More life stuff, because it never ends.
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missroserose• I've been on something of a roller-coaster lately, mood-wise. Monday I was pretty good, Tuesday I was feeling a tad out of it, Wednesday I was completely depressed (as sharp observers might've noticed), Thursday I was better, Friday I was great. And yet there wasn't anything hugely different that happened at any point during the week. Maybe I need to get my birth control dosage checked, or something.
• Part of the depression came from seeing Carl, I think. It was great to hang out with him, but it kind of made me realize how starved I am for socialization. Brian's not really the sort to want to go out to parties or bars (admittedly, neither am I unless there are people I know there), and we don't have too many close friends here in town, in large part due to the demographics. Kind of hard to find people you have a lot in common with when almost everyone in your age group has left. (Aside: Do I get a prize for complaining about something for the 1,000,000th time?)
• Doing pretty well with Wii Fit so far; I've used it for four of the past six days, including a couple of days where I really pushed myself on the strength-training. It's really a rather convenient setup - aerobics to warm up, strength-training, and then yoga to cool down and relax. I have to admit, though, that while I really dig the way it can tell you how you're balancing when you do yoga poses (and therefore give you advice), I miss the relaxing music that my mother's yoga DVDs included. Maybe I'll have to see if I can get a CD or something to put on in the background.
• Had sort of a bemusing experience yesterday. I was having a fun exchange on Ian's blog with a girl who was definitely towards the "Italian brick pizza oven" side of the hotness scale. Got her MSN, talked to her, discovered that she was funny and clever and sweet and intelligent and knew a lot of the same people I did. Started thinking "Hm, maybe Brian and I should try to meet up with her sometime," ....only to find out that she was Brian's ex-crush. (D'oh.) But hey, she's funny and clever and sweet and intelligent and likes to flirt with me, so I'll take what I can get. Even if that particular revelation did throw a wrench in the plans for any future threesomes...;)
• Thursday night Brian was feeling really frazzled due to a stressful day at work, so I offered to go get some really good pizza and a bottle of wine for dinner. I'd been reading an article on Slate about good wines for less than $15; while none of the ones named were available here in Juneau, the author had also given some more general advice for shopping in that category - specifically, avoid wines made in English-speaking countries, as (perhaps due to the familiarity of the grape names) there aren't very many good wines at that price point. Apparently there are, however, numerous excellent Spanish wineries producing very good wines on the cheap right now; with that in mind, I found the Spanish section and then followed the time-tested method of "look for a label that catches your eye". I ended up going with a 2006 Red Guitar Tempranillo/Garnacha blend, on the basis that the label was cute and that I couldn't pronounce either type of grape. And, surprisingly enough, it was absolutely fantastic - sweet and fruity but with a nice acidic kick to the aftertaste that cut the fat of the pizza very well. So when we got paid on Friday, we immediately went back and got two more bottles. Hooray for being out of debt and having a bit of spending money again. I've missed buying wine.
• Related, if puzzling: How in the heck have I gone this long without ever using a "wine" tag on my journal? Time to fix that.
• Part of the depression came from seeing Carl, I think. It was great to hang out with him, but it kind of made me realize how starved I am for socialization. Brian's not really the sort to want to go out to parties or bars (admittedly, neither am I unless there are people I know there), and we don't have too many close friends here in town, in large part due to the demographics. Kind of hard to find people you have a lot in common with when almost everyone in your age group has left. (Aside: Do I get a prize for complaining about something for the 1,000,000th time?)
• Doing pretty well with Wii Fit so far; I've used it for four of the past six days, including a couple of days where I really pushed myself on the strength-training. It's really a rather convenient setup - aerobics to warm up, strength-training, and then yoga to cool down and relax. I have to admit, though, that while I really dig the way it can tell you how you're balancing when you do yoga poses (and therefore give you advice), I miss the relaxing music that my mother's yoga DVDs included. Maybe I'll have to see if I can get a CD or something to put on in the background.
• Had sort of a bemusing experience yesterday. I was having a fun exchange on Ian's blog with a girl who was definitely towards the "Italian brick pizza oven" side of the hotness scale. Got her MSN, talked to her, discovered that she was funny and clever and sweet and intelligent and knew a lot of the same people I did. Started thinking "Hm, maybe Brian and I should try to meet up with her sometime," ....only to find out that she was Brian's ex-crush. (D'oh.) But hey, she's funny and clever and sweet and intelligent and likes to flirt with me, so I'll take what I can get. Even if that particular revelation did throw a wrench in the plans for any future threesomes...;)
• Thursday night Brian was feeling really frazzled due to a stressful day at work, so I offered to go get some really good pizza and a bottle of wine for dinner. I'd been reading an article on Slate about good wines for less than $15; while none of the ones named were available here in Juneau, the author had also given some more general advice for shopping in that category - specifically, avoid wines made in English-speaking countries, as (perhaps due to the familiarity of the grape names) there aren't very many good wines at that price point. Apparently there are, however, numerous excellent Spanish wineries producing very good wines on the cheap right now; with that in mind, I found the Spanish section and then followed the time-tested method of "look for a label that catches your eye". I ended up going with a 2006 Red Guitar Tempranillo/Garnacha blend, on the basis that the label was cute and that I couldn't pronounce either type of grape. And, surprisingly enough, it was absolutely fantastic - sweet and fruity but with a nice acidic kick to the aftertaste that cut the fat of the pizza very well. So when we got paid on Friday, we immediately went back and got two more bottles. Hooray for being out of debt and having a bit of spending money again. I've missed buying wine.
• Related, if puzzling: How in the heck have I gone this long without ever using a "wine" tag on my journal? Time to fix that.
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Date: 2008-06-23 11:13 am (UTC)Full of myself? Me? NEEEEEVER! ;)
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Date: 2008-06-23 08:49 pm (UTC)Well, if I'm a naughty girl...don't I deserve a spanking?
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Date: 2008-06-23 06:15 am (UTC)....Dammit! Did Dexter eat Mini-Me again?
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Date: 2008-06-22 10:02 am (UTC)And don't forget to mail the video. :)
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Date: 2008-06-24 01:11 am (UTC)Clearly you are corruptible and she is a corrupting influence. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Date: 2008-06-24 09:01 am (UTC)I apologise for calling you corruptible. That lawn, those fences, that cane; clearly you're corrupted already and I should carefully observe you and what you get up to on that lawn, looking for pointers. Or something. :)
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Date: 2008-06-22 08:40 pm (UTC)I haven't been posting much, but I'm still reading you. :)
I've got to convince my neighbors to get Wii Fit. I seriously got a workout just playing boxing on that thing.
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Date: 2008-06-22 10:42 pm (UTC)I haven't actually tried the boxing, yet. I dig the hula hoops, though! And the yoga, even though my balance isn't great right now. :(
Hope things are well with you...