What a weekend! :) Hung out with friends, beautiful weather, and the Alias finale (which I will rant about at the end of my blog so that the rest of you non-Alias fans don't have to deal with it :P).
Friday night I met up with my friend Leane out by her apt. in Forest Hills. We walked to a place for coffee and sat and talked for several hours. Great discussion about everything from the power of beauty and constraints of women in society, to growing up on a ranch (her, not me. I'm city born and bred), to the affect of abortion on our society. Oh, and what's going on in our lives, too :) But I love having friends that I can really get into things with, pick apart something and examine it from all sides. It's stimulating.
Saturday...what did I do Saturday? :) Some work in my yard, errands (picked up one of those storage/cloth closet things at Target for all my extra clothes. Scary thing is, it's already full :P), and grocery shopping. Then Saturday afternoon I decided to cook. Since I have rehearsals starting next week I thought it might be wise to have stuff pre-made for meals. So I made beef chili, black bean soup, penne pasta and chicken, my dill/orzo/chickpea salad, and this scallops and bulger salad. Lots of cooking. Froze the soups, put the rest in the fridge. Then I headed over to Steph's b-friend Simon's for a barbecue. They ran low on gas, and the next thing we know the guys are coming back into the kitchen with a hanger...to rig the gas tank thingy to stay on its side so they could get the last drop out of it :)
Sunday I put together the extra storage closet thing-y and went book shopping :) I spent fifty bucks on books about Venice. Went home and did some serious brain-storming, and while I don't know how it's going to end, I have vague ideas for the plot of my next YA book. Which makes me happy ;) I can't wait to start writing it, but the first chapter is still taking shape in my head/germinating and isn't ready yet. Also brainstormed some of the different transition scenes I need in Magpie. But didn't write any. My allergy medicine is NOT working and my head feels very groggy/out of it. I just can't seem to concentrate! Went to church, and then home for the Alias finale.
Vaughn, married?!?!? Nooooooo! I will have to stop watching the show if that is the case. I mean, they've set him up as a loyal, forgiving guy, and this is totally out of character! Even if it has been two years, you figure six months to a year to look for Sydney (because why wasn't the body there?) and realize she's not going to be found, then time to get over her, then meet someone else (even if he did marry Alice McPlotDevice), fall in love and get married? When you still don't have closure on your last relationship? I just don't buy it. Which means, if JJ did have him get married, I will throw things at the television. Hard, sharp things. This show asks you to suspend a lot of disbelief (A LOT) but makes it possible in part through its strong characterization. This I won't accept :) I seriously could not fall asleep last night I was so mad! My roommate and I sat there yelling/discussing possibilities for fifteen minutes after the show ended! I mean, so now we go back to longing looks across the conference table? Rewind a season? Argh! I am NOT going to be able to make it a summer without knowing. You should see the discussion on the list about this! Everyone' s mind is blown, and no one is happy!
In other news...you know it's bad when your dad sends you a link to an online dating service and begs you to try it :P How depressing is that? And that was my weekend. I will get word count today, I will! :)
- D
Friday night I met up with my friend Leane out by her apt. in Forest Hills. We walked to a place for coffee and sat and talked for several hours. Great discussion about everything from the power of beauty and constraints of women in society, to growing up on a ranch (her, not me. I'm city born and bred), to the affect of abortion on our society. Oh, and what's going on in our lives, too :) But I love having friends that I can really get into things with, pick apart something and examine it from all sides. It's stimulating.
Saturday...what did I do Saturday? :) Some work in my yard, errands (picked up one of those storage/cloth closet things at Target for all my extra clothes. Scary thing is, it's already full :P), and grocery shopping. Then Saturday afternoon I decided to cook. Since I have rehearsals starting next week I thought it might be wise to have stuff pre-made for meals. So I made beef chili, black bean soup, penne pasta and chicken, my dill/orzo/chickpea salad, and this scallops and bulger salad. Lots of cooking. Froze the soups, put the rest in the fridge. Then I headed over to Steph's b-friend Simon's for a barbecue. They ran low on gas, and the next thing we know the guys are coming back into the kitchen with a hanger...to rig the gas tank thingy to stay on its side so they could get the last drop out of it :)
Sunday I put together the extra storage closet thing-y and went book shopping :) I spent fifty bucks on books about Venice. Went home and did some serious brain-storming, and while I don't know how it's going to end, I have vague ideas for the plot of my next YA book. Which makes me happy ;) I can't wait to start writing it, but the first chapter is still taking shape in my head/germinating and isn't ready yet. Also brainstormed some of the different transition scenes I need in Magpie. But didn't write any. My allergy medicine is NOT working and my head feels very groggy/out of it. I just can't seem to concentrate! Went to church, and then home for the Alias finale.
Vaughn, married?!?!? Nooooooo! I will have to stop watching the show if that is the case. I mean, they've set him up as a loyal, forgiving guy, and this is totally out of character! Even if it has been two years, you figure six months to a year to look for Sydney (because why wasn't the body there?) and realize she's not going to be found, then time to get over her, then meet someone else (even if he did marry Alice McPlotDevice), fall in love and get married? When you still don't have closure on your last relationship? I just don't buy it. Which means, if JJ did have him get married, I will throw things at the television. Hard, sharp things. This show asks you to suspend a lot of disbelief (A LOT) but makes it possible in part through its strong characterization. This I won't accept :) I seriously could not fall asleep last night I was so mad! My roommate and I sat there yelling/discussing possibilities for fifteen minutes after the show ended! I mean, so now we go back to longing looks across the conference table? Rewind a season? Argh! I am NOT going to be able to make it a summer without knowing. You should see the discussion on the list about this! Everyone' s mind is blown, and no one is happy!
In other news...you know it's bad when your dad sends you a link to an online dating service and begs you to try it :P How depressing is that? And that was my weekend. I will get word count today, I will! :)
- D
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