Tried Guitar Hero - For real this time, rather than tipsy at a party when someone put the guitar controller in my hand. Went okay. Actually was in the 80%ish range. (Yay! - certainly room for improvement however) I think there is a handicap involved for actually having some knowledge of real guitar playing. Also -don't try to play the notes with ( Read more... )

1)Great Italian themed cooking day. I created homade gnocchi. It needed a lot more flour than called for - guess i shouldnt have put that milk in the mashed potatoes. Ah well. Still turned out tasty. There was also a multiple mushroom ravioli with a sweet creamy onion sauce, Chicken parmagean, and Sausage & tortellini soup. yay for group cooking ( Read more... )

Started a weaving class last night. As in Looms. The looms are nifty, but the setup of them is complicated and time consuming. The class contains myself, vilejynx and ladyinthetower and the instructor. We all alternate on the tasks that need to be done, amongst the 3 of us, since we could only make two warps at a time. Lets hope some of the terminology, most of which ( Read more... )

cindrax handed me a letter yesterday from Wake county. I opened it to discover to my great joy, that I had been summoned to Jury duty! (I am not being sarcastic here). In big letters! FAILURE TO OBEY THIS SUMMONS IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW. (ooh it makes me grin!) I have always wanted to be summoned for jury duty. How have i made it this long with out having ( Read more... )

Last night I went to the RBC Center with cindrax and T and S. My second time, cindrax 's first. I love that show. We were up in the 300's - the high seats. but that was cool too. I had a wicked view of the lighting set up - and could still see most of the stage. I was fascinated by the lights. (I like the pretty lights) Across the stage there were a series of ( Read more... )

Sometimes wrapping myself in the comfort of a good book is what is needed. When you read something you get deeply involved in, your breathing becomes shallower, it's like meditation, and i can sit so still for long periods of time. The culprit was "The Last Summer of (you and me)" by Ann Brashares. Nostalgia for summer places and events - That ( Read more... )

Was talking to some guys I know in WoW through vent (voice chat) last night. We were talking about what we actually looked like. These are people I've know for over a year since playing WoW, never met them in person. So they build up visuals of what they think you look like, and it's interesting to me to see how that relates to reality. One of them ( Read more... )

This weekend we watched the whole first season of House. Perhaps I should pay more attention to TV shows while they are actually on TV. I enjoyed this one. The characters interacted in interesting ways. He is abrasive, and challenging. The story seems to have interesting medical cases and a bit of character development, but not be too soap opera

Pancakes are for first meal. They are yummy ( Read more... )

Put the first coat of paint on the dining room yesterday. It looks lovely. I have lots of nice moulding in the dining room - crown and chair rail and transoms above the two doorways, so my plan was to paint the top half of the room, and leave the bottom light colored. The top is now a lovely shade of brown, similar to hot chocolate with milk in it ( Read more... )