Browsing the internets, as I do, I’ve noticed that it’s NationalNovelWritingMonth again, and someone has come up with National Sweater Knitting Month (although I don’t know how NaNoSweMo is the acronym… althoug it is easier to say that NaSwKniMo).
Now, I don’t have the time (or the ambition) to write a novel ever, much less in a month. While I would love to knit a sweater this month, and even have a tiny part of a sleeve started, I know I won’t finish. I’m slow. I don’t have the time.

What I do want to do is improve my blog-surfing manners. For this entire month, I pledge to leave at least one comment per day. I have 81 feeds in my bloglines, I check it over breakfast in the morning, and always throughout the evening, while I’m knitting or whatever. But what I never do is comment. I know I love seeing the comment notifications in my inbox when someone comments here. I’m hoping that by forcing myself to do it this month, it’ll be easier, more natural later on.

I’m sort of working on this principle: in grade 12, my more-religious-than-me roommate gave up biting her fingernails for Lent. I expressed some opinion of doubt, so she told me I’d never be able to give up chocolate for 40 days. So we both gave up stuff, and watched each other like hawks, and both survived without breaking our promises. After that, I was so used to not eating chocolate, I just didn’t get the cravings anymore.

And it isn’t that commenting is a chore, either. I know people must like getting them (I do!), it’s great to get feedback, it doesn’t take long, but for some reason I just don’t. It only takes a second to command-click (don’t knock the Mac. Love the Mac. Screw right-clicking) on the post I want to comment on. With it in another tab, I can even finish perusing Bloglines before commenting, it doesn’t need to be immediate. But for some reason, I don’t.

But this month, I will. At least one comment posted by me, every day. Maybe more. Not Less! I started this blog to connect with people. I realise now that you can’t just wait for people to flock to you. You must go out, and comment, my children.

I have already left today’s comment, now I knit. I want mittens for Monday.

Oh. Damn. Just checked the long-term weather, apparently it’s warming up on Monday. We get plus temperatures! Oh well, still want to finish the mittens so I’m prepared for the next time it gets past -10C. That’s when my little fleece gloves are fairly useless.