work part-time, teach part-time, and I sometimes work as a research assistant.

Each week there are precious few moments left where I can work on my own research and writing.

I treasure those moments.
In order to be as productive and time efficient as possible it is important to make my environment as conducive to scholarlyness as possible.
I make a pot of tea.
I put on the soundtrack to Waking Life (excellent writing music by the way).
I curl up on the couch with my blanket, books, pens, post-it-notes, journal, and laptop.



And then I start doing this:

I’ve also just taught myself to crochet. I figure when I finally crash and burn and don’t actually end up eradicating all global conflict, poverty, disease and violence, I will be able to support myself and my brood of chubby babies by knitting.

I’ll start like this:

You know, knitting for a cause. Perhaps not the cause in the above picture though, more like world peace. I'll start the

KNIT FOR WORLD PEACE campaign.

And then I'll probably end up like this:



For any and all who, in their search for more creative ways to procrastinate (and have already washed your entire collection of tea canisters) I heartily recommend you give knitting a go.