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Gah, busy weekend. Jared and I tried to go to a Red Sox game Friday night with Steph and Walter, but it was unfortunately rained out. I actually did enjoy the trip and the company, so it wasn't a total loss, but I am kind of disappointed about the fifty bucks I spent on the ticket.

Saturday was helping laurion move furniture to his new place. I really enjoyed this day, as it was spent doing helpful productive things that were incidentally also good exercise with lots of people I wanted to hang out with. I also spoke to Nat about the game he is working on with Susan and Vito, and agreed to be part of the writing team. I'm incredibly flattered to be asked; I think this could be a really great learning experience to try working in a group of people who have lots experience working this way and generated a lot of good games with it. We are working on scheduling a meeting. I must get myself up to speed on all the materials now.

Sunday was spent about half moping and feeling yucky and half solidifying the session of Burn Notice I would be running that evening. I actually really love the plot for this "episode" that we're going through now. My GMing style is to do as much prep work ahead of time as possible, so I'm not scrambling to come up with things, and I am always able to keep the story moving. I know as a player I strongly dislike when the action drags and the players just sort of don't do anything because there's nowhere to go. So I always try to keep things as fleshed out as possible beforehand, so the players always have something to move toward. I think it's worked pretty well so far.

Also, the working scripts my brother got me from the Burn Notice set arrived in the mail. One of them was to the third season premiere, which was pretty damn cool. The second one, however, is from an episode that HASN'T EVEN AIRED YET. How awesome is that? Thanks to Casey doing me a favor, I got a sneak preview of a brand-new Burn Notice! It's a pretty good one, too. I'm having him over for dinner tomorrow, and now I am especially happy to feed him in thanks.

Gah, busy last several days, and I am beat. A quick recap of where I have been and what I have been doing that has interrupted my normal stream of self-involved ramblings, larp-related babbling, and occasional cooking reports. Posted in bursts due to length and variety of subject.

( Passed at an Orthodox Jewish wedding and cheered on Hold Thy Peace! )

Had a really great evening last night. Had a goth night out with Bernie and Marissa, and not only did I enjoy going out and playing pool, the company was incredibly nice. Getting to wear a hot gothy costume and have good conversation is basically my ideal evening. I wonder if that's not something worth getting together more often. It also doesn't hurt when random strangers walk over to tell you you're gorgeous. I know, I'm pathetic. But I like it. :-)

Today, not quite so nice. Threw up twice today. Not sure why, but then, when am I ever? So I'm feeling kind of gross. If I seem unusually blase about this, it's because, having what seems to be the world's most delicate stomach, I throw up fairly easily and probably more often than most. Still, usually not more than once in a day. :-P

After several days of comfortable purposeful isolation, I emerged from my solitude this weekend to do several things with several people. Saturday I headed over to the new place of bronzite and pezzonovante to try and help with the move-in. I baked ginger molasses cookies, bought jugs of lemonade, and brought a bottle of wine as a housewarming gift, as that is what Italians do when somebody moves into a new place. As it happened, quite a few people came out to help John and Tom deal with all their stuff, and there ended up being too many cooks in the kitchen. I was sorry I couldn't be more help, but hey, cookies and wine are a contribution, right? I considered hanging around out of the way in case there was something I could do, but I wasn't loving how this one girl I didn't know who was there was barking orders at everyone, so I decided to just clear out and not have to deal or be a hindrance. Hope everything ultimately went well.

In the evening Marissa and morethings5 came over to hang and have dinner with me. I really enjoyed the last time we did that and wanted to see them sometime, as well as with all the kosher people gone I wanted to eat with people who would let me cook something really trayf. So I made pork chops in sauteed apples and onions with rosemary corn cake and brussels sprouts. I was incredibly pleased with how the chops came out, mostly because I remembered that pork is best when it's brined before you work with it. It's a very lean meat that has a tendency to dry out, so letting it soak in a salt and herb solution will keep it juicy after you cook it. This is also a useful technique for turkey, which has a similar problem, so I'll actually be able to use this cooking technique with my regular dinner crowd. It was also really nice to talk to them, both them together and just Marissa after Kindness went home. I don't think I've ever had a chance to really talk with just her before, and I was always sorry about that because I've always felt that she was the kind of person I could tell things to. I hope I can entice her out to Waltham again sometime soon. I'll have to figure out another tasty dinner.

The next day I met twilighttremolo for sort-of lunch and for wandering around Waltham. She is another friend I've wanted to spend real time with and get to know better, and I had a really nice time doing that yesterday. I wasn't quite sure what I would say going into things-- I have a tendency to worry I will be holding people prison to conversation they're not really interested in --but she was very easy to talk to, and I very much liked doing it. One of my favorite things to do with somebody is walk around talking about things, so it was nice for me to just wander through the suburban parts around here. Good exercise, good time, and with good company. I will have to see that this happens more often.

As fun as this weekend has been so far, I am already exhausted. I know it may have seemed silly for me to have done so much crowing at how I organized things to get off, but please excuse me because I don't know if it's clear just how hard it was and how much work it took to make sure things happened. I had to make sure all parties involved, many of whom had very disparate needs, got taken care of. A lot of responsibility, most of it unasked for, fell to me, and not only did everything go off, it went off smoothly, on time, and none of my schoolwork got neglected in the process. I cleaned, I scheduled, I shopped, I led the cooking, I balanced the gamers and the non-gamers, I provided the game space, I secured the crash space, I attended to the guest, I organized people's activities, and I took care of all the little needs and issues that arose. I'm incredibly proud of my organizing and hosting abilities, and I'm enjoying the end results, but all that work combined with the focus needed for the game and the homework I have to get done, everything has left me exhausted. I kind of want to curl up and go to bed already. But I'm not done for the day quite yet, and I have one more day tomorrow to make sure works okay. Wish me luck.

Current Mood: tired

I've had a rather inconvenient cold for the last couple of days that, while not terribly debilitating, still makes me incredibly tired. Spent the first half of Saturday, the worst day of the cold, struggling to stay awake during an interesting Spycraft mod that deserved my full attention, and the second half in an uncomfortable heap on my bed unable to stop muttering "I'm sick, I'm sick," to myself, as I for some reason utterly beyond me always do when I don't feel well. Fortunately that seems to have been the worst of it, though I crashed at nine PM last night from the early exhaustion. Even yesterday I began to feel better, and was well enough to go on my planned trip to the Natick Mall. Bernie came with me, and was torturously subjected to my jeans-trying-on process, which was more annoying than it should have been because they stopped making my preferred style of jeans. The new style I ended up going with looks good, but they didn't have any zeros with short leg lengths, so they put in an order for me, and took off a nice thirty percent discount on one pair for all my trouble. The saleslady was really nice and helpful, and it all ended up well. So, hilariously, I went through all that at the mall and ended up buying them online anyway. Ah, well. Had a nice time at the mall with Bernie, and for making him enduring my clothes shopping, I proved I wasn't a total girl by showing my enthusiasm for Game Stop and the Lego store. :-) I also got tiramisu-flavored gelato. That was fantastic, and now I want to try my hand at making tiramisu. Hmm, maybe that should be my next personal cooking challenge. It would give me another way to use up that Marsala in the cabinet.

So after tossing out my second pair of jeans this summer, I realize I'm down to only five wearable pairs, only three of which are undamaged. The first ones to go were stretched out too much by letting Alex d'Anjou try them on (God, don't ask) and the second ones got torn in so many places, and a few indecent ones at that (again, don't ask) that I tore them off myself in shreds and threw them in the garbage. Five pairs of jeans may not seem like all that few, but I don't really wear anything but jeans, ever-- my one pair of khakis is for dressing up, the camo don't match anything. I really need to get a few more so as to not wear them all out through constant washing. I'm thinking of taking a trip this Sunday out to the Natick Mall, or possibly Burlington, to visit Lucky Brand Jeans and fork over a few chunks of change. They're quite expensive, but they actually have size zeros that fit me in the leg, so I'm willing to pay extra for attractive, comfortable jeans that are actually going to last. I might, if I feel like blowing even more money, get my hair cut while I'm there. I'm not sure if it's grown out too much and gotten heavy, or if the new shampoo I've been using just doesn't work as well, but it's seemed awfully flat lately, and doesn't want to comb out. I may need to change shampoos regardless; the Lush stuff I've been trying just doesn't seem to be as effective a volumizer as the stuff I'd used before, nor do I enjoy the texture of the big granules as much as the smoother kind. I don't think I'll be buying any more Lush products; that was recommended to me as the appropriate stuff for volumizing hair and I don't really liked how it worked, and I don't feel like buying more expensive stuff if the cheaper, mass-produced kind works better.

I ramble about trivial things because my life is so busy and occupied that thinking about the unimportant relaxes me.

I just spent five minutes trying to figure out who it was in the window, only to realize that it was my reflection there.

Finally finished my damn paper for my short story class and e-mailed it to Professor Flesch last night. His response amused me-- "First paper I've ever received in all my years at Brandeis with 'Fuckhead' in the title." Heh. The main character in the stories I was analyzing is a drug addict with no other name than Fuckhead, and you have no idea how weird it was trying to write a scholarly piece with 'Fuckhead' riddled through it. Ah, well. At least it's finished. One less thing on my enormous to do list.

So tonight I will most likely be going to a goth club with Alex. I'm actually not really feeling like it-- I've been going a mile a minute lately with work and activities, so I feel in need of some downtime --but he proposed the idea after hearing that we'd gone to Dead Pool and I should have just said no, but he really wanted to do it and God, I'm becoming such a doormat. Ah, well. It'll probably be fun when I get there, I guess. I'm just tired at the thought. Anyone else want to come and keep us company? It's the event for August 8th you can see on http://xmortis.com/ and I'm sorry it's short notice, but this really wasn't on my radar what with all the other stress I've had lately.

I hereby declare our venture to Dead Pool a success, and I am very glad to have done it. And now, because you all already know that I am more ego than woman at this point, I will detail my costume for those of you not fortunate enough to see it. :-) After much deliberation, the look I chose for the evening was hot perkygoth with just a little punk edge. I wore my red plaid schoolgirl skirt and black bra with my black spiderweb mesh over it, leaving my legs and midriff bare, with chunky black heels and spiky collar and bracelet. My hair was in messy, piecey pigtails for an adorable waiflike, just-rolled-out-of-bed look, and I don't mean first thing in the morning. ;-) Makeup was fairly simple, heavy eyeliner, purple shadow, and dark lipstick for that perfect washing-out effect. The event and location was not exactly clublike, more like a bar with an activity going on there. I was disappointed to see that there was no dance floor, which was the primary reason I'd be so excited to go, but I got over that quickly and just decided that if I wanted to dance, I was going to dance, damn it. The music they played there was good, not too excessively loud, and very danceable. And it was nice to have an activity like pool as a social lubricant, so to speak. I am by no means a good pool player but I do enjoy the game, so I had fun hanging around the pool table, showing off my costume if accomplishing nothing else. Over all, I deeply enjoyed the company, and thanks to everyone who came along with me.

We'll have to have Goth Night again. Very soon, I think.

A plan has been made: this Sunday, July 27th, we will all release our inner creatures of the night and convene at Dead Pool, the XMortis-sponsored pool/goth night at a place called Flat Top Johnny's in Kendall Square. The invitation is open to anyone who would like to come, and feel free to bring guests; the more, the merrier. The website is www.xmortis.com/deadpool for information about location, times, and dress codes. The event is in fact 18+, so that shouldn't be a problem for anyone.

Not exactly sure when we're getting there, but I'll keep you posted. Come and goth it up with me!

Now, all I have to do now is decide what to wear...

I haven't managed to make a post on a weekend for a long time now. Ah, well. I guess I should be glad I have enough of a life to take me away from the computer every once in a while.

Perhaps as part of my sudden yet still-unabated desire to goth it up, I find I would like to go out to a goth club. The first, last, and only other time I did was when a group of Brandeisians went to XMortis almost year and a half ago. It was a blast, and not only because of how hot Jared looked in leather pants and his vinyl trench coat. ;-) I think it would be really fun to get a group together and go again. Besides my current wish to express my inner darkness (heh), I haven't gone to a good dance since the queer Halloween dance Jared and I went to for the commemoration of our first date. ;-)

I did a little research, and found a couple of possibilities. Unfortunately there don't seem to be many places that you can go to any old night, but there seem to be a couple of places with regular goth events.

As for 18+ events, XMortis itself next goes up on Sunday, August 8th, at 10 Brookline St., Cambridge, MA. Doors at 9 p.m., $5 before 10:30, $10 after. Dress code is either goth and related or straight black. Dead Pool seems to be a goth-themed pool night seemingly affiliated with XMortis at Kendall Square in Cambridge. Doors are at 8 p.m., $3 cover, no dress code. The next one looks to be Sunday, July 27th. As for 21+, Ceremony sounds good, and I think I have a vague memory of somebody liking/going ot that place. Goth Nights are Mondays at An Tua Nua, 835 Beacon Street, Boston, MA. Open 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., free BEFORE 9:30, $5 after 9:30. Dress code is goth or flat black. That goes up next on Monday, July 21st.

If anyone more familiar with the scene than I am has any suggestions or opinions (such as go there, it's fun, or don't go there, it's no fun) I'd love to hear them. I wouldn't mind planning something for quite a bit in the future, if we can nail down something good. Though I'd look to go sooner rather than later, as in sometime this summer. 18+ would be preferable-- I'm legal, but some people who I'd want to come aren't. Particularly Jared, if we plan for anything after he gets back in the area. Though if somebody has a good 21+ plan, I'd still be willing to go.

So do any of these things sound fun to people? Would anybody go with me? Anybody want to dress up goth and go dancing with me?

Yesterday turned out to be a very nice day. Got a call late in the workday from Sheena saying that Alex wanted to take us kayaking, did I want to come? I confess, at first I was pretty nervous. I've never been kayaking before, so I was afraid of cold water, or of overturning the thing and getting stuck underneath it. But it turned out that the river was exceptionally warm, warmer even than Sheena's swimming pool was, and one pops out of a kayak too easily to get stuck in it if you do flip it. It took me a while to get the hang of how to paddle, but with practice and Alex's instruction I felt pretty comfortable, and could move along at a good pace. We even stopped in some deep water where Dave and I hopped out to swim. I enjoyed floating around in my life vest in the warm water. We even saw a gorgeous family of swans, two beautiful parents and their still-downy, ugly but growing babies. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey. It was very refreshing in this hot weather, a chance to look at some beautiful scenery that made you forget you were in the middle of a city, and some excellent exercise for the arms and core. I was impressed with how well I kept up; I was expecting to become exhausted quickly, but I found myself very up to the challenge. Alex was wonderful for taking us, I had an amazing time.

Afterward was conversation and Chinese food at Elsinore. Alex said if we had gone out earlier we could have gone all the way to Moody Street for dinner, but we didn't have time before the place closed. We were all pretty tired by this point, so we just ordered in. I was still in my swimsuit and probably should have changed, but I was more comfortable than I'd been all week in this heat, so I just didn't bother and enjoyed feeling cool for a little bit. A good conclusion to our little adventure.

Later that evening, who came wandering by the house but Ernest! It was very nice to see him. We gave him a grand tour of the house, and he played some Smash with us. Hopefully we'll have him by more often. After that, I went crashy-crashy and went to bed. I miss my nightly ritual of talking to Jared before I go to sleep, but he's not back from Canada yet.

I just managed to secure the Thursday of July 3rd off to visit Jared. My boss Myrna is awesome. Now all I have to do is get permission to leave early next Friday to pick up Jared at the airport. The logistics of that are still something I'll have to figure out, as I do not at the moment have a car. But I will make this work one way or the other. Eight more days until he comes.

Didn't get a chance to post at all this weekend, since we do not yet have web access at Elsinore. The guy should be coming on Wednesday. But despite the distressing lack of the Intertubes, I managed to keep myself busy and entertained. I'm so glad I brought my Wii up. As a house we've been playing Mario Galaxy and endless rounds of Smash Brothers that have lead to random conversations and gales of laughter. Very fun. I also didn't have to get up super-early to go to the gym before work like I do on weekends, so I could sleep in and make my leisurely way over there on my own time. The gym is closed on Sundays, and it's really too hot to work out outside lately, so it kind of enforces a rest on me. I suppose that's a good thing, they say you're supposed to take one day off a week to rest, and if left to my own devices, I probably wouldn't. So this is a good imposed health measure on me and lets my muscles rest. In general, I find I am fit enough to work out every day without feeling sore or worn out, but my back does tend to get a little achy. So again, it's probably good for me to have no choice but to rest.

Sunday was a fantastic day. Sheena, Dave, David, Bernie, and myself met up in the early afternoon to go to Sheena's family's house in Brookline to swim and have a cookout. We went to a kosher market to pick up hamburgers, hotdogs, and little things called "minute steaks" for barbecuing. That was interesting because I'd never seen a place like that before, and saw lots of stuff I'd never heard of. Like kosher short ribs, for example. At home we've made both beef and pork ribs, but the beef ones were always pretty enormous. These were tiny like the pork kind. Anyway, we then we went to the lovely Sheena house, which has both a beautiful pool and a gorgeous kitchen. Bernie manned the grill most of the time, though Sheena took his turn as well. They did great work, everything was very tasty. It's a man thing, I think, to be in charge of the barbecue. No matter, I approve.

The swimming was fun as well. Sheena and the Daves were the bravest of us, getting into the slightly-too-cold pool first even though there haven't really been enough really hot days for it to be like the bath water I want it to be. But even I made my wussy self go in, and with enough nagging so did Bernie. We played around with a beach ball, and the ever-so-fun game of "let's see who can make Phoebe scream the loudest by splashing her with cold, cold, COLD water." Bitches. At least I got my obligatory piggyback ride. Every time I'm in a pool, I want somebody to give me a water piggyback ride, and roped Bernie into the job. I like piggyback rides in general, but it's especially fun in a pool because the water makes me so light that they can carry me around forever without getting tired.

Sheena's family was there as well, his sister, her husband, their little son, a family of their friends plus a little baby girl, and Sheena's mom and dad. They were all very pleasant company as well, very kind and welcoming to us, though I think I swore a little bit too much when I wasn't thinking about it. That never makes a good impression. At least it was never in direct conversation, and in my defense I was very frequently being splashed with cold water. *glares in direction of a certain somebody whose name starts with a D and ends with an "-avid."* Anyway, all in all it was a really fun outing. We're going to do it again when Mac gets up here. Mac, get here already! We miss you and want you with us at Elsinore!

Now I'm back at work. Amusingly, today my boss Myrna asked if Bernie was my boyfriend, presumably because he usually walks me to work. Heh. If that's how she thinks one says goodbye to one's boyfriend, if only she could see how Jared and I actually are when we part-- usually with stomach-turning, probably skirting-the-edge-of-appropriateness PDA and puke-inducing "I love you"s. :-D

We'll have to remind you all just how disgusting we can be when he comes to visit. Ten more days until then.

On July 18th, there is a Goo Goo Dolls concert happening at the Mountain Laurel Center in the Poconos. The Goo Goo Dolls are Phoebe's very favorite band. Phoebe wants to see them very, very badly.

Will someone please come with Phoebe?

Please?

*Makes puppydog eyes*

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Entries tagged with activities

Catching up...

Last Thursday and Friday

Good goth night

From hermit to social butterfly

Exhausted already

Sicky-sick

Natick Mall trip

Need a break already...

After Dead Pool

Goth Night!

Goth Clubbing?

Adventure!

Weekend report

Goo Goo Dolls!