So Awake

Tag, I'm it; and by "it" I mean weird

The fabulous Jen tagged me for this, and I must obey. Here are "five idiosyncracies I have and am willing to own up to".

1. I never take the front item from a shelf when shopping. Because it's the one everybody touched and maybe dropped or otherwise damaged. I always have to find at least the second one back, whether it's cereal or a magazine or laundry detergent.

2. Once I start wearing flip-flops in the spring, I will go as long as humanly possible without wearing normal shoes again. Usually this lasts until the second or third rainy day of the fall, at which point I am forced to admit defeat and go buy cute sneakers so I can feel better about not wearing flip-flops anymore.

3. When I'm watching TV or listening to the radio in the car, the volume has to be at an even number.

4. It makes me absolutely insane when people don't use their turn signals. Sadly, this is a very common occurrence in L.A. One of the first memories I have from moving here is my friend Nick yelling "Have you people not heard of an INDICATOR?" when we were trying to get from LAX up to Woodland Hills.

5. Real-life injuries (and blood and gore) don't freak me out nearly as much as fake ones. I can't watch medical shows without getting totally squicked out, and descriptions in books are even worse. One of Amber's favorite things to do is to start describing a paper cut in such a way that I have to cover my ears and tune her out. *shudder*

Now I get to tag people! How about Daniel, Rachel, Rachel, Kate, and the other Jen.

The original snarkers

Statler and Waldorf review current movies.

I love all the Muppets, but these guys have always been my favorites.

You win some, you lose some

This weekend was packed, in a mostly good way:

+ Afsheen came home super early from work on Friday, and we got to watch the game together.
+ We ordered from North End Pizzeria for luck.
+ I drank several gin and tonics, also for luck. (The Sox had lost both games when I was sober, thus it was my duty to drink heavily throughout this game.)
- Despite my lucky drinking, the Red Sox lost.
+ I got an awesome surprise package from someone on Craftster.
+ Afsheen fixed our satellite input, and now I can watch Kim Possible again.
+ We got our copy of the complete Calvin and Hobbes in the mail.
+ We had a lovely excursion to Famima!!.
+ Paddington made huge progress on learning "roll over", and started on "shake".
+ We had lunch with Matthew and Kacy for the first time in ages.
+ I went yarn shopping with Laurie.
+ Kate and Jody had us over for a round of Red Sox Monopoly.
- Jody tried to make everyone gang up against me.
+ He still lost.
+ Sunday morning we got up early to run errands, then came home, ate french toast, and went back to bed for a nap.
+ When we got up from our nap, the Braves were playing the 18th inning of a record-breaking game.
- As soon as we turned on the TV to watch, they lost.
+ We capped off the weekend by seeing Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which was fantastic and adorable and very funny.

And then yesterday the Yankees lost, so I'm a bit less upset about baseball. As the folks at the Red Seat wisely note, there's always last year.

Ick

If, hypothetically, you decide to try a recipe for baked eggs with shallots and cheese for breakfast, and it come out kind of half-overcooked, half-raw, and you can only really eat a bite or two before abandoning it, then it is probably not a good idea to follow it up with a handful of candy corn.

flickr!

I've been very busy, being unemployed, and also sick on and off, and cranky about the future of the Supreme Court. But now I'm back, with renewed devotion to chronicling my boring life. Hooray!

I did take advantage of all my extra time at home to upload a bunch of photos and actually use my flickr account. If you'd like to check it out, but are too lazy to use the sidebar link, you can just click here.