Yes I found more links...

This time song lyrics! Can't decide which song is my favorite. I won't list all of them. Here's the opening song in the Laundromat. The interlude where Billy and Penny dance? Sigh.

FreezeRay
Laundry day
See you there
Under Things
Tumbling

Wanna Say
Love your Hair
here I go
mumbling

With my freezeray
I will stop
the world

With my freezeray
I will find the time to
find the words to

Tell you how
how you make
make me feel
what’s the phrase?

like a fool
kinda sick
special needs
anyways

with my freezeray I will stop
the pain
it’s not a deathray or an icebeam
that’s all Johnny Snow

I just think you need time to know
that I’m the guy to make it real
the feelings you don’t dare to feel

I’ll bend the world to our will
And we’ll make time stand still

that’s the plan
rule the world
you and me
anyday

love your hair
(what?)
no I…I uh… love the air
anyway

with my freezeray I will stop–

The Evil League of Evil has a website. You can email Bad Horse. Be interesting to see if anything comes of this.

I've read some disgruntled fans of Dr Steel saying Dr Horrible is a rip off. I checked out Dr Steel. Both sing, both wear Evil Dr outfits but I don't see Dr Horrible as a rip off of Dr Steel. Maybe I'm just not geeky or cool enough to get Dr Steel but I did not find him that amazing. If anything Dr Horrible has brought more attention to Dr Steel. I know my fave. Sorry Dr Steel.



Knitting News! I'm enjoying the latest Market Bag. I'm finishing up the 3rd Branching Out repeat.

Yes More Dr Horrible

I know, I know. Enough already.

I made a The Tick/Dr Horrible connection tonight while cleaning up after dinner. My favorite Tick quote is "I"m doing Laundry!" Tick says laundry with such conviction. Look at the laundry, it's epic.

Billy and Penny meet doing Laundry.

Weak. Yes, but fun and it made cleaning up the dishes a bit more exciting.

I've been mucking around a few Dr Horrible message boards. I've found links, that other people found to what seem to be specific costume pieces for Dr Horrible. As of this morning fans have found pretty much everything but the lab coat. Similar lab coats but not EXACT. It's a Howie style lab coat, the second pic down is close but not exact. I'm thinking Dr Horrible's coat was built for the show or was used in another show. I've read that it looks similar to one on Firefly but I can't confirm.

Who knew welding goggles could be hot? I don't hang with welders so I did not know. Welding gloves come in white? Welding seems pretty dirty work. So is car manufacturing and Honda has their workforce in white. Dave is in grease free IT and it's still hard to keep his Honda uniforms bright white. White chemical boots I can understand. They go with the whole white, clean room vibe.

If you want that next level of costume authenticity how about Dr Horrible's remote control.

I'm curious what Joss and his team come up with next.

In other non knitting news I found this 5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake recipe on Ravelry.

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

4 tablespoons cake flour(that’s plain flour, not self-raising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips(optional)
a small splash of vanilla essence
1 coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla essence, and mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t be alarmed!

Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.

EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

Mwaahhaaahhaaahhaaahhaaa!

OMG that sounds so good. Just a little cake. Must send this to my cake girlfriend. Might have to try this out at our next playdate. Must test bake first.

In knitting news I am making progress on the Everlasting Fantasy Branching Out Bag. I'm up through one repeat of Branching Out. The cotton is a nice break from the Rambling Rows acrylic. It's been so hot the last few days. Just too hot to be outside in the afternoon.

Rambling, Branching and Going Dark

Making steady progress on Rambling Rows. I have blocks 1-23 compete. It's bright and cheerful in person but the acrylic is not so fun in this heat.

After checking out my Holiday Knitting status and the 90 degree heat we've been experiencing I started a cotton market bag that I've dubbed the Everlasting Fantasy Branching Out Bag. The bottom is Everlasting Bagstopper, the sides Branching Out and the top/handles Fantasy Natural Market Bag. Should be interesting.

Dr. Horrible goes dark tonight. I successfully installed itunes and bought a season pass to Dr. Horrible. Turns out itunes is quite disappointing as a media player. Even with no other programs running the video and sound do not sync, and lurch along, not smooth or pleasing at all. My machine is not rocket fast new but it's not exactly a dino either. The plan is to upgrade my ram sometime in the near future, that will hopefully improve performance.

In the meantime E and I have been watching Dr. Horrible online pretty much non stop all weekend. She seems to just love Dr. Horrible and the music in general. She's been singing her own version of the opening song "With My Freeze Ray" over and over much to Dave's annoyance. I'm looking forward to getting a copy of the offical soundtrack so she can learn the words a bit better.

Speaking of soundtracks we have a copy of De'Lovely, the Cole Porter musical/drama/bio pic waiting for us at the library. We have a copy of the movie from the library and E LOVES the musical numbers. She's been singing "Let's Fall in Love" and "Night and Day" for a few days now. The plan is to get the soundtrack and listen to it in the car.

Fan Girl

Have you watched? The third act went live today. I liken it to The Tick meets Soundheim meets Firefly. Singing Cowboys! Evil Angst! A kicking evil lair. Voldemort? NPH singing while wearing welding goggles and rubber gloves!

Let's put it this way. My desire for continued access to Dr Horrible got me to load itunes on my computer. I don't listen to music much outside the car, then it's NPR, WCBE or WOSU. Until now I've had no interest in messing with itunes or paying for web content.

Turns out itunes now carries Torchwood, but no Doctor Who. A season of Torchwood is about 25 and change or 1.99 an episode. I was just thinking I would like to find high quality, subtitle, commercial free eps of Torchwood. Admittedly I will probably wait for the US dvd set for all of the extra features. September 16th is not that far away.

Oh and of course there is a Ravelry group for Dr Horrible.

Bring On The Cute

H-Man's Weasley Sweater is finished. Oh I hope it fits ok. The plan is to have H's picture taken while wearing the sweater soon. Maybe after his new glasses arrive. This is my first sweater in a long time, several years and in my opinion my best to date. I'm just so pleased.

Dr Horrible

I love Joss Whedon's work. Neil Patrick Harris can sing, who knew. Oh he is handsome, and talented and refreshingly alive and normal for a former child actor. I have July 19th on the calendar for the final episode of this three part online miniseries.

Holiday Knitting Update

Thought I would revisit my Holiday Knitting List O Fun. I feel like the blog is drifting lately. Suppose I've been drifting a bit as well and the blog is suffering for it. For the most part I'm enjoying the summer, the kids and I hang out in the backyard, we run errands. I knit and read. Dave works and hangs out in the basement. I'm slowly rebuilding my computer after a much needed wipe and restore. So that means lots of data moving and grooving. On to the knitting list.

Holiday Knitting List O Fun

Dad Hats, 70th B-Day and Xmas Jacques Cousteau Hat done
Double Layer Hat

Allison Gesundheit in pink/green camo yarn done

NLF TBA, but must be cool

Madaline and Sue birthdays, knit shopping bags I've knitted three so far. Not sure I can part with the blue/brown one, the green one is ok, and the purple one is too small. So at least one more.

Katie TBA and GRADUATION gift, which must be cool. Katie has graduated, we gave her a leather bound journal for Graduation. Holiday is still up in the air. She is also one of my 5's of readers so I can't talk too much about whatever I do knit/buy for her.

S&J Gesundheit in Red?

Tracy Thinking about another cool hat, maybe mitts. Sadly this ship has sailed.

Grandma Janette Gesundheit in Blue

Dad and Sue Gesundheit in Blue

Bill, Rambling Rows in Ruth Yarn, must start soon, big project WIP BABY! This is a monster sized project for me. I'm really enjoying Rambling Rows and the variegated yarn looks pretty cool. I'm just going to keep plinking away at this beast of a project.

GM&D Gesundheit in Brown?

Teacher gifts? TBA

Dave Cobblestone

H Man Weasley Sweater All knitted just waiting for seaming. Maybe I'll do that tonight. Need to just sit down while the kids are in bed and get it finished.

E, MUST finish Crumpets before she grows out of it! FO BABY! Finished and photographed.


Analysis

So I'm looking at 4 Gesundheits, a Double Layer Hat, at least one if not more market bags, Allison wants one too. Hmmm wonder if NLF would use one, a stealth black one. I'm going to wait on the teacher gifts until I have more info.

Hmmm. This helps me focus. It's so hard to figure out what to knit next. My Ravelry Queue is bursting with projects. Looking over the queue reminds me I need to decide if I'm going to participate in the Summer Knitting Olympics. If I do I want to knit a pair of Monkey socks with my Moondance Hand dye sock yarn from Crazy 4 Dyeing. Aunt Debbie wants another Esther Williams hat for Christmas. I've been thinking about knitting cotton/tulle dish scrubbies as part of my holiday gifts. Hmmm.

I've also been contemplating knitting a sweater vest for H. H-Man rocks sweater vests. I have a ton of Telemark that does not felt well that would make a rocking sweater vest.

I'm thinking finish the Weasley sweater, frog the hedgie at least for now, think I might be using the wrong sized needles anyway, not that it would matter much, and continue to plink away on Rambling Rows. After finishing the Weasley sweater I'm thinking a tissue box cover or a knitted bag is up next.