- [Adding this Tues] - Today is Veteran's Day. I helped a veteran with directions on the way to work today. Felt good. I forgot to say thank you to HIM though.
- I spent Saturday all by myself. And it was fine. I went to a store that sells German food, and bought myself some brats, beet salad, mustard and a beer. The guy at the checkout asked me if I was going to a themed party and had to bring a little bit of stuff. I said No, I'm making a nice dinner for myself. It seemed to embarrass him.
- My 91 year old neighbor, Clara, asked me if I get my exercise by walking up and down the stairs because she can hear every step. Then she said she hears it when I turn the light switch on and off at my place. Oh dear. I fear for the days either 1) when a new noisy neighbor moves in or 2) I have a boytoy/boyfriend who stays over.
- Later that day as I was taking down a cabinet it fell on my knee. I yelled 'fuck me' twice. Then really loud laughter after my friend made some kind of comment. Wonder what Clara thought of that.
- My trainer is not shy about expressing himself at the gym. Loudly. And he generally has pessimistic comments. Last week I nearly died laughing when some other trainers were kidding him, saying that he should write on book on how bad life is and how to commit suicide - and it'd be a best seller as a book on CD or as an upload to a car navigator because it would tell you when to turn right to go off a bridge. OK, I can't explain it as funny as it was, but maybe I was just in the mood for suicide jokes. Luckily he can laugh at himself, and knows it's all true.
- Secret ingredient in the apple pie I made for my friend. Shhhh... don't tell. Cardamom.
- Just read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Really good. Thoughtful. Combining religion and science fiction.
- I had my friend take a picture of me sitting on my front steps. My brother had given me some Christmas cards that you insert photos into. So special people will get me for the holidays. ;-)
- How pathetic am I? I just started migrating to a personal gmail account (not my NoRegrets account) and was chatting with a friend. And got soooo excited when the faces were animated! I loved the one where the tongue sticks out. And it winks!!! Oh oh oh (excitement), I didn't try and combine the two... next time.
- Needless to say, my mood has evened out finally. Friday night the 1.5 week funk ended. Of course, we change the meds a little more on the 12th, so I may go through the whole cycle again. I sincerely hope not.
- Here's a song for you. Gotta love Mac Davis. ;-)
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Cardimom, I'm going to have to check out my spice rack. Animated faces....
Awwwww.....I think you and Clara will become good friends!
Ah, suicide jokes. Gotta love it! I do love the dark humour.
Cardamom, eh? I'll have to try that.
I'll have to see if my library has The Sparrow. I'm reading Late Nights On Air right now, and enjoying it immensely (or much more than I expected to, anyway).
Monty - it's an element of curry, if that helps.
Mel - I wonder sometimes. She's got a huge personality, and so do I. It might clash someday...
Squirrel - of course you'd love suicide jokes.. :-) And it was so funny - my friend who helps me with the house said the other day - hey, D introduced me to the library! I don't have to buy books! And he's 54 or so. so funny.
I'd like to take this opportunity to say how great it is not to have neighbors all up in my business.
Susan, I'm happy for you.
seeing how as my neighbors on one side are gone to florida till spring and on the other side their all, well, ~dead~ i'd seriously freak out if they started saying anything about the noise level here. :)
i hadn't heard mac in a while, thanks for posting that. :)
oh, and my 'secret' ingredient to apple pies? i add pears. 2/3 apples and 1/3 pears. i read it or saw it in a movie, who the hell knows with me, and tried it with my regular recipe and it's actually pretty damn good if i do say so myself. :)
Glad you liked the music.
And do you use fresh pears? Or canned?
fresh, i just slice them up the same way i do the apples and mix them in.
Beet salad? I won't ask...
I have German grad students who live above us, In their world, it's totally fine for them to make as much noise as possible, but anytime we play our music at a decent level during the day, they come down and ask us to turn it off because they're studying. Grrrr.
My sister gave me The Sparrow several years ago and I never read it, I still have it, maybe I'll dig it out once I finish my other book.
Tera, beets are great!
Churlita - At least they didn't play the accordian day and night...
It took me a little bit to get into it, but once I did it was worth while. The book tha tis.
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