My house consumed half-a-case of sparkling wine this weekend, almost two and a half half-racks of beer, several bottles of wine, a punch-bowl of sangria, rum, gin, and half-a-pint of ether. All right, I'm joking about that ether thing. But really ( Read more... )

Whew, it's Friday! My new job has been keeping me very busy. I'm working on this huge project with a looming, overwhelmingly close deadline, so my stress level is cruising along at an altitude where it seems to totter back and forth between stalling and asphyxiating its occupants. I like to think that I've got a good solid stress threshold that ( Read more... )

Boy, did I have fun in Portland! For once, I actually left on time on Friday, even after making an appointment at a seamstress to get my new Jos. Bank double-breasted charcoal suit altered to my needs. When I ordered the thing on clearance, it said "grey" but it turns out that what Jos. Bank means by "grey" is the same thing that I mean by " ( Read more... )

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I've been growing my moustache for 10 or 11 days now, and it's gotten to the point where it's looking like maybe I missed a spot shaving on purpose for many days. Actually it's starting to feel sort of hairy up there. It's hard to describe, if you've never had a moustache, but there's a point at which you can just sort of feel hair doing curious ( Read more... )

I suppose if I was really wise, I'd lay off on writing about the cocktail party, its ensuing day party, and the pub crawl that tied it all together until after the hangover went away. However, this morning I had the opportunity to converse with a partygoer who was only involved in the initial cocktail party, and he reported that his hangover ( Read more... )

I cooked a lot this weekend, and I mean that in both quantity and frequency. On Saturday I took over BBQing duties from chardan and made some really damn delicious ribs and salmon. I mean, he'd already done the work of marinating the ribs, but I am the one who stuck them on the fire. Very tasty! Yesterday, I was actually sort of responsible. I did ( Read more... )

This past weekend was a busy one. I spent a good deal of it adventuring, trekking, pontificating, pondering, and celebrating. There was good food and good company, cava on the Applegate, late nights smoking and conversing, innumerable pizza deliveries, and some really fine country driving with ludicrously loud music blasting away. The only ( Read more... )

Friday evening was a very pleasant one. I saw The Madwoman of Chaillot, put on by RCC's theater department. It was a pretty nice production, made even better by _soozie_'s awesome costumery. We didn't have reserve seats, so had to sit sort of off in a corner, but I didn't mind. The only problem was that the actual seating got in the way of seeing parts ( Read more... )

My mood this morning is content, but my body this morning is sort of stiff and sore. Yesterday, you see, W- and I went hiking with Bill and his beau. It was really fun, but really underlined how out-of-shape I am. Climbing the hill nearly killed me, I think ( Read more... )