saturday at the market
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verbicideJeff came over to pick me up and we set out for the Farmer's Market. For some odd reason, Jeff did not park at our usual 50th/15th spot. He decided to park 100 miles away (Also known as 55th/12th). Which resulted in me chirping frantically at him the entire way and making him carry my Timbuk. "Where are we? How far is it now? OMG, why did you park over there. Isn't this technically another neighborhood? Why didn't we park where we normally park? Where is it again? OMG we're entering from the opposite side. This is so wrong. Why did we do this?" Jeff rolled his eyes and managed to ignore me.
(I am obsessively a creature of habit. Change completely freaks me out. Amy can confirm the story of when our college Safeway changed its layout. I regarded it with suspicion for the rest of our sojourn there--which was years.)
My favorite time of year at the market is summer, and I'm sad to have missed peaches. But there was still so much. We were both overwhelmed. I bought a jewel box of tomatoes, some lettuce, a teeny bunch of baby carrots. I bought a baguette and some spinach and a beautiful bunch of Italian parsley. Two Walla Walla onions and some baby Gala apples. But that was it. I'm trying to be more conservative with my purchases so I have less rotting vegetation to toss out at the end of the week.
Amongst his vegetables, Jeff had also bought some glorious cumin gouda, so we ran back to his place to put it in the fridge. Chris was home, so the three of us went to the Ale House for lunch. Afterwards, I went with Jeff to get his haircut at Rudy's and then we came back to my place. Jeff took a nap on the couch and I started to clean the kitchen, did some laundry, and started in on the bedroom. And there's nothing cuter than the sight of a burly man snuggling underneath a pink and white quilt, I tell you what. Poor baby was sacked out. The weather change has been hard on all of us. But Jeff, like Judy, is a freakish sun-worshiper and it hits them harder, I think.
Jeff left and I hung out with Hobbes and eventually made dinner. I'd wanted to try this rosemary-lemon-garlic grilled chicken recipe. It was super easy and came out great. I also had thawed the amazing, homemade, Italian-mama marinara Jeff's mom had given me and made some cheese ravioli. I'm learning to eat pasta as a side dish and not out of a trough. And to round it out, I had some sauteed spinach and a few slices of toasted baguette.
I've been rewatching Firefly. Dear. God. In. Heaven. It just makes me weep. Why is it gone? It confirms my suspicion that the universe is a bad and unholy place. Not to be trusted. Why is Nathan Fillion so blindingly hot? Gaaaaaah.
Hobbes and I hung out until bedtime, and I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (finally began that epic re-read) until I passed out in bed.
(I am obsessively a creature of habit. Change completely freaks me out. Amy can confirm the story of when our college Safeway changed its layout. I regarded it with suspicion for the rest of our sojourn there--which was years.)
My favorite time of year at the market is summer, and I'm sad to have missed peaches. But there was still so much. We were both overwhelmed. I bought a jewel box of tomatoes, some lettuce, a teeny bunch of baby carrots. I bought a baguette and some spinach and a beautiful bunch of Italian parsley. Two Walla Walla onions and some baby Gala apples. But that was it. I'm trying to be more conservative with my purchases so I have less rotting vegetation to toss out at the end of the week.
Amongst his vegetables, Jeff had also bought some glorious cumin gouda, so we ran back to his place to put it in the fridge. Chris was home, so the three of us went to the Ale House for lunch. Afterwards, I went with Jeff to get his haircut at Rudy's and then we came back to my place. Jeff took a nap on the couch and I started to clean the kitchen, did some laundry, and started in on the bedroom. And there's nothing cuter than the sight of a burly man snuggling underneath a pink and white quilt, I tell you what. Poor baby was sacked out. The weather change has been hard on all of us. But Jeff, like Judy, is a freakish sun-worshiper and it hits them harder, I think.
Jeff left and I hung out with Hobbes and eventually made dinner. I'd wanted to try this rosemary-lemon-garlic grilled chicken recipe. It was super easy and came out great. I also had thawed the amazing, homemade, Italian-mama marinara Jeff's mom had given me and made some cheese ravioli. I'm learning to eat pasta as a side dish and not out of a trough. And to round it out, I had some sauteed spinach and a few slices of toasted baguette.
I've been rewatching Firefly. Dear. God. In. Heaven. It just makes me weep. Why is it gone? It confirms my suspicion that the universe is a bad and unholy place. Not to be trusted. Why is Nathan Fillion so blindingly hot? Gaaaaaah.
Hobbes and I hung out until bedtime, and I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (finally began that epic re-read) until I passed out in bed.
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Date: 2007-10-14 06:37 pm (UTC)I had to laugh, though, at your recounting of the new parking space. Oh man, you and I have that creature of habit thing in common. Wow, do we ever; my husband could totally relate to Jeff on that score. I've been doing this kind of aversion therapy thing to make myself more comfortable with change by purposefully shaking things up. Sometimes it works and I unclench a bit, sometimes it makes me so anxious I break out in a cold sweat. :)
Word on Firefly. Wordy McWord. Every time I watch, I have this twin emotion of complete contentment and resounding sadness that it died before its time. With every convert I make, I have a twin sense of triumph that there's yet another Browncoat in the world and a resentment that WHERE WERE THESE PEOPLE WHEN WE NEEDED THE RATINGS?!?!?!?!! If I hadn't already stopped believing in God by then, I would've stopped the day Firefly was canceled. Grr. Argh.
In other news, Nathan Fillion is so blindingly hot that his hotness can be seen with the naked eye from 10 million light years away. The naked eye.
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:43 am (UTC)It is so nice to talk to someone who understands the epic tragedy that losing Firefly was.
Also have you seen Nathan Fillion in an interview? The guy is hot, nice, and smart. Just stick a fork in me already. Why isn't he in everything everywhere? (Are you watching him on Desperate Housewives?)
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:55 am (UTC)Man, no kidding. Every time I see him or read an interview with him, my already limitless love grows like the Grinch's heart busting that little measuring device X-ray thingie. I saw the YouTube clip of him on Ellen a couple of weeks ago, telling that story about his cat, and I'm all, "I am a happily married woman. I am a happily married woman. I am a happily married woman."
Why isn't he in everything everywhere?
This is the burning question of our time.
(Are you watching him on Desperate Housewives?)
God yes. And it's killing me. 60 minutes of somewhat mind-numbing TV (and trying not to dwell on thoughts of "they canceled Firefly and this makes the Nielsen top ten WTFBBQ?") for those excruciatingly tiny moments that he's on the screen. If I'm lucky. Last week, he wasn't on AT ALL. And yet I continue to tune in hoping for a glimpse.
I MAY POSSIBLY HAVE A SMALL PROBLEM.
(please tell me I'm not the only one doing this.)
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Date: 2007-10-15 02:02 am (UTC)I watched that Ellen thing, and may quite possibly have started licking the television. And maybe screaming, "I'm SINGLE and you could live with me and MY cat."
And re: DH. NO KIDDING. And he was on. For a freaking microsecond where Dana Delany is arguing with amnesia-or-something daughter on the front porch and Nathan "Future Husband of Verbicide" Fillion says something like, "Your mom is right." And that was it and I was all fetal in front of the couch and my cat was bemused.
You're not alone. Really. We are legion.
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Date: 2007-10-15 03:16 am (UTC)Yes, we must stick together, we Browncoats. "That war-buddy bond is tough to crack." :)
(One of my "war stories": Google "Firefly Quotes". The first hit is my website. I started that page after "Out of Gas" aired and I found out that the show was in trouble. I hadn't been recording the eps so I posted frantically on fireflyfans.net to see if anyone had the eps recorded. Some guy in Seattle was giving away tapes of the episodes he was making; he sent me this lovely tape complete with a Firefly logo label and all the commercials edited out. In lieu of payment, he asked that I spread the love, which I solemnly swore to do. (Although I also sent him a big box of Portland chocolates.) Long live the Independents! :)
I watched that Ellen thing, and may quite possibly have started licking the television. And maybe screaming, "I'm SINGLE and you could live with me and MY cat."
I approve of this behavior. Heartily.
And re: DH. NO KIDDING. And he was on. For a freaking microsecond where Dana Delany is arguing with amnesia-or-something daughter on the front porch and Nathan "Future Husband of Verbicide" Fillion says something like, "Your mom is right." And that was it and I was all fetal in front of the couch and my cat was bemused.
OMG you're right! I totally, totally forgot about that -- that's how incredibly tiny his scene was! And even distinctly remember thinking that he was finally looking more like Captain-Reynolds-Nathan and not whatever dorktastic lens they were shooting him with in most of the first DH episode. Not that he ever stopped being hot, even with the dorktastic lens, but there are magnitudes of hot, and well....
You're not alone. Really. We are legion.
And all will bow before our mighty powers of Nathan-worship.
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Date: 2007-10-15 04:38 am (UTC)Now that's a good man.
And even distinctly remember thinking that he was finally looking more like Captain-Reynolds-Nathan and not whatever dorktastic lens
Seriously--they're giving him the whole 'soap opera' lens thing, and they need to stop. Not that they can stop (the signal) the hotness.
Also, it makes me a little sad, because his clothes on Firefly were so much sexier than the suburban doctor-husband outfits, but that's okay. He can just stop wearing clothes all together and that will take care of that problem.
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Date: 2007-10-15 06:03 pm (UTC)http://www.homeonthestrange.com/view.php?ID=273
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Date: 2007-10-15 08:27 pm (UTC)(Speaking of--did you watch last nights DH, now with 40% more Fillion!)
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Date: 2007-10-15 08:50 pm (UTC)All our suffering through mind-numbing numbingness is beginning to pay off. Nathan washing cars! Nathan cluelessly flirting! Nathan holding a hose in a not-at-all-blindingly-obvious-and-heavy-handed attempt at sexual innuendo and symbolism! Nathan having drinks spilled on him! Nathan being used as a pawn to make another man jealous! NATHAN PLAYING CHARADES!
Oh and something about other people I don't care about blah blah blah NATHAN IS ROLLING HIS EYES IN THAT CUTELY ENDEARING WAY blah blah blah NATHAN IS SMIRKING blah blah blah NATHAN IS STORMING OFF IN A HUFF OMG CALL ME.
No, I didn't watch. :) Did you?
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Date: 2007-10-15 10:51 pm (UTC)WHY DO THEY FEEL THE NEED FOR HIM TO WEAR CLOTHES?
It was very exciting to see them understand that more of the show should revolve around the hottness of Nathan!
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Date: 2007-10-15 11:04 pm (UTC)I was wrong before -- THIS is the burning question of our time. We should start a petition. The Nathan Fillion Clothing Optional Campaign.
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Date: 2007-10-15 11:55 pm (UTC)Did you watch Waitress, btw? I couldn't watch Slither because I am a horror movie wuss, and I had Drive saved but when they cancelled it, I died a little and didn't bother. (So. MAD.)
But it was exciting to see him featured in Waitress.
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Date: 2007-10-16 12:43 am (UTC)I watched Drive. I loved Nathan in it (natch), and you could definitely see its possibilities to become a good show, but I knew from the first episode it was going to be canceled. Nathan rocked in it, though.
Yes, Waitress I'm looking forward to. But there's just a depressing dearth of Nathan-abilia.
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Date: 2007-10-16 01:42 am (UTC)(And you're lucky to have a viewing-censor!)
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Date: 2007-10-14 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-15 01:44 am (UTC)