Agent Provocateur

Fun With Pics: Volume Thursday (Belated)

2008-07-04T16:30:37Z

Window shopping and major damage at Cole Haan today. Unfortunatley they didn't have my size in store, so they will ship them.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

9:31 - Daily Fix

16:11 - St. Patrick's Cathedral

16:16 - Atlas

16:28 - The Classic

17:01 - The Trendy

17:04 - The Patriotic

17:06 - The Trendsetter

Big Read List

2008-06-27T02:38:07Z

I feel like I have forgotten how to post.

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac** couldn't finish
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

On my bookshelf to be read:

The Host by Stephanie Meyer
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

Egads

2008-06-01T18:08:19Z

Fresh Direct accidentally gifted me with a branzino. A whole fish.

Um, I've never cooked fish before, let alone a whole fish. I'm both mortified and intrigued.

General Cylon Ponderance

2008-04-24T02:00:36Z

Rewatching . . .

Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down

Doral: It bothers you doesn't it?

Six: We'll get them in the end.

Doral: No, it bothers you that you have never experienced it.

Six: You saw the way Helo was when he took her away? He was pathetic.

Doral: I can't help wondering what it would feel like to feel that - intensely. Even in his anguish, he seemed. . . so alive.

Six chokes back tears of denial. Doral has a small look of longing on his face.

Hypothesis: The original skin jobs must betray themselves, become "human" to "feel".

Proof:
Sharon staying with Helo
Caprica going back to Galactica
D'Anna pursuing the Five
Leoben shepherding Kara?

Does this apply to the Final Five?

Side Note: WHY is Gossip Girl not on itunes yet?

BSG Catch Up

2008-04-20T18:38:04Z

So I am avidly watching the last season of BSG, but still feeling a bit lost on catching up with the fandom. So here are some thoughts on 1- 3, heavy on 3.

Cylons:

I never truly thought the cylons were worth the time away from the Starbuck & Apollo Show, until we got to the Final Five, Leoben being the execption. Now I find them 100 times more twisty and interesting with all the implications that go along with the Five.

Birth Order:

I'm really glad that this has finally been identified. And what's really intriguing - we know 1-6 and 8. So I think that brings up some really twisty questions as to 7. Is 7 the final member of the five yet to be revealed or is 7 one of the four we already know?

I'm leaning towards the latter as I think that 7 & 8 may be the most conflicted of the cylons. Look as Sharon. At our weekly watching party schunard1 said that Sharon is Judas which really started me thinking. There is Athena, who has turned her back on the traditional cylons, and then there is Boomer who betrayed Galactica by shooting the Admiral and now she's the one cylon to go against her model and vote with the Cavil's & Crew.

Sharon was identified in Season 1 as being a "weak model" by her fellow cylons, and I wonder if they were referring to the fact that she was created after the first of the Final Five. And it is possible that her ability to conceive is related to the fact that she was created after they identified the technology for the five. And the only other cylon known to conceive is Tyrol, who is probably a 9 - 12.

Which brings me back to 7. Theorizing that 8 shares more in common with the Five, then 7 might share more with the traditional models. And that makes me wonder if Tory is 7, because if there is a final Five who doesn't seem to be sold on their unity, it is Tory. Tory also has a history of being maybe not Judas per se but definitely colder and closer to 6. Her loyalties have been gray - she tampered with the presidential vote, she has used her sexuality to play with Baltar, and now she is not afraid to remove Cally when she became a direct threat.

Cylon Civil War:

I've read a lot of fan theories that say there will be a cylon civil war between the traditional and the Final Five, but I think it fascinating that it is currently playing out with the traditional models. I am convinced that Cavil has a god-complex being 1 and may even think that he is the creator as he often switched between shepard and agnostic heretic. I also think it is interesting that he is most adamant that the others not think of the Final Five, probably due to his god-complex. So when he tricks 6 and crew, who will escape?

It could be very interesting if the only ones who survive are elsewhere - Caprica, Athena, and Boomer. But then that would leave Leoben in the dust, and I think Kara still needs her spiratual guide to get her to earth. Which leads me to Kara.

Kara:

Persephone:

Back when I learned early that Kara would die, I did some fic therapy. I decided that I would craft Kara as Persephone, so she could go into the dark cylon netherworld and then be reborn so she could come back to Galactica. My theory was that she was not a creature of Hades (cylons) but still fully human, as she would return to the surface (fleet). But to accomplish this she must eat the pomegrante seeds (die) and experience a transformation. So in sum my fic theory was that she would be the first human to be downloaded. Being downloaded would not make her a cylon, but would give her new links to them and put her on the quest to Earth. Plus, I also just loved the imagery of Kara coming back to the fleet in a brand new body and no tattoos or scars.

Now the reality of the show has echoed on this. It's her viper that is completely new, but not her body. She has returned with an overidding purpose - to return to earth, and being taken off task has had seriously damaging affects to her sanity, almost as if something won't compute unless she finds earth. It is further born through in The Ties That Bind as she feels distanced from herself - and even says that her body is an alien thing that her mind is still attached too. I don't know where it is all going, but I love the implications.

Kara vs. Roslin:

If I had gotten around to posting after He That Believeth in Me, I would have commented on how forced it seemed that Roslin absolutely refused to acknoweledge that Kara could be a messenger from the Gods. I'm glad that it was addressed in Six of One, but I am still concerned that they continue to write Roslin so flatly. But the confrontation scene was brilliant.

The Good Ship Starbuck:

All I can say is that her crew is perfection! Poor, poor Gaeta. Thought I still think that in Six of One, when he was sniping at Starbuck over star charts - the question isn't just where, but where and when.

Captain Apollo:

The advantage of Flat! Roslin is of course her constant understimation of Captain Apollo. When is she going to remember not to ask question but say thank you for saving our collective asses! I do love that Lee has finally found his purpose. And it been so obvoious since the start that Lee gets more interesting when he has a cause - Bastille Day and then the trial. And hopefully now we have finally found a way to bring back Zarek and make Roslin more accountable.

Addicitons

2008-04-15T03:06:26Z

Trying to remember where to start.

When Italians do things right, they do them very, very right:

Oh Lost!

2008-03-14T02:21:48Z

*crawling out of the black hole*

I've been loving this seaon of Lost. But I just realized that I have been totally duped by tonight's ep.

At the end of tonight's ep I was bawling - poor Sun, and then 15 minutes later when I went to wash my face, I just realized something. . .

I just succumbed to one of the worst fic cliches - pregnant woman / woman with baby talking to dead daddy's grave! Ack!

Dear Superbowl

2008-02-04T03:13:37Z

You are not cool.

Damn those Giants who knocked Dallas out.

Um, Dell? So not cool. Want to know how to run an advertising campaign? See Macbook Air.

I hung on for the commericals but really should have just watch the Bourne Ultimatum.

Except for Angelina. Because spies are cool.

Is House on yet? (this is desperation because I don't like Hugh, but I appreciate the procedural method in this vast wasteland.)

The one where Brad Pitt got away

2008-01-28T13:16:14Z

So I was having a sex dream this morning. And it was Brad Pitt! Here we are in a hotel, naked, getting down to business, and we are about to do it, and then I stop him and ask for a condom. So he goes to find one. And my alarm goes off!

Argh! It's fantasy actor sex and my dream conscience has to ask for a condom?

So wrong.

Bonus Round

2008-01-25T02:03:04Z

Can I just say - I love Chuck!

I've always admired it's classic referential style - playing with the Indiana Jones and Jason Bourne themes.

But -

"Mom, Ive got my headgear on!"

Takes the cake!

Meme Lemming

2007-12-29T00:58:30Z

Gakked from nytel

1. Do you like blue cheese? In moderation and paired with good wine.

2. Have you ever eaten smoked herring? No it kinda squicks me. (I changed the question cause smoking heroin is ridiculous)

3. Do you own a gun? No, but I am due to inherit around 15 hunting rifles so I should learn one of these days.

4. Your favorite song? Anything by U2, but especially Bad, All I Need Is You, Running to Stand Still, and Exit.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? I think I get annoyed, and with allergy shots, impatient cause I want the juice for the allergy relief.

6. What do you think of hot dogs? Icky

7. Favorite Christmas song? I Want an Alien for Christmas or The Hallelujah Chorus

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Grande Almond Latte

9. Can you do push ups? I do some yoga pushups.

10. Do you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Yes, how very Bible Belt of this questionnarie. Even better, my homecoming date my junior year asked me this during a slow dance.

11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? Silver hammered hoops from James Avery that are very universal and go with almost everything.

12. Favorite hobby? Fandoms

Where is #13? someone ate number 13 Or maybe we are in a hotel.

14. Do you have A.D.D.? When surfing the net or reading my email.

15. What one trait do you hate about yourself? Very stubborn

16. What is your middle name? Lee

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment...

(1) Had a kick-ass shopping day - finally found a pair of jeans as Lucky Brand is having a sale!
(2) Bought some sparkly things for New Years
(3) Have to stop spending money and on a post-Christmas sale binge

18. What were you at 18? General Studies, sorority girl, big state school.

19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink. Lattes, coke, iced tea.

20. Current worry right now? Guilt stress from parents

21. Current hate right now? Guilt stress from parents

22. Favorite place to be? Italy, Austin, driving, eating Freebirds, with good friends.

23. How will you bring in the New Year? With a good kiss.

24. Where would you like to go? Italy South - Capri, Naples, Amalfi

Media

2007-12-28T06:59:24Z

- In Austin. A bit earlier this year, but not too many people were in town, and having already spent 13 days in Dallas, I decided it was time to skip out early this year

- Have been in a baking frenzy, but didn't get around to taking pictures:

Rum Cake
Chocolate Mint Torte
New Orleans Chocolate Praline Cake
Gingerbread Cookies
Sugar Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Espresso Snowcapes
Chocolate Almond Apricot Brittle

- Saw The Golden Compass with sartael, brigitf, sixdie and crew.

Loved seeing it come alive on an epic scale. To prep for the movie, I had listened to the audio book instead of rereading. I must rave about the audio - it's one of the few audios that is done with a full cast, so it feels like a staged performance, and Philip Pullman reads the narrator part, so his added intimacy with his own charchters adds intimate layers of brillance.

But, the movie - Lyra was so much better than I expected. She captured just the right amount of curiosity and audacity. And Nicole Kidman was coldly brilliant.

And the Bears! Well, I've been raving about the armored bears since I read the book long ago. Fascinating. But really could have lived with Gandalf! Iorek.

Other New Line annoyances: the prologue felt tremendously like LOTR, as did the You Shall Not Pass! Ice Bridge, and the balloon ride off into sunset and robbing us of the ultimate betrayal of Lord Asriel killing Roger.

Serafina Pekkala was enchanting, but I wish they had preserved the first meeting as Kaiser, her daemon, and not her. I understand that these are page / movie translation issues, but I really wish she hadn't caught a bad case of the exposition fairy.

The other thing that I found very troublesome was how they flip-flopped the liberation of the kids at Bolvangar and Ice Bear fight at Svalbard. I don't think the author had an elegant transition between these two scenes, but it just seemed very incongruous.

Baking

2007-11-22T04:18:23Z

Still an utterly lost puppy without a laptop.

Went to the Mac store today as just about everyone I have asked say Macbook! without hesitation. Thanks for all the recs!

Damn. They are beautiful. Now I have to figure out a way to get one.

In Dallas. Got my haircut.

Baked pumpkin cupcakes and pecan pie today. The cupcakes are my choice. The pecan pie, I can barely stand anymore, but the relatives and my parents love it, but mom doesn't cook anymore. And I can't get the darn things to set.

Bought Firefly today with a $19.99 coupon for Borders.

Argh!

2007-11-14T17:24:36Z

Computer estimate to fix the laptop: $841.43

Frak.

Well, looks like I am in the market for a new laptop. So in the ask the flist game:

What do laptop do you have?

Do you like it?

What is indestructible?

What is highly mobile?

Should I finally go back to mac this time?

Worms

2007-11-09T01:08:23Z

Argh! The moment I write about 250 words of Katee / Callum, my laptop dies. I think I am jinxed.

So I learned that screws are important. I found one a few weeks ago, and I didn't know what it was to, but I set it aside and now I don't know where it is. Unfortunately it was to my laptop. Specifically the back hinge joint connecting the screen to the base. And it popped out, and when I popped it back in, it must have affected the power button, because now the connection is lost and it won't turn on.

I took it to the Geek Squad, and was very sad because the guy helping me was so far away from Chuck. $90 to send it off. and then who knows more once they've evalutated. And it will be gone for 2 - 4 WEEKS!

I feel lost. Last time my laptop was in for repairs siryn99 got me through the withdrawal by introducing me to BSG. She got them to me with about an hour's notice at 5pm on a Friday. Bless her. Of course, I think the prospect of me writing porn may have been her motive.

So if any kinda soul would spoil me with tv seasons, I'd be very grateful. I've been meaning to check out Rome. Or anything else you would recommend.

My only current bright spot is that I will see Razor on the big screen on Monday with siryn and some friends.

Sigh.

First Sunday of November

2007-11-04T16:56:19Z

Is Marathon Sunday. I'm at Mile 17.

I've fallen head over heels for Friday Nights Lights. It was always a foregone conclusion, I'm hardwired to like this show. Texas football is in my blood. I'd only watched here and there over the first season and then last weekend I started doing the Netflix Watch Now and by Monday I realized I should just buy S1 on dvd, and finished all of S1 yesterday.

Here's what I love:

- Texas football done right. In Texas, it's not the Cowboys (though at 5 you aspire to wear those white Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader hot pants) and not about the Aggies or the Longhorns, it all starts with Friday night. It's where you cut your teeth. And it's a sport in its purest form - where it's not predetermined, it's not about sponsorship or all the other things that get in the way. Anything can happen. And the wins and losses can come out of nowhere. Yes, this is a subject I can rhapsodize about.

- Real characters and actual character development! Such a novel idea, and even better when it can be managed for a large cast.

- The Taylors. Coach is the best ever! He is flawed and totally himself and totally loves his family and football. Tami is the best mom ever, always has the best wisdom and is all heart. Julie is a brat, but growing up, and I'll forgive her for that mostly.

- Tim Riggins. The definition of a Hot Mess. Definitely whipped-cream worth.

- Buddy Garrity. Another wonderfully flawed and warped, but utterly real character holding on to former glory and living through these kids.

- Texas Stadium - Season finale game was beautiful and made me teary-eyed. My high school team did make it to the playoffs in Texas Stadium, but unfortunately my memories were not so pristine. It had been raining and the turf was wet and smelled like rotten meat. I high-kicked on the 50 yard line at half time, but it was a bit of a mess. The partial dome creates an odd echo effect, so our drill team was off-beat on our kick routine. But we did win the game. Only to lose at a game away from state in Waco in 14F sleeting rain and the bitch drill director had us wearing the warm weather uniform with bare legs cause she couldn't read a weather report.

- Almost real life. I grew up in a big city, but I am sure in small Texas towns, the football players are the celebrities. The two big parts of football culture that are not represented: the drill team and the band. The rally girls are kinda the drill team, but the Kilgore Rangerette style high-kick line is missing. And where are the band nerds? Even Bible-belt Dillon has to have some counterculture, which seems to migrate itself towards the band. Texas halftimes are a time-honored tradition and I wish we could see them here.

Mid week blahs

2007-10-25T01:32:40Z

Haven't really been able to find the energy to unspool my thoughts and post much lately.

But Bionic Woman has really hit the vicious snark button tonight.

Can you fake a British accent? That's just cringeworthy to have a British actress faking an American who is faking a British accent.

My biggest complaint about this show - other than that there is not enough Katee - is that Michelle Ryan sucks. She is SO a poor man's Jennifer Garner. I never thought that JG was an amazing actress - I didn't think she was horrid either - but she certainly had the secret spy and girl-next-door market cornered.

Which leads me to ask - who was the idiot who cast Jaime Sommers as Syndey Bristow v. 2.0? The comparisons are too obvious. Why wouldn't you want to reinvision her as a brand new type.

So are we ready to reinvent the series with Katee as the lead? She's 100 times more interesting in a way that I never went for Anna Espinosa.

But on a more positive note - Gossip Girl is the best subway ipod candy ever! And Chuck got upgraded to real-time after Prison Break decided to be stupid and alienate its fans.

Premiere Week Part 2

2007-09-28T01:41:03Z

So Bionic Woman won last night's battle. But really it is more for Katee than liking the content.

Katee is delightful. Michelle Ryan not so much. I keep thinking how she is not right for the role. And how if you recast it with Jennifer Garner I would be riveted. And that is saying something since my Alias love is almost non-existence. Or maybe JG is branded into my mind as the girl next door. But I bought Evangeline. Though Kate turned out not to be the girl next door. But then Sydney was never the girl next door. Love the Aaron and Mark cameos. More, more!

I've only seen half of Gossip Girl and I love it. Maybe I am primed because I live on the Upper East. I think this one will be the perfect subway candy. Download to the ipod and watch during the commute. Chuck might also go this route.

Greys: Bailey and Cally's eyerolls were perfect. No one beats the Nazi. Watch and learn Cally.

ETA: George totally said it! The sister is kind of awesome. Screw Meredith. Just don't let the sister fall for McDreamy. Cause she deserves better!

The Famine is Over

2007-09-27T00:24:38Z

New TV season Notes so far:

Prison Break: So much better when Michaels on the inside and finding new ways to work the system. Biggest injustice - no tattoos yet! Why did we have to look at Bellick in tighty whiteys but no shirtless Michael?

Chuck: Haven't seen it yet, but hoping I can view online. It's got spies. What can I say?

Heroes: SARK! Bonus points for scruff! I guess I finally must catch up with this show.

Bones: This one is finally growing on me. Probably cause I watched reruns all summer cause there was NO OTHER DRAMAS on. Fun, but not searching out the smut fic.

Wednesday night battle:

Still undecided. What will you watch tonight?

View Poll: Wednesday Night Premiere Week Battle

Sexy New Thing

2007-09-23T17:01:18Z

The Saga of the Ipod . . .

My ipod mini was stolen. It was annoying, but honestly, it's not a bad time for a forced upgrade. They are doing construction in our offices and someone hit 5 offices in a row, when we were in a meeting. Said he was getting recylcing, but we only recycle in central locations and not in each office, so he totally pulled a con job. The thing that pissed me off the most - the head of office services told me they would replace it, which I was not expecting. But then a week later she backtracked and had the gall to leave this on a voicemail and not tell me in person. I really did not expect to be reimbursed in the first place but then once you have been given a genine "I'm in charge and it will happen" assurance, then it's annoying when there is no follow through.

So I lasted a week without an ipod in Manhattan. When you have a 45 min - 1 hr walking and subway commute, well, time moves faster with a beat. Funny how such a little thing has now become indespensable. So the next question was - broke, blown, or bedlam? siryn99 would be so proud that this only took 2 days to decide. (this is an improvement. really!)

At issue - nano, classic, or touch. The itouch is certainly sexy, but when I looked at the actual memory - it's no where on par with the classic, and the itouch is a device that I would want to have great memory. And it's still so new - like the iphone - I think the 2nd generation model is going to fix a lot of bugs. Then there is the classic which has mind-boggling memory - more than my laptop! But do I really want to pay for a classic and then let it collect dust when I upgrade in a year?

So in the end, I went by Best Buy and played with the nano and loved it! It's so thin - barely bigger than a credit card! And pretty video! I think my main issue was how much video could it hold, but then looking at the battery playing time: 5 hours for video on the nano and touch and 7 hours on the classic. Neither of these are going to last an overseas flight, but the nano would get me to Dallas just fine, so I decided not to go for overkill.

Here's the new sexy thing:

Hoping the easy video access will tease out the fic . . .

In another news - lunasky, I got the package! Loved G's drawing! Must catch up!

In food news - I had the most divine thing in Victoria, Texas of all places - Fried Avocado. Avocado stuffed with chicken and monterey jack cheese, and battered and deep fried. I'm not asking how much fat - never seen it before on a menu and doubt I will again. It was heaven.

Minutia

2007-09-10T04:06:52Z

I spent most of the afternoon making enchiladas and rearranging my bookshelves. I'm not sure if this was productive or avoidance - I was supposed to do laundry.

Enchiladas took all aftenoon because I got chicken with the bone on and made my own stock and used the meat in the enchiladas. Also had my first experience with tomatillos. Have no idea why I ever thought they were scary. They were easy to work with and made a delicious sauce.

Rearranging the bookshelves sounds a bit nitpicky. But my apt is only so big, and so I liquidated some and reorganized to maximize space. Last time I dusted I didn't put them back right, and lost a lot of space. It's like a jigsaw puzzle.

Have Cape Cod pics to post.

Thanks to anonyme1 for the package! I got my dose of spies!

My nose is sniffling because I dusted.

Four years and a day

2007-08-07T01:56:58Z

So I took a quiz and I realized my journal started on 8/4/03:

so I all I have to say is jesouhaite47 owes me big time. Payment accepted in porn. And why the hell was I not busted for porn?

ETA: And why do I now have a hankering for Lily / Snape first-time porn?

Travails in Technology

2007-07-31T02:16:57Z

I have a cell phone again! Mine hasn't worked since I saw Pirates 3. It was on it's last legs and then snapped in half. I had enough time on my contract to upgrade and was looking at a Razr, but then I didn't like the upgrade pricing Sprint was giving me, so I waited. And then that shiny new iphone came out, which is so beyond my budget, but might be attainable at Christmas, so I didn't really want to get locked into another contract with Sprint. Ultimately I decided it was better to switch to AT&T. And I got Best Buy to match the AT&T web special of a free Razr v3xx, so now I am back in black. siryn99 doesn't have to roll her eyes at me anymore!

And I have good news on my tv. That service plan that Best Buy has you buy? Totally forgot about it, but they sent me a nice little 45 day renewal notice, which means I can go take it in and have them fix the striping that has appeared on the screen the last few months and hopefully get the dvd to stop sticking! Only problem is I have to carry it in. . .

Now if I could only decide whether to turn coat and final get a NY drivers license. . .

HP 7

2007-07-22T03:24:58Z

Am finished. Will think harder later, but my biggest thought - JK Rowling did it right.

HP

2007-07-18T01:23:41Z

Am completely breathless with anticipation over Friday. 10 years. A real phenomenon. It's gonna take a long time for anything to equal this.

Finally saw Order of the Phoenix:

I think this is probably one of my favorites - just behind Azkaban. I just loved the added weight and depth it had. Something that Goblet of Fire was lacking.

- The opening scene was chilling - love how they kicked it off with the dementor attack.

- Arabella Figg was not at all what I expected.

- Dolores Umbridge was a million times more. Absolutely divine!

- House of Black was cool; wish we had seen more. The tapestry was great. And Sirius and Remus sitting at the table when Harry first got there - sends the mind in many directions.

- Luna! She's the bestest with that slightly vacant but totally accepting expression.

- DA - loved how they put together those scenes.

- Missed St. Mungo's, but I am glad they gave Neville his due.

- The Weasley twins rock! What more is there to say? Other than I can't wait to see them in dragon skin leather jackets.

- Found the occumency segue a bit abrupt, but Alan Rickman sells anything. And Snape's worst memory! I can't wait to the dvd and hope it is expanded in the extras.

- Loved McGonagall for stepping that step higher than Umbridge. Though I really missed her offering Umbridge a cough drop.

- Was also disappointed that we didn't get to see Hermione's awesome snitch curse.

- The Mysteries were magnificently haunting. And Sirius calling Harry, "James" made my breath catch in my throat.

Now I think I will rewatch Flesh and Bone and try to either find Persephone or reasons for Katee and Callum to play.

Is it Friday yet?

How will you be suspended from LJ? by Anonymous LJ User
Username
Years on LJ
Snape
Hours left until your suspension	39
Your crime	Shenanigans.
Who reported you	jesouhaite47
Your fate	Standing on street corners with a sign "will write Harry Potter porn for food".