Long days aside, life goes on
Apr. 15th, 2012 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseFriday was, as predicted, a long damn day. But once it was over, Brian offered to come meet me at the High Desert Market to share some dinner and a piece of their lovely baked goods, which also saved me from having to walk all the way home. Needless to say, I appreciated his willingness to scrape the cats off of his afternoon-napping self and come down, but I think I appreciated even more the fact that he offered.
Later that night, I decided to try the Kirkland Signature Tequila we'd decided to try on our last Costco trip. (Some of you will remember that I've never been a fan of tequila, but it was silver tequila, which I'd had at least not-awful experiences with before, and I figured it'd be something to review on the Rebel Bartender if I ever get around to updating it again. Plus, at $20 for a 1.75L bottle, it was a hard bargain to pass up.) Verdict: Surprisingly pleasant. Still had that tequila burn, but none of the puke-in-the-back-of-the-throat aftertaste I generally associate with the stuff. And it makes a damn fine margarita. The weirdest bit, though, was when I tried a little bit of it straight with some of the gourmet caramel corn we'd picked up at the market earlier. The two went together well enough to work as hors d'oeuvres at a fancy liquor tasting. o.O
Saturday Brian and I went to see The Hunger Games again. Verdict: Still a very good adaptation, definitely a lot more pleasant to watch when you're not in the neckbreaker seats. (I don't normally mind sitting up front but with all the shakycam I got seriously seasick a few times.) I'm a little sorry about some of the aspects of the story that got short shrift (Haymitch's alcoholism especially comes across as a Quirky Character Trait rather than a perfectly understandable response to year after year of mentoring children who just go off to die in the arena), but the excellent casting and well-paced screenplay make up for a lot of the deficiencies. (And I'm still wondering exactly what they're planning to do with the basically-unfilmable third book.) I also went to the local discount shop in search of margarita glasses; while that quest was unsuccessful, I found some lovely unusually-shaped (and surprisingly sturdy) red wine glasses for a killer price ($10/dozen). Considering that we can't seem to keep even a set of six matching wineglasses intact for longer than a month, I was on that deal faster than you could say "Sangiovese".
Now it's Sunday, and I'm back at work. But hey, extra cash. Plus we're interviewing folks this upcoming week in hopes of having a few more workers in the stable. Fingers crossed we have a good batch this time around...
Later that night, I decided to try the Kirkland Signature Tequila we'd decided to try on our last Costco trip. (Some of you will remember that I've never been a fan of tequila, but it was silver tequila, which I'd had at least not-awful experiences with before, and I figured it'd be something to review on the Rebel Bartender if I ever get around to updating it again. Plus, at $20 for a 1.75L bottle, it was a hard bargain to pass up.) Verdict: Surprisingly pleasant. Still had that tequila burn, but none of the puke-in-the-back-of-the-throat aftertaste I generally associate with the stuff. And it makes a damn fine margarita. The weirdest bit, though, was when I tried a little bit of it straight with some of the gourmet caramel corn we'd picked up at the market earlier. The two went together well enough to work as hors d'oeuvres at a fancy liquor tasting. o.O
Saturday Brian and I went to see The Hunger Games again. Verdict: Still a very good adaptation, definitely a lot more pleasant to watch when you're not in the neckbreaker seats. (I don't normally mind sitting up front but with all the shakycam I got seriously seasick a few times.) I'm a little sorry about some of the aspects of the story that got short shrift (Haymitch's alcoholism especially comes across as a Quirky Character Trait rather than a perfectly understandable response to year after year of mentoring children who just go off to die in the arena), but the excellent casting and well-paced screenplay make up for a lot of the deficiencies. (And I'm still wondering exactly what they're planning to do with the basically-unfilmable third book.) I also went to the local discount shop in search of margarita glasses; while that quest was unsuccessful, I found some lovely unusually-shaped (and surprisingly sturdy) red wine glasses for a killer price ($10/dozen). Considering that we can't seem to keep even a set of six matching wineglasses intact for longer than a month, I was on that deal faster than you could say "Sangiovese".
Now it's Sunday, and I'm back at work. But hey, extra cash. Plus we're interviewing folks this upcoming week in hopes of having a few more workers in the stable. Fingers crossed we have a good batch this time around...
