the middle knitter

I pretty much can only knit on the weekends. During the rest of the week, school keeps me too busy. When I'm reading for class, I have to do it with a pen in hand, or the whole thing goes in one ear and out the other. During the rest of the week, I rely on the little critter you see above to occupy my moments between events. Yes, my friends, you're looking at a bona fide Tamagotchi.

When I was a kid, these things were all the rage. I never got one. I had a Gigapet, a dog. It was fun enough, but I was annoyed, because every time it grew up, it looked exactly the same. (Unless I starved it or mistreated it, and I was the ultimate Goody Goody child--I didn't break the rules or abuse my virtual pets.) I have to say, the Tamagotchi definitely beats that old Gigapet.

I'm especially fond of its current incarnation. Its name is Mars (because I give each new pet a classical name), and it turned into a hamster. It's adorable. I love how adorable it is, and I love the irony of the Tamagotchi I named after the god of war being an adorable hamster.