So, tomorrow is my birthday.  It's one of those big, even number, milestone birthdays.  I have the rest of the week off to celebrate and do non-work stuff, like shopping and sewing.  But to get to tomorrow, I had to get through today ( Read more... )

I recently joined an early music ensemble in the SCA.  They've been around for a long time, and I've had my reasons for not joining before.  One of the big reasons (in my mind) was that my modern string instruments would be annoyingly out of place in a mostly recorder ensemble.

( Music geekery )

Well, that was somewhat surprising.

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Two foreign entries were nominated, and Pixar/Disney was shut out.  I right about Kung Fu Panda 2 and Rango getting noms, and Puss in Boots pulled it off.  Rango is probably going to get the win;  Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots are both Dreamworks ( Read more... )

This has not been a great year for movies, and positively pathetic for animation.  I saw several films this year, but I am hard pressed to remember most of them:  X Men First Class, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II, Puss in Boots, Sherlock Holmes, all of these are franchise films that kind of blend into the timelessness of memory with ( Read more... )

My shopping-fu was strong today ( Read more... )

Scene 1:  My kitchen, packing lunch and snacks for the day

Body:   Hey, pack in one of those fancy chocolate bars you won in the raffle

Mind:   No, sorry,  not in the budget for today.  I mean, I'm getting you the fancy egg bacon cheese breakfast, and there's lots of fruit and veggies and a tasty meat sandwich and chips in the lunch bag, so pipe ( Read more... )

This has been a glorious and gentle decent through fall.  Amongst other things, it has allowed me to look for the winter clothing and gear I want instead of buying the first thing that meets an immediate need.  So far, however, every choice has been met with fail ( Read more... )

I had plans for this evening.  Not great plans, but plans.  Plans totally derailed by a sore thumb ( Read more... )

Festival has been over for a month now, and I have been turning my attention to getting ready for winter.

( Meandering over a couple of weeks of puttering. )

How long have I been doing Fest?  You think I would know to take care of myself by know ( Read more... )