And now, the news

[offbalance]

I enjoyed the list format so much last time, even though I worried certain stories would be buried within it. However, thanks to the cool people on my f-list, this was not so.

• I had a wonderful Easter with j_bkl's family. Unfortunately, after a lovely afternoon, my stomach decided to rebel and I've been violently ill since about 8:30 last night. No idea what caused it (a bug, an allergic reaction, Zachariah the Evil Angel), but it laid me out so hard that when I woke up to attempt to go to work this morning, my entire body said no. I figure that if exhaustion, dehydration, vertigo, and all sorts of TMI ick I don't want to get into here are enough to keep the average starlet home from a premiere, they wouldn't mind me taking a day from the office. I'm 75% better, should be shipshape by morning.



• We also got to hang out with my folks on Saturday (which was rad as always), and replace the shopping cart I killed back in November? December? So we have a mega-cart again. This is happy-making.



• I am continually staggered, amazed, and disgusted by rampant consumerism encouraged by the wedding industry. No, really. It's disgusting. And, so much of it is swathed in this beautiful cloud of guilt that if you don't buy [thing] or [service] OMG UR WEDDING IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER I'M WARNING YOU IT'S JUST $900 FOR CHRIST SAKE ISN'T THE HAPPIEST DAY EVAR OF UR LIFE WORTH IT!! ISN'T IT? Blah. Thank goodness for Offbeat Bride and A Practical Wedding, as I'm sure these wonderful sites will keep me sane over the months leading up to the Marriaging. But seriously? $35 for a Pantone Guide to make sure everything is perfectly coordinated? $120 to have access to Evite on Steroids. It never ceases to amaze. (Mom thinks I need a break from this stuff. Maybe she's right?)



• I am now fully up-to-date on Supernatural(FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIILLL), Ugly Betty (OY.), Life Unexpected (My crack!) and The Vampire Diaries (HOMG). And, In Plain Sight is also back, and watched (Mary, I missed you!!). TV is so good right now it's almost not even worth it to pay $13 to go see a movie.



• I just got this out of the library, and I'm looking forward to reading it. I'm a fan of Not Eating Out in New York, though I enjoy her recipes more than her ranting. Still, I've heard good things about the book, and I've loved the hell out of all of the other food-related memoirs I've read so far. Specifically A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, Cooking for Mr. Latte by Amanda Hesser, and of course, Julie & Julia AND Cleaving by Julie Powell. (Oh, the screenplay I could write for Cleaving.)



• As previously mentioned on Facebook, this is some bullshit right here. I mean, what next? Are they going to add mortgage backed securities to Monopoly? Scrabble has been just fine for the last 62 years, thank you very much. It does not need updating. Stop it.



• Every day around the same time, I can hear someone playing the trumpet outside of my kitchen window. This person is a very good trumpet player, and I enjoy listening to his/her sessions. However, I am so frigging curious about who this might be, I'm tempted to post it as a missed connection or something. In the meantime, J and I have dubbed them "Trumpet Man" and will continue to enjoy the music so long as the windows remain open.



• 5 weeks remain in school. Just. Five. Somehow, I will get through this. I hope.

Comments

[laughingirl.livejournal.com]

I *love* Life Unexpected... and The Vampire Diaries. :)

I don't even play Scrabble that much, because I'm embarassingly not good at it, but I'm still pissed off about the changes... seriously? Rather than maybe try to get people to rise to the occasion and learn some words, let's dumb it down so people who only read about Brangelina can play too?? Ridiculous.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Life Unexpected is like an old-school WB show. Which is why I love it so very much. And Vampire Diaries? OMG, so much to love. So very much. (Elena would totally bitchslap Bella from Twilight if they ever crossed paths. Also? Damon is hot.)

It really is. They're really cheapening the game. Ugh. I can only hope the faithful will keep the right way alive.

[firynze.livejournal.com]

You should totally do a Missed Connection looking for Trumpet Man, because that's cool.

And what, don't you want to get Paperless Post or whatever the name of that new eVite-on-steroids thing is, and send out gorgeous online invitations in addition to your paper ones, which clearly must be custom-designed and letterpressed by trained, fair-trade gibbons working for minimum wage with full banana benefits?

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

I will see what James thinks. But that would be really cool if I found out who he/she is.

I know, right? OBVIOUSLY, it's because I totally want to RUIN my ONE CHANCE to have ONE PERFECT PERFECT DAY. *eyeroll*

(and LOL forever at fair trade gibbons! I'm so naming my production company that.)

[firynze.livejournal.com]

If you do, I will love you forever. Because it's a great name! :-D

[presenttense80.livejournal.com]

I am going to check out Life Unexpected because you said it's great! :)
And I am planning my wedding too and it's absurd what people try to get you to pay for. We are doing it all on our own!