i just had brunch and then went shopping with the woman who i still think, after 6 years of knowing her, may be the most beautiful girl i have ever seen. it was lovely. and i must go back to Tea Tray in the Sky, perhaps for dinner. or maybe just for brunch again! yum.
yesterday i finally finished _Abhorsen_, the sequel to _Lirael_, which was sort of a sequel to _Sabriel_. of them, _Sabriel was by far my favorite. _Lirael_ and _Abhorsen_ were originally supposed to be one book, and it shows. i think that as one, more tightly-written book they would have been fantastic, but as it was, they were somewhat disappointing after _Sabriel_. but still really good and really enjoyable. i was just hoping for transcendent, alas. still, i am definitely going to search out more Garth Nix.
also read a wonderful children's/YA novel written as a series of poems called _What My Mother Doesn't Know_, by Sonya Sones. really true and touching and funny and real.
i am feeling guilty because my housemate and her guest from out of town and a friend of theirs are in the kitchen making food. and i feel like i should go help, even though i'm probably going to have to leave before any of it is ready to it... but i just don't feel like standing around chatting and being useful. especially because i have to be social this evening. there is band, which will hopefully be good even missing one person, and then i am going to catch the end of the Oscars at a low-key party at a friend's place, which will probably involve many strangers and near-stranger, but i think not in a bad way. but yes, social. and i was already really social last night, having gone to two very different parties, both quite nice. and i was social Wednesday and Thursday and Friday nights, too... right. so i really just can't face hanging out in the kitchen right now.
beautiful day today. part of me really wants to take a walk, but i really shouldn't given the knee thing and that i'm going to have to do at least some amount of walking already later tonight. gah. stupid knee.
i bought three pieces of clothing today, and didn't buy one that i really wanted, but i just couldn't justify buying a $50 pantsuit, no matter how cool and comfortable and flowing. very sad, because it was absolutely awesome. but i decided to be good. but i did buy 2 tops and a dress, all black, all very much marked down even from the usual discount price. i swear, i tried on plenty of things that weren't black! really! but somehow, nothing looks as good as black.
damn. i'm putting together a barnes and noble order, and i'm now really pissed that my housemate who was with me at Costco when we saw Baz Luhrmann's The Red Curtain Trilogy convinced me not to buy it there, because there's no way i'm ever finding it even close to that cheap ever again. which really really sucks. maybe i'll buy it from barnes and noble anyway, because i really want it. it has Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet, and Strictly Ballroom, plus a bonus DVD of related goodies. and i really really want it. damnit.
i have to say, i'm looking forward to watching the Oscars, except that i really am *not* looking forward to hearing them all talk about the war. and i'm dead sure they're going to feel the need to, and i really really wish they wouldn't.
it's not that i want to bury my head in the sand. it's just that, no one on any side ever seems to say anything that makes any sense to me about the war. and it drives me nuts, hearing all these things that don't quite make sense about something that matters so much.
oh, foo. why didn't i buy the Eminem cd while it was 40% off? now it is only 15% off, and i don't feel any less ashamed of wanting to buy it. and the Metallica double cd set i've been wanting isn't very discounted, either. and apparently this version might be censored, which is no good. honestly, i kinda just wish that they'd put the original $5.98 EP out on cd, rather than this whole fancy altered and added-to double cd set. but well, better than nothing. and maybe i'll love it. i dunno. but i think i shall not buy these things now. instead, i will haunt some used CD stores before shelling out something so close to full price.
man, listen to how shallow i am. beh.