It Started with a Journal

For the past week or so I've really felt like baking, so yesterday I attempted to make a pound cake. I love pound cake, but I don't think I've ever made one that I actually liked (restaurants and the supermarket serve much better ones). I have not broken that tradition. I got too caught up in playing WoW and took it out of the oven 35 min late. *facepalm* It wasn't burnt or anything, and the inside was still quite soft and moist. But I'll always wonder if I would have liked it if I'd done it properly.

My Canon PowerShot A520 arrived! W00t! I haven't had a whole lot of time to play around with it, but from what I have experimented with, it kicks ass. The only thing I would have preferred would be for the LCD to be one of those that you can open and close (like Robbie's camera), because it seems so vulnerable. Knowing me, it's so going to get scratched. I also probably need to buy a larger memory card; I'm just not sure how big I really need it to be and what a good buy would be.

I've just booked my flight for LA. ( Boring details cut. )

Remember when I asked, if you could be the star of your own show, what your theme song would be? Well, I never answered it myself, but I've decided that it's "Push Jump (I'm a dork, I put down the wrong title!)," by Madonna (from her new album). Not that Madonna would ever allow her music to be used as the title theme for a TV show (I don't think), but since it's my fantasy world, it's my theme song. (My CD's not here or I'd link to it. I'll add it once I'm home.) Here's a YSI link if you'd like to have a listen. ( If you're at all interested, this is what my show would be about. )

My dad is going to be here on Thanksgiving, w00t! He's excited about seeing Talis. Oh sure, everyone loves and misses Talis, and yet he's living with me and is home by himself 9 hours out of the day. Poor little thing.

Do you find that your body temperature drops dramatically when you're on your period (those of you who get them :p)? These things happen every month during That Time: 1) I start drinking water like a camel; 2) I crave chocolate (when normally I'm 'eh' about it); 3) I break out; 4) I get super tired (and bitchy); and 5) I get really, really cold. It can be 85 degrees outside and I'll be wearing a sweatshirt and still be cold. Unfortunately for me, it's so not 85 degrees out right now. *weeps*

And that is all for today's TMI. Tune in next week!

1. Drove Jade to the airport early this morning -- 5:30am *shudder*. It feels like ages ago, or as if I dreamed it. (After I drove home, I fell right back into bed, you see.)

2. RENT was awesome. The musical itself is great, of course, but I have to admit I didn't have many expectations. I've seen a lot of musical theater, and tour casts are generally not super impressive ... but this production was fantastic. I daresay it was better than the first time I saw it, at the National Theater in D.C. The actors all sounded eerily similar to their counterparts on the Broadway Cast Recording (except for Mimi, but that is a Very Good Thing). Dan Rosenbaum played Roger, my favorite character, and he not only sounded great, he was cute to boot! Slightly too tall for the rest of the cast (he had to do a lot of awkward-looking bending), but his voice/looks made up for it.

3. Saw The Manchurian Candidate and Garden State. I enjoyed them both about the same, in different ways. TMC: Liev Schreiber and Meryl Streep were fab (but I'm tired of Denzel the way I'm tired of Kirsten Dunst -- overexposure), but the story/pacing left a lot to be desired. GS: Had a couple of funny moments, a couple of touching moments, and attempted to achieve some deeper meaning, but it never quite got there for me. I do give props to Zach Braff, though, for his efforts/achievements -- the guy shows a ton of promise. (Jade, I don't think GS won any Sundance awards; if it did, I can't find evidence of it anywhere.)

4. Have purchased Alias S3 and Angel S4 -- can't. wait. to get them! Also got this book. Jade found it and The Time-Traveler's Wife at the same time, but we had a devil of a time locating this one in retail, as it seems to have been self published. It sounds intriguing, and I'm always curious to see how a male writer approaches a "love story." ( Here's a description of the book... )

5. I have a meeting in half an hour with my manager to go over my annual review. Any raises/bonuses/etc. will be discussed at this time. When I spoke with him earlier, he did not sound like he was in a good mood. With good reason, but still. I'm going to go in with measured expectations ... let's say 3% raise and 5% bonus. Anything less will be disappointing, and anything more will be a pleasant surprise. ( Update: How it went... )

6. I'm thinking of getting a digital camera, but don't know much about them. I know, generally, that the more megapixels, the better. And that the form of power source (e.g., batteries) is important. Beyond that... yesterday, I saw a camera that had "effective pixels" and "recorded pixels." What the heck is the difference, and why do some cameras have it and some don't??

7. ( I am, not so shockingly, a Ravenclaw. )