Evil Wrapped in a Fangirl Disguise

Yesterday was ginnith's birthday. Happy birthday, Neesha dear! Hope it was a good one!

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I am currently in the middle of writing more SPN fic. And waiting to hear back on the NCIS/Shop Around the Corner thing.

In the meantime, I am craving Tony and McGee being domestic. Or, y'know, having a comfortable established relationship. Because McGee totally has the "I am putting up with your antics at work so I can get back at you at home" look down. And Tony totally works the "I can get away with things because my probie loves me" thing.

Except for when he goes a little too far and Tim takes a shot at him that actually hits and stings. Comfortable, but still pushing boundaries.

But, again, they are cranky around each other and poke and prod and go home and it's all good.

I love those guys, I do.

Happy Birthday, sdrohc_ratiug!!

I am thinking: next week, you, me, big TV.

♥

The birthday yesterday was good.

The best part - and it's really only the best part because no one got hurt - happened during the singing of "Happy Birthday." I was sitting at the table, cake and candles in front of me, waiting for the song to be over so I could blow them out, when all of the sudden the cat jumps on my leg and bounds onto the table. She was headed straight for the center of the cake when my brother grabbed her mid-leap, saving us all from a cat on fire and a ruined party.

All I even saw was the cat flying from my leg to the cake, it happened so fast. Never a dull moment.

Plus, ginnith met us for dinner, which was a lovely surprise! And Thursday afternoon sdrohc_ratiug came over and we watched the first three episodes of Torchwood season two. It's been a good couple of days for seeing friends.

Happy Birthday, trademybike!!

Hope it's a good one!

Also, my baby brother turns 20 today. Crazy!

Happy Birthday, michelerz!!

You are basically one of the most amazing people I know.

We got about three inches of snow last night. I love it when it's nice and white and untouched.

We took Bud into the vet today because he's got this thing on his on his snout near his nose. We think he got it by digging and getting scraped. He's becoming a frequent patient at the vet. Nothing serious so far, but he's been having ear problems the past few months.

He's not a big fan of the place. Which isn't surprising. But he's also kind of weird about it. Whenever we take Bebe, she shakes all over the place and you cannot budge her from the car. (Once, when my grandma and I took her, the vet was nice enough to come out and examine her there.) Bud jumps out of the car, ready to go. It isn't until you get him up on the table that he wraps his paws around the edge and does his best to get the hell out of there. Dad has a fun time holding him down. And usually the vet will put a muzzle on him, because he nipped her the first time. So when they heard his problem was on the nose they were left scratching their heads, puzzling over how to keep all of their fingers. Dad suggested using bailing twine. Which is basically what they did. Doesn't mean it was easy. For a small dog, Bud's very strong.

I just stood near the wall and tried to stay out of the way.

It was also Dad's birthday today. Didn't really do anything. We had a nice dinner and instead of cake we had apple cranberry walnut pie which was oh so good. Then we watched Waitress. We kind of had a pie theme going. Yum. Forgot how much I liked the movie when I originally saw it.

trademybike is basically made of awesome.

Got your package, Kasey! OMG. Cannot stop smiling. I think I even made some high-pitched noises at one point. THANK YOU!

Happy Birthday, trademybike!!

Life wouldn't be nearly as amusing without you.

EB and I excel at stretching our birthday out as far as we can. With that in mind, the joint present this year was tickets to the Pacific Northwest Ballet's All Premier and we finally got to go yesterday afternoon. It was the first time I've been to McCaw Hall and not been in the second tier. We were actually on the ground floor in one of the side boxes and it's the closest I've been for awhile. The only downside was that we were to the extreme right so whenever any dancers ventured that far right we couldn't see them.

I really enjoyed the whole thing. And though I liked one or two acts better, I can't say that I disliked any. When asked afterward whether or not the ballets were modern or classical, EB went straight for modern, but I suggested it was modern with nods toward classical. (As though I would know anything about ballet.) But I'll stick by the intertextual theory and apply that to dance and say that every thing's connected and modern dance has to come from a classic place to begin with.

"Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven" was very sparse. Black stage, white leotards. Six men and six women. Music by Arvo Part (who I'm listening to right now).

"Valse Triste" was just sad. Beautiful and sad and about a woman remembering a lost lover.

"Suspension of Disbelief" was definitely the most modern of the bunch. They completely got rid of set dressing, even the curtains that keep you from seeing the stage hands working backstage. You could see the entire area that they work with, and let me say that I'm completely surprised by how much smaller it looked without everything on it. Thinking back on the operas I've seen there it's kind of amazing what you can do with space.

"Waterbaby Bagatelles" was my favorite and choreographed by Twyla Tharp and just very very neat. There were fluorescent lights suspended from the ceiling and some of the dancers were in bathing costumes and it was very much like a fish tank.

And even if the dancing had been iffy (not that it would be or I expect that or anything with the company), like I told EB, at least the music is good to listen to (and I'd like to own some of it). Yea orchestra!

Plus I picked up the tickets for The Nutcracker. They are sitting on the table. I'M REALLY EXCITED.

Happy Birthday, ginnith!!

You're pretty much the best friend a girl could ask for. And other fluffy sentimental things. ::snoggles::

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Bravo starts another their second season of Top Chef on October 18. They're also going to start showing Six Feet Under on October 2 I think. (That date might be wrong. It starts on a Monday.) There's a part of me that kind of wants to tape them. I saw the first couple of seasons on HBO, but then other things happened and I went away to college and I didn't get to see the rest of the show. But I loved it a lot before I stopped watching. Peter Krause is great in it.

Also watched Cry Wolf today because there was nothing else one, it was just starting, I was bored, and I saw that Jared Padalecki was in it. So was Jon Bon Jovi. As a journalism teacher. It wasn't the best movie ever, but it also wasn't awful. I mostly had it figured out as soon as a particular character was introduced. And then thirty minutes from the end I changed my mind and then, like The Village and House (the one with the cancerous hermaphrodite), it turned out being pretty much a combination of both my ideas. HA. And then a twist happened at the very end. Probably would have been more fun with company.