Sunlight-based life form (does that kill my goth cred?)

[rikibeth]

It felt so good to have the electronics cleanout accomplished, I didn't stop there.

I did sit down at the computer when we got back, because that's what I DO when I come in the house.

But I checked on searingpaine's laundry in the dryer, too. Done. So I was able to start a load of MY laundry (I hate starting it unless the dryer is clear, since the dryer takes so much longer than the washer).

And we went out to Borders, so eternaleponine could get a copy of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. Which she is sitting here reading and snickering over as I type.

searingpaine wasn't up yet. Which wasn't totally unreasonable, as he'd worked the night before, and God only knows when he'd gotten in, as he had to walk home from the Webster after his security shift was over. But I left a note on the door to the third floor stairs:

Good morning sunshine. :-) (And yes, I DID write the smileyface just like that.)

1) Your laundry's dry.

2) Remember what you said about chores? Since it's not raining - feel free to grab a garden rake (on the front porch) & have at it.

We are at Borders & will be back soon.

- Riki

And, wonder of wonders, when we got back -- with me terribly pleased with myself, because I found a PERFECT CD for a birthday present for my three-year-old niece, a collection of original alphabet songs by They Might Be Giants -- there were piles of raked leaves!

I showed searingpaine where the lawn and leaf bags were, and went inside to shift laundry to the dryer and clean up the kitchen, while eternaleponine worked on clearing leaves and junk off the front porch. melovechocolate took care of the cat box, and then went next door to play. When I was done with the dishes and fifteen minutes on the counters (eternaleponine helped on that), I went outside and took a pair of pruning shears to the Driveway Attack Shrubbery, and got it to where maybe we can open car doors without getting poked in the eye!

Then it was back inside to fool around on the net more. And rip CDs I'd borrowed from shadowflyer's because I had had them on Ludo, but not on the Toaster. And work up a grocery list with eternaleponine and melovechocolate. Now, our grocery lists are a mixture of very specific items like "hoisin sauce" and really general things like "lunch stuff" and "FOOD," but part of it was that we planned out dinner through Wednesday night, so we had some idea of what we wanted to get.

It became clear that this had to be a Wild Oats run. We mostly kept the impulse purchases under control. Okay, Mojo bars were on sale, but that's within our normal shopping plan, even. And we remembered to bring our own bags!

More fooling around on the net while I ate a Mojo bar, and then I went downstairs to start on dinner -- fried rice with vegetarian bacon. Because I'd made a large pot of rice earlier in the week and it had barely been touched, and it seemed like a shame to waste it. Peas, eggs, and scallions, with ginger and garlic and soy. Easy.

And now I'm back from taking searingpaine to work, and a second load of laundry is in the dryer, and I am feeling very pleased with the day.

How was YOUR Saturday?

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[annabelevil.livejournal.com]

My saturday has been BORING.

So tomorrow me and Kristen are going to that Carnival.

Also, wanna do a club trip some weekend? I still need to drag you to NYC to Contempt one of these days.
Or BYTE.
:P

Cybertron was awesome..but its on a thursday :/

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Talk to me about weekends May 19th and thereafter -- kinda booked until then, but it sounds like fun!

Tomorrow I am taking melovechocolate to get a cartilage piercing done in her ear as a reward for winning a national Latin award. Probably wind up being cheaper than a carnival.

Hope you have an awesome time!

[annabelevil.livejournal.com]

yeah i am booked after the 19th til...who knows when..I have Convergence and will be gone for a week..then DJing some point at Abstraction, Cybertron, and Necropolis :P

June looks to be good for a saturday trip though!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Father's Day weekend could work really well.

[annabelevil.livejournal.com]

hmm..maybe..I gotta see if we are djing Underground Saturdays that weekend. We are currently trying to get them to move it up a week :P

[alchemine.livejournal.com]

I also did laundry. And TC had a friend over. And I bought myself a pair of emo shoes, but that was last night. Later I will wear them and cry. :)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Oh, do show me the emo shoes! Although, really, plain black Converse or old-school checkered Vans are the epitome of emo shoes.

But I hope they're as cute as my TUK kittyshoes!

[follybard.livejournal.com]

Today was my first honest-to-god day off (as in, not committed to doing at least five hours of something related to my job) in about three weeks. (I did briefly consider going into the office to make up questions for the exam I'm giving on Wednesday, but I got over it.)

I slept 'til 11; went to breakfast at Le Peep with my sweetie; went to the mall and found a dress for my sister's wedding; and have spent the time since I got home watching "The 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" on VH1 Classic, followed by poking around the VH1 website reading off other "100 Greatest" lists to my sweetie and listening to him try to remember/sing them. (After several-in-a-row of my naming a song that caused him spontaneously to break out singing some other, mostly-unrelated song, I declared, "It's like a jukebox in hell!")

And sweetie just flipped VH1 Classic back on to find "Footloose" just starting. I've never seen it, much to his horror, so we're gonna watch it.

In other words, a really good, gloriously not-very-productive day. :)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

You've NEVER SEEN IT?

I am now importing mix CDs whose tracks need to be tagged. After I finish with the Immortal Beloved soundtrack, guess what's next?

Yup. Your KitchenAid mix! Which I still love!

Glad you had a relaxing day.

[auspeople.livejournal.com]

I'll try post my rant about my visit to the zoo tomorrow. Or maybe not. It was a really really fun day except for the rude middle Americans everywhere who don't understand about cutting in line or respecting the poor caged creatures.

But nice weather... almost too hot. I smell and feel like sunscreen.

And on that CD... R's Montessori school bought those as part of her music program. She used to listen to it like crazy. Favorite was Alphabet Lost and Found.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Good to know! I'm a TMBG fan from way back, so when I saw it, I figured I couldn't go wrong.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

We bought an immersion blender, and made a pot roast and bruschetta for a potluck. The pot roast was okay, and I *heart* my new blender.