Saw Tron Legacy. Pretty sure I'm my only friend who did like it, in the "I want to take it home and huggle it" kind of way.

People. It is all about expectations. I was expecting a pretty light show, with nice music, and some nice man meat to stare at for two hours. Plus Olivia Wilde. And a crazy Welshman. ( Not Really a Spoiler )

One boring Friday night, I went to the bookstore, because I don't like spending every Friday cold and lonely in my house. (What? I'm not doing that right now. I just got done talking with the Gnomie on Xbox Live gameplanning for tomorrow.) I kind of had a list; I kinda just wandered around. I walked out with Frankenstein, two BN Historical Reprints ( Read more... )

Over the weekend I had to suck it up and make a run to the friendly craft store to get a few more things to put the final touches on my work gifts (namely, glitter acrylic paint - awesome - and ribbon for some packages). I made the choice of going to a store that tends to have a very good fabric section, and I made the mistake of walking past the ( Read more... )

I don't care how bad the reviews are, we've got a whole weekend planned around the movie. I just purchased tickets for our group of four to go to the IMAX to see it. Three of us are driving 4.5 hours down to Ohio to hook up with my Gnomie (she came to us most recently). There will be some Jungle Jim's beforehand, and maybe some Graeter's after. It' ( Read more... )

The weekend before Thanksgiving, I went to Chicago with a group from work. We left on Saturday morning, had Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday to "sightsee," then went on a tour of Argonne National Lab on Monday before coming home. It was great; all except the part where everybody pretty much had somebody to hang out and explore with except me. ( Read more... )

Tonight I spent the entire evening after work sitting around the table talking to a large mixed group (faculty, students, and few favorite staff members) about a little bit of everything. The meal is an appreciation dinner for the students, faculty, and guest speakers of our Freshman Orientation class. One of my favorite alumni also joined us, so ( Read more... )

Today I had every intention of making my infamous stuffed shells (like lasagna, only better). There was even a midnight:30 run last night to get the sauce spice package I needed because I had otherwise failed to notice I was out before going to the store. With the snow threatening, there was no good reason to go out and play in it. I missed ( Read more... )

I think I mentioned earlier in the month that I don't put up decorations in my apartment. Since I'll be spending 1/3 of the month at home in Kentucky, it seems like something of a pointless activity that is just going to cause me more work. But one of the favorite things in our family is watching the under portion of the tree (and sometimes the ( Read more... )

At least a year and a half ago, I was watching one of my favorite tv shows on Food Network: Unwrapped. This show takes us behind the scenes of all the BEST junk food. During that particular episode, they were talking about a treat called Crickle, a treat (which is essentially a brittle, but made in a slightly different manner to have more air in it ( Read more... )

So, I've got a few big things going on in the next few weeks. These things require driving. Much like I did before my trek to Toronto back in Julaugust, I took care of of the icky bit of car ownership tonight - regular maintence ( Read more... )