I honestly thought I would have new glasses by now. Three weeks ago, I went for an exam and Katie helped pick out two pairs of frames (one regular, one reading). I was excited. Both of them looked good. It's been so long since my vision was well-corrected. But there were some odd results from my tests, so I was scheduled to be re-tested. It turns ( Read more... )

Election results went as expected. Voting itself was ok. Lines were long. Glad I took a book. I did get a positive comment on my Buddha shirt from an election worker ( Read more... )

Halloween was nice and low-key. We watched The Walking Dead on AMC which was like a movie because it was 90 minutes. That was really good. Probably the best zombie thing I've seen (other than 30 Days of Night) because it's done more like straight-up drama than like a horror movie ( Read more... )

Katie's back home with lots of Japanese snacks and homemade cookies and tales of Russian tea room and sitting in on college classes. Later today, there will be pumpkin carving, pumpkin seed roasting and scary movies with the lights out.

The hummus was excellent.

I waited entirely too long to eat the bread that goes with the hummus.

Apparently, some of it was turning blue and fuzzy. Blue and fuzzy bread does not taste as good as it sounds.

The stupid mail didn't pick up Katie's Netflix movie. Today I didn't feel very energetic, so all I've done is clean stuff in the kitchen (and play Diablo II). I'm just going to watch Wednesday tv with Katie later. I plan to watch the original Japanese Hong Kong The Eye (my Netflix movie) and then there's always my DVR shows (Bourdain, Hawaii Five-0 ( Read more... )

Up late last night. Apparently missed the storms. Slow start to the day. Went to the bank and library. Have less money than expected. Hopefully I just forgot to write down down something. Picked up Starman Omnibus Vol. 5 and The Umbrella Academy Vol. 1. Grilled hamburgers with Muenster cheese which turned out awesome (used rosemary, garlic and ( Read more... )

Hey, LJ. Long time, no post. Katie is in Chicago this week, visiting rosethorne and wants to know what I'm doing. So far, I've done housework; changed litterboxes, cleaned the trashcan, cleaned the toaster and George Foreman, the cart they sit on and behind the cart, the stovetop and most of the floor. I stayed up late because it was too quiet. I made of ( Read more... )

Here's a getting you up to date post ( Read more... )

cat update: after a day or so of standoffishness, the cats have pretty much returned to normal relations ( Read more... )