Play Time
The Omni Hotel is very nice, but my bed is uncomfortable. The roof-top hot tub is wonderful. The waitress remembered us from years of going to the Thanksgiving feasts here and comped our breakfast yesterday morning.
The concierge got us Esther's Follies tickets even though the show was sold out. Before the show, we had a delightful time walking along 6th street and looking in the stores. The show was really funny. G and I laughed and laughed. After the show we went to the Museum Of The Weird. It's a fun tiny museum with some fake, and maybe some real, mummies, two-headed animals, stuffed cryptids and other oddities. Then we went back to the hotel and I watched Law And Order until I fell asleep in my uncomfortable bed. I slept like a rock until room service showed up this morning with breakfast for three people(?!?). I was too sleepy to call down and say "WTF?" I guess I should do that now.
In about half an hour, we'll head down to the Chuy's Children Giving To Children Parade. It runs about two blocks from the hotel and G picked out two Transformers to donate. If we're lucky, we'll be back in time for one more dip in the rooftop hot tub. Check-out is at 2 pm. Then we head home to our empty living room and our wonderful kitties.
The concierge got us Esther's Follies tickets even though the show was sold out. Before the show, we had a delightful time walking along 6th street and looking in the stores. The show was really funny. G and I laughed and laughed. After the show we went to the Museum Of The Weird. It's a fun tiny museum with some fake, and maybe some real, mummies, two-headed animals, stuffed cryptids and other oddities. Then we went back to the hotel and I watched Law And Order until I fell asleep in my uncomfortable bed. I slept like a rock until room service showed up this morning with breakfast for three people(?!?). I was too sleepy to call down and say "WTF?" I guess I should do that now.
In about half an hour, we'll head down to the Chuy's Children Giving To Children Parade. It runs about two blocks from the hotel and G picked out two Transformers to donate. If we're lucky, we'll be back in time for one more dip in the rooftop hot tub. Check-out is at 2 pm. Then we head home to our empty living room and our wonderful kitties.
- Location:my uncomfortable bed at the Omni Hotel
- Music:Ace Ventura Kid Pet Detective on the hotel's cable TV
When I was young and bold and strong,
Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!
My plume on high, my flag unfurled,
I rode away to right the world.
"Come out, you dogs, and fight!" said I,
And wept there was but once to die.
But I am old; and good and bad
Are woven in a crazy plaid.
I sit and say, "The world is so;
And he is wise who lets it go.
A battle lost, a battle won-
The difference is small, my son."
Inertia rides and riddles me;
The which is called Philosophy.
- Dorothy Parker
Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!
My plume on high, my flag unfurled,
I rode away to right the world.
"Come out, you dogs, and fight!" said I,
And wept there was but once to die.
But I am old; and good and bad
Are woven in a crazy plaid.
I sit and say, "The world is so;
And he is wise who lets it go.
A battle lost, a battle won-
The difference is small, my son."
Inertia rides and riddles me;
The which is called Philosophy.
- Dorothy Parker
I am having my cooking day and hope to give thanks for all turning out well :)
appetizer: green/kalmata tapanade and bruschetta
Ham with a brown sugar and honey glaze
my own recipe of fresh cranberry, orange and raisin sauce
Macaroni and 5 Cheese Casserole
Collard greens (made the southern way)
Homemade parker house rolls
And to top it all off:
Walnut pie with ice cream
and drinks.
I have everything done but the greens and I had to ask the vegetable department to make sure they would be available today, they were all out.
I hope you all have a great weekend, I am enjoying having a four day weekend.
appetizer: green/kalmata tapanade and bruschetta
Ham with a brown sugar and honey glaze
my own recipe of fresh cranberry, orange and raisin sauce
Macaroni and 5 Cheese Casserole
Collard greens (made the southern way)
Homemade parker house rolls
And to top it all off:
Walnut pie with ice cream
and drinks.
I have everything done but the greens and I had to ask the vegetable department to make sure they would be available today, they were all out.
I hope you all have a great weekend, I am enjoying having a four day weekend.
One of the things that goes with eldering is that everything you do -- even things you've been doing for so many years that you could practically do them in your sleep -- starts taking much longer to do than it ever has before. It's frustrating, and infuriating, and you keep thinking that if you'd just put your mind to it you could do things faster .... but you learn that that's false.
The reason I'm bringing this up isn't because I think it will come as a revelation to any of you. I'm bringing it up because starting tomorrow I'm going to be up to my eyebrows in getting ready for Christmas. Putting up the Christmas tree. Trimming the Christmas tree. Writing and addressing the Christmas cards and Christmas checks. Making the fruitcake. Making the handcrafted presents. Wrapping the presents. Putting the local presents under the tree, and getting the nonlocal ones off in the mail in time. Cleaning the house. Doing the last-minute Christmas shopping. Making the grocery list for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Cooking the Christmas dinner. Fixing the Christmas Eve buffet. And the most important task of all: Writing the To Do lists, where all of these things get scheduled, and without which I would be helpless.
Usually we don't put up the Christmas tree until December 1st, but this year -- because George has discovered that everything he does takes him much longer now -- he has decided to get started early, and will be putting up the tree tomorrow instead. I won't be trimming it tomorrow, because tomorrow is my day off, but I will hit the ground running [slowly] on Monday.
Everything has side effects, and a side effect of all this is that I'm not going to have much time for posting here at Live Journal. I wanted to let you know. In preparation for that, here are URLs for some of my Christmas posts from years past:
Photo of our 2007 Christmas tree -- at http://ozarque.livejournal.com/476923.h
Compiled list of Christmas links -- to holiday filksongs, holiday recipes [including that fruitcake], holiday poems, and posts about the handcrafted Christmas gifts I make -- at http://ozarque.livejournal.com/561560.h
The reason I'm bringing this up isn't because I think it will come as a revelation to any of you. I'm bringing it up because starting tomorrow I'm going to be up to my eyebrows in getting ready for Christmas. Putting up the Christmas tree. Trimming the Christmas tree. Writing and addressing the Christmas cards and Christmas checks. Making the fruitcake. Making the handcrafted presents. Wrapping the presents. Putting the local presents under the tree, and getting the nonlocal ones off in the mail in time. Cleaning the house. Doing the last-minute Christmas shopping. Making the grocery list for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Cooking the Christmas dinner. Fixing the Christmas Eve buffet. And the most important task of all: Writing the To Do lists, where all of these things get scheduled, and without which I would be helpless.
Usually we don't put up the Christmas tree until December 1st, but this year -- because George has discovered that everything he does takes him much longer now -- he has decided to get started early, and will be putting up the tree tomorrow instead. I won't be trimming it tomorrow, because tomorrow is my day off, but I will hit the ground running [slowly] on Monday.
Everything has side effects, and a side effect of all this is that I'm not going to have much time for posting here at Live Journal. I wanted to let you know. In preparation for that, here are URLs for some of my Christmas posts from years past:
Photo of our 2007 Christmas tree -- at http://ozarque.livejournal.com/476923.h
Compiled list of Christmas links -- to holiday filksongs, holiday recipes [including that fruitcake], holiday poems, and posts about the handcrafted Christmas gifts I make -- at http://ozarque.livejournal.com/561560.h
What are the three best books you have ever read and what are the three worst? What made them so good or bad? Submitted By |
Three best:
To Kill a Mockingbird -- I read it for the first time when I was 9 or so and I continue to reread it annually. I still find subtleties and nuances in the story that just boggle me.
The Mists of Avalon -- It may not have been all that great, literarily speaking, but it has impacted my life more than any other book.
Gone With the Wind -- Margaret Mitchell is still one of the best storytellers ever.
Three worst:
Wicked -- I got about a third of the way through the book, could no longer pretend I wasn't bored out of my mind, and finally admitted out loud that I found NONE of the characters particularly sympathetic and I really didn't give a shit about what happened to any of them.
Um...that awful erotica by Gloria Vanderbuilt (yes, THAT Gloria Vanderbuilt) that I had to review. So awful I can't even remember the title, but the plot and writing were both abysmally, embarrassingly dreadful.
Um...that other awful erotica I had to read that was a series of short stories. The stories were more like Twilight Zone episodes that had some sex added to them. It wasn't erotic at all -- unless you find graphically described infected belly button piercings spouting alien sexual organ tentacles erotic. Which I don't. Mercifully, I have forgotten the title of that one, too. Maybe it was Oversexed?
I've picked up and continued work on the chameleon and koi paintings this weekend. It would be nice to finish both of them, but at this point (48 hours until back to reality) that is probably asking a lot of myself.
Here is the koi painting (in progress)
and here is the chameleon painting- also in progress. The little chameleons are just sketched on there so far.
Here is the koi painting (in progress)
and here is the chameleon painting- also in progress. The little chameleons are just sketched on there so far.
- Mood:
busy
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WARNING #1: Contains great spoilers for New Moon.
WARNING #2: This episode is massively NSFW. You have been warned. See, it said "warning" and everything.
Thank you to Rinna from Potter Fic Weekly and the Poufwa Exchange for joining us, as well as the always wonderful Cleolinda Jones!
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- 17:45 "The world is a sadder place without Elizabeth [Fraser] singing." bit.ly/4Pk7vC #
- 17:57 Sophie Lancaster - The Dark Angel www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQpuQDQ-ekI #
- 18:38 Dodgem Logic www.dodgemlogic.com/ #
- 21:46 so in my fic, I was going to pretend that Jensen and Danneel did Thanksgiving w/ the Carlsons last year, and then it ACTUALLY HAPPENED. o.O #
- 21:50 haven't written yet today. blaaaaahhhh, I am so creatively unmotivated. FOUR MORE DAYS OF MINI NANO (counting today). I CAN DO IT. #
- 21:51 @clex_monkie89 MY BRAIN HAS BEEN KRIPKED, CLEX. BUT BY REAL LIFE. o.O WHAT IS THIS? #
- 21:53 @earthquakedream right? MY BRAIN HAS BEEN KRIPKED BY REAL LIFE. \o/ (except for how J2 and Danneel are not all OT3ed. UNLESS THEY ARE.) #
- 21:54 @clex_monkie89 OH RIGHT. hahahaha, that was AWESOME. \o/ and so is that pic. #
- 22:00 @clex_monkie89 o.O I hope that underage porn star!Jensen and cage!fic aren't actually true. POOR BOYS. #
- 22:02 @clex_monkie89 hahahahaha. A WINNING COMBINATION, TO BE SURE. :P #
- 22:07 this computer has Word 2007. aaaaaagh, WHERE IS EVERYTHING? WHERE ARE MY MENUS? why is my default font NOT TIMES NEW ROMAN? #
- 22:12 @earthquakedream THEY ARE, IT IS TRUFAX. :D their threesome love is EPICALLY EPIC. (I am writing this, btw. 3k so far! \o/) #
- 22:13 @clex_monkie89 this computer doesn't HAVE MSN. -.- otherwise I would TOTALLY be online on it. #
- 22:17 @jamesinboots my computer has Office 2003! this is like a foreign land to me. I just keep poking at it. XD #
- 22:18 @soicangettexts YUP, even though now it will look like I stole it from life. but it's important for character development and whatnot. :P #
- 22:19 @soicangettexts I DON'T KNOW WHERE ANYTHING IS. it's like I wandered into a foreign land. I just keep poking at the ribbon thing. XD #
- 22:21 @clex_monkie89 IT IS FAIL. you should pick a prompt for me to write. waterofthemoon.livejournal.com/380161.ht
ml # - 22:23 @jamesinboots will! I have the plugin that lets me read docx, but I don't really need more of those than I already have from other people. #
- 22:27 @_annella never had a Nano, but I LOVED my 20GB iPod. it went everywhere with me before I killed it. plus, updating from iTunes! ♥ #
- 22:28 @clex_monkie89 OKAY. \o/ ....NOW I NEED TO THINK OF A SECRET. XD #
- 22:51 @earthquakedream I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS. :DDDDD it was going to be my Xmas fic, but then it GREW AND GREW. #
- 23:38 ......this ficlet I was writing just turned into surprise!college AU. WELL HAI THAR, FILM MAJOR JENSEN. #
- 00:06 @clex_monkie89 sent you a doc. sigh I don't even KNOW anymore. at least I made words! #
A few days ago I linked my image for the 2009 conbook cover, which I'll put here again:
MFF Conbook Cover 2009
(The building in that picture is the black one here, the name of which I do not know. That is one of the pictures I used as a reference for the key card image, though.)
And then I got to thinking and looked up the conbook cover I did for 2003, when I was Guest of Honor the first time:
MFF Conbook Cover 2003: Alysha Resplendent
I'm not a huge fan of cities, but for some reason, Chicago with its strong Art Deco influence says something to me, and whenever I draw anything related to Chicago or MFF that influence rises to the surface. Perhaps New York would inspire the same impulse; I've only seen New York briefly but what I did see was intense.
Anyway, we went downtown on Saturday evening to have dinner, and it was like... magic, I guess. Just as unbelievable to me as those storybooks full of snow and white Christmases, a glittering downtown full of people at night, with horse-drawn carriages in bumper-to-bridle traffic with cabs and stretch SUVs.
I have a sense now for why Georgia O'keeffe could spend so much time painting flowers and canyons... and then turn around and paint buildings and street lamps. I itch to do the same.
Stardancer Home.
MFF Conbook Cover 2009
(The building in that picture is the black one here, the name of which I do not know. That is one of the pictures I used as a reference for the key card image, though.)
And then I got to thinking and looked up the conbook cover I did for 2003, when I was Guest of Honor the first time:
MFF Conbook Cover 2003: Alysha Resplendent
I'm not a huge fan of cities, but for some reason, Chicago with its strong Art Deco influence says something to me, and whenever I draw anything related to Chicago or MFF that influence rises to the surface. Perhaps New York would inspire the same impulse; I've only seen New York briefly but what I did see was intense.
Anyway, we went downtown on Saturday evening to have dinner, and it was like... magic, I guess. Just as unbelievable to me as those storybooks full of snow and white Christmases, a glittering downtown full of people at night, with horse-drawn carriages in bumper-to-bridle traffic with cabs and stretch SUVs.
I have a sense now for why Georgia O'keeffe could spend so much time painting flowers and canyons... and then turn around and paint buildings and street lamps. I itch to do the same.
Stardancer Home.
- Mood:processing
- Music:Pet Shop Boys - Beautiful People
- 08:37 Rogue bus driver gets out of bus to tell car its in a no turn lane. Weird. #
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