Ravelry revelry

I'm in!

Watching the Ravelry invite line ahead of me shrink but not quite reach me was like counting down those long, final hours until Christmas as a child. Only 29 were in front of me when I left for a screening of The Heartbreak Kid. (I usually like the Farrelly brothers' work, but I wasn't feeling this one.) I was tempted to stay home but didn't. Would I get to join all the cool kids when I got home? Yes!

I should have been prepared for my first obstacle--choosing an unchangeable user name--but I hadn't given it any thought. I didn't want to use my real name, for obvious reasons. The thought of coming up with a new, unique name made my head hurt, especially with the knowledge that I'll be stuck with it forever.

I would have used my blog name--the secret knitter (including the article and written in all lowercase, to be specific)--but I was thwarted by space constraints and the inability to have spaces. While I would prefer to have the determiner with the name, I don't like how "thesecretknitter" looks, so I've gone with "secretknitter". (No silly underscores for me, thank you.) I don't foresee changing my nom de blog, so it makes the most sense.

Now that I'm in, I don't know where to begin. Setting up one's profile requires some heavy duty organizing, something I won't mind doing but which I have no patience for this evening. I think I know what I will be spending the better part of Thursday night doing, though.