Todo Incluyendo el Fregadero de la Cocina. Pero, Realmente Menos el Fregadero
Stayed up til about 4 am reading a book I thought was due today... found out it was *another* book XD I find myself really funny at times like this. Oh well, it was a decent book. I do think tho that Diane Mott Davidson's stuff isn't as fun as it used to be. Not sure if it's the material that's gotten tired, or me that's just gotten tired of the material. Either way, I remember enjoying them more in the past.
So, during part of the day I watched more of Barchester Chronicles. Could I adore Alan Rickman any more than I currently do?! The man's a wonder. A wonder I tell you. He scornfully reprimands litte Dan Radcliffe so well. He's a delightful Colonel Brandon winning over Marianne Dashwood. Best of all, he's a positively slimy and detestable Obadiah Slope. One cannot help but love watching that cold, cold smile and the teeth that never move as he speaks. I just think he's amazing. I happen to be shy enough to go quiet and nervy around people I don't know anyway, but if I was in the same room as that man, I'd go speechless and dumbstruck. He. Is. That. Amazing. ( I was going to say kick-ass, but honestly, I cannot call Alan Rickman kick ass. That just seems wrong.)
Then we went to see Deena because Joy is in town. We got to see Nathaniel, which was lovely :) He's a great kid. His dad has really been terrible lately, and it looks like Nathaniel will be going back to California with Joy. It's sad, but it looks like there's nothing else that can be done. His staying here would be bad for him. Nathaniel is a really bright kid (he's about 8 now) and if he stays here he'd just get hurt. Mark isn't violent, but he's got some *major* problems, and if Nathaiel stays, they will begin to really affect him. Poor kid hasn't been allowed to go out to the park, ride his boke, go to the pool, or even go down to see Deena (his gramma) since he got out of school a few weeks ago because Mark hasn't wanted people to know the state he's (Mark's) been in. Joy's not the best mom in several ways; she's not always so responsible, but it's better than Nathaniel staying here. Maybe now she'll really comprehend how detrimental her son being in Mark's care can be. Until Deena talked to me about it, I know i didn't realize how bad Mark had gotten again. I just want Nathaniel to be safe and given space to be the individual he could be. Joy's not good with discipline at all, so I worry about it with her too. *sigh*
Upside was that it was nice to see Joy :) She's amazingly creative, and she brought along a cloth/beadwork piece she's been assembling. *wow*. It really is beautiful. I think she's planning to sew it over a twig so it can be hung, like a mini-wallhanging. I got to spend some time talking to Nathaniel as well. The kid is genuinely funny, and he knows it. He's very much the showman. We spent a little time shooting baskets and talking and then watching a bit of TV and talking. He asked me if I had kids. I probably looked mroe shocked than I thought I did :) I got the feeling he really hoped I did, and that maybe I'd bring them over so they could hang out. I told him that, "No, I don't. I'm not ready for them. Maybe someday tho." Not exactly true, but it's not the sort of thing you'd really want to give the truth of to an 8 year old :) After dinner he asked me how old I was, and Mom as well ;) I suppose we all should have taken him to task a bit at such a breach of manners, but I found it funny. ( Part of me wanted to say "with three youngers sisters out, you can hardly expect me to own it." but nobody would have gotten teh funny of that.) When he told me that I was only two years younger than Joy, who's 30, it reminded me how young Joy was when she had Nathaniel. I suppose that's the answer to a great many questions.
Now, am home after a bookstore jaunt where I spent much of my time looking at magazines :) Will be glad at the return of fall and clothes I like shopping for (rather than summer skimp stuff. Detest shopping for summer.) tho i have little finances for such ;) Honestly, I really don't need much either. I have a ridiculous amount of clothing. I also remembered that I have a cache of beads to work with. Maybe I'll talk to Joy about ideas :) I think I need to find some silver pieces, spacers and whatnot to work with. Not just that, but from what I've seen with Joy's stuff, I can use wire. I'm not obligated to use silk cording. Huzzah! Oh, and how come almost no bookstores have NME? Urgh. I always have to go down to the Barnes & Nobles down near campus. :P It's annoying. had to settle for a couple other things to look through, which were pretty okay... They recommended Eels highly for stuff from the last three months, so, I can close the issues smiling ;)
Last set of issues for now:
1) I'm really tired of hearing about the phenomenon the media has dubbed "tomkat" I'm a bit sick of seeing Tom Cruise, hearing about Tom cruise and katie... Or really, I'm just sick of hearing about Tom Cruise and anything else right now. I just couldn't care any less about the man or his ideas.
2) R Kelly's whole series of "in the closet" videos are as fantastically stupid as I thought they were the first time I mentioned them here. I now really wish that his work had been called the cask of amontillado and that he'd been the guy walled in and there had been no music harmed in the making of that video.
3) Christian Finnegan is still amusing.
4) Live 8 makes little sense to me. Awareness is nice and all, but it doesn't mean people will care or do anything. People see homelessness, poverty, and hunger all the time, on their own streets, and manage to do nothing about it. Being aware just means they acknowledge people die. Sadly, it doesn't mean they'll do a damned thing about it. Why not actually give some money to some causes and um... *feed* some people? Yeah, and if you actually gave money to the African nations, then oh yeah, that'd be *debt relief* wouldn't it?!!! Would be a good way to show that people are doing what their lame governments ought to be doing already. Maybe that would encourage governments for real (people are more likely to value ideas they think they're paying for... happens all the time.) Oh yeah, and do the musicians really need the gift bags? I think they can go without some of the kiehl's products... OOh, maybe the goodie bag companies could have given food to people that were hungry? Pshaw! How could celebs live without the free goodness?! they've totally forgotten how to fend for themselves (why else would they all need personal assistants?) Yes, yes I am slightly cynical.
5) this HP printer commercial makes me sing along to it. How fiendish. "outta the picture... outta the frame!"
So, during part of the day I watched more of Barchester Chronicles. Could I adore Alan Rickman any more than I currently do?! The man's a wonder. A wonder I tell you. He scornfully reprimands litte Dan Radcliffe so well. He's a delightful Colonel Brandon winning over Marianne Dashwood. Best of all, he's a positively slimy and detestable Obadiah Slope. One cannot help but love watching that cold, cold smile and the teeth that never move as he speaks. I just think he's amazing. I happen to be shy enough to go quiet and nervy around people I don't know anyway, but if I was in the same room as that man, I'd go speechless and dumbstruck. He. Is. That. Amazing. ( I was going to say kick-ass, but honestly, I cannot call Alan Rickman kick ass. That just seems wrong.)
Then we went to see Deena because Joy is in town. We got to see Nathaniel, which was lovely :) He's a great kid. His dad has really been terrible lately, and it looks like Nathaniel will be going back to California with Joy. It's sad, but it looks like there's nothing else that can be done. His staying here would be bad for him. Nathaniel is a really bright kid (he's about 8 now) and if he stays here he'd just get hurt. Mark isn't violent, but he's got some *major* problems, and if Nathaiel stays, they will begin to really affect him. Poor kid hasn't been allowed to go out to the park, ride his boke, go to the pool, or even go down to see Deena (his gramma) since he got out of school a few weeks ago because Mark hasn't wanted people to know the state he's (Mark's) been in. Joy's not the best mom in several ways; she's not always so responsible, but it's better than Nathaniel staying here. Maybe now she'll really comprehend how detrimental her son being in Mark's care can be. Until Deena talked to me about it, I know i didn't realize how bad Mark had gotten again. I just want Nathaniel to be safe and given space to be the individual he could be. Joy's not good with discipline at all, so I worry about it with her too. *sigh*
Upside was that it was nice to see Joy :) She's amazingly creative, and she brought along a cloth/beadwork piece she's been assembling. *wow*. It really is beautiful. I think she's planning to sew it over a twig so it can be hung, like a mini-wallhanging. I got to spend some time talking to Nathaniel as well. The kid is genuinely funny, and he knows it. He's very much the showman. We spent a little time shooting baskets and talking and then watching a bit of TV and talking. He asked me if I had kids. I probably looked mroe shocked than I thought I did :) I got the feeling he really hoped I did, and that maybe I'd bring them over so they could hang out. I told him that, "No, I don't. I'm not ready for them. Maybe someday tho." Not exactly true, but it's not the sort of thing you'd really want to give the truth of to an 8 year old :) After dinner he asked me how old I was, and Mom as well ;) I suppose we all should have taken him to task a bit at such a breach of manners, but I found it funny. ( Part of me wanted to say "with three youngers sisters out, you can hardly expect me to own it." but nobody would have gotten teh funny of that.) When he told me that I was only two years younger than Joy, who's 30, it reminded me how young Joy was when she had Nathaniel. I suppose that's the answer to a great many questions.
Now, am home after a bookstore jaunt where I spent much of my time looking at magazines :) Will be glad at the return of fall and clothes I like shopping for (rather than summer skimp stuff. Detest shopping for summer.) tho i have little finances for such ;) Honestly, I really don't need much either. I have a ridiculous amount of clothing. I also remembered that I have a cache of beads to work with. Maybe I'll talk to Joy about ideas :) I think I need to find some silver pieces, spacers and whatnot to work with. Not just that, but from what I've seen with Joy's stuff, I can use wire. I'm not obligated to use silk cording. Huzzah! Oh, and how come almost no bookstores have NME? Urgh. I always have to go down to the Barnes & Nobles down near campus. :P It's annoying. had to settle for a couple other things to look through, which were pretty okay... They recommended Eels highly for stuff from the last three months, so, I can close the issues smiling ;)
Last set of issues for now:
1) I'm really tired of hearing about the phenomenon the media has dubbed "tomkat" I'm a bit sick of seeing Tom Cruise, hearing about Tom cruise and katie... Or really, I'm just sick of hearing about Tom Cruise and anything else right now. I just couldn't care any less about the man or his ideas.
2) R Kelly's whole series of "in the closet" videos are as fantastically stupid as I thought they were the first time I mentioned them here. I now really wish that his work had been called the cask of amontillado and that he'd been the guy walled in and there had been no music harmed in the making of that video.
3) Christian Finnegan is still amusing.
4) Live 8 makes little sense to me. Awareness is nice and all, but it doesn't mean people will care or do anything. People see homelessness, poverty, and hunger all the time, on their own streets, and manage to do nothing about it. Being aware just means they acknowledge people die. Sadly, it doesn't mean they'll do a damned thing about it. Why not actually give some money to some causes and um... *feed* some people? Yeah, and if you actually gave money to the African nations, then oh yeah, that'd be *debt relief* wouldn't it?!!! Would be a good way to show that people are doing what their lame governments ought to be doing already. Maybe that would encourage governments for real (people are more likely to value ideas they think they're paying for... happens all the time.) Oh yeah, and do the musicians really need the gift bags? I think they can go without some of the kiehl's products... OOh, maybe the goodie bag companies could have given food to people that were hungry? Pshaw! How could celebs live without the free goodness?! they've totally forgotten how to fend for themselves (why else would they all need personal assistants?) Yes, yes I am slightly cynical.
5) this HP printer commercial makes me sing along to it. How fiendish. "outta the picture... outta the frame!"