Sudo, make me a sammich. I tire of stir-fry.
I've been very quiet lately, in a good way. Which means that life has been quite boring and I kinda like it.
One of the reasons is dinero (lack thereof). The upside of not going out much is that I've been spending more time with Jailbait and my family, downside is that I haven't seen many of you guys for a long time. More on seeing my family more often: things with my mom are less stressful than usual, plus my relatives have taken it upon themselves to feed me & my brother to help offset our unemployment. My grandma sends us home with fruits & veggies from her garden, my aunt & uncle use our visits as an excuse to clean out their freezer & pantry, and my parents give us whatever they have on hand and aren't going to use.
I possess many potatoes.
"I like baked potatoes. I don't have a microwave oven, and it takes forever to bake a potato in a conventional oven. Sometimes I'll just throw one in there, even if I don't want one, because by the time it's done, who knows?" - Mitch Hedberg
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good potato must be in want of some butter." - Austen (bastardized)
"All I know is that you've got to have your potato, and then it will be all right." - Mr. Tulip, The Truth by Terry Pratchett
As you can see, not all potatoes exist as physical nourishment. However, an awful lot of physical nourishment spuds are piling up in my kitchen. It is a good thing I have mystical mashed potato powers that combine seemingly unrelated ingredients into comfort-food delicious.
Small potatoes aside: I've been having or going to very small get-togethers lately, easing back into being social on a budget. James' (Betsy's husband) 30th birthday saw a handful of us kickback over dinner and I finally played Camelot, a cooperative board game that I previously backed away from due to a building hatred for the hyper-omnipresent Arthurian myths which have permeated way too much of our media. The game was cool :) Then some of us stayed up until 3, drinking and watching The Riches and being warm under blankets on the couch. It was like an idealized family night, all kittens and lollipops and happiness.
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Tra la la was the code that I traveled by in an otherwise empty mine-field.
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Jailbait & I have been writing down 6-month goals because we're both pretty ADD-esque (getting diagnosed is on the 12-month plan) and neither of us get things done unless we're constantly re-focusing on what we want to do. Sometimes it's pretty bad--I start cleaning and get distracted by sorting my books for sale on eBay, he'll start washing dishes and end up pacing in the living room, mumbling about hard drives. Since we both do it, though, we're getting pretty good about pulling the other person back on task. It's becoming one of those "I'm better with than without you" things; I've struggled with paying attention for a lot of my life and it's so relieving simply to have someone alongside me with the same issue. It means I'm not crazy or lazy, just that I sometimes need help focusing and it's okay asking for help because he does too.
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I will be up in Bellingham/Stanwood this weekend. Want to carpool to Poetry on the Deck? I can bring you there if you can nab a ride back.
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Also, I want a cold icon with a happy face. Oh thankee jebus it's Fall.
One of the reasons is dinero (lack thereof). The upside of not going out much is that I've been spending more time with Jailbait and my family, downside is that I haven't seen many of you guys for a long time. More on seeing my family more often: things with my mom are less stressful than usual, plus my relatives have taken it upon themselves to feed me & my brother to help offset our unemployment. My grandma sends us home with fruits & veggies from her garden, my aunt & uncle use our visits as an excuse to clean out their freezer & pantry, and my parents give us whatever they have on hand and aren't going to use.
I possess many potatoes.
"I like baked potatoes. I don't have a microwave oven, and it takes forever to bake a potato in a conventional oven. Sometimes I'll just throw one in there, even if I don't want one, because by the time it's done, who knows?" - Mitch Hedberg
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good potato must be in want of some butter." - Austen (bastardized)
"All I know is that you've got to have your potato, and then it will be all right." - Mr. Tulip, The Truth by Terry Pratchett
As you can see, not all potatoes exist as physical nourishment. However, an awful lot of physical nourishment spuds are piling up in my kitchen. It is a good thing I have mystical mashed potato powers that combine seemingly unrelated ingredients into comfort-food delicious.
Small potatoes aside: I've been having or going to very small get-togethers lately, easing back into being social on a budget. James' (Betsy's husband) 30th birthday saw a handful of us kickback over dinner and I finally played Camelot, a cooperative board game that I previously backed away from due to a building hatred for the hyper-omnipresent Arthurian myths which have permeated way too much of our media. The game was cool :) Then some of us stayed up until 3, drinking and watching The Riches and being warm under blankets on the couch. It was like an idealized family night, all kittens and lollipops and happiness.
~
Tra la la was the code that I traveled by in an otherwise empty mine-field.
!
Jailbait & I have been writing down 6-month goals because we're both pretty ADD-esque (getting diagnosed is on the 12-month plan) and neither of us get things done unless we're constantly re-focusing on what we want to do. Sometimes it's pretty bad--I start cleaning and get distracted by sorting my books for sale on eBay, he'll start washing dishes and end up pacing in the living room, mumbling about hard drives. Since we both do it, though, we're getting pretty good about pulling the other person back on task. It's becoming one of those "I'm better with than without you" things; I've struggled with paying attention for a lot of my life and it's so relieving simply to have someone alongside me with the same issue. It means I'm not crazy or lazy, just that I sometimes need help focusing and it's okay asking for help because he does too.
--
I will be up in Bellingham/Stanwood this weekend. Want to carpool to Poetry on the Deck? I can bring you there if you can nab a ride back.
--
Also, I want a cold icon with a happy face. Oh thankee jebus it's Fall.