It Started with a Journal

Normally I look forward to Fridays, but this week I was looking forward to Thursday, because today is the pre-screening of The Martian! Wheeeee! Should be fun. We've been told that there will be no snacks provided. Boooo, what sort of ghetto screening is this, amirite? What they should do is give us cold, raw potatoes to eat, just to keep it real (on Mars). ;)

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Speaking of eating, my mom and I have been trying to eat at home more often. She really dislikes cooking, and I don't have time to cook, so we end up eating out a LOT, which is both expensive and unhealthy. Anyway, there are some dishes she makes that I always liked as a kid (she does traditional Chinese cooking, usually), and since I'm a more adventurous cook than she is, there are some dishes I've made that she's never attempted. I really liked what we had last night! ( More deets. )

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My piano finally arrived! Can't remember if I said that already. ( Anyway, here's a picture of it sitting in the basement: )

I hope it's going to be okay there once winter hits... so cold and damp. :/ In a couple of weeks, after it's had time to acclimate, a piano technician is coming out to tune it. It probably also needs a good cleaning, which I'm hoping he'll be able to do at the same time. I thought about putting it off until I moved to a new house, but who knows when that'll be. And I'd like to tinker around on it, but am a little afraid of playing it right now given all the delicate parts and knowing there's prob a ton of dust and crap on the inside. So might as well just get it tuned/cleaned and do it again later when/if I move.

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I have run into another snag with the story I'm working on. It's not necessarily a bad snag, but... ( Let me explain. )

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Subject line: Jake Peralta to Amy Santiago in Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3x01