other random bits
We went to see my parents on Sunday. It was nice to see them again.
Apparently my niece is serious about wanting to move to Italy after
she graduates. More power to her. She's an art (art-history? not sure
if she formally changed) major who wants a museum job (specifics unknown
to me); it seems like that'd be hard to come by and almost certainly
means moving anyway, so she may as well go for what excites her if she
can.
My parents wanted to show off their shiny new mall (Pittsburgh Mills), but it was raining so we didn't see much of it. I am not a recreational shopper (unless it caters to my particular obsessions, but I don't get excited over things like clothes), and mostly one expanse of stores is much like another to me, so shrug. I don't need to see the third local Barnes & Noble or the 437th Starbucks; I care about the unusual or unique stores, but they are very much the minority in such developments. (And in the "some things never change" department, service in the new mall's new Eat & Park was very slow. We were on the verge of walking out without paying not because we're that kind of people but because we couldn't find anyone who would take our money.)
Later Sunday we went to afternoon tea hosted by a friend, but the aforementioned rain meant we didn't go out into her garden. It was a pleasant gathering, though, and the tea and little sandwiches and cookies were tasty.
Dani and I didn't catch Firefly when it was on TV, so when we were recently ordering stuff anyway we picked up the show on DVD. We've seen three episodes so far, and it's got my attention. I take it we aren't going to find out what's up with River before the end of the show (or the movie)? I was a little surprised to see how overtly a western it is -- the horses in the first episode and the bar fight in the second augmented the soundtrack and the characters' general style. :-)
Given how little TV we watch (less now that West Wing and Commander in Chief are done), I wonder if it would ultimately be cheaper to cancel the cable and just buy the interesting shows when they come out on DVD. As a benchmark for lag time I just checked Amazon, and this year's Invasion is due out in August. But hey -- it says "complete series"? Did they really not renew it? Bummer -- I'd heard that they did, but apparently they changed their minds.
My parents wanted to show off their shiny new mall (Pittsburgh Mills), but it was raining so we didn't see much of it. I am not a recreational shopper (unless it caters to my particular obsessions, but I don't get excited over things like clothes), and mostly one expanse of stores is much like another to me, so shrug. I don't need to see the third local Barnes & Noble or the 437th Starbucks; I care about the unusual or unique stores, but they are very much the minority in such developments. (And in the "some things never change" department, service in the new mall's new Eat & Park was very slow. We were on the verge of walking out without paying not because we're that kind of people but because we couldn't find anyone who would take our money.)
Later Sunday we went to afternoon tea hosted by a friend, but the aforementioned rain meant we didn't go out into her garden. It was a pleasant gathering, though, and the tea and little sandwiches and cookies were tasty.
Dani and I didn't catch Firefly when it was on TV, so when we were recently ordering stuff anyway we picked up the show on DVD. We've seen three episodes so far, and it's got my attention. I take it we aren't going to find out what's up with River before the end of the show (or the movie)? I was a little surprised to see how overtly a western it is -- the horses in the first episode and the bar fight in the second augmented the soundtrack and the characters' general style. :-)
Given how little TV we watch (less now that West Wing and Commander in Chief are done), I wonder if it would ultimately be cheaper to cancel the cable and just buy the interesting shows when they come out on DVD. As a benchmark for lag time I just checked Amazon, and this year's Invasion is due out in August. But hey -- it says "complete series"? Did they really not renew it? Bummer -- I'd heard that they did, but apparently they changed their minds.