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Warmth!
Thankfully, the condo building finally turned on the heat this evening. It was down in the low 40's yesterday and will be so again tonight. Fall, please come back. I'm not yet ready for winter, although now I can turn on some heat if the weather doesn't cooperate. -
Zombieland.
Very cute! One of the best beginnings to a movie I've seen in a long while. However, there is almost no plot and I kind of felt like I was watching one episode of a web series or something. Plus, A kept guessing what was going to happen next (no great feat), loudly, while groaning all the while. -
William Shatner doing Pulp?!?!?
Thank you, KEXP. I had no idea that William Shatner did a spoken/screamed word rendition of one of my favorite Pulp songs: "Common People". Whoa. I think I'm seriously scarred. -
Opera in the Outfield!
Last night, A and I (and one of our friends) had a fantastic evening of popular opera and picnicking. The Washington National Opera simulcast their opening night of the 2009-2010 season, The Barber of Seville, at the Nationals baseball stadium. It was a free event where people could go out onto the outfield with blankets and watch the opera on the ( Read more... ) -
Suicide via Public Transportation.
If you are going to attempt to kill yourself, please don't try to engage your local Metro train as a method.
That's the station nearest my home, which means our evening commute will suck bigtime. Plus, the Metro has been slow, crowded, sweaty, and stinky due to last month's crash, tourists, and slimy DC weather. Now it will only get worse. Yay!
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VNV.
Excellent and enjoyable. 9:30 is a good club - acoustics were really nice, small venue, nice atmosphere. -
VNV Nation tonight.
I know, I'm a posting loser. But me, A, and some friends are going to head to the famous 9:30 Club to see VNV Nation tonight. I enjoyed them when we saw them last in Seattle. Opening bands are War Tapes and Aryia. Anyone know anything about them??? I have this feeling I saw Aryia at the Vogue centuries ago... -
Movies movies!
Last weekend, one of very good and old friends from FL came to visit me and another long-time mutual friend. She's big into movies, so we hit the theaters twice in 2 days. So here's the rundown on:
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Are you a woman? Are you in the mood for mindless fluff? Do you find Matthew McConaughey attractive rather than dirty? Can you ( Read more... ) -
Peter Grimes...kind of grim.
On Monday we inherited tickets to see Peter Grimes at Washington National Opera. I was pretty excited, having never seen a modern English language opera before. Well, it was not exactly to my liking. The set was fantastic, and the singers were very good, but I found it hard to get into ( Read more... ) -
I touched Alton!
OK, I realized I haven't updated in like a billion years, but instead of one big long blurb I'm just going for the recent fun stuff. On Friday night, I volunteered at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in their Ocean Hall. Normally I do this on alternate Sundays, but Friday was special. We had a Sustainable Seafood Tasting event, with ~25 of ( Read more... )