So one time Peter and I were playing SWTOR. It was a lot of fun - we were Chiss, he was a Bounty Hunter and I was an Imperial Agent. Great story ( Read more... )

We aren't big on romance here. It's more of the little actions, like finding something cleaned up, or laundry done.

Still, it was nice to have a quiet dinner together - meaty pasta and soup with wine. Our schedules rarely allow us to eat meals together, and it's a big deal to me.

So Peter and I have a friend. He's a very good guy, but down on his luck on the reality side ( Read more... )

So for three weeks I'm off work, between sessions. While I do have some students in between who wanted extra private lessons, it generally means I don't leave the house much. At all. So I get stir crazy ( Read more... )

"What did I get you for your birthday?"

"...what?"

"What did I get you for your birthday?"

"...I don't get it. Do you mean last year?"

"No, I mean this."

"I'm confused. My birthday isn't until next week."

"OH YEAH."

...

"...what am I going to get you for your birthday?"

Peter's got a few days off, ostensibly to recover from his All Hallows trauma. We spent today going to my extremely short follow-up laser eye appointment; I was in and out in ten minutes. My right eye isn't perfect, and it's subconsciously making me struggle to see things. It's possible I can have an adjustment done in December, between sessions ( Read more... )

The first chicken sales have been acquired by my kind-of-sister-in-law Melissa: she saw that I was trying to sell them and thought they would make great gifts for a baby shower. I feel validated!

She gave me a lift downtown, where we met Matthew, another LARPer for lunch. I showed them the House of Gourmet, probably my favourite restaurant ( Read more... )

Today Maxine and I had a Costco excursion: she wanted a lot of things she saw on her last visit, but couldn't bring home because I couldn't drive her that day. We loaded up on a bunch of things. Me, I bought a Keurig that Peter and I ended up going halfsies on (meant to be a birthday gift, but he gave me money). Peter's really into the whole ( Read more... )

Got some time to kill? An English teacher compared my early writing to O. Henry, and I adore his short stories.

http://www.literaturecollection.com/a/o_henry/44/

Quite an eye-opener ( Read more... )

Twice a year, restaurants in Toronto open up with set meals at reasonable prices. Yesterday Peter and I went to the Old Mill - a restaurant nearby that Peter hasn't been to since his father married (my parents took me there for a birthday dinner last year ( Read more... )