Sunday, October 02, 2005
Wow, the precipitation situation went from 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds flat. I like rain as much as the next person up here but it would have been nice to have a transition period. Maybe some drizzle before the downpour. On Friday I got my hair cut and I told her not to even bother with the styling. I had tons of errands and I still hadn't brought in the last of the tomatoes so there seemed little point in hair ironing since I'd be sporting a huge frizz bomb no matter what she did. She put it in a nice braid.
I had another busy week last week. I'm taking two classes at the moment which I didn't intend to do, but one didn't finish before the other started so there's an unfortunate overlap. Plus the Noon yoga on Wednesday means that I attempt to be out the door by 7am almost every day and I get home between 7 and 9pm. It's not horrible, it just makes accomplishing anything besides eating, sleeping and basic hygiene something of a challenge.
One thing I did do on Friday, beside paddle my canoe between my haircut and errands: I made a point of seeing Serenity a movie by Joss-is-My-Master-Now Whedon. You know, the man responsible for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (subjects of endless yammering on my part) and Firefly a TV series which was yanked off the air before its time and is the basis for the new movie.
The movie is fantastic. Adventure, humor, space battles, fights. I loved it. I was a little disappointed to see it didn't kick more ass at the box office. World: go check out this movie.
I only have a few cucumbers in the bottom of the crisper. They look in pretty good shape but their days are numbered. I peeled and sliced a big bowl full for myself since the spousal unit is not a cucumber eater. Did another batch of tomato sauce today and will bring it to co-worker tomorrow. The spousal unit is also not big on tomatoes and I already have 4 big batches of sauce stored -- no reason to go crazy.
The dahlias took quite a beating in the rain although the Emory Pauls still look great which I never would have expected. These flowers are gigantic. When they first bloomed I stood out in my yard and said: I grew this.