Thanks for the commiseration and suggestions, you guys! I'm still stung, although in the light of day, it does seem like it will look cool as a black dress, because it still has the sparkle in it. And that, of course, is the weirdest part -- it's like all the blue fell out. If I had washed it in water, I would say the blue dye washed out. Although I don't know that it was an overdyed fabric -- can you overdye black with any color and make the color show up? Tim said it was almost like the fabric was painted (but not exactly). (And he's so sweet: he said "You KNOW that I understand how important a dress is, right?")

Since the dress isn't designed with single-use in mind, the manufacturer may well be happy to hear about this problem. Unless this is why they don't sell it anymore.

I think I'll take pictures of it and email the manufacturer. And I am wondering if this is why they don't sell it any more. (Although I realize they rotate styles to stay current.) It's weird as hell, and makes me sad.

And he's so sweet: he said "You KNOW that I understand how important a dress is, right?"

I think I just fell in love with Tim a little bit. What a guy! You are a lucky woman, Steph.

We just got back from a sushi-making class (thank you, Groupon!), weather be damned. I can't believe how easy it is to make rolls! So fun, too.

And now we're going to try to unfuck the office. It is really scary and hoarder-like. We're going to try UFYH's 20/10 method and see how it goes.

I went through a sushi making phase, had some very pleasant afternoons outside rolling and eating sushi. But cooking the rice and all the cleanup took the joy out of it.

Yeah, I bet the cleanup is a pain, with the sticky rice and nori that flakes off, etc. But it was so easy! I am totally going to make sushi for whatever shindig happens next.

It's not that bad, the key is to do it immediately, before the sticky rice dries.

What Liese says, clean up isn't so bad. The biggest PITA is just how long it takes. It's for a night when you can linger over dinner, not a weeknight.

Sunday afternoons were for sushi.

So my here-to-for Mormon brother-in-law is posting Wiccan images on his Facebook and is currently asking for an herbalist or witch experienced in herbs. I wonder if his mother's grave is trembling (he's closer to her than I am). Then again, my MIL decided to tell the Mormon god to fuck off when her husband died and went back to Catholicism (nearly literally, the woman was an ascended master at grudges, and deities were just as liable to get into her bad graces as her own mother and brother and anyone else).

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Sometimes Art, well maybe "Art" just confuses the hell out of me. Case in point:

Next quarter we are doing a new musical. So new, we only have a partial script. It's being written, directed and choreographed by a new faculty member. Apparently it's a musical about the Amish. The director/writer/choreographer person is INSISTING that all technology is hidden. He doesn't want to see microphones. Speakers. Lighting instruments. No technology. Then he insists in alley staging (Imagine a shuffleboard court as the acting area. Then two rows of seating on the long sides, and acting platforms behind those seating areas). With the acting area only about 10-15 feet wide, it will be a sound challenge. Not showing speakers will make it damn near impossible. Now for the funny part. Having attended a Church of the Brethern college, in the middle of Amish country, USA, I actually studied the Amish in college. And I distinctly recall there being talk of Amish not dancing and playing instruments. So? You don't want to see technology, because Amish do not use any. But it's ok to show singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments? I dunno. Maybe it's a play about Rumshpringa? No clue. Script isn't done yet.

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