Jilli, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your Gothic Charm School entries. I'm not goth myself, but I love reading your Lady of the Manners posts.
Hec, sorry you don't have a hideaway spot, but good luck on finishing your oevre.
I'm hot. And tired of working on projects.
Brunch was very good.good food. There was much sympathy in your direction , David. a mild funny: a number of people had to apologizes to JZ -, because they greeted Matilda and ignored her. We talked book, hair,health care in America, Harry potter, fanfic, and clafouti.
Dag...wanna teleporter now.
Mmm, clafouti. I want a transporter too.
Coincidentally, one of the projects my company is funding for FY08 is "Teleporter."
I was very bummed to discover that it wasn't what I'd hoped it was.
Robert is off to his last two weeks of his Masters program. He left after lunch, and Mal subsequently came unglued. Part of the show involved Mal yelling at me from the landing, then blowing raspberries, then (I wasn't looking) he started crying in earnest. So I go over to find that he'd stuck his head through the banisters, and it's now stuck - he can't pull it back out. That was fun.
You got him out though, right?
Just had to share my current favorite Ellie phrase. On the plane a few days ago, I taught her to say "permiso" as we made our 6th trip to the bathroom in an hour, since the guy next to us was puerto rican. (He was totally nice about it, btw.)
So, yesterday, she was trying to walk on the edge of this planter but the plants were hanging over the edge and in her way. Then I hear her saying "mermiso, plants, mermiso." So damn cute!
Raq, how did you get Mal out of the banister. That sounds so unfun!
I wish that were an option for me. That's what Joss did when he wrote "Lover's Rock" - just shacked up in a hotel room with a cassette box filled with The Replacements and Husker Du.
Though JZ has been awesome about vacating the house with Matilda while I try to finish.
I'm actually somewhat impressed with myself and my ability to switch modes between "writing essay" to "fetching milkies and playing with Emeline" and then back to "writing essay".
Not that it's easy, but easier than I thought it would be.
How do they do that, Raq? Did you need to pull out the Crisco?