second chance at sunday
Feb. 16th, 2009 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
verbicideMondays off from work are so freaking glorious. It lets you properly enjoy Sunday without the phantom spectre of the work week looking above.
So yesterday was nice. I met Pete and Kirsten downtown and we watched Coraline in 3D. I have to say, I didn't much care for the 3D. Pete felt a little sick afterward and we all had slight headaches. All the previews for coming movies are in 3D, too, which means we'll probably have to keep driving to Lynnwood to see the 2D versions. But it was still fun to see the movie. We hung out over coffee to discuss and then I went to Nordstrom to have them take the electronic tag off the pants Jeff bought on Saturday and to see if I could find my dad a comfy and cute tracksuit (not at Nordstrom, apparently).
Then home, where I successfully made my mom's dal recipe and had that with rice and kababs for dinner.
Jeff and I watched Desperate Housewives. Sometimes I enjoy the show in a pleasant mindless way, and sometimes I so hate the selfish pettiness of all the characters that I wonder why I ever watch it. Unfortunately, last night was the latter experience.
I also finished Dead Until Dark about which I have surprisingly strong opinions.
Really? Sam's a freaking shapeshifter? Why does it feel like I'm reading Southern-fried Twilight? And I quite liked Sam until he lied to Sookie on the phone (pretending to be her brother) to lure her to the bar so he could disguise himself as an adorable collie and she would wake up with him naked in her bed. That is really, really, really not okay. I hate Sam now. What a grotesque violation of her privacy (even just watching her change/shower let alone being naked in her bed) and total lack of respect for her right to consent to any of it. I was soooooooooooooo mad about that. It made me like Bill more and that just pissed me off even more.
Eric can also go screw himself. The whole book seems to be a celebration of disregarding this woman's choices in partners. She said no! Pursuing her, coercing her, what-have-you is NOT okay.
The only reason I finished the book was because I wanted to know Who Did It. I didn't see Rene coming and it had some impact (as designed) because he seemed like the rare decent man in the book. SO OF COURSE HE'S A PSYCHO!
Anyhow. Not reading the rest of the series. Though I still watched another episode, which I don't understand why I'm still watching, because I don't think it's a very good show.
Pete's going to loan me The Wire next weekend, so I'll have something else to watch.
Today's chores:
laundry
recycling
general-room-tidy-ing
putting laundry away
grocery store to buy another lovely piece of Tilapia and some veggies
going to container store to buy some, um, containers
picking up prescription from drugstore
drop off dry cleaning
packaging up a few things that I need to mail (including, dear god the shame, Jeanne's Christmas present)
bake some banana bread
French homework
I guess I better get to it!
So yesterday was nice. I met Pete and Kirsten downtown and we watched Coraline in 3D. I have to say, I didn't much care for the 3D. Pete felt a little sick afterward and we all had slight headaches. All the previews for coming movies are in 3D, too, which means we'll probably have to keep driving to Lynnwood to see the 2D versions. But it was still fun to see the movie. We hung out over coffee to discuss and then I went to Nordstrom to have them take the electronic tag off the pants Jeff bought on Saturday and to see if I could find my dad a comfy and cute tracksuit (not at Nordstrom, apparently).
Then home, where I successfully made my mom's dal recipe and had that with rice and kababs for dinner.
Jeff and I watched Desperate Housewives. Sometimes I enjoy the show in a pleasant mindless way, and sometimes I so hate the selfish pettiness of all the characters that I wonder why I ever watch it. Unfortunately, last night was the latter experience.
I also finished Dead Until Dark about which I have surprisingly strong opinions.
Really? Sam's a freaking shapeshifter? Why does it feel like I'm reading Southern-fried Twilight? And I quite liked Sam until he lied to Sookie on the phone (pretending to be her brother) to lure her to the bar so he could disguise himself as an adorable collie and she would wake up with him naked in her bed. That is really, really, really not okay. I hate Sam now. What a grotesque violation of her privacy (even just watching her change/shower let alone being naked in her bed) and total lack of respect for her right to consent to any of it. I was soooooooooooooo mad about that. It made me like Bill more and that just pissed me off even more.
Eric can also go screw himself. The whole book seems to be a celebration of disregarding this woman's choices in partners. She said no! Pursuing her, coercing her, what-have-you is NOT okay.
The only reason I finished the book was because I wanted to know Who Did It. I didn't see Rene coming and it had some impact (as designed) because he seemed like the rare decent man in the book. SO OF COURSE HE'S A PSYCHO!
Anyhow. Not reading the rest of the series. Though I still watched another episode, which I don't understand why I'm still watching, because I don't think it's a very good show.
Pete's going to loan me The Wire next weekend, so I'll have something else to watch.
Today's chores:
recycling
general-room-tidy-ing
putting laundry away
grocery store to buy another lovely piece of Tilapia and some veggies
going to container store to buy some, um, containers
picking up prescription from drugstore
drop off dry cleaning
packaging up a few things that I need to mail (including, dear god the shame, Jeanne's Christmas present)
bake some banana bread
French homework
I guess I better get to it!
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Date: 2009-02-16 09:21 pm (UTC)You be amazed at... can I spoil you slightly with overarching trends?
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Date: 2010-01-03 12:52 am (UTC)If you still want to spoil me with the trends, I'd be happy to hear. I did go on and watch season 1 and 2 and find them oddly addictive!