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[praetorianguard]

This weekend I: missed a happy hour because I was still at work; went to a basketball game; got a box of energy-saving lighting accessories (e.g., light bulbs) at said basketball game (yeah, I don't know either); got home waaaaay too late; slept in waaaaay too long; mailed stuff; picked up boxes of books (and a birdhouse for grandma) from our

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[lessthanpie]

I made bread and macaroni and cheese from scratch and learned how to use some new writing software (instead of actually writing anything) and watched Fringe until I got distracted by the amount of time it wasn't taking these people to drive from Boston to NYC and back again and had some naps and read a book and watched a couple of ridiculous shark attack movies (and remembered why I don't like the ocean) and watched the dessert Top Chef (and remembered that I hate everyone on it and want to feed them to sharktopus) and did laundry and cleaned the kitchen and shopped for a new bookshelf and continued to fail at actually buying one and next weekend I'll probably be eaten by the shelfless books that are taking over my apartment.

[praetorianguard]

Huh. I, too, hate everyone on dessert Top Chef and will likely be eaten by shelfless books. Marbles is lobbying for more bookshelves; apparently she will be expanding our apartment with...wait for it...magic.

I continue to fear bread-making. Quick breads are fine, but yeast is scary!

S11 staff shirt should have a lady sharktopus. Really.

[lookslikelove]

I love watching Phil. One of my favourite Sunday evening rituals and a large part of the reason that I want to get on that show.

AH. BAKERY BOOKSTORE COMBO. Not going to lie, that is totally a cracky dream of mine but it would just be combining two of my favourite things: baked goods and books.

My weekend was boring. I cleaned my mother's garage, wrote a whole bunch, explained the differences between Facebook/Twitter/a blog to some senior citizens, watched Disney movies and cried, was sick and went to a meat raffle.

[praetorianguard]

Your weekend was not boring! It involved the mysterious words "meat raffle."

I think you should not encourage this bookstore/bakery idea. I do not want to get up at 3:00 every morning and make pie and cupcakes. Marbles's plan is that we hire our mothers to do it and, if possible, THAT IS EVEN WORSE.

[lookslikelove]

Meat raffles are a truly strange and wondrous British tradition that has seized hold in the north central US (namely, Minnesota, Wisconsin, parts of Illinois & Indiana). Oh look a wiki article!

HAHAH Yeah DO NOT get mothers involved. It gets complicated fast.

[imaginarycircus]

I finished draft #6. :D

[praetorianguard]

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[luminousmarble]

I went hiking on Mt. Hood, and hid in a tree from a bear. I rafted out and then parasailed down to Portland on the Columbia, where I held court at Powell's before retreating to McMennamin's for a big platter of fried calamari with three kinds of dipping sauce.

The next day, I flew kites and ate saltwater taffy in Seaside and then drove down 101 until I hit Devil's Punchbowl. I got sand between my toes on rock beach and roasted hot dogs over a bonfire before crawling into my tent in the redwoods.

[praetorianguard]

HOT DOGS. I ♥ hot dogs. :D

Also, you have reminded me to convince vlamidala that we should run Hood to Coast in 2012. I think I need to borrow your brother for this. And you to man the the first van, which I am christening Astropod 1.

[luminousmarble]

I love that you ignore that I made that all up.

I have cousins, too.

[praetorianguard]

Made all what up? *whistles*

How handy. I shall have to collect the set.

How could you possibly ignore the fact that I HAVE NAMED YOUR RENTAL VAN ASTROPOD 1?

[samhenderson]

Heh.

This weekend I catered a last-minute funeral reception for 400 people, did all the Sunday bulletins, sang in small ensemble, went to a friend's for dinner and brought dessert, and finished a book for Wizards of the Coast.

[praetorianguard]

Wow, that's an up-and-down weekend. I hope everything went okay -- and yay for the book! That's awesome!