2nd Annual?

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Hello!

Let's start with a few inspirational quotes:

"socks don't *need* mates" -- Megan Whalen Turner

"[Sejanus] tells Hilarion ... that any attack on the king, even so much as a mismatched stocking, is a blow for the queen." -- The King of Attolia, p.82 ****

Since the dawn of time (or, well, the history of socks), socks have been made to match. Whether they pass through a series of machines in a factory or through the caring hands of a knitter, these garments are generally made in pairs, worn in pairs, and worn out and discarded in pairs. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!

Forced into the narrow niche of matching-ness, few socks can be truly happy. As many Sounisians know, last year a revolution, A Conspiracy of Socks, was born. We aim to liberate the socks! They must roam free, on any feet, paired with any other socks of any length or pattern!!!!!

If you're feeling confused but interested, or if you just want to relive the glory days from last year ... some links ~
The beginning -- most of the sock-related comments are in the 1st comment's long thread.
The plan
Directions for making a pin
End of week follow-up
(those are all the sock links I could remember and find ... sorry if I left something out.)

I have conferred with revolutionary leader elle_winters , and we think that we should have another Conspiracy of Socks week next week, March 20-26.

If you want to join in, here are some ideas:
* Wear mismatched socks all week! (o' course!) You can select them randomly, or pick them to fit a character, or ... anything! Remember that mwt herself wears mismatched socks!
* Extend it to shoes, mittens, gloves, earrings, etc. if you really want to
* Tell your friends! Tell them about these books, tell them about Sockish Freedom, spread the joy...
* Write an ode to your favorite pair (or non-pair?)!
* Make a pin! (possible design in linked directions above)
* Make sock-shaped cookies!

Any other ideas? Changes to the date?  I hope everyone is doing well. FREE THE SOCKS AND LET THEM DANCE!


***We're not trying to strike blows against Attolia or act like Gen's attendants, but it's pretty cool that KoA has a mention of mismatched socks. Thank you, amolegere , for finding this quote. :)

Also, I know that there are plenty of human (as opposed to sock) movements going on right now that are or nearly are real revolutions. I'm not (or we're not, or nobody is) trying to draw parallels that might seem to trivialize world events or compare matched socks to loss of life. It's just ... this was a lot of fun last year, and I think that mismatched socks are a great way to show spirit. And you guys are awesome. Sorry for the awkward disclaimer.

Comments

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

Right, I have a greater variety of socks this year and I think I'm going to go all out with it and wear the mismatched socks and pin to school.

Huzzah for the spirit of liberation!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Still only got black, but maybe I can mix ankle highs and calf highs?

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a pretty good plan to me! Maybe even do the mismatched gloves?

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I may end up doing that for practicalities sake.

*can only find one red glove and one black glove*

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

I looooove that icon =)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

That's makes two of us! Rose with the gun in Satan Pit and Rose's independent world-saving performance in Fear Her are some of my favorite Rose-being-awesome scenes. I also love the reference to Doctor the 10th's speech in Satan Pit. "But that implies, in this big grand scheme of gods and devils, that she's just a victim. Well, I've seen a lot of this universe. I've seen fake gods and bad gods and demi-gods and would-be gods. I've had the whole pantheon. But if I believe in one thing... just one thing... I believe in her!" Oww... It still gives me goosebumps. Great moment for us epic Doctor/Rose shippers. *sigh* We miss you Rose!

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

*loves* this

I bet the Doctor mismatches his socks too!!!

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Whatever your socks think is right....

(listen to your socks!)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I'm listening. I'm listening, but all I hear are the voices that were already there last week. And they don't have any interest in socks. All they care about is world domination.

BE QUIET IN THERE! I'm TRYING to think!

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

You have voices in your socks that want to dominate the world?

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

No... Just the voices in my head. But they have some good ideas!

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo!!!

[roxyloop.livejournal.com]

This comes at just the right time. Friday my 6yo daughter was getting ready for school and I overheard her talking to herself. "Today I want liberated socks," she said. And she did wear them proudly all day.

Hooray! I must be raising my daughter right - right?

Next up - dancing on the rooftops?

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Next up - dancing on the rooftops?

This reminds me of many conversations with my mother when I was little:

me: Mommy, I'm bored.
Mommy: Oh really.
me: Mommy, what should I dooooooooo?
Mommmy: Oh, I don't know, tap dance naked on the roof?
me: ...
Mommy: Or [insert chore that needs doing].
me: *sigh*

:-b

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

xD

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! You most certainly are! :-)

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

ABSOLUTELY! :)

[aged-crone.livejournal.com]

Lament of a Lonely Sock
Flint-hearted folk look down on us and scoff,
"Socks don't need mates; alone, they're quite well off."
Could they speak words so cruel if they but knew, the knaves,
The anguish we endure as, struggling through the soapy waves
Or tumbling in the Santa Ana of the dryer
Now plunged below, now flung, all helpless, higher
We watch our close-knit partner, mate, and friend
Vanish to some place beyond human (or sockish) ken
And leave us doomed to lonely and unmatched, despise´d end?

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

Props to Lesley. We expect nothing less =D

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. THIS.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! Checks, you're reading SQ!??! Oh... And when you read Legend of the King be sure to check the beginning of the cast of characters list for a special mention. :) Tehee... hee...

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

As a matter of fact, I have Legend of the King sitting right here, too, and remembered about your shout-out. I looked it up as soon as I brought it home from the library.

For those who don't know, in the last book in the Squire's Tales series by Gerald Morris, he writes in the "A Cast of Characters" section of the book:

"My thanks to user ninedaysaqueen of LiveJournal.com for simplifying discussions of my books by proposing abbreviations and suggesting most of the above."

Yes, quite sqee-worthy!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Isn't that awesome?

For a moment I thought I was hallucinating. That cannot actually BE there. I must be drinking too much caffeine. But it was!

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

!!! :)

[bluestalking.livejournal.com]

OH. YES.

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

:D

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

But, but... What about the sock loosing its twin? Would you want to be separated from you mate?

*thinks about siblings*

Wait...

*is complaining because she still only has black socks*

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

No, but sox must think outside the box!

It's not just about what happens when a sock loses a mate, it's about FREEDOM, EVERYDAY, everywhere. We're not trying to separate the socks agains their will, we just don't want them constantly paired up with their mate just because they're the same pattern.

*could probably write an essay on this* :S

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I've found us a mascot for the sock revolution!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Sock_monkey.jpg

The Sock Monkey! He's even made out of socks!

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

The sock monkeyyyy! Good idea! ...But maybe a sock bear or rabbit? Or viper?

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough:

http://www.sockrevolution.com/sitecontent/viewnow/aboutus

[amolegere.livejournal.com]

I am totally participating! I brought all my colorful fuzzy socks, I shall liberate them and spread the love of socks. Oooh, mix-matched earrings sounds fun too!

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!! Your socks will love you even more! WOO HOO!