3193my weekend

May 9, 2005

 

 

Friday night I went to the bellydance show at Casa de Luz. the
jasmine was blooming, it was lovely. I only stayed through the first
half, I was tired.

Got up Saturday a.m. and checked email; onyxlynxx bailed for Yoga. I was
under the impression that e. had also made other plans for
Saturday, so I decided to say 'fuckit' to yoga & stayed on the
computer goofing off for a couple hours. e. called after yoga &
said she'd missed me in class. d'oh!!

I went shopping, got some canisters for my work coffee, tea, and
splenda at Bed Bath & Beyond, got a skirt at Ross, and then went over
to L&B's, let the cats out, fed them, watched TV until about
3. Went downtown, got there terribly early, so I stopped at Halcyon
to have a coffee, then to the Drafthouse to see The Princess Bride.
Nobody showed up, so I was feeling terribly unloved, then Sharjinka
showed up as the theatre went dark, followed by Donhedon, felisviolacious, and her Little One.
Little One was fidgety, felisviolacious and Jinx kept making comments...it was
fairly embarassing. The waitron gave us one tab with all our stuff, I
had gotten mead, it was awful. Oh well. The movie was OK.

Then I went off to San Antonio for Otter Chaos. Met up w/Rengeek &
Loa. They had some kind of serious conversation at one part of the
evening, apparently because he'd gone out sometime and told her he
hadn't, or some such. Oh well. The band was good, the company was
fairly decent, and I got to see Rengeek's new RV. That was cool. Oh,
yeah, and I got to see Captain Jack without the makeup & costume.
Wedding ring. d'oh.

Got home a bit after Midnight. Slept Sunday until 1:30PM (wow). It
was raining out, and dark, so I guess that's why. Then I went over
to L&B's, fed the cats, watched more TV. Nikiyoy came over with
strawberries & cool whip and we watched "Finding Neverland." I cried,
but mostly I didn't like it. Badly behaved ugly sprogs & Depp's
character encouraging them to be bad at the table, in the house, etc.

Stayed at L&B's until about 10 last night. Around 9:30, cousin B called
and sounded really upset, when the phone rang I let the machine get
it,and thought it was [brother A] at first, then realized it was B, dashed
for the phone, and the call had already ended. Apparently M-[B's mom] and
B got into it physically and [B's mom] called the cops. Looks like
L&B get to take him in for his senior year. I would make sure
M-. paid for his schooling, or at least helped, the selfish bitch.

Anyhoo...that sucked.

And then I went home, read, and now I'm at work. Girls night tonight
is at L&B's, I'm making baked pasta, Onyxlynxx's bringing salad, Nikiyoy's
bringing her s'mores maker, Kulilinei's bringing bread and it should be a
nice time.

3196oops,ICQ w thewordnerd HERE

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May 9, 2005

 

 

evile: hey :) How was your weekend?
thewordnerd: Hey. It was kinda eh. :( Didn't really get to do anything, and
the pool party was a no-go.
thewordnerd: How was yours?
evile: yeah, the weather got nasty, didn't it? ick.
evile: The bellydance show Friday was nice, the movie was OK, but I
was sitting right inbetween 2 people who liked to make comments and
sound effects and whatnot all the way through. The Rennie gathering
in San Antonio was fun, and Sunday was just laid back at home kind of
day
thewordnerd: Yeah. Sorry you didn't get to hike. :( I was thinking about
how you'd commented that it always rains when you plan something when
the thunderstorm woke me up on Sunday.
thewordnerd: Oh, so you did the Princess Bride thing then?
evile: Yeah, I did. It was Ok. The film was messed up in a couple of
places, which elicited a bunch of "AWW!"'s from felisviolaceous. Very irritating.
thewordnerd: Ugh, I can only imagine how irritating those would be from her
in particular.
evile: It was embarassing. As if her saying certain lines just before
the character on screen wasn't bad enough. Oh well. I'd never seen
the movie before, I'm glad I got to see it at a real theatre.
thewordnerd: Heh, I imagine that the alamo experience would make seeing a
popular movie for the first time a bit unnerving. I think that's why
I'd rather see all the Monty Python stuff on my own first before
trying to listen with people shouting lines and such.
evile: yeah...
thewordnerd: Hah. I'm laughing my ass off at
http://www.overheardinnewyork.com Stupid people are so funny.
evile: as long as I don't have to deal with them directly, yes.
thewordnerd: Heh, indeed. :)
evile: I really hope the weather is better this weekend.
thewordnerd: Yeah, me too.
evile: I can't believe I'm already thinking about the weekend..it's
only monday, it's gonna be a long week!
thewordnerd: Heh. Makes sense, though. You've got exciting plans to look
forward to, it seems. :)
evile: hope so.
thewordnerd: Did you find anyone to go with?
evile: Chancie is going with me.
thewordnerd: Oh cool.
evile: It should be fun. She's cute and fun to hang out with.
thewordnerd: Heh. She was such a hard sell, wasn't she? :P
evile: yeah. And, gosh, what a terrible task for me--helping her lace
into her bodice or corset. BUMMER.
thewordnerd: LOL
evile: I am sure I will cry the whole time.
thewordnerd: :)
evile: Between her and ladydreamtime, I end up feeling like charter
member of the IBTC when I hang with them.

thewordnerd: I was just amused at how she went from 'It's so tempting but
no' to 'Eh, why not' in the same comment. :P
thewordnerd: IBTC?
evile: Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
thewordnerd: Ah! Heh.
evile: Yeah, we're going to have a nice day, I think, AND I got her
to drive! which rocks, since she drives a little bitty toyota. Much
better gas mileage.
thewordnerd: Excellent. Where is it, again?
evile: Scarborough? Its up near dallas.
thewordnerd: Oh, right, I remember you mentioning that now. I was thinking
it was further away than that.
evile: it's about 2.5 hours drive.
thewordnerd: That isn't too bad.
evile: not at all.

3197icq w/A

May 9, 2005

 

 

evile: Hey, how was your weekend? Did you get rained on?
SkyeDS: not until we were on our way home in the wee hours of Sunday
morning
evile: oh, that's not too bad
SkyeDS: a good time was had by all. [sineater's mom] was a little nutty but
that's snafu
SkyeDS: last time we were there for thanksgiving, I had asked sineater to
make sure it was ok to have the girls *in the trailer* overnight in
front of grammy's house or did we need a motel room (my choice
actually, I like my privacy)
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: so his mother told him it was fine, and so he told me
SkyeDS: so we get there and it isn't fine and the whole family is mad
at me for being hard to deal with
evile: dang.
SkyeDS: so after that, I assume it still isn't fine. and she wanted
us to spend the night Sat night
SkyeDS: and I'm like, um no, the horses can't be out front not even
in the trailer, remember?
evile: wierd
SkyeDS: she btw left me hanging out to dry on Thanksgiving, rather
then pointing out that I had asked permission and was under the
illusion that I had it.
evile: suck.
SkyeDS: so that was the nuttiness, but other than that.
SkyeDS: the movie is for the most part a regurgitation of gladiator
evile: Oh, oh well. good eye candy?
SkyeDS: very pleasing to the eye.
SkyeDS: and gladiator was good, so if you liked gladiator you'll like
this.
evile: I was indifferent to gladiator. it wasn't awful. And I can't
really stand russel crow, so put orlando in his role and I'd be all
good.
SkyeDS: I would call it stock Ridley Scott mythos (in the same way
that all cultures regurgitate some myths - Egyptian, Greek, Roman,
Celtic, Sumerian, Jewish, etc etc etc)
SkyeDS: except, in both instances all of the characters were
historical figures except the Hero.
evile: *nod* I guess that could be annoying or cool, depending on
what kind of history freak you are.
SkyeDS: Ridley gets his big facts straight but doesn't seem to pay
attention to all the small details, depending on how much that bugs
you
SkyeDS: just because I notice something enough to mention it doesn't
necessarily mean it bugs me, just that I noticed.
SkyeDS: for example, the stirrups on the chariot horse in Gladiator
SkyeDS: those could have been cgi'd or whatever else out, I would
think, but weren't.
SkyeDS: and that the chariot horse all the sudden has ten foot riding
reins rather than 20 - 50 foot driving reins
SkyeDS: and in KOH, the arabians are wearing proper headdress and
breast collars, but not blankets
SkyeDS: the important thing being, Arabian blankets were originally
the kind of silk that would shed arrows (important in a war horse)
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I notice these things, but they aren't deal breakers or
anything
evile: yeah, just funny little things that catch your eye.
SkyeDS: Saladin was great, Liam Neeson was great, and so was Jeremy
Irons, and whomever played Baldwin the Leper
SkyeDS: whomever played the sister could have been a carbon copy of
whomever played the sister in gladiator, right down to eyes and mouth
SkyeDS: no doubt the movie is a political statement about the state
of Xianity v Islam today
evile: I'm sure.
SkyeDS: and Saladin was quite accurately portrayed as the honorable
warrior he was
SkyeDS: and the Xians were portrayed as being honorable (some of them
were) and dishonorable (some of them were), and what they got they
deserved
SkyeDS: I think it's a little misleading though, because in my mind
you cannot begin to compare Saladin to OBL in terms of honor
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: what OBL did, Saladin would *never* have done, because he was
honorable.
SkyeDS: OBL = more like the idiot Xian half of the movie.
evile: well, at least it wasn't a black and white morality play; that
would be boring.
SkyeDS: I'm sure that black and white mentalities will take it as
such, but you can't control other people and their misguided
perceptions *shrug*
SkyeDS: it is a good reminder that while in the modern situation, the
Muslim radicals were not honorable, there have been points in time
where the Christian radicals weren't honorable either, and it goes
back a LONG way.
evile: exactly.
evile: I finally got to see The Princess Bride from beginning to end,
in a real theatre. That was fun.
SkyeDS: good movie
SkyeDS: I never saw it on the big screen, first time I saw it was in
the basement of Jester on a movie night
evile: bet that was fun :)
evile: OH! I got to meet Captain Jack in mundane wear on Saturday
night :) That was fun.
SkyeDS: I now have Billy Joel's Captain Jack and Johnny D's Captain
Jack inextricably linked together in my head now.
evile: *lol*
SkyeDS: aw, Prince went to someone else. oh well. I hope he's happy
wherever he goes.
evile: that's the horse?
SkyeDS: nodnod
evile: I'm glad he found a home.
evile: Today is just crawling by...I don't know how I can stick it
out for the rest of the week. agh.
SkyeDS: Monday, Monday
evile: Oh well...tonight's girls night, tomorrow's skating, Thursday
is polydinner (assuming Jason posts the info and it's someplace
decent)...so it's not like I am not going to have fun between now and
Scarby.
SkyeDS: yep
evile: the better my RL is, the more tedious work seems....that kinda
sucks.
SkyeDS: work - just time between Important Stuff, necessary to pay
for Important Stuff
evile: yeah...just wish it didn't take up so much of my time :P
SkyeDS: amen
evile: I could use a nap, too...I should find a place to nap during
the work day :P
SkyeDS: <catching up on all the online stuffs that I don't read on
the weekend
evile: *nod* I had to do a bit of that; I've been at lynn & bob's
most of the weekend.
evile: Everyone on LJ is annoying me today. I think it must be me.
SkyeDS: could be. I get distracted taking quizzes, it takes me all
day to read LJ
evile: hehe.
evile: Rengeek said he and Loa were thinking of going to New Orleans
the first week of June, so they might not be at Otter Chaos June 4 :(
SkyeDS: oh well, we'll make it some first saturday eventually
evile: There was one SCAdian in the bunch on Saturday, and he was a
complete ASS, btw.
SkyeDS: nods. I got to deal with acouple of those Saturday.
SkyeDS: unfortunately they were in positions of power.
evile: yuck. that sucks.
SkyeDS: there will probably be fall out too, but I'll burn that
bridge when/if I come to it
evile: *nod* That's all you can do...
SkyeDS: som epeople seem to choose to be upset when there are other
much more viable practical and pleasurable options, and I seem to be
a magnet for finding them
evile: that sucks.
SkyeDS: maybe because I am their polar opposite
SkyeDS: if you don't tell me not to do something, I will default to
doing it
SkyeDS: so I am a magnet for those who default to not doing anything
they don't have explicit permission to do
evile: I would say for me that sort of thing is situational.
SkyeDS: I'm flexible, situational is good for me
SkyeDS: but I tend to call attention to myself from people who are
not flexible in any way fashion or form
SkyeDS: anyway, whatever happens with fallout happens, I can live
with or without these people, I'm going to do what I do and be happy,
and they can join me, or they can go fuck themselves, I really don't
care which :)
evile: *nod*
evile: well, time for me to get gone (finally!!!) I'll talk at ya
tomorrow. have a good evening!
SkyeDS:wind to your wings :)