surprise blog hiatus
I realize that it’s been over a week since I posted here. That’s mostly because things have been pretty uneventful. The picture above is from last Friday morning/afternoon. Faced with a day off for the holiday, I drank just a few beers (honest!) while we were out on Thursday night and woke up the next morning surprised to find myself feeling rather crap-like. Luckily, my cat provided the necessary head-to-head services that I didn’t even know I needed.
Other than that, I got nothing. We got W. from Netflix and I’ve been trying to watch for, literally, weeks and I keep falling asleep. It’s not a particularly bad movie, per se. There are some funny moments. And Josh Brolin’s performance is actually kind of creepily accurate (though the parts of him as young W. are just laughable). I just kinda…don’t care.
We’ve also been watching Arrested Development upon several emphatic suggestions from friends. I was skeptical because we had watched one episode while at the beach with Tracey and Co. a few years ago, but I think it was some random episode and was out of context and I couldn’t figure out why the Bluths were so fucking odd. Seeing it from the beginning though has really made me appreciate it. I’ve been in tears laughing several times and have gone to bed extremely late every night this week because of that fateful, “Let’s just watch one more…” declaration that has got to be close to being a psychological disorder in the DSM, afflicting adults in the era of DVDs.
Also, this:
That is Honey Bourbon Caramel Peach pie and it’s pretty much an orgasm in a dish. I was excited about this pie, not only because it promised to be amazing, but also because I thought I would be able to keep it in a cake stand that I bought a few months ago. For some reason, I keep thinking cake stands are bell jars, even though I know that’s not the case. However, the handles on the pie dish prevented the dome of the bell jar/cake stand from fitting properly…so I stuck my head in the oven.
Also this week we spent a small fortune at Ikea on shelving and other bins and crap in the name of organizing our house and now our house is cluttered with not-yet-assembled flat packs and Allen wrenches. I can’t win.
Today we’re going to a wedding of some friends of ours, so I think I’m going to go and, like, shower or something.
July 11th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
i am very jealous at your awesome cooking/baking skills, you constantly make me hungry/drooling over your baked good(esp. cupcakes), and ther good things you make for the fam
July 12th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
@juli, hehe I haven’t been baking as much as I would like. I baked more during the school year when I was super busy because it was “stress-baking” and calmed me down. I’m just now getting to a point where I’m baking just for the heck of it.
July 11th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
i recommend cutting your losses with W. i saw it in the theater and left feeling like oliver stone had conned me into wasting $10 and 2 hours of my life. arrested development, on the other hand is a great way to spend your time. it’s always sunny in philadelphia is funny too, if you haven’t seen it.
July 12th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
@alison, I might cut my losses, but I think I only have maybe 30 minutes left. ugh. grind.
July 13th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
@kdiddy, I agree with alison. I thought W was suuuuuuuper boring. In related news, I have about 45 minutes of “He’s Just Not That Into You” left, and…I’m just not that into it.
July 12th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
No, no. It is pronounced Ah NAL rapist.
July 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
@Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah, heh, I don’t think I’ve heard that line yet. my favorite so far is, “Hospitals don’t have bars,” “Well, that’s why everyone hates hospitals!”
July 13th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
The pies looks mighty tasty. Hope it tastes as good as it looks.