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I'm slowly getting used to the fact that my entire Merlin relationship with jade_okelani WAS A LIE. There are still moments when I remember something I really wanted to say, but held back because I didn't want to spoil her, and then it occurs to me that I probably wouldn't have been spoiling her at all. Or the times akscully and I were flailing and giggling at her behind her back on locked Merlin threads, except that it turns out she was reading them all along and laughing at us behind OUR backs. Grrr.
One of my favorite bands of all time is Linkin Park. I just love their sound. Last month they released a concept album, "A Thousand Suns," that's gotten mixed reviews. One critic said, "This sounds like a really good Linkin Park cover band." Ouch! LOL. I recently listened to the full album, and after several play throughs, I've decided that I like it. Screw the critics. Yes, it's quite different from their other albums. Despite the nuclear warfare theme, the general sound of the album is fairly mellow (especially for LP). I think Chester only screams in one song! My favorite songs right now -- Waiting for the End, Burning in the Skies, and The Messenger. I actually like ALL the songs, but those are good ones to start with. Actually the entire album should be listened to in order, since as a whole it's supposed to tell a cohesive story, but I won't ask that of you. ;)
Had a great weekend. I took Friday off, and in the morning K. and I went to Julep for pedicures. Lunch was at Etta's. Dinner was at The Georgian, in the Fairmont Hotel. Can I just say wow? Before we went, my mom was like, do I have to dress up? And I was like, nah, it's Seattle, there are very few places where you have to dress up. OMG GUYS. IT WAS SO FANCY. Women in chignons, black dresses, and pearls. A guy playing the piano for ambience. It's like what I imagine having tea at the Plaza Hotel to be like. It was fun to do, but not really my scene, so I don't know if I'd want to do it on a regular basis or anything.
The next day my mom and I had eun daegu jorim at Ka Won, which she absolutely LOVED. We stuffed ourselves so much that we weren't even hungry when we went for our dinner reservations at The Stone House, which had the most wonderful starters but only so-so entrees. We started with the steamed mussels (in red coconut curry broth) I love so much and Dungeness crab mac & cheese with shaved black truffle. Then we each had the baby spinach salad with bleu cheese and fresh figs. The portions were huge and reasonably priced. For our entrees, my mom had the salmon and I had the tenderloin -- but as I said, those were only so so. For dessert, we ordered the roasted banana split sundae (incredibly good flavors, but too sweet) and zeppole with chocolate-espresso sauce.
I have approximately 100 leftovers right now.
I've been dreading my blood workup results because I was sure my cholesterol must be really terrible, but it was shockingly not that bad. I mean, it wasn't good by any means, but I think it was actually better than last time, and it wasn't too far off the mark. The one thing that was really bad was that I was low in vitamin D, which is true of every person who lives here, lol.
I have so much TV to watch, it's awesome. Currently almost done with The Sopranos S1. I still don't see why all the critics say it's the best show that's ever been on TV, but I'm enjoying it. I like most of the main/featured characters in their own way, except Christopher, who I wish would get killed off but probably won't. Then there's How I Met Your Mother, which I'm apparently a season+ behind on (I thought I hadn't watched S4, but oh how wrong I was). Really looking forward to S5. There's also Dexter S5, but Jade has convinced me not to watch it until the whole season has aired. It's only 13 episodes, so I'm pretty sure I can resist as long as I don't start it. Then, of course, there's the current seasons of Glee, Merlin, and Vampire Diaries (I finally had to look up when they each actually air, so that I'll know when the next ep is available for download). I've paused on Supernatural for now. It's just not the kind of show where I'm dying to see the next episode. I gave my discs to my mom, who loves that kind of thing.
Oh that reminds me, I saw a movie recently, The Last Exorcism. It doesn't get 'scary' until midway through -- prior to that, it's actually quite humorous. It's done documentary style, about this preacher who performs fake exorcisms because he doesn't actually believe in demons. Anyway, for a veteran of The X-Files and The Ring and other things like that, I did not find this movie scary at all. It was creepy and had those "startle you into jumping" moments, but I didn't actually find it SCARY. K. and D. both thought it was SO SCARY. My mom and I laughed through the first half (in a good way), then kept waiting for the movie to get scary until the credits rolled.
The worst thing was that the ending made it totally farcical. The townspeople were in a cult, really? With hoods and bonfires and everything? XF's "Home" was scarier than THAT. I mean, if they'd just ended the movie with the girl having been scared to tell her dad she'd been sexually active and ended up pregnant, that would have been trite, but at least her psychosis had been real (and the actress was really good). But for there to be some actual demon sacrifice at the end? Wow. LOL.
It's too bad because most of the movie is actually pretty good (if not really all that scary). But "both" endings make it kind of meh.
Because of the Merlin 3x10 trailer, I have plot bunnies hopping around madly in my head and they seem to be multiplying by the hour. I'm just like, don't you guys know it takes me like 3 years to write a story? Go away! And take your chicken with you!
jade_okelani WAS A LIE. There are still moments when I remember something I really wanted to say, but held back because I didn't want to spoil her, and then it occurs to me that I probably wouldn't have been spoiling her at all. Or the times akscully and I were flailing and giggling at her behind her back on locked Merlin threads, except that it turns out she was reading them all along and laughing at us behind OUR backs. Grrr.One of my favorite bands of all time is Linkin Park. I just love their sound. Last month they released a concept album, "A Thousand Suns," that's gotten mixed reviews. One critic said, "This sounds like a really good Linkin Park cover band." Ouch! LOL. I recently listened to the full album, and after several play throughs, I've decided that I like it. Screw the critics. Yes, it's quite different from their other albums. Despite the nuclear warfare theme, the general sound of the album is fairly mellow (especially for LP). I think Chester only screams in one song! My favorite songs right now -- Waiting for the End, Burning in the Skies, and The Messenger. I actually like ALL the songs, but those are good ones to start with. Actually the entire album should be listened to in order, since as a whole it's supposed to tell a cohesive story, but I won't ask that of you. ;)
Had a great weekend. I took Friday off, and in the morning K. and I went to Julep for pedicures. Lunch was at Etta's. Dinner was at The Georgian, in the Fairmont Hotel. Can I just say wow? Before we went, my mom was like, do I have to dress up? And I was like, nah, it's Seattle, there are very few places where you have to dress up. OMG GUYS. IT WAS SO FANCY. Women in chignons, black dresses, and pearls. A guy playing the piano for ambience. It's like what I imagine having tea at the Plaza Hotel to be like. It was fun to do, but not really my scene, so I don't know if I'd want to do it on a regular basis or anything.
The next day my mom and I had eun daegu jorim at Ka Won, which she absolutely LOVED. We stuffed ourselves so much that we weren't even hungry when we went for our dinner reservations at The Stone House, which had the most wonderful starters but only so-so entrees. We started with the steamed mussels (in red coconut curry broth) I love so much and Dungeness crab mac & cheese with shaved black truffle. Then we each had the baby spinach salad with bleu cheese and fresh figs. The portions were huge and reasonably priced. For our entrees, my mom had the salmon and I had the tenderloin -- but as I said, those were only so so. For dessert, we ordered the roasted banana split sundae (incredibly good flavors, but too sweet) and zeppole with chocolate-espresso sauce.
I have approximately 100 leftovers right now.
I've been dreading my blood workup results because I was sure my cholesterol must be really terrible, but it was shockingly not that bad. I mean, it wasn't good by any means, but I think it was actually better than last time, and it wasn't too far off the mark. The one thing that was really bad was that I was low in vitamin D, which is true of every person who lives here, lol.
I have so much TV to watch, it's awesome. Currently almost done with The Sopranos S1. I still don't see why all the critics say it's the best show that's ever been on TV, but I'm enjoying it. I like most of the main/featured characters in their own way, except Christopher, who I wish would get killed off but probably won't. Then there's How I Met Your Mother, which I'm apparently a season+ behind on (I thought I hadn't watched S4, but oh how wrong I was). Really looking forward to S5. There's also Dexter S5, but Jade has convinced me not to watch it until the whole season has aired. It's only 13 episodes, so I'm pretty sure I can resist as long as I don't start it. Then, of course, there's the current seasons of Glee, Merlin, and Vampire Diaries (I finally had to look up when they each actually air, so that I'll know when the next ep is available for download). I've paused on Supernatural for now. It's just not the kind of show where I'm dying to see the next episode. I gave my discs to my mom, who loves that kind of thing.
Oh that reminds me, I saw a movie recently, The Last Exorcism. It doesn't get 'scary' until midway through -- prior to that, it's actually quite humorous. It's done documentary style, about this preacher who performs fake exorcisms because he doesn't actually believe in demons. Anyway, for a veteran of The X-Files and The Ring and other things like that, I did not find this movie scary at all. It was creepy and had those "startle you into jumping" moments, but I didn't actually find it SCARY. K. and D. both thought it was SO SCARY. My mom and I laughed through the first half (in a good way), then kept waiting for the movie to get scary until the credits rolled.
The worst thing was that the ending made it totally farcical. The townspeople were in a cult, really? With hoods and bonfires and everything? XF's "Home" was scarier than THAT. I mean, if they'd just ended the movie with the girl having been scared to tell her dad she'd been sexually active and ended up pregnant, that would have been trite, but at least her psychosis had been real (and the actress was really good). But for there to be some actual demon sacrifice at the end? Wow. LOL.
It's too bad because most of the movie is actually pretty good (if not really all that scary). But "both" endings make it kind of meh.
Because of the Merlin 3x10 trailer, I have plot bunnies hopping around madly in my head and they seem to be multiplying by the hour. I'm just like, don't you guys know it takes me like 3 years to write a story? Go away! And take your chicken with you!
