goddammit

Today Anna prepared a surprise for me when I came home. She yakked on my desk chair! Yay kitty! I really wanted to throttle her at that moment. She didn't look bothered at all, in fact she was calmly sitting next to it, just looking up at me. So I cleaned and cleaned, making a lovely soaking wet place, then febreezed it for good measure. After that, I forgot about it. Later I sat in my chair, used my computer for awhile, wondered why my leg felt damp, and remembered. Aren't pets great!!

It's been a good time for comedy

A couple months ago, I came across reruns of Roseanne in the afternoon. I watched a few times, and it reminded me that I used to love that show. My mother didn't like it of course, and she liked it even less when people would occasionally say I reminded them of Darlene. Sometimes she wouldn't let me watch it. But now I'm 28, and I can watch whatever the hell I want. I bought seasons 4 and 5 from Amazon.

I watched a couple episodes the other night, and thoroughly enjoyed them. The characters are funny, even if their clothes are dated, and more real than sitcom characters on TV now. There have been way too many shows with the tubby comedian and his unrealistically hot wife. Some of them have kids, but hardly any of the kids are actual characters. So I sat on my couch and enjoyed watching the Conners bicker, wear slouchy clothes, eat generic food, play jokes on each other, and generally amuse me.

Other funnies: Last night Donald and I watched the first new SNL after the strike. Tina Fey hosted, and large parts of the show were actually funny! Then we caught a bit of a Chappelle's Show rerun, which is also hilarious. I've been reading Wil Wheaton's Just a Geek, which if you are a nerd, you should read. His writing style is very agreeable, and he just tells a good story. Check out his blog: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/ He's recovering from sinus surgery, so isn't very funny at the moment, but dig into the archives for some good stuff.

movie roundup

Donald and I watched the third Resident Evil movie tonight. I say it's better than the second, but not as good as the first. Milla Jovovich entertains, and zombies eat people. You know the drill.

I saw Atonement a couple weeks ago, and thought it was excellent. Not my usual sort of movie, but some folks invited me along. This is one of the few times I've seen a best picture nominee before the Oscars.

More Netflix fun included Brick last week. We both really enjoyed it. It's described as an unconventional film noir set in high school. It was certainly something different.

Next in our queue: The Last Kiss, with the Braff. (who Donald loves in a non-gay way.)

Just stuff

It's snowing again. This winter has been more up and down than any other winter I can remember. I'm sooo ready for spring.

Yesterday D and Mike and I went downtown to look at an art gallery and get some culture. The exhibit was okay, and then we walked over to get a look at the Sprint Center up close. It looks fine, by the way. I kind of would like to go to an event there, but I haven't heard of anything I'd go to. It didn't seem cold when we set out, but it sunk in as we walked. By the time we had our look around we were more than ready to get back in the nice warm car.

Later we got dinner at Accurso's, which we hadn't been to for quite awhile. I wanted dessert, but we decided to wait until we weren't so full. After driving around doing other stuff, we ended up at Applebee's for dessert. Their dessert menu has shrunk since the last time I looked. They have added dessert shooters, which are one of 5 options in a big shot glass for $2. I got the hot fudge sundae and it was just the right size for me. It was the right size at the time, but in general it just whetted my appetite for hot fudge.

Animal Phone

Subconcious kitten?

Last night I dreamed that I was at a high school reunion of sorts, or at least in a place where there were a lot of people from high school. The place may have been a basement, because it was sort of cold and dark. I had my blue blanket (the one the cat likes to groom) and so did two other people! We thought that was funny. Then I went around a corner, and saw a door with keys still in the lock. The door turned out to be 532, so I took the keys out of the lock and went in, thinking that somebody was going to get in trouble for that, but I found them so at least I could stash them away where they wouldn't get stolen. Inside the room wasn't 532. Somehow SMJ had gotten a new kitten, and I was supposed to look after it because he was out of town. Then it became my parents backyard, and one of the picnic tables was near the kitten's litter box. So I played with the kitten, cleaned the litterbox, got it food and water and woke up.

No kitten in real life, but Anna's just as good.

aww!

It's a Valentine's Day miracle!

Inaccurate!

I’m filling in on a show where an artist works on a watercolor painting on an easel. What they have is a big watercolor pad, and she’s “painting” on the top page. This really bothers me, because nobody would watercolor like that. If you tried to paint like that, the paper would curl and get wrinkled. A watercolor artist would have a single sheet of watercolor paper taped out on a drawing board. They vetoed that because later on the painting gets picked up and waved about. Another option would be a watercolor block, where instead of glue on one edge, the glue is on all four edges so the sheet of paper stays put. Another option would be a “canvas” where you have a stretched piece of paper instead of fabric. It just looks wrong up there.

dream again

I dreamed last night that I was going on a trip, possibly camping, with a large group of people, maybe 9 or 10. Somehow we were all going in one car. We got to the place we were spending the night which was somebody's house. For some reason there were two fancy coffee pots in the trunk, still in boxes. I remember wondering why we needed two. We all changed into out pajamas and stood around on the porch discussing what our plans were going to be. Parts of the porch were bouncy. For some reason I was wearing a night gown. Then I got cold so I put on a jacket, which was a camel tan color and very comfy. (Too bad I don't have such a jacket in real life.) For some reason I had three pairs of gloves in the pockets. We were all going to sleep on the floor downstairs. When we got downstairs, I saw that there were more stairs going down to another basement.

I feel very specifically that the porch faced south. I almost always know what direction things are in dreams. In the visiting Jim and Amy dream their house faced north. Isn't that useful?

Weird dream

I dreamed last night that Donald and I and Jon (for some reason) went to visit Jim and Amy, who lived in town. We got there, went in the front door and went towards the back of the house. Jim was directing our attention out the window, and Amy was talking about their farming. Out the window was a massive yard, with a few rows of corn and such. Jim took us outside to see.

As we went down the back porch stairs, Jon heard chittering. A chipmunk was stuck in there, so I went for the door to let it out. Then it chased me, zipping around very fast making an angry chipmunk noise. Everybody else had gone, so it was just me and the chipmunk in the huge yard. It chased me and I hopped up onto a fence to get away from it. It kept chasing me as I got off the fence and tried to get closer to the house. Once I fell, and felt something furry by my hand. I grabbed it, (it was the chipmunks tail,) and threw the chipmunk away from me- then ran for the back door. Chipmunk was still chasing. I made it to the door, the stupid chipmunk went back in the porch, and then I woke up.

One dream interpretation website says this about chipmunks:

chipmunk Curiosity, trust, and the balance between trust and caution. Playfulness. Darting from side to side (as in being flexible in your opinions). Dreaming of this animal can represent:

• Having too much of one of these qualities, or that you could benefit by being less this way
• Not having enough of one of these qualities, or that you could benefit by being more like this
• Someone or something in your real life with whom you associate one of these qualities (an event, situation, threat, etc.)

For more clues, pay attention to what the animal was doing or any particular characteristic that stood out.

And this about being chased:

being chased

If you dream someone is chasing you, consider the context.

If the chaser wants to harm you, this can represent a feeling or fear of: persecution, hostility, aggression, criticism, etc. by another person or by "people in general." It can also represent real-life situation where you feel your boundaries have been crossed or your integrity has been compromised.

If someone who likes you is playfully chasing you, it could represent your perception that they like you or might want to know you better.

So there we have it. :)

Nothing terribly interesting has been happening lately. I worked a bit more on the UMKC show, and I should be done with it now. I cooked on Monday night. I tried a new pork chop dish. It was okay, and Donald liked it well enough. I got tired of it the second time I ate it so I don't think I'll be making that one again. I really enjoyed the pork chop part though. I'll have to get pork chops more often.

I've washed dishes almost every day this week. I'm very tired of washing dishes. Period. I want a dishwasher. Maybe we can get one in our new place. We're moving in a few months! My dad is buying a house from a nice old fellow on the next block. We're going to rent from him. We'll have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a garage! We'll be able to keep the car indoors!! That's going to be awesome. I'm also looking forward to not hauling everything I buy up the stairs anymore. That's especially troublesome after I go to Costco. It's a 1 story ranch style so it's not a cute house, and it doesn't have a porch. But it's solid, well insulated, and not owned by the university. It does have a small back patio, and we may be able to build a deck over it.

Donald and I watched Shoot Em Up last night. The title says it all- there's a lot of shooting. Very well choreographed shooting! It was pretty much great. If you're in the mood for some fun action that's not dragged down by a lot of plot, rent this. Clive Owen is badass. It's an hour and a half of pure entertainment.