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I don't know why I am always oblivious to any holiday pertaining to anything remotely patriotic but Memorial, Presidents, Veterans and all o' those Days elude me annually. (I can successfully recall and accommodate 4th of July in my life).
This weekend has been pretty decent as weekends go, although the longer I am coupled, the less I seem to make my own plans. Perhaps that's normal and maybe only more obvious to me since I often didn't make the time to make social plans before and now that I am I seem shocked they're not entirely with my friends. Interestingly enough, most of my close friends started or solidified relationships around the time of my said-coupling so I have also sensed a leaning towards a reduction in single-people-plans. It's a little bit of a bummer.
Thursday and Friday night I slept at the dude's apartment, this much I recall. Saturday morning I had brunch at my apt with A. We tried out the Dr. Cow cheese that the PSFC has started carrying (and even so it's prohibitively expensive but good). I know what you're thinking - cows aren't doctors. And also it's made out of nuts? (Yes.) There has to be a way to make that stupid cheese, damn it. It's just nuts! Then I ran into a bunch of people walking around Saturday, which is always nice and makes me feel like I totally live in a town vs a borough or city.
Saturday eve the dude's friend who lives nearby had a surprise party inflicted on him so we did that and I ate most of their pb pretzels. Do you like how I mainly remember food items?
My mother arrived on Sunday and we walked around a bit (long enough in the 6/15 Garden to spot snails on the bushes?) starting at noonish for a 7pm mani/pedi finale at the pink shop (I will not say it's horrible aliterative name). When she left, we tried to find a place to eat later on but everyone closed early so we ended up with kind of gross veggie burgers (avocado, ketchup, vegenaise and Annie's Woodstock salad dressing).
Today I hung out at the kid park with L, K and Baby M after getting coffee (and running into someone there) and then got ices (and ran into someone on the way there). Root beer ice. Then I also got a broom, baguette and packing tape so I can finally send out packages. I spent the rest of my day going through old magazines because god forbid I throw out a Real Simple without taking out any vegan-friendly marinade recipe (like I marinade? ever?) or any "quick" meal that is vegan-friendly. Or anything I might think I might read again, ever. I did manage to get through about a dozen magazines though so not only is that progress towards a delightfully austere lifestyle but hopefully I'll become more discerning about what pages I tear out to reference in the future.
After I thought I was quite over shopping, I ended up buying 2 pair of sandals online. Honestly, I'm short and gladiator sandals with a lot of horizontal lines don't do me any favors so I have some type of "legitimate" "need" for sandals that work better with my brief stature! I probably didn't need 2 but I thought it'd be a good investment to have 3 pairs of sandals in rotation or else I favor flip flops for the duration of summer. What I didn't anticiapte was buying a shirt and jacket from a vendor at the flea market. The jacket needs to be altered but I spent $15 total. Probably $22 total if you count alterations.
I have been doing a crap job watching my Netflix lately. It has taken me about 2 months to watch:
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
La Vie en Rose
The Real Dirt on Famer John
The Kid Stays in the Picture
51 Birch
Crazy Love
Notes on a Scandal (which I own but never watched)
The Real Dirt on Farmer John was something I'd heard good things about from a number of people. I was a little if-y on the "camp" part and rightly so but the rest of it was good. It is an interesting trajectory for a family farm through the years - and a positive one at the end. So it's hopeful.
51 Birch was not what I thought it'd be. Initially it sounds like a personal documentary witch hunt for an adulterous father but it ends up being something different and more weighted. Out of everything I watched on that list, I found myself most emotionally invested in this movie.
Crazy Love - I had seen parts of this before. I'll cut it because it's a shocking relationship that is part of the documentary's timeline... but it's amazing that she ends up with someone who blinded her in theory. But when you consider the times, her physical disfiguring and the concept of "damaged goods", loneliness and financial stability it becomes slightly more understandable. The fact that he ended up on trial for sexual harrassment towards one of his employees even after all of that blows my mind.
This weekend has been pretty decent as weekends go, although the longer I am coupled, the less I seem to make my own plans. Perhaps that's normal and maybe only more obvious to me since I often didn't make the time to make social plans before and now that I am I seem shocked they're not entirely with my friends. Interestingly enough, most of my close friends started or solidified relationships around the time of my said-coupling so I have also sensed a leaning towards a reduction in single-people-plans. It's a little bit of a bummer.
Thursday and Friday night I slept at the dude's apartment, this much I recall. Saturday morning I had brunch at my apt with A. We tried out the Dr. Cow cheese that the PSFC has started carrying (and even so it's prohibitively expensive but good). I know what you're thinking - cows aren't doctors. And also it's made out of nuts? (Yes.) There has to be a way to make that stupid cheese, damn it. It's just nuts! Then I ran into a bunch of people walking around Saturday, which is always nice and makes me feel like I totally live in a town vs a borough or city.
Saturday eve the dude's friend who lives nearby had a surprise party inflicted on him so we did that and I ate most of their pb pretzels. Do you like how I mainly remember food items?
My mother arrived on Sunday and we walked around a bit (long enough in the 6/15 Garden to spot snails on the bushes?) starting at noonish for a 7pm mani/pedi finale at the pink shop (I will not say it's horrible aliterative name). When she left, we tried to find a place to eat later on but everyone closed early so we ended up with kind of gross veggie burgers (avocado, ketchup, vegenaise and Annie's Woodstock salad dressing).
Today I hung out at the kid park with L, K and Baby M after getting coffee (and running into someone there) and then got ices (and ran into someone on the way there). Root beer ice. Then I also got a broom, baguette and packing tape so I can finally send out packages. I spent the rest of my day going through old magazines because god forbid I throw out a Real Simple without taking out any vegan-friendly marinade recipe (like I marinade? ever?) or any "quick" meal that is vegan-friendly. Or anything I might think I might read again, ever. I did manage to get through about a dozen magazines though so not only is that progress towards a delightfully austere lifestyle but hopefully I'll become more discerning about what pages I tear out to reference in the future.
After I thought I was quite over shopping, I ended up buying 2 pair of sandals online. Honestly, I'm short and gladiator sandals with a lot of horizontal lines don't do me any favors so I have some type of "legitimate" "need" for sandals that work better with my brief stature! I probably didn't need 2 but I thought it'd be a good investment to have 3 pairs of sandals in rotation or else I favor flip flops for the duration of summer. What I didn't anticiapte was buying a shirt and jacket from a vendor at the flea market. The jacket needs to be altered but I spent $15 total. Probably $22 total if you count alterations.
I have been doing a crap job watching my Netflix lately. It has taken me about 2 months to watch:
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
La Vie en Rose
The Real Dirt on Famer John
The Kid Stays in the Picture
51 Birch
Crazy Love
Notes on a Scandal (which I own but never watched)
The Real Dirt on Farmer John was something I'd heard good things about from a number of people. I was a little if-y on the "camp" part and rightly so but the rest of it was good. It is an interesting trajectory for a family farm through the years - and a positive one at the end. So it's hopeful.
51 Birch was not what I thought it'd be. Initially it sounds like a personal documentary witch hunt for an adulterous father but it ends up being something different and more weighted. Out of everything I watched on that list, I found myself most emotionally invested in this movie.
Crazy Love - I had seen parts of this before. I'll cut it because it's a shocking relationship that is part of the documentary's timeline... but it's amazing that she ends up with someone who blinded her in theory. But when you consider the times, her physical disfiguring and the concept of "damaged goods", loneliness and financial stability it becomes slightly more understandable. The fact that he ended up on trial for sexual harrassment towards one of his employees even after all of that blows my mind.