In Which I Have a Guest

Had farwing over to watch stuff, mainly Hard Core Logo which was very gratifying, because she really really got it, AND laughed at all the funny stuff, too, and didn't miss a single one of the bits that some people find slashy. Also, it's a good film in and of itself.

We followed it up with the Due South episode "Asylum" which was a good palate cleanser, and then I showed her a couple of scenes from Torso so she could compare and contrast 1930s Detective CKR with RayK CKR.

We also made blueberry muffins, though this mix wasn't as good as the Duncan Hines one. Still, fresh muffins are good, and so was the company.

I had a sick day today, so I spent rather a lot of time cleaning and organizing. Among my other innovations was cleaning out the cabinet next to the stove, where my roommate has been stowing plastic grocery bags. I mean, I knew she was doing it, but I hadn't realized that her collection had grown so enormous... they took up like six grocery bags stuffed full of them by the time I'd pulled them all out. I have no idea what to do with them, you can't recycle them, and it seems somehow sinful to just throw them out....

In a fit of anality, I also organized all the paper bags, but that was simpler and also more satisfying, since they fold nice.

No sign of The Mouse. I suppose it's too much to hope that like a Borrower, once seen the mouse will feel obliged to move on.

Nyaah Nyaah Meme

Ganked from jonquil and katallison:

A book you own that no one on your friends list does: a five volume set of Little Nemo in Slumberland, printed at nearly original size. The dialogue is beyond awful, the plot (what there is of it) makes no sense, the best you can say for the racial stereotyping is that it's less awful than much of its contemporary period... but OMGWTFPictures!

A CD you own that no one on your friends list does: I, Swinger by Combustible Edison. Light, poppy lounge/jazz that has a trick of sounding like the soundtrack to movies you'd love to see.

A DVD/VHS tape you own that no one on your friends list does: Hmmm... I'll go with Hayao Miyazaki's Porco Rosso which a friend sent me. For domestically/commercially produced films, Get Crazy.

A place you've been that no one on your friends list has been: Bahia de los Angeles, halfway down the Baja peninsula, where I went on an Earthwatch expedition a few years ago to census the spider population on small islands in the bay. Real desert islands! Dolphins, whales, seals, pelicans, scorpions, stingrays, lizards, cactuses, more cactuses, spiders spiders spiders!

Comment me if I'm not alone on any of these, of course.