verbicide | mmmmm saturday

Why can't every week have a four-day weekend? This is sublime!

I am so inordinately proud of myself. I stayed up until 4 am. I used to do that all the time, but with the whole working normal hours and getting older thing, I think I'm a wild child for staying up past 1am.

Yesterday was awesome. I picked up Emily and met Sarah at the U Village. We shopped and it made me realize that I really want my Bloom County books back rightnow! But they are in boxes in LA. Boo. I need to get those boxes back up here, dammit. We popped into Atlas where our nice waiter informed us that it was still happy hour, so we had the cheapest dinner ever. And it was perfect, because it was snack-sized and we weren't that hungry (still full from the previous nights dinner).

At dinner it was decided (somewhat loudly by me) that we needed to watch Aladdin, because we'd been quoting it and that movie makes us laugh until we loll on the ground in tears. So Emily and I went back to my place to feed Hobbes, pick up movies, we stopped for some booze and went to hang out at Jeff's again. We watched Aladdin, shrieking quotes at every scene; we watched The Incredibles, too while we attempted to play Trivial Pursuit, but were constantly distracted by the awesomeness of the movie. Brutus and Buffy took turns hanging out with us, and omg they are so soft. I mean, sure most kitties are nice to touch, but these guys are particularly unbelievably soft to the touch. The cats were feeling especially affectionate and we took shameless advantage of this with cuddling. Buffy in particular was a very willing prisoner in Sarah's lap.

Then it was very late, and I was very tired. But Sarah, tempting minx that she is, seduced me to stay a bit longer with the pilot of Law & Order: SVU. Where Alex Cabot is kind of a bitch, but not unforgivably so. Anyhow, there is no time that I watch that show and don't feel scarred for life or like throwing up. Yet it's so fucking compelling that I can't look away. It's why I prefer the vanilla flavor of L&O.

Anyhow. So Emily and I gathered our things and left, I dropped her off to watch more Veronica Mars (another convert!). And I came home and ...didn't go to bed. It was after 1, but I turned on the tv and caught up on episodes of Without a Trace. Anthony LaPaglia continues to blow me away. I love him.

I was startled when I realized it was 4, and I trundled off to bed, with Hobbes in tow.

And, I'm ecstatic to say that I still woke up at 10. I was worried about being out cold until 1 or something. I'm to meet my friend Melissa for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang at 2, and I want to enjoy some proper home-lounging time before I go! Amy also called, and we caught up on all the family gossip. I really miss her family. They are spectacular, and when Amy and I were college roommates they really opened their arms to me for every holiday. I really just love them, and not getting to see them (and Amy) on a very regular basis was one of the worst things about leaving the Bay Area. Anyhow, we caught up and it was fabulous.

Tonight is also dinner with Judy's family but that should at least be an early night. I need to return to a more normal sleep schedule or Monday will be hell!

My desk? Still a mountain of paperwork. Urgh! I should do that when I get home tonight (doing it now is unthinkable..).

I know this weekend will be over before I know it, and life will resume its normal schedule ... but for now? Big. Time. Yay!