Boo!
Today will have to suffice as the Halloween post, such as it is, because tomorrow I start waking up at 5 am, if not earlier, to begin a couple weeks of lots and lots of work at the American Film Market. I am really looking forward to it, but the lack of work in general, to say nothing of the lack of 14-hour days in my recent past, has me a bit worried about how extremely exhausted I'll be. The relief of finally earning some money will be the feeling I shall cling to to get me through.
Before all of that starts tomorrow, though, there is today. We are having a little dinner gathering to send off ze_pink_lady, who will be returning to the UK next week. I am desperately sad to see her go, as she has been a delightful roommate this past month or so, and it is great fun to have her around.
That means today is supposed to be devoted to cooking and cleaning, though my epic laziness (it is pre-emptive, you see, in preparation for the 14-hour days!) has prevented any of either so far. I guess I should get on that, hmm?
Obviously, this means I have no Halloween plans, which is fine with me. I really missed the Village Halloween Parade in NYC last year (though I had a delightful and mellow time that night here in LA with good friends and good food), and I am glad I will be so distracted this year that I won't have time to miss it.
The rest of the year is all of a sudden jam-packed with plans, after a relatively quiet summer and early fall. After AFM, I go to Tennessee for a week (YAY! The Holler! Daddy and Cindy! Barbecue! Bourbon! Cooking for days! Woohoo! *g*), getting back on the 1st of December. Then I'm undertaking a massive and uncomfortable reorganization project (I will be sorting, organizing, and rearranging an entire basement/crawlspace sort of thing with a dirt floor from my knees, as the ceiling is only about 4 feet above the floor). After that's over, of course, comes Christmas, and I'll be heading back to DC to see Mom, Li'l G, and whatever other members of my family aren't being douchefaces at the time. The capstone of the year--and the awesome kickoff to 2010--comes when splifford accompanies me back to LA from DC to spend New Year's here. Yay!
And that's my excuse for being lazy, but this apartment won't clean itself, nor will dinner cook itself, so I shall have to get a wiggle on. But not quite yet...
I meant to post about the return of Friday Night Lights the other night (I have been so excited about having DirecTV ever since I moved here, just for that show), but have neglected to do so. It was awesome, of course, and the interview they showed with Peter Berg before and after was interesting. Laura and I watched with my upstairs neighbor, who'd never seen the show, and then we showed her the pilot and a couple other S1 eps to give her a sense of show. She, of course, instantly decided Tami Taylor was awesomeness personified and lusted after Tim Riggins, as you do. No spoilers, but I'm incredibly excited for this season and it is so good to have the best show on TV back (as much as I love Mad Men, FNL still beats it, simply because I CARE so damn much about all the characters and I get so emotionally involved).
We then wound up showing my neighbor several episodes of Supernatural, wildly out of order (of which I do not approve, generally), but she wanted to see a Misha episode. We started with Lazarus Rising so she could see Castiel's introduction, but, of course, that didn't give her any sense of Sam'n'Dean. She also wanted to see a scary episode, so we went all the way back to Bloody Mary, which raised all sorts of other questions about the girlfriend on the ceiling, so we wound up then watching the pilot. I don't recommend such jumping around, simply because it's so jarring to see Jared magically shrink before one's eyes like that.
Okay, that's it. Procrastinating really is over now! I hope you all have awesome and fun Halloween plans, and extra-special spooky (and sexy!) shoutouts to the Superfriends--as Halloween is our birthday, after all. I love and miss you guys desperately! *mwah*
Before all of that starts tomorrow, though, there is today. We are having a little dinner gathering to send off ze_pink_lady, who will be returning to the UK next week. I am desperately sad to see her go, as she has been a delightful roommate this past month or so, and it is great fun to have her around.
That means today is supposed to be devoted to cooking and cleaning, though my epic laziness (it is pre-emptive, you see, in preparation for the 14-hour days!) has prevented any of either so far. I guess I should get on that, hmm?
Obviously, this means I have no Halloween plans, which is fine with me. I really missed the Village Halloween Parade in NYC last year (though I had a delightful and mellow time that night here in LA with good friends and good food), and I am glad I will be so distracted this year that I won't have time to miss it.
The rest of the year is all of a sudden jam-packed with plans, after a relatively quiet summer and early fall. After AFM, I go to Tennessee for a week (YAY! The Holler! Daddy and Cindy! Barbecue! Bourbon! Cooking for days! Woohoo! *g*), getting back on the 1st of December. Then I'm undertaking a massive and uncomfortable reorganization project (I will be sorting, organizing, and rearranging an entire basement/crawlspace sort of thing with a dirt floor from my knees, as the ceiling is only about 4 feet above the floor). After that's over, of course, comes Christmas, and I'll be heading back to DC to see Mom, Li'l G, and whatever other members of my family aren't being douchefaces at the time. The capstone of the year--and the awesome kickoff to 2010--comes when splifford accompanies me back to LA from DC to spend New Year's here. Yay!
And that's my excuse for being lazy, but this apartment won't clean itself, nor will dinner cook itself, so I shall have to get a wiggle on. But not quite yet...
I meant to post about the return of Friday Night Lights the other night (I have been so excited about having DirecTV ever since I moved here, just for that show), but have neglected to do so. It was awesome, of course, and the interview they showed with Peter Berg before and after was interesting. Laura and I watched with my upstairs neighbor, who'd never seen the show, and then we showed her the pilot and a couple other S1 eps to give her a sense of show. She, of course, instantly decided Tami Taylor was awesomeness personified and lusted after Tim Riggins, as you do. No spoilers, but I'm incredibly excited for this season and it is so good to have the best show on TV back (as much as I love Mad Men, FNL still beats it, simply because I CARE so damn much about all the characters and I get so emotionally involved).
We then wound up showing my neighbor several episodes of Supernatural, wildly out of order (of which I do not approve, generally), but she wanted to see a Misha episode. We started with Lazarus Rising so she could see Castiel's introduction, but, of course, that didn't give her any sense of Sam'n'Dean. She also wanted to see a scary episode, so we went all the way back to Bloody Mary, which raised all sorts of other questions about the girlfriend on the ceiling, so we wound up then watching the pilot. I don't recommend such jumping around, simply because it's so jarring to see Jared magically shrink before one's eyes like that.
Okay, that's it. Procrastinating really is over now! I hope you all have awesome and fun Halloween plans, and extra-special spooky (and sexy!) shoutouts to the Superfriends--as Halloween is our birthday, after all. I love and miss you guys desperately! *mwah*