I had a super good time with a friend tonight -- a friend I met online, and it turns out she lives in Toronto, whaaaaat -- and now I am super tired, wow! But we saw Star Wars together (I found I liked it a lot more the second time, though it will always be one of those films that makes me laugh at un-funny parts as well as at funny parts), and ( Read more... )

I had a good conversation with a friend tonight, despite some technology difficulties -- though, honestly it still amazes me that we live in a world in which we can talk to one another, and see one another actually pretty well if only via screens, from hundreds of miles away. ("Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now~!"I ( Read more... )

Hullo I am super tired and up too late considering, but I had a good day! Peter and Ken have some friends in town -- two of Ken's oldest friends, in fact, they were here when I arrived yesterday evening -- so today we all hung out and had a lot of fun. Also Kathy had a 6-hour layover on her way from Winnipeg to Istanbul, so Peter and I picked her ( Read more... )

I have still not seen the star war, but I'm thinking that will change tomorrow. I really made no effort to stay spoiler-free, to be honest, but I'm intrigued by the growing fanbase. According to the folks I follow on Tumblr, anyway, at least two of the new main characters are an item, while a strong case can be made for the relationship actually ( Read more... )

One of the wonderful things about growing older is the way I can watch my relationships grow, as well. I know I am not especially old right now, but I have been circling the sun for almost three decades, and lately I've begun to notice dimensions of life I hadn't perceived before. It may seem obvious to say that I've realized people are dynamic -- ( Read more... )

This past weekend, while Nathaniel visited me in Toronto, we went with Peter and Ken to Peter's friends' house for their annual Christmas Carol Singalong. I wasn't sure what to expect, though Peter said that in previous years there has been sushi on the food table, so I decided to hope for that. And maybe we would sing a few carols ( Read more... )

Roy and Priscilla have officially listened to the first three songs of Hamilton and declared it very enjoyable. This happened this morning in Naperville, and now it is tonight in Toronto, and I am still thinking about these fifteen minutes we spent together (where I tried not to sing along, and tried to modulate the volume in their otherwise quiet ( Read more... )

Aw heck it's been another four days without an update.

I remain intensely interested in the musical Hamilton. I read A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett, which I found delightful and girded with wise, wise words. Tonight a neighbor came over and together we made pumpkin sausage pasta, which took care of half the sausage in the fridge, some of the ( Read more... )

Today Peter and I went to a fast food joint for lunch, the choice motivated less by a strong desire for burgers and more because this was a place and it seemed good enough and we were very hungry. It was pretty good. I even got a root beer, and onion rings ( Read more... )

Fun fact, I've actually been out late every night since Friday, if you can believe it! I know, I know, how very uncharacteristic of me. The thing is, our Outreach Coordinator, Jay, is visiting, and Peter and I have been going to their events, going to meetings altogether, and generally showing them around. (Jay uses they/them/their pronouns.) ( Read more... )