Looking Back
I wonder if I'm ever going to be able to look back on 2009 and remember anything other than persistent sadness and what feels like non-stop celebrity death watch?
Brittany Murphy died today - of a 'cardiac event' at 32 years old. Cardiac at 32?!? Of course, we're all speculating that's code for 'coroner needs to determine which drug killed her'. Or maybe it was the eating disorder catching up with her? Or some disease she/we didn't even know she had (a la that dude from Housewives)? I'm sure TMZ will start spreading the news before the report even finishes being written at the LA County Coroner's Office. RIP, Brittany Murphy.
The rest of the weekend has been okay. I showed the condo to someone who'd contacted me about my roommate ad yesterday. Let's just say that she didn't seem to quite come across to me as the brightest flame on the menorah. I gave her directions, very specifically noting that she needed to come into Midtown/Downtown ATL and follow I-75 North. She calls me 2 minutes before our agreed-upon time from beyond south of the Airport on I-85 SOUTH, at least 10 miles from downtown, asking if she's getting close. Huh??? *smh* As someone who gets lost all.the.time, I had a smidgen of understanding for her. But at the same time, it was just the beginning of the things that made me really uncomfortable about her. Other things included the kinda creepy, hovering boyfriend that came with her and the whole young, spacey, vacant-headed thing she seemed to have going on. I can't see her faring well in my home. At one point when I was showing her around, I had this vision of asking her to please give me her rent check on the 25th and she's hands me a can of beans asking if they were the right temperature. Yeah...she's not going to work out.
And then last night was the Annual Funtime Holiday Party. I was a little late, but made my best batch yet of chocolate chip cookies, including some bacon chocolate chip cookies that were apparently a hit. I was very happy that people seemed to like them so much, even those who were skeptical at first. I should really jot down the recipe mods that I made vs. the last batch so that I don't forget what I did differently this time. The party itself was fun as usual - I don't get to see some of that crowd very often, so I was very glad to see them last night. We always talk about making dinner parties a regular thing; let's see if we can actually get that off the ground in '10.
I thought I might be in the mood for a movie out tonight...but I have too mush ish to do around here to get ready to leave on Friday. So I'm going to cook Tica's Turkey Chili and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and get ready for the week.
-ticachu
Brittany Murphy died today - of a 'cardiac event' at 32 years old. Cardiac at 32?!? Of course, we're all speculating that's code for 'coroner needs to determine which drug killed her'. Or maybe it was the eating disorder catching up with her? Or some disease she/we didn't even know she had (a la that dude from Housewives)? I'm sure TMZ will start spreading the news before the report even finishes being written at the LA County Coroner's Office. RIP, Brittany Murphy.
The rest of the weekend has been okay. I showed the condo to someone who'd contacted me about my roommate ad yesterday. Let's just say that she didn't seem to quite come across to me as the brightest flame on the menorah. I gave her directions, very specifically noting that she needed to come into Midtown/Downtown ATL and follow I-75 North. She calls me 2 minutes before our agreed-upon time from beyond south of the Airport on I-85 SOUTH, at least 10 miles from downtown, asking if she's getting close. Huh??? *smh* As someone who gets lost all.the.time, I had a smidgen of understanding for her. But at the same time, it was just the beginning of the things that made me really uncomfortable about her. Other things included the kinda creepy, hovering boyfriend that came with her and the whole young, spacey, vacant-headed thing she seemed to have going on. I can't see her faring well in my home. At one point when I was showing her around, I had this vision of asking her to please give me her rent check on the 25th and she's hands me a can of beans asking if they were the right temperature. Yeah...she's not going to work out.
And then last night was the Annual Funtime Holiday Party. I was a little late, but made my best batch yet of chocolate chip cookies, including some bacon chocolate chip cookies that were apparently a hit. I was very happy that people seemed to like them so much, even those who were skeptical at first. I should really jot down the recipe mods that I made vs. the last batch so that I don't forget what I did differently this time. The party itself was fun as usual - I don't get to see some of that crowd very often, so I was very glad to see them last night. We always talk about making dinner parties a regular thing; let's see if we can actually get that off the ground in '10.
I thought I might be in the mood for a movie out tonight...but I have too mush ish to do around here to get ready to leave on Friday. So I'm going to cook Tica's Turkey Chili and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and get ready for the week.
-ticachu