News of the week

HOLY CRAP THIS WEEK HAS BEEN CRAZY. I-I don't think I've been this busy in a long time. XD

* I have been mostly following Andrew Sullivan's liveblogging and other links during the downtimes at work this week. It's really hard to actually be eloquent or even have proper words for a lot of this--I'm not even a religious person, but I hope to any god or higher power listening that this will make a positive change, and that all those people who've been injured or died in the struggle for fair representation will not be in vain.

IN LESS SERIOUS NEWS, THE WEEK.

* MONDAY: I met miss_arel and we watched Bizarre Foods on DVD. I am ridiculously addicted to this show, to the point that even when it's a rerun I've seen three or four times already, I have to watch it again when it comes on. :( I need to put the rest of the DVDs on my to-buy list, since I already own the first one, I SHOULD GET THE OTHERS! (Especially if the Wiki is right and they're changing it to "Bizarre World" instead and expanding to cultures as well--IT IS NOT THAT I WON'T WATCH IT STILL, especially if the host is the same, but I think food is a really cool insight into lots of cultures in the first place, so!) I need to start putting boxes away so I can start having more people over and show off my new place. :|a

* TUESDAY: I met with my cousin! This is the same cousin who came by last year, as a short stop on her way to a mission trip in Peru. It was really interesting, because--she's something like six or seven years older than me, and we have very few actual similar interests, but ... she's family. We talked about how it was weird, because our family (the different branches) have never been super-close or given to big gatherings or celebrations; the last time we really had multiple branches of the family in on place was ... our grandmother's funeral, ha ha ha orz. Still, there was something cool about mentioning our other cousin in Portland and not having to SAY he's my cousin--or hearing that her sisters might be visiting at some point, and just ... it was interesting! We are going to try and get together again, and I'm hoping it will be a semi-regular thing, because it is nice, having her around.

* WEDNESDAY: I did nothing! \m/

* THURSDAY: vulchu, katmaxwell, faoiltiamatani, and I went to Tutta Bella Pizza. The food was amazing, the company was a blast (exploding drink glasses and all!) and it was just nice to see people. I should keep that up, especially since I am living alone. :|a

* FRIDAY: I went to see RENT with a bunch of folks. There were a few technical issues with the music (they were playing too slow at parts and the actors were forced co compensate with the song), but it was still amazing. \o/ We were lucky enough to get a performance that actually had Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal as Mark and Roger (and music technicalities or whatever aside, it was really, really cool to see them live on stage and how well they work together), we had terrific seats, and man do I love living downtown. :D The theater was like three blocks from my apartment, so afterwards I could just walk home.

* SATURDAY: I went to the wedding nightsinger and darthparadox. \o/ It was a lovely ceremony and they were adorable. I should harass more of the people there to do stuff outside of work, because THEY ARE COOL PEOPLE, I am just kind of fail at being social a lot of times. (This week notwithstanding; this week was kind of a fluke in a major way.)

* ♥♥♥♥?!?!???? .o.

* How's my driving. o/

* TODAY: My plans consist mostly of doing my groceries, doing my laundry, and using today to decompress. TOMORROW, I GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR. YAY.

* ETA: I think I just saw the real-life inspiration for Dug while I was walking back from the farmer's market. Owner said his name was Samson, but kept calling him "Pumpkin" instead. I got a phone picture. \o/