Absurd, or awesome?
Infrequent posts are infrequent. Also, if you only friended me because we were in the same fandom at some point and are disappointed by the lack of fandom content, every day is de-friending amnesty day around here. My widdle fewwings won't get hurt.
I've been knitting, and spinning, and watching TV while I do it. Mr. Brienze surprised me this year by actually watching lots of the new shows - he's incredibly picky, but we're watching Person of Interest, and Unforgettable, and Grimm, and Alcatraz. They're all watchable, but I'm not impressed enough with any of them to go see if there's fanfic. I really liked The Chew at first, but it seems lately there is too much talk-show crap and not enough recipes I would actually like to cook.
My Season 2 DVDs of Sherlock got here from amazon.co.uk earlier this week. This deserves its own paragraph. LOVE this show, but I don't seem to allocate my time so that I have hours at the computer anymore, so I haven't been reading fanfic. I should go looking for podfic at some point, though, because I've started listening to audiobooks while I cook.
The holidays were good: lots of cooking, no big arguments with the family, and thanks to two bits of advice I got last year, my foot cramps have almost disappeared, so I can actually spend hours on my feet again. For anyone who has muscle cramps, try magnesium supplements. I swear they're magic. The real test will be this Friday's TMBG show, though. I'm hopeful that my feet will behave.
In the near future I'd like to finalize a Fair Isle mitten pattern I've been writing since November(!!), and there's Superbowl cooking to do, but I'm kind of ridiculously excited about something I just agreed to do. Someone I knew in college has a friend who's a teacher in Trenton, NJ, and is going to be sending me a "Flat Stanley" paper doll to show around Austin and send back to her class with pictures of his adventures.
Guys, this is the best thing ever. I get to show 'someone' around town, and only go where I think is worth going, and not have to put up with family or children or having an actual houseguest. I'm torn about where to take Stanley out to eat, though... clearly I need to represent both BBQ and Tex-Mex, but is Rudy's more interesting than Mann's, or does Stanley deserve a trip out to Llano for Cooper's BBQ? Or possibly standing in line for Franklin's? And Chuy's is the Tex-Mex place we love the best, but the carved and brightly-painted furniture at Los Chilaquiles might be more interesting to kids from New Jersey.
I am hoping that at some point I can take Stanley to tsarina's and take a picture with all the bat sculptures, since it's too early in the year for the actual bats that live under the bridge downtown. And I'll have to scope out a firehouse or car dealership that has separate flag poles for the US and Texas flags to fly at the same height, so I can explain about Texas having been its own nation at one point. And take him to the lookout at Mount Bonnell to get a picture of Stanley with the 360 Bridge. (And no matter how many grammar problems irritate me in texts and FB and such, I will cheerfully begin sentences with 'and'.)
Ooh! And it just occurred to me, I should take him down to the Old Oaks Fiber Ranch to see the alpacas. I suppose I'll have to take him to the capitol and UT, but I'm less enthusiastic about those. I'm not sure Sixth Street is all that child-appropriate, so I'll need to figure out something for Austin's music scene. If any locals have suggestions (or non-locals have ideas about what in Austin they'd like to see), feel free to suggest.
I think it may be a little obvious that I don't get out of the house much. :P I've surprised myself with how I can occupy my day with making things, rather than sitting like a lump in front of the computer. But aside from Wednesday night spinning and Friday morning knitting group, I don't actually see other people or leave the house very much. My introverted soul is usually quite content with this, but I'm looking forward to Stanley's visit forcing me to get out of the house and go see stuff. (And possibly eating at ALL the Tex-Mex and BBQ places, to pick the best-composed picture instead of the best food story.)
I do still read my f-list and comment occasionally, so if you've friended me in the last couple of years and wonder 'who the hell is this person who sometimes replies to my posts?', well, this is me.
I've been knitting, and spinning, and watching TV while I do it. Mr. Brienze surprised me this year by actually watching lots of the new shows - he's incredibly picky, but we're watching Person of Interest, and Unforgettable, and Grimm, and Alcatraz. They're all watchable, but I'm not impressed enough with any of them to go see if there's fanfic. I really liked The Chew at first, but it seems lately there is too much talk-show crap and not enough recipes I would actually like to cook.
My Season 2 DVDs of Sherlock got here from amazon.co.uk earlier this week. This deserves its own paragraph. LOVE this show, but I don't seem to allocate my time so that I have hours at the computer anymore, so I haven't been reading fanfic. I should go looking for podfic at some point, though, because I've started listening to audiobooks while I cook.
The holidays were good: lots of cooking, no big arguments with the family, and thanks to two bits of advice I got last year, my foot cramps have almost disappeared, so I can actually spend hours on my feet again. For anyone who has muscle cramps, try magnesium supplements. I swear they're magic. The real test will be this Friday's TMBG show, though. I'm hopeful that my feet will behave.
In the near future I'd like to finalize a Fair Isle mitten pattern I've been writing since November(!!), and there's Superbowl cooking to do, but I'm kind of ridiculously excited about something I just agreed to do. Someone I knew in college has a friend who's a teacher in Trenton, NJ, and is going to be sending me a "Flat Stanley" paper doll to show around Austin and send back to her class with pictures of his adventures.
Guys, this is the best thing ever. I get to show 'someone' around town, and only go where I think is worth going, and not have to put up with family or children or having an actual houseguest. I'm torn about where to take Stanley out to eat, though... clearly I need to represent both BBQ and Tex-Mex, but is Rudy's more interesting than Mann's, or does Stanley deserve a trip out to Llano for Cooper's BBQ? Or possibly standing in line for Franklin's? And Chuy's is the Tex-Mex place we love the best, but the carved and brightly-painted furniture at Los Chilaquiles might be more interesting to kids from New Jersey.
I am hoping that at some point I can take Stanley to tsarina's and take a picture with all the bat sculptures, since it's too early in the year for the actual bats that live under the bridge downtown. And I'll have to scope out a firehouse or car dealership that has separate flag poles for the US and Texas flags to fly at the same height, so I can explain about Texas having been its own nation at one point. And take him to the lookout at Mount Bonnell to get a picture of Stanley with the 360 Bridge. (And no matter how many grammar problems irritate me in texts and FB and such, I will cheerfully begin sentences with 'and'.)
Ooh! And it just occurred to me, I should take him down to the Old Oaks Fiber Ranch to see the alpacas. I suppose I'll have to take him to the capitol and UT, but I'm less enthusiastic about those. I'm not sure Sixth Street is all that child-appropriate, so I'll need to figure out something for Austin's music scene. If any locals have suggestions (or non-locals have ideas about what in Austin they'd like to see), feel free to suggest.
I think it may be a little obvious that I don't get out of the house much. :P I've surprised myself with how I can occupy my day with making things, rather than sitting like a lump in front of the computer. But aside from Wednesday night spinning and Friday morning knitting group, I don't actually see other people or leave the house very much. My introverted soul is usually quite content with this, but I'm looking forward to Stanley's visit forcing me to get out of the house and go see stuff. (And possibly eating at ALL the Tex-Mex and BBQ places, to pick the best-composed picture instead of the best food story.)
I do still read my f-list and comment occasionally, so if you've friended me in the last couple of years and wonder 'who the hell is this person who sometimes replies to my posts?', well, this is me.